Abstract: A chargeable and dischargeable secondary battery for use in electronic devices, industrial machines, electric-powered vehicles, is provided, along with an anodic electrode and a copper foil for anode current collector. It is an anode for secondary battery that utilizes non-aqueous electrolyte, which comprises a silicon-type active material film formed on one side or both sides of a current collector made of copper foil or copper alloy foil, wherein 1 g/m2 to 14 g/m2 of silicon-type active material film is formed on said current collector, and the lightness Y value in a XYZ colorimetric system (CIE 1931 standard colorimetric system) for the surface of said anode, onto which said silicon-type active material film is formed, is 15 to 50, and the surface roughness (ten point average roughness) Rz specified by the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS B0601-1994 ten point average roughness) is 1.0 ?m or more and 4.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A process for making a latex emulsion suitable for use in a toner composition includes contacting at least one polyester resin optionally with an organic solvent to form a resin mixture, adding a primary amine, optionally a surfactant, and deionized water to the mixture.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte material having excellent Li ion conductivity. To attain the object, the present invention provides a solid electrolyte material represented by a general formula: Lix(La2?aM1a)(Ti3?bM2b)O9+?, characterized in that “x” is 0<x?1; “a” is 0?a?2; “b” is 0?b?3; “?” is ?2???2; “M1” is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sr, Na, Nd, Pr, Sm, Gd, Dy, Y, Eu, Tb, and Ba; and “M2” is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, W, Mn, Al, Ge, Ru, Nb, Ta, Co, Zr, Hf, Fe, Cr, and Ga.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material contains glass ceramics that contains Li, A, X, and S, and has peaks at 2?=20.2° and 23.6° in X-ray diffraction measurement with CuK? line. A is at least one kind of P, Si, Ge, Al, and B, and X is a halogen. A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material includes amorphizing a raw material composition containing Li2S, a sulfide of A, and LiX to synthesize sulfide glass, and heating the sulfide glass at a heat treatment temperature equal to or more than a crystallization temperature thereof to synthesize glass ceramics having peaks at 2?=20.2° and 23.6° in X-ray diffraction measurement with CuK? line, in which a ratio of the LiX contained in the raw material composition and the heat treatment temperature are controlled to obtain the glass ceramics.

Abstract: An energy storage element includes: a container; an electrode assembly housed in the container; an electrode terminal; a current collector which electrically connects the electrode terminal and the electrode assembly; and an external insulation sealing member for insulating the container and the electrode terminal. The container includes a protrusion part having a through-hole for allowing penetration of the electrode terminal and protruding from the upper surface of the container. The electrode terminal is electrically connected to the current collector in a state where the electrode terminal penetrates through the protrusion part. The external insulation sealing member has a side part disposed along the side surface of the protrusion part, and the end surface of the end part of the side part at the side of the upper surface is apart from the upper surface.

Abstract: Provided is a monolayer type photoconductor superior in sensitivity characteristics that allows reliable production by easy confirmation of the sensitivity characteristics, and an image forming device using such a monolayer type photoconductor. A monolayer type photoconductor including a base body and a single photo sensitive layer formed on the base body, the single photo sensitive layer containing a charge generating agent, a hole transfer agent, an electron transfer agent and a binding resin, wherein a maximum absorption wavelength (?max) of the photo sensitive layer is set to a value of below 850 nm and an absorbance (A850) of light at a wavelength of 850 nm per unit thickness of the photo sensitive layer is set to a value of 0.05 ?m?1 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes processes for making clear, high-gloss toners, including toner compositions resulting from such processes that find applications in overcoating and gloss enhancement.

Abstract: A system and method for estimating an amount of carbon support loss in fuel cells of a fuel cell stack in a vehicle, for example, during vehicle off-times. The system and method include estimating an amount of time that a hydrogen concentration in the fuel cell stack is zero and calculating an amount of carbon loss based on the amount of time that the hydrogen concentration in the fuel cell stack is zero.

Abstract: The invention provides an organosilicon amine electrolyte material containing a polyether chain, which has a wide range of applications, as well as an application of the electrolyte material in a lithium ion battery. The chemical structure thereof is as shown in Formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 are selected from the same or different C1-C10 alkyls; A is a polyether chain segment having the structure of (CH2)nO[(CH2)mO]x(CH2)y, where n and m are integers from 0 to 10, and x is an integer from 1 to 10; R3, R4 and R5 are selected from the same or the different C1-C10 alkyls or alkoxyl groups, or are equivalent to ANR1R2 or —O—SiR6R7R8 in structure; wherein R6, R7 and R8 are C1-C10 alkyls.

