Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a liquid solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes: an anode foil having a dielectric layer thereon, and a cathode layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer. The liquid solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof. A total weight content of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof in the liquid solution is 15 wt % or greater with respect to a weight of the liquid solution.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer; a solid electrolyte layer in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode body; and an electrolyte solution. The solid electrolyte layer includes a ?-conjugated conductive polymer. The electrolyte solution contains a solvent and a solute, and the solvent contains a glycol compound and a sulfone compound. A proportion of the glycol compound contained in the solvent is 10% by mass or more. A proportion of the sulfone compound contained in the solvent is 30% by mass or more. A total proportion of the glycol compound and the sulfone compound contained in the solvent is 70% by mass or more.

Abstract: A power storage device has a power storage element and an electrolytic solution. The power storage element includes an anode body, a cathode body opposed to the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator base material and a conductive polymer deposited on the separator base material. The power storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator has a first surface layer, which includes a first surface opposed to the anode body, and a second surface layer, which includes a second surface opposed to the cathode body. An amount of the conductive polymer deposited in a first separator half body, which is a part from a center of the separator to the first surface, is greater than an amount of the conductive polymer deposited in a second separator half body, which is a part from the center of the separator to the second surface.

Abstract: An electrical storage device includes an electrical storage element and an electrolytic solution. The electrical storage element is formed of an anode body, a cathode body facing the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator substrate and a conductive polymer adhering to the separator substrate. The electrical storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator includes a first surface layer having a first surface facing the anode body and a second surface layer having a second surface facing the cathode body. The first surface layer includes a first region that is not provided with the conductive polymer, and the second surface layer includes a second region provided with the conductive polymer.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body, a cathode body, and an electrolytic solution interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The electrolytic solution contains a first ester compound and a second ester compound. The first ester compound is a condensate of boric acid and a sugar alcohol. The second ester compound contains at least one condensate selected from the group consisting of a condensate of boric acid and a monool compound and a condensate of boric acid and a polyol compound excluding a sugar alcohol.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes: a first step of preparing a capacitor element including an anode having a dielectric layer; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first processing solution including at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent; and a third step of swelling the conductive polymer after the second step, by impregnating the capacitor element with a second processing solution including a swelling agent while at least part of the first solvent remains in the capacitor element.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid including one of thiophene and derivatives thereof, a polyanion, and a solvent is prepared. The dispersion liquid is mixed with a first oxidizing agent producing iron ions so as to oxidatively polymerize the one of thiophene and derivatives thereof. At the completion of the polymerization, the conductive polymer microparticle dispersion contains trivalent iron ions with a concentration of 3 to 30 parts by weight, inclusive, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the conductive polymer microparticle.

Abstract: A power storage device has a power storage element and an electrolytic solution. The power storage element includes an anode body, a cathode body opposed to the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator base material and a conductive polymer deposited on the separator base material. The power storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator has a first surface layer, which includes a first surface opposed to the anode body, and a second surface layer, which includes a second surface opposed to the cathode body. The first surface layer has a first region in which the conductive polymer is deposited, and the second surface layer has a second region in which the conductive polymer is not deposited.

Abstract: An electrical storage device includes an electrical storage element and an electrolytic solution. The electrical storage element is formed of an anode body, a cathode body facing the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator substrate and a conductive polymer adhering to the separator substrate. The electrical storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator includes a first surface layer having a first surface facing the anode body and a second surface layer having a second surface facing the cathode body. The first surface layer includes a first region that is not provided with the conductive polymer, and the second surface layer includes a second region provided with the conductive polymer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor of the present disclosure includes first to third steps. In the first step, a capacitor element is prepared that includes an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed. In the second step, the capacitor element is impregnated with a first treatment solution containing at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent. In the third step, the capacitor element is, after the second step, impregnated with a second treatment solution that contains a polyol compound having 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a liquid solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes: an anode foil having a dielectric layer thereon, and a cathode layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer. The liquid solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof. A total weight content of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof in the liquid solution is 15 wt % or greater with respect to a weight of the liquid solution.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes: a first step of preparing a capacitor element including an anode having a dielectric layer; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first processing solution including at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent; and a third step of swelling the conductive polymer after the second step, by impregnating the capacitor element with a second processing solution including a swelling agent while at least part of the first solvent remains in the capacitor element.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor according to the present disclosure is characterized by including a first step of preparing a capacitor element that includes an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first treatment solution containing a first solvent and a conductive polymer; a third step of impregnating, after the second step, the capacitor element with a second treatment solution containing a second solvent; and a fourth step of impregnating, after the third step, the capacitor element with an electrolyte solution containing a third solvent, both the second solvent and the third solvent being a protic solvent.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor according to the present disclosure includes a first step of preparing a capacitor element that includes an anode body having a dielectric layer; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first treatment solution containing at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent; and a third step of impregnating, after the second step, the capacitor element, in which at least a part of the first solvent remains, with a second treatment solution containing a coagulant to coagulate the conductive polymer.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor according to the present disclosure includes a first step of preparing a capacitor element that includes an anode body having a dielectric layer; a second step of impregnating the capacitor element with a first treatment solution containing a conductive polymer and a first solvent; and a third step of impregnating the capacitor element with an electrolyte solution after the second step, the capacitor element being, in the third step, impregnated with the electrolyte solution while including a liquid.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and an electrolyte solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes an anode foil having a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, and a solid electrolyte layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode foil. The electrolyte solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and a derivative of polyalkylene glycol, and at least one of diphenyl amine, naphthol, nitrophenol, catechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, and pyrogallol.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes preparing a capacitor element that includes an anode body having a dielectric layer, and a separator including a cellulose fiber; impregnating the capacitor element with a first treatment solution containing a first solvent and conductive polymer particles; and impregnating, after impregnating the capacitor element with the first treatment solution, the capacitor element with a second treatment solution containing a second solvent at a state where the capacitor element includes the first solvent.

Abstract: At least one monomer selected from thiophenes and their derivatives is oxidatively polymerized with an oxidizing agent in a solvent mainly composed of water in the presence of a polyanion as a dopant. This conductive polymer microparticle dispersion is manufactured by using, as the polyanion, a polystyrene sulfonic acid and/or its salt each having a Hazen color number in the range of 10 to 1000, inclusive, when the hue of a 2% aqueous solution thereof is measured by the APHA method.

Abstract: A power storage device has a power storage element and an electrolytic solution. The power storage element includes an anode body, a cathode body opposed to the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator base material and a conductive polymer deposited on the separator base material. The power storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator has a first surface layer, which includes a first surface opposed to the anode body, and a second surface layer, which includes a second surface opposed to the cathode body. The first surface layer has a first region in which the conductive polymer is deposited, and the second surface layer has a second region in which the conductive polymer is not deposited.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid including one of thiophene and derivatives thereof, a polyanion, and a solvent is prepared. Then, the dispersion liquid is mixed with an oxidizing agent so as to oxidatively polymerize the one of thiophene and derivatives thereof. During the oxidative polymerization, a temperature of the dispersion liquid is 35° C. or less and a dissolved oxygen concentration of the dispersion liquid is 7 ppm or less.