Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorbent containing an amine compound (A) having a heterocyclic structure (X) selected from the group consisting of an oxygen-containing heterocyclic structure and a sulfur-containing heterocyclic structure, a content of the amine compound (A) being 65% by mass or more.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and a separator. The positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode mixed material layer formed on the current collector. The positive electrode mixed material layer contains a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a polymer A. The polymer A includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and either or both of a conjugated diene monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. The content of the polymer A in the positive electrode mixed material layer is not less than 0.01 mass % and not more than 8 mass %. The separator includes a separator substrate and a porous membrane formed on the separator substrate. The porous membrane contains non-conductive particles and a polymer B.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for an electrochemical device positive electrode. The composition enables metal capturing within a positive electrode mixed material layer and makes it possible to provide a positive electrode capable of improving the electrical characteristics of an electrochemical device. The composition comprises a copolymer A that comprises a sulfo group-containing monomer unit in an amount of 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit in an amount of 10% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion liquid for an electrochemical device capable of forming an electrode that has excellent flexibility and smoothness and can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics. The conductive material dispersion liquid contains a conductive material, a dispersant including CNTs, and a dispersion medium. The conductive material dispersion liquid has a Casson viscosity of 30 (Pa·s)1/2 or less, Casson yield value of 20 Pa1/2 or less, and hysteresis constant calculated by formula (I) (hysteresis constant C=(N1?N2)/N1) of 0.7 or less. N1 is viscosity (Pa·s) of the conductive material dispersion liquid at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while increasing shear rate from 10?2 s?1 to 103 s?1, and N2 is viscosity (Pa·s) thereof at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while decreasing shear rate from 103 s?1 to 10?2 s?1.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for a lithium ion secondary battery separator containing: a liquid medium; and 40 mass % or less of a first compound including a function-displaying functional group and having a molecular weight of 50,000 or less, and having a surface tension of 15 mN/m to 30 mN/m, and a two-part composition for a lithium ion secondary battery separator including: a first liquid containing a first compound and first liquid medium; and a second liquid containing a second compound and second liquid medium, wherein the first compound includes a function-displaying functional group and has a molecular weight of 50,000 or less, the second compound is reactive with the first compound and has a molecular weight of 50,000 or less, and the first and second liquids each contain the corresponding compound in a proportion of 40 mass % or less and have a surface tension of 15 mN/m to 30 mN/m.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion liquid that has excellent viscosity stability and is capable of forming an electrode that can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent rate characteristics. The liquid contains a conductive material including CNTs, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium. The CNTs have a thermal decomposition time of not less than 1.5 min/mg and less than 10 min/mg. The time T is calculated by preparing a thermogravimetric curve and a derivative thermogravimetric curve through thermogravimetric analysis and using formula (I): T=(T1?T0)/W0 (T0: elapsed time (min) at which derivative thermogravimetric curve takes local minimum value directly before final peak; T1: time taken (min) for mass Mi of measurement sample at elapsed time T0 minutes to decrease to M1×0.10 as determined from thermogravimetric curve; W0: weight (mg) of measurement sample when heat treatment at 600° C. in air atmosphere begins).

