Abstract: An electrically insulating base material includes a core layer 102, a resin layer 101 on each surface of the core layer 102 and a conductive material 105 filled into through holes 104 formed in a thickness direction. On each surface of the electrically insulating base material, a metal foil 106 is laminated, and a laminate thus obtained is heated and pressed. A conductive filler in the conductive material 105 has a mean particle diameter equal to or larger than a thickness of the resin layer 101, and thus the conductive filler can be prevented from being diffused into the resin layer 101 in a heating and pressing process. As a result, the conductive filler can be densified, thereby allowing a printed wiring board with via hole connection having high connection reliability to be obtained.

Abstract: A compression function layer 60 is provided on at least one board surface. The compression function layer 60 adds a function of being compressed by receiving pressure in the direction of the board thickness to the resin board 10 which includes this layer. Thereby a sufficient pressure is applied to conductors 14.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode, which contains at least one organic sulfide compound selected from the group consisting of a thiolato compound and a thiol compound, and at least one selected from the group consisting of sulfur and a lithium sulfide represented by Formula (1): (LixS)n, where 0<x≦2 and n>0, a method of manufacturing the positive electrode, and a lithium battery using the positive electrode. Compared with the prior art lithium battery, the lithium battery using the positive electrode of the present invention has a greater capacity and a higher voltage. The positive electrode of the present invention effectively suppresses escape of the positive electrode active material from the positive electrode during charge and discharge operations and thus actualizes a secondary battery of high energy density having a less decrease in service capacity.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable batteries of which the capacity is high and of which the decrease of the discharging capacity through the cycles is low by improving the electron conductivity of the surfaces of the active material particle for the negative electrode. In order to achieve this purpose, an active material in the form of a composite particle comprising,a phase that can store a lithium ion and includes at least Sn and a phase that cannot store a lithium ion and an electronically conductive material coating part of or the entire surfaces of the above described particle, is used for the negative electrode in the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prepreg and a circuit board that can achieve, e.g., low interstitial via connection resistance, excellent connection stability, and high durability, regardless of materials, physical properties, and a combination of the materials of an insulating layer. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the prepreg and the circuit board. The prepreg of the present invention includes a laminate including at least one first layer and at least one second layer. The first layer is an insulating layer that includes a resin. The second layer has pores that connect an upper and a lower surface of the second layer, and the upper and the lower surface of the second layer differ from each other in at least one selected from open are ratio and average pore diameter. Using this prepreg makes it possible to provide a circuit board that is characterized, e.g., by low interstitial via connection resistance, excellent connection stability, and high durability.

Abstract: A compression function layer 60 is provided on at least one board surface. The compression function layer 60 adds a function of being compressed by receiving pressure in the direction of the board thickness to the resin board 10 which includes this layer. Thereby a sufficient pressure is applied to conductors 14.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an improved negative electrode is disclosed. The negative electrode comprises alloy particles having a composition represented by the formula: LixM1aM2  (1) wherein M1 represents at least one element selected from the element group m1 consisting of Ti, Zr, V, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Co, Ir, Ni, Cu and Fe, M2 represents at least one element selected from the element group m2 consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, In, Si, Sn, Pb, Sb and Bi, M1 and M2 represent different elements each other, and wherein 0≦x≦10, 0.1≦a≦10, with the proviso that 2≦a≦10 when M1 is composed only of Fe, and having at least two phases which are different in composition each other.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon sensor of solid type has a pair of electrodes, and a proton conductive solid electrolyte of a barium-cerium oxide, for example, a rare earth element at least in the third element.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of an anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte cell, which is excellent in rapid charge/discharge characteristics, discharge capacity characteristics at high temperatures, charge/discharge characteristics at low temperatures and shelf life, and thus has high reliability. According to the present invention, a sheet, mainly composed of an alkali metal having a body centered cubic crystal structure as an active material, is pressed from a direction normal to the principal surface thereof, thereby preferentially orienting crystallites so that (100) planes, (110) planes, (211) planes, (310) planes, (321) planes or (222) planes are parallel to the principal surface of the sheet, and the thus pressed sheet is used for the anode.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell, oxygen sensor, oxygen pump or the like, in which a barium-cerium complex oxide is used as an electrolyte. This device comprises a cathode formed on one surface of a layer of the barium-cerium complex oxide and an anode formed on another surface of the layer, and at least one of the anode and the cathode is formed to have a layered structure comprising a first thin film electrode formed on the layer of the barium-cerium complex oxide and a second electrode formed on the first thin film electrode. Further, at least one electrode comprises a mixture of platinum and one element selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper and carbon.

Abstract: In a fine structure of a thermoelectric material, fine particles of a material exhibiting Seebeck effect are electrically linked in a loosely contacted state with one another without fusing, having spaces formed at clearances among the fine particles. A method of manufacturing the thermoelectric material comprises a step of compacting fine particles made of a material exhibiting Seebeck effect through a cold pressing. Also, disclosed is a sensor for quantitatively sensing a substance, which comprises a pellet of a powder thermoelectric material, where a temperature difference is generated between two points inside the piece of thermoelectric material. The sensor further includes thermocouples connected to a heater plate (6) and a cooling plate, and a controller which is electrically connected in the loop circuit of the thermocouples for detecting thermoelectric current corresponding to the temperature difference, thereby to control the heating of the heater plate.

Abstract: A dehumidifier of the present invention includes: a first frame; a second frame formed inside of the first frame, having a first opening and a second opening; and a unit for allowing air to flow from the first opening to the second opening, wherein the second frame has a hollow substrate, a thermoelectric element formed on a surface of the hollow substrate directly, a pair of electrodes, connected to the thermoelectric element, for supplying an electric current to the thermoelectric element, and the thermoelectric element causes a temperature difference between the outer surface and the inner surface of the second frame.

Abstract: An absorption heat pump apparatus using a refrigerant as a heat exchanging medium includes a vapor generator for producing a dilute refrigerant solution and a heat exchanger having an evaporator for producing evaporated refrigerant gas and an absorber for making the evaporated refrigerant gas to be absorbed into the dilute refrigerant solution. A plurality refrigerant paths extending inside the evaporator and absorber for flowing the refrigerant inside for heat exchange operation. Each inlet end of refrigerant paths is connected to an inlet before the evaporator by a plurality of first capillary paths. Each outlet end of refrigerant paths is joined to an outlet. A plurality of second capillary paths are connected to the refrigerant paths before the absorber for supplying the dilute refrigerant solution to the absorber. When passing through the capillary paths, the refrigerant is cooled due to the pressure loss.

Abstract: Corrugated fins are provided at opposing sides of a corrugated thermoelectric device constituting a thermoelectric circuit. This air conditioner is obtained by superposing a plurality of the thermoelectric devices. When a current is fed to the thermoelectric devices, heat is absorbed from one of two fluids running through the corrugated fins and discharged to the other fluid, so as to define a heat pump cycle is defined. The thermoelectric devices are superposed so that the confronting surfaces of the neighboring thermoelectric devices constitute a heat radiation surface respectively and a cooling surface. The corrugated fins intersect with each other, so that the two fluids are prevented from mingling and are allowed to flow in and out of different surfaces.