Abstract: Provided is a carbon material-resin composite material that can enhance the capacitor capacitance or the battery capacity when used as an electrode material for an electricity storage device. A carbon material-resin composite material including a carbon material and a resin that is at least partially grafted onto the carbon material, the carbon material-resin composite material having an ionic equivalent of 0.1 mmol/g or more.

Abstract: There is provided an active material-exfoliated graphite composite that allows a lithium ion secondary battery to be obtained in which the initial capacity is large and deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics is less likely to occur, when used for a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries. An active material-exfoliated graphite composite comprising: partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated; and an active material that is in the form of particles capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, or particles capable of adsorbing and desorbing lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, wherein the active material has an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitor electrode material that does not require the use of a conductive aid and can increase the capacitance of an electric double layer capacitor. A capacitor electrode material comprising resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite by grafting or adsorption, the resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated, with part of the resin remaining; and a binder resin.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing relatively easily handleable exfoliated graphite by exfoliating graphite without complicated steps, and exfoliated graphite obtained by the method. A method for producing exfoliated graphite, comprising steps of preparing a composition which comprises graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and a polymer and in which the polymer is fixed to the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite; and pyrolyzing the polymer contained in the composition to exfoliate the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and remove the polymer by pyrolysis.

Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.

Abstract: Provided is a production method which can attain exfoliating treatment of graphite and a process of grafting a polymer onto exfoliated graphite simultaneously and thus makes it possible to easily obtain an exfoliated graphite-polymer composite material in a short time. A method for producing an exfoliated graphite-polymer composite material includes a step of mixing graphite or primary exfoliated graphite, a depolymerizable monomer of which the polymer is decomposed by heating to generate radicals and also to form a monomer or an oligomer, or the polymer A of the monomer, or a polymer B which forms radicals at a temperature close to its decomposition temperature to obtain a mixture; and a heating step of putting the mixture in a non-open container to heat the mixture to a first temperature range from the ceiling temperature or higher to the onset decomposition temperature or lower, or to a temperature higher than the first temperature range.

Abstract: There is provided an active material-exfoliated graphite composite that allows a lithium ion secondary battery to be obtained in which the initial capacity is large and deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics is less likely to occur, when used for a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries. An active material-exfoliated graphite composite comprising: partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated; and an active material that is in the form of particles capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, or particles capable of adsorbing and desorbing lithium ions by composite formation with the partially exfoliated graphite, wherein the active material has an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.

Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries that is easily produced and is less likely to cause deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics. A method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, comprises steps of heating a raw material composition comprising resin-retained partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphene is partially exfoliated and Si particles to dope the partially exfoliated graphite with the Si particles, the partially exfoliated graphite being obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite, thereby exfoliating the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite while allowing part of the above resin to remain; providing a composition comprising the above partially exfoliated graphite doped with the Si particles, a binder resin, and a solvent; and shaping the above composition.

Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitor electrode material that does not require the use of a conductive aid and can increase the capacitance of an electric double layer capacitor. A capacitor electrode material comprising resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite by grafting or adsorption, the resin-remaining partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphite is partially exfoliated, with part of the resin remaining; and a binder resin.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing expanded graphite that allows mass-producing graphene, exfoliated graphite, or the like safely and efficiently. A method for producing expanded graphite, comprising a first step of bringing a complex of a compound serving as a charge acceptor for graphite into contact with raw material graphite in a hydrophobic solvent; and a second step of bringing the raw material graphite in contact with the complex into contact with a polar solvent after the first step.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries that is easily produced and is less likely to cause deterioration in charge and discharge cycle characteristics. A method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, comprises steps of heating a raw material composition comprising resin-retained partially exfoliated graphite having a structure in which graphene is partially exfoliated and Si particles to dope the partially exfoliated graphite with the Si particles, the partially exfoliated graphite being obtained by pyrolyzing a resin in a composition in which the resin is fixed to graphite or primary exfoliated graphite, thereby exfoliating the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite while allowing part of the above resin to remain; providing a composition comprising the above partially exfoliated graphite doped with the Si particles, a binder resin, and a solvent; and shaping the above composition.

