Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Machines Technologies, Inc.

Kazuya Isobe

Hidekazu Kawasaki

Kazukuni Nishimura

Akihiko Itami

Hideya Miwa

Mayuko Ushiro

Mikio Koyama

Kenji Hayashi

Kenichi Onaka

Yasuharu Saita

Makoto Kobayashi

Shingo Fujimoto

Takao Yamanouchi

Hirofumi Koga

Masaharu Shiraishi

Takayuki Ishikawa

Takamasa Ueda

Kazufumi Yamazaki

Tatsuya Nagase

Makoto Nomiya

Kazukumi Nishimura

Akiko Hara

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a powder material that has good wettability with respect to an aqueous solvent and that can be applied to a method for producing a three-dimensional molded object in which a bonding fluid and a peeling fluid are applied. In order to solve the abovementioned problem, a powder material according to the present invention is used in a method for a producing a three-dimensional molded object that includes formation of a thin layer containing the powder material, application of a bonding fluid containing an aqueous solvent and an energy-absorbing agent to the thin layer, and irradiation of the thin layer with energy. The powder material contains molding particles comprising: resin particles containing a thermoplastic resin; and an organic resin layer that is arranged around the resin particles and that contains an organic resin having a surface tension of 30-45 mN/m.

Method for producing three-dimensional molded object, and powder material used therein

The present invention pertains to a powder material used to manufacture a three-dimensional modeled object by selectively radiating laser light to a thin layer of the powder material including powder particles, forming a modeled object layer obtained by melt-binding of the powder particles, and layering the modeled object layer. The powder particles include a core resin and a shell resin for coating the core resin, the temperature at which the storage modulus G' of the material constituting the shell resin is 1&#xd7;10Pa being higher than the temperature at which the storage modulus G&#x2032; of the material constituting the core resin is 1&#xd7;10Pa. The abovementioned powder material, makes it possible to manufacture a three-dimensional modeled object having higher definition.

Powder material, method for manufacturing three-dimensional modeled object, and three-dimensional-modeling device

A method for manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped object includes: forming a thin layer of a powder material containing core-shell type resin particles containing a core resin and a shell resin with a storage elastic modulus G' of 1&#xd7;10Pa or more at a temperature Tcat which the storage elastic modulus G&#x2032; of the core resin is 1&#xd7;10Pa; selectively irradiating the formed thin layer with laser light to form a shaped object layer in which the resin particles contained in the powder material are sintered or fused; and a step of performing the step of forming the thin layer and the step of forming the shaped object layer in this order a plurality of times to laminate the shaped object layer. In the forming of the shaped object layer, a surface temperature of the thin layer is higher than Tc.

Method for manufacturing three-dimensionally shaped object and three-dimensionally shaping device

To provide a photoelectric conversion element being excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency and stability of photoelectric conversion function, a method for producing the photoelectric conversion element, and a solar cell using the photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element having a substrate, a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer containing a semiconductor and a sensitizing pigment, a hole transport layer having a conductive polymer, and a second electrode, wherein the hole transport layer is formed by bringing the photoelectric conversion layer into contact with a solution containing a conductive polymer precursor and an oxidizer at a ratio of 0.1&#x3c;[Ox]/[M] (wherein [Ox] is the molar concentration of the oxidizer; and [M] is the molar concentration of the conductive polymer precursor), and irradiating the photoelectric conversion layer with light.

Photoelectric conversion element and method for producing the same

A photoelectric conversion element comprising: a substrate; a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a semiconductor layer containing a dye and a semiconductor and a charge transport layer; and a second electrode, in this order, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein Rand Reach represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, X, Y and Z each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, wherein at least one of X, Y and Z is an electron withdrawing group. 

Photoelectric conversion element and dye-sensitized solar cell

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element containing at least: a semiconductor layer containing a semiconductor and a dye which is supported by the semiconductor, and a hole transport layer containing a hole transport compound, wherein the dye is a compound represented by Formula (1), and the hole transport compound is a polymer made from 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene: 

Photoelectric conversion element and solar cell

A photoelectric conversion element comprising a substrate, a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, a hole transport layer and a second electrode, wherein the hole transport layer comprises a polymer having a repeat unit represented by Formula (1) or (2), 

A dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element, comprises a pair of electrodes arranged opposite to each other; a semiconductor layer including a semiconductor supporting a sensitizing dye; and an electrolyte layer. At least the semiconductor layer and the electrolyte layer are provided between the pair of electrodes, and the sensitizing dye contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1).

The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element exhibiting excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and excellent stability in photoelectric conversion function; a method of manufacturing the photoelectric conversion element; and a solar cell thereof in order to solve the current problems. Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element possessing a substrate and provided thereon, a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer containing a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, a hole transport layer and a second electrode, wherein the hole transport layer possesses a polymer having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1) or Formula (2): 

Photoelectric conversion element, method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion element and solar cell

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element containing a pair of opposite electrodes having therebetween: a semiconductor layer containing a sensitizing dye which is supported by a semiconductor; and a charge transport layer, wherein the sensitizing dye is a compound represented by Formula (1), 

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element for which a novel compound (dye) exhibiting excellent adsorption to an oxide semiconductor and exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency is used, and also provided is a solar cell employing the photoelectric conversion element. Disclosed is a dye-sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element possessing at least a pair of facing electrodes, a semiconductor layer possessing a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye supported on the semiconductor, and a charge transport layer, wherein the semiconductor layer and the charge transport layer are provided between the facing electrodes, and wherein the sensitizing dye comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1). 

Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a semiconductor layer, a charge transporting layer and an opposed electrode, the semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor with a dye, wherein the dye is a compound represented by the following formula (1). 

Photoelectric conversion element and solor cell

Provided are a newly developed dye-sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element employing a highly durable sensitizing dye, exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and a solar cell fitted with the photoelectric conversion element. Also disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising a compound represented by Formula (1) between a pair of facing electrodes. 

An electrophotographic toner comprising a resin and a colorant, wherein:

Electrophotographic toner and manufacturing method thereof

Disclosed is an electrophotographic image forming method which comprises steps of forming a toner image on an image support, fixing the toner image on the image support in a fixing nip section of a fixing device employing a contact heating system and the toner contains a first releasing agent, a dynamic viscosity of the first releasing agent is 4-20 mm/sec; and a fixing temperature in the fixing nip section of the fixing device is 75-100&#xb0; C. higher than a melting point of the first releasing agent.

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Kazuya Isobe