Denka Company Limited

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Ayumu Tsukamoto

Toru Arai

Hitoshi Kaneko

Yoko Horikoshi

Akira Miyama

Shigeru Suzuki

Tatsuya Nagai

Masaru Hasegawa

Tometomo Uchida

Eri Sasaki

Masaya Umeyama

Yoko Tamura

A conductive composition for electrode is provided that is excellent in conductivity and dispersibility. Further, an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics are provided that use this conductive composition. A conductive composition for electrode, including: carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value by volume from 0.1 to 8 pm; an active material; and a binder enables production of an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics.

Conductive composition for electrode, electrode using same, and lithium ion secondary battery

By using CNF excellent in dispersibility, conductivity, and crystallinity, a conductive polymer material having high conductivity even with a low CNF content and a shaped article thereof and a conductive polymer material with a less CNF content for same conductivity and a shaped article thereof are provided. A conductive polymer material with high conductivity is produced by using carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value from 0.1 to 8 &#x3bc;m, powder resistivity of 0.03 &#x3a9;cm or less measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and D/G from 0.5 to 1.3.

Conductive polymer material and molded article using same

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a cross-copolymer having excellent flexibility, heat resistance, cold resistance and mechanical properties. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a resin composition which is prepared using the cross-copolymer, has excellent compatibility with polyolefin resins and aromatic resins, and has excellent flexibility, heat resistance and cold resistance. The problem can be solved by a cross-copolymer produced by a polymerization process comprising a coordination polymerization step and a crossing step, wherein the coordination polymerization step comprises copolymerizing an ethylene monomer, a specific olefin monomer and an aromatic polyene together using a single site coordination polymerization catalyst to synthesize an ethylene-olefin-aromatic polyene copolymer that meets a specific requirement, and the crossing step comprises carrying out a polymerization in the co-presence of the ethylene-olefin-aromatic polyene copolymer and an aromatic vinyl compound monomer using an anionic polymerization initiator or a radical polymerization initiator.

Cross-copolymer, and resin composition

Provided is a method for producing carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility. A method for producing carbon nanofibers, which uses an activated species mainly composed of cobalt as a catalyst, while using carbon monoxide as a carbon source. The catalyst is obtained by having a carrier, which is composed of an oxide having a specific surface area of 0.01-5 m/g and containing magnesium, support 3-90% by mass of the activated species. By controlling the reaction temperature, the carbon monoxide partial pressure and the gas flow rate of the carbon monoxide, CNF having more excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility can be produced, thereby obtaining carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility.

Method for producing carbon nanofibers

A manufacturing method of carbon nanofibers at a high activity is provided. Further, carbon nanofibers produced by the manufacturing method and being excellent in electric conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility is provided. By a manufacturing method of carbon nanofibers in which an active species including cobalt as a chief component is employed as a catalyst and carbon monoxide is used as a carbon source, wherein said catalyst has 3 to 150 mass % of said active species carried on a carrier composed of a magnesium-containing oxide having a specific surface area of 0.01 to 5 m/g, and a reaction temperature, partial pressure of carbon monoxide and a flow rate of raw material gas is controlled, CNFs that are excellent in electric conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility can be manufactured at high activity, so that carbon nanofibers that is excellent in electric conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility is obtained.

Production method for carbon nanofibers, and carbon nanofibers

To provide a novel cross copolymer and resin composition which are improved in heat resistance and compatibility over conventional ethylene/aromatic vinyl compound copolymers and which have low crystallinity, are excellent in softness, transparency and compatibility and show mechanical properties similar to soft vinyl chloride resins, as compared with conventional cross copolymers. A process for producing a cross copolymer, which comprises a coordination polymerization step and a subsequent anionic polymerization step, wherein in the coordination polymerization step, copolymerization of an olefin monomer, an aromatic vinyl compound monomer and an aromatic polyene is carried out by using a single-site coordination polymerization catalyst to synthesize an olefin/aromatic vinyl compound/aromatic polyene copolymer, and then, in the anionic polymerization step, polymerization is carried out in the coexistence of such an olefin/aromatic vinyl compound/aromatic polyene copolymer and an anionic polymerizable vinyl compound monomer by using an anionic polymerization initiator.

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Ayumu Tsukamoto