Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery electrode additive with which an active material can be coated without heat treatment that is performed at a high temperature for a long period of time, an alkaline component can be neutralized, and the decomposition of an electrolytic solution can be suppressed. For example, provided is a secondary battery electrode additive comprising a boronic acid derivative represented by formula (5). (In the formula, R1-R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an ester group, a glycol chain, an alkoxy group, or a hydroxy group, and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.

Abstract: A saddle-riding vehicle includes a radiator in front of an engine of the saddle-riding vehicle and on one lateral side of the vehicle in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle widthwise direction. The radiator includes: a radiator body that allows coolant of the engine to flow through the radiator body; a radiator fan at a rear face of the radiator body; and a fan cover that covers the radiator fan from a rear of the radiator fan to guide exhaust air from the radiator to the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

Abstract: A secondary air introduction device is configured to supply air into an exhaust passage of an engine to combust unburned gas contained in exhaust gas. The secondary air introduction device includes: an air introduction passage configured to introduce air into the exhaust passage; and a secondary air valve configured to be attached to an outer surface of a cylinder head of the engine and to control opening and closing of the air introduction passage. The secondary air valve is configured to be attached to an outer lateral surface of the cylinder head on one side in an axial direction of a crankshaft, and the secondary air valve includes an air introduction inlet formed in a position opposite to the outer lateral surface of the cylinder head in the axial direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: A saddle-riding vehicle includes a radiator in front of an engine of the saddle-riding vehicle and on one lateral side of the vehicle in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle widthwise direction. The radiator includes: a radiator body that allows coolant of the engine to flow through the radiator body; a radiator fan at a rear face of the radiator body; and a fan cover that covers the radiator fan from a rear of the radiator fan to guide exhaust air from the radiator to the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

Abstract: Provided is an agent for dispersing an electrically conductive carbon material, in which the agent consists of a polymer which has an oxazoline group in a side chain and which is obtained by using an oxazoline group-containing monomer such as that represented by formula (1) for example, and in which the agent exhibits excellent dispersion of an electrically conductive carbon material and produces a thin film that exhibits excellent adhesion to a current collection substrate when formed into a thin film together with the electrically conductive carbon material. (In the formula, X denotes a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond-containing group, and R1-R4 each independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a branched structure having 1-5 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7-20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A secondary air introduction device is configured to supply air into an exhaust passage of an engine to combust unburned gas contained in exhaust gas. The secondary air introduction device includes: an air introduction passage configured to introduce air into the exhaust passage; and a secondary air valve configured to be attached to an outer surface of a cylinder head of the engine and to control opening and closing of the air introduction passage. The secondary air valve is configured to be attached to an outer lateral surface of the cylinder head on one side in an axial direction of a crankshaft, and the secondary air valve includes an air introduction inlet formed in a position opposite to the outer lateral surface of the cylinder head in the axial direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: This undercoat foil for an energy storage device electrode comprises a collector base plate, and an undercoat layer formed on at least one surface of the collector base plate, the undercoat layer containing carbon nanotubes, and the coating amount per collector base plate surface being 0.1 g/m2 or less. Since this undercoat foil can be effectively welded by ultrasound, the use thereof allows a low-resistance energy storage device and a simple and effective production method therefor to be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming an active material composite that gives an active material composite that can be used for an electrode in a lithium ion secondary battery and the like and that can improve battery cycle and rate characteristics. A composition for forming an active material composite comprising at least one active material selected from a metal, a metalloid, a metal alloy, a metal oxide, a metalloid oxide, a metal phosphate, a metal sulfide, and a metal nitride, a conductive material, a dispersant, a solvent, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming an active material composite that gives an active material composite that can be used for an electrode in a lithium ion secondary battery and the like and that can improve battery cycle and rate characteristics. A composition for forming an active material composite comprising at least one active material selected from a metal, a metalloid, a metal alloy, a metal oxide, a metalloid oxide, a metal phosphate, a metal sulfide, and a metal nitride, a conductive material, a solvent, and at least one dispersant selected from a vinyl polymer comprising a pendant oxazoline group and a triarylamine-based hyperbranched polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a thin film for an energy storage device that contains a cationic polymer, and does not contain an electrically conductive carbon material.

Abstract: Provided is an undercoat layer-forming composition which is for an energy storage device and is characterized by including a conductive carbon material, a dispersant, and a solvent, and having an expected conductivity of 50 S/cm or less when the density of the conductive carbon material is 1 g/cm3.

Abstract: Provided is an undercoat layer-forming composition which is for an energy storage device and is characterized by including a conductive carbon material, a dispersant, and a solvent, and having a density of 1.15 g/cm3 or more measured when a pressure of 20 kN/cm2 is applied to a powder of the conductive carbon material.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for energy storage devices, which is provided with a collector substrate, an undercoat layer that is formed on at least one surface of the collector substrate and contains carbon nanotubes, and an active material layer that is formed on the surface of the undercoat layer, and wherein the active material layer does not contain a conductive assistant.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for energy storage devices, which is provided with: a collector substrate; an undercoat layer that is formed on at least one surface of the collector substrate and contains carbon nanotubes; and an active material layer that is formed on the surface of the undercoat layer and contains an active material which contains a titanium-containing oxide.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary cell provided with: a positive electrode provided with a positive-electrode current-collecting substrate and a positive-electrode active material layer formed thereon, the positive-electrode active material layer being able to absorb or discharge lithium; a negative electrode provided with a negative-electrode current-collecting substrate and a negative-electrode active material layer formed thereon, the negative-electrode active material layer being able to absorb or discharge lithium; a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a sulfonyl imide electrolyte and a nonaqueous organic solvent. An electroconductive protective layer obtained by dispersing an electroconductive carbon material in a binder resin is formed on one or both surfaces of the positive-electrode current-collecting substrate and/or the negative-electrode current-collecting substrate.

Abstract: The present application relates to composite particles for a negative electrode of an electrochemical cell, an anode including the composite particles, methods of forming the same. The composite particles each include: a capsule including crumpled sheets of a graphene material; a core encapsulated in the capsule, the core including an electrochemically active material; and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) disposed in capsule, the core, or both the capsule and the core.

Abstract: Provided is a production method for a thin film containing a conductive carbon material, the method being characterized by including a step for applying a coating liquid which contains a conductive carbon material such as carbon nanotubes using a gravure coater or a die coater.

Abstract: Provided is a thin film which is formed on an aluminium foil, and which has a lightness L* in the L*a*b* colour system of at least 53, but less than 100, said lightness being measured using a specular component included (SCI) method.

Abstract: This carbon nanotube-containing thin film, which is formed on a base material, has a thickness of 10-500 nm. The ratio of coverage of the base material in a thin film forming portion by carbon nanotubes included in the thin film is 20-100%. The carbon nanotube-containing thin film exhibits a high ratio of coverage of the base material, despite having a thin film thickness, is capable of being ultrasonically welded, and, when used as an undercoat layer, is capable of achieving an energy storage device exhibiting low resistance.

Abstract: Provided is a production method for a thin film containing a conductive carbon material, the method including a step for applying a coating liquid which contains a conductive carbon material such as carbon nanotubes using a gravure coater or a die coater at an application speed of 20 m/minute or higher.