Abstract: A measurement method of receiving an emission light output from an optical semiconductor element on an incident end surface of an optical probe, shifts a relative position between the optical semiconductor element and the optical probe on a plane surface intersecting with an optical axis of the emission light, measures an incident intensity of the emission light at several positions, and obtains an incident intensity pattern showing a relationship between a change in the relative position and the respective incident intensities.

Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus having two or more control units that are connected with one another through a communication path; each of the control units has a switching processing section that selects the control unit that is made to continue the operation of software for the control unit in which an abnormality has been detected, based on an operational requirement for software in which an abnormality has been detected and the security state and control state of the control unit other than the control unit in which the abnormality has been detected.

Abstract: A measurement method of receiving an emission light output from an optical semiconductor element on an incident end surface of an optical probe, shifts a relative position between the optical semiconductor element and the optical probe on a plane surface intersecting with an optical axis of the emission light, measures an incident intensity of the emission light at several positions, and obtains an incident intensity pattern showing a relationship between a change in the relative position and the respective incident intensities.

Abstract: A technique for improving the performance of a secondary battery is provided. A secondary battery according to an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first layer disposed on the first electrode, and including a first n-type oxide semiconductor, a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second n-type oxide semiconductor material and a first insulating material, a third layer disposed on the second layer and including tantalum oxide, and a fourth layer disposed on the third layer and including a second insulating material.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a solid electrolyte layer which contains a tantalum oxide as a solid electrolyte; a positive-electrode active material layer which is disposed on an upper surface of the solid electrolyte layer and contains a nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) as a positive-electrode active material; and a negative-electrode active material layer disposed on a lower surface of the solid electrolyte layer so as to be opposite to the positive-electrode active material layer and containing a titanium oxide (TiOx) or a titanium oxide (TiOx) and a silicon oxide (SiOx) as a negative-electrode active material. There is provided a secondary battery capable of improving electricity storage performance by improving a self-discharge.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a charging layer arranged between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode and containing a mixture of an insulating material and a first n-type oxide semiconductor material, an n-type oxide semiconductor layer arranged between the charging layer and the first electrode and containing a second n-type oxide semiconductor material, a p-type oxide semiconductor layer (16) arranged between the charging layer and the second electrode and containing a p-type oxide semiconductor material, a mixture layer arranged between the charging layer and the p-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a mixture of silicon oxide and a third n-type oxide semiconductor material, and a conductive layer arranged between the first electrode and the n-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a metal material.

Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method of a secondary battery capable of increasing discharge capacity.

Abstract: An intermediate structure unit for a secondary cell according to the present invention is the intermediate structure unit for a secondary cell having a secondary cell and a test structure unit on a common substrate. Each of the secondary cell and the test structure unit includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. A plurality of layers are layered at the secondary cell between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The plurality of layers include at least a metal oxide semiconductor layer and a charging layer. A party of the plurality of layers is formed at the test structure unit between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a charging layer arranged between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode and containing a mixture of an insulating material and a first n-type oxide semiconductor material, an n-type oxide semiconductor layer arranged between the charging layer and the first electrode and containing a second n-type oxide semiconductor material, a p-type oxide semiconductor layer (16) arranged between the charging layer and the second electrode and containing a p-type oxide semiconductor material, a mixture layer arranged between the charging layer and the p-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a mixture of silicon oxide and a third n-type oxide semiconductor material, and a conductive layer arranged between the first electrode and the n-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a metal material.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a first conductivity-type first oxide semiconductor; a first charge layer disposed on the first oxide semiconductor layer, the first charge layer composed by including a first metal oxide; a first separation layer disposed on the first charge layer; and a second conductivity-type second oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first separation layer. The first charge layer is not composed of a material containing silicon. A second separation layer disposed on the first charge layer between the first separation layer and the first charge layer may be included. Provided is a secondary battery capable of reducing an internal resistance and capable of increasing an electricity storage capacity per unit volume (weight).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery includes a first electrode, an n-type metal oxide semiconductor layer made of an n-type metal oxide semiconductor, an n-type metal oxide semiconductor and an insulator, an intermediate insulating layer containing an insulator as a main component, a p-type metal oxide semiconductor layer made of a p-type metal oxide semiconductor, and a second electrode are laminated in this order, a first process of applying a positive voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode with reference to the first electrode and a second process of applying a positive voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second process in which 0 V is applied between the first process cycle and the second process cycle in this order is defined as a first unit cycle and a predetermined number of first unit cycles are repeated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a secondary cell having a plurality of unit cells 21 that are connected in parallel, including, a step to prepare sheet-shaped unit cells each having a structure that a first electrode layer, a metal oxide semiconductor layer, a charging layer, and a second electrode layer are layered, a step to form a cell sheet by connecting the laminated unit cells in parallel, a step to measure a capacity of the cell sheet, and a step to connect a unit cell for capacity adjustment to the cell sheet in parallel when the capacity is smaller than a specification value.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary cell, the secondary cell including a charging layer that captures electrons by forming energy levels in a band gap by causing a photoexcited structural change in an n-type metal oxide semiconductor coated with an insulating material, includes a coating step to coat a coating liquid so as to form a coating film that includes constituents that will form the charging layer; a drying step to dry the coating liquid coated in the coating step; a UV irradiating step to form a UV-irradiated coating film by irradiating the dried coating film obtained through the drying step with ultraviolet light; and a burning step to burn a plurality of the UV-irradiated coating films, after forming the plurality of UV-irradiated coating films by repeating a set plural times, the set including the coating step, the drying step, and the UV irradiating step.

