Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery includes a plurality of active material particles. A length of each of the active material particles in a first direction along a thickness direction of the electrode is larger than a length of the active material particle in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment includes an electrolyte, a cathode, and an anode. The electrolyte includes zinc, indium, bismuth, and a halogen species. The cathode and the anode are disposed in the electrolyte.

Abstract: A flow battery according to an embodiment includes a cathode and an anode, an electrolytic solution, and a flow device. The electrolytic solution includes an indium component and a halogen species and contacts the cathode and the anode. The flow device causes the electrolytic solution to flow.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment includes a container, an electrolytic solution, a cathode and an anode, and a flow mechanism. The container includes an opening on a bottom surface thereof. The electrolytic solution is disposed in the container. The cathode and the anode are disposed in the electrolytic solution. The flow mechanism includes a generation part that is connected to the container via the opening and generates a gas bubble(s) in the container through the opening, and that causes the electrolytic solution to flow. A protrusion part that is positioned at an edge part of the opening and extends in upward and downward directions is disposed on the bottom surface.

Abstract: A light absorbing member includes a ceramic composite having a plurality of first ceramic particles exhibiting positive resistance temperature characteristics in a first ceramics having an open porosity of 5% or lower.

Abstract: A flow battery according to an embodiment includes a cathode and an anode, an electrolytic solution, and a flow device. The electrolytic solution includes an indium component and a halogen species and contacts the cathode and the anode. The flow device causes the electrolytic solution to flow.

Abstract: A member for hydrogen production includes a ceramic composite in which a plurality of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 5 nm to 200 nm are dispersed in a porous insulator having a different component from the ceramic particles. The ceramic particles comprise at least one substance selected from the group consisting of AXO3±? (where 0???1, A: at least one of rare earth elements, alkaline earth elements, and alkali metal elements, X: at least one of transition metal elements and metalloid elements, and O: oxygen), cerium oxide, and zirconium oxide as a main component.

Abstract: A light absorbing member includes a ceramic composite having a plurality of first ceramic particles exhibiting positive resistance temperature characteristics in a first ceramics having an open porosity of 5% or lower.

Abstract: A member for hydrogen production includes a ceramic composite in which a plurality of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 5 nm to 200 nm are dispersed in a porous insulator having a different component from the ceramic particles. The ceramic particles comprise at least one substance selected from the group consisting of AXO3±? (where 0???1, A: at least one of rare earth elements, alkaline earth elements, and alkali metal elements, X: at least one of transition metal elements and metalloid elements, and O: oxygen), cerium oxide, and zirconium oxide as a main component.

Abstract: A method for producing, in a few simple steps, a specific optically active aldehyde represented by the general formula (1), in which * is an asymmetric carbon atom, includes asymmetrically isomerizing a specific allyl alcohol represented by the general formula (2) in the presence of a ruthenium complex and a base.

Abstract: A process for producing an optically active amine compound, characterized by asymmetrically hydrogenating a prochiral carbon-nitrogen double bond in the presence of a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (1) or (2) (wherein P represents an optically active diphosphine, X represents an anionic group, and Ar represents an optionally substituted arylene group).

Abstract: A method for producing, in a few simple steps, a specific optically active aldehyde represented by the general formula (1), in which * is an asymmetric carbon atom, includes asymmetrically isomerizing a specific allyl alcohol represented by the general formula (2) in the presence of a ruthenium complex and a base.

Abstract: Methods are provided for producing an optically active secondary alcohol at a high optical purity by hydrogenating a substrate carbonyl compound at a high efficiency using as a catalyst a ruthenium complex bearing as a ligand certain optically active diphosphine compound and a readily synthesized amine compound. For example, aromatic ketones and heteroaromatic ketones are reacted with hydrogen and/or a hydrogen donating compound in the presence of the ruthenium complex.

Abstract: A process for producing an optically active amine compound, characterized by asymmetrically hydrogenating a prochiral carbon-nitrogen double bond in the presence of a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (1) or (2) (wherein P represents an optically active diphosphine, X represents an anionic group, and Ar represents an optionally substituted arylene group).

Abstract: [Object] The object of this invention is to provide a method for producing an optically active secondary alcohol at a high optical purity by hydrogenating a substrate carbonyl compound at a high efficiency using as a catalyst a ruthenium complex bearing as a ligand certain optically active diphosphine compound and a readily synthesized amine compound.

Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).

Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).

Abstract: A process is provided for efficiently producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative of high optical purity using a readily available ruthenium compound as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. This process is a process for producing an optically active 3-quinuclidinol derivative represented by the following formula (III) comprising asymmetrically hydrogenating a 3-quinuclidinone derivative represented by the following formula (I) in the presence of a ruthenium compound (II) represented by formula (II): Ru(X)(Y)(Px)n[R1R2C*(NR3R4)-A-R5R6C*(NR7R8)] (in the formulas, R represents a hydrogen atom or C7 to C18 aralkyl group and the like, X and Y represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms and the like, Px represents a phosphine ligand, n represents 1 or 2, R1 to R8 represent hydrogen atoms or C1 to C20 alkyl groups and the like, * represents an optically active carbon atom and A represents an ethylene group and the like).

Abstract: The present invention can provide a cyanation catalyst represented by the general formula (I): (in the formula (I), R1 through R4 are each an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R1 and R2 and/or R3 and R4 may form an optionally substituted carbon chain ring; R5 through R8 are each a hydrogen atom, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R5 and R6 and/or R7 and R8 may form an optionally substituted carbon chain ring; R9 and R10 are each a hydrogen atom, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; W, X and Y each represent an optionally substituted binding chain; X and/or Y may be non-existent; M represents a metal or a metal ion; and ligands of M may each be located at any position).

Abstract: An embodiment of a method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device according to the present invention includes specifying a spot having an abnormal physical property in a structure comprising a photoelectric conversion member, including a semiconductor layer, between a pair of first and second electrodes, and isolating the spot having an abnormal physical property through mechanical scribing.