Abstract: A phosphor element (10) of the present invention includes a pair of electrodes (2, 6) facing each other, and a phosphor layer (4) interposed between the pair of electrodes and including a semi-conductive phosphor fine particle (7) in which at least a part of the surface is covered with a conductive organic material (8). The conductive organic material is preferably chemically adsorbed on the surface of the semi-conductive phosphor fine article. Further, it is preferable that electron transport layers (3, 5) be further provided between the phosphor layer and at least one of the electrodes.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device having a phosphor layer including a phosphor material and a pair of electrodes for applying a voltage to the foregoing phosphor layer wherein an acetylacetonato complex salt is included in the phosphor layer to realize an electroluminescent device with high luminance. Further, the EL device realizes an electroluminescent device with higher luminance by constructing the foregoing phosphor layer so as to contain acetylacetonato complex salt, in which ligands coordinate with a trivalent metal atom, particularly a metal atom of Group III or Group XIII as the foregoing acetylacetonato complex salt.

Abstract: A display device is provided with a pair of a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one electrode of the first and second electrodes being transparent or translucent and a phosphor layer provided as being sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and at least one buffer layer provided as being sandwiched between the first or second electrode and the phosphor layer, and the phosphor layer has a plurality of pixel regions that are selectively allowed to emit light in a predetermined range thereof and non-pixel regions that divide at least one portion of the pixel regions, and wherein the buffer layer is sandwiched between the first or second electrode and the phosphor layer so that the size of an electric potential barrier between the first or second electrode and the phosphor layer via the buffer layer is made smaller than the size of a Schottky barrier between the first or second electrode and the phosphor layer that are directly made contact with each other without the buffe

Abstract: The phosphor element includes a pair of electrodes facing each other and a phosphor layer containing phosphor particles, the phosphor layer being supported between the pair of electrodes. The phosphor particles include a first semiconductor part and a second semiconductor part which covers at least a part of the surface of the first semiconductor part.

Abstract: A light emitting device having a straight-line shape is provided with: a pair of first and second electrodes each having a straight-line shape which face each other; and a phosphor layer having a straight-line shape provided so as to be sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the pair of first and second electrodes is a transparent electrode, at least one buffer layer is provided so as to be sandwiched between the first or second electrode and the phosphor layer, and the buffer layer makes the height of a potential barrier between the electrode and the phosphor layer which sandwich the buffer layer lower than the height of a Schottky barrier when the electrode and the phosphor layer are brought into direct contact.

Abstract: This light emitting device includes a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and a phosphor layer that is sandwiched between the electrodes and has a polycrystalline structure made of a first semiconductor material, and in this structure, a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material is segregated on a grain boundary of the polycrystalline structure. The first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material preferably have semiconductor structures of conduction types that are different from each other. Moreover, the first semiconductor material preferably has an n-type semiconductor structure, and the second semiconductor material preferably has a p-type semiconductor structure. Furthermore, in the case where the first semiconductor material is a zinc-based material containing zinc, at least one of the paired electrodes is preferably made of a material containing zinc.

Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a first electrode, a first dielectric layer formed on the first electrode, a second dielectric layer formed opposed to the first dielectric layer, a second electrode formed on the second dielectric layer, a phosphor layer sandwiched between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer that generates electron-hole pairs by light from the phosphor layer, the photoelectric conversion layer being sandwiched between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is transparent or translucent.

Abstract: A fuel cell body has an anode having an anode-side separator with projections and depressions formed on its surface, a cathode, and a membrane electrode assembly disposed between the anode and the cathode, and the fuel cell body is disposed in a container for storing liquid fuel so that at least the anode side is immersed therein. Fuel passageways through which the liquid fuel flows are formed by regions surrounded by the projections and depressions on the surface of the separator and the membrane electrode assembly. By this, the downsized, simplified and lower power consuming structure of auxiliary equipment such as a fuel feed system is achieved.

Abstract: There is provided a display device: a display unit including a plurality of scan electrodes arranged to extend in parallel to each other along a first direction, a plurality of data electrodes arranged to extend in parallel to each other along a second direction crossing the scan electrodes, and a plurality of pixels, each pixel at which a pair of the scan electrode and the data electrode cross each other, each pixel having a light emitting layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the scan electrode and the data electrode from a direction vertical to a face; and an erasing pulse supplying unit operable to supply attenuation voltage pulse, to the light emitting layer of each pixel, which starts at a voltage not more than an emission starting voltage at which the light emitting layer starts emission and in which polarity is alternately reversed between positive and negative.

