Patents Assigned to Stella Chemifa Corporation
  • Patent number: 11964871
    Abstract: To provide a novel immobilized product in which a carbon material and/or a silicon material is/are immobilized on a base material surface by a chemical bond via a linking group, and a method for producing the same. The immobilized product is an immobilized product in which a carbon material is immobilizing on a surface of a base material, wherein the carbon material is chemically bonded on the surface of the base material via a linking group, and the linking group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a —NH group, a —NH—R1—NH group, a —SO group, a R2 group, a —O—R3—O group, and a R4 group (in which the R1 to R4 each independently represent at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, a chain alkenyl group, a cyclic alkenyl group, a chain alkynyl group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ishimaru, Yoshinori Sato, Hironori Matsushita, Kazutaka Hirano, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 11965123
    Abstract: A red phosphor that has optical characteristics and durability under high-temperature and high-humidity environments, and a method for producing the same. The red phosphor includes a Mn-activated complex fluoride represented by the following general formula (1) and bismuth: A2MF6:Mn4+??(1) wherein A represents at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium, and M represents at least one tetravalent element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin, titanium, zirconium and hafnium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takatori, Shinya Kumazawa, Tetsuya Arakawa, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 11548993
    Abstract: A simple short-time method for modifying a fluorine resin film so that hydrophilicity is not likely to deteriorate over time. The method for modifying a fluorine resin film is characterized in that the surface of the fluorine resin film is provided with hydrophilicity by bringing the fluorine resin film into contact with a process gas, which contains gas containing fluorine atoms and at least one of gas containing oxygen atoms or inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Takano, Terunori Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11180515
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes a phosphoric acid diester salt, which can suppress deterioration of charge-discharge characteristics of a power storage element, and can suppress the rise in internal resistance after storage at high temperature. The phosphoric acid diester salt is represented by the following chemical formula (1): in which Mn+ represents a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, an aluminum ion, a transition metal ion, or an onium ion, R1 and R2 are different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least one of a halogen atom, a heteroatom, and an unsaturated bond, and n represents a valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Stella Chemifa Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Sakaguchi, Sojiro Kon, Yoshifumi Katsura, Masashi Yamamoto, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 11155465
    Abstract: A cross-linked structure of a carbon material is excellent in mechanical strength, such as tensile strength. The carbon materials such as carbon nanotube, graphite, fullerene, and carbon nanocoil, are cross-linked with each other. The carbon materials are cross-linked through a linking group derived from a nucleophilic compound having two or more nucleophilic groups in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Stella Chemifa Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sato, Kazutaka Hirano, Yuki Kikui
  • Patent number: 11005125
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a secondary battery exhibits excellent cycle characteristics even in high-temperature environments. The solution includes at least one of boric acid esters, acid anhydrides, cyclic carbonates having an unsaturated bond, cyclic carbonates having a halogen atom, cyclic sulfonic acid esters, and amines having an acetoacetyl group. A secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode makes use of this electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Sakaguchi, Sojiro Kon, Yoshifumi Katsura, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 10938066
    Abstract: A phosphodiester salt is added to the electrolytic solution to form a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution has excellent storage characteristics in a temperature load environment. Deterioration of the charge-discharge characteristics of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and increase in internal resistance of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution are suppressed during storage. A secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode makes use of this electrolytic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Sakaguchi, Yoshifumi Katsura, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 10793585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphoric acid diester salt which can suppress deterioration of charge-discharge characteristics of a power storage element, and can suppress the rise in internal resistance after storage at high temperature, a production method therefor, a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a power storage element, and a power storage element. Disclosed is a phosphoric acid diester salt represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein Mn+ represents a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, an aluminum ion, a transition metal ion, or an onium ion; R1 and R2 are different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least one of a halogen atom, a heteroatom, and an unsaturated bond; and n represents a valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Sakaguchi, Sojiro Kon, Yoshifumi Katsura, Masashi Yamamoto, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 10112835
    Abstract: Provided is a method for purifying a difluorophosphate, in which a difluorophosphate is purified to a high purity. The method includes a method for purifying a difluorophosphate, comprising bringing hydrogen fluoride into contact with a difluorophosphate containing an impurity and subsequently heating and drying the difluorophosphate, or bringing the hydrogen fluoride into contact with the difluorophosphate containing the impurity while heating and drying the difluorophosphate containing the impurity, thereby removing the impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yahata, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 10046971
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing carbon material to the present invention comprises a carbon material having a carbon skeleton formed of carbon atoms and nitrogen atoms introduced into the carbon material, wherein part of carbon atoms in the carbon skeleton are substituted with nitrogen atoms. The nitrogen-containing carbon material according to the present invention can be produced by a production method including the steps of bringing the carbon material into contact with a first treatment gas containing a fluorine-containing gas to subject a surface of the carbon material to a fluorination treatment; and bringing the carbon material after being subjected to the fluorination treatment into contact with a second treatment gas containing a nitrogen-containing gas with heating to perform a nitriding treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Stella Chemifa Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tohji, Yoshinori Sato, Koji Yokoyama, Kazutaka Hirano, Yoshinori Sato
