Cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte battery

1. A cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:

a wound electrode unit as a wound electrode laminate of a belt shaped positive electrode and a belt shaped negative electrode laminated via a separator, the positive electrode including a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector, and the negative electrode including a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode collector;

an adhesive member provided to cover the wound electrode laminate at a terminating end portion that lies on an outer side of the wound electrode unit; and

a battery canister that houses the wound electrode unit,

the adhesive member including a base material, and an adhesive layer provided on a whole surface or on at least a part of the surface on one side of the base material, and

the base material being a mixture of a resin material of high swellability and a resin material of high melting point,

wherein of the base material the resin material of high swellability is tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer and included at 90 wt %, and the resin material of high melting point is polyethylene included at 10 wt %.

2. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material of high swellability has a degree of swelling of 5% or more after being dipped in propylene carbonate, and

wherein the resin material of high melting point has a melting point of 60° C. or more.

3. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive member covers at least 10% of the whole area of the outer surface of the wound electrode unit.

4. The battery according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive layer is formed of an acrylic adhesive, a rubber-based adhesive, a silicone-based adhesive, a urethane-based adhesive, an α-olefin-based adhesive, an ether-based adhesive, an ethylene-vinyl acetate resin-based adhesive, an epoxy resin-based adhesive, a vinyl chloride resin-based adhesive, a chloroprene rubber-based adhesive, a cyanoacrylate-based adhesive, an aqueous polymer-isocyanate-based adhesive, a styrene-butadiene rubber-based adhesive, a nitrile rubber-based adhesive, a nitrocellulose-based adhesive, a reactive hotmelt-based adhesive, a phenol resin-based adhesive, a modified silicone-based adhesive, a polyamide resin-based adhesive, a polyimide-based adhesive, a polyurethane resin-based adhesive, a polyolefin resin-based adhesive, a polyvinyl acetate resin-based adhesive, a polystyrene resin solvent-based adhesive, a polyvinyl alcohol -based adhesive, a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin-based adhesive, a polyvinyl butyral resin-based adhesive, a polybenzimidazole-based adhesive, a polymethacrylate resin-based adhesive, a melamine resin-based adhesive, a urea resin-based adhesive, or a resorcinol-based adhesive.

5. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability has a degree of swelling of at least 11% with respect to propylene carbonate.

6. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer has a delamination strength of at least 0.1 N/mm with respect to the base material.

7. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive member is provided over a distance substantially equal to a height of the wound electrode unit.

8. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive member covers at least 10% of the whole area of the outer surface of the wound electrode unit at an end portion of the electrode laminate.

9. The battery according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrolyte.

10. The battery according to claim 9 , wherein the electrolyte includes a gel electrolyte including at least one of a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt impregnated in an organic matrix polymer.

11. The battery according to claim 10 , wherein the organic matrix polymer of the gel electrolyte is selected from the group consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride), a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, poly(ethylene oxide), and poly(acrylonitrile).

12. The battery according to claim 9 , wherein the electrolyte is selected from the group consisting of polymeric solid electrolytes that contain a conductive polymeric compound, and gel electrolytes that contain a swelling solvent.

13. The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the conductive polymeric compound is selected from the group consisting of a silicon gel, an acryl gel, an acrylonitrile gel, a polyphosphazene modified polymer, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, a fluoro polymer.

14. The battery according to claim 13 , wherein fluoro polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride), a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene, and a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene.