Abstract: The present invention provides a resist composition which has sufficient resistant to a plating treatment and is capable of forming a resist pattern with high accuracy. The present invention also provides a method for producing a resist pattern using the resist composition, and a method for producing a plated molded article using the resist pattern. The present invention relates to a resist composition comprising a compound (I) having a quinone diazide sulfonyl group, a resin comprising a structural unit having an acid-labile group (A1), an alkali-soluble resin (A2) and an acid generator (B); a method for producing a resist pattern using the resist composition; and a method for producing a plated molded article using the resist pattern.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for the fuel cell includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer assembled to one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer assembled to another surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly contains cerium ions. The membrane electrode assembly includes a power-generation region and a non-power-generation region. The power-generation region includes the catalyst layers on both surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane in a center portion. The non-power-generation region is without the catalyst layer on at least one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane in an outer periphery portion. A cerium ion content per area in the power-generation region is larger than a cerium ion content per area in the non-power-generation region.

Abstract: A controller of a fuel cell system detects catalytic layer deterioration and drainage malfunction by the following inspection process. The controller may: execute drainage of water from a fuel cell, and acquire first/second output voltages of the fuel cell when an output current density of the fuel cell is a first reference current density A1/A2 (A2>A1). When the first output voltage is lower than a first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is higher than a second threshold voltage, the controller may output a first determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is deteriorated and the drainage is executed without malfunction. When the first output voltage is higher than the first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage, the controller may output a second determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is not deteriorated and the drainage is executed with malfunction.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for the fuel cell includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer assembled to one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer assembled to another surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly contains cerium ions. The membrane electrode assembly includes a power-generation region and a non-power-generation region. The power-generation region includes the catalyst layers on both surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane in a center portion. The non-power-generation region is without the catalyst layer on at least one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane in an outer periphery portion. A cerium ion content per area in the power-generation region is larger than a cerium ion content per area in the non-power-generation region.

Abstract: A controller of a fuel cell system detects catalytic layer deterioration and drainage malfunction by the following inspection process. The controller may: execute drainage of water from a fuel cell, and acquire first/second output voltages of the fuel cell when an output current density of the fuel cell is a first reference current density A1/A2 (A2>A1). When the first output voltage is lower than a first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is higher than a second threshold voltage, the controller may output a first determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is deteriorated and the drainage is executed without malfunction. When the first output voltage is higher than the first threshold voltage and the second output voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage, the controller may output a second determination signal indicating that the catalytic layer is not deteriorated and the drainage is executed with malfunction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resist composition which has sufficient resistant to a plating treatment and is capable of forming a resist pattern with high accuracy. The present invention also provides a method for producing a resist pattern using the resist composition, and a method for producing a plated molded article using the resist pattern. The present invention relates to a resist composition comprising a compound (I) having a quinone diazide sulfonyl group, a resin comprising a structural unit having an acid-labile group (A1), an alkali-soluble resin (A2) and an acid generator (B); a method for producing a resist pattern using the resist composition; and a method for producing a plated molded article using the resist pattern.

Abstract: A membrane electrode gas diffusion layer assembly for a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer, an anode diffusion layer joined to the anode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, and a cathode diffusion layer joined to the cathode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, in which at least one of the anode diffusion layer and the cathode diffusion layer includes a microporous layer that makes contact with the membrane electrode assembly, the microporous layer contains a cerium compound, and at least one of the electrolyte membrane, the anode catalyst layer, and the cathode catalyst layer comprises cerium ions.

Abstract: An infrared sensor substrate includes: column signal lines; row signal lines; a pixel array of pixels including infrared detector elements connected to the column signal lines and the row signal lines. The infrared sensor substrate includes: a current source connected to the infrared detector elements via the column signal lines; a voltage source that applies a voltage to the infrared detector elements via the row signal lines; output terminals connected to the column signal lines, the output terminals being connectable to a signal processing circuit substrate that processes output signals of the infrared detector elements. The infrared sensor substrate includes a monitoring terminal capable of monitoring the voltage applied to the infrared detector elements by the first voltage source.

Abstract: A water-repellent layer for fuel cell contains a water-repellent material and a hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst. A mass ratio of the hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst to the water-repellent material is between 5 mass percent and 20 mass percent, inclusive.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly that has an electrode catalyst layer formed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane. The electrode catalyst layer formed in the membrane electrode assembly is produced by a drying process that dries a catalyst ink which includes catalyst-supported particles having a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and an ionomer, at a predetermined temperature. The catalyst ink includes a plurality of different solvents having different boiling points. The predetermined temperature is set to be lower than the boiling point of the solvent having the lowest boiling point among the plurality of different solvents.

Abstract: An infrared sensor substrate includes: column signal lines; row signal lines; a pixel array of pixels including infrared detector elements connected to the column signal lines and the row signal lines. The infrared sensor substrate includes: a current source connected to the infrared detector elements via the column signal lines; a voltage source that applies a voltage to the infrared detector elements via the row signal lines; output terminals connected to the column signal lines, the output terminals being connectable to a signal processing circuit substrate that processes output signals of the infrared detector elements. The infrared sensor substrate includes a monitoring terminal capable of monitoring the voltage applied to the infrared detector elements by the first voltage source.

Abstract: A resist composition contains: a resin having a structural unit represented by formula (I), an alkali-soluble resin, an acid generator, and a solvent: wherein Ri51 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Ri52 and Ri53 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group, Ri54 represents a C5 to C20 alicyclic hydrocarbon group, Ri55 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a C1 to C6 alkoxy group, and “p” represents an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: The fuel cell catalyst layer has: a catalyst including a carbon support having pores with a pore diameter of from 1 nm to 5 nm and a catalyst metal supported within the pores of the carbon support; and an ionomer having a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than 160° C.

Abstract: A membrane electrode gas diffusion layer assembly for a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer, an anode diffusion layer joined to the anode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, and a cathode diffusion layer joined to the cathode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, in which at least one of the anode diffusion layer and the cathode diffusion layer includes a microporous layer that makes contact with the membrane electrode assembly, the microporous layer contains a cerium compound, and at least one of the electrolyte membrane, the anode catalyst layer, and the cathode catalyst layer comprises cerium ions.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly that has an electrode catalyst layer formed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane comprises (a) producing an electrode catalyst layer by drying a catalyst ink that includes catalyst-supported particles having a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and an ionomer; and (b) selecting a produced electrode catalyst layer that contains an amount of sulfate ion equal to or less than a specified reference value, and manufacturing the membrane electrode assembly by using the selected electrode catalyst layer.

Abstract: There is provided a technique of preventing degradation of an electrolyte membrane included in a fuel cell. A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly is provided as a power generation device where electrodes are arranged on both sides of an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity. Each of the electrodes has a layered structure of stacking a catalyst layer arranged to support a catalyst and a gas diffusion layer arranged to spread a reactive gas over the entire electrode plane. The outer peripheral edge of the gas diffusion layer is located inward of the outer peripheral edge of the catalyst layer.

Abstract: A resist composition contains: a resin having an acid-labile group, an acid generator, a compound having two or more phenolic-hydroxy groups and being other than a resin, and a solvent. The resist composition of the disclosure can provide a resist pattern showing excellent shape and detachability, therefore, the present resist composition can be used for semiconductor microfabrication with resist patterns showing excellent shape.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for use in a fuel cell battery includes: an electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer formed on a first surface of the electrolyte membrane; a cathode catalyst layer formed on a second surface of the electrolyte membrane; an anode gas diffusion layer stacked on the anode catalyst layer; and a cathode gas diffusion layer stacked on the cathode catalyst layer. The anode catalyst layer, the cathode catalyst layer, the anode gas diffusion layer, and the cathode gas diffusion layer have the same thermal insulation performance per thickness. The membrane electrode assembly satisfies all relations of T1+T3<T2+T4, T1<T2, and T3>T4 where thicknesses of the anode catalyst layer, the cathode catalyst layer, the anode gas diffusion layer, and the cathode gas diffusion layer in a stacking direction are defined as T1, T2, T3, and T4, respectively.

Abstract: The fuel cell catalyst layer has: a catalyst including a highly crystalline carbon support and a catalyst metal supported by the highly crystalline carbon support; and an ionomer having a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than 160° C.

Abstract: The fuel cell catalyst layer has: a catalyst including a carbon support having pores with a pore diameter of from 1 nm to 5 nm and a catalyst metal supported within the pores of the carbon support; and an ionomer having a glass transition temperature equal to or greater than 160° C.