Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive layer for a lithium ion secondary battery that can efficiently block rising temperature during abnormal heating by increasing battery internal resistance and thereby reducing current. The heat-sensitive layer for a lithium ion secondary battery is formed from a heat-sensitive layer composition containing particles in each of which a second component is substantially partially disposed at the outside of a particle formed from a first component. The heat-sensitive layer composition has a storage modulus at 60° C. of 10 kPa or more and a storage modulus at 150° C. of 1 kPa or less.

Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery-use that can efficiently prevent a temperature increase by reducing current through an increase in the battery internal resistance during abnormal overheating. The electrode for lithium ion secondary battery-use of the present disclosure comprises a binder composition containing particles formed by a second component being located substantially on a portion of the outside of particles comprising a first component. The initial adhesive force of the binder composition is at least 1. The storage elastic modulus of the binder composition at 150° C. is no greater than 1,000 Pa.

Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state secondary battery that has a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive and negative electrode active material layers, said battery being formed using a binder that contains a water-soluble polymer and a polymer having a particle structure.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a copolymer including alkylene structure units and nitrile-group-containing monomer units; and a carbonate compound and/or an ester compound having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and a molecular weight of 550 or less.

Abstract: A lens for light emitting lamps that use light emitting elements such as LEDs, etc., is provided. The lens has a specific surface shape for light-distribution control to achieve desired light distributions, as well as a light emitting device using said lens. On the lens surface of the light emitting side which has a double-peak shape to obtain a light distribution characteristic having long and short two axes, by possessing a straight-line part in the surface shape of the light emitting side viewed on the lens short-axis cross section, a desired smoothly-diffused light distribution having a longitudinal direction with a certain width is obtained. The lens may be designed to have a surface of the light emitting side comprising a collection of straight lines parallel to the lens short-axis cross section, or to have a continuous curved surface comprising a collection of straight lines parallel to the lens short axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition for lithium-ion secondary battery electrodes. Recently, there is a need for a lithium-ion secondary battery which has the excellent property of accommodating an abnormal situation so that in cases when the battery has heated up abnormally or is in an abnormally high-temperature environment, the battery can lower the charge/discharge performance thereof. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by using, as a binder for electrodes, composite polymer particles obtained by polymerizing, in an aqueous medium, a monomer solution containing a polymer.

Abstract: A synthetic resin laminate for use for transparent substrate materials and transparent protective materials is excellent in interlayer adhesiveness, form stability in high-temperature and high humidity environments, surface hardness and impact resistance. The synthetic resin laminate has a vinyl copolymer resin (A) layer and a polycarbonate resin (B) layer, wherein layer (A) is directly laminated on one surface of layer (B), and in which (A) contains a (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) represented by a specific formula and an aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) represented by a specific formula, the total proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) and the aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) is from 90 to 100 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A), and the proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) is from 65 to 80 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A).

Abstract: To provide a highly transparent thermoplastic resin composition without requiring, for example, a special molecular design or incorporation of an additive, with the refractive index of the composition being readily controllable. The highly transparent and refractive-index-controllable thermoplastic resin composition can be produced by blending a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula, with a thermoplastic resin (B) obtained by hydrogenating aromatic double bonds of a thermoplastic resin which contains a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device in which deterioration of the substrate member can be reduced. The light emitting device includes a base member mainly made of a resin, a plurality of wiring portions and arranged on the base member via an adhesive agent, a groove portion defined between adjacent wiring portions, and at least one light emitting element which is disposed straddling at least a part of the groove portion. The adhesive agent is applied covering the base member from the groove portion, and contains a light-shielding member. The light-shielding member shields the base member from light, for example at a specific wavelength, emitted from the at least one light emitting element.

Abstract: A lens for light emitting lamps that use light emitting elements such as LEDs, etc., is provided. The lens has a specific surface shape for light-distribution control to achieve desired light distributions, as well as a light emitting device using said lens. On the lens surface of the light emitting side which has a double-peak shape to obtain a light distribution characteristic having long and short two axes, by possessing a straight-line part in the surface shape of the light emitting side viewed on the lens short-axis cross section, a desired smoothly-diffused light distribution having a longitudinal direction with a certain width is obtained. The lens may be designed to have a surface of the light emitting side comprising a collection of straight lines parallel to the lens short-axis cross section, or to have a continuous curved surface comprising a collection of straight lines parallel to the lens short axis.

Abstract: There is provided a reformer support structure for a fuel cell module, the fuel cell module including a fuel cell body which includes a cell stack and a reformer disposed above the cell stack, and a housing which contains the fuel cell body. The reformer support structure includes a first member which includes a first engagement portion and is attached to the housing and a second member which includes a second engagement portion and is attached to the reformer. The reformer is supported by the housing by engaging the second engagement portion with the first engagement portion, an engagement part where the second engagement portion is engaged with the first engagement portion is provided above a bottom of the reformer, and the second engagement portion is slidable on the first engagement portion in a direction of thermal expansion of the reformer.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device in which deterioration of the substrate member can be reduced. The light emitting device includes a base member mainly made of a resin, a plurality of wiring portions and arranged on the base member via an adhesive agent, a groove portion defined between adjacent wiring portions, and at least one light emitting element which is disposed straddling at least a part of the groove portion. The adhesive agent is applied covering the base member from the groove portion, and contains a light-shielding member. The light-shielding member shields the base member from light, for example at a specific wavelength, emitted from the at least one light emitting element.

