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20090108731 | ELECTRODE FOR COLD-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp having high brightness with long life and an electrode for this lamp are offered. At least one part of the electrode surface is formed by using one material selected from the group consisting of rhodium, palladium, and alloys of these. For example, a surface layer made of the foregoing material is formed on a base. To increase the bonding strength between the surface layer and the base, a bonding layer made of gold or gold alloy is formed on the base. Because a metal such as rhodium is resistant to alloying with mercury and has a high melting point, a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp provided with an electrode made of the foregoing metal can suppress not only the consumption of the mercury due to the formation of an amalgam but also the reduction in brightness due to insufficient discharging. Furthermore, because the lamp can suppress the consumption of the mercury and electrode, the lamp has long life. | 04-30-2009 |
20090115444 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE SHEET, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, CONNECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION METHOD - Provided is an anisotropic conductive sheet ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090128001 | ELECTRODE FOR COLD-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp having high brightness with long life and an electrode for this lamp are offered. The electrode comprises a base and a covering layer that covers the surface of the base. The base is formed of one metal selected from nickel, a nickel alloy, iron, and an iron alloy. Consequently, a base having a shape, such as a cup, can be easily produced. The covering layer comprises (a) a surface layer made of tungsten or molybdenum and (b) a bonding layer that is made of zinc alloy and that is placed between the base and the surface layer. In comparison with nickel and iron, tungsten and molybdenum are resistant to sputtering, have a small work function, and have a high melting point. The presence of the bonding layer enables sufficient bonding between the surface layer and base. A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp provided with the foregoing electrode can suppress the reduction in brightness and the consumption of the electrode. Therefore, it has high brightness and long life. | 05-21-2009 |
20110027586 | ELECTRODE MEMBER FOR COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - The invention offers an electrode member for a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, the member having excellent ability to attain intimate contact between the lead portion and glass, and a production method thereof. The electrode member | 02-03-2011 |
20120067730 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - A porous resin article having a three-dimensional network structure is used. A resin molded body at least the surface of which has been subjected to conductive treatment is plated with aluminum in a molten salt bath to form an aluminum structure, thus forming a porous aluminum that includes an aluminum layer having a thickness in the range of 1 to 100 μm, has an aluminum purity of 98.0% or more and a carbon content of 1.0% or more and 2% or less, and contains inevitable impurities as the balance. Even with a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, this allows the surface of the porous resin molded body to be plated with aluminum, thus forming a high-purity aluminum structure having a uniform thick film. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067731 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - There is provided a manufacturing method of an aluminum structure, including a conductive treatment process of forming an electrically conductive layer made of aluminum on a surface of a resin molded body and a plating process of plating the resin molded body subjected to the conductive treatment process with aluminum in a molten salt bath. Even with a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, the method allows the surface of the porous resin molded body to be plated with aluminum, thus forming a high-purity aluminum structure having a uniform thick film. Porous aluminum having a large area is also provided. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070735 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS METAL BODY, POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIAL INCLUDING POROUS METAL BODY OR POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - A porous metal body containing continuous pores and having a low oxygen content is provided by decomposing a porous resin body that contains continuous pores and has a layer of a metal thereon by heating the porous resin body at a temperature equal to or less than the melting point of the metal while the porous resin body is immersed in a first molten salt and a negative potential is applied to the metal layer; and a method for producing the porous metal body is provided. | 03-22-2012 |
20120154982 | CAPACITOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A capacitor has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the electrode layers. At least one of the electrode layers of this capacitor has an Al porous body, and an electrode body held in this Al porous body to polarize the electrolyte. The oxygen content in the surface of the Al porous body is 3.1% by mass or less. The matter that the oxygen content in the surface of the Al porous body is 3.1% by mass or less is equal to the matter that a high-resistance oxide film is hardly formed on the surface of the Al porous body. Thus, this Al porous body makes it possible to make the current collector area of the electrode layer large so that the capacitor can be improved in capacity. | 06-21-2012 |
20120321951 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS METAL BODY, POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIAL INCLUDING POROUS METAL BODY OR POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - A porous metal body containing continuous pores and having a low oxygen content is provided by decomposing a porous resin body that contains continuous pores and has a layer of a metal thereon by heating the porous resin body at a temperature equal to or less than the melting point of the metal while the porous resin body is immersed in a first molten salt and a negative potential is applied to the metal layer; and a method for producing the porous metal body is provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321952 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS METAL BODY, POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, BATTERY ELECTRODE MATERIAL INCLUDING POROUS METAL BODY OR POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - A porous metal body containing continuous pores and having a low oxygen content is provided by decomposing a porous resin body that contains continuous pores and has a layer of a metal thereon by heating the porous resin body at a temperature equal to or less than the melting point of the metal while the porous resin body is immersed in a first molten salt and a negative potential is applied to the metal layer; and a method for producing the porous metal body is provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20130004844 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body in which the cell diameter of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is uneven in the thickness direction, and a current collector and an electrode respectively using the aluminum porous body, and a production method thereof. That is, such a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector has a cell diameter uneven in the thickness direction. Particularly, it is preferred that when a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, the average of the cell diameter in the region 1 and the cell diameter in the region 3 differs from the cell diameter in the region 2. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004854 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - The present invention aims at providing an electrode for an electrochemical element having adequately high capacity and output. The electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention has a feature in that a mixture containing an active material, a conduction aid and a binder is filled into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and the content ratio of the conduction aid in the mixture is 0 to 4 mass %. Further, the electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention has a feature in that a mixture containing an active material, a conduction aid and a binder is filled into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and the content ratio of the binder in the mixture is less than 5 mass %. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004856 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, CURRENT COLLECTOR USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE CURRENT COLLECTOR, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which is suitably used as current collector base materials of an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor using a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and an electrode, a capacitor and a lithium-ion capacitor, each using the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body. For this object, the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention is a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body, and a skeleton forming the aluminum porous body has a surface roughness (Ra) of 3 μm or more, and preferably 3 μm or more and 50 μm or less. | 01-03-2013 |
20130040046 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element at low cost. The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a slurry preparation step of preparing a slurry of a mixture containing an active material, a slurry filling step of filling the slurry into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and a slurry drying step of drying the filled slurry, wherein in the slurry preparation step, a slurry is prepared by using water as a solvent. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040196 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrochemical element which has a high capacity and is low in cost. The electrochemical element of the present invention is an electrochemical element including an electrode for an electrochemical element, wherein a current collector of positive electrode and/or a current collector of negative electrode is a metal porous body having continuous pores and a mixture containing an active material is filled into the continuous pores. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040205 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a slurry filling step of filling a slurry containing an active material into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and a slurry drying step of drying the slurry filled, and in this method, after the slurry drying step, an electrode for an electrochemical element is produced without undergoing a compressing step of compressing the aluminum porous body having the slurry filled therein and dried. In the electrode, a mixture containing an active material is filled into continuous pores of an aluminum porous body having the continuous pores, and porosity (%) of the aluminum porous body, the porosity being represented by the following equation, is 15 to 55%. | 02-14-2013 |
20130121873 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - An object is to provide a method for producing an aluminum structure using a porous resin body having a three-dimensional network structure, with which an aluminum structure having a low impurity content can be formed, and in particular, a porous aluminum body having a large area can be obtained. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122375 | POROUS METAL BODY, AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND BATTERY BOTH INCORPORATING THE BODY - The invention offers a porous metal body that has a three-dimensional network structure, that has less reduction in performance during the pressing and compressing steps when an electrode material is produced, and that can be used as an electrode material capable of achieving good electric properties, a method of producing the porous metal body, and an electrode material and a battery both incorporating the foregoing porous metal body. A porous metal body has a skeleton structure that is formed of a metal layer, that has a three-dimensional network structure, and that has an end portion provided with a nearly spherical portion. It is desirable that the metal be aluminum and that the nearly spherical portion have a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the skeleton structure. | 05-16-2013 |
