Abstract: In order to provide a means for industrially producing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate (CNB), a production member is used which is a combination of a plurality of carbon targets containing a metal catalyst selected from Fe, Ni, Co or a single substance or a mixture of these two or three substances capable of generating carbon nanohorn aggregates including the fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate by laser irradiation, and a target fixing jig for fixing the carbon target, wherein the target fixing jig has a plurality of grooves for fixing the target to a plate-shaped member, the carbon target has a thickness of a height equal to or greater than the top surface of the fixing jig from the groove, and the width of the carbon target is larger than the size of the spot of the laser beam in the width direction.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting unit matrix including a plurality of light-emitting units disposed in a matrix on the substrate; and a reflective resin disposed in a region, on the substrate, including a region where the light-emitting unit matrix is disposed. The plurality of light-emitting units include a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in a column direction of the light-emitting unit matrix. The reflective resin includes a first reflective portion disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and extending in a direction intersecting the column direction. At least a portion of an upper surface of the first reflective portion protrudes beyond an upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and an upper surface of the second light-emitting unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a carbon nanohorn aggregate including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate, comprising continuously irradiating with laser light a surface of a carbon target containing a metal catalyst such as iron, wherein a laser irradiation position is moved at a constant speed so that a power density of the laser light with which the surface of the carbon target is irradiated is generally constant, and irradiation is moved to a region adjacent to a region previously irradiated with the laser light, in a direction different from a moving and traveling direction of the laser irradiation position at an interval equal to or more than a width of a degradation region formed around the region irradiated with the laser light

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate with higher efficiency. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing a carbon nanohorn aggregate comprising a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate, is provided, which includes a step (a) of fixing the end of a rod-shaped carbon target to a fixing jig, and a step (b) of irradiating the rod-shaped carbon target with a laser light, and moving the irradiation position of the laser light in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped carbon target without rotating the rod-shaped carbon target.

Abstract: A lithium-manganese composite oxide containing a lithium-iron-manganese composite oxide represented by the composition formula. Li1+x?w(FeyNizMn1?y?z)1?xO2??, where 0<x<1/3, 0?w<0.8, 0<y<1, 0<z<0.5, y+z<1, and 0??<0.5, in which at least in a state of charge of a lithium ion battery using the lithium-manganese composite oxide as a positive-electrode active material, at least some of iron atoms are pentavalent.

Abstract: There is provided a planar structural body 1 comprising a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate 2 in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns are aggregated in a fibrous state, and particularly the planar structural body in which a globular carbon nanohorn aggregate 3 is mixed is used. The planar structural body comprising such a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate can be used for electrode materials for lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrochemical actuators, air cells, solar cells, and the like, and can be used also for electromagnetic shields, thermoconductive sheets, heat-dissipating sheets, protecting sheets, filters and absorbing materials.

Abstract: A flexible electrode is provided in which an increase in resistance change rate caused by repeated stretch is reduced. A sensor element is also provided, which uses the flexible electrode. A strain sensor, a pressure sensor, and a temperature sensor are also provided, each using the sensor element. The flexible electrode can include an insulating flexible substrate and an electrode film laminated on the flexible substrate. The electrode film can include a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate.

Abstract: Provided is a shortened fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate (CNB) obtained by shortening a CNB having a length of 1 ?m or more and a diameter in the short direction in the range of 30 to 100 nm, by oxidizing, stirring in an acid solution, subjecting to an ultrasonic treatment in a liquid, followed by cutting. The shortened CNB has an end surface on which no tip of the plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns is disposed toward the longitudinal direction at least one end in the longitudinal direction, and has an excellent dispersibility by shortening the length to less than 1 ?m.

Abstract: A production apparatus for manufacturing carbon nanohorn aggregates including fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregates includes a target holding unit holding a cylindrical carbon target containing Fe or another metal catalyst, a light source irradiating a laser beam on the surface of the carbon target, a production chamber configured to irradiate the carbon target with the laser beam in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere to produce a product including the CNB, a collection mechanism collecting the product, a rotation mechanism rotating the carbon target, and a moving mechanism moving the carbon target in the axial direction thereof.

Abstract: In order to provide an apparatus for industrially producing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate (CNB), the apparatus comprises: a target holding unit holding a carbon target in sheet form containing a metal catalyst such as Fe; a light source irradiating a laser beam on a surface of the carbon target; a movement unit moving one of the target held by the target holding unit and the light source relative to the other to move the irradiation position of the laser beam on the surface of the target; a production chamber configured to irradiate the carbon target with the laser beam in an atmosphere of non-oxidizing gas to produce a product including the fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate; a collection mechanism collecting carbon vapor evaporated from the target by irradiation of the laser beam to collect nanocarbon including the fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate; and a control unit controlling an operation of the movement unit or the light source so that the power density of the laser beam irradiated to the surface

