Abstract: A production process for lithium-silicate-based compound is characterized in that: a lithium-silicate compound is reacted with a transition-metal-element-containing substance including iron and/or manganese at from 300° C. or more to 600° C. or less within a molten salt including at least one member being selected from the group consisting of alkali-metal salts under a mixed-gas atmosphere including carbon dioxide and a reducing gas; wherein said transition-metal-element-containing substance includes a deposit that is formed by alkalifying a transition-metal-containing aqueous solution including a compound that includes iron and/or manganese. In accordance with the present production process, lithium-silicate-based compounds including silicon excessively are obtainable.

Abstract: A production process for lithium-silicate-based compound according to the present invention is characterized in that: a lithium-silicate compound being expressed by Li2SiO3 is reacted with a transition-metal-element-containing substance including at least one member being selected from the group consisting of iron and manganese at 550° C. or less within a molten salt including at least one member being selected from the group consisting of alkali-metal nitrates as well as alkali-metal hydroxides in an atmosphere in the presence of a mixed gas including carbon dioxide and a reducing gas. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to produce lithium-silicate-based materials, which are useful as a positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery, and the like, at low temperatures by means of relatively easy means.

Abstract: To provide a sulfur-system positive electrode for lithium-ion battery, sulfur-system positive electrode which is good in the cyclability and the other characteristics, and a lithium-ion secondary battery including that positive electrode. In a positive electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery, the positive electrode having: a current collector; and an electrode layer that is formed on a surface of the current collector, and which includes a binder resin, an active material and a conductive additive, the positive electrode is characterized in that: the active material includes a sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile that is produced by heating a raw-material powder including a sulfur powder and a polyacrylonitrile powder in an enclosed nonoxidizing atmosphere; and the binder resin includes a polyimide resin and/or a polyamide-imide resin.

Abstract: Organic EL devices having a light-emitting layer having a fluorescent dopant, a light-emitting layer having a phosphorescent dopant, and a non-light-emitting interface layer provided between an anode and a cathode wherein the light-emitting layer having a fluorescent dopant is provided nearer to the cathode than the light-emitting layer having a phosphorescent dopant and wherein the non-light-emitting interface layer is provided between the light-emitting layer having a fluorescent dopant and the light-emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent dopant.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device of the present invention includes a substrate, an anode located on the substrate, an organic layer located on the anode, and a cathode located on the organic layer. The organic layer includes a light emitting layer containing a fluorescent material and a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescent material. As compared with the light emitting layer containing a phosphorescent material, the light emitting layer containing a fluorescent material is located close to the cathode.

Abstract: An organic EL device including between an anode and a cathode an organic layer including: a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent dopant; a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent dopant; and a bipolar layer, in which the bipolar layer is provided between the light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent dopant and the light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent dopant.

Abstract: Organic EL devices having a light-emitting layer comprising a fluorescent dopant, a light-emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent dopant, and a non-light-emitting interface layer provided between an anode and a cathode wherein the light-emitting layer comprising a fluorescent dopant is provided nearer to the cathode than the light-emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent dopant and wherein the non-light-emitting interface layer is provided between the light-emitting layer comprising a fluorescent dopant and the light-emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent dopant.

Abstract: A climate controller for an automobile, comprising a compressor and a receiver arranged in an engine compartment of the automobile, a condenser located at an outside-air inlet of the engine compartment, an expansion member and an evaporator disposed in a passenger compartment of the automobile, and a closed-loop refrigerant passage connecting the compressor, the condenser, the receiver, the expansion member and the evaporator in sequence for circulating a refrigerant through these components to establish a refrigerating cycle. The climate controller further includes a valve arranged in a part of the closed-loop refrigerant passage extending from the evaporator through the compressor to the condenser. The valve is actuated to intersect a communication of the refrigerant through the part of the passage when an operation affecting temperature of both the compressor and the condenser becomes ineffective, and to allow the communication when the operation becomes effective.

Abstract: A compressor has a compression chamber and a discharge region. The discharge region receives the compressed gas discharged from the compression chamber. A relief valve is mounted to inside of the wall in the discharge region. The relief valve connects the discharge region with the exterior of the compressor so as to discharge the excessively raised pressure in the discharge region.