Sony Corporation

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Sony Group Corporation

Hironori Iida

Shinichiro Yamada

Seiichiro Tabata

Shun Yamanoi

Machiko Minatoya

Kenichi Murata

Tsutomu Noguchi

Takaaki Nakagawa

Masakazu Mitsugi

Ken Kobayashi

Yosuke Saito

Takeshi Horie

Hidehiko Takanashi

Aya Shuto

Yuriko Kaino

Kazumasa Takeshi

Koichiro Hinokuma

Kenji Kishimoto

Hirotsugu Ishihara

Takashi Obikawa

Kazuma Usami

Makoto Yoshizaki

A porous carbon material composite formed of a porous carbon material and a functional material and equipped with high functionality. The porous carbon material composite is formed of (A) a porous carbon material obtainable from a plant-derived material having a silicon (Si) content of 5 wt % or higher as a raw material; and (B) a functional material adhered on the porous carbon material, and has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or greater as determined by the nitrogen BET method and a pore volume of 0.1 cm3/g or greater as determined by the BJH method and MP method.

Porous carbon material composites and their production process, adsorbents, cosmetics, purification agents, and composite photocatalyst materials

A porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1&#xd7;10m/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm/g or more, and a particle size of 75 &#x3bc;m or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1&#xd7;10m/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1&#xd7;10m to 5&#xd7;10m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm/g or more, and a particle size of 75 &#x3bc;m or more.

Decontaminant, carbon/polymer composite, decontamination sheet member and filter medium

Disclosed herein is a fungicide, including a porous carbon material and a silver member adhered to the porous carbon material, wherein a value of a specific surface area based on a nitrogen BET, namely Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller method is equal to or larger than 10 m/g, and a volume of a fine pore based on a BJH, namely Barrett, Joyner, and Halenda method and an MP, namely Micro Pore method is equal to or larger than 0.1 cm/g.

Fungicide, photo catalytic composite material, adsorbent, and depurative

A solidified porous carbon material uses a plant-derived material as a raw material, a bulk density of the solidified porous carbon material is in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 grams/cm, preferably, 0.3 to 0.4 grams/cm. A value of a cumulative pore volume in the range of 0.05 to 5 &#x3bc;m in pore size based on a mercury press-in method is in the range of 0.4 to 1.2 cm, preferably, 0.5 to 1.0 cmper 1 gram of the solidified porous carbon material.

Solidified porous carbon material and method of manufacturing the same

A filter medium of the present invention includes a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1&#xd7;10m/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm/g or more, and a particle size of 75 &#x3bc;m or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1&#xd7;10m/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1&#xd7;10m to 5&#xd7;10m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm/g or more, and a particle size of 75 &#x3bc;m or more.

A porous carbon material composite formed of a porous carbon material and a functional material and equipped with high functionality. The porous carbon material composite is formed of (A) a porous carbon material obtainable from a plant-derived material having a silicon (Si) content of 5 wt % or higher as a raw material; and (B) a functional material adhered on the porous carbon material, and has a specific surface area of 10 m/g or greater as determined by the nitrogen BET method and a pore volume of 0.1 cm/g or greater as determined by the BJH method and MP method.

An air-metal secondary battery has an electrode including a porous carbon material, wherein the porous carbon material has a specific surface area of 280 m/g or more, preferably 700 m/g or more, more preferably 1,500 m/g or more, as determined by a nitrogen BET method, and the air-metal secondary battery has an average charging voltage of 4.4 V or less, preferably 4.3 V or less, more preferably 4.1 V or less.

Air-metal secondary battery

An electrode material for a secondary cell includes a porous carbon material having an absolute value of a differential value of a mass using a temperature as a parameter exceeding 0 at 360&#xb0; C. and being 0.016 or more at 290&#xb0; C. provided by thermally analyzing a mixture of the porous carbon material and Ssulfur at a mass ratio of 1:2.

Electrode material and secondary cell

[Object] To provide an adsorbent, an adsorbent sheet, and a carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus having further improved virus adsorption capability. [Solving Means] An adsorbent for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention has a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more. An adsorbent sheet for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more. A carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more; and a binder.

Adsorbent for adsorbing virus and/or bacterium, carbon/polymer composite and adsorbent sheet

Provided is an electrode material for secondary batteries, including a porous carbon material being derived from a plant and having an average particle size of less than 4 &#x3bc;m.

Electrode material for secondary batteries and manufacturing method thereof, and secondary battery

An electrode includes a plant-derived porous carbon material. When a peak value of an O(1s) spectrum of the porous carbon material obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is defined as P, and a peak value of a C(1s) spectrum thereof is defined as P, P/P&#x2266;0.05, or an oxygen-containing functional group has been removed from a surface of the plant-derived porous carbon material.

Electrode, method for manufacturing the same, and secondary battery

An electrode includes a plant-derived porous carbon material having an ability to catalyze oxygen reduction.

Electrode material, electrode, and battery

[Object]To provide an adsorbent, an adsorbent sheet, and a carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus having further improved virus adsorption capability. [Solving Means] An adsorbent for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention has a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more. An adsorbent sheet for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more. A carbon/polymer composite for adsorbing a virus according to the present invention includes a porous carbonaceous material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm/g or more; and a binder.

The present inventions relate to fine particles for image display having excellent properties and displaying images in black. The fine particles for image display are dispersed (suspended) in an electrophoretic dispersion liquid sealed between two opposing substrates and contain porous carbon materials having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m/g and pore volume determined by the MP method of not less than 0.1 cm/g or those having values of specific surface area determined by the nitrogen BET method of not less than 100 m/g and at least one peak at not more than 10 nm in pore size distribution obtained by the non-localized density functional theory method.

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Hironori Iida