Abstract: The present invention relates to cost effective production methods of high efficiency silicon based back-contacted back-junction solar panels and solar panels thereof having a multiplicity of alternating rectangular emitter- and base regions on the back-side of each cell, each with rectangular metallic electric finger conductor above and running in parallel with the corresponding emitter- and base region, a first insulation layer in-between the wafer and finger conductors, and a second insulation layer in between the finger conductors and cell interconnections.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a core-shell-type cerium oxide microparticle, a dispersion solution comprising the microparticle, and a process for production of the microparticle or dispersion solution, and to achieve the object, the present invention provides a core-shell-type cerium oxide microparticle which has an average particle diameter of 30 to 200 nm and a coefficient of variation therein no greater than 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aggregate of spherical core-shell cerium oxide/polymer hybrid nanoparticles, a process for producing the same, and a product such as an anti-reflection film having a high refractive index layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spherical, monodispersed core-shell type ceria-polymer hybrid nanoparticles including, a mixing step in which a cerium salt and a polymer are mixed together in a high-boiling-point organic solvent to obtain a mixture, and a heating and reflux step in which this mixture is heated and refluxed at a temperature of 110° C. or more to thereby generate a boiling phenomenon in the heating and reflux step, and rapidly cooling the mixture after the heating and reflux step to precipitate cerium oxide, and a liquid dispersion thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles, a dispersion containing such microparticles, and a production process and uses of the microparticles and the dispersion. As disclosed herein, the core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles have an average particle diameter of from 50 to 1,000 nm. The core is a secondary particle of spherical shape to the surface of which a polymer is attached as a shell. Methods for making the microparticles include the steps of: mixing together a zinc salt and a polymer in an organic solvent so as to obtain a mixture; and heating/refluxing the mixture at a predetermined temperature so as to cause core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles to precipitate, wherein the zinc salt is zinc acetate; and uses such as cosmetics, resins and fibers which contain the core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles and have an ultraviolet light blocking action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cost effective production methods of high efficiency silicon based back-contacted back-junction solar panels and solar panels thereof having a multiplicity of alternating rectangular emitter- and base regions on the back-side of each cell, each with rectangular metallic electric finger conductor above and running in parallel with the corresponding emitter- and base region, a first insulation layer in-between the wafer and finger conductors, and a second insulation layer in between the finger conductors and cell interconnections.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aggregate of spherical core-shell cerium oxide/polymer hybrid nanoparticles, a process for producing the same, and a product such as an anti-reflection film having a high refractive index layer.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide core-shell type cobalt oxide microparticles, a dispersion containing such microparticles, and a production process and uses of the microparticles and the dispersion, and the invention is directed at: core-shell type cobalt oxide microparticles having an average particle diameter of from 50 to 200 nm, wherein the core is a secondary particle of spherical shape to a surface of which an organic polymer is attached as the shell; a dispersion of such cobalt oxide microparticles; a dry powder obtained from such a cobalt oxide microparticle dispersion; a process for producing core-shell type cobalt oxide microparticles or a dispersion thereof, which process includes the steps of: mixing together a cobalt salt and an organic polymer in an organic solvent so as to obtain a mixture; and heating/refluxing the mixture at a predetermined temperature so as to cause core-shell type cobalt oxide microparticles to precipitate, wherein the cobalt salt is cobalt acetate; and u

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles, a dispersion containing such microparticles, and a production process and uses of the microparticles and the dispersion, and the invention is directed at: core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles having an average particle diameter of from 50 to 1,000 nm, wherein a core is a secondary particle of spherical shape to the surface of which a polymer is attached as a shell; a dispersion of such zinc oxide microparticles; a dry powder obtained from such a zinc oxide microparticle dispersion; a process for producing core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles or a dispersion thereof, which process includes the steps of: mixing together a zinc salt and a polymer in an organic solvent so as to obtain a mixture; and heating/refluxing the mixture at a predetermined temperature so as to cause core-shell type zinc oxide microparticles to precipitate, wherein the zinc salt is zinc acetate; and uses such as cosmetics, resins and fi

