Sodium secondary battery electrode and sodium secondary battery
A sodium secondary battery electrode having an collector and an electrode mixture containing an electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, and wherein: the electrode active material has a sodium-containing transition metal compound, the conductivity of the electrode mixture is 5.0×10 −3 S/cm or more, and the density of the electrode mixture is 1.6 g/cm 3 or more.
1. A sodium secondary battery electrode comprising a positive electrode mixture containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material and a binder, and a current collector, wherein the electrode active material comprises a sodium-containing transition metal compound, the electrode mixture has a conductivity of 5.0×10 −3 S/cm or more, and the electrode mixture has a density of 1.6 g/cm 3 or more
wherein the sodium-containing transition metal compound is a sodium-containing transition metal oxide represented by the following formula (A):
Na x MO 2 (A)
wherein M is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, and Mn, and x is from 1.0 to 1.2, and
wherein the binder comprises a copolymer having a structural unit derived from vinylidene halide.
2. The sodium secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive material comprises a carbon material, and the carbon material has a BET specific surface area of 10 m 2 /g or more.
3. A sodium secondary battery comprising the electrode according to claim 1 as a positive electrode.
4. The sodium secondary battery according to claim 3 , further comprising a separator.
5. The sodium secondary battery electrode according to claim 1 , wherein M is Fe, Ni and Mn.
6. The sodium secondary battery electrode according to claim 2 , wherein M is Fe, Ni and Mn.