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Lithium secondary battery

Grant US12586785B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventors

Daisuke Horikawa

Abstract

A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode in which deposition and dissolution reactions of lithium metal occur. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer contains, as a negative electrode active material, an alloy of the lithium metal and dissimilar metal. An element percentage of lithium element in the alloy is 40.00 atomic % or more and 99.97 atomic % or less when the lithium secondary battery is fully charged.

CPC Classifications

H01M 4/405

Filing Date

2024-02-14

Application No.

18441050

Claims

3