Abstract: There is provided a lithium-iron-manganese-based composite oxide capable of providing a lithium-ion secondary battery which has a high capacity retention rate in charge/discharge cycles and in which the generation of a gas caused by charge/discharge cycles is suppressed. A lithium-iron-manganese-based composite oxide having a layered rock-salt structure, wherein at least a part of the surface of a lithium-iron-manganese-based composite oxide represented by the following formula is coated with an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of La, Pr, Nd, Sm and Eu: LixM1(y-p)MnpM2(z-q)FeqO(2-?) wherein 1.05?x?1.32, 0.33?y?0.63, 0.06?z?0.50, 0<p?0.63, 0.06?q?0.50, 0???0.80, y?p, and z?q; M1 is at least one element selected from Ti and Zr; and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn.

Abstract: The electromagnetic wave absorbing material excellent in electrical conductivity and dispersibility and containing a carbon material suitable for an electromagnetic wave absorbing material is an electromagnetic wave absorbing material characterized by containing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate composed of a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns gathering in a fibrous form, the fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate contains single-walled carbon nanotubes inside, and by fabricating using a catalyst-containing carbon target containing a single body of Fe, Ni or Co or a mixture thereof, a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate including the metal contained in the target is obtained.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention is to provide a carbon nanohorn aggregate excellent in imparting conductivity, and to provide a carbon nanohorn aggregate excellent in both the impartation of conductivity and the dispersibility. The present invention provides a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns are aggregated in a fibrous state. The fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate is excellent in imparting conductivity, and can be produced by the same process as production of globular carbon nanohorn aggregates, whereby the carbon nanohorn aggregates containing fibrous ones and globular ones mixed therewith can satisfy both high conductivity and high dispersibility.

Abstract: A nanocarbon separation device includes a separation tank which is configured to accommodate a dispersion liquid including a nanocarbon, a first electrode that is provided at an upper part in the separation tank, a second electrode that is provided at a lower part in the separation tank, and a partition member that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode in the separation tank, and the partition member partitions the separation tank into a plurality of regions.

Abstract: An adsorption material which includes a carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state, particularly coexisting a globular carbon nanohorn aggregate and some of the single-walled carbon nanohorns included in the carbon nanohorn aggregate have an opening portion, is used. The adsorption material including such a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate is produced by a method including: preparing an inert gas atmosphere, a nitrogen gas atmosphere or a mixed atmosphere in a vessel in which a catalyst-containing carbon target is placed; and evaporating the target to obtain a carbon nanohorn aggregate including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state.

Abstract: In order to provide a means for industrially producing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate (CNB), a production member is used which is a combination of a plurality of carbon targets containing a metal catalyst selected from Fe, Ni, Co or a single substance or a mixture of these two or three substances capable of generating carbon nanohorn aggregates including the fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate by laser irradiation, and a target fixing jig for fixing the carbon target, wherein the target fixing jig has a plurality of grooves for fixing the target to a plate-shaped member, the carbon target has a thickness of a height equal to or greater than the top surface of the fixing jig from the groove, and the width of the carbon target is larger than the size of the spot of the laser beam in the width direction.

Abstract: [Problem]To provide a nanocarbon composite material that is superior in providing electrical conductivity. [Solution]In a nanocarbon composite material 100 in an example embodiment of the present invention, a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate 11 of a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorn aggregates connected fibrously is dispersively formed in a matrix 13.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting unit matrix including a plurality of light-emitting units disposed in a matrix on the substrate; and a reflective resin disposed in a region, on the substrate, including a region where the light-emitting unit matrix is disposed. The plurality of light-emitting units include a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit adjacent to each other in a column direction of the light-emitting unit matrix. The reflective resin includes a first reflective portion disposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and extending in a direction intersecting the column direction. At least a portion of an upper surface of the first reflective portion protrudes beyond an upper surface of the first light-emitting unit and an upper surface of the second light-emitting unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium manganese composite oxide having a metal-containing compound film and a carbon coating, in which at least a part of a surface of the lithium manganese composite oxide represented by Formula (1) is coated with the metal-containing compound film, and at least a part of the surface thereof is further coated with the carbon coating. The present invention can provide a positive electrode material capable of improving the discharge characteristics and the capacity retention rate after cycles of lithium ion secondary batteries. Li1+x(FeyNizMn1?y?z)1?xO2??(1), where 0<x<?, 0?y, 0?z<0.5, and y+z<1.

Abstract: A lithium-manganese composite oxide containing a lithium-iron-manganese composite oxide represented by the composition formula: Li1+x?w(FeyNizMn1?y?z)1?xO2??, where 0<x<?, 0?w<0.8, 0<y<1, 0<z<0.5, y+z<1, and 0??<0.5, in which at least in a state of charge of a lithium ion battery using the lithium-manganese composite oxide as a positive-electrode active material, at least some of iron atoms are pentavalent.