Abstract: There is provided with a thermal decomposition treatment apparatus capable of ensuring a sufficient residence time of a resin. The thermal decomposition treatment apparatus for thermally decomposing a resin, comprises: a barrel into which the resin is introduced; and a moving unit configured to move the resin from an introduction port side for the resin to a discharge port side for a thermally decomposed product of the resin in the barrel, wherein the thermal decomposition treatment apparatus includes an enlarged portion having an enlarged cross-sectional area on the discharge port side of the barrel.

Abstract: There is provided with a thermal decomposition treatment apparatus capable of thermally decomposing a resin under an appropriate thermal decomposition condition. The thermal decomposition treatment apparatus comprises: a thermal decomposition treatment unit configured to thermally decompose a recycled material containing a resin; a detection unit configured to detect an impurity in the recycled material to be introduced into the thermal decomposition treatment unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a condition related to an introduction amount of a virgin material of the resin to be introduced, together with the recycled material, into the thermal decomposition treatment unit, based on a detection result of the detection unit.

Abstract: While a part of an article is crushed to be collected, a crushed pieces collector reduces the number of uncollected crushed pieces and the crushed pieces scattered over the floor to improve efficiency of collection and to prevent a foreign matter from being mixed into the collected crushed pieces. The crushed pieces collector is configured to collect the crushed pieces while a crush object is crushed to be removed from a fixed object to which the crush object is fixed. The crushed pieces collector includes: a receiving portion placed below the crush object to receive the crushed pieces; and a contact portion provided contiguously with the receiving portion and in contact with the fixed object. The contact portion includes an elastic body elastically deformable along an outer surface of the fixed object.

Abstract: A bulk heterojunction-type organic photovoltaic cell, i.e., BHJ solar cell, has a photoelectric conversion layer containing a mixture of a donor domain and an acceptor domain. The donor domain contains a polymer as a donor (photoelectric conversion material), and the polymer is obtained by reaction of a polyphenylene represented by the following general formula (1). For example, the acceptor domain contains phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor. At least one of R1 to R6 in the general formula (1) is an alkoxy group, and R7 to R10 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material, which acts as an electron donor for donating an electron or an electron acceptor for accepting an electron, contains a polymer having at least one structural unit selected from graphenes represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): wherein at least one of R1 to R6 in each of the general formulae (1) to (4) is a solubilizing group, and the polymer exhibits a higher solubility in an organic solvent with the solubilizing group than without the solubilizing group.

Abstract: In a BHJ solar cell, a photoelectric conversion layer contains a condensed carbocyclic ring polymer (photoelectric conversion material). The condensed carbocyclic ring polymer is obtained by polymerizing monomers represented by the following general formulae (1) and (2) to prepare a polyphenylene and then reacting the polyphenylene. R1 to R6 in the general formula (1) independently represent a hydrogen atom or a solubilizing group, and the monomer represented by the general formula (1) exhibits a higher solubility in an organic solvent with the solubilizing group than without the solubilizing group. Ar in the general formula (2) represents an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, and R7 and R8 in the general formula (2) independently represent a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, a methyl group, or a silyl group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material, which acts as an electron donor for donating an electron or an electron acceptor for accepting an electron, contains a polymer having at least one structural unit selected from graphenes represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4):

Abstract: A bulk heterojunction-type organic photovoltaic cell, i.e., BHJ solar cell, has a photoelectric conversion layer containing a mixture of a donor domain and an acceptor domain. The donor domain contains a polymer as a donor (photoelectric conversion material), and the polymer is obtained by reaction of a polyphenylene having a structural unit selected from moieties represented by the following general formulae (1) to (3). For example, the acceptor domain contains phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor. R1 to R8 in the general formulae (1) to (3) independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: In a BHJ solar cell, a photoelectric conversion layer contains a condensed carbocyclic ring polymer (photoelectric conversion material). The condensed carbocyclic ring polymer is obtained by polymerizing monomers represented by the following general formulae (1) and (2) to prepare a polyphenylene and then reacting the polyphenylene. R1 to R6 in the general formula (1) independently represent a hydrogen atom or a solubilizing group, and the monomer represented by the general formula (1) exhibits a higher solubility in an organic solvent with the solubilizing group than without the solubilizing group. Ar in the general formula (2) represents an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, and R7 and R8 in the general formula (2) independently represent a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, a methyl group, or a silyl group.

Abstract: A bulk heterojunction-type organic photovoltaic cell, i.e., BHJ solar cell, has a photoelectric conversion layer containing a mixture of a donor domain and an acceptor domain. The donor domain contains a polymer as a donor (photoelectric conversion material), and the polymer is obtained by reaction of a polyphenylene represented by the following general formula (1). For example, the acceptor domain contains phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor. At least one of R1 to R6 in the general formula (1) is an alkoxy group, and R7 to R10 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: A bulk heterojunction-type organic photovoltaic cell, i.e., BHJ solar cell, has a photoelectric conversion layer containing a mixture of a donor domain and an acceptor domain. The donor domain contains a polymer as a donor (photoelectric conversion material), and the polymer is obtained by reaction of a polyphenylene having a structural unit selected from moieties represented by the following general formulae (1) to (3). For example, the acceptor domain contains phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an acceptor. R1 to R8 in the general formulae (1) to (3) independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material, which acts as an electron donor for donating an electron or an electron acceptor for accepting an electron, contains a polymer having at least one structural unit selected from graphenes represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4): wherein at least one of R1 to R6 in each of the general formulae (1) to (4) is a solubilizing group, and the polymer exhibits a higher solubility in an organic solvent with the solubilizing group than without the solubilizing group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material, which acts as an electron donor for donating an electron or an electron acceptor for accepting an electron, contains a polymer having at least one structural unit selected from graphenes represented by the following general formulae (1) to (4):

Abstract: A proton conductor is formed of a porous body as a substrate and proton-conducting polymer covalently bonded to inner surfaces of pores of the porous body. The proton-conducting polymer comprises a main chain and a plurality of branched side chains extending radially therefrom. The branched side chains are each bonded to a proton-conducting salt at the end. The proton-conducting polymer has a substantially cylindrical structure in which the salts can be circumscribed by a virtual circle having a center on the cross-sectional center of the main chain such that a radial direction of the virtual circle is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main chain. The salts are located on the peripheral wall of the substantially cylindrical structure. Protons are transferred between the adjacent salts, so that a conduction channel is formed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical structure.

Abstract: A proton-conducting polymer comprises a main chain and a plurality of branched side chains extending radially therefrom. The branched side chains are each bonded to a proton-conducting salt at the end. In the proton-conducting polymer, the salts can be circumscribed by a virtual circle having a center on the cross-sectional center of the main chain such that a radial direction of the virtual circle is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main chain. Thus, the proton-conducting polymer has a substantially cylindrical structure, and the salts are located on the peripheral wall of the substantially cylindrical structure. Protons are transferred between the adjacent salts, so that a conduction channel is formed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical structure.

Abstract: An acidic group-containing polymer which has an acidic group such as sulfonic acid group, phosphoric acid group, and phosphonic acid group, and a proton acceptor which has a boiling point at 1 atmosphere higher than 100° C. and which functions as a medium for conducting proton dissociated from the acidic group are retained in pores of a porous member. Preferred examples of the proton acceptor include a salt structure composed of an anion and a cation derived from a basic organic compound, a basic organic compound, and a dissociation-facilitating polymer which facilitates dissociation of proton. Any one of the acidic group-containing polymer and the proton acceptor may be retained first, or both may be retained simultaneously.

Abstract: A proton conductor is formed of a porous body as a substrate and proton-conducting polymer covalently bonded to inner surfaces of pores of the porous body. The proton-conducting polymer comprises a main chain and a plurality of branched side chains extending radially therefrom. The branched side chains are each bonded to a proton-conducting salt at the end. The proton-conducting polymer has a substantially cylindrical structure in which the salts can be circumscribed by a virtual circle having a center on the cross-sectional center of the main chain such that a radial direction of the virtual circle is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main chain. The salts are located on the peripheral wall of the substantially cylindrical structure. Protons are transferred between the adjacent salts, so that a conduction channel is formed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical structure.

Abstract: A proton-conducting polymer comprises a main chain and a plurality of branched side chains extending radially therefrom. The branched side chains are each bonded to a proton-conducting salt at the end. In the proton-conducting polymer, the salts can be circumscribed by a virtual circle having a center on the cross-sectional center of the main chain such that a radial direction of the virtual circle is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main chain. Thus, the proton-conducting polymer has a substantially cylindrical structure, and the salts are located on the peripheral wall of the substantially cylindrical structure. Protons are transferred between the adjacent salts, so that a conduction channel is formed on the peripheral wall of the cylindrical structure.

Abstract: An electrode for a solid polymer fuel cell, capable of enhancing the power generation efficiency without increasing the amount of catalyst carried on the carbon particles, is provided. Catalyst carrier particles having a catalyst substance 10 carried on the surface of electron conductive particles 1, and a polymer electrolyte containing catalyst having a catalyst substance 20 dispersed in an ion conductive polymer 2 coexist.

Abstract: In an electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cells comprising electron conducting particles carrying platinum and an ion conducting polymer, platinum particles formed by a microemulsion method are added in a range of from 5 to 20% of the total amount of platinum in the electrode. A manufacturing method therefor is also provided.