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spherical, monodispersed core-shell type ceria-polymer hybrid nanoparticles including, a mixing step in which a cerium salt and a polymer are mixed together in a high-boiling-point organic solvent to obtain a mixture, and a heating and reflux step in which this mixture is heated and refluxed at a temperature of 110° C. or more to thereby generate a boiling phenomenon in the heating and reflux step, and rapidly cooling the mixture after the heating and reflux step to precipitate cerium oxide, and a liquid dispersion thereof.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for depositing materials on a substrate is provided which includes forming a titanium nitride barrier layer on the substrate by sequentially exposing the substrate to a titanium precursor containing a titanium organic compound and a nitrogen plasma formed from a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. In another embodiment, the method includes exposing the substrate to the deposition gas containing the titanium organic compound to form a titanium-containing layer on the substrate, and exposing the titanium-containing layer disposed on the substrate to a nitrogen plasma formed from a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. The method further provides depositing a conductive material containing tungsten or copper over the substrate during a vapor deposition process. In some examples, the titanium organic compound may contain methylamido or ethylamido, such as tetrakis(dimethylamido)titanium, tetrakis(diethylamido)titanium, or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a catalyst which inhibits light paraffins form being produced in catalytic cracking of heavy hydrocarbons and which effectively produces olefins and a process in which the above catalyst is used to produce olefins from heavy hydrocarbons at a high yield. The catalyst is a catalytic cracking catalyst for catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon raw material, comprising (A) pentasil type zeolite modified with a rare earth element and zirconium and (B) faujasite type zeolite, and the process is a production process for olefin and a fuel oil, comprising bringing a heavy oil containing 50 mass % or more of a hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher into contact with the catalyst described above to crack it.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles and the dispersion thereby produced, the present invention are a process for producing a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles comprising the steps of mixing a metal salt and a polymer in an organic solvent to obtain a mixture and heating this mixture under reflux at a prescribed temperature to precipitate metal oxide, wherein the metal salt is a nitrate salt or acetate salt and the particle diameter of the fine core/shell type metal oxide particles is adjusted using the molecular weight of the polymer, and a dispersion of fine core/shell type metal oxide particles obtained by the process, which does not undergo sedimentation even after standing for at least one day, and exhibits long-term stability, and a powder thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a core-shell-type cerium oxide microparticle, a dispersion solution comprising the microparticle, and a process for production of the microparticle or dispersion solution, and to achieve the object, the present invention provides a core-shell-type cerium oxide microparticle which has an average particle diameter of 30 to 200 nm and a coefficient of variation therein no greater than 0.

Abstract: The present invention 1, 2 or 3 provides a desulfurization function-added FCC catalyst which can efficiently reduce the sulfur content of FCC gasoline while maintaining the yield of FCC gasoline in a process of producing FCC gasoline by cracking of heavy oil.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for depositing materials on a substrate is provided which includes forming a titanium nitride barrier layer on the substrate by sequentially exposing the substrate to a titanium precursor containing a titanium organic compound and a nitrogen plasma formed from a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. In another embodiment, the method includes exposing the substrate to the deposition gas containing the titanium organic compound to form a titanium-containing layer on the substrate, and exposing the titanium-containing layer disposed on the substrate to a nitrogen plasma formed from a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. The method further provides depositing a conductive material containing tungsten or copper over the substrate during a vapor deposition process. In some examples, the titanium organic compound may contain methylamido or ethylamido, such as tetrakis(dimethylamido)titanium, tetrakis(diethylamido)titanium, or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for forming a metal-containing material on a substrate is provided which includes forming a metal containing barrier layer on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced cyclical vapor deposition process, exposing the substrate to a soak process, and depositing a conductive material on the substrate by a second vapor deposition process. The substrate may be exposed to a silicon-containing compound (e.g., silane) during the soak process. In some examples, a metallic nitride layer may be deposited subsequent to the soak process and prior to the second vapor deposition process. In other examples, the metal containing barrier layer contains metallic titanium, the metallic nitride layer contains titanium nitride, and the conductive material contains tungsten or copper. The plasma-enhanced cyclical vapor deposition process may further include exposing the substrate to a nitrogen precursor, such as nitrogen, hydrogen, a nitrogen/hydrogen mixture, ammonia, hydrazine, or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas sensor element having the characteristic of detecting an aldehyde gas in concentrations of several tens of ppb, a process for manufacturing such a material, and a gas sensor element and the like comprising such a material, and the invention provides a gas sensor material comprising an organic-inorganic hybrid material in which a conductive organic polymer is intercalated between layers of an inorganic compound having a layer structure and from which a conductive organic polymer not intercalated between the layers of the inorganic compound is removed, and provides a process for manufacturing such a gas sensor material, as well as a chemical sensor member, and further the invention allows thus providing a chemical sensor material by which the gas sensor material can detect by itself an aldehyde gas in concentrations of several tens of ppb without using a sensitivity-enhancing element such as a gas-concentrating element.

Abstract: Provided are a catalyst which inhibits light paraffins form being produced in catalytic cracking of heavy hydrocarbons and which effectively produces olefins and a process in which the above catalyst is used to produce olefins from heavy hydrocarbons at a high yield. The catalyst is a catalytic cracking catalyst for catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon raw material, comprising (A) pentasil type zeolite modified with a rare earth element and zirconium and (B) faujasite type zeolite, and the process is a production process for olefin and a fuel oil, comprising bringing a heavy oil containing 50 mass % or more of a hydrocarbon fraction having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher into contact with the catalyst described above to crack it.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for forming a metal-containing material on a substrate is provided which includes forming a metal containing barrier layer on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced cyclical vapor deposition process, exposing the substrate to a soak process, and depositing a conductive material on the substrate by a second vapor deposition process. The substrate may be exposed to a silicon-containing compound (e.g., silane) during the soak process. In some examples, a metallic nitride layer may be deposited subsequent to the soak process and prior to the second vapor deposition process. In other examples, the metal containing barrier layer contains metallic titanium, the metallic nitride layer contains titanium nitride, and the conductive material contains tungsten or copper. The plasma-enhanced cyclical vapor deposition process may further include exposing the substrate to a nitrogen precursor, such as nitrogen, hydrogen, a nitrogen/hydrogen mixture, ammonia, hydrazine, or derivatives thereof.