A multi-faceted zinc-air electrochemical cell design holistically leverages interactions between components, especially with respect to conductive carbons from differing sources, lamination and the resulting impact it has on the air electrode's surface and other additives that impact the relative hydrophilicity of the membrane and/or performance of the anode, to improve the overall reliability and performance of the resulting battery.

A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery that includes preparing a first green sheet as a green sheet for at least any one of a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and a second green sheet as a green sheet for a solid electrolyte layer, stacking the first green sheet and the second green sheet to form a stacked body, and firing the stacked body with a setter placed in contact with at least one surface of the stacked body. The setter in contact with the at least one surface of the stacked body is 0.11 mRa or more and 50.13 mRa or less in surface roughness.

In accordance with the present invention, deposition of LiCoO.sub.2 layers in a pulsed-dc physical vapor deposition process is presented. Such a deposition can provide a low-temperature, high deposition rate deposition of a crystalline layer of LiCoO.sub.2 with a desired <101> or <003> orientation. Some embodiments of the deposition address the need for high rate deposition of LiCoO.sub.2 films, which can be utilized as the cathode layer in a solid state rechargeable Li battery, Embodiments of the process according to the present invention can eliminate the high temperature (>700 C.) anneal step that is conventionally needed to crystallize the LiCoO.sub.2 layer.

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a fluoride ion battery having a high charge-discharge potential. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a fluoride ion battery comprising a cathode active material layer, an anode active material layer, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, and the cathode active material layer includes a cathode active material having a composition represented by Cu.sub.xS, wherein 1x2.

An electrical insulator material includes a polymer and a solvent, and has a viscosity in the range of from about 1.0 to about 20.0 cP such that the electrical insulator material can be applied to a surface using an ink jet print head.

A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery and an apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing the all-solid-state battery includes: (a) a step of forming a non-woven fabric having a fiber made of a resin; (b) a step of applying a slurry containing solid electrolyte particles onto the non-woven fabric; (c) a step of drying the slurry on the non-woven fabric by a heater; (d) a step of pressurizing the slurry on the non-woven fabric by a roller; (e) a step of forming a positive electrode member on one surface of the solid electrolyte membrane; and (f) a step of forming a negative electrode member on the other surface of the solid electrolyte membrane. The step (a) is a step of forming the non-woven fabric by making a resin containing a polar filler fibrous by a laser electrospinning method. By such a method, the all-solid-state battery (a laminated body of a positive electrode member, a solid electrolyte membrane, and a negative electrode member) can be efficiently manufactured.

A LiBH.sub.4C.sub.60 nanocomposite that displays fast lithium ionic conduction in the solid state is provided. The material is a homogenous nanocomposite that contains both LiBH.sub.4 and a hydrogenated fullerene species. In the presence of C.sub.60, the lithium ion mobility of LiBH.sub.4 is significantly enhanced in the as prepared state when compared to pure LiBH.sub.4. After the material is annealed the lithium ion mobility is further enhanced. Constant current cycling demonstrated that the material is stable in the presence of metallic lithium electrodes. The material can serve as a solid state electrolyte in a solid-state lithium ion battery.

A thin film battery comprises a glass or ceramic substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of from about 7 to about 10 ppm/ K, a continuous metal or metal oxide cathode current collector and having a thickness of less than about 3 micrometers, the cathode current collector being superjacent to the glass or ceramic substrate, a cathode material layer comprising lithium transition metal oxides that is a continuous film having a thickness of from about 10 to about 80 micrometers, the cathode material layer being superjacent to the cathode current collector, a LiPON electrolyte layer superjacent to the cathode material layer and having a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 4 micrometers, and an anode current collector with an optional anode material. Methods of making and using the batteries are described.

At least one of positive and negative electrode plates constitutes a flat plate-shaped electrode body in a laminated power storage element. The laminated power storage element includes a casing formed into a flat bag and the electrode body sealed in the casing together with an electrolyte. The at least one of the electrode plates includes: a sheet-shaped metal current collector; and an electrode material. The electrode material includes a powder material including an electrode active material and a binder including an emulsion, the binder added to the powder material. The electrode material is applied, at a predetermined thickness, onto the current collector. The at least one of the electrode plates is formed into a predetermined planar shape by shearing off a peripheral area thereof through a shearing process.

A lithium ion conductive substance is provided that is characterized by containing a compound wherein a composite oxide represented by Li.sub.1+x+yAl.sub.xTi.sub.2xSi.sub.yP.sub.3yO.sub.12 (0x1 and 0y1) is doped with at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the lithium ion conductive substance is provided that includes the following steps: (a) a step of forming an inorganic substance that contains predetermined quantities of a Li component, an Al component, a Ti component, a Si component, and a P component, into a sheet shape, and (b) a step of interposing between materials that contain at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Hf, Y, and Sm, and sintering, a sheet-shaped formed body obtained at step (a).