Mitsui Minings & Melting Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Naohiko Abe

Yoshinori Matsuura

Nozomu Kitajima

Hiromu Watanabe

Koichi Miyake

Ryoma Tsukuda

Koji Taniguchi

Susumu Takahashi

Yuichi Senoo

Akiko Sugioka

Kenichi Amitani

Yoshihiro Yoneda

Hiroki Takahashi

Tatsuya Arai

Akiko Sugimoto

Kazuhiko Kato

Satoshi Mogi

Akihiro Kanno

Hiromu Watanbe

Hirotake Nakashima

An electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells capable of effectively preventing reduction of cell voltage in a high current density region. The electrode catalyst layer contains a catalyst-on-support composed of a support made of a conductive inorganic oxide having a catalyst supported thereon and a hydrophilic material. The hydrophilic material is an agglomerate including hydrophilic conductive particles. The content of the hydrophilic material in the catalyst layer is 2 mass % or higher and lower than 20 mass % relative to the sum of the support and the hydrophilic material. The ratio of the particle size d1 of the hydrophilic particles to the particle size D of the catalyst-on-support is 0.5 to 3.0. The ratio of the particle size d2 of the hydrophilic material to the thickness T of the catalyst layer is 0.1 to 1.2.

Electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells and solid polymer fuel cell using same

Provided is a method with which it is possible to easily produce an electrode catalyst having excellent catalytic performance such as kinetically controlled current density. The method involves: a dispersion liquid preparation step of preparing a dispersion liquid by mixing (i) at least one type of solvent selected from the group consisting of sulfoxide compounds and amide compounds, (ii) a catalyst carrier powder constituted by a metal oxide, (iii) a platinum compound, (iv) a transition metal compound, and (v) an aromatic compound including a carboxyl group; and a loading step of heating the dispersion liquid to thereby load a platinum alloy of platinum and a transition metal on a surface of the catalyst carrier powder.

Method for producing electrode catalyst, and electrode catalyst

This method for producing an electrode catalyst includes: a dispersion liquid preparation step wherein a dispersion liquid is prepared by mixing (i) at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of sulfoxide compounds and amide compounds, (ii) a catalyst carrier powder composed of a metal oxide, (iii) a platinum compound, (iv) a transition metal compound and (v) an aromatic compound that contains a carboxyl group; a loading step wherein the dispersion liquid is heated so that a platinum alloy of platinum and a transition metal is loaded on the surface of the catalyst carrier powder; a solid-liquid separation step wherein a dispersoid is separated from the dispersion liquid after the loading step, thereby obtaining a catalyst powder wherein the catalyst carrier powder is loaded with the platinum alloy; and a heat treatment step wherein the catalyst powder is heated under vacuum or in a reducing gas atmosphere.

In this fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, a catalyst is supported on a carrier comprising inorganic oxide particles. The fuel cell electrode catalyst layer is provided with a porous structure. When a mercury penetration method is used to measure the pore size distribution of the porous structure, a peak is observed in the range spanning from 0.005 &#x3bc;m to 0.1 &#x3bc;m inclusive, and a peak is also observed in the range spanning from over 0.1 &#x3bc;m to not more than 1 &#x3bc;m. When P1 represents the peak intensity in the range spanning from 0.005 &#x3bc;m to 0.1 &#x3bc;m inclusive, and P2 represents the peak intensity in the range spanning from over 0.1 &#x3bc;m to not more than 1 &#x3bc;m, the value of P2/P1 is 0.2-10 inclusive. It is preferable that the inorganic oxide be tin oxide.

Fuel cell electrode catalyst layer, production method therefor, membrane electrode assembly, and solid polymer fuel cell

Disclosed is a tin oxide containing antimony and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of tantalum, tungsten, niobium, and bismuth. The antimony and the at least one element A selected from the group consisting of tantalum, tungsten, niobium, and bismuth are preferably dissolved in a solid state in tin oxide. The ratio of the number of moles of the element A to the number of moles of antimony, i.e., [(the number of moles of the element A/the number of moles of antimony)], is preferably 0.1 to 10.

Tin oxide, electrode catalyst for fuel cells, membrane electrode assembly, and solid polymer fuel cell

An electrode foil which has both the functions of a supporting base material and a reflective electrode and also has superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same are provided. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil and a reflective layer provided directly on the metal foil.

Electrode foil and organic device

There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001.

An electrode foil, which has both the functions of a supporting base material and a reflective electrode, and also has superior thermal conductivity, and an organic device using the same are provided. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil and a reflective layer provided directly on the metal foil.

An object of the present invention is to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method. The material can reduce a leakage current of a capacitor circuit. In order to achieve the object, a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer between a first conductive layer to be used for forming a top electrode and a second conductive layer to be used for forming a bottom electrode, characterized in that the dielectric layer is a dielectric oxide film formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method; and particles constituting the dielectric oxide film are impregnated with a resin component is employed. In addition, a manufacturing method characterized in that the dielectric oxide film is formed on the surface of a material to be the bottom electrode by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method; a resin varnish is impregnated into a surface of the dielectric oxide film; the resin is dried and cured to form the dielectric layer; and then a top electrode constituting layer is provided on the dielectric layer is employed.

Material for forming capacitor layer and method for manufacturing the material for forming capacitor layer

The object is to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer which is excellent in adhesion within a dielectric layer and a bottom electrode of a capacitor circuit. And to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer which has a new conductive layer for forming a bottom electrode capable of being used as an electrode serving also as a resistance circuit and the like. To solve the problem, the invention provides a conductive layer in which a pure nickel layer and a nickel-phosphorus alloy layer are deposited in order on a surface of a copper layer or a nickel-phosphorus alloy layer, a pure nickel layer and a nickel-phosphorus alloy layer are deposited in order on a surface of a copper layer, to assure excellent adhesion within the bottom electrode of a capacitor circuit and the dielectric layer in a printed wiring board having a dielectric layer between an top electrode and a bottom electrode.

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