20130148265 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electrode for an electric storage device includes at least an active material selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube, activated carbon, hard carbon, graphite, graphene and a carbon nanohorn; an ionic liquid; and a three-dimensional network metal porous body. | 06-13-2013 |
20130288123 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector which is suitably used for electrodes for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and electrodes for capacitors, an electrode and a capacitor each using the same. In such a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the aluminum porous body has been made to have a compressive strength in a thickness direction of 0.2 MPa or more in order to efficiently fill an active material into the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body. | 10-31-2013 |
20130288124 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, AND CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR, EACH USING ALUMINUM POROUS BODY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a current collector including an aluminum porous body suitable for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor electrode, and an electrode using the current collector. In the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention, when a sheet-shaped three-dimensional aluminum porous body is divided in the width direction into a central region and two end regions with the central region situated therebetween, the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the two end regions is larger than the weight per unit area of aluminum in the aluminum porous body at the central region. | 10-31-2013 |
20130330614 | ELECTRODE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - In an electrode according to the present invention including a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body as a base material, the electrode is a sheet-shaped electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the longitudinal direction and thickness direction of the electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the width direction and thickness direction of the electrode. The electrode is preferably obtained by subjecting the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body to at least a current collecting lead welding step, an active material filling step and a compressing step. | 12-12-2013 |
20130333209 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element, which can easily adjust a capacity and can produce the electrochemical element at low cost. The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a thickness adjustment step of compressing an aluminum porous body having continuous pores to adjust the thickness of the aluminum porous body to a predetermined thickness, and a filling step of filling the aluminum porous body, the thickness of which is adjusted, with an active material. | 12-19-2013 |
20160049661 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-LIKE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR USING THE ELECTRODE - Provided are a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body; a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body; and methods for producing these members. The porous body is a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in a sheet form, for a current collector, in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body. When a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region | 02-18-2016 |
20160104583 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - A production method for an aluminum porous body includes a step of producing a resin structure by forming an aluminum film on a surface of a resin base having a three-dimensional network structure by molten salt electrolytic plating, a step of removing moisture from the resin structure, and a step of removing the base by heat-treating the resin structure from which moisture has been removed. In the step of removing moisture from the resin structure, the resin structure is preferably heat-treated at a temperature of 50° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower. In the step of removing the base, the resin structure is preferably heat-treated at a temperature equal to or higher than 370° C. and lower than the melting point of aluminum. | 04-14-2016 |
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20120070683 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - There is provided a manufacturing method of an aluminum structure, including a conductive treatment process of forming an electrically conductive layer on a surface of a resin molded body, the electrically conductive layer being made of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, nickel, copper, cobalt, iron, and aluminum, and a plating process of plating the resin molded body subjected to the conductive treatment process with aluminum in a molten salt bath. The manufacturing method of an aluminum structure allows aluminum plating on the surface of even a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure. In particular, there is also provided a manufacturing method of an aluminum structure that can form porous aluminum having a large area. | 03-22-2012 |
20120115035 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-LIKE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR USING THE ELECTRODE - Provided are a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body; a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body; and methods for producing these members. The porous body is a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in a sheet form, for a current collector, in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body. When a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, the average cell diameter of the regions 1 and 3 is preferably different from the cell diameter of the region 2. | 05-10-2012 |
