Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Daicel Corporation

Daicel Finechem Ltd.

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Yokohama National University

Masao Iwaya

Hidekazu Okamoto

Kazuya Oharu

Masahiro Ito

Takashi Okazoe

Kunio Watanabe

Toshikazu Nakamura

Takamasa Suzuki

Daisuke Shirakawa

Shin Tatematsu

Tomohiro Goto

Yu Onozaki

Naoki Doi

Shinya Ono

Susumu Saito

Hirokazu Takagi

Atsushi Watakabe

Masayoshi Watanabe

Takehiro Kose

Ryuji Seki

Hiromasa Yamamoto

Tomoya Mizuta

Mitsuru Seki

Mitsuhiro Kanakubo

Masatake Kudoh

Kaoru Dokko

Toyokazu Enta

Risa Nozawa

Takashi Makino

Naotaka Nishio

Shouji Furuta

Yo Yamato

Naoki Tachikawa

Mizuho Tsuchiya

Kazuhide Ueno

Azusa Yamazaki

Kazuki Yoshida

Yutaka Isobe

Ryuji Harimoto

Toshihiko Mandai

Ce Zhang

Masanori Yoshikane

Jun-Woo Park

Provide are an ionic liquid composition for a carbon dioxide separation membrane, a carbon dioxide separation membrane retaining the composition in voids, and a carbon dioxide concentration apparatus provided with the carbon dioxide separation membrane that can be used to separate carbon dioxide from high partial pressure to low partial pressure. The permeability of COand COselectivity ratio of the carbon dioxide separation membrane can be improved, and carbon dioxide from high partial pressure to a low partial pressure of 1 kPa or lower can be selectively separated and recycled by using an ionic liquid composition prepared by combining: an ionic liquid (I) that is an aminium having one or more primary or secondary amino groups and an ethylenediamine or propylenediamine backbone in the cation; and an ionic liquid (II) in which the cation has no primary or secondary amino group and the anion is an oxoacid anion.

Ionic liquid composition for carbon dioxide separation membrane, carbon dioxide separation membrane holding said composition, and carbon dioxide concentration apparatus provided with said carbon dioxide separation membrane

An electrode slurry contains (A) a cellulose fiber, (B) a carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or a salt thereof, and a particulate material containing at least (C) an electrode active material, and the cellulose fiber (A) has an average fiber length of 1 to 750 &#x3bc;m. The amount of the carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or the salt thereof (B) is 0.1 to 3 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the cellulose fiber (A), the carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or the salt thereof (B), and the electrode active material (C), in terms of solid content. The present invention provides an electrode slurry that allows an improved surface smoothness (coating uniformity) of an electrode and an improved coating property, a process for producing the electrode slurry, an electrode, a process for producing the electrode, a non-aqueous secondary battery, and a lithium-ion secondary battery.

Electrode slurry, electrode and process for producing the same, and secondary battery

A carbon dioxide separation membrane according to the present invention includes: an ionic liquid affinitive porous layer (C) having an ionic liquid-containing liquid (A) retained in voids; and an ionic liquid non-affinitive porous layer (B). The ionic liquid affinitive porous layer (C) may contain inorganic materials (for example, metal oxide particles having an average particle size of about 0.001 to 5 &#x3bc;m on a number basis). An average thickness of the ionic liquid affinitive porous layer (C) may be about from 0.01 to 10 &#x3bc;m. The ionic liquid affinitive porous layer (C) may include the ionic liquid-containing liquid (A) at a ratio from 0.1 to 99 parts by volume with respect to 100 parts by volume of voids. It may be a carbon dioxide separation membrane for fertilizing plants with carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide separation membrane can reduce a size of the carbon dioxide concentrating device and enables smooth operation of the device.

Carbon dioxide separation membrane and method for producing same

This ionic liquid-containing laminate includes a porous layer having affinity with ionic liquids (C), said layer holding an ionic liquid-containing liquid (A) within voids therein, and a porous layer lacking affinity with ionic liquids (B). The porous layer having affinity with ionic liquids (C) may include an inorganic material (e.g., metal oxide particles having an average particle size of 0.001 to 10 &#x3bc;m on a number basis). The ionic liquid-containing liquid (A) may include an ionic liquid containing cations selected from ammonium, imidazolium and phosphonium cations, and anions selected from fluorine-containing anions, cyano-containing anions and amino acid-derived anions. The porous layer having affinity with ionic liquids (C) may include 1 to 100 volume parts of the ionic liquid-containing liquid (A) with respect to 100 volume parts of voids therein. The ionic liquid-containing laminate is easily formable, and is able to stably hold (or fix) the ionic liquid while maintaining said liquid in a liquid state.

Ionic liquid-containing laminate and method for producing same

An electrode slurry contains (A) a cellulose fiber and (C) an electrode active material, the electrode active material (C) contains at least a silicon particle and may contain a silicon particle and a carbonaceous particle. The slurry may further contain (B) a carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or a salt thereof. The average fiber length L (1 to 750 &#x3bc;m) of the cellulose fiber (A) is larger than the average particle size D(1 nm to 1 &#x3bc;m) of the silicon particle as the electrode active material (C). The average particle size ratio L/Dis 5 to 15,000. The electrode slurry can improve a discharge capacity and is useful for forming an electrode of a non-aqueous secondary battery (lithium-ion secondary battery) that can maintain a high discharge capacity after repeated charging and discharging.

Disclosed is a heat transport medium to be transported with a fluid that is liquid in an operating temperature range containing a porous material and a latent heat storage material penetrated in the pores of the porous material, wherein the latent heat storage material is incompatible with the fluid and has a melting point within the operating temperature range, and the porous material has a liquid repellency to the fluid, an affinity for the latent heat storage material, and a sponge hardness of not more than 50. This invention achieves stable heat transport with a high heat conversion efficiency even by circulating the medium through a pipeline over a long period of time. The porous material has an apparent density of about 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm.

