Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains Li, P, and Bi. An electrochemical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, P, and Bi.

Abstract: A solid-state lithium ion conductor includes: Li, P, and S; and at least one metal element selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Zn, Cd, and Hg.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains Li, P, and Bi. An electrochemical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, P, and Bi.

Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving a conversion efficiency. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device including a working electrode and a facing electrode, and an electrolyte inclusion, a dye is carried on a metal-oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode. The dye includes cyanine dye having a benzyl group and an indolenine skeleton. Therefore, crystallization of the dye on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor layer is suppressed.

Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion device that has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and enhanced reliability without wide variations in performance. A manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device that includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide layer, a counter electrode disposed so as to face the working electrode, and an electrolyte layer enclosed between the working electrode and the counter electrode, includes: a step of preparing an electrolyte sheet in which an electrolyte is retained by a reticulated support member; and a step of enclosing the electrolyte sheet between the working electrode and the counter electrode.

Abstract: An electrode for photoelectric conversion elements having high initial characteristics and excellent durability, a manufacturing method of the electrode for photoelectric conversion elements, and a dye-sensitized solar cell are provided. An electrode for photoelectric conversion elements according to the present invention has a structure in which a metal oxide layer containing zinc oxide is provided on a base. The metal oxide layer has a plurality of bump-like protrusions formed so as to protrude radially from the base side, and also has an emission peak in a region of 350 to 400 nm in cathodoluminescence measurement. The metal oxide layer is preferably heat treated at 220 to 500° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving durability without using particular material. The photoelectric conversion device includes a working electrode in which dye is carried by a metal oxide semiconductor layer and a facing electrode having a conductive layer, and a semi-solid electrolyte containing layer supported between the working electrode and the facing electrode. The electrolyte containing layer contains an electrolyte solution in which a solid electrolyte salt is dissolved in an organic solvent, and a particle. Thereby, liquid leakage or the like hardly occurs even under a high-temperature environment in comparison with the case where the electrolyte containing layer does not contain a particle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency. The photoelectric conversion device includes a working electrode and a facing electrode, and a semi-solid electrolyte containing layer supported between the working electrode and the facing electrode. The electrolyte containing layer contains a particle, an organic solvent, and ionic liquid. An electron is efficiently injected from dye excited by absorbing light to a metal oxide semiconductor layer, and the electron quickly travels from the metal oxide semiconductor layer to an external circuit in comparison with the case where the electrolyte containing layer does not contain the organic solvent.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device capable of maintaining a durability and improving initial characteristics. A dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device including a working electrode and a facing electrode, and an electrolyte inclusion is manufactured. First, a facing electrode in which a dye is carried by a metal oxide semiconductor layer having a porous structure, and a facing electrode are manufactured. Next, the working electrode and the facing electrode are stuck together so as to have a predetermined space in between. A low-viscosity liquid is injected between the working electrode and the facing electrode and impregnated into the porous structure. Then, the high-viscosity material is injected and the electrolyte is adjusted so as to form the electrolyte inclusion. Even if the viscosity of the electrolyte is high, an electrolytic salt is quickly dispersed into the porous structure.

Abstract: There are disclosed a photoelectric conversion electrode having a large amount of a dye to be supported and an excellent dye replacement property and having a capability of improving a photoelectric conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method of the photoelectric conversion electrode and the like. A photoelectric conversion electrode 11 according to the present invention can be manufactured by laminating a porous metal oxide layer 14 including a metal oxide and a dye on a substrate 12 having a conductive surface 12a, and the metal oxide layer 14 has a specific surface area of 70 to 250 m2/g and a void ratio of 50 to 75%. Specifically, the metal oxide layer 14 can be formed by a cathode electrolytic deposition process using an electrolyte containing a metal salt and 80 to 500 ?M of template dye, the template dye co-adsorbed on the metal oxide layer 14 is desorbed, and a sensitizing dye different from the template dye is more preferably re-adsorbed.

Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving a conversion efficiency. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device including a working electrode and a facing electrode, and an electrolyte inclusion, a dye is carried on a metal-oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode. The dye includes cyanine dye having a benzyl group and an indolenine skeleton. Therefore, crystallization of the dye on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor layer is suppressed.

Abstract: There are disclosed a photoelectric conversion electrode having a large amount of a dye to be supported and an excellent dye replacement property and capability of improving a mechanical strength and a photoelectric conversion efficiency. In a photoelectric conversion electrode 11 according to the present invention, on a substrate 12 having a conductive surface 12a, an underlayer 13 containing a metal oxide and a porous metal oxide layer 14 including a metal oxide and a dye can be prepared by an electrolytic deposition process, and an electrolysis potential of the underlayer 13 is set to a potential or less of a flection point having a minimum potential among a plurality of flection points observed in a range of 0 to ?1.5 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in a current-potential profile during electrolytic deposition, whereby the underlayer is formed so that pointed crystal particles 13a of the metal oxide are piled up in a layer thickness direction.