20120141882 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A current collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, in which oxygen content in the surface of an aluminum porous body is low. The current collector is made of an aluminum porous body. The content of oxygen in an aluminum porous body surface is 3.1% by mass or less. The aluminum porous body includes an aluminum alloy containing at least one Cr, Mn and transition metal elements. The aluminum porous body can be prepared by a method in which, after an aluminum alloy layer is formed on the surface of a resin of a resin body having continuous pores, the resin body is heated to a temperature of the melting point of the aluminum alloy or less to thermally decompose the resin body while applying a potential lower than the standard electrode potential of aluminum to the aluminum alloy layer with the resin body dipped in a molten salt. | 06-07-2012 |
20120183436 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - Provided is a method of producing an aluminum structure using a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, with which it is possible to form an aluminum structure having a low oxide content in the surface of aluminum (i.e., having an oxide film with a small thickness), and in particular, it is possible to obtain an aluminum porous body that has a large area. The method includes a step of preparing an aluminum-coated resin molded body in which an aluminum layer is formed, directly or with another layer therebetween, on a surface of a resin molded body composed of urethane, and a step of decomposing the resin molded body by bringing the aluminum-coated resin molded body into contact with concentrated nitric acid with a concentration of 62% or more. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183804 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - Provided is a method of producing an aluminum structure using a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, with which it is possible to form an aluminum structure having a low oxide content in the surface of aluminum (i.e., having an oxide film with a small thickness), and in particular, it is possible to obtain an aluminum porous body that has a large area. The method includes a step of preparing an aluminum-coated resin molded body in which an aluminum layer is formed, directly or with another layer therebetween, on a surface of a resin molded body composed of urethane, and a heat treatment step in which the aluminum-coated resin molded body is subjected to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than 270° C. and lower than 660° C. to decompose the resin molded body. | 07-19-2012 |
20120263993 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - Provided is an electrochemical device which is easy to produce and which has excellent characteristics. An electrochemical device includes a first electrode including an aluminum porous body having interconnecting pores and an active material filled into the pores of the aluminum porous body, a separator, and a second electrode, the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode being stacked, in which a plurality of electrode bodies each including the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode are stacked without being wound. | 10-18-2012 |
20120264022 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is electrochemical device, such as a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, which has excellent discharge characteristics and the like by forming a thick electrode using a metal porous body, such as an aluminum porous body, as a current collector. An electrode for an electrochemical device includes a metal porous body filled with an active material, in which the metal porous body is sheet-like and is a stacked porous body in which a plurality of single-layer metal porous bodies are stacked and electrically connected to each other. The metal porous body may be an aluminum porous body having a three-dimensional network structure. | 10-18-2012 |
20120288757 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector which is suitably used for electrodes for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and electrodes for capacitors, an electrode and a capacitor each using the same. The three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector of the present invention is a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector used for electrodes, and the aluminum porous body has been made to have an average cell diameter of 50 μm or more and 1000 μm or less in order to enhance the filling performance of an active material slurry. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288758 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector which is suitably used for electrodes for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and electrodes for capacitors, an electrode and a capacitor each using the same. In such a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the aluminum porous body has been made to have a compressive strength in a thickness direction of 0.2 MPa or more in order to efficiently fill an active material into the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body. | 11-15-2012 |
20120292191 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - A surface of a porous resin body having a three-dimensional network structure can be plated with aluminum at a uniform thickness and thus a high-purity aluminum structure is formed. A method for producing an aluminum structure includes a step of plating a resin porous body, which has a three-dimensional network structure and has a surface that has been made electrically conductive, with aluminum in a molten-salt bath, in which the molten salt is a salt mixture of aluminum chloride and an organic salt and plating is conducted while controlling the temperature of the molten-salt bath to be 45° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower. Preferably, the molten-salt bath further contains 1,10-phenanthroline at a concentration of 0.25 g/l or more and 7 g/l or less. | 11-22-2012 |
20120295169 | AIR BATTERY AND ELECTRODE - Provided is a structure for effectively utilizing a novel metal porous body, such as an aluminum porous body, having a three-dimensional network structure as a battery electrode. | 11-22-2012 |
