Patent 7318981 was granted and assigned to NEC Corporation on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A secondary battery, that has an excellent charge and discharge cycle characteristics, with a larger capacity, is provided. The secondary battery having a positive electrode, negative electrode and electrolyte, includes a polymer having a repeating unit represented by a formula (1) as an active material of at least one of positive electrode and negative electrode.