Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 ?m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 ?m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 ?m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A liquid electrolyte composed of a base A and phosphoric acid B in a molar ratio A:B in a range of 1:3 to 1:50 having a solidification temperature of lower than ?30° C.; and a composite electrolyte membrane comprising a porous body impregnated with such a liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: A polyelectrolyte for a solid polymeric fuel cell comprising an aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic segment containing sulfonic acid groups and a hydrophobic segment having no sulfonic acid group at a hydrophilic segment weight fraction W2 to hydrophobic segment weight fraction W1 ratio falling within a range of 0.6<W2/W1<2.0. The polyelectrolyte for a solid polymeric fuel cell is inexpensive and durable, and its proton conductivity is less influenced by humidity and temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acid-base mixture composed of a base component and an acid component, wherein at least one of the base component and the acid component contains at least two compounds, and the base component contains at least one compound of formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group. Also disclosed is an ion conductor comprising an acid-base mixture composed of an acid component and a base component including at least one compound of formula (2): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, provided that R1 and R3 are different.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 ?m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A novel bisphenol compound comprising an alkylsulfonic acid and/or an alkali metal salt thereof is disclosed. The novel bisphenol compound is preferably represented by the chemical formula shown below. A novel aromatic polyaryl ether synthesized using the bisphenol compound and carrying an alkylsulfonic acid and/or an alkali metal salt thereof in the side chain is also disclosed. (wherein R5 represents CH3 or a phenyl group; p and q are independently an integer from 1 to 12; and X represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a microporous polymer membrane having pores penetrating through the opposite sides thereof. The microporous polymer membrane holds a mixture of a polymer and a molten salt at a weight ratio of 1/99 to 99/1 and/or a molten salt. The polymer electrolyte membrane is inexpensive, durable, excellent in mechanical strength, excellent in structural retention in high temperatures, and capable of stably holding a molten salt in its porous polymer membrane structure, shows high heat resistance, and secures high ionic conductivity in the absence of water or a solvent and is therefore useful in fuel cells, secondary batteries, electric double layer capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, and the like.

Abstract: A polyimide complex sheet is composed of an aromatic polyimide film, an intervening layer and a thin metal oxide layer in which the intervening layer is formed of a mixture of the metal oxide and the aromatic polyimide under such condition that a ratio of the metal oxide to the aromatic polyimide increases from a side facing the polyimide film to a side facing the metal oxide layer and the intervening layer is united to the polyimide film and the metal oxide layer under such condition that the metal oxide layer is not peelable from the polyimide film without breakage of the metal oxide layer.

Abstract: A halide gas separating and collecting device for separating and collecting halide gas from mixed gas containing the halide gas, wherein at least first and second stage separating membrane modules are stacked in multiple stages. The method comprises: feeding the mixed gas to the inlet of the first stage separating membrane module, feeding the gas passed through the previous separating membrane module to the inlets of the second and subsequent stage separating membrane modules, recycling the gas unpassed through the second and subsequent stage separating membrane modules to the inlet of the first stage separating membrane module, and controlling the flow of gas unpassed through the first stage separating membrane module by a control valve connected to the unpassed gas outlet of the first stage separating membrane module, whereby the halide gas can be separated and collected as unpassed gas at a high density and a high collection rate.

Abstract: An inexpensive and durable polyelectrolyte composition includes both an aromatic polymer containing carbonyl linkages and/or sulfonyl linkages in the backbone chain and bearing cation-exchange groups and a fused salt exhibits a high ionic conductivity even in the absence of water or a solvent. The aromatic polymer is preferably an aromatic polyether sulfone comprising specific structural units and bearing cation-exchange groups, an aromatic polyether ketone comprising specific structural units and bearing cation-exchange groups, an aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer consisting of at least one hydrophilic segment bearing cation-exchange groups and at least one hydrophobic segment free from cation-exchange groups, and/or an aromatic polyether ketone block copolymer consisting of at least one hydrophilic segment bearing cation-exchange groups and at least one hydrophobic segment free from cation-exchange groups.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 &mgr;m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 &mgr;m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: A process for packaging an electronic device employs an insulating protective resin layer produced from one or more of the resin compositions: (1) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.5 to 30 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, and an organic solvent; (2) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 10 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of 100 to 800, 2 to 30 weight parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent; and (3) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 20 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, 2 to 30 parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent.

Abstract: A polyelectrolyte for a solid polymeric fuel cell comprising an aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic segment containing sulfonic acid groups and a hydrophobic segment having no sulfonic acid group at a hydrophilic segment weight fraction W2 to hydrophobic segment weight fraction W1 ratio falling within a range of 0.6<W2/W1<2.0. The polyelectrolyte for a solid polymeric fuel cell is inexpensive and durable, and its proton conductivity is less influenced by humidity and temperature.

Abstract: A halide gas separating and collecting device for separating and collecting halide gas from mixed gas containing the halide gas, wherein at least first and second stage separating membrane modules are stacked in multiple stages. The method comprises: feeding the mixed gas to the inlet of the first stage separating membrane module, feeding the gas passed through the previous separating membrane module to the inlets of the second and subsequent stage separating membrane modules, recycling the gas unpassed through the second and subsequent stage separating membrane modules to the inlet of the first stage separating membrane module, and controlling the flow of gas unpassed through the first stage separating membrane module by a control valve connected to the unpassed gas outlet of the first stage separating membrane module, whereby the halide gas can be separated and collected as unpassed gas at a high density and a high collection rate.

Abstract: A battery separator favorably employable for lithium secondary battery comprises at least one porous film in which 100 to 40,000 ppm of particles of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide or metal oxides containing at least two metal elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Mg and Zn having a mean diameter of 0.1 to 10 &mgr;m are dispersed in a porous resin matrix.

Abstract: A porous insulating film comprising a highly heat resistant resin film having a fine porous structure with a mean pore size of 0.01-5 &mgr;m in at least the center of the film, and a porosity of 15-80%. A laminate is prepared by forming a heat resistant adhesive layer or a conductive metal layer or an inorganic or metal substrate on one or both sides of the porous insulating film or by forming an inorganic or metal substrate on one side of the porous insulating film and a conductive metal layer on the other side.

Abstract: An improved method for dehydration and concentration of an aqueous solution containing an organic compound is disclosed. The solution is evaporated to produce a gaseous mixture comprising an organic compound vapor and a water vapor. The water vapor is selectively removed from the gaseous mixture by permeation through an aromatic polyimide gas separation membrane while the gaseous mixture being kept in contact with a surface on one side of the gas separation membrane at a temperature of 70.degree. C. or higher to obtain a gaseous mixture comprising the organic compound vapor and a reduced amount of a water vapor.