Abstract: A thin battery integrating an electric connector and a battery cell is provided, including a battery cell, a circuit board, an electric connector, and an adhesive tape. The battery cell includes a top sealing area, a first electrode bar, and a second electrode bar. The first electrode bar and the second electrode bar are disposed in the top sealing area of the battery cell. The circuit board is disposed in the top sealing area and includes a first and a second electrode welding pad. The electric connector is disposed in the top sealing area and connected electrically to the circuit board. The adhesive tape wraps the battery cell and the circuit board. The thin battery can be connected to the mobile electronic equipment, having a mating connector, along a first direction or a second direction through the electric connector, thereby supplying power.

Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development has toner mother particles including a release agent, a colorant, and a binder resin including a crystalline resin, and an external additive to the toner mother particles including at least metatitanic acid and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles, and the addition weight ratio of the metatitanic acid to the at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles is from 1:0.08 to 1:8.30 is provided.

Abstract: Toners are provided, which possess low melt properties capable of producing a low gloss finish. Methods for providing these resins and toners are also provided which include the process of controlling the gloss of the toner utilizing a slow acid addition during coalescence optionally combined with little or no chelating agent added during the aggregation process.

Abstract: A coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation having high productivity and stability and a process thereof are provided. Also provided are a high-performance electrophotographic photoreceptor and an image-forming apparatus which are capable of forming high-quality images even in various use environments and are less apt to cause image defects such as black spots or color spots. The objects are accomplished with a process for producing a coating fluid which is for forming a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor and comprises a charge-generating material and a binder resin, wherein a dispersing medium having an average particle diameter in the range of from 1.0 ?m to 350 ?m is used as a dispersing medium for dispersing the charge-generating material in the coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation. The coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation produced by this process is preferable as a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor belt which is excellent in durability and therefore little cracks even when fingerprints of an operator or hand cream adheres to the belt, wherein a binder resin for photosensitive layers comprising as the main component a polycarbonate resin which comprises bisphenol A type constituent units represented by the formula (I) as the main constituent unit (preferably in an amount of at least 90% by weight based on the whole of the constituent units) and which has a limiting viscosity of 1 to 1.6 dl/g and preferably a molecular weight distribution of 3.2 to 4.3 as calculated from the weight-average molecular weight and number-average molecular weight determined by GPC is used in a photosensitive layer (particularly carrier transport layer) of the belt.

Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a novel imaging member, namely, an imaging member or photoreceptor comprising a binderless overcoat layer which exhibits substantially improved electrical performance, such as low residual potential and good electrical cyclic stability. The overcoat layer of the present embodiments is formed from a formulation comprising a small transport molecule, a crosslinking agent, an acid catalyst and a solvent.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least an electrophotographic photoreceptor having at least a conductive support, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer; a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor in a contact charging mode, in which only DC voltage is applied; an electrostatic latent image forming device that exposes the surface of the charged electrophotographic photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image by a developer to form a toner image; and a transfer device that directly transfers the toner image from the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a transfer medium; and does not include an erasing device for erasing the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor after the toner image is transferred onto the transfer medium by the transfer device and before the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is charged by the charging device.

Abstract: To provide a toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a core shell structure, and wherein the core contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a hybrid resin and a polyester resin, where the hybrid resin is a resin in which a polyester resin and a vinyl resin are chemically bonded to each other, and the shell contains a resin prepared by polymerizing at least a styrene monomer and an ester monomer represented by the following General Formula (1): where, ‘n’ is 2 or 3, ‘X’ is any of 0 to 9, R1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, and R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group.

Abstract: A charge transport particle comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein at a macroscopic level the covalent organic framework is a particle that has electroactive added functionality.

Abstract: In order to prevent the occurrence of bleeding in a nip between a photoreceptor and an intermediate transfer body or a nip between the photoreceptor and a sheet, which is a problem in a wet developing method, the present disclosure provides a liquid developer that includes an electrically insulating carrier liquid and colored particles dispersed within the carrier liquid, further contains an organic polymer compound, and has a viscosity of 30 to 400 mPa·s at a measurement temperature of 25° C.

Abstract: An image-forming method is provided which can provide stable image density irrespective of use environments and does not cause image defects such as fogging, tailing, or transfer voids, even when being applied to a developing sleeve with a reduced diameter. In the image-forming method, a latent image bearing member and a toner bearing member bearing a magnetic toner on its surface and having inside a unit for generating a magnetic field are placed with a predetermined interval, and an alternating field is applied between the latent image bearing member and the toner bearing member, and an electrostatic latent image borne by the latent image bearing member is developed with the magnetic toner. The toner bearing member has a specific diameter, and the magnetic toner has a specific circularity and a specific compressibility. The total energy of the toner measured with a powder flowability measuring apparatus satisfies a specific value.