Electrode for Non-Aqueous Electrolylte Secondary Battery, Method for Producing the Same, and Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery

1 . An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a current collector and an electrode material mixture layer formed on said current collector, and having a plurality of discontinuous slits through said current collector and said electrode material mixture layer.

2 . The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said current collector is rectangular, and said plurality of discontinuous slits are inclined relative to at least one side of said current collector.

3 . The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said current collector is in the form of a strip, and said plurality of discontinuous slits are inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of said current collector.

4 . The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the angle formed between said plurality of discontinuous slits and said at least one side of said current collector is 10° or more and 80° or less.

5 . The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said plurality of discontinuous slits have a length of 10 μm or more and 10000 μm or less and a width of 0.5 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

6 . A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a case for encapsulating said electrode group and said non-aqueous electrolyte therein,

wherein said electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between said positive electrode and said negative electrode, and at least one of said positive electrode and said negative electrode is the electrode of claim 1 for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

7 . A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a case for encapsulating said electrode group and said non-aqueous electrolyte therein,

wherein said electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between said positive electrode and said negative electrode,

said positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material mixture layer formed on said positive electrode current collector, and has a plurality of discontinuous slits through said positive electrode current collector and said positive electrode material mixture layer,

said negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material mixture layer formed on said negative electrode current collector, and has a plurality of discontinuous slits through said negative electrode current collector and said negative electrode material mixture layer, and

said plurality of discontinuous slits of said positive electrode intersect with said plurality of discontinuous slits of said negative electrode.

8 . A method for producing an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising the steps of:

applying a paste containing an electrode material mixture onto a current collector;

drying said paste applied onto said current collector to form an unrolled electrode material mixture layer;

forming a plurality of discontinuous slits through said current collector and said unrolled electrode material mixture layer; and

rolling said unrolled electrode material mixture layer.