Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive layer for non-aqueous secondary battery, which can strongly bond battery members to each other by pressurization at normal temperature while ensuring inkjet discharge characteristics, and to provide a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer, which can allow a non-aqueous secondary battery to exert excellent battery characteristics. The presently disclosed composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer including a particulate polymer, the particulate polymer has a core-shell structure that includes a core portion and a shell portion partially covering an outer surface of the core portion, and the shell portion is formed of a polymer including an alkylene oxide group-containing monomer unit.

Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires pieces of information including information related to a vehicle, information related to the environment inside and outside the vehicle, and information related to a driver on board the vehicle. A determination unit determines priorities of the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of a service or the like used by the driver among services or the likes provided using information accumulated in a server device. A selection unit selects a piece of information to be transmitted to the server device from among the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of the priorities determined by the determination unit. A communication unit transmits the piece of information selected by the selection unit to the server device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises a particulate polymer, wherein a value of pressure sensitivity of adhesion strength as obtained using the following formula (1) is greater than 20 and less than 80: pressure sensitivity of adhesion strength (N/(m·MPa))=(T3?T1)/2 . . . (1), where T1 represents an adhesion strength (N/m) between a polyethylene separator and an adhesive layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer that is obtained from the composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer when the polyethylene separator and the adhesive layer are bonded by pressing at 25° C. and a pressure of 1 MPa for 10 seconds, and T3 represents an adhesion strength (N/m) between the polyethylene separator and the adhesive layer when the polyethylene separator and the adhesive layer are bonded by pressing at 25° C. and a pressure of 3 MPa for 10 seconds.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a power storage module, a temperature acquirer, a state-of-charge calculator, and a charge controller. The power storage module includes a plurality of batteries connected to each other. The temperature acquirer acquires a temperature of the power storage module. The state-of-charge calculator calculates a state of charge of the power storage module. The charge controller charges the power storage module with a current value that is set based on the acquired temperature and the calculated state of charge.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer containing organic particles, a thixotropic agent, and water. The organic particles have a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core portion. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer has a viscosity ?0 at a shear rate of 100 s?1 of less than 10 mPa·s, a viscosity ?1 at a shear rate of 10,000 s?1 of not less than 0.5 mPa·s and not more than 2.4 mPa·s, and a ratio (?0/?1) of the viscosity ?0 relative to the viscosity ?1 of not less than 1.2 and not more than 10.

Abstract: A wearable electrode includes an electrode (203) fixed to garment (21) such that the electrode (203) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper left part of the body of a wearer (20), and an electrode (204) fixed to the garment such that the electrode (204) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper right part of the body of the wearer (20). The electrodes (203, 204) are installed such that the attaching positions gradually descend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright, or the attaching positions gradually ascend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright.

Abstract: A light-emitting device 100 includes: a light-emitting element; a light-transmissive member covering the light-emitting element; and a light-diffusing agent contained in the light-transmissive member and comprising hollow particles. The light-transmissive member has a first surface having irregularities according to the light-diffusing agent. The first surface of the light-transmissive member has a convex shape with a height gradually increased from a peripheral portion of the first surface toward a central portion of the first surface.

Abstract: A wearable electrode includes an electrode (203) fixed to garment (21) such that the electrode (203) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper left part of the body of a wearer (20), and an electrode (204) fixed to the garment such that the electrode (204) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper right part of the body of the wearer (20). The electrodes (203, 204) are installed such that the attaching positions gradually descend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright, or the attaching positions gradually ascend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate having a first surface; one or more light-emitting elements disposed on the first surface of the substrate; and a first reflective member disposed on the first surface of the substrate and surrounding the light-emitting elements, the first reflective member including: a first resin, and a plurality of first hollow particles in the first resin. The first reflective member has an uneven surface formed with the first hollow particles. A surface roughness Ra of the first reflective member is 0.10 µm or more and 3.0 µm or less, and a reflectance of the first reflective member is 40% or more.

Abstract: A light-emitting device 100 includes: a light-emitting element; a light-transmissive member covering the light-emitting element; and a light-diffusing agent contained in the light-transmissive member and comprising hollow particles. The light-transmissive member has a first surface having irregularities according to the light-diffusing agent. The first surface of the light-transmissive member has a convex shape with a height gradually increased from a peripheral portion of the first surface toward a central portion of the first surface.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus that processes a surface of a substrate with a processing fluid in a supercritical state, in which the substrate is protected from the pressure fluctuation caused by partial vaporization of the processing fluid in the flow path. A substrate processing apparatus which processes a surface of a substrate with a processing fluid in a supercritical state includes a chamber housing provided therein with a processing space capable of housing the substrate and a flow path which receives the processing fluid from outside and guides the processing fluid to the processing space, and a fluid supply part which pressure-feeds the processing fluid to the flow path, wherein a plurality of bent parts which change a flow direction of the processing fluid are provided in the flow path.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a new technique that can sufficiently suppress bonding defects by identifying application defect sites with a high accuracy when manufacturing a secondary battery laminate including battery members which are bonded together via an adhesive material. An inspection method of the present disclosure is an inspection method used upon forming a dry material on at least one bonding surface of an electrode and a separator, through the steps of applying a coating material on the bonding surface and forming the adhesive material by drying the coating material. In this inspection method, prior to the step of forming the adhesive material, the displacement of the bonding surface to which the coating material has been applied is measured by a laser displacement gauge to identify an application defect site.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery that, in transfer of a functional layer onto a substrate for a non-aqueous secondary battery, enables easy peeling of the functional layer from a releasable substrate while also enabling good adhesion of the functional layer to the substrate for a non-aqueous secondary battery. The laminate for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a releasable substrate and a functional layer containing a binder. The functional layer is formed in a dotted form on a surface A at one side of the releasable substrate.