20120308886 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electrode current collector for a secondary battery or the like, wherein a compressed part for attaching a tab lead to an end part of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body to be used as an electrode current collector of a secondary battery, a capacitor using a nonaqueous electrolytic solution or the like is formed, and a method for producing the same. That is, the present invention provides a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector having a compressed part compressed in a thickness direction for connecting a tab lead to its end part, wherein the compressed part is formed at a central part in the thickness direction of the aluminum porous body. | 12-06-2012 |
20120312692 | ALUMINUM POROUS BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a method for readily removing urethane resin without causing oxidation of aluminum, from an aluminum structure in which an aluminum film is formed on the surface of a urethane resin porous body having a three-dimensional network structure: a method for producing an aluminum porous body, including forming an aluminum film having a purity of 99.9% by mass or more on a surface of a urethane resin porous body having a three-dimensional network structure to provide an aluminum structure including the urethane resin porous body and the aluminum film, and subjecting the aluminum structure to a heat treatment at 370° C. or more and less than 660° C. in the air to remove urethane resin and to provide an aluminum porous body. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315502 | METAL LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a metal laminated structure in which a first metal layer containing tungsten is provided on a first surface of a second metal layer containing copper and a third metal layer containing tungsten is provided on a second surface of the second metal layer opposite to the first surface, and the first metal layer contains crystal grains of tungsten in a form of a columnar crystal extending in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the second metal layer and the third metal layer contains crystal grains of tungsten in a form of a columnar crystal extending in a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the second metal layer, and a method for producing the metal laminated structure. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315540 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an aluminum porous body for a current collector in which electric resistivity is reduced to enhance current collecting performance, and an electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, a capacitor and a lithium-ion capacitor each using the aluminum porous body for a current collector. Such a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body of the present invention is a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector including an electric resistivity in an in-plane direction and in a thickness direction of 0.5 mΩcm or less. An electrode can be configured by using the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, and further a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, a capacitor and a lithium-ion capacitor can be configured by using the electrode. | 12-13-2012 |
20120328941 | CURRENT COLLECTOR USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE CURRENT COLLECTOR, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrode using a current collector made of an aluminum porous body which is suitably used for an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery and an electrode for a capacitor, and a method for producing the electrode. In the current collector of the present invention, a strip-shaped compressed part compressed in a thickness direction is formed at one end part of a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body and a tab lead is bonded to the compressed part by welding. The width of the compressed part is 2 to 10 mm. Further, the electrode is formed by filling the current collector with an active material. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328957 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which enables to produce an electrode continuously, an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a method for producing the electrode. The present invention provides a long sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body to be used as a base material in a method for producing an electrode including at least winding off, a thickness adjustment step, a lead welding step, an active material filling step, a drying step, a compressing step, a cutting step and winding-up, wherein the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has a tensile strength of 0.2 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less. | 12-27-2012 |
20130008217 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element, which can easily adjust a capacity and can produce the electrochemical element at low cost. The method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention includes a thickness adjustment step of compressing an aluminum porous body having continuous pores to adjust the thickness of the aluminum porous body to a predetermined thickness, and a filling step of filling the aluminum porous body, the thickness of which is adjusted, with an active material. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010401 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR USING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR USING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - A three-dimensional network aluminum porous body in which the amount of aluminum forming a skeleton of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is uneven in the thickness direction, and a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body, and a manufacturing method thereof. In such a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the amount of aluminum forming a skeleton of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is uneven in the thickness direction. For example, in the case where a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region | 01-10-2013 |
20130040195 | ELECTRODE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - In an electrode according to the present invention including a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body as a base material, the electrode is a sheet-shaped electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the longitudinal direction and thickness direction of the electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the width direction and thickness direction of the electrode. The electrode is preferably obtained by subjecting the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body to at least a current collecting lead welding step, an active material filling step and a compressing step. | 02-14-2013 |