Abstract: A sheet jig of the present invention includes a center placement face on which a center region of a sheet is placed as having a plurality of first air holes to cause the center region of the sheet to be stuck, a peripheral upper face formed outside the center placement face at height being lower than the center placement face as having a plurality of second air holes to cause a peripheral region of the sheet to be stuck, and a slope face formed from the center placement face to the peripheral upper face.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a secondary cell having a plurality of unit cells 21 that are connected in parallel, including, a step to prepare sheet-shaped unit cells each having a structure that a first electrode layer, a metal oxide semiconductor layer, a charging layer, and a second electrode layer are layered, a step to form a cell sheet by connecting the laminated unit cells in parallel, a step to measure a capacity of the cell sheet, and a step to connect a unit cell for capacity adjustment to the cell sheet in parallel when the capacity is smaller than a specification value.

Abstract: An intermediate structure unit for a secondary cell according to the present invention is the intermediate structure unit for a secondary cell having a secondary cell and a test structure unit on a common substrate. Each of the secondary cell and the test structure unit includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. A plurality of layers are layered at the secondary cell between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The plurality of layers include at least a metal oxide semiconductor layer and a charging layer. A party of the plurality of layers is formed at the test structure unit between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary cell, the secondary cell including a charging layer that captures electrons by forming energy levels in a band gap by causing a photoexcited structural change in an n-type metal oxide semiconductor coated with an insulating material, includes: a coating step to coat a liquid so as to form a coating film that includes constituents that will form the charging layer; a drying step to dry the coating liquid coated in the coating step; a UV irradiating step to form a UV-irradiated coating film by irradiating the dried coating film obtained through the drying step with ultraviolet light; and a burning step to burn a plurality of the UV-irradiated coating films, after forming the plurality of UV-irradiated coating films by repeating a set plural times, the set including the coating step, the drying step, and the UV irradiating step.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery in which a single-layer secondary cell has an all-solid-state secondary cell structure with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and which is superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to at least one of volume, operation, and positioning. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a folded single-layer secondary cell formed by folding a sheet-shaped single-layer secondary cell, with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer, two or more times while alternately reversing the folding direction.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery being superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to volume (energy density) and manufacturing (manufacturing workload). The present invention provides a secondary battery including a sheet-shaped first-electrode-functioning base material having a function as a first electrode and a function as a base material, a front-side storage layer formed on a front side of the first-electrode-functioning base material, a front-side second electrode layer layered on the front-side storage layer, a rear-side storage layer formed on a rear side of the first-electrode-functioning base material, and a rear-side second electrode layer layered on the rear-side storage layer.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery adopting an all-solid-state secondary cell structure with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and which is superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to at least one of volume, manufacturing, and positioning. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a single-layer secondary cell having a folded structure that a sheet-shaped single-layer secondary cell with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer is folded in two or four.