Abstract: A fuel cell body has an anode having an anode-side separator with projections and depressions formed on its surface, a cathode, and a membrane electrode assembly disposed between the anode and the cathode, and the fuel cell body is disposed in a container for storing liquid fuel so that at least the anode side is immersed therein. Fuel passageways through which the liquid fuel flows are formed by regions surrounded by the projections and depressions on the surface of the separator and the membrane electrode assembly. By this, the downsized, simplified and lower power consuming structure of auxiliary equipment such as a fuel feed system is achieved.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device having a phosphor layer including a phosphor material and a pair of electrodes for applying a voltage to the foregoing phosphor layer wherein an acetylacetonato complex salt is included in the phosphor layer to realize an electroluminescent device with high luminance. Further, the EL device realizes an electroluminescent device with higher luminance by constructing the foregoing phosphor layer so as to contain acetylacetonato complex salt, in which ligands coordinate with a trivalent metal atom, particularly a metal atom of Group III or Group XIII as the foregoing acetylacetonato complex salt.

Abstract: A light-emitting element is provided with: a pair of plate electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent; a light-emitting layer containing an inorganic phosphor, which is sandwiched between the electrodes; and at least one layer of a dielectric layer made from a ferroelectric polymer material, which is sandwiched between the electrodes in addition to the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device comprising a transparent or semi-transparent first substrate, a second substrate provided opposite to the first substrate, a transparent or semi-transparent first electrode provided on the first substrate, a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to be opposite to the first electrode, and a light-emitting layer which contains a metal oxide semiconductor porous body, by the surface of which an organic light-emitting material is supported, and is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A phosphor element (10) of the present invention includes a pair of electrodes (2, 6) facing each other, and a phosphor layer (4) interposed between the pair of electrodes and including a semi-conductive phosphor fine particle (7) in which at least a part of the surface is covered with a conductive organic material (8). The conductive organic material is preferably chemically adsorbed on the surface of the semi-conductive phosphor fine article. Further, it is preferable that electron transport layers (3, 5) be further provided between the phosphor layer and at least one of the electrodes.

Abstract: A phosphor element (10) includes an electron hole injection electrode (2) and an electron injection electrode (8) disposed opposite to each other, an electron hole transport layer (3), a phosphor layer (4), and an electron transport layer (7) stacked in this order from the side of the electron hole injection electrode toward the side of the electron injection electrode. The stacked layers are sandwiched between the electron hole injection electrode and the electron injection electrode, and. The phosphor layer is formed of an inorganic phosphor material (4) in which at least one part of the surface is covered with an organic material (5).

Abstract: A luminescent device includes a phosphor layer containing a luminescent inorganic material, first and second dielectric layers rendering the phosphor layer therebetween from the direction perpendicular to the surface, the dielectric layers having residual dielectric polarization in part of at least 3 ?C/cm2 and a coercive electric field of at least 20 kV/cm, and first and second electrodes rendering the first and second dielectric layers therebetween from the direction perpendicular to the surface.

Abstract: A phosphor element includes a pair of electrodes opposed to each other and a phosphor layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and having silicon fine particles whose average particle diameter is not more than 100 nm, and at least a part of a surface of the silicon fine particle is covered with a conductive material. In addition, the conductive material may include an oxide or a composite oxide containing at least one element selected from a group of indium, tin, zinc, and gallium.

Abstract: The phosphor element includes a pair of electrodes facing each other and a phosphor layer containing phosphor particles, the phosphor layer being supported between the pair of electrodes. The phosphor particles include a first semiconductor part and a second semiconductor part which covers at least a part of the surface of the first semiconductor part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a direct methanol fuel cell in which an amount of liquid fuel having methanol aqueous solution changed to acidic is manageable, a method for detecting a liquid level, and a method for detecting a methanol concentration. For the liquid fuel, the fuel in which a pH value is adjusted to about 2.5 to about 3.0 in advance in a state before start of electric power generation is used. Thus, the change in electrical conductivity of the liquid fuel immediately after the start of the electric power generating operation and during the electric power generating operation period is made small, and by measuring an impedance value of two level electrodes, the level change of the liquid fuel can be detected while suppressing influence of the impedance value caused by the change in pH value.

Abstract: A light-emitting device having first electrodes, a dielectric layer, a phosphor layer, and second electrodes layered sequentially on a substrate, the dielectric layer is made from a dielectric composed of a crystalline material with a perovskite structure where the lattice constant of the c-axis is greater than the lattice constant of the a-axis obtained by x-ray diffraction.