20130045425 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, CURRENT COLLECTOR AND ELECTRODE EACH USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which can be used for a process continuously producing an electrode and enables to produce a current collector having small electric resistance in the current collecting direction, and an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a production method thereof. In a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, when one of two directions orthogonal to each other is taken as an X-direction and the other is taken as a Y-direction, a cell diameter in the X-direction of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body differs from a cell diameter in the Y-direction thereof. | 02-21-2013 |
20140234720 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL; AND BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND CAPACITOR ALL INCORPORATING THE MATERIAL - The invention offers an electrode material that can accomplish both high capacity and high output and a battery, a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery, and a capacitor all incorporating the electrode material. The electrode material has a sheet-shaped aluminum porous body carrying an active material. The above-described aluminum porous body has a skeleton structure that is formed of an aluminum layer and that has a vacant space at the interior. When observed by performing cutting in a direction parallel to the direction of thickness of the sheet, the above-described vacant space in the skeleton structure has an average area of 500 μm | 08-21-2014 |
20140346050 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM FOIL - A method for producing an aluminum film by electrodepositing aluminum on a base in an electrolytic cell to which a liquid electrolyte containing a molten salt is fed includes adjusting a concentration of an additive in such a manner that a measured value of an overvoltage is within a predetermined range on the basis of a predetermined relationship between the overvoltage and the concentration of the additive added to the molten salt upon electrodepositing aluminum in the liquid electrolyte. | 11-27-2014 |
20150017549 | ALL-SOLID LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided an all-solid lithium secondary battery hardly gives rise to internal resistance even if charging and discharging are repeated. The all-solid lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each of electrodes being an electrode in which a three-dimensional network porous body is used as a current collector and pores of the three-dimensional network porous body are filled with at least an active material, wherein the three-dimensional network porous body of the positive electrode includes an aluminum alloy with a Young's modulus of 70 GPa or higher and the three-dimensional network porous body of the negative electrode includes a copper alloy with a Young's modulus of 120 GPa or higher. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017550 | METAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK POROUS BODY FOR COLLECTORS, ELECTRODE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are a current collector, an electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, each of which capable of reducing internal resistance and producing cost. More specifically, provided are: a three-dimensional network metal porous body for a current collector, comprising a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network metal porous body, wherein a degree of porosity of the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network metal porous body is 90% or more and 98% or less, and a 30%-cumulative pore diameter (D30) of the sheet-shaped three-dimensional network metal porous body calculated from a fine pore diameter measurement conducted by a bubble point method is 20 μm or more and 100 μm or less; an electrode using the three-dimensional network metal porous body; and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the electrode. | 01-15-2015 |
20150037689 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a lithium secondary battery with three-dimensional network porous bodies as current collectors in which the internal resistance does not increase even after repeated charging and discharging. A lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode each having as a current collector a three-dimensional network porous body, the positive electrode and the negative electrode being formed by filling at least an active material into pores of the three-dimensional network porous bodies, wherein the three-dimensional network porous body for the positive electrode is a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body having a hardness of 1.2 GPa or less, and the three-dimensional network porous body for the negative electrode is a three-dimensional network copper porous body having a hardness of 2.6 GPa or less. | 02-05-2015 |
20150093640 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND CAPACITOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAID ELECTRODE MATERIAL - An electrode material that is used as an electrode in an electric double layer capacitor, a lithium ion capacitor, and a lithium secondary battery and has a reduced internal resistance for improving output is provided. The electrode material is characterized in that a metal is filled into pores in a surface portion at one surface of a powder molded body containing at least an active material powder and a metal film is formed on the one surface. The electrode material can be formed by performing a plating treatment on the powder molded body. | 04-02-2015 |
20150099138 | POROUS ALUMINUM BODY, HEAT TRANSFER MATERIAL, AND HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE - Provided is a porous aluminum body capable of being used as a heat transfer material having a very large specific surface area, a good heat-exchange efficiency, and a low pressure drop of a gas. The porous aluminum body contains aluminum as a main component. The porous aluminum body has a three-dimensional network structure and has a specific surface area (Y) represented by a (Formula) below. | 04-09-2015 |
