An electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary batteries that has a sufficiently high initial capacity, improved charge-and-discharge cycle characteristics, and improved coulombic efficiency in the mid-term charge-and-discharge cycles can be obtained by a phosphorus-containing…

An alkaline battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an alkaline electrolyte, the positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture containing a nickel oxyhydroxide, electrolytic manganese dioxide and a graphite conductive material, wherein the nickel…