Abstract: There is provided an exfoliated graphite-resin composite material that has high dispersibility in resins and the like and is easily handled. An exfoliated graphite-resin composite material in which exfoliated graphite and a resin form a composite. When an amount of methylene blue adsorbed per g of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material (?mol/g) is y, the amount of methylene blue adsorbed as measured based on a difference between an absorbance of a methanol solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 10 mg/L and an absorbance of a supernatant liquid obtained by introducing the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material into the methanol solution of methylene blue and performing centrifugation, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the exfoliated graphite-resin composite material is x, a ratio y/x is 0.15 or more, and the BET specific surface area is 25 m2/g or more.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing relatively easily handleable exfoliated graphite by exfoliating graphite without complicated steps, and exfoliated graphite obtained by the method. A method for producing exfoliated graphite, comprising steps of preparing a composition which comprises graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and a polymer and in which the polymer is fixed to the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite; and pyrolyzing the polymer contained in the composition to exfoliate the graphite or primary exfoliated graphite and remove the polymer by pyrolysis.

Abstract: Provided is a production method which can attain exfoliating treatment of graphite and a process of grafting a polymer onto exfoliated graphite simultaneously and thus makes it possible to easily obtain an exfoliated graphite-polymer composite material in a short time. A method for producing an exfoliated graphite-polymer composite material includes a step of mixing graphite or primary exfoliated graphite, a depolymerizable monomer of which the polymer is decomposed by heating to generate radicals and also to form a monomer or an oligomer, or the polymer A of the monomer, or a polymer B which forms radicals at a temperature close to its decomposition temperature to obtain a mixture; and a heating step of putting the mixture in a non-open container to heat the mixture to a first temperature range from the ceiling temperature or higher to the onset decomposition temperature or lower, or to a temperature higher than the first temperature range.

Abstract: It is the object of the present invention to provide: a liquid crystal spacer that can precisely control the interval of two substrates in producing a liquid crystal display apparatus, and can be firmly fixed to the surface of the substrate; a spacer dispersion that can precisely control the interval of two substrates in manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus, and can make spacer particles firmly fixed to the surface of a substrate and a spacer dispersion that can precisely dispose spacer particles at a predetermined position on a substrate, a method for producing a liquid crystal display apparatus; and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The invention is a liquid crystal spacer, which comprises a base particle and an adhesive layer provided on the surface of the base particle, the apparent center of the adhesive layer being not identical to the apparent center of the base particle.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a spacer for a liquid crystal display and a method of producing a spacer for a liquid crystal display, which improve light leakage around a spacer for a liquid crystal display in cutting off light of a liquid crystal display and in vibrating a liquid crystal display and in addition have a good dry spraying property. The present invention relates to a spacer for a liquid crystal display, which comprises a base particle and a polymer coating the surface of said base particle, a contact angle A1 of water on the spacer, measured at 25° C. when said spacer is annealed at a temperature of an annealing temperature T1 or higher in fabricating a liquid crystal display for 1 hour or more and then cooled, and a contact angle B of water on the spacer, measured at 25° C. without annealing the spacer, satisfying the relationship of the following equation (1): A1?B?1°.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a spacer for a liquid crystal display and a method of producing a spacer for a liquid crystal display, which improve light leakage around a spacer for a liquid crystal display in cutting off light of a liquid crystal display and in vibrating a liquid crystal display and in addition have a good dry spraying property. The present invention relates to a spacer for a liquid crystal display, which comprises a base particle and a polymer coating the surface of said base particle, a contact angle A1 of water on the spacer, measured at 25° C. when said spacer is annealed at a temperature of an annealing temperature T1 or higher in fabricating a liquid crystal display for 1 hour or more and then cooled, and a contact angle B of water on the spacer, measured at 25° C.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymerizable composition and a cured resin composition, linear expansion coefficients of which are significantly improved without impairment of the excellent properties such as heat resistance, mechanical strength and the like of norbornene-based resins. The present invention is a polymerizable composition, which comprises a polymerizable substance containing a norbornene-based monomer or oligomer as a main component, a metathesis polymerization catalyst and silica powder, the weight content of the silica powder being larger than the weight content of the polymerizable substance.