Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Imec Vzw

Morio Tomiyama

Shinya Abe

Masahiko Tsukuda

Eiji Ohno

Yuuko Tomekawa

Norihisa Mino

Stephen William John

Hisaaki Gyoten

Atsushi Ono

Akira Taomoto

Eiichi Ito

Yasuyuki Naito

Haruhiko Habuta

Shuji Sato

Yuko Kawaguchi

Takuji Tsujita

Keiji Nishikiori

Yu Nishitani

Norihito Fujinoki

Mitsuhiro Murata

Mikinari Shimada

Seiji Fujihara

Yukihiro Kaneko

Kazuya Hisada

Philippe Vereecken

Takashi Kawasaki

Kouhei Takahashi

Maarten Mees

Akihiko Sagara

Knut Bjarne Gandrud

Noboru Yamada

Kenji Narumi

Joji Anzai

Hideki Kitaura

Tsutomu Fujii

Toshinori Kishi

Xubin Chen

Yuuko Kawaguchi

A solid electrolyte () of the present disclosure includes porous silica () having a plurality of pores () interconnected mutually and an electrolyte () coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (). The electrolyte () includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica () is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.

Solid electrolyte, electrode, power storage device, and method for producing solid electrolytes

A solid electrolyte () of the present disclosure includes porous silica () having a plurality of pores () interconnected mutually and an electrolyte () coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (). The electrolyte () includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica () is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.

A secondary battery includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first solid electrolyte covering the first electrode, the first solid electrolyte containing an alkaline earth metal; and a liquid electrolyte filling the space between the first electrode and the second electrode, the liquid electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent and a salt of the alkaline earth metal dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent.

Secondary battery using alkaline earth metal ion moving during charge and discharge

A solid electrolyte has a composition represented by the formula: MgMSiO, where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Ca, Sr, and Ba; x satisfies 0&#x3c;x&#x3c;2; y satisfies 0&#x3c;y&#x3c;2; and z satisfies 3&#x3c;z&#x3c;6.

Solid electrolyte having magnesium ion conductivity and magnesium secondary battery using the same

An infrared sensor is formed in such a manner that an infrared receiver and a base substrate are spaced with a beam made of a thin-film phononic crystal in which through holes are arranged periodically. The beam made of a phononic crystal is formed in such a manner that a period P of through holes increases at arbitrary intervals in a direction from the infrared receiver toward the base substrate.

Thin film and method of using the same

A solid electrolyte has a composition represented by the formula: MgSiON, where 1&#x3c;x&#x3c;2, 3&#x3c;y&#x3c;5, and 0&#x2264;z&#x3c;1. The solid electrolyte is an amorphous material.

A terahertz wave spectrometry system that is capable of identifying analyzing target molecules contained in an analyte even if the analyte contains water, by activating a water remover to remove water according a comparison of absorption spectrums so that water in the analyte is easily removed without causing the analyzing target molecules to disappear due to decomposition or denaturation.

Terahertz wave spectrometry system

Infrared sensor

A desalination method includes: introducing a liquid to a reservoir layer to place the liquid above a water-repellent particle layer; heating and evaporating the liquid placed above the water-repellent particle layer to generate water vapor and deposit impurities on the sheet; liquefying the water vapor by a liquefying layer to obtain fresh water; and removing the sheet on which the impurities have been deposited from a desalination apparatus.

Desalination method

Provided is a terahertz wave spectrometry system that is capable of easily identifying and quantitating an analyzing target molecule in an analyte, even if the analyte contains water, by calculating a baseline function expressing the absorption characteristic of water peculiar to the terahertz wave.

A desalination apparatus that includes: a water-repellent particle layer that is located below a water tank, contains water-repellent particles, and allows passage of water vapor generated by evaporation of the liquid stored in the water tank, the water tank being a space for storing the liquid; and a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer, and liquefies the water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer to obtain the fresh water. The water-repellent particle layer includes: a first layer that contains first water-repellent particles among the water-repellent particles, and faces the water tank; and a second layer that contains second water-repellent particles among the water-repellent particles, and is provided below the first layer. The second water-repellent particles have a larger average particle size than the first water-repellent particles.

Desalination apparatus and desalination method

The desalination apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a water-repellent particle layer that is located below a water tank, contains water-repellent particles, and allows passage of water vapor generated by evaporation of the liquid stored in the water tank, the water tank being a space for storing the liquid; and a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer, and liquefies the water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer to obtain the fresh water. The water-repellent particle layer includes an anti-migration layer provided as a surface layer that faces the water tank and containing anti-migration particles. Each of the anti-migration particles has a higher aspect ratio than the water-repellent particles, the aspect ratio being a value obtained by dividing a length in a major axis direction by a length in a minor axis direction.

A water amount controlling method according to the present disclosure includes: opening a discharge valve that discharges a liquid from a water tank if an impurity concentration is higher than or equal to a first reference value, and opening a sluice gate that introduces the liquid to the water tank a predetermined period after opening the discharge valve, the first reference value being lower than a saturation concentration; throttling the discharge valve and the sluice gate if the impurity concentration is higher than or equal to a second reference value and the temperature is lower than or equal to a third reference value, the second reference value being lower than the first reference value; and closing the discharge valve if the impurity concentration is lower than the second reference value, and closing the sluice gate a predetermined period after closing the discharge valve.

Water amount controlling method and desalination system

A desalination system, etc. of the present disclosure includes: a water tank; a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles; a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water; an introduction channel of a liquid supply channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank; and a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel of the supply channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the supply channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid.

Desalination system and desalination method

A substrate formed of an organic-inorganic hybrid material and provided with a reinforcement member in an inner periphery portion is used, as a signal transfer substrate, in a method for procuring a multilayer information recording medium having 'n' information recording layers ('n' is an integer of two or more), the method including: applying an ultraviolet curable resin on a &#x201c;k&#x201d;th information recording layer (&#x201c;k&#x201d; is an integer of from 1 to (n&#x2212;1)); bonding the signal transfer substrate having a signal surface including a concavo-convex shaped signal portion, to the applied resin, with the signal surface facing the resin; curing the resin by applying an ultraviolet ray to the resin from the substrate side while the substrate is bonded to the resin; and peeling the substrate from the cured resin by warping the inner periphery portion of the substrate. This method enables the signal transfer substrate to be used repeatedly.

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Nara, Japan

Morio Tomiyama