NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has high vibration resistance when an aqueous binder is used as a binder for a negative electrode active material. A flat laminated type non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a power generating element including a positive electrode obtained by forming a positive electrode active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode obtained by forming a negative electrode active material layer on a surface of a negative electrode current collector; and a separator, in which the negative electrode active material layer includes 2 to 4% by mass of an aqueous binder with respect to the total mass of the negative electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer has a rectangular shape, wherein a ratio of a length of long side to a length of short side of the rectangle is 1 to 1.25.
1 . A flat laminated type non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a power generating element comprising:
a positive electrode obtained by forming a positive electrode active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode current collector;
a negative electrode obtained by forming a negative electrode active material layer on a surface of a negative electrode current collector; and
a separator,
wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises 2 to 4% by mass of an aqueous binder with respect to the total mass of the negative electrode active material layer,
the negative electrode active material layer has a rectangular shape, wherein a ratio of a length of long side to a length of short side of the rectangle is 1 to 1.25,
a Young's modulus of the negative electrode is 1.0 to 1.4 GPa,
a density of the negative electrode active material layer is 1.4 to 1.6 g/cm 3 , and
a ratio of a battery area, defined as a projected area of the battery including an outer casing of the battery, to rated capacity is 5 cm 2 /Ah or more and the rated capacity is 3 Ah or more.
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4 . The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the length of short side of the negative electrode active material layer is 100 mm or more.
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6 . The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous binder comprises at least one rubber-based binder selected from the group consisting of a styrene-butadiene rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, a methyl methacrylate-butadiene rubber, and a methyl methacrylate rubber.
7 . The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the aqueous binder comprises a styrene-butadiene rubber.