  • Patent number: 9731968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a fluoride gas that can produces fluoride gases such as BF3, SiF4, GeF4, PF5 or AsF5 at a reduced production cost in a simple manner. The process is characterized in that a compound containing an atom, which, together with a fluorine atom, can form a polyatomic ion, is added to a hydrogen fluoride solution to produce the polyatomic ion in a hydrogen fluoride solution and to evolve a fluoride gas comprising the fluorine atom and the atom that, together with the fluorine atom, can form a polyatomic ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Waki, Tatsuhiro Yabune, Kazuhiro Miyamoto, Kazutaka Hirano
  • Patent number: 9624107
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a difluorophosphate, which can easily and industrially advantageously produce a high-purity difluorophosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Stella Chemifa Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yahata, Tetsuo Nishida, Shuichi Minamigawa
  • Patent number: 9593017
    Abstract: A process for preparing difluorophosphate comprising reacting difluorophosphoric acid with at least one salt, as a raw material, selected from a halide salt, a carbonate, a phosphate, a hydroxide and an oxide of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an onium in the difluoraphosphoric acid, then separating a precipitate from the difluorophosphoric acid by solid-liquid separation, the precipitate being precipitated by crystallization operation in the difluorophosphoric acid, and removing the difluorophosphoric acid contained in the precipitate by distillation to obtain difluorophosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishida, Kazuhiko Shogami, Tomoya Satoh
  • Patent number: 9567217
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a difluorophosphate, which can simply and easily produce a high-purity difluorophosphate in an industrially advantageous manner. The method includes steps of: reacting an aqueous hydrofluoric acid solution with an oxyhalide of phosphorous (except phosphoric trifluoride) to produce a crude difluorophosphoric acid; reacting the crude difluorophosphoric acid with a halide of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, aluminum or an onium to produce a difluorophosphate in the crude difluorophosphoric acid; and heating and drying the crude difluorophosphoric acid containing the difluorophosphate to distill away the crude difluorophosphoric acid, or precipitating the difluorophosphate in the crude difluorophosphoric acid by crystallization, subsequently separating the difluorophosphate by solid-liquid separation, and further distilling away the crude difluorophosphoric acid contained in the difluorophosphate after solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Stella Chemifa Corporation
    Inventors: Sojiro Kon, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 9376323
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a tetrafluoroborate producing method that allows high-yield, high-efficiency production of a tetrafluoroborate by a continuous process, a tetrafluoroborate-containing electrolyte, and an electrical storage device including such an electrolyte. The invention provides a method for producing a tetrafluoroborate, which includes: a first step including dissolving boron trifluoride gas in an organic solvent; a second step including adding, to the organic solvent, a fluoride (MFn, wherein M represents a metal or NH4, and 1?n?3) in an amount stoichiometrically equivalent to or less than the amount of the boron trifluoride so that a tetrafluoroborate solution is produced; and a third step including circulating the tetrafluoroborate solution through the first step so that the boron trifluoride gas is dissolved in the tetrafluoroborate solution instead of the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Waki, Kazuhiro Miyamoto, Kazutaka Hirano
  • Patent number: 9352511
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a laminated film comprising at least two resin films bonded together, which is capable of increasing the adhesiveness of the bonding surface and forming a laminated film with high reliability. The method for producing a laminated film according to the invention comprising at least two resin films laminated together, which comprises: a fluorination treatment step comprising bringing a fluorine and oxygen atoms-containing treatment gas into contact with at least a partial region of the surface of at least one of the two resin films to increase the adhesiveness of the region; and a bonding step comprising bonding the two resin films together using, as a bonding surface, the surface that has been brought into contact with the treatment gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hashiguchi, Terunori Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Hirano
  • Patent number: 9296613
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a carbon material dispersion, including: a fluorinated carbon material having a fluorinated surface formed by bringing a treatment gas with a fluorine concentration of 0.01 to 100 vol % into contact with a carbon material under conditions at 150 to 600° C.; and a dispersion medium in which the fluorinated carbon material is dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tohji, Yoshinori Sato, Shinji Hashiguchi, Kazutaka Hirano
  • Publication number: 20160075557
    Abstract: Provided is a method for purifying a difluorophosphate, in which a difluorophosphate is purified to a high purity. The method includes a method for purifying a difluorophosphate, comprising bringing hydrogen fluoride into contact with a difluorophosphate containing an impurity and subsequently heating and drying the difluorophosphate, or bringing the hydrogen fluoride into contact with the difluorophosphate containing the impurity while heating and drying the difluorophosphate containing the impurity, thereby removing the impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yahata, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 9059480
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a hexafluorophosphate, that can simply and easily manufacture an inexpensive and high-quality hexafluorophosphate while suppressing the manufacturing cost, an electrolytic solution containing a hexafluorophosphate, and an electricity storage device including the electrolytic solution. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexafluorophosphate, which comprises reacting at least a phosphorus compound with a fluoride represented by MFs.r(HF) (wherein 0?r?6, 1?s?3, and M is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, NH4, Ag, Mg, Ca, Ba, Zn, Cu, Pb, Al and Fe) to produce a hexafluorophosphate represented by the chemical formula M(PF6)s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Waki, Tatsuhiro Yabune, Kazuhiro Miyamoto, Kazutaka Hirano
  • Patent number: 9034290
    Abstract: An object the invention is to provide a phosphorus pentafluoride producing process wherein phosphorus pentafluoride is separated/extracted from a pentavalent phosphorus compound or a solution thereof, or a composition obtained by allowing the pentavalent phosphorus compound or the solution thereof to react with hydrogen fluoride, thereby producing phosphorus pentafluoride; and a phosphate hexafluoride producing process wherein the resultant phosphorus pentafluoride is used as raw material to produce a phosphate hexafluoride high in purity. The present invention relates to a process for producing phosphorus pentafluoride, wherein a carrier gas is brought into contact with either of the following one: a pentavalent phosphorus compound, a solution thereof, or a solution in which a composition obtained by allowing the pentavalent phosphorus compound or the solution thereof to react with hydrogen fluoride is dissolved, thereby a phosphorus pentafluoride is extracted into the career gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Waki, Shinji Hashiguchi, Kazutaka Hirano