Abstract:
It is intended to provide a method of producing a hollow construct, which may be in various shapes such as a fiber or a film as well as in various sizes and has chemical resistance, made of a fluorinated hydrocarbon polymer, a fluorinated carbon polymer or a polymer carrying a nitrogen-containing group, a silicon-containing group, an oxygen-containing group, a phosphorus-containing group or a sulfur-containing group having been introduced into the above-described polymer; and a hollow construct obtained by this method.
Abstract:
Provided is a neutron shielding material having good light transparency and excellent shielding performance against thermal neutron rays, and a method for producing the same. A neutron shielding material according to the present invention includes a light transmitting material and a boron compound enriched in a boron isotope having a mass number of 10, the neutron shielding material being formed of a molded product having light transparency. Shielding performance against thermal neutron rays is improved by containing a boron compound enriched in a boron isotope having a mass number of 10. As a result, the neutron shielding material can be widely applied to members requiring visibility and neutron blocking properties.
Abstract:
Provided are a micromachining processing agent and a micromachining processing method that enable favorable micromachining while suppressing remaining of fine particles on an object to be processed having at least a silicon-containing insulating film. The micromachining processing agent according to the present invention is a micromachining processing agent for micromachining an object to be processed having at least a silicon-containing insulating film, the micromachining processing agent containing: a compound represented by a chemical formula (1) below; hydrogen fluoride; ammonium fluoride; and water,
wherein Rf represents perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and M+ represents a hydrogen ion or an ammonium ion, wherein a content of the compound is 0.001 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the micromachining processing agent, a content of the hydrogen fluoride is 0.05 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the micromachining processing agent, a content of the ammonium fluoride is 0.5 mass % or more and 40 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the micromachining processing agent, and the content of the hydrogen fluoride and the content of the ammonium fluoride satisfy a relational expression (1) below:
Y ≦
-
0 . 8
X
+
4 0
( 1 )
wherein X represents a concentration (mass %) of hydrogen fluoride and Y represents a concentration (mass %) of ammonium fluoride.
Abstract:
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a secondary battery exhibits excellent cycle characteristics even in high-temperature environments. The solution includes at least one of boric acid esters, acid anhydrides, cyclic carbonates having an unsaturated bond, cyclic carbonates having a halogen atom, cyclic sulfonic acid esters, and amines having an acetoacetyl group. A secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode makes use of this electrolytic solution.
Abstract:
A fuel cell catalyst which has high power output characteristics and suppresses degradation of power generation performance due to starting, stopping or load variation; a manufacturing method thereof; a membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell; and a fuel cell including the same. The fuel cell catalyst includes at least catalytically active species and a carrier supporting the catalytically active species. The catalytically active species are at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum, a platinum alloy, and a core-shell catalyst in which a core of a metal different from platinum is coated with a shell containing platinum, the carrier is a carbon material, and at least one of the catalytically active species and the carrier contain(s) fluorine atoms.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a phosphoric acid diester salt which can suppress deterioration of charge-discharge characteristics of a power storage element, and can suppress the rise in internal resistance after storage at high temperature, a production method therefor, a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a power storage element, and a power storage element. Disclosed is a phosphoric acid diester salt represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein Mn+ represents a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, an aluminum ion, a transition metal ion, or an onium ion; R1 and R2 are different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least one of a halogen atom, a heteroatom, and an unsaturated bond; and n represents a valence.
Abstract:
A nitrogen-containing carbon material to the present invention comprises a carbon material having a carbon skeleton formed of carbon atoms and nitrogen atoms introduced into the carbon material, wherein part of carbon atoms in the carbon skeleton are substituted with nitrogen atoms. The nitrogen-containing carbon material according to the present invention can be produced by a production method including the steps of bringing the carbon material into contact with a first treatment gas containing a fluorine-containing gas to subject a surface of the carbon material to a fluorination treatment; and bringing the carbon material after being subjected to the fluorination treatment into contact with a second treatment gas containing a nitrogen-containing gas with heating to perform a nitriding treatment.
Abstract:
A cross-linked structure of a carbon material is excellent in mechanical strength, such as tensile strength. The carbon materials such as carbon nanotube, graphite, fullerene, and carbon nanocoil, are cross-linked with each other. The carbon materials are cross-linked through a linking group derived from a nucleophilic compound having two or more nucleophilic groups in the molecule.
Abstract:
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution exhibits excellent storage characteristics even in high-temperature environments. The solution for the secondary battery includes at least one of boron complex salts, boric acid esters, acid anhydrides, cyclic carbonates having an unsaturated bond, cyclic carbonates having a halogen atom, cyclic sulfonic acid esters, and amines having an acetoacetyl group. A secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode makes use of this electrolytic solution.
Abstract:
A phosphodiester salt is added to the electrolytic solution to form a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution has excellent storage characteristics in a temperature load environment. Deterioration of the charge-discharge characteristics of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and increase in internal resistance of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution are suppressed during storage. A secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode makes use of this electrolytic solution.