Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescent device having high emission efficiency and long life, and an organic electroluminescent device including the same. The material for an organic electroluminescent device may be represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: New photobase generators suitable for use in photoresists are provided that correspond to Formula (I): X1—R1—O—C(?O)N(R2)R3??(I) wherein X1 is an optionally substituted aromatic group; R1 is a linker; and R2 and R3 are the same or different optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic group or an optionally substituted aromatic group, wherein at least one of R2 and R3 is an optionally substituted branched alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent and at least lithium hexafluorophosphate as a solute, characterized by further including 10 to 1000 mass ppm of a phosphorus-containing acidic compound and 0.01 to 10.0 mass % of a difluorophosphate. The phosphorus-containing acidic compound is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of HPF6, HPO2F2, H2PO3F and H3PO4. By the use of such an electrolyte, it is possible to provide the non-aqueous electrolyte lithium battery capable of maintaining high discharge capacity even after repeated charge/discharge cycles under a high temperature environment.

Abstract: A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which suppresses generation of gas and increases power characteristics, including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer placed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer is a mixture of a negative electrode active material, a binding agent, and a conductive agent. The negative electrode active material contains silicon. The binding agent includes a binding agent A made of a rubber polymeric compound. A through-thickness cross section of the negative electrode mixture layer halved into a current collector-side region and a surface-side region, has the amount of the binding agent A in the current collector-side region larger than the amount of the binding agent A in the surface-side region and the amount of the conductive agent in the surface-side region is larger than the amount of the conductive agent in the current collector-side region.

Abstract: A composition including a first compound is disclosed, wherein the first compound is capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature; wherein the first compound has at least one aromatic ring and at least one substituent R; wherein each of the at least one R is an organic group having at least one X—F bond; wherein each X is independently selected from the group consisting of Si, and Ge; and wherein each of the at least one R is directly bonded to one of the aromatic rings.

Abstract: Provided is an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin (A) and any of compounds (B) of general formula (I) below. (In general formula (I), Rf represents a fluorine atom or a monovalent organic group containing at least one fluorine atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent containing no fluorine atom; X1 represents a monovalent organic group having at least two carbon atoms, or a methyl group in which a substituent other than a fluorine atom is optionally introduced, provided that X1 may be bonded to R1 to thereby form a ring; and Z represents a moiety that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, is converted to a sulfonic acid group, an imidic acid group or a methide acid group).

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency including a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance. In a light-emitting element including a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes, a delayed fluorescence component due to triplet-triplet annihilation accounts for 20% or more of light emitted from the EL layer, and the light has at least one emission spectrum peak in the blue wavelength range. The EL layer includes an organic compound in which an energy difference between the lowest singlet excited energy level and the lowest triplet excited energy level is 0.5 eV or more. The EL layer includes a benzo[a]anthracene compound.

Abstract: An aqueous electrolyte composition suitable for a lithium ion battery is provided. The aqueous electrolyte composition contains water, at least one of a linear ether and a cyclic ether and a lithium fluoroalkylsulfonyl salt. A lithium ion battery containing the aqueous electrolyte and a vehicle at least partially powered by the battery are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are electrolyte compositions comprising aryl group containing certain fluorinated carbonate, and batteries, especially batteries having a high nominal voltage, comprising such electrolyte composition.

Abstract: A metal oxide composite including a first metal oxide composite layer, and a second metal oxide layer, wherein the first metal oxide composite layer and the second metal oxide layer are alternately stacked in a thickness direction; and a third metal oxide layer that is disposed on a side surface of the stacked structure, wherein the third metal oxide layer includes a metal oxide that is a same metal oxide as a metal oxide included in the stacked structure.

Abstract: A photoresist composition comprising a resin having an acid-labile group and no fluorine atom, a resin having a fluorine atom, and a salt represented by formula (I):

Abstract: Provided is a novel lithium complex oxide containing molybdenum. A complex oxide represented by the following compositional formula: LixMyMozO wherein M is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ru, Sn, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn; x is in the range of 0.60 to 0.75; y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.25; and z is in the range of 0.075 to 0.20.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a monofluorotoluene-containing nonaqueous electrolyte with an improved overcharge-preventing effect. In a monofluorotoluene-containing nonaqueous electrolyte, when a specific fluorophosphate compound is contained, the overcharge-preventing effect of the monofluorotoluene can be improved. As a result, in the overcharged state of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the monofluorotoluene-containing nonaqueous electrolyte, an increase in the battery surface temperature can be suppressed.

Abstract: A chemical amplification resist composition according to the present invention includes (A) a compound including a triarylsulfonium cation having one or more fluorine atoms and capable of generating an acid with a volume of 240 ?3 or higher by irradiation of active rays or radiation; and (B) a compound including a phenolic hydroxyl group.

Abstract: An electrolyte suitable for use in lithium ion batteries contains 100 parts by weight of aprotic solvent, 1 to 50 parts by weight of lithium-containing conducting salt, 4 to 50 parts by weight of vinylene carbonate, and cyclic phosphonamide of the general formula 1 in which R1, R2, R3 are each hydrocarbyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by fluoro, chloro or silyl groups and which has 1-20 carbon atoms, where two or three of the radicals R1, R2, R3 may be joined to one another, and n has a value of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The electrolyte is used in a lithium-ion battery which comprises a cathode, an anode, a separator, and the electrolyte.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photosensitive resin composition and a method for forming a quantum dot pattern using the same. The photosensitive resin composition includes quantum dots which are dispersed in the photosensitive resin composition and each has a modification layer. The method for forming a quantum dot pattern includes coating, exposing and developing a photoresist to obtain the quantum dot pattern, wherein the photoresist is the above-mentioned photosensitive resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers used as rolling lubricating agents, to compositions comprising said polymers, and to alkali metal films including the polymers or compositions on the surface(s) thereof. The use of said polymers and compositions is also described for strip-rolling alkali metals or alloys thereof in order to obtain thin films. Methods for producing said thin films, which are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, are also described. The present invention proposes an improved lubricant according to formula I, which, for example, achieves enhanced conductivity, and/or enables the production of electrochemical cells having an improved life span in cycles.

Abstract: Highly soluble, liquid phenothiazines containing methoxy-terminated ether and oligoether substituents are disclosed with high diffusion coefficients and robust performance in electrochemical measurements, which can be synthesized in one step from commercially-available starting materials, thereby circumventing previous synthetic limitations.

Abstract: A resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, the resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and an acid generator (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a resin component having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) shown below, and the acid generator component (B) containing a compound having a cation moiety having an electron withdrawing group (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Ya represents a carbon atom; Xa represents an atomic group required to form an alicyclic hydrocarbon group with Ya; and Ra01 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent).

Abstract: Shrinkage and mass losses are reduced in photoresist exposure and post exposure baking by utilizing a small group which will decompose. Alternatively a bulky group which will not decompose or a combination of the small group which will decompose along with the bulky group which will not decompose can be utilized. Additionally, polar functional groups may be utilized in order to reduce the diffusion of reactants through the photoresist.