Abstract: Provided is a conductive resin molded body that has a three-dimensional network structure and is suitable for producing an aluminum porous body in which the water adsorption amount is small. The conductive resin molded body includes a resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure and a conductive layer at least containing carbon black and carboxymethylcellulose on the surface of the skeleton of the resin molded body. The conductive layer is preferably formed by applying a carbon coating material at least containing carbon black, carboxymethylcellulose, and water to the surface of the skeleton of the resin molded body and subsequently drying the carbon coating material; and the carbon coating material preferably has a viscosity of 100 mPa·s or more and 600 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element, which can easily adjust a capacity and can produce the electrochemical element at low cost. The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a thickness adjustment step of compressing an aluminum porous body having continuous pores to adjust the thickness of the aluminum porous body to a predetermined thickness, and a filling step of filling the aluminum porous body, the thickness of which is adjusted, with an active material.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a current collector including an aluminum porous body suitable for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor electrode, and an electrode using the current collector. In the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention, when a sheet-shaped three-dimensional aluminum porous body is divided in the width direction into a central region and two end regions with the central region situated therebetween, the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the two end regions is larger than the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the central region.

Abstract: A metal tube including a metal substrate and a metal porous body disposed on at least part of a surface of the metal substrate. The metal tube is obtained by the steps of joining the metal porous body to at least part of the surface of the metal substrate in flat plate form; and forming the metal substrate with the metal porous body joined thereto into a tubular shape.

Abstract: A drum electrode, which is used for a device configured to plate a surface of a long base material having electrical conductivity with a metal, includes a power feeding layer, an insulating layer which covers a surface of the power feeding layer, and a projecting electrode which projects from the surface of the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the power feeding layer, in which the projecting electrode is provided linearly in the circumferential direction of the drum electrode.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a current collector including an aluminum porous body suitable for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor electrode, and an electrode using the current collector. In the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention, when a sheet-shaped three-dimensional aluminum porous body is divided in the width direction into a central region and two end regions with the central region situated therebetween, the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the two end regions is larger than the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the central region.

Abstract: A lithium battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a metal positive electrode current collector having a three-dimensional network hollow skeleton and a positive electrode mixture, which is filled in the positive electrode current collector and which contains a positive electrode active material, the thickness of the positive electrode is 0.2 to 5 mm, the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, the ionic liquid is a molten salt of a cation and an anion, and the concentration of the lithium salt in the nonaqueous electrolyte is 0.8 to 6.2 mol/L.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrochemical element which has a high capacity and is low in cost. The electrochemical element of the present invention is an electrochemical element including an electrode for an electrochemical element, wherein a current collector of positive electrode and/or a current collector of negative electrode is a metal porous body having continuous pores and a mixture containing an active material is filled into the continuous pores.

Abstract: A production method for an aluminum porous body includes a step of producing a resin structure by forming an aluminum film on a surface of a resin base having a three-dimensional network structure by molten salt electrolytic plating, a step of removing moisture from the resin structure, and a step of removing the base by heat-treating the resin structure from which moisture has been removed. In the step of removing moisture from the resin structure, the resin structure is preferably heat-treated at a temperature of 50° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower. In the step of removing the base, the resin structure is preferably heat-treated at a temperature equal to or higher than 370° C. and lower than the melting point of aluminum.

Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum film by electrodepositing aluminum on a base in an electrolytic cell to which a liquid electrolyte containing a molten salt is fed includes adjusting a concentration of an additive in such a manner that a measured value of an overvoltage is within a predetermined range on the basis of a predetermined relationship between the overvoltage and the concentration of the additive added to the molten salt upon electrodepositing aluminum in the liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: A three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which enables to produce an electrode continuously, an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a method for producing the electrode is disclosed. A long sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is provided to be used as a base material in a method for producing an electrode including at least winding off, a thickness adjustment step, a lead welding step, an active material filling step, a drying step, a compressing step, a cutting step and winding-up, wherein the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has a tensile strength of 0.2 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector which is suitably used for electrodes for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and electrodes for capacitors, an electrode and a capacitor each using the same. In such a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the aluminum porous body has been made to have a compressive strength in a thickness direction of 0.2 MPa or more in order to efficiently fill an active material into the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body; a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body; and methods for producing these members. The porous body is a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in a sheet form, for a current collector, in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body. When a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, the average cell diameter of the regions 1 and 3 is preferably different from the cell diameter of the region 2.

Abstract: A three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which enables to produce an electrode continuously, an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a method for producing the electrode. A long sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is provided to be used as a base material in a method for producing an electrode including at least winding off, a thickness adjustment step, a lead welding step, an active material filling step, a drying step, a compressing step, a cutting step and winding-up, wherein the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has a tensile strength of 0.2 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less.

Abstract: A molten-salt electrolysis plating apparatus that uses a molten salt for a liquid electrolyte satisfies any one of (i) to (iv) below. (i) At least a portion that is in contact with the liquid electrolyte contains a vinyl chloride resin, and the vinyl chloride resin has a chlorine content of 51% by mass or more. (ii) At least a portion that is in contact with the liquid electrolyte contains a vinyl chloride resin, and the vinyl chloride resin contains titanium oxide. (iii) At least a portion that is in contact with the liquid electrolyte contains a polyethylene resin, and the polyethylene resin has a density of 0.940 g/cm3 or more. (iv) At least a portion that is in contact with the liquid electrolyte contains a polyethylene resin, and the polyethylene resin has a tensile strength of 15 MPa or more.

Abstract: The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a slurry filling step of filling a slurry containing an active material into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and a slurry drying step of drying the slurry filled, and in this method, after the slurry drying step, an electrode for an electrochemical element is produced without undergoing a compressing step of compressing the aluminum porous body having the slurry filled therein and dried. In the electrode, a mixture containing an active material is filled into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and porosity (%) of the aluminum porous body, the porosity being represented by the following equation, is 15 to 55%.

Abstract: By producing a positive electrode having a large capacity commensurate with the negative electrode capacity, a lithium ion capacitor having an increased capacity can be provided. A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material mainly composed of activated carbon and a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of occluding and desorbing lithium ions and a negative electrode current collector, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, in which the positive electrode current collector is an aluminum porous body having a three-dimensional structure, the positive electrode active material is filled into the positive electrode current collector, and the negative electrode current collector is a metal foil or a metal porous body.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body; a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body; and methods for producing these members. The porous body is a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in a sheet form, for a current collector, in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body. When a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, the average cell diameter of the regions 1 and 3 is preferably different from the cell diameter of the region 2.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aluminum film, which is capable of continuously mass-producing aluminum films having excellent surface smoothness and a mirror surface. A method for producing an aluminum film includes electrodepositing aluminum on a surface of a substrate in an electrolyte solution, in which the electrolyte solution contains, as components, (A) an aluminum halide, (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an alkyl pyridinium halide, an alkyl imidazolium halide, and a urea compound, and (C) 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate; in which the mixing ratio (molar ratio) of the component (A) to the component (B) is in the range of 1:1 to 3:1; and in which the concentration of the 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate in the electrolyte solution is controlled to be in the range of 0.05 to 7.5 g/L.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aluminum film having a mirror surface and reduced residual stress. A method for producing an aluminum film includes electrodepositing aluminum on a surface of a substrate in an electrolyte solution, in which the electrolyte solution is obtained by adding, to a molten salt composed of aluminum chloride and an alkylimidazolium chloride, at least one compound A selected from the group consisting of an organic solvent, an organic polymer compound having a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 80,000, and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having 3 to 14 carbon atoms, and a compound B having an amino group.