Abstract: A charge accumulating system of the present invention comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte battery unit including a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid, a negative electrode and a positive electrode, a temperature detector which detects an ambient temperature of the battery unit, a first controller which lowers a maximum battery voltage of the battery unit when the detected temperature from the temperature detector exceeds a standard ambient temperature, and a second controller which controls a maximum charging amount Qmax of the nonaqueous electrolyte battery unit at a constant level, or lowers the maximum charging amount Qmax when the detected temperature from the temperature detector exceeds the standard ambient temperature.

Abstract: A battery pack including: a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including an external connection terminal; and a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature in a range of 0 to 60° C., Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C) of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a case where a current required for discharging a nominal capacity of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in one hour is 1C, and is within a range of 4C to 7C.

Abstract: It is made possible to keep a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a charged state for a long period of time and minimize the degradation of the battery. A method for charging a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, includes: a first charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a first current value which increases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery; and a second charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a second current value which decreases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. These two charging steps are repeated alternately.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an active material providing a working potential which is nobler by at least 0.5V than a lithium metal potential. Also, the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an ionic liquid and allyl phosphate represented by chemical formula given below: where R denotes hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n denotes an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a battery-integrated semiconductor module containing a small built-in battery having satisfactory output characteristics. A battery-integrated semiconductor module includes: an insulating substrate; a semiconductor device provided on the insulating substrate; a nonaqueous electrolyte battery for driving the semiconductor device, which is provided in and/or on the insulating substrate and comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator for separating the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid as a main component, with which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are impregnated; and a sealing resin provided to cover the semiconductor device and the nonaqueous electrolyte battery, wherein any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator is in contact with the insulating substrate and the sealing resin.

Abstract: This invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that has excellent output characteristics, is small in individual difference, and is more stable. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode that contain or can occlude and release lithium, a lithium salt-containing ionic liquid and is characterized in that the electrolyte contains a cation containing a fluoroalkyl group attached through a methylene chain to a basic structure selected from the group consisting of imidazolium, piperidinium, and pyrrolidinium structures.

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode, and a luminescence layer formed of an electrolyte and disposed to contact with both of the first electrode and second electrode. The electrolyte comprises a luminous pigment which emits light, an ionic liquid, and carbonate. The carbonate is solid at normal temperature.

Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).

Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA ??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided, which includes an insulating substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from each other and formed above the insulating substrate, and an electrolyte disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrolyte contains an ionic liquid and luminescent pigment having a reversible redox structure. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode have an elongated configuration, in an unit length of each of the first electrode and the second electrode, a surface area is 3 to 1000 times as large as a ground contact area, the surface area being an area of a surface of each of the first electrode and the ground contact area being an area projected upon the insulating substrate as the insulating substrate provided with the first electrode and the second electrode is looked from a top surface of the insulating substrate.

Abstract: A charge accumulating system of the present invention comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte battery unit including a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid, a negative electrode and a positive electrode, a temperature detector which detects an ambient temperature of the battery unit, a first controller which lowers a maximum battery voltage of the battery unit when the detected temperature from the temperature detector exceeds a standard ambient temperature, and a second controller which controls a maximum charging amount Qmax of the nonaqueous electrolyte battery unit at a constant level, or lowers the maximum charging amount Qmax when the detected temperature from the temperature detector exceeds the standard ambient temperature.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an active material providing a working potential which is nobler by at least 0.5 V than a lithium metal potential. Also, the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an ionic liquid and allyl phosphate represented by chemical formula given below: where R denotes hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n denotes an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, including a case, a positive electrode housed in the case, a negative electrode housed in the case, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an ionic liquid and lithium ions of which molar amount is no smaller than 1.8×10?5 mol per mAh of the battery capacity.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery that contains a molten salt electrolyte and has the enhanced output performances and cycle performances can be provided. The electrolyte has a molar ratio of lithium salt to molten salt of from 0.3 to 0.5, and the non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a positive electrode having a discharge capacity of 1.05 or more times that of a negative electrode thereof.

Abstract: An overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus according to this invention is an overdischarge preventing circuit apparatus for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a discharge control mechanism which controls discharge of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery when a surface temperature of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery exceeds a discharge control temperature T1 (° C.) represented by T1=T0+QA ??(1) where T0 is an ambient temperature (° C.), Q is 8 (° C./C), and A is a discharge rate (C).

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing an active material providing a negative electrode working potential which is nobler than a lithium electrode potential, and whose potential difference from the lithium electrode potential is 0.5V or more, and an electrolyte containing molten salt, ester phosphate and metal salt including at least one of alkaline metal salt and alkaline earth metal salt, the electrolyte satisfying the following formula (1): 0.5?(M2/M1)?1??(1) where M1 is a molar number of the metal salt and M2 is a molar number of the ester phosphate.

Abstract: A substrate transport container is used, for example, in the process of manufacturing integrated circuits of less than 0.13 ?m line width, can hold the level of contaminants in the interior of the container for at least particles, acidic gases, basic gases, organic substances and humidity at controlled low levels, and has the size and structure to be compatible with automated semiconductor manufacturing plants. The container is provided with a door for loading and unloading substrates on a surface of a container main body and is constructed so as to hold the substrates inside the container main body at a given distance of separation. Air conditioning apparatuses for reducing the levels of particulate and gaseous contaminants are disposed roughly symmetrically on the container main body.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus supplies electric power to a substrate carrier container having a rechargeable cell. The power supply apparatus comprises a body for seating a substrate carrier container thereon, a seating detecting device provided on the body for detecting whether the substrate carrier container is seated on the body or not, and a power supply connector movably provided on the body. The power supply apparatus further comprises a control mechanism for bringing the power supply connector into contact with a charging terminal of the substrate carrier container to charge the rechargeable cell in the substrate carrier container according to a detected signal from the seating detecting device.

Abstract: A method of using a substrate transport pod is suitable for manufacturing semiconductor devices with copper wiring and low dielectric insulating film having dielectric constants of less than 3. The method is based on loading the substrates into a pod from an atmosphere of a first process, and circulating a gaseous atmosphere through interior of the pod in such a way to selectively remove at least one contaminant including moisture, particulate substances or chemical substances, and to expose the substrates to a controlled atmosphere intermittently or continually while the substrates are held in the pod before they are unloaded from the pod and introduced into a second process. For a pod that is used to house the substrates for the purpose of retaining or transporting, the pod has a pod main body and a door that provides a hermetic seal, the pod is made primarily of a materiel that has moisture absorption factor of less than 0.

Abstract: A method of using a substrate transport pod is provided, which is suitable for manufacturing semiconductor devices with copper wiring and low dielectric insulating film having dielectric constants of less than 3. The method is based on loading the substrates into a pod from an atmosphere of a first process, and circulating a gaseous atmosphere through interior of the pod in such a way to selectively remove at least one contaminant including moisture, particulate substances or chemical substances, and to expose the substrates to a controlled atmosphere intermittently or continually while the substrates are held in the pod before they are unloaded from the pod and introduced into a second process. For a pod that is used to house the substrates for the purpose of retaining or transporting, the pod has a pod main body and a door that provides a hermetic sealing seal, and the pod is made primarily of a materiel that has moisture absorption factor of less than 0.