Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery mixture that has good properties, a secondary battery mixture sheet containing the mixture, and a secondary battery using the secondary battery sheet. The secondary battery mixture contains a positive electrode active material and a binder, wherein the positive electrode active material is a lithium-nickel-based composite oxide, and the binder is a polytetrafluoroethylene resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery mixture containing an oxide-based electrolyte that has good properties, a secondary battery mixture sheet containing the mixture, and a solid-state secondary battery using the secondary battery mixture sheet. In addition, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a secondary battery mixture sheet that contains a binder having a fine fiber structure. The secondary battery mixture contains an oxide-based solid-state electrolyte and a binder, wherein the binder is a fibrillatable resin. The fibrillatable resin preferably has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 100 nm or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery mixture containing a sulfide-based electrolyte that has good properties, a secondary battery mixture sheet containing the secondary battery mixture, and a solid-state secondary battery using the secondary battery mixture sheet. The secondary battery mixture includes a sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte and a binder, wherein the binder is a fibrillatable resin. The binder preferably has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 100 nm or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery mixture that has good properties, a secondary battery mixture sheet containing the mixture, and a secondary battery using the secondary battery mixture sheet. The secondary battery mixture contains a solid-state electrolyte and/or electrode active material, and a binder, wherein the binder is a fibrillatable resin having a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 100 nm or less, and is contained in the secondary battery mixture in an amount of 0.3% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery mixture that has good properties, a secondary battery mixture sheet containing the mixture, and a secondary battery using the secondary battery sheet. The secondary battery mixture contains a solid-state electrolyte and/or electrode active material, and a binder, wherein the binder is a fibrillatable resin having a fibrous structure with a maximum fibril diameter of 90 nm or more.

Abstract: A novel amino acid derivative is provided, wherein the amino acid derivative is expected to improve binding affinity of polypeptides comprising the derivative the rein.

Abstract: Provided are a production apparatus and a production method capable of producing an electrode industrially by an efficient method. A mixture sheet production apparatus for an electrochemical device includes a stacking mechanism that stacks two or more mixture sheets containing a binder resin and a press-fusing mechanism that is provided downstream of the stacking mechanism and that integrates the stacked mixture sheets by applying pressure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mixture composition for a secondary battery electrode having good properties and a method for producing an electrode mixture sheet, an electrode mixture sheet, an electrode, and a secondary battery that contain the mixture composition for a secondary battery electrode. The mixture composition for a secondary battery electrode includes a binder, a conductive aid and/or an electrode active material, and a liquid component that can be used as a component in a liquid electrolytic solution.

Abstract: The disclosure aims to provide a polytetrafluoroethylene powder for an electrode binder which can not only reduce or prevent gas generation inside a battery cell and deterioration of battery characteristics but also improve the electrode strength, an electrode binder, an electrode mixture, an electrode, and a secondary battery. Provided is a polytetrafluoroethylene powder for use as an electrode binder, the polytetrafluoroethylene having a standard specific gravity of 2.200 or less and being substantially free from water.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane compound represented by average structural formula (1) is capable of imparting an electron beam curable resin with high antistatic properties, while having excellent antistatic performance durability.

Abstract: A method for producing a solid-state secondary battery sheet, which includes: (1) preparing a composition for producing a secondary battery sheet by using a binder that is a powder which comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid homogeneously mixed and which is free of an active material, and (2) preparing the composition into a sheet by applying shear stress to the composition in solvent content of 10% mass or less relative to the composition. Also disclosed is a binder for a solid-state secondary battery, that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid in a weight ratio proportion of 90:10 to 65:35 and which is free of an electrode active material. Also disclosed is a binder for a solid-state secondary battery electrode including a mixed powder of a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and ketjen black and/or a carbon nanotube.

Abstract: A binder containing a mixed powder including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a single-walled carbon nanotube. A weight ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin to the single-walled carbon nanotube is 99.9:0.1 to 80:20. Also disclosed is a composition for producing an electrode in a form of a powder including the binder and an electrode active material substantially free of a liquid medium; an electrode mixture including the composition for producing an electrode; an electrode using the electrode mixture; a secondary battery having the electrode; a method for producing the binder; and a method for producing the electrode.

Abstract: A method for producing a secondary battery electrode using a non-aqueous electrolyte, which includes: (1) preparing a composition for producing an electrode substantially free of a liquid medium by using a binder that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid and which is free of an active material, and (2) preparing the composition into a sheet by applying shear stress to the composition in solvent content of 10% mass or less relative to the composition. Also disclosed is a binder for a secondary battery electrode using a non-aqueous electrolyte, that is a powder which is composed of a composition essentially including a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and a conductive aid in a proportion of 90:10 to 65:35 in terms of weight ratio and which is free of an electrode active material.

Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery mixture, a secondary battery electrode mixture sheet containing the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture, and a secondary battery including the all-solid-state secondary battery sheet. Also provided is a method for producing an all-solid-state secondary battery sheet containing a polytetrafluoroethylene resin having a fine fiber structure. The all-solid-state secondary battery mixture includes a solid-state electrolyte and a binder. The binder is a polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 70 nm or less. In addition, the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture sheet contains the all-solid-state secondary battery mixture.

Abstract: A secondary battery electrode mixture, a secondary battery electrode mixture sheet containing the electrode mixture, and a secondary battery including the secondary battery electrode mixture sheet. Also provided is a method for producing an electrode mixture sheet containing a polytetrafluoroethylene resin having a fine fiber structure. The secondary battery electrode mixture includes an electrode active material and a binder. The binder is a polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and the polytetrafluoroethylene resin has a fibrous structure with a fibril diameter (median value) of 70 nm or less. In addition, the secondary battery electrode mixture sheet contains the electrode mixture.

Abstract: A suspension apparatus configured to support a wheel of a vehicle includes an in-wheel motor. The suspension apparatus includes a suspension member extending substantially in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and coupled to a carrier at a plurality of coupling portions spaced apart from each other in an up and down direction. The carrier holds the in-wheel motor. A reference point of an upper one of the plurality of coupling portions is located on an inner side of a reference point of a lower one of the plurality of coupling portions in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention provides a layered product in which a glass cloth and a fluororesin-containing sheet are firmly bonded to each other even without providing a layer of polytetrafluoroethylene fine particles and without recrystallizing the fluororesin. The layered product includes, in a layered structure, a fluororesin-containing sheet, a hot-melt resin layer, and a glass cloth. The glass cloth is a fabric including a bulked glass yarn.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display having transparency; a first detector which, in operation, detects a position indicated by an indicator on the display; a second detector which, in operation, detects position information and an orientation of the display; and a controller which, in operation, displays a virtual image corresponding to the position information and the orientation detected by the second detector on the display and changes a display mode of the virtual image according to the position indicated by the indicator and detected by the first detector.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder capable of providing a stretched body having high strength, a small pore size, and excellent homogeneity. The modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder of the present invention has non-melt-processability, has a standard specific gravity of 2.155 or lower, includes 0.015 mol % or more of a polymer unit derived from perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) in all the monomer units, is obtained by emulsion polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene and at least the perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) in the presence of a fluorosurfactant having a LogPOW value of 3.4 or lower, and has an extrusion pressure of 20.0 MPa or lower.

Abstract: A new variety of grapevine ‘SUNNY HEART’ that has green leaves and berries having a broad ellipsoid shape, red skin, and muscat flavor.