Abstract: A secondary battery that can avoid reduction in battery capacity over the lapse of charge-discharge cycles and can exhibit high performance is provided. The secondary battery includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer provided between the first and second electrode layers, the electrolyte layer including electrolyte particles, wherein at least one of the first and second electrode layers includes a base member having a major surface on which a plurality of concave portions are formed and an electrode material filled in at least the concave portions, the major surface facing to the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A secondary battery that can avoid reduction in battery capacity over the lapse of charge-discharge cycles and can exhibit high performance is provided. The secondary battery includes a laminated body having a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte layer provided between the pair of electrodes, the electrolyte layer including electrolyte particles, the laminated body having an end portion, and a restrictor provided so as to cover at least the end portion of the laminated body for restricting expansion of the electrolyte layer in the plane direction thereof.

Abstract: A secondary battery that can avoid reduction in battery capacity over the lapse of charge-discharge cycles and can exhibit high performance is provided. A method for manufacturing a secondary battery, the secondary battery including a laminated body having a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte layer provided between the pair of electrodes, the laminated body having an end portion, and a restrictor provided so as to cover at least the end portion of the laminated body for restricting expansion of the electrolyte layer in the plane direction thereof, the method includes preparing a mold, the pair of electrodes and electrolyte particles for forming the electrolyte layer, joining the pair of electrodes and the electrolyte layer together by pressing the electrodes and the electrolyte particles within the mold to form the laminated body, and providing the restrictor so as to cover at least the end portion of the laminated body removed from the mold.

Abstract: A composition for forming an aluminum fine particle dispersed film, which comprises a complex of an amine compound and aluminum hydride and a polymer component having film formability is prepared, and a film formed therefrom is heated or exposed to light to manufacture an aluminum fine particle dispersed film. The above composition can provide an Al fine particle dispersed film which can be used in electronic devices or optical devices, an Al wiring pattern film and an Al mirror film.

Abstract: There is provided a method for forming wiring or an electrode by coating a substrate with a composition comprising (A) a complex of an amine compound and a hydrogenated aluminum compound and (B) a titanium compound or a composition comprising the complex and (C) metal particles and subjecting the obtained coating film to heating and/or a light treatment. By the method, a film can be formed that uses a conductive film forming composition with which wiring and an electrode that can be suitably used for electronic devices can be formed easily and inexpensively.

Abstract: The present invention provides carbon nanotubes perpendicularly and densely deposited over a wide area of a substrate. The carbon nanotubes are manufactured by supplying alternating-current power at a specific frequency between an anode and a cathode disposed in a reactor, and causing plasma to be generated between the anode and the cathode by introducing mixed gas containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 1-5 carbon atoms and hydrogen or mixed gas containing an aromatic hydrocarbon and hydrogen. The substrate is disposed between the anode and the cathode and held at a distance two times or less of the mean free path of a hydrocarbon cation from the anode.

Abstract: There is provided a method for forming wiring or an electrode by coating a substrate with a composition comprising (A) a complex of an amine compound and a hydrogenated aluminum compound and (B) a titanium compound or a composition comprising the complex and (C) metal particles and subjecting the obtained coating film to heating and/or a light treatment. By the method, a film can be formed that uses a conductive film forming composition with which wiring and an electrode that can be suitably used for electronic devices can be formed easily and inexpensively.

Abstract: There are provided a conductive film forming composition capable of forming wiring or an electrode which can be suitably used in a variety of electronic devices, easily and inexpensively, a method for forming a film using the composition, a conductive film formed by the method, and wiring or an electrode which comprises the film. A conductive film forming composition comprising a complex of an amine compound and aluminum hydride and an organic solvent is applied on a substrate and then subjected to a heat treatment and/or irradiation with light, whereby a conductive film such as an electrode or wiring is produced.

Abstract: There is provided a method for forming wiring or an electrode by coating a substrate with a composition comprising (A) a complex of an amine compound and a hydrogenated aluminum compound and (B) a titanium compound or a composition comprising the complex and (C) metal particles and subjecting the obtained coating film to heating and/or a light treatment. By the method, a film can be formed that uses a conductive film forming composition with which wiring and an electrode that can be suitably used for electronic devices can be formed easily and inexpensively.

Abstract: There are provided a conductive film forming composition capable of forming wiring or an electrode which can be suitably used in a variety of electronic devices, easily and inexpensively, a method for forming a film using the composition, a conductive film formed by the method, and wiring or an electrode which comprises the film.

Abstract: The present invention provides carbon nanotubes perpendicularly and densely deposited over a wide area of a substrate. The carbon nanotubes are manufactured by supplying alternating-current power at a specific frequency between an anode and a cathode disposed in a reactor, and causing plasma to be generated between the anode and the cathode by introducing mixed gas containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 1-5 carbon atoms and hydrogen or mixed gas containing an aromatic hydrocarbon and hydrogen. The substrate is disposed between the anode and the cathode and held at a distance two times or less of the mean free path of a hydrocarbon cation from the anode.

Abstract: Multi-layer fullerenes with a novel structure which are expected to be applied to various fields, and a method of manufacturing the multi-layer fullerenes. The method comprises heating carbon-containing substances at a temperature of 2300° C. or higher in the presence of a C60 fullerene to obtain novel multi-layer fullerenes which include a first multi-layer fullerene having a C60 fullerene enclosed in a C240 fullerene (C60@C240), a second multi-layer fullerene having a C240 fullerene enclosed in a C560 fullerene (C240@C560), and a third multi-layer fullerene having a C80 fullerene enclosed in a C240 fullerene which is enclosed in a C560 fullerene (C80@C240@C560).

Abstract: An electroluminescent cell which exhibits a high luminous efficiency and excellent durability is provided. The electroluminescent material comprises a unit (AB) which is formed by alternate copolymerization of hole transfer monomers and electron transfer monomers, and a unit (A) which is formed by the polymerization of hole transfer monomers, wherein the molar ratio of the total of the structural units originating from the hole transfer monomers and the structural units originating from the electron transfer monomers in the unit (AB) and the structural units originating from the hole transfer monomers in the unit (A) is from 50:50 to 5:95. The electroluminescent cell has an anode layer 2, an electroluminescent material layer 3 made from the electroluminescent material, an electron transfer luminous layer 4, and a cathode layer 5.

Abstract: An EL cell exhibiting high luminous efficiency and excellent durability is disclosed. The EL cell comprises a layer of a block copolymer comprising a block component (A) of the following formula (1) having a positive hole transfer capability and a block component (B) of the following formula (2) having an electron transfer capability at molar ratio of the block component (A) to the block (B) between 0.1:99.9 and 99.9:0.1.