Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery containing: a positive electrode containing a transition metal oxide as an active material thereof; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte containing an electrolyte, an organic solvent, and less than 0.1 mol/L of an organometallic compound containing a transition element or a rare-earth element as a central metal thereof.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing: at least one selected from a carbonate compound having a halogen atom and a sulfur-containing ring compound; an aromatic ketone compound; an organic solvent; and an electrolyte salt, in which, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the organic solvent, the aromatic ketone compound is 0.001 to 10 parts by mass and the at least one selected from a carbonate compound having a halogen atom and a sulfur-containing ring compound is 0.001 to 10 parts by mass, and more than 50% by mass of the whole amount of the organic solvent is composed of a solvent with a melting point of 10° C. or less.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a production method of a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy that has sufficiently high redox activity or has a large number of reaction electrons of redox reaction.

Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery, which has excellent lithium ion conductibility and voltage resistance and is suitably used in a lithium secondary battery, and a high output power lithium secondary battery containing this non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery. Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte liquid for a secondary battery containing a metal salt containing an ion of a metal which belongs to Group 1 or Group 2 of the Periodic Table of Elements, and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon compounds represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2).

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy having a sufficiently high oxygen reduction reaction activity, a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy, and a fuel cell catalyst. The method for manufacturing a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy comprises sintering a precursor which contains a nitrogen-containing compound and an inorganic metal salt, the nitrogen-containing compound having at least one heteroaromatic ring and a conjugated heterocycle, and the conjugated heterocycle having 12 or larger number of ring-forming atoms.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte containing an electrolyte, an organic typical metal compound and an organic solvent, the organic solvent containing the electrolyte and the organic typical metal compound, the organic typical metal compound being contained in the organic solvent in an amount of 1 mol/L or less.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery containing: a positive electrode containing a transition metal oxide as an active material thereof; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte containing an electrolyte, an organic solvent, and less than 0.1 mol/L of an organometallic compound containing a transition element or a rare-earth element as a central metal thereof.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing: at least one selected from a carbonate compound having a halogen atom and a sulfur-containing ring compound; an aromatic ketone compound; an organic solvent; and an electrolyte salt, in which, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the organic solvent, the aromatic ketone compound is 0.001 to 10 parts by mass and the at least one selected from a carbonate compound having a halogen atom and a sulfur-containing ring compound is 0.001 to 10 parts by mass, and more than 50% by mass of the whole amount of the organic solvent is composed of a solvent with a melting point of 10° C. or less.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a production method of a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy that has sufficiently high redox activity or has a large number of reaction electrons of redox reaction.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion prepared by a production method including a step of codissolving a water-insoluble colorant and a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group in an organic solvent in the presence of a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II), and mixing the obtained solution with an aqueous medium; characterized by containing water-insoluble colorant fine particles, a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group, an aqueous medium, and a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II): wherein R1 to R5 each independently represents a methyl, ethyl or propyl group, n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: A method of producing a water-insoluble colorant dispersion, having the steps of: providing a solution of a water-insoluble colorant dissolved in an aprotic water-soluble organic solvent in the presence of an alkali, providing an aqueous medium of a polymer compound dissolved therein, which polymer compound has at least one acid group selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a hydroxyl group, and a phosphoric acid group, as its hydrophilic group, and bringing the solution and the aqueous medium in contact with each other, to form fine particles of the water-insoluble colorant in a medium including water, thereby obtaining a dispersion including the fine particles dispersed therein.

Abstract: A water-insoluble colorant dispersion prepared by a production method including a step of codissolving a water-insoluble colorant and a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group in an organic solvent in the presence of a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II), and mixing the obtained solution with an aqueous medium; characterized by containing water-insoluble colorant fine particles, a polymer compound having one or more acid groups selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group as hydrophilic group, an aqueous medium, and a phase-transfer base represented by the Formula (I) or (II): wherein R1 to R5 each independently represents a methyl, ethyl or propyl group, n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

Abstract: An inexpensive multi-layered holographic read-only memory having a large capacity is provided. In the memory in which single-mode slab waveguides are multi-layered, a periodic scattering center whose period approximately agrees with the period of the guided mode is provided in at least one of a core layer and a clad layer in each waveguide so that a guided wave in the waveguide is diffracted by the periodic scattering center to the outside of the waveguide and a holographic image is generated.

