Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Waseda University

Hidefumi Nikawa

Toshio Tokune

Toshiyuki Ohashi

Hiroshi Kawarada

Atsuo Orita

Kazuki Saimen

Ryogo Kato

Masahiro Ohta

Akihisa Tanaka

Takashi Sone

Hirotaka Endo

Takuya Nishinuma

Ryogo Sakamoto

Masahiro Ota

Takahiro Komori

Takumi Ochiai

A selecting device configured to select a combination of a plurality of secondary batteries that is used in a facility of a user is configured to acquire (A) period information about a period of time desired by the user, (B) facility consumption information about power consumption of the facility, and (C) output information including information of current peak power and information about a temporal change of future peak power of each secondary battery in a secondary battery group that becomes a candidate for the combination.

Selecting device, selecting method and computer readable storage medium

Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of reliably operating an electricity shut-off mechanism at overcharging without deteriorating battery performance. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery () includes, in a container (): a positive electrode (); in-container positive electrode terminals () and (); a negative electrode (); in-container negative electrode terminals () and (); a non-aqueous electrolyte solution; and an electricity shut-off mechanism () capable of shutting off energization with the outside of the container when the internal pressure of the container rises. A solid electrolyte layer that produces gas allowing the electricity shut-off mechanism () to be operated is included in at least one member of a positive electrode mixture layer unformed portion (), a negative electrode mixture layer unformed portion (), the in-container positive electrode terminals () and (), and the in-container negative electrode terminals () and ().

Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Provided is an electrode for a secondary cell capable of obtaining excellent output values and input values when used in the secondary cell. The electrode for a secondary cell is formed of an electrode mixture layer molded body formed of an active material and at least one of a carbon nanotube and a three-dimensional carbon nanotube fiber bundle skeleton formed of a plurality of carbon nanotubes that intersect one another to form an aggregation, which are in intimate contact with the surface of the active material; and a current collector layered on the electrode mixture layer molded body. The electrode mixture layer molded body includes a first roughened surface, and the current collector includes a second roughened surface. The first roughened surface of the electrode mixture layer molded body and the second roughened surface of the current collector are pressed and attached to each other.

Electrode for secondary cell

An electrostrictive element that can prevent the breakage includes a current collector that is constituted by sheet-shaped carbon nanotube aggregates, and can expand in the fiber direction in a state in which carbon nanotubes overlap with each other, when a dielectric film expands.

Electrostrictive element

Provided are an electrostrictive element comprising film electrodes that have a good elasticity and conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Film electrodesof an electrostrictive elementare sheet-shaped carbon nanotube aggregates, and can expand in the fiber direction while maintaining a state in which carbon nanotubesoverlap with each other, when the dielectric filmexpands.

Electrostrictive element and manufacturing method therefor

A substrate for growing carbon nanotubes capable of elongating single-walled carbon nanotubes of an average diameter of less than 2 nm is provided. The substrate for growing carbon nanotubesis equipped with a reaction prevention layerformed on a base material, a catalyst material layerformed on the reaction prevention layer, a dispersion layerformed on the catalyst material layer, and a dispersion promotion layerformed on the dispersion layer

Substrate for growing carbon nanotubes, manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing method of oriented carbon nanotubes

A carbon nanotube synthesizing apparatus in which the state of generated plasma can be stabilized is provided. A carbon nanotube synthesizing apparatuscomprises a chamber, an antennaincluding a tip, a microwave conductor, a gas introducing unit, a gas discharging unit, a substrate holding unit, and a heating unit. The shape of the inner wall of the chamberis symmetrical with respect to the tipof the antenna

Carbon nanotube synthesizing apparatus

Disclosed is a method capable of accelerating the growth of oriented carbon nanotubes when manufacturing the oriented carbon nanotubes by a plasma CVD. Under the circulation of a gas which is the raw material of the carbon nanotubes, plasma is generated by an antenna () provided in a depressurized treatment chamber (), and substrates () provided with a reaction prevention layer and a catalyst material layer which are formed on a base material are held at a distance, to which a radical can reach and an attack of an ion generated as a by-product of the radical can be avoided, from a plasma generation area (). The tip () of the antenna () can be controlled so as to match with the position of the anti-node of a stationary wave () of microwaves.

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Saitama, Japan

Hidefumi Nikawa