20150211143 | ALUMINUM PLATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM FILM USING SAME - The invention offers an aluminum-plating apparatus that can satisfactorily form an aluminum plating even on the surface of a base body that has a surface on which an insulating or poorly conductive metal oxide film or the like is formed. The aluminum-plating apparatus electrodeposits aluminum onto a base body by conveying the base body in a plating bath. The plating bath is divided into a first electrolysis chamber and a second electrolysis chamber by a partition plate in this order from the upstream side in the conveying direction for the base body. In the first electrolysis chamber, a negative electrode provided in the chamber is electrically connected with the base body such that the base body acts as a positive electrode. In the second electrolysis chamber, a positive electrode provided in the chamber is electrically connected with the base body such that the base body acts as a negative electrode. | 07-30-2015 |
20150225865 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM FILM - Provided is a method for producing an aluminum film having a mirror surface and reduced residual stress. A method for producing an aluminum film includes electrodepositing aluminum on a surface of a substrate in an electrolyte solution, in which the electrolyte solution is obtained by adding, to a molten salt composed of aluminum chloride and an alkylimidazolium chloride, at least one compound A selected from the group consisting of an organic solvent, an organic polymer compound having a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 80,000, and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having 3 to 14 carbon atoms, and a compound B having an amino group. | 08-13-2015 |
20150233012 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM FILM - Provided is a method for producing an aluminum film, which is capable of continuously mass-producing aluminum films having excellent surface smoothness and a mirror surface. A method for producing an aluminum film includes electrodepositing aluminum on a surface of a substrate in an electrolyte solution, in which the electrolyte solution contains, as components, (A) an aluminum halide, (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an alkyl pyridinium halide, an alkyl imidazolium halide, and a urea compound, and (C) 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate; in which the mixing ratio (molar ratio) of the component (A) to the component (B) is in the range of 1:1 to 3:1; and in which the concentration of the 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate in the electrolyte solution is controlled to be in the range of 0.05 to 7.5 g/L. | 08-20-2015 |
20150263355 | FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE FUEL CELL - Provided are a fuel cell that employs a fuel-electrode collector excellent in terms of thermal conductivity and the like, so that it is excellent in terms of power generation efficiency and cost effectiveness; and a method for operating the fuel cell. Included are a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a fuel-electrode collector that is a porous metal body disposed in contact with a fuel electrode and performing current collection,and a heating device operated by electric power, wherein a solid electrolyte is a proton-permeable electrolyte, a fuel-gas channel is provided to cause a fuel gas to pass through the fuel-electrode collector, and the porous metal body constituting the fuel-electrode collector is formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy. | 09-17-2015 |
20150303000 | LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - By producing a positive electrode having a large capacity commensurate with the negative electrode capacity, a lithium ion capacitor having an increased capacity can be provided. A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material mainly composed of activated carbon and a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of occluding and desorbing lithium ions and a negative electrode current collector, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, in which the positive electrode current collector is an aluminum porous body having a three-dimensional structure, the positive electrode active material is filled into the positive electrode current collector, and the negative electrode current collector is a metal foil or a metal porous body. | 10-22-2015 |
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20160086743 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - A three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which enables to produce an electrode continuously, an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a method for producing the electrode is disclosed. A long sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is provided to be used as a base material in a method for producing an electrode including at least winding off, a thickness adjustment step, a lead welding step, an active material filling step, a drying step, a compressing step, a cutting step and winding-up, wherein the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has a tensile strength of 0.2 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less. | 03-24-2016 |
