Patent 7736807 was granted and assigned to Sony on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing, as a positive electrode active material, a compound represented by the following general formula, LixFe1-yMyPO4, wherein M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Sn, B, Ga, Cr, V, Ti, Mg, Ca and Sr; 0.9<x<1.2; and 0≦y<0.3; a negative electrode containing a lithium metal, a lithium alloy or a material capable of doping and dedoping lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a fluorinated ethylene carbonate FEC.