ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE MATERIAL, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY HAVING SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY

摘要

An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R)in a range of 0.1 mu m /= R 0.5 mu m. An electrode structural body for a rechargeable lithium battery, having an electrode material layer comprising said silicon-based material fine powder. A rechargeable lithium battery whose anode comprising said electrode structural body.