Abstract: An insulating tape, for coating a connection portion of a power cable, includes a resin material which includes polyethylene at least partially modified by a molecule imparting hydrophilicity, an antioxidant, and a crosslinking agent. The antioxidant has a molecular weight in a range of 190 or more and less than 1050. The antioxidant has a content in a range of 0.05 parts by mass or more and 0.8 parts by mass or less, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene. The insulating tape has a thickness in a range of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less.

Abstract: An insulating tape for coating a connection portion of a power cable is unlikely to cause local cracking to a fused part even when a highly hydrophilic polyethylene is used. This insulating tape is formed of a resin material including a polyethylene which is at least partially modified by a molecule capable of imparting hydrophilicity; an antioxidant; and a cross-linking agent. The antioxidant has a molecular weight of not less than 190 but less than 1,050. The contained amount of the antioxidant is 0.05-0.8 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene. The insulating tape has a thickness of 50-250 ?m. In addition, this power cable 1 is provided with a connection structure that has a connection portion formed by conductively connecting ends of multiple power cables where respective conductors are exposed.

Abstract: An insulating resin composition that allows a reduction in the amount of spatial electric charges accumulated in an insulating layer, whereby dielectric breakdown is less likely to occur. This insulating resin composition 1 contains at least an antioxidant and a base resin including an unmodified polyolefin resin and a modified polyolefin resin modified by a molecule having a polar group. The modified polyolefin resin is modified by at least one selected from unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride derivatives, unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides, and unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, which are each a molecule having a polar group. The base resin has a so-called island-in-sea structure in which a second phase 12 containing the modified polyolefin resin is present in a first phase 11 containing the unmodified polyolefin resin. The second phase has an average diameter of 2 ?m or less.