Dic Corporation

Kawamura Institute of Chemical Research

Shinji Kato

Peixin Zhu

Hiroshi Kinoshita

Takahito Ikuma

Katsuhito Kuroki

Satoshi Katano

Takumi Yoshimura

Shin Ogasawara

Ryuuichi Kiyooka

An object of the present invention is to provide a negative electrode active material having excellent charge/discharge characteristics (charge and discharge capacities, initial coulombic efficiency, and cycle characteristics). The object is achieved by providing a negative electrode active material containing: a silicon-based inorganic compound (a) composed of silicon (excluding zerovalent silicon), oxygen, and carbon; and silicon (zerovalent) (b). The equivalent constituent ratio [Q units/(D units+T units+Q units)] indicating the chemical bonding state (D units [SiOC], T units [SiOC], Q units[SiO]) of the silicon (excluding zerovalent silicon) present in the silicon-based inorganic compound (a) is within the range of from 0.30 to 0.80 inclusive.

Negative electrode active material and production method therefor

A metal tin-carbon composite having excellent properties required for various use applications, a method for producing the composite at low cost and in a simple manner, and use applications of a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery produced using the composite are provided. A metal tin-carbon composite comprising metal tin nanoparticles (B) contained in a sheet-like matrix (A) composed of carbon, wherein the metal tin-carbon composite contains the metal tin nanoparticle (B) having a particle size of a range of 0.2 nm to 5 nm and does not contain a coarse metal tin particle having a particle size of 1 &#x3bc;m or more, a preferable method for producing the composite using a specific precursor, an anode active material for a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery comprising the composite, a negative electrode for non-aqueous lithium secondary battery using the anode active material, and a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery.

Metal tin-carbon composites, method for producing said composites, anode active material for non-aqueous lithium secondary batteries which is produced using said composites, anode for non-aqueous lithium secondary batteries which comprises said anode active material, and non-aqueous lithium secondary battery

The present invention relates to organic polymer porous materials, and in particular, to an organic polymer porous material that functions as a reusable insoluble solid catalyst and a method for producing the same. The organic polymer porous material of the present invention is characteristic in that the amount of immobilized bases is high and the specific surface area is large. The object has been achieved by an organic polymer porous material including a polymer (P) obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition (A) containing a compound (a) obtained by reacting a dendrimer (a1) having at least an amino group as a reactive functional group or a polyethyleneimine (a2) having at least an amino group as a reactive functional group with a compound (a3) having a vinyl group and a group that can react with the reactive functional group.

Organic polymer porous material and method for producing the same

An organic electroluminescent device is provided which has a high degree of adhesion between an anode and a hole transport layer, the device emitting light of high luminance even when driven by low applied voltages. Copolymers useful in hole transport layers in organic electroluminescent devices are also provided. Methods of producing hole transport layers for organic electroluminescent devices which can emit light of high luminance even when driven by low applied voltages are also provided, the hole transport layers having high degrees of adhesion with anode. A copolymer comprises a monomer unit including in its structure an electron-donating N,N-diaryl-substituted amino group such as an N,N-diphenylaminophenyl group, or a group having an N,N-diaryl-substituted amino moiety, and a monomer unit having at least one functional group. Also, a hole transport layer, which has excellent thickness accuracy, has an extremely smooth surface, and is very thin, can be formed of this copolymer or a copolymer having the same hole transport functional group. An organic electroluminescent device, which emits light of high luminance even when driven by low applied voltages, can be obtained by using this hole transport layer.

Diarylamino group-containing copolymer, organic electroluminescent device, and method of producing hole transport layer for organic electroluminescent device

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Shinji Kato