Abstract: Provided is a novel technique related to electrochemical devices that can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent rate characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics. The electrochemical device is produced using a dispersant composition for an electrochemical device that contains a polymer A. This polymer A includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and has an intrinsic viscosity of not less than 0.15 dL/g and less than 1.20 dL/g when dissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and measured at a temperature of 25° C.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive material dispersion liquid for an electrochemical device capable of forming an electrode that has excellent flexibility and smoothness and can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics. The conductive material dispersion liquid contains a conductive material, a dispersant including CNTs, and a dispersion medium. The conductive material dispersion liquid has a Casson viscosity of 30 (Pa·s)1/2 or less, Casson yield value of 20 Pa1/2 or less, and hysteresis constant calculated by formula (I) (hysteresis constant C=(N1?N2)/N1) of 0.7 or less. N1 is viscosity (Pa·s) of the conductive material dispersion liquid at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while increasing shear rate from 10?2 s?1 to 103 s?1, and N2 is viscosity (Pa·s) thereof at a shear rate of 10 s?1 when viscosity (25° C.) is measured while decreasing shear rate from 103 s?1 to 10?2 s?1.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a predictor configured to predict a throughput of a network, to generate a first predicted value indicative of the predicted throughput, an acquirer configured to acquire, from a server apparatus connected to the network, a second predicted value indicative of a throughput of the network predicted by the server apparatus, a selector configured to select a predicted value with higher prediction accuracy from among the first predicted value and the second predicted value X2, and a requester configured to request a distribution apparatus to transmit a video with a quality based on the predicted value selected by the selector 125.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent heat shrinkage resistance and can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains organic particles and a solvent. The organic particles include a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 55 mass % and not more than 90 mass %, and have a volume-average particle diameter of not less than 50 nm and not more than 370 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer that has excellent dispersion stability and coatability and can form a heat-resistant layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery having both excellent heat shrinkage resistance and reduced residual water content. The slurry composition contains a water-soluble polymer, non-conductive organic particles, and water. The water-soluble polymer includes an amide group-containing monomer unit, an acid group-containing monomer unit, and a hydroxyl group-containing monomer unit. The proportional content of the amide group-containing monomer unit in the water-soluble polymer is not less than 63 mass % and not more than 98 mass %, and the proportional content of the acid group-containing monomer unit in the water-soluble polymer is not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer with which it is possible to produce a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer that has excellent dispersion stability and coatability and that can form a heat-resistant layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent heat shrinkage resistance. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer contains a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer includes an amide group-containing monomer unit, an acid group-containing monomer unit, and a hydroxyl group-containing monomer unit. The proportional content of the amide group-containing monomer unit in the water-soluble polymer is not less than 63 mass % and not more than 98 mass % and the proportional content of the acid group-containing monomer unit in the water-soluble polymer is not less than 1 mass % and not more than 20 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer containing a particulate polymer that includes a cyano group-containing monomer unit and a hydroxyl group-containing monomer unit and for which a value (MOH/S) obtained by dividing a value MOH of a mole fraction of the hydroxyl group-containing monomer unit in the particulate polymer by a value S (?m2) of surface area of the particulate polymer is 0.40 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer that has excellent slurry stability and can form a functional layer for which sufficient heat shrinkage resistance is ensured. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains organic particles, a water-soluble polymer, and water. The organic particles include a polyfunctional monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 95 mass %, and the water-soluble polymer includes a hydroxyl group-containing structural unit in a proportion of not less than 15 mass % and not more than 100 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery heat-resistant layer containing a particulate polymer including an acidic group-containing monomer unit with a proportional content of not less than 1 mass % and not more than 5 mass % and a cyano group-containing monomer unit with a proportional content of not less than 4.5 mass % and not more than 25 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent heat shrinkage resistance and adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The composition for a functional layer contains first organic particles, second organic particles, and a solvent. The first organic particles include a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 90 mass %. The second organic particles include a nitrile group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 80 mass % and a cross-linkable monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 10 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for an electrochemical device that has excellent binding capacity and is capable of forming a functional layer that can improve rate characteristics and cycle characteristics of an electrochemical device (for example, a secondary battery). The binder composition for an electrochemical device contains a binder and an organonitrogen compound. The binder is a polymer including at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, an amino group, an epoxy group, an oxazoline group, an isocyanate group, and a sulfo group. The organonitrogen compound includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an azo group, a hydrazino group, a hydrazo group, and a nitroso group, has a 5% mass loss temperature of 140° C. or higher, and has a molecular weight of not less than 80 and not more than 1,000.

Abstract: Provided is a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and can cause a secondary battery to display excellent rate characteristics and cycle characteristics while, on the other hand, reducing the amount of gas remaining inside the secondary battery. The slurry composition contains a particulate polymer and a solvent. The particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The particulate polymer has a glass-transition temperature of 20° C. or higher and has a surface acid content of not less than 0.05 mmol/g and not more than 0.50 mmol/g.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer and a binder, wherein the particulate polymer comprises 5% to 50% by mass of a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer unit and 0.1% to 3.5% by mass of a cross-linkable monomer unit. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer. Also disclosed is a laminate which comprises a substrate and the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate either directly or indirectly through one or more other layers. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery wherein at least one of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a predictor configured to predict a throughput of a network, to generate a first predicted value indicative of the predicted throughput, an acquirer configured to acquire, from a server apparatus connected to the network, a second predicted value indicative of a throughput of the network predicted by the server apparatus, a selector configured to select a predicted value with higher prediction accuracy from among the first predicted value and the second predicted value X2, and a requester configured to request a distribution apparatus to transmit a video with a quality based on the predicted value selected by the selector 125.