Abstract: A porous carbon material composite formed of a porous carbon material and a functional material and equipped with high functionality. The porous carbon material composite is formed of (A) a porous carbon material obtainable from a plant-derived material having a silicon (Si) content of 5 wt % or higher as a raw material, said porous carbon material having a silicon (Si) content of 1 wt % or lower, and (B) a functional material adhered on the porous carbon material, and has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or greater as determined by the nitrogen BET method and a pore volume of 0.1 cm3/g or greater as determined by the BJH method and MP method.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a porous carbon material that is able to adsorb desired substances efficiently. [Solving Means] A porous carbon material of the present invention uses peat as a raw material, and has a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10?8 m to 2×10?7 m, obtained by non-localized density functional theory method, of 0.5 cm3/g or more, or has a volume of fine pores obtained by BHJ method of 0.5 cm3/g or more.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an adsorbent, an adsorbent sheet, and a carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus having further improved virus adsorption capability. [Solving Means] An adsorbent for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention has a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more. An adsorbent sheet for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more. A carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more; and a binder.

Abstract: An electrode material for a secondary cell includes a porous carbon material having an absolute value of a differential value of a mass using a temperature as a parameter exceeding 0 at 360° C. and being 0.016 or more at 290° C. provided by thermally analyzing a mixture of the porous carbon material and S8 sulfur at a mass ratio of 1:2.

Abstract: An air-metal secondary battery has an electrode including a porous carbon material, wherein the porous carbon material has a specific surface area of 280 m2/g or more, preferably 700 m2/g or more, more preferably 1,500 m2/g or more, as determined by a nitrogen BET method, and the air-metal secondary battery has an average charging voltage of 4.4 V or less, preferably 4.3 V or less, more preferably 4.1 V or less.

Abstract: An electrode includes a plant-derived porous carbon material. When a peak value of an O(1s) spectrum of the porous carbon material obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is defined as PO, and a peak value of a C(1s) spectrum thereof is defined as PC, PO/PC?0.05, or an oxygen-containing functional group has been removed from a surface of the plant-derived porous carbon material.

Abstract: There is provided an adsorbing material for a filter for air purification, which is made of a porous carbon material derived from a plant and in which a value of particle porosity epsilonp is 0.7 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material for electrodes, which contains a plant-derived porous carbon material having a pore volume according to an MP method of 0.1 cm3/gram or more, or a volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of 0.3 cm3/gram or more; and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material, and in which the pore volume according to the MP method is less than 0.1 cm3/gram, or the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method is less than 0.3 cm3/gram.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode material for secondary batteries, including a porous carbon material being derived from a plant and having an average particle size of less than 4 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber composite for the application of a liquid, including a fibrous member containing a porous carbon material having a specific surface area value by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more, and a pore volume by the BJH method of 0.2 cm3/g or more.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fungicide, including: a porous carbon material; and a silver member adhered to the porous carbon material, wherein a value of a specific surface area based on a nitrogen BET, namely Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller method is equal to or larger than 10 m2/g, and a volume of a fine pore based on a BJH, namely Barrett, Joyner, and Halenda method and an MP, namely Micro Pore method is equal to or larger than 0.1 cm3/g.

Abstract: An electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes a porous carbon material, wherein the porous carbon material has a half-width of diffraction intensity peak of a (100) face or a (101) face of 4 degrees or less with reference to a diffraction angle 2 theta on a basis of an X-ray diffraction method. An absolute value of a differential value of mass can be obtained when a mixture of the porous carbon material and S8 sulfur mixed at a mass ratio of 1:2 is subjected to thermal analysis, where temperature is employed as a parameter, has a value of more than 0 at 450° C. and a value of 1.9 or more at 400° C. A battery and method of manufacture are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is an absorbent including silica of which a raw material is a material originating from a plant which includes silicon, and a silane coupling agent which modifies a surface of the silica. A value of a specific surface area of the silica in accordance with a nitrogen BET method is 10 m2/g or more, and a pore volume of the silica in accordance with a BJH method is 0.1 cm3/g or more.

Abstract: A filter medium of the present invention includes a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10?9 m to 5×10?7 m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 ?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell capable of preventing elution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof immobilized on an electrode, and capable of preventing performance degradation due to elution, and a method for manufacturing the fuel cell. A biofuel cell having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other via a proton conductor, the biofuel cell configured so that an enzyme is used to extract electrons from a fuel, wherein the negative electrode is configured from an electrode including carbon and/or an inorganic compound having pores with a size of 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less on the surface, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof being immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound. A carbon particle, a carbon sheet, or carbon fiber is used as the carbon.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a porous carbon material that is able to adsorb desired substances efficiently. [Solving Means] A porous carbon material of the present invention uses peat as a raw material, and has a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10?8 m to 2×10?7 m, obtained by non-localized density functional theory method, of 0.5 cm3/g or more, or has a volume of fine pores obtained by BHJ method of 0.5 cm3/g or more.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an adsorbent, an adsorbent sheet, and a carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus having further improved virus adsorption capability. [Solving Means] An adsorbent for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention has a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more. An adsorbent sheet for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more. A carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more; and a binder.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for removing oxidative stress substances such as oxygen radical species from a liquid (for example, water) reliably when the liquid is used by a user. [Solving Means] A method for removing oxidative stress substances according to the present disclosure uses a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area based on nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more; a volume of fine pores based on BJH method and MP method of 0.1 cm3/g or more, desirably 0.2 cm3/g or more; to remove oxidative stress substances contained in a liquid.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a cholesterol lowering agent, a neutral fat lowering agent, a blood glucose level lowering agent, a cholesterol adsorbent, and a neutral fat adsorbent, which have high safety. [Solving Means] A cholesterol lowering agent, a neutral fat lowering agent, a blood glucose level lowering agent, a cholesterol adsorbent, and a neutral fat adsorbent include a porous carbon material having a specific surface area value of 10 m2/g or more and a pore volume of 0.1 cm3/g or more, the specific surface area value being measured by a nitrogen BET method, the pore volume being measured by a BJH method and an MP method.

Abstract: Fine particles for image display having excellent properties and displaying images in black on the basis of electrophoresis are provided. Fine particles for image display are dispersed (suspended) in an electrophoretic dispersion liquid sealed between two opposing substrates and contain porous carbon materials having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m2/g and pore volume determined by the MP method of not less than 0.1 cm3/g or those having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m2/g and at least one peak at not more than 10 nm in pore size distribution obtained by the non-localized density functional theory method.