Abstract: In order to enable appropriate reporting of information related to an event to be reported when the event occurs, a report processing apparatus 100 includes: an information obtaining unit 131 configured to obtain first report information reported from a terminal apparatus with respect to a target event; a determination unit 133 configured to determine one or more report destinations associated with the target event from a plurality of candidate report destinations (report destination apparatus 401 to 405) based on the first report information; and a communication processing unit 135 configured to transmit information related to the first report information to the one or more report destinations associated with the first report information.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery, including SiOx (0.4?x?1.2), in which 1H is inevitably included therein and a peak area of a chemical shift of 0.2-0.4 ppm is between 5% and 40% of an entire peak area in a spectrum 1H measured by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. A peak area of a chemical shift of 1.1-2.0 ppm is preferably between 5% and 95% of the entire peak area in a spectrum for 1H measured by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy As a result, there can be provided a negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery used in a lithium ion secondary battery having a large discharge capacity, satisfactory initial efficiency, and cycle characteristics.

Abstract: A silicon oxide in the form of powder is represented by SiOx, wherein, when the silicon oxide is measured by use of an X-ray diffractometer comprising a sealed tube light source as a light source and a high speed detector as a detector, a halo is detected at 20°?2??40°, and a peak is detected at the highest quartz line position therein. The height P1 of the halo and the height P2 of the peak at the highest quartz line position satisfy P2/P1?0.05. This silicon oxide is used as the negative electrode active material, whereby a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable initial efficiency and cycle characteristic can be obtained. The x of the SiOx is preferably 0.7<x<1.5. A negative electrode material for lithium-ion secondary battery contains not less than 20 mass % of this silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is a negative-electrode material powder for lithium-ion secondary battery including a silicon-rich layer on the surface of a lower silicon oxide powder, and a negative-electrode material powder for said battery comprising a silicon oxide powder, characterized by satisfying c/d<1, where c is the molar ratio of oxygen to silicon on the surface of the silicon oxide powder and d is that for the entire part thereof. It preferably satisfies one of c<1 and 0.8<d<1.0. Preferably, the surface of the powder is devoid of crystalline silicon, the inside of the powder is amorphous, and the surface includes a conductive carbon film. The surface of said negative-electrode material powder is coated with silicon using disproportionation of SiCl (X<4). This provides a negative-electrode material powder that can be used as a lithium-ion secondary battery having a large reversible capacity, while a small irreversible capacity, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, comprising SiOx that has an intensity ratio A1/A2 of 0.1 or less in spectra measured by a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer after subjecting the SiOx to evacuation treatment at 200° C., given that A1 designates an intensity of a silanol group-derived peak which appears around 3400 to 3800 cm?1, and A2 designates an intensity of a siloxane bond-derived peak which appears around 1000 to 1200 cm?1. It is preferred that x in the SiOx satisfies x<1; there is no sign of an Si—H bond-derived peak A3 that may normally exhibit around 2100 cm?1 in spectra of the SiOx measured by a laser Raman spectrometer; and a ratio Y/X is 0.98 or less, given that X is a mole ratio of O to Si in the whole body of the SiOx, and Y is a mole ratio of O to Si in a surface vicinity of the SiOx. A lithium-ion secondary battery having high initial efficiency and charge/discharge capacity can be obtained by using this active material.

Abstract: Provided is SiOx, wherein the amount of generated H2O gas detected in a temperature range of 200 to 800° C. in a temperature-programmed desorption gas analysis is 680 ppm or less. The amount of the generated H2O is desirably 420 ppm or less. In addition, in a graph obtained by X-ray diffraction, the peak intensity P1 at a Si peak point exhibited near 2?=28° and the base intensity P2 at a peak point interpolated from the gradient of average intensities in the fore and aft positions near the peak point desirably satisfy (P1?P2)/P2?0.2. This SiOx is used as a vapor deposition material, whereby the generation of splashing is suppressed in forming a film, and a vapor-deposited film having excellent gas barrier properties can be formed. In addition, this SiOx is used as a negative electrode active material, whereby high initial efficiency of a lithium-ion secondary battery can be maintained.

Abstract: A silicon oxide in the form of powder is represented by SiOx, wherein, when the silicon oxide is measured by use of an X-ray diffractometer comprising a sealed tube light source as a light source and a high speed detector as a detector, a halo is detected at 20°?2??40°, and a peak is detected at the highest quartz line position therein. The height P1 of the halo and the height P2 of the peak at the highest quartz line position satisfy P2/P1?0.05. This silicon oxide is used as the negative electrode active material, whereby a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable initial efficiency and cycle characteristic can be obtained. The x of the SiOx is preferably 0.7<x<1.5. A negative electrode material for lithium-ion secondary battery contains not less than 20 mass % of this silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A titanium oxide photocatalyst responsive to visible light which can exhibit a high photocatalytic activity in response to visible light is produced by subjecting titanium oxide and/or titanium hydroxide obtained by neutralizing an acidic titanium compound with a nitrogen-containing base to heat treatment in an atmosphere containing a hydrolyzable metal compound (e.g., a titanium halide) and then to additional heat treatment in a gas having a moisture content of 0.5-4.0 volume % at a temperature of 350° C. or above. The photocatalyst which is a nitrogen-containing titanium oxide has no substantial peak at a temperature of 600° C. or above in a mass fragment spectrum obtained by thermal desorption spectroscopy in which the ratio m/e of the mass number m to the electric charged e of ions is 28, and the peak having the smallest half band width is in the range of 400-600° C. in the spectrum. The nitrogen content calculated from the peak appearing at 400 eV±1.

Abstract: A highly active titanium oxide photocatalyst of the type responsive to visible light is prepared by subjecting a titanium (hydr)oxide raw material obtained by neutralizing an acidic titanium compound in ammonia or an amine under conditions such that the final pH is 7 or below to heat treatment in an atmosphere containing a hydrolyzable compound followed by contact with water and additional heat treatment at a temperature of at least 350° C. The resulting titanium oxide photocatalyst comprises titanium oxide with a specific surface area of at most 120 m2/g and with the amount of surface hydroxyl groups being at least 600 ?eq/g. Preferably the density of surface hydroxyl groups is at least 8 ?eq/m2, and the ratio of the amount of terminal type hydroxyl groups (T) to the amount of bridge type hydroxyl groups (B) in the surface hydroxyl groups satisfies T/B?0.20. This titanium oxide photocatalyst has an ESR spectrum having two types of triplet signal for which the g values of the main spectra are 1.993-2.