Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having excellent ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M1 element (such as a Li element), an M2 element (such as a Ge element and a P element), and an S element; having a peak in a position of 2?=29.58°±0.50° in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? line; and having an IB/IA value of less than 0.50 when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2?=29.58°±0.50° is represented by IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2?=27.33°±0.50° is represented by IB.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material for an all solid-state lithium secondary battery represented by Li2S-MIaSb-MIIxOy, wherein MI is selected from P, Si, Ge, B and Al; “a” and “b” respectively represent numbers that give a stoichiometric ratio in accordance with the kind of MI; MII is selected from Fe, Zn and Bi; and “x” and “y” respectively represent numbers that give a stoichiometric ratio in accordance with the kind of MII.

Abstract: A battery includes a plurality of power generating elements each including: a cathode layer; an anode layer; an electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; a cathode current collector connected to the cathode layer; and an anode current collector connected to the anode layer, wherein the plurality of power generating elements are wound or folded; and the cathode current collector included in one of the power generating elements and the anode current collector included in another power generating element adjacent to that power generating element are directly or indirectly connected to each other in the entire longitudinal direction of the cathode current collector and the anode current collector before and after the power generating elements are wound or folded.

Abstract: A method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material includes: forming an intermediate having crosslinking sulfur but no Li2S, by vitrifying, in a first vitrification process, a starting material composition obtained by mixing Li2S and a sulfide of a group 14 or group 15 element such that a proportion of Li2S with respect to the sum total of the Li2S and the sulfide of a group 14 or group 15 element is smaller than a proportion of Li2S required for the sulfide solid electrolyte material to obtain an ortho composition; and eliminating the crosslinking sulfur by vitrifying, in a second vitrification process, an intermediate-containing composition resulting from mixing a bond cleaving compound, which cleaves a bond of the crosslinking sulfur, with the intermediate.

Abstract: A lithium ion conducting material includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material that contains Li, an element that belongs to group 13 to group 15 and S, and that contains an MSx unit, wherein M is an element that belongs to group 13 to group 15, S is a sulfur element, and x is the maximum number of S atoms that can be bonded with M, and an inhibitor that is in contact with the sulfide-based solid electrolyte material and that contains a metal element having an ionization tendency lower than that of hydrogen.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to an active material for battery having a high thermal stability and a low electric potential. The object is attained by providing the active material for battery contains an Y element, a Ba element, a Cu element, and an O element and contains a YBa2Cu3O7-? crystalline phase (? satisfies 0???0.5).

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte with excellent ion conductivity and a method for producing a crystallized glass contained in the sulfide solid electrolyte. A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising a crystallized glass represented by the following chemical formula yLi2S.(100-x-y)P2S5.xP2O5, wherein 0<x<25 and 67<y<80.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode for batteries which enables a battery to provide high output power when it is incorporated in the battery, a battery comprising the electrode, and a method for producing the electrode. Disclosed is an electrode for batteries, comprising an inorganic solid electrolyte, an electrode active material and a polymer compound dispersed in the inorganic solid electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid-state battery capable of improving output power. The all-solid-state battery includes a wound solid electrolyte/electrode assembly and a case housing the solid electrolyte/electrode assembly with a pressurized fluid being filled between the inner periphery surface of the case and the solid electrolyte/electrode assembly.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte with intergranular resistance decreased. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a solid electrolyte comprising a garnet-type compound with Li ion conductivity as the main component, characterized in that a phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is provided between particles of the above-mentioned garnet-type compound, and the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor has a smaller particle diameter than a particle diameter of the above-mentioned garnet-type compound and makes face contact with the above-mentioned garnet-type compound.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material that can react with an electrode active material to forms a high-resistance portion includes fluorine.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with less hydrogen sulfide generation amount. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material obtained by using a raw material composition containing Li2S and sulfide of an element of the fourteenth family or the fifteenth family, characterized by not substantially containing cross-linking sulfur and Li2S.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a pump jack pump-off control method and a pump jack control apparatus in which, even when the speed of a pump jack is reduced due to generation of a pump-off condition, the pump jack is not caused to stop due to the motor overload abnormality or the coagulated crude oil and, even when the pump-off condition is generated, the reduction of the production capacity of the pump jack can be prevented as much as possible. On detecting the pump-off condition, while the pump jack is in operation with the speed thereof being reduced, or while the pump jack is in operation at the lowest speed, according to the overload warning signal of an ac electric motor, the pump jack is switched over to its intermittent operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid-state battery capable of improving output power. The all-solid-state battery includes a wound solid electrolyte/electrode assembly and a case housing the solid electrolyte/electrode assembly with a pressurized fluid being filled between the inner periphery surface of the case and the solid electrolyte/electrode assembly.

Abstract: A production method for an electrode for a battery includes preparing a conductive substrate, and electrode material particles having ion conduction anisotropy; and producing an electrode by attaching the electrode material particles onto the conductive substrate, and applying a magnetic field in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: An electrode body used for an all solid state battery element, having a bipolar electrode basic structure having: a current collector, a cathode active material layer formed on one surface of the above-mentioned current collector, an anode active material layer formed on a surface of the above-mentioned current collector and formed in a position not overlapping with the above-mentioned cathode active material layer in a plan view, and a current collector exposed portion, formed between the above-mentioned cathode active material layer and the above-mentioned anode active material layer, and exposing both surfaces of the above-mentioned current collector.

Abstract: A method of producing a solid electrolyte-electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, the method including applying pressure to a solid electrolyte and fabricating a solid electrolyte layer; fabricating a stack by stacking an electrode layer on at least one side of the solid electrolyte layer; and applying pressure in a stacking direction of the stack while heating the stack.

Abstract: A solid state electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid state electrolyte material that is manufactured from a raw material composition containing Li2S and P2S5 and is substantially free of bridging sulfur, and a hydrophobic polymer for binding the sulfide solid state electrolyte material.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery (10) provided by the present invention includes a current interruption mechanism (40) operated by a rise in internal pressure. A positive electrode (32) of this battery (10) has a positive electrode mixture layer containing lithium carbonate, a conductive material and a positive electrode active material consisting primarily of a lithium-transition metal oxide. The lithium carbonate is disposed on the surface of the conductive material. Such a positive electrode mixture layer can preferably be fabricated using a positive electrode mixture composition containing a positive electrode active material and a composite conductive material comprising lithium carbonate retained on the surface of a conductive material.

Abstract: An oil extraction system is provided. The oil extraction system includes a sucker rod pump (10) provided for a production well (2) so as to pump up crude oil; a signal detecting section (12) for detecting a pump-off signal sent from the sucker rod pump (10); and an injection pump (20) provided for an injection well (3) so as to pressure-inject fluid which is used for secondary extraction or tertiary extraction. The pressure injection pump (20) is operated based on the pump-off signal detected by the signal detecting section (12).