Abstract: A graphene dispersion liquid containing graphene and a solvent, wherein the graphene has an average thickness of 0.3 nm or more and 10 nm or less, wherein the solvent has a solubility parameter ? of 18 MPa0.5 or more and 28 MPa0.5 or less, and wherein the graphene dispersion liquid has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or less at a graphene concentration adjusted to 3 weight %, at a shear rate of 10 sec?1, and at a temperature of 25° C. Provided are: a graphene dispersion liquid that has excellent fluidity and dispersibility, and affords a coating film having excellent coating film uniformity; and a positive electrode paste that makes it possible to enhance the coating film uniformity and the battery life by virtue of the graphene dispersion liquid.

Abstract: A secondary battery electrode is provided that may achieve a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy output density with a small amount of a conductive aid. The secondary battery electrode has a mixture layer containing graphene and a secondary battery active substance. The secondary battery electrode has a mean aspect ratio of 2.0 or greater in an electric conductive material portion from a cross section of the secondary battery electrode, as specified by the method described below.

Abstract: A conductive sheet comprising a conductive substrate layer and a hydrogel layer formed of a silicone hydrogel having a polymer comprising a repeat unit (A) derived from a monomer represented by Formula (I) as a gel skeleton. Provided is a conductive sheet which can maintain adhesiveness and flexibility even when used for a long period of time and can attain high biocompatibility.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode which can achieve both safety and a high energy density at high levels, and is used in a secondary battery such as a lithium ion secondary battery. The present invention is an electrode for secondary batteries including a positive electrode mixture layer containing, as positive electrode active materials, at least an olivine-based positive electrode active material and a layered oxide-based positive electrode active material, wherein: a total weight fraction of the positive electrode active materials in the positive electrode mixture layer is 80% by weight or more and 99% by weight or less; a weight fraction of the olivine-based positive electrode active material is 10% by weight or more and 65% by weight or less; a weight fraction of the layered oxide-based positive electrode active material is 30% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less; and the positive electrode mixture layer contains graphene.

Abstract: A graphene dispersion liquid containing graphene dispersed in a dispersion medium is described, in which, in the graphene contained in the dispersion liquid, a proportion of graphene with a size in the plane direction of 500 nm or more and 1 ?m or less is 30% or more on an area basis, and a proportion of graphene with a size in the plane direction of 10 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less is 30% or more on an area basis. The graphene dispersion liquid is in a stable dispersion state and forms a strong conductive path.

Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery is described that is capable of realizing a secondary battery having a high output and a long lifespan using a small amount of conductive auxiliary, where the electrode for secondary battery has a mixture layer containing graphene and active material particles for a secondary battery containing at least lithium and nickel and in which an average aspect ratio of conductive material portions in a cross section of the electrode for the secondary battery is 2.0 or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the electron conductivity and ion conductivity of the surface of a positive electrode active material to provide a lithium ion battery having high capacity and high output. The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery and graphene, wherein the mixture layer has a percentage of abundance of silicon composing a siloxane bond in total elements of 0.4 atomic % or more as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: A graphene/organic solvent dispersion liquid is in a stably dispersed state and also unlikely to cause electrolysis of water. A graphene/organic solvent dispersion liquid is also provided including graphene dispersed in an organic solvent and having a value of (W2?W1)/G in the range of 0.005 or more and 0.05 or less, wherein W1 and W2 are the water fractions measured at 130° C. and 250° C., respectively, by the Karl Fischer's method and G is the solid fraction of the graphene.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a graphene dispersion which has high dispersibility and which is capable of exhibiting high electrical conductivity and ionic conductivity when used as a raw material for producing an electrode material. The present invention provides a graphene dispersion including a graphene, an amine compound having a molecular weight of 150 or less, and an organic solvent, wherein the mass ratio of an amine compound to the graphene is 0.005 or more and 0.30 or less.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a graphene which has high dispersibility, high electrical conductivity and oxidation resistance namely a graphene which has high electrochemical stability. In order to achieve the above-described purpose, a surface-treated graphene according to the present invention is obtained by having a compound represented by general formula (1) or a neutralized salt thereof adhere to a graphene.

Abstract: A graphene material has a specific form that has a high dispersibility and can maintain a high electric conductivity and ion conductivity when used as material for electrode manufacturing. A graphene dispersion liquid is provided including graphene dispersed in an organic solvent and meeting both 0.5 ?m?S?15 ?m and 1.0?D/S?3.0 wherein D is the median diameter (?m) of the graphene measured by the laser diffraction/scattering type particle size distribution measurement method and S is the average size (?m) in the planar direction of the graphene calculated from the arithmetic mean of the longest diameter and shortest diameter of the graphene observed by a laser microscope.

Abstract: A graphene material in a specific form is provided that has a high dispersibility and can maintain a high electric conductivity and ion conductivity when used as material for electrode manufacturing. A graphene dispersion liquid is provided including graphene dispersed in a solvent having a N-methyl pyrolidone content of 50 mass % or more and, when diluted with N-methylpyrolidone to a graphene weight fraction of 0.000013, giving a diluted solution having a weight-based absorptivity coefficient, which is calculated by Equation (1) given below, of 25,000 cm?1 or more and 200,000 cm?1 or less at a wavelength of 270 nm: weight-based absorptivity coefficient (cm?1)=absorbance/{0.000013×cell's optical path length (cm)}.

Abstract: A secondary battery electrode is provided that may achieve a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy output density with a small amount of a conductive aid. The secondary battery electrode has a mixture layer containing graphene and a secondary battery active substance. The secondary battery electrode has a mean aspect ratio of 2.0 or greater in an electric conductive material portion from a cross section of the secondary battery electrode, as specified by the method described below.

Abstract: Provided are a laminate that has high smoothness, planar homogeneity, and substrate adhesion and undergoes little change in physical properties even if degradation of surface quality due to physical contact in use has occurred, and a method for producing the homogeneous laminate in a convenient manner in a small number of steps. A laminate includes a substrate made of a polymer material and a partially oxidized thin layer graphite piece layer including partially oxidized thin layer graphite pieces and having an average thickness to of 3.0 nm to 10,000 nm, the layer being formed on the substrate and bonded to the substrate via a chemical bond.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing polyanionic positive electrode active material composite particles, which comprises: a step 1 wherein precursor composite granulated bodies, each of which contains a polyanionic positive electrode active material precursor particle in graphite oxide, are formed by mixing a polyanionic positive electrode active material precursor and graphite oxide; and a step 2 wherein the precursor composite granulated bodies obtained in step 1 are heated at 500° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere or in a reducing atmosphere. The maximum intensity of the X-ray diffraction peak based on the positive electrode active material is less than 50% of the maximum intensity of the X-ray diffraction peak based on the materials other than the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode material obtained by covering an electrode active substance with a graphene material includes either one of the following electrostatic adsorption steps: (1) a step in which a cationization agent is made to be electrostatically adsorbed on an electrode active substance and then a graphene material is made to be electrostatically adsorbed on the electrode active substance to which the cationization agent has been electrostatically adsorbed; and (2) a step in which a cationization agent is made to be electrostatically adsorbed on a graphene material and then the graphene material to which the cationization agent has been electrostatically adsorbed is made to be electrostatically adsorbed on an electrode active substance.

Abstract: A conventional positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries that is made of positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles has low graphene material ion conductivity and is incapable of providing favorable battery performance. In the present invention, positive electrode active material/graphene composite particles are conferred with high electron conductivity and ion conductivity by formation of an appropriately functionalized graphene/positive electrode active material composite, and are capable of yielding a high-capacity/high-output lithium ion secondary battery when used as a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery.

Abstract: In order to prepare a highly conductive and highly dispersible graphene powder and to obtain an electrode for a lithium ion battery with excellent performance utilizing the highly conductive and highly dispersible graphene, a graphene powder and a preparation method thereof is provided. The graphene powder comprises a compound having a catechol group adsorbing on the surface of graphene in a weight ratio of 5-50% relative to the grapheme and the element ratio of oxygen to carbon in the graphene powder measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.06 or more and 0.20 or less. The method for producing a graphene powder comprise the step of reducing a graphite oxide with a reducing agent having no catechol group in the presence of a compound having a catechol group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparation of a highly dispersible graphene powder. Further, the present invention includes providing an electrode for a lithium ion battery having good output characteristics and cycle characteristics by utilizing a highly dispersible graphene powder. The present invention also includes providing a graphene powder having a specific surface area of 80 m2/g or more to 250 m2/g or less as measured by BET measurement, and an oxygen-to-carbon element ratio of 0.09 or more to 0.30 or less as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a graphene dispersion which has high dispersibility and which is capable of exhibiting high electrical conductivity and ionic conductivity when used as a raw material for producing an electrode material. The present invention provides a graphene dispersion including a graphene, an amine compound having a molecular weight of 150 or less, and an organic solvent, wherein the mass ratio of an amine compound to the graphene is 0.005 or more and 0.30 or less.