Abstract: In an air outlet device for a vehicle cabin, primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated between a parallel condition and a series condition, to thereby provide a wind distribution function of opening the outlet opening of a tubular body and adjusting the flow direction of air and a wind shutoff function of closing the outlet opening. Of the primary wind-direction adjustment plates, one primary wind-direction adjustment plate is configured such that its tip end edge gradually separates from an inner wall surface of the tubular body when the primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated so as to open the outlet opening. A secondary wind-direction adjustment plate is secured to the wind surface side of the primary wind-direction adjustment plate with a predetermined spacing formed therebetween. The secondary wind-direction adjustment plate rotates, together with the primary wind-direction adjustment plate, about the rotation center of the primary wind-direction adjustment plate.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid material produced by crosslinking a precursor that is an organosilicon compound having a mesogen group is disclosed. The organic-inorganic hybrid material is favorable for electrolytic membranes for fuel cells.

Abstract: Provided are a proton-exchange membrane of which the ionic conductivity is high and the methanol crossover is low, and a fuel cell of high power that comprises the proton-exchange membrane. The proton-exchange membrane has a structure of mesogen-containing organic molecular chains and a proton-donating group-containing group covalent-bonding to a silicon-oxygen three-dimensional crosslinked matrix, in which at least a part of the organic molecular chains are oriented to form an aggregate thereof; and the fuel cell comprises the membrane.

Abstract: A device and a process for producing a corrugated plate having a plurality of bent-into-contact portions extending in parallel on one face of a metal plate employs a number of steps. A first pressing step sequentially molds a plurality of U-shaped bent portions in the metal plate. A second pressing step sequentially molds the bent-into-contact portions by sequentially crushing the plurality of U-shaped bent portions. In the first pressing step, the U-shaped bent portions are fed in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the U-shaped bent portions, and positioned, and are pressed in a state in which the position is released. In the second pressing step, another face of the metal plate is pressed flat while molding the bent-into-contact portions by pressing the U-shaped bent portions from both sides.

Abstract: In an air outlet device for a vehicle cabin, primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated between a parallel condition and a series condition, to thereby provide a wind distribution function of opening the outlet opening of a tubular body and adjusting the flow direction of air and a wind shutoff function of closing the outlet opening. Of the primary wind-direction adjustment plates, a certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate is configured such that its tip end edge gradually separates from an inner wall surface of the tubular body when the primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated so as to open the outlet opening. A secondary wind-direction adjustment plate is secured to the back of the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate with a predetermined spacing formed therebetween. The secondary wind-direction adjustment plate rotates, together with the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate, about the rotation center of the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to interior parts of a car comprising a new propylene resin composition. The present resin composition has good molding abilities and a good balance of physical properties as well as a good appearance, lower gloss and scratch resistance. Specifically, the present invention relates to a molded article for interior parts of a car comprising a polypropylene resin composition comprising the following components; a crystalline homopolypropylene having MFR of 500 to 3,000 g/10 min.; a polypropylene consisting of a crystalline homopolypropylene and an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber having 45 to 80% by mass of a ethylene content; a polypropylene consisting of a crystalline homopolypropylene and an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber having 25% by mass or more to below 45% by mass of a ethylene content; and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte having a high ionic conductivity and not so much troubled by methanol-crossover through it is provided according to a method of sulfonation of a compound of the following formula (I), etc., followed by sol-gel reaction of the resulting compound, or according to a method of the sol-gel reaction followed by the sulfonation. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; m1 indicates an integer of from 1 to 3; L1 represents a single bond, an alkylene group, —O—, —CO—, or a divalent linking group of a combination of any of these groups; L2 represents an n1-valent linking group; Ar1 represents an arylene or heteroarylene group having at least one electron-donating group; n1 indicates an integer of from 2 to 4; s1 indicates an integer of 1 or 2.