Patent 7695866 was granted and assigned to DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Material for the positive electrode of batteries is provided that has good conductivity and can be manufactured more cheaply than AgNiO2. The battery positive electrode material is a conductive chemical compound represented by the general formula AgxNiyO2 (wherein X/Y is smaller than 1 and not smaller than 0.25). The conductive chemical compound is constituted of a crystal that has an X-ray diffraction main peak that is the same as that of AgNiO2 (wherein X=Y=1), and does not exhibit a Ag2O or AgO peak. This conductive compound can be used as an additive to impart conductivity to the silver oxide (Ag2O) of the positive electrode material.