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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrolytic capacitor of which the ESR is low and the high-temperature humidity resistance is improved.SOLUTION: When manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor using a conductive polymer as a solid electrolyte, operation for immersing a capacitor element in a solution and drying the capacitor element is performed at least once. In the solution, sulfonic acid alkyl amine salt is dissolved in the concentration of 5 mass% or more at 20°C and an organic solvent is dissolved in the concentration of 20 mass% or more. The sulfonic acid alkyl amine salt is composed of at least one kind of sulfonic acid selected from a group of benzene sulfonic acid or the derivative thereof and naphthalene sulfonic acid or the derivative thereof, and alkyl amine having an alkyl group of which the carbon number is 5 to 12, and solubility of the sulfonic acid alkyl amine salt with respect to water at 5°C is 10 mass% or less. Afterwards, operation for immersing the capacitor element in a conductive polymer dispersed liquid and drying the capacitor element is performed at least once. Thus, the electrolytic capacitor is manufactured.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid electrolytic capacitor which can materialize a reduction of ESR (equivalent series resistance) even when a solid electrolyte layer is formed by using dispersions of a conductive polymer which has previously been prepared. SOLUTION: The solid electrolytic capacitor has a positive electrode composed of a porous body of valve metals such as tantalum, niobium, aluminum, and the like, a dielectric layer composed of an oxide film of the valve metal, the solid electrolyte layer composed of the conductive polymer, a collector layer, and a negative electrode, wherein the collector layer is disposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode. In the solid electrolytic capacitor, the collector layer is composed of conductive materials including the conductive polymer and conductive carbon materials. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for increasing the filtration speed of aqueous titanium oxide slurry, and to provide a titanium oxide powder which precipitates without becoming cloudy when it is resuspended in water. SOLUTION: The method for increasing the filtration speed of aqueous titanium oxide slurry comprises adding at least 0.03 wt.%, in terms of calcium relative to titanium oxide, of a calcium ion source to the aqueous titanium oxide slurry. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrolytic capacitor low in ESR, large in electrostatic capacity and high withstand voltage.SOLUTION: An electrolytic capacitor is manufactured by: performing pretreatment by carrying out at least one operation where a capacitor element is impregnated with an organic solvent solution to be dried, the organic solvent solution containing a cyclic organic compound having at least one hydroxyl group and a solvent having a high boiling point of 150°C or above which are dissolved therein; forming a layer of conductive polymer on the capacitor element by carrying out at least one operation where the capacitor element after having been subjected to the pretreatment is impregnated with a fluid dispersion to be dried, the fluid dispersion being obtained by the oxidation polymerization of thiophene or a derivative thereof using polymer anions as a dopant; and performing post treatment by carrying out at least one operation where the capacitor element after the conductive polymer layer has been formed thereon is impregnated with an organic solvent solution to be dried, the organic solvent solution containing the cyclic organic compound dissolved therein, or by carrying out at least one operation where the capacitor element is impregnated with a solution obtained by dissolving the cyclic organic compound into the solvent having a high-boiling point.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily produce an organic solvent system conductive polymer dispersion by easily performing conversion from an aqueous dispersion to an organic solvent system dispersion of a conductive polymer. SOLUTION: The organic solvent system conductive polymer dispersion having ≤10 mass% water content is produced via a step (1) for synthesizing a conductive polymer by oxidatively polymerizing a thiophene or its derivative in water or aqueous liquid made of a mixture of water and a solvent which can be mixed with water in the presence of a polymer sulfonic acid to be a dopant to obtain an aqueous dispersion of the conductive polymer, a step (2) for supplying a non-aqueous amine to the aqueous dispersion of the conductive polymer to flocculate the conductive polymer, a step (3) for taking out flocculated product of the conductive polymer from water or the aqueous liquid and a step (4) for dispersing the flocculated product of the conductive polymer in an organic solvent. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrically conductive polymer having high electrical conductivity and excellent heat resistance; and a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR and high reliability under high-temperature conditions and rarely undergoing current leakage by using the electrically conductive polymer; and an electrically conductive film having high electrical conductivity and excellent heat resistance, both of which are produced using the electrically conductive polymer.SOLUTION: A dispersion of an electrically conductive polymer is produced by oxidative polymerization of a thiophene or a derivative thereof in water or in an aqueous solution including a mixture of water and a water-miscible solvent in the presence of a copolymer of styrenesulfonic acid and at least one non-sulfonic-acid-type monomer selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic acid ester, an acrylic acid ester, an alkoxysilane compound containing an unsaturated hydrocarbon and hydrolysates thereof. A solid electrolytic capacitor is manufactured using the electrically conductive polymer as a solid electrolyte. An electrically conductive film is manufactured using the electrically conductive polymer.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a dispersion liquid of an electroconductive polymer from which an electroconductive polymer having high conductivity and excellent heat resistance is obtained, to provide an antistatic film having high conductivity and excellent heat resistance using the electroconductive polymer as a conductor, and also to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor having low ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) and high reliability under high temperature conditions using the electroconductive polymer as a solid electrolyte. SOLUTION: The dispersion liquid of the electroconductive polymer is produced by performing electrolytic oxidative polymerization of a monomer in water or in aqueous liquor comprising a liquid mixture of water and a water-miscible solvent, in the presence of a polymer dopant while isolating an anode from a cathode using a separator. The electroconductive polymer is obtained by drying the resulting dispersion liquid of an electroconductive polymer. The antistatic film and the solid electrolytic capacitor are constituted by using the electroconductive polymer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrolytic capacitor low in ESR and superior in heat resistance and voltage endurance.SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor which uses a conductive polymer as a solid electrolyte comprises the steps of: impregnating, with a fluid dispersion of a conductive polymer, a capacitor element having a porous body of at least one valve metal selected from a group consisting of aluminum, tantalum and niobium, and a dielectric layer including a coating of oxide of the valve metal; then performing a drying operation at least once; then impregnating the capacitor element with a high-boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150°C or higher, or a liquid solution including a high-boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150°C or higher in the proportion of 20-100 mass% (exclusive of 100 mass%); and then performing the drying operation at least once.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid electrolytic capacitor which, when forming a conductive polymer layer to compose a solid electrolyte in a capacitor element having an edge part, can restrain the thickness in the edge part of the conductive polymer layer from becoming thinner than the other part, thereby preventing occurrence of leakage current.SOLUTION: In a fluid dispersion containing a conductive polymer obtained by oxidative polymerization in water or aqueous liquid of ethylene dioxythiophene or its alkyl derivative in the presence of high molecular sulfonic acid which constitutes a dopant is immersed a capacitor element or a capacitor element which has had a conductive polymer layer formed therein beforehand. After being pulled out of place, the capacitor element is immersed in an alcohol based solvent containing, as base solvent, at least one kind selected from n-, iso, sec- or tert-butyl alcohol and n-propyl alcohol and, after being pulled out of place, is subjected to a drying process at least once, whereby a solid electrolytic capacitor is manufactured.