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20090130300 | TITANIUM SUBSTRATE FOR FORMING SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPARATOR - A titanium substrate, for forming a separator for a fuel cell, is made of titanium or a titanium alloy and has surface layers containing carbon having binding energy in the range of to 284 eV as measured by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in a carbon content of 25% at. or below. | 05-21-2009 |
20090211667 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF TITANIUM MATERIAL FOR ELECTRODES - Disclosed herein is a surface treatment method of a titanium material for electrodes characterized by including: a titanium oxide layer formation step S | 08-27-2009 |
20090297951 | ANODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is anode for use in a lithium ion secondary battery. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material arranged thereon, in which the anode active material contains amorphous carbon and at least one metal dispersed in the amorphous carbon, and the at least one metal is selected from: 30 to 70 atomic percent of Si; and 1 to 40 atomic percent of Sn. The anode gives a lithium ion secondary battery that has a high charge/discharge capacity and is resistant to deterioration of its anode active material even after repetitive charge/discharge cycles. | 12-03-2009 |
20100203424 | CORROSION RESISTANT FILM FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides: a corrosion resistant film that yields the effect of keeping a low contact resistance for an extended period of time by covering the surface of a fuel cell separator and is excellent in productivity at a low cost; and a separator using the corrosion resistant film. A separator according to the present invention has a corrosion resistant film formed by laminating a corrosion resistant layer and a conductive layer comprising one or more kinds of noble metal elements selected from the group of Au and Pt on the surface of a substrate comprising a metallic material such as Ti, Al, or SUS. The corrosion resistant layer: comprises an alloy of one or more kinds of noble metal elements selected from the group of Au and Pt and one or more kinds of normoble metal elements selected from the group of Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf; and contains the normoble metal elements by 50 to 90 atomic %. An amorphous alloy is thereby formed, pinholes hardly appear even when the film is formed by an ordinary sputtering method or the like, and the substrate is not exposed. By forming such a corrosion resistant layer as the foundation layer, the separator can reduce the thickness of the conductive layer on the surface and the cost. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209786 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are a separator for a fuel cell realizing both the high electrical conductivity and the corrosion resistance and enabling using stably for a long period of time in the fuel cell and a manufacturing method for it. The separator for a fuel cell | 08-19-2010 |
20100233587 | TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a titanium electrode material which is low in cost and is excellent in electric conductivity, corrosion resistance and hydrogen absorption resistance, and a surface treatment method of a titanium electrode material. A titanium electrode material includes: on the surface of a titanium material including pure titanium or a titanium alloy, a titanium oxide layer having a thickness of 3 nm or more and 75 nm or less, and having an atomic concentration ratio of oxygen and titanium (O/Ti) at a site having the maximum oxygen concentration in the layer of 0.3 or more and 1.7 or less; and an alloy layer including at least one noble metal selected from Au, Pt, and Pd, and at least one non-noble metal selected from Zr, Nb, Ta, and Hf, having a content ratio of the noble metal and the non-noble metal of 35:65 to 95:5 by atomic ratio, and having a thickness of 2 nm or more, on the titanium oxide layer. The surface treatment method of a titanium electrode material includes a titanium oxide layer formation step, an alloy layer formation step, and a heat treatment step. | 09-16-2010 |
20110189474 | REFLECTIVE FILM LAMINATE - A reflective film laminate is provided with high productivity and at low cost in which a protective film with minimized pinholes is provided to improve the alkali resistance and warm water resistance of the reflective film laminate including a pure Al film or an Al-based alloy film so that a reflectivity reduction resulting from the elution or oxidization of the Al film in an alkaline or warm water environment is less likely to occur. The reflective film laminate of the present invention includes, over a substrate, a pure Al film or an Al-based alloy film as a first layer, and an oxide film of a metal containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, Cr, Y, Nb, Hf, Ta, W, Ti, Si, and Mo as a second layer over the first layer. The thickness of the second layer is 0.1 to 10 nm. | 08-04-2011 |