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20140032025 | HYBRID VEHICLE - Provided is a hybrid vehicle, wherein a control means ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140058601 | HYBRID VEHICLE - It is an object of the invention to suppress a vibration of an engine in a manner such that the engine is not restarted while an engine state changes to an engine stop state and a time in which an engine rotation speed stays at a resonance band is kept short. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058602 | HYBRID VEHICLE - It is an object of the invention to suppress a vibration generated by an abrupt change in motor torque when starting an engine. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058604 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Objects are to set up control of a plurality of motor generators in a case where a battery is charged or discharged, to secure both a target driving force and target charging/discharging, and to have the breath of control of using electric power of the battery under a more specific condition. A target driving power setting means sets driving power corresponding to a state in which power assistance depending on the electric power of the battery is received as a maximal value of a target driving power in advance, a target engine power calculating means sets a maximal value of target engine power corresponding to a maximal output that can be output by an internal combustion engine in advance, compares the target engine power and the maximal value of the target engine power with each other, and updates the target engine power with a smaller value thereof, a target electric power calculating means calculating target electric power is arranged, and a motor torque instruction value calculating means calculates torque instruction values of the plurality of motor generators by using a torque balance equation including target engine torque and an electric power balance equation including the target electric power. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058605 | HYBRID VEHICLE - Provided is a hybrid vehicle, wherein a control means ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140067180 | DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Ina drive control apparatus ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140074333 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - An object of the present invention is to perform control such that a crankshaft is stopped at a target crank angle at the time of stopping an engine of a hybrid vehicle. According to the present invention, a process is periodically performed in which a crank angle predicted stop position is calculated based on a target engine rotation speed reduction rate that is calculated in advance, a crank angle integration target value is calculated based on the crank angle predicted stop position, the target engine rotation speed reduction rate is recalculated based on the crank angle integration target value and an actual crank angle, a target crank angle is calculated based on the crank angle integration target value and the target engine rotation speed reduction rate, a crank deviation angle is calculated based on the target crank angle and the actual crank angle, crank angle feedback torque of the motor is calculated based on the crank angle deviation angle, and a torque instruction value of the motor is calculated by adding basic torque of the motor and the crank angle feedback torque when the engine is stopped. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074334 | ENGINE START CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - An object of the present invention is to start an engine while outputting a driving force requested from a driver. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine start control device of a hybrid vehicle including: a start-time target engine rotation speed calculating means; a start-time target engine torque calculating means; a target engine power calculating means that calculates target engine power based on the target engine rotation speed and the target engine torque; an accelerator operation amount detecting means; a vehicle speed detecting means; a target driving power calculating means that calculates target driving power based on the amount of the operation of the accelerator and the vehicle speed; a target electric power calculating means that sets a difference between the target driving power and the target engine power as target electric power; and a motor torque instruction value calculating means that calculates instruction torque values of a plurality of motor generators using a torque balance equation including the target engine torque and an electric power balance equation including the target electric power. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081499 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Objects of the present invention is to improve the control accuracy of the SOC of the battery in consideration of the electric power losses of a plurality of motor generators and, in accordance therewith, to secure the protection performance of the battery and to increase the energy recovery efficiency according to the regeneration. In a drive control device of a hybrid vehicle including a motor torque instruction value calculating means, an electric power loss predicting means, an electric power upper limit/lower limit value calculating means, and a target electric power calculating means are arranged, and the motor torque instruction value calculating means calculates torque instruction values of a plurality of motor generators using a torque balance equation including target engine torque required at a target engine operating point and an electric power balance equation including target electric power. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081500 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Objects of the present invention is to improve the control accuracy of the charge state of a battery in consideration of the electric power losses of a plurality of motor generators and, in accordance therewith, to secure the protection performance of the battery, and to increase the energy recovery efficiency according to the regeneration. According to the present invention, there is provided a drive control device of a hybrid vehicle in which an electric power loss predicting means and a target electric power calculating means are arranged, a target engine power calculating means calculates target engine power based on target driving power, target charge/discharge power, and estimated power that is an electric power loss, and a motor torque instruction value calculating means calculates torque instruction values of a plurality of motor generators using a torque balance equation including target engine torque and an electric power balance equation including the target electric power. In the electric power balance equation, electric power generated or consumed by the plurality of motor generators, the estimated power that is the electric power loss, and input/output electric power of the battery are included. | 03-20-2014 |
20140088807 | DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Ina drive control apparatus ( | 03-27-2014 |