Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (I) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride. In General Formula (1), n represents an integer of 3 or greater. X represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group. Y represents a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —S—, —CS—, —NRA—, —N?N—, or a divalent unsaturated hydrocarbon group. RA represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (I) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride.

Abstract: An organoelectroluminescent element which can satisfy both a high external quantum efficiency and high power efficiency at the same time, which has on a substrate an anode, a first intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, a light-emitting layer, a second intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, and a cathode in this order, and in which light is extracted from the aforementioned anode side, wherein the aforementioned light-emitting layer contains a light-emitting material that is oriented in the horizontal direction with the substrate, the order parameter of the aforementioned light-emitting material in the aforementioned light-emitting layer is at least 0.7, and the relationship between the thickness T1 (nm) of the aforementioned first intermediate organic layer and the thickness T2 (nm) of the aforementioned second intermediate organic layer is such that 1.1<T1/T2<4.0 and also such that 20 nm<T2<80 nm.

Abstract: An organoelectroluminescent element which can satisfy both a high external quantum efficiency and high power efficiency at the same time, which has on a substrate an anode, a first intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, a light-emitting layer, a second intermediate organic layer composed of at least one organic layer, and a cathode in this order, and in which light is extracted from the aforementioned anode side, wherein the aforementioned light-emitting layer contains a light-emitting material that is oriented in the horizontal direction with the substrate, the order parameter of the aforementioned light-emitting material in the aforementioned light-emitting layer is at least 0.7, and the relationship between the thickness T1 (nm) of the aforementioned first intermediate organic layer and the thickness T2 (nm) of the aforementioned second intermediate organic layer is such that 1.1<T1/T2<4.0 and also such that 20 nm<T2<80 nm.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device material, which, in its production, is free from formation of impurities that worsen the performance of organic EL devices, which, in forming an upper layer by coating, does not cause dissolution mixing or swelling mixing, which forms a film of good quality and which contributes toward improving the performance (high durability, and low driving voltage) of organic EL devices.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, which has a high power factor and exhibits excellent performance stability, a thermoelectric conversion element including the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer used in the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer. The n-type thermoelectric conversion layer of the present invention contains carbon nanotubes and an amine compound which is represented by General Formula (1) or (2) and has a C log P value of 2.0 to 8.2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, the present invention provides a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (I) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride. In General Formula (1), n represents an integer of 3 or greater. X represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group. Y represents a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —S—, —CS—, —NRA—, —N?N—, or a divalent unsaturated hydrocarbon group. RA represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituent.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. The surface-modified inorganic nitride of the present invention includes an inorganic nitride, and a compound which is represented by General Formula (I) and is adsorbed onto a surface of the inorganic nitride.

Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a conductive film having excellent substrate adhesiveness and a method for manufacturing the conductive film. A second object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer, a thermoelectric conversion element, and a thermoelectric conversion module which are formed using the conductive film. A third object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming the conductive film. The conductive film according to an embodiment of the present invention contains carbon nanotubes and an insulating polymer having a polar group, in which a content of oxygen atoms in the carbon nanotubes is 0.5 to 5.0 atm %, and a content of the insulating polymer with respect to the carbon nanotubes is 10% to 100% by mass.

Abstract: The present invention provides an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, which has excellent electric conductivity and thermoelectromotive force and is inhibited from experiencing a change of the thermoelectromotive force even in a high-temperature environment, a thermoelectric conversion element having the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer. A thermoelectric conversion element of the present invention has an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer and a p-type thermoelectric conversion layer electrically connected to the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, in which the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer contains carbon nanotubes and a compound containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), L1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group. n represents an integer of equal to or greater than 2. X represents —O—, —CH(OH)—, —S—, —OC(?O)O—, —C(?O)—, —OC(?O)—, or a divalent group containing an amide group.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module has a long support, a plurality of first metal layers formed on one surface of the support at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the support, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion layers formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the support, and a connection electrode for connecting the thermoelectric conversion layers adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the support, and a second metal layer formed on the other surface of the support, in which the first and the second metal layers have low rigidity portions that have rigidity lower than rigidity of other regions and extend in a width direction of the support, the low rigidity portions of the first and the second metal layers are formed at the same positions in the longitudinal direction, and the support is alternately bent into a mountain fold and a valley fold at the low rigidity portions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer having excellent thermoelectric conversion performances (particularly, a power factor and a figure of merit Z). Another object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a thermoelectric conversion layer that is used for forming the thermoelectric conversion layer, and a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion layer.

Abstract: The present invention has a first substrate having a high thermal conduction portion which has a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in a plane direction, a thermoelectric conversion layer which is formed on the first substrate, consists of an organic material, and has a thermoelectric conversion material having a positive Seebeck coefficient, a second substrate which is formed on the thermoelectric conversion layer and has a high thermal conduction portion having a thermal conductivity higher than that of other regions in the plane direction and in which the high thermal conduction portion does not completely overlap the high thermal conduction portion of the first substrate in the plane direction, and a pair of electrodes which are connected to the thermoelectric conversion layer and consist of a metal material having a negative Seebeck coefficient.

Abstract: Provided are a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module which can efficiently generate power by preventing heat from being accumulated in a cooling side even in a naturally cooled environment.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion element having excellent thermoelectric conversion performance and excellent high-temperature durability, a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion element, a thermoelectric conversion module, and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion module.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion layer, which has a high power factor and a low thermal conductivity and exhibits the characteristics of an n-type excellently maintaining performance stability even being exposed to a high temperature for a long period of time, a thermoelectric conversion element having the thermoelectric conversion layer as an n-type thermoelectric conversion layer, and a composition for forming a thermoelectric conversion layer used for forming the thermoelectric conversion layer. The thermoelectric conversion layer of the present invention contains a carbon nanotube-containing n-type thermoelectric conversion material and a hydrogen bonding resin.

Abstract: Provided are a thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module using the thermoelectric conversion element. The thermoelectric conversion element has a first substrate having a high thermal conduction portion which has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of other regions, a thermoelectric conversion layer formed on the first substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on the thermoelectric conversion layer, a second substrate formed on the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, having a concave portion, which at least partially overlaps the high thermal conduction portion of the first substrate in a plane direction and is on the pressure sensitive adhesive layer side, and made of a metal material, and an electrode pair connected to the thermoelectric conversion layer.