Heat-transport medium including latent heat storage material, mixture for heat transport, and heat transport method

An alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery, in which coulombic efficiency is improved by suppressing a side reaction during charge, and a reduction in discharge capacity by repetition of charge and discharge is suppressed and which has a long battery life and an improved input/output density, includes a positive electrode or a negative electrode containing a sulfur-based electrode active material; an electrolyte solution containing an ether compound such as THF and glyme and a solvent such as a fluorine-based solvent, wherein at least a part of the ether compound and the alkali metal salt forms a complex; and a counter electrode.

Alkali metal-sulfur-based secondary battery

A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, comprising a lithium salt (total number of moles of lithium atoms: N) and a liquid composition, wherein the liquid composition comprises a specific fluorinated solvent (&#x3b1;) and a cyclic carboxylic acid ester compound (total number of moles: N), and may contain a specific compound (&#x3b2;) (total number of moles: N), the content of the fluorinated solvent (&#x3b1;) is from 40 to 80 mass %, N/Nis from 1.5 to 7.0, and (N+N)/Nis from 3 to 7.0; and, a lithium ion secondary battery employing such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries.

Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, and lithium ion secondary battery

To provide a positive electrode material mixture for a non-aqueous secondary battery, which is less likely to be gelled and has a good applicability to a current collector, and is capable of producing a battery capable of sufficiently exhibiting practical performance. A positive electrode material mixture which comprises a cathode active material, a binder containing a fluorinated copolymer having polymerized units derived from tetrafluoroethylene and polymerized units derived from propylene, and an aqueous medium, wherein the cathode active material is that the pH of a supernatant obtained by mixing the cathode active material with water is at least 10, and a positive electrode and a secondary battery, obtainable by employing it.

Positive electrode material mixture, and positive electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery and secondary battery, employing it

A nonaqueous electrolyte for a secondary cell comprising a lithium salt, at least one hydrofluoroether having the following formula (2) and/or at least one hydrofluoroether having the following formula (3), and a non-fluorinated ether having the following formula (4): 

Nonaqueous electrolyte comprising one or more hydrofluoroethers and one or more non-fluoroethers, and a secondary cell containing the nonaqueous electrolyte

To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices which has high lithium salt solubility, high conductivity and excellent cycle characteristics, and a storage battery device wherein such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is used. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices, which comprises a specific lithium salt (A) and a solvent (B) containing a hydrofluoroether (b1) represented by CFCHOCFCFH and a carbonate type solvent (b2), wherein the content of the hydrofluoroether (b1) is from 1 to 30 vol % based on the total amount i.e. 100 vol % of the solvent (B); and a storage battery device wherein such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices is used.

Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices, and storage battery device

To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, by which a secondary battery having both high conductivity and stability free from thermal runaway may be obtained. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, which comprises a lithium salt (a1) represented by R&#x2014;CHF&#x2014;SO&#x2014;N(Li)&#x2014;SO&#x2014;CHF&#x2014;Rwherein in the formula (a1), each of Rand Rwhich are independent of each other, is a fluorinated Calkyl group which may contain an ethereal oxygen atom, or a fluorine atom, an inorganic lithium salt (a2), and a solvent, wherein the proportion of the lithium salt (a1) based on the total amount i.e. 100 mol % of the lithium salt (a1) and the inorganic lithium salt (a2) is from 5.0 to 20.0 mol %.

Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries

A fluorosulfonyl group-containing monomer having a high polymerization reactivity and plural fluorosulfonyl groups, a fluorosulfonyl group-containing polymer and a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, obtained by using the monomer.

Fluorosulfonyl group-containing monomer and its polymer, and sulfonic acid group-containing polymer

The present invention relates to producing a disulfonyl fluoride compound easily and efficiently by utilizing coupling reaction where a compound (2) is obtained by subjecting a compound (1) wherein Y is a fluorine atom to photocoupling reaction, or subjecting a compound (1) wherein Y is a hydroxyl group, &#x2014;OMwherein Mis an alkali metal atom, or &#x2014;O(M)wherein Mis an alkaline earth metal atom to electrolytic coupling reaction, and derivatives such as the following compound (7A) are obtained from the compound (2):FSO-E-CX&#x2014;COY&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)FSO-E-CX&#x2014;CX-E-SOF&#x2003;&#x2003;(2) wherein E is a single bond, &#x2014;O&#x2014;, a Calkylene group which may contain an etheric oxygen atom, or the like, X is a fluorine atom or the like, and Y is a fluorine atom, a hydroxyl group, or the like.

Method for producing disulfonyl fluoride compound

Methods for preparing an ammonium salt and a lithium salt of a fluorinated bis-sulfonylimide by a practical and efficient method with a high yield with a small number of steps. Further, a high purity ammonium salt of a fluorinated bis-sulfonylimide useful for the method for producing a lithium salt is provided. A method for producing a purified particulate solid (II) of a salt represented by the formula (1), which comprises suspending a particulate solid (I) of a salt represented by the formula (1) in a solvent comprising an etheric oxygen atom-containing compound, and separating the solvent by filtration:[HNR][Q-SO&#x2014;N&#x2014;SO-Q]&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)wherein each of R's which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom or a Calkyl group, and each of Qand Qwhich are independent of each other, is a monovalent fluoroorganic group, or Qand Qtogether form a bivalent fluoroorganic group.

Method for producing purified ammonium salt of fluorinated bis-sulfonylimide

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