Abstract: A valve is closed while a cleaning liquid is fed into a tubular body of a cleaning nozzle, and a piezoelectric element applies vibrations to the cleaning liquid. This causes droplets of the cleaning liquid to be produced and discharged from a plurality of discharge holes. The droplet diameter of the discharged droplets is in the range from 15 to 200 ?m, and the distribution of the droplet diameter is such that the value of where a value of 3? does not exceed 10% of the average droplet diameter. The droplet speed is in the range from 20 to 100 meters per second, and the distribution of the droplet speed is such that the value of where a value of 3? does not exceed 10% of the average droplet speed. The droplet flow rate is not less than 10 milliliters per minute. Discharging the droplets of the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle toward a substrate while satisfying these discharge conditions improves cleaning efficiency without damages to the substrate.

Abstract: A laminate for a secondary battery includes an electrode and a separator that are stacked via an adhesive material. For this laminate, when a value measured for shear peel strength between the electrode and the separator with varying temperature is taken to be A (mN/mm2), a value of maximum heat shrinkage force for the separator determined by thermomechanical analysis is taken to be B (mN/mm2), and a temperature at which heat shrinkage force for the separator determined by thermomechanical analysis decreases to a value (mN/mm2) that is 20% higher than a value (mN/mm2) of heat shrinkage force at 30° C. is taken to be a heat shrinkage end temperature ? (°C.), A has a value satisfying A > B in a temperature range of not lower than 25° C. and not higher than the heat shrinkage end temperature ?°C.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus processes a surface of a substrate with a processing fluid and includes a support tray in which a concave part for housing the substrate is provided on an upper surface thereof; a storage container in which a cavity is formed, wherein the support tray may be stored in a horizontal posture in the cavity; and a fluid supply part supplying the processing fluid to the cavity, wherein the storage container has a flow path which receives the processing fluid and discharges the processing fluid in a horizontal direction into the cavity from a discharge port that opens on a side wall surface of the cavity and toward the cavity, and a lower end position of the discharge port in a vertical direction is the same as or higher than a position of the upper surface of the support tray stored in the cavity.

Abstract: Provided is a technique relating to a slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery that can stably be applied onto a battery member surface even in a situation in which an inkjet method is adopted. A method of producing the slurry for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a degassing step of reducing the dissolved carbon dioxide gas concentration of a mixture containing a particulate polymer (A) and water.

Abstract: An electricity storage device includes a plurality of cell batteries C1 to CM serially connected; and a management module including a balance circuit that can selectively cause electricity to be discharged from each of the plurality of cell batteries, and a controller. The controller includes a current-voltage acquiring unit that acquires a charging current and the respective voltages of the plurality of cell batteries and a balance control unit that, if a determination condition and an execution condition are satisfied, determines a lowest-voltage cell battery having a lowest voltage among the plurality of cell batteries and controls the balance circuit such that electricity is discharged from the plurality of cell batteries other than the lowest-voltage cell battery for time periods in accordance with differences between the lowest voltage and the respective voltages of the cell batteries when the determination condition and the execution condition are satisfied.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a laminate in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are stacked in stated order. When either or both of an affixing surface X of the positive electrode and the separator and an affixing surface Y of the negative electrode and the separator are defined as a surface Z and the length of a connecting side of a positive electrode tab connected to the positive electrode or a negative electrode tab connected to the negative electrode is defined as L, resistance A per unit area of a region P, at the surface Z, that has a rectangular shape having the connecting side and a line segment a distance 0.3L from the connecting side as one pair of opposite sides is larger than resistance B per unit area of a region Q other than the region P at the surface Z.

Abstract: A light emitting device including a fluorescent material with reduced hue, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device are provided. A light emitting device 100 includes: a light emitting element 1; a first light-transmissive member 3 covering the light emitting element 1; and a light diffusing member 5 contained in the first light-transmissive member 3. The light diffusing member 5 includes hollow particles. The surface of the first light-transmissive member 3 has irregular shapes attributed to the light diffusing member 5. The first light-transmissive member 3 is covered with a second light-transmissive member 4. The second light-transmissive member 4 has a convex structure in which the center is the uppermost point. The irregular shapes attributed to the light diffusing member 5 are covered with the second light-transmissive member 4.