Abstract: There are disclosed an electrode having a large amount of a dye to be supported, having an excellent dye replacement property and having a capability of improving a photoelectric conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method of the electrode and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the electrode. An electrode 11 according to the present invention includes a dye-supported layer 14 laminated on a substrate 12 and including zinc oxide and a dye. The dye-supported layer 14 has at least a plurality of bump-like protrusions formed so that zinc oxide protrudes radially from the substrate 12, or satisfies represented by the following formula (1): 2?I002/I101?12, in which I002 is a peak intensity attributed to a zinc oxide (002) face in X-ray diffraction measurement of the dye-supported layer 14, and I101 is a peak intensity attributed to a zinc oxide (101) face in the X-ray diffraction measurement.

Abstract: An object is to provide a PTC element capable of preventing lead terminals from delaminating from an element body. This PTC element 1 is a PTC element comprising an element body 10 in which an electroconductive filler is dispersed in a crystalline polymer, and a pair of terminal electrodes 12, 14 thermocompression-bonded with the element body 10 in between, wherein each of the pair of terminal electrodes 12, 14 has an overlapping region 121, 141 overlapping with the element body 10, and a nonoverlapping region 122, 142 not overlapping with the element body 10, and wherein the nonoverlapping region 122, 142 of each of the pair of terminal electrodes 12, 14 is constructed of a succession of a wide portion 122a a width of which is large across a direction in which the terminal electrode 12, 14 extends from the element body 10, and a narrow portion 122b a width of which is smaller than the width of the wide portion 122a.

Abstract: An organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor 10 having at least a pair of electrodes 2 and 3 positioned facing each other and a thermistor element 1 having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance which is positioned between the pair of electrodes 2 and 3, wherein the thermistor element 1 is a molded element consisting of a mixture which contains a polymer matrix and conductive particles having electronic conductivity, and wherein the thermistor element 1 has an amount of oxygen calculated by subtracting the amount of oxygen originally present in the various components of the mixture from the amount of oxygen contained in the thermistor element, which is 1.55 weight percent or less of the mass of the thermistor element.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PTC element comprising a pair of lead terminals bonded together by thermocompression with a matrix held therebetween comprises a matrix preparing step of preparing a matrix constructed by dispersing a conductive filler into a crystalline polymer; a terminal preparing step of preparing a pair of lead terminals holding the matrix therebetween, a surface of each lead terminal facing the matrix being formed with a plurality of anchor protrusions separated from each other; a flattening step of flattening the anchor protrusions formed in respective nonoverlapping areas in the pair of lead terminals kept from overlapping the matrix; and a thermocompression bonding step of holding the matrix between respective overlapping areas in the pair of lead terminals overlapping the matrix, and securing the pair of lead terminals and the matrix together by thermocompression bonding.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an organic PTC thermistor including the steps of: mixing an organic binder with a filler to obtain a mixture; forming on a first conductive foil, a mixture layer including the mixture to obtain a laminate; and laminating on the laminate, a second conductive foil or another of the laminate to obtain a sandwich so that the mixture layer can be sandwiched by the opposing conductive foils. At least one of the mixing step, the layer-forming step and the laminating step is conducted under reduced pressure. An organic PTC thermistor obtained by the production process is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method capable of manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor having the PTC function as easy as possible. A main electrode layer in a cathode is formed so as to have the PTC function. Different from a conventional electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method of connecting a PTC thermistor to a capacitor element to give the PTC function to an electrolytic capacitor so that an electrolytic capacitor manufacturing process is complicated and the number of manufacturing processes is increased by the amount corresponding to the PTC thermistor connecting process, the process of connecting the PTC thermistor to the capacitor element is unnecessary. Consequently, complication of the electrolytic capacitor manufacturing process and increase in the number of manufacturing processes caused by the PTC thermistor connecting process can be prevented.

Abstract: The invention provides an organic positive temperature coefficient thermistor provided with a pair of mutually opposing electrodes and a thermistor element with a positive resistance-temperature characteristic situated between the pair of electrodes, wherein said thermistor element contains a cured body derived from a mixture comprising an epoxy resin, a curing agent and conductive particles, and there is included in the epoxy resin and/or curing agent a compound which imparts flexibility to the cured body.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method capable of manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor having the PTC function as easy as possible. A main electrode layer in a cathode is formed so as to have the PTC function. Different from a conventional electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method of connecting a PTC thermistor to a capacitor element to give the PTC function to an electrolytic capacitor so that an electrolytic capacitor manufacturing process is complicated and the number of manufacturing processes is increased by the amount corresponding to the PTC thermistor connecting process, the process of connecting the PTC thermistor to the capacitor element is unnecessary. Consequently, complication of the electrolytic capacitor manufacturing process and increase in the number of manufacturing processes caused by the PTC thermistor connecting process can be prevented.