Abstract: A slurry composition for composite particles for a positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, a water soluble resin including a monomeric unit containing an acidic functional group, and a granular binder resin. The moisture content is at most 25% by mass, and the viscosity at a shear velocity of 10 s?1 is at most 2000 mPa·s. A method for producing composite particles for a positive electrode of an electrochemical element includes kneading a mixture including a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a water soluble resin including a monomeric unit containing an acidic functional group, preparing a slurry composition with a moisture content of at most 25% by mass and a viscosity at a shear velocity of 10 s?1 of at most 2000 mPa·s by adding a granular binder resin and water to the kneaded mixture, and spray drying the slurry composition.

Abstract: Composite particles for a positive electrode of an electrochemical element include a conductive material, a Ni containing positive electrode active material, a water soluble resin including a monomeric unit containing an acidic functional group, and a granular binder resin. The content of the water soluble resin is 1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the Ni containing positive electrode active material. An electrochemical element includes a collector and a positive electrode active material layer obtained by formation with the composite particles. Furthermore, a method for producing the composite particles includes drying and granulating an aqueous slurry composition including the above components in order to obtain the composite particles. The content in the slurry composition of the water soluble resin is 1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the Ni containing positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic resin laminate having a thermoplastic resin (A) layer and a thermoplastic resin (B) layer provided on each side of the thermoplastic resin (A) layer, the thermoplastic resin (A) having a styrene structural unit content of 65 to 90 mol % with respect to all the structural units forming the resin, characterized in that the thermoplastic resin (B) is a (meth)acrylic acid ester-styrene copolymer resin which is predominantly formed of a (meth)acrylic acid ester structural unit (a) represented by formula (1) and a styrene structural unit, and which has a ratio by mole of (meth)acrylic acid ester structural unit (a) to styrene structural unit of 70:30 to 84:16. The synthetic resin laminate is excellent in transparency, anti-warpage property, interlayer adhesion, adhesion to a hard coat layer formed from a photosensitive hard coating material, scratch resistance, and weather resistance.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin laminate is a transparent substrate material or protective material which is excellent in transparency, birefringence, and pattern-formability. The laminate is a synthetic resin laminate formed of a methacrylic resin layer, and a vinyl copolymer resin layer laminated on one or both sides of the methacrylic resin layer. The vinyl copolymer resin contains a (meth)acrylate structural unit and an aliphatic vinyl structural unit represented by specific formulas. The ratio of the sum of the (meth)acrylate structural units and the aliphatic vinyl structural units is 90 to 100 mol % with respect to all the structural units that form the resin. The ratio by mole of the (meth)acrylate structural unit to the aliphatic vinyl structural unit is 65:35 to 85:15. The methacrylic resin contains a structural unit having no benzene ring in an amount of 90 mol % or more with respect to all the structural units.

Abstract: To provide a highly transparent thermoplastic resin composition without requiring, for example, a special molecular design or incorporation of an additive, with the refractive index of the composition being readily controllable. The highly transparent and refractive-index-controllable thermoplastic resin composition can be produced by blending a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula, with a thermoplastic resin (B) obtained by hydrogenating aromatic double bonds of a thermoplastic resin which contains a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula.

Abstract: A synthetic resin laminate for use for transparent substrate materials and transparent protective materials is excellent in interlayer adhesiveness, form stability in high-temperature and high humidity environments, surface hardness and impact resistance. The synthetic resin laminate has a vinyl copolymer resin (A) layer and a polycarbonate resin (B) layer, wherein layer (A) is directly laminated on one surface of layer (B), and in which (A) contains a (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) represented by a specific formula and an aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) represented by a specific formula, the total proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) and the aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) is from 90 to 100 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A), and the proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) is from 65 to 80 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A).

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin laminate including: a thermoplastic transparent resin (A) layer; a thermoplastic resin (B) layer formed of a methyl methacrylate-styrene copolymer and/or an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer; and a thermoplastic resin (C) layer formed of a polycarbonate-based resin, the (B) layer being laminated on one surface, or each of both surfaces, of the (C) layer, and the (A) layer being laminated on the surface of the (B) layer, in which the thermoplastic transparent resin (A) includes a vinyl copolymer resin containing a (meth)acrylate constituent unit (a) and an aliphatic vinyl constituent unit (b) each having a specific structure at a molar ratio between the (meth)acrylate constituent unit (a) and the aliphatic vinyl constituent unit (b) of 15:85 to 85:15.

Abstract: In the process of the present invention, a solvent-soluble polyimide is produced by polycondensing at least one tetracarboxylic acid component with at least one diamine component in a solvent in the presence of a tertiary amine. The tetracarboxylic acid component is selected from the group consisting of tetracarboxylic dianhydrides represented by the following formula 1: wherein R is as defined in the specification, and tetracarboxylic acids and their derivatives represented by the following formula 2: wherein R and Y1 to Y4 are as defined in the specification. Unlike the conventional techniques using an excessively large amount of a chemical imidation agent such as acetic anhydride and a chemical imidation catalyst such as triethylamine, in the process of the present invention, the solvent-soluble polyimide having a high polymerization degree is easily produced in a solvent with good productivity by using only a catalytic amount of the tertiary amine.