20120287659 | REFLECTIVE FILM LAMINATE - Disclosed is a reflective film laminate, which has a pure Ag film or an Ag-based alloy film as a first layer on a base body, and an oxide film of a metal of one or more kinds selected from among Zr, Cr, Nb, Hf, Ta, V, Ni, Mo, W, Al and Si, as a second layer on the first layer. The thickness of the second layer is 0.1 to 10 nm, and deterioration of the reflection ratio of reflective film laminate is 30% or less by having the second layer provided therein. The reflective film laminate is provided with a protection film, which has a high initial reflection ratio, excellent sulfuration resistance and heat resistance, and an extremely small number of pin holes. As a result, the reflection ratio of the reflective film laminate is not easily deteriorated due to aggregation of Ag atoms of the Ag film. | 11-15-2012 |
20130130153 | TITANIUM FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Disclosed is a titanium fuel cell separator having excellent conductivity and durability. In the disclosed titanium fuel cell separator ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130164654 | TITANIUM FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Disclosed is a titanium fuel cell separator having excellent conductivity and durability. In the disclosed titanium fuel cell separator ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130252136 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR MATERIAL, FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL SEPARATOR MATERIAL - It is an object to provide a fuel cell separator material excellent in electroconductivity and corrosion resistance and capable of excellently adhering to a gasket material by stipulating a novel separator material, a fuel cell, and a method for manufacturing the fuel cell separator material. | 09-26-2013 |
20130302719 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Provided is a fuel cell separator that can maintain a low contact resistance for a long period of time while being used for a fuel cell, by using a carbon film that can be formed with high productivity. The fuel cell separator | 11-14-2013 |
20140099544 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electrode material with excellent tab weldability and realizing decreased contact resistance with an active material layer. A collector (electrode material) ( | 04-10-2014 |
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20100035118 | ALLOY FILM FOR A METAL SEPARATOR FOR A FUEL CELL, A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND A TARGET MATERIAL FOR SPUTTERING, AS WELL AS A METAL SEPARATOR, AND A FUEL CELL - The present invention concerns an alloy film for a metal separator for a fuel cell characterized by containing at least one noble metal element selected from Au and Pt and at least one non-noble metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta, at a content ratio of noble metal element/non-noble metal element of 35/65 to 95/5, and having a film thickness of 2 nm or more. The present invention also relates to a manufacturing method of an alloy film for the metal separator for the fuel cell and a target material for sputtering, as well as the metal separator and the fuel sell. The alloy film for the metal separator for the fuel cell according to the invention is excellent in the corrosion resistance, has low contact resistance, can maintain the low contact resistance for a long time even in a corrosive environment, and is excellent further in the productivity. | 02-11-2010 |
20100119882 | TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A titanium material for an electrode comprising
| 05-13-2010 |
20100119913 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A metal separator | 05-13-2010 |
20100151358 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL - A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator, including: forming by a PVD method a precious metal layer on a surface of a substrate, as a fuel cell separator, made of Ti or a Ti alloy, wherein the precious metal layer includes at least one precious metal selected from Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt and Au and has a thickness of 2 nm or more, and a heat treatment wherein the substrate on which the precious metal layer was formed in the precious metal layer forming is subjected to a heat treatment at a predetermined heat treatment temperature and under a predetermined oxygen partial pressure. According to the method, a fuel cell separator made of Ti or a Ti alloy having excellent corrosion resistance, good adhesion of a precious metal layer, low contact resistance, and further excellent productivity can be produced. | 06-17-2010 |
20100195231 | REFLECTION FILM, REFLECTION FILM LAMINATE, LED, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY, AND ORGANIC EL ILLUMINATING INSTRUMENT - The present invention provides a reflection film, a reflection film laminate which are less likely to undergo agglomeration or sulfidation of an Ag thin film due to heat, and a LED, an organic EL display, and an organic EL illuminating instrument, each including any of these. The reflection film in accordance with the present invention is a reflection film formed on a substrate, characterized by being an Ag alloy film including Ag as a main component, and Bi in an amount of 0.02 atomic percent or more, and further including one or more of V, Ge, and Zn in a total content of 0.02 atomic percent or more, and satisfying the following expression (1): | 08-05-2010 |
20110318607 | ALUMINUM ALLOY REFLECTIVE FILM, AUTOMOBILE LIGHT, ILLUMINATOR, ORNAMENTATION, AND ALUMINUM ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET - Provided is an Al alloy reflective film which does not require a protective film in that it has excellent alkali resistance (resistance to alkali corrosion), acid resistance (resistance to acid corrosion) and humidity resistance (resistance to a high-temperature, humid environment) even if there is no protective film, and which contains 2.5 to 20 at % of at least one element selected from Gd, La, Y, Sc, Tb, Lu, Pr, Nd, Pm, Ce, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Also provided are an automobile light, illuminator, and ornamentation having such an Al alloy reflective film. Further provided is an Al alloy sputtering target, which is for forming such an Al alloy reflective film and which contains 2.5 to 35 at % of at least one element selected from Gd, La, Y, Sc, Tb, Lu, Pr, Nd, Pm, Ce, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. | 12-29-2011 |
20120064370 | ALUMINUM ALLOY REFLECTIVE FILM, REFLECTIVE FILM LAMINATE, AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND ALUMINUM ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET - Disclosed is an Al alloy reflective film which has a higher reflectance than that of pure Al films when produced by sputtering, excels in alkali resistance, acid resistance, and moisture resistance, and therefore less suffers from the reduction in reflectance even when a protective coating is not applied. Specifically disclosed is an Al alloy reflective film which contains at least one element selected from Sc, Y, La, Gd, Tb, and Lu in a total amount of from 0.4 to 2.5 atomic percent, with the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. The Al alloy reflective film has a film surface roughness of 4 nm or less as measured with an atomic force microscope. Also disclosed are an automotive lighting device and an illumination device each provided with the reflective film. Further disclosed is an Al alloy sputtering target for use in the formation of the reflective film. | 03-15-2012 |
20140329153 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode material for a secondary battery, which realizes a lowered contact resistance between the electrode material and an active material layer, is provided. A collector (electrode material) includes: a substrate | 11-06-2014 |
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20090178167 | INFORMATION MEMORY APPARATUS USING PROBE - A first thermal buffer layer and a second thermal buffer layer are arranged between a recording medium and an actuator structure. The heat conductivity of the first thermal buffer layer is set low and the heat conductivity of the second thermal buffer layer is set high. Most of the heat generated from a coil wiring of the actuator structure is blocked by the first thermal buffer layer, and heat leaked from the first thermal buffer layer is diffused by the second thermal buffer layer. Temperature distribution on the recording medium is made uniform, and thus, a configuration wherein the recording medium and the actuator structure are placed one over another can be provided, information reading accuracy or information recording stability can be improved and the sizes of an information storage device can be reduced. | 07-09-2009 |
20090178168 | INFORMATION MEMORY APPARATUS USING PROBE - In a two-dimensional probe array, an interval between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in an X direction is made shorter than that between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in a Y direction. Thus, the leading ends of the probes are arranged to form a lattice wherein many rectangles are arranged. Furthermore, the lowest resonance frequency of an actuator which moves a recording medium in the X direction is set higher than the lowest resonance frequency of an actuator which moves the recording medium in the Y direction. At the time of recording or reading information, the recording medium is reciprocated in the X direction at a frequency substantially equal to the lowest resonance frequency of the actuator. | 07-09-2009 |
20100085791 | DRIVER UNIT - A driving apparatus ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100102675 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100109479 | DRIVE DEVICE - A driving apparatus is provided with: a first base portion; a first stage portion; a first elastic portion which has elasticity to displace the first stage portion in one direction (X axis); a second stage portion which is disposed on the first stage portion and on which a driven object is mounted; a second elastic portion which has elasticity to displace the second stage portion in other direction (Y axis); a first applying device for applying an excitation force for displacing the second stage portion such that the second stage portion is resonated in the other direction at a resonance frequency determined by the second stage portion and the second elastic portion; and a second applying device for applying a driving force for displacing, in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner, the first stage portion in the one direction. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110849 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD - An information recording/reproducing device includes with a recording medium having a recording surface and a probe array in which a plurality of probes are disposed in a direction intersecting at least a track direction for carrying out either the record processing or the reproduction processing of information by scanning a plurality of information tracks in parallel with the track direction along the rack direction on the recording surface. One of the recording medium and the probe array is divided into a plurality of divided portions in the intersecting direction, so that each of them is configured to include at least one information track or probe. The information recording/reproducing device also includes a first driving element for driving each of the plural portions divided in the intersecting direction and a second driving element for driving each of the probe arrays in the track direction with respect to the recording surface. | 05-06-2010 |
20100117487 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus ( | 05-13-2010 |
20120188777 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle wherein an attachment angle of a tail light bulb is increased to reduce a distance between a seat and a tail light unit, to improve the flexibility of a short tail design around a tail light of a motorcycle. The motorcycle includes a rear cowl attached to a rear part of a vehicle body frame, a seat catch arranged on a rear end portion of the vehicle body frame and configured to lock and to unlock an openable/closable seat, a tail light unit arranged behind the seat catch and attached to the rear cowl, a tail light bulb attached to the tail light unit in a forward-tilted state, and a rear fender covering an upper part of a rear wheel WR. An opening that allows access to the tail light bulb is formed at a portion of the rear fender facing the tail light bulb. | 07-26-2012 |
20120228996 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus ( | 09-13-2012 |
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20110108924 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; an n-channel MOS transistor including a first gate insulating film provided on a p-type layer, a first gate electrode made of TiN, and a first upper gate electrode made of semiconductor doped with impurities; and a p-channel MOS transistor including a second gate insulating film provided on an n-type layer, a second gate electrode including at least as a part, a TiN layer made of TiN crystal in which a ratio of (111) orientation/(200) orientation is about 1.5 or more, and a second upper gate electrode made of semiconductor doped with impurities. | 05-12-2011 |
20120025326 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An interface oxide layer, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are sequentially provided on the upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. The gate insulating film has a first high-k film and a second high-k film. The first high-k film is provided on the interface oxide layer, and contains nitrogen. The second high-k film is provided on the first high-k film, and contains nitrogen. The first high-k film has a lower nitrogen concentration than the second high-k film. | 02-02-2012 |
20120080756 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a high dielectric gate insulating film formed on a substrate, and a metal gate electrode formed on the high dielectric gate insulating film. The metal gate electrode includes a crystalline portion and an amorphous portion. A halogen element is eccentrically located in the amorphous portion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120146113 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a metal containing film on a substrate; exposing the metal containing film to an ammonia radical in a reaction chamber; evacuating gas generated in the exposing by supplying an inert gas into the reaction chamber; and after repeating the exposing and the supplying a predetermined number of times, forming a silicon nitride film covering the metal containing film in the reaction chamber without atmospheric exposure. | 06-14-2012 |
20120299113 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a first transistor of a semiconductor device, a first gate insulating film is located on a first active region, and the first gate insulating film includes a first high-κ material of a first metal oxide and a first metal which changes a flat-band voltage of the first transistor. In a second transistor of a semiconductor device, a second gate insulating film is located on a second active region, and the second gate insulating film includes a second high-κ material of a second metal oxide and a second metal which changes a flat-band voltage of the second transistor. The first metal oxide has an amorphous structure. The second metal oxide has a tetragonal or cubic crystal structure. | 11-29-2012 |