Abstract:
Provided is a thermoelectric conversion device including a plurality of thermoelectric conversion modules each of which has an insulating support having flexibility, a plurality of p-type thermoelectric conversion layers and n-type thermoelectric conversion layers which are alternately formed on one surface of the support with intervals, and connection electrodes each of which electrically connects the p-type thermoelectric conversion layer and the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer adjacent to each other on the support, and is formed in a bellows structure by being alternately mountain-folded or valley-folded at a position of the connection electrode between the p-type thermoelectric conversion layer and the n-type thermoelectric conversion layer adjacent to each other in one direction, in which the plurality of thermoelectric conversion modules are laminated such that mountain fold portions of one thermoelectric conversion module and valley fold portions of a thermoelectric conversion module adjacent to the one thermoelectric conversion module are overlapped with each other as viewed from a longitudinal direction of the support.
Abstract:
There is provided an inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte, a polymer binder, and a dispersion medium, where the inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is such that the polymer binder has a constitutional component (A) containing a specific functional group such as an amide group, in a molecular chain that serves as a side chain of the polymer, and contains a graft polymer having a specific mass average molecular weight to be dissolved in a dispersion medium. There are also provided a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, in which the inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is used, and manufacturing methods for a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery.
Abstract:
There are provided an inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition that has excellent dispersion characteristics and excellent application suitability and enables excellent cycle characteristics, a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery, and manufacturing methods for a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, in which the above inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is used. The inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition for an all-solid state secondary battery contains an inorganic solid electrolyte, a polymer binder, and a dispersion medium, in which an adsorption rate of the polymer binder with respect to the inorganic solid electrolyte is 50% or less, and the inorganic solid electrolyte and the polymer binder satisfies a specific relationship in terms of surface energy.
Abstract:
There is provided an inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte, a polymer binder, and a dispersion medium having an SP value of 15 to 21 MPa1/2, in which the binder includes a polymer binder consisting of a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene copolymer in which a content of a styrene constitutional component is more than 0% by mole and less than 50% by mole, the adsorption rate of the polymer binder with respect to the inorganic solid electrolyte is less than 60%. There are also provided a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, in which this inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is used, and manufacturing methods for a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery.
Abstract:
An inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is a composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte, a binder, and an organic solvent, where the composition contains, as the binder, at least two kinds of binder A and binder B which differ in adsorption rate with respect to the inorganic solid electrolyte, and an adsorption rate of the inorganic solid electrolyte-containing composition is 15% or more, and an adsorption rate of the binder B is less than 10%.
Abstract:
Provided are a negative electrode composition including a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode active material containing a silicon atom or a tin atom, and a polymer, in which the polymer has substantially no adsorption capacity to the negative electrode active material and the sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a modulus of elasticity of the polymer measured in accordance with JIS K 7161 (2014) is 100 MPa or higher and 1000 MPa or lower, and in a case where a negative electrode active material layer is formed of the negative electrode composition, the polymer is contained in the negative electrode active material layer in a particle form, a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an all-solid state secondary battery, a method for manufacturing a negative electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing an all-solid state secondary battery.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoelectric conversion module which is obtained by combining an insulating member, a heat dissipation member, or the like with a bellows-like thermoelectric conversion module and has good structural stability and handleability and good flexibility, a heat conductive laminate used for the thermoelectric conversion module, and methods of producing the same. The object is achieved by providing a thermoelectric conversion module including a module main body having a bellows-like support, thermoelectric conversion layers formed on the support and are separated from each other, connection electrodes which connect the thermoelectric conversion layers adjacent to each other; one or more bellows-like members provided such that concave and convex portions thereof are fitted to those of the module main body; and a flexible linear member which penetrates sloped surfaces of a bellows of the module main body and sloped surfaces of a bellows of one or more bellows-like members so as to be inserted through the module main body and the one or more bellows-like members.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a thermoelectric conversion module which can be manufactured by a so-called roll-to-roll process with high productivity, a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric conversion module, and a thermally conductive substrate used for a thermoelectric conversion module and the like. The thermoelectric conversion module includes a long insulating support having flexibility, a plurality of metal layers which are formed on one surface of the support with intervals in a longitudinal direction of the support, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion layers which are formed on the same surface of the support on which the metal layers are formed with intervals in the longitudinal direction of the support, and a connection electrode which connects the thermoelectric conversion layers adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the support, in which the metal layer has low stiffness portions having stiffness lower than that of other regions in parallel with a width direction of the support, an interval between the low stiffness portions is constant, and further, the module is alternately bent in a mountain-folded manner and a valley-folded manner at the low stiffness portions of the metal layer in the longitudinal direction.
Abstract:
A photoelectric converter includes a pair of electrodes and a plurality of organic layers. The pair of electrodes is provided above a substrate. The plurality of organic layers is interposed between the pair of electrodes and includes a photoelectric conversion layer and a given organic layer being formed on one electrode of the pair of electrodes. The one electrode is one of pixel electrodes arranged two-dimensionally. The given organic layer has a concave portion that is formed in a corresponding position located above a step portion among the arranged pixel electrodes. An angle θ of the concave portion is less than 50°, where an inclination angle of a tangent plane at a given point on the concave portion to a surface plane of the substrate is defined as θ.