Patents by Inventor Takafumi Araki

Takafumi Araki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11917839
    Abstract: To improve an SN ratio of a photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element (10) includes an anode (12), a cathode (16), an active layer (14) provided between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transport layer (13) provided between the anode and the active layer. The active layer includes a p-type semiconductor material, which is a polymer compound having an absorption peak wavelength of 900 nm or higher, and an n-type semiconductor material, and an energy gap between an LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material contained in the active layer and a HOMO of a hole transport material contained in the hole transport layer is less than 0.9 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Furukawa, Takafumi Araki
  • Publication number: 20230301185
    Abstract: Provided is a novel semiconductor material. A compound represented by the following formula (I): A1-B1-A1 (I) (In the formula (I), A1 represents an electron-withdrawing group, B1 is a divalent group including two or more constituent units that are linked by a single bond to constitute a ?-conjugated system, at least one of the two or more constituent units is a first constituent unit represented by the following formula (II), and the remaining second constituent unit other than the first constituent unit is a divalent group including an unsaturated bond, an arylene group, or a heteroarylene group.) (In the formula (II), Ar1, Ar2, Y, and R are as defined in the specification.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masanori ABE, Takafumi ARAKI, Miki KATAKURA, Eiji YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230209844
    Abstract: Provided is a photodetector having a small dark current ratio. A photodetector includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer contains a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, the p-type semiconductor material contains a polymer having the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of ?5.45 eV or less, and the n-type semiconductor material contains a non-fullerene compound. It is preferable that the polymer contained in the p-type semiconductor material contains a constitutional unit DU having an electron donating property and a constitutional unit AU having an electron accepting property, and the non-fullerene compound contains a moiety DP having an electron donating property and a moiety AP having an electron accepting property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20230200094
    Abstract: A photodetector element includes: an anode; a cathode; and an active layer provided between the anode and the cathode and containing a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, and a value obtained by subtracting the absolute value of energy level of HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material from the absolute value of the energy level of HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material is 0.35 or less. Further, the difference between the HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material and the HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material is preferably 0 to 0.10 eV, and the p-type semiconductor material is preferably a polymer compound containing a constituent unit represented by the following Formula (I). Ar1 and Ar2 represent a trivalent aromatic heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent or a trivalent aromatic carbocyclic group optionally having a substituent, and Z represents a group represented by Formulae (Z-1) to (Z-7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20230171973
    Abstract: To improve specific detectivity. A photodetector element 10 includes: an anode 12; a cathode 16; and an active layer 14 provided between the anode and the cathode and containing a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material, wherein a value (?EA+?EB) of a sum of a value (?EA) obtained by subtracting an absolute value of an energy level of HOMO of the p-type semiconductor material from an absolute value of an energy level of HOMO of the n-type semiconductor material and a value (?EB) obtained by subtracting an absolute value of an energy level of LUMO of the p-type semiconductor material from an absolute value of an energy level of LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material is in a range of more than 0 and less than 0.88.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni FERRARA, Takafumi ARAKI, Miho OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20210376274
    Abstract: To improve an SN ratio of a photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element (10) includes an anode (12), a cathode (16), an active layer (14) provided between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transport layer (13) provided between the anode and the active layer. The active layer includes a p-type semiconductor material, which is a polymer compound having an absorption peak wavelength of 900 nm or higher, and an n-type semiconductor material, and an energy gap between an LUMO of the n-type semiconductor material contained in the active layer and a HOMO of a hole transport material contained in the hole transport layer is less than 0.9 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke FURUKAWA, Takafumi ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20210139643
    Abstract: An object is to provide a polymer compound capable of producing an organic photoelectric conversion element having a large value of fill factor and the organic photoelectric conversion element. The present invention provides a polymer compound having a structural unit represented by the formula (I) and a structural unit represented by the formula (II). Further provided is an organic photoelectric conversion element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the active layer comprises the polymer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takafumi ARAKI, Kenichiro OHYA
  • Patent number: 7201275
    Abstract: A PTP constructed so that when the PTP is divided into a section having one or a plurality of pocket portions, a person can discriminate between the top, bottom, right and left sides of this section in the planar direction and a visually handicapped person can correctly identify the direction of medicament identifying means provided on the section. The PTP includes a flexible sheet having a pocket portion containing a tablet T, and a metal foil adhered to the flexible sheet to hermetically seal the pocket portion containing the tablet T, and the PTP is dividable into sections including a plurality of pocket portions by a dividing line. An unevenness serving as medicament identifying means is provided on a top surface of a pocket portion, and arcs are respectively formed on the dividing line on the sides so that the shapes of all the divided sections become the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Nakagawa, Yoshihisa Hama, Yasuhiro Tsukamasa, Susumu Kimura, Takafumi Araki
  • Publication number: 20050016893
    Abstract: A PTP constructed so that when the PTP is divided into a section having one or a plurality of pocket portions, a person can discriminate between the top, bottom, right and left sides of this section in the planar direction and a visually handicapped person can correctly identify the direction of medicament identifying means provided on the section. The PTP includes a flexible sheet having a pocket portion containing a tablet T, and a metal foil adhered to the flexible sheet to hermetically seal the pocket portion containing the tablet T, and the PTP is dividable into sections including a plurality of pocket portions by a dividing line. An unevenness serving as medicament identifying means is provided on a top surface of a pocket portion, and arcs are respectively formed on the dividing line on the sides so that the shapes of all the divided sections become the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Sachiko Nakagawa, Yoshihisa Hama, Yasuhiro Tsukamasa, Susumu Kimura, Takafumi Araki