Abstract: A negative electrode active material of an embodiment for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes silicon or silicon oxide including silicon inside, a carbonaceous substance containing the silicon or the silicon oxide including silicon inside, and a phase including a silicate compound and a conductive assistant, the phase being interposed between the silicon or the silicon oxide including silicon inside and the carbonaceous substance. The silicate compound is a complexed oxide including an oxide including at least one element selected from the group consisting of; an alkaline earth element, a transition metal element, and a rare-earth element and a silicon oxide.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.

Abstract: An active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the embodiment is a composite including at least: a carbonaceous substance; and silicon-containing particles dispersed in the carbonaceous substance, the silicon-containing particles including at least one of silicon, a silicon alloy and a silicon oxide, wherein in an argon ion laser Raman spectrum, the half-width (?G) of a peak having a maximum intensity I1 in the range of 1575 cm?1 or more and 1625 cm?1 or less is 100 cm?1 or more and 150 cm?1 or less, and the intensity ratio of a peak having a maximum intensity I2 in the range of 500 cm?1 or more and 550 cm?1 or less to the peak having the maximum intensity I1 in the range of 1575 cm?1 or more and 1625 cm?1 or less (I2/I1) is 0.25 or more and 0.50 or less.

Abstract: An electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that includes a composite particle that contains a silicon dioxide particle having an average primary particle size of D1, a silicon particle having an average primary particle size of D2, and a carbon material, where D1 is 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less and the ratio D2/D1 is 0.3 or more and 8 or less.

Abstract: The active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present embodiment includes a core particle and a carbon layer. The core particle is formed of silicon particles having a twinned crystal in part of a surface. The carbon layer coats the core particle.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode mixture layer comprising an active material, a conductive agent, and a binding agent to bind the active material and the conductive agent, and a collector on which the electrode mixture layer is laminated. The active material comprises a composite body comprising at least a carbonaceous material, and a metal dispersed in the carbonaceous material or an oxide of the metal. And the binding agent is a polyvinyl alcohol resin of a saponification degree of 87-99.9 mole %.

Abstract: It is possible to improve heat dissipation of a semiconductor circuit to be inserted into a case. A case into which a semiconductor circuit is inserted, the case including: a heat dissipating portion having, on an inner side, a contact surface coming in contact with the semiconductor circuit; a thin portion formed to surround the contact surface and formed to be thinner than the heat dissipating portion; and a recess formed between the thin portion and the heat dissipating portion and recessed with respect to the contact surface, in which an inner surface of the recess is arranged between the contact surface and an inner surface of the thin portion in a thickness direction of the case.

Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress a coolant from bypassing a non-cooling unit without lowering the productivity. The power converter according to the present invention includes: a power semiconductor module; and a flow path forming body having a flow path in which the power semiconductor module is disposed and an opening which is connected with the flow path, wherein the power semiconductor module includes a first fin formed on one surface and a second fin formed on another surface which faces the one surface so as to sandwich the semiconductor element, the flow path forming body has a first coolant control unit and a second coolant control unit which are arranged so as to sandwich the first fin, the first coolant control unit and the second coolant control unit are formed to be overlapped with a region of the power semiconductor module where the first fin is not formed, and a first flow path is formed along the first coolant control unit and the second coolant control unit.

Abstract: A thermally conductive insulator consisting essentially of a silicon nitride member, comprise: a first region provided 10 ?m or more away from a first surface of the member along a depth direction in a section vertical to the first surface and containing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide and a carbon material; and a second region provided between the first surface and the first region. A concentration of silicon nitride of the second region is higher than a concentration of silicon nitride of the first region.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorbent of an embodiment includes a chain amine, a cyclic amine, and an acid. The chain amine is a compound expressed by Formula (1) of FIG. 1. R1 in Formula (1) is hydrogen or an alkyl chain having at least one hydroxyl group and 1 to 7 carbon atoms. R2 in Formula (1) is an alkyl chain having at least one hydroxyl group and 1 to 7 carbon atoms. R3 in Formula (1) is hydrogen, a straight alkyl chain having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl chain having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a cyclic alkyl chain having 5 to 7 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorbent of an embodiment includes a heterocyclic amine expressed by Formula (1), and the heterocyclic amine having a pKa of any one amino group included in a heterocyclic ring in Formula (1) in a range of 7.0 or more to 8.6 or less and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more at 1 atm. A total mass of the heterocyclic amine and the organic solvent is 70 mass % or more to 100 mass % or less of the carbon dioxide absorbent. Each of R1 to R4 in Formula (1) is H, oxygen double-bonded with carbon of the heterocyclic ring, CH3, OH, or an alkyl chain optionally including a functional group. X1 in Formula (1) is H, CH3, CO, C(O)OC2H5, C(O)OC3H7, C(O)OCH(CH3)2, C(O)OC(CH3)3, C(O)OCH3, C(O)CH3, or C(O)C2H5.

Abstract: An electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery of the present embodiment includes a composite particle containing a carbonaceous material. A peak half-width of d-band measured from a Raman spectrum of the carbonaceous material is at 150 cm?1 or more. A ratio Lc/La of a crystallite size Lc in a c-axis direction observed at 20° to 26° in a X-ray diffraction to a crystallite size La in an a-axis direction observed at 40° to 44° is 0.7 or less.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a charging condition control apparatus includes a measurement unit, an estimation unit, a calculation unit and a control unit. The measurement unit measures a present battery capacity of a secondary battery. The estimation unit estimates a present end-of-charge potential of an anode of the secondary battery based on the present battery capacity and an open circuit potential curve of the anode. The calculation unit calculates a differential potential between the present end-of-charge potential and an initial end-of-charge potential of the anode. The control unit controls a charging condition of the secondary battery according to the differential potential.

Abstract: An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present embodiment includes: a current collector; and an active material layer that is formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector. The active material layer contains a fluorine-containing aromatic compound, in which at least one of hydrogen atoms bonded to the aromatic ring has been substituted by fluorine, at 0.01 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less.

Abstract: The objects of embodiments in the present disclosure are to provide a method capable of recovering two or more amine compounds at the same time from a gas or solution, and also to provide a method capable of analyzing the recovered amines. The amine-recovering method comprises the steps (A) and (B). In the step (A), the gas or solution is brought into contact with a solid adsorbent so that the adsorbent may retain the amines. In the step (B), the amines retained by the adsorbent in the step (A) are eluted out by use of a basic compound-containing organic solvent. The solid adsorbent has a substituent group represented by —SO3M (M is H or an alkali metal).

Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorbent of an embodiment includes a solid resin compound containing a structural unit expressed by the following formula (1). X in the formula (1) is a halogen element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a carbon dioxide fixation device including a nonaqueous phase and an aqueous phase. The nonaqueous phase includes an ionic liquid, an enzyme body, and a mediator. The enzyme body catalyzes a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide or a reduced product of carbon dioxide. The mediator acts as a reducing agent or coenzyme in this reduction reaction. The nonaqueous phase is configured such that the reduction reaction generates a reaction product. The aqueous phase includes an extraction liquid containing water. The aqueous phase is configured such that the abovementioned reaction product is supplied thereto from the nonaqueous phase.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the embodiment include a granular composite product that includes: an organic resin composition; a metal dispersed in the organic resin composition or a metal and an oxide of the metal dispersed in the organic resin composition; an electroconductive carbonaceous material, wherein an elemental ratio A/B (mass/mass) of carbon (A) and hydrogen (B) is 1 or lower.

Abstract: A fuel synthesis catalyst of an embodiment for hydrogenating a gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, the catalyst comprising, an oxide base material containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of; Al2O3, MgO, TiO2, and SiO2, first metal particles containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of; Ni, Co, Fe, and Cu and brought into contact with the oxide base material, and a porous oxide layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of; CeO2, ZrO2, TiO2, and SiO2 and having an interface with each of the first metal particles and the oxide base material.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.