Abstract:
Provided herein is a solid-state battery having high volume energy density, as well as a method of manufacture of such a solid-state battery. A solid-state battery 100 is a laminate including a first collector layer 1, a positive electrode layer 2, a solid electrolyte layer 5, a negative electrode layer 4, and a second collector layer 3, in this order from the top. The solid-state battery 100 satisfies α>90°, β>90°, and α>β, where α is the angle formed in the positive electrode layer 2 by a side surface 2A of the positive electrode layer 2 and the top surface of the solid electrolyte layer 5 underlying the positive electrode layer 2, and β is the angle formed in the negative electrode layer 4 by a side surface 4A of the negative electrode layer 4 and the top surface of the second collector layer 3 underlying the negative electrode layer 4.
Abstract:
A laser processing apparatus of the present disclosure controls outputs of a blue laser oscillator and an infrared laser oscillator such that before a surface melting is detected on a workpiece, the workpiece is irradiated with at least blue laser light, and after the surface melting is detected on the workpiece, a power of infrared laser light with which the workpiece is irradiated is increased as compared to before the surface melting is detected.
Abstract:
A light source measurement apparatus includes an objective lens that collects light emitted from a light source having a plurality of light emission points, a first reflection attenuation filter, a second reflection attenuation filter, a condensing lens, a space filter, and a movable stage, in which the first reflection attenuation filter and the second reflection attenuation filter are disposed such that polarization directions are orthogonal to each other, in which the space filter has an opening through which light emitted from a measurement target light emission point among the plurality of light emission points is transmitted, and in which the opening has a shape in which a dimension of the measurement target light emission point in a fast direction is larger than a dimension of the measurement target light emission point in a slow direction.
Abstract:
A membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane (1), a pair of catalyst layers (3, 3) facing each other sandwiching the electrolyte membrane (1), and a pair of gas diffusion layers facing each other sandwiching the electrolyte membrane (1) and the pair of catalyst layers (3, 3), wherein at least one of the pair of catalyst layers (3, 3) includes unwoven cloth (6A) including fiber-like structures (6) each having proton conduction performance, and wherein a portion of the unwoven cloth is buried in the electrolyte membrane (1) adjacent to the catalyst layer (3) including the unwoven cloth (6A).
Abstract:
An all-solid-state battery includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive electrode layer, a negative-electrode current collector, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive electrode layer is formed on the positive-electrode current collector and includes at least a positive-electrode active material. The negative electrode layer is formed on the negative-electrode current collector and includes at least a negative-electrode active material. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and includes at least a solid electrolyte having ion conductivity. At least one member selected from the group consisting of the positive-electrode current collector, the positive electrode layer, the negative-electrode current collector, the negative electrode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a heated region at an end portion of the at least one member.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a membrane-electrode-frame assembly which suppresses reductions in power generation properties due to gas cross leakage of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which improves durability of a polymer electrolyte membrane and which exhibits superior productivity. In the membrane-electrode-frame assembly, an unwoven fabric which has two domains each having different pore sizes and which is formed with fibers of PVDF is disposed as a reinforcing membrane in a polymer electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and a domain having a smaller pore size and protruding from the polymer electrolyte membrane and a frame are formed into an integrated structure by welding, thereby improving a gas sealing capability.
Abstract:
A membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane (