ELECTRODE FOR USE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

Provided is an electrochemical device such as a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery that exhibits excellent characteristics such as discharge characteristics due to the use of a collector comprising porous metal (e.g., aluminum) bodies to form a thick electrode. The electrode in said electrochemical device, in which an active material is packed into porous metal bodies, is characterized in that said porous metal bodies are sheet-shaped and the electrode is a layered porous body comprising a plurality of single-layer porous metal bodies layered together and electrically connected to each other. Porous aluminum bodies having three-dimensional mesh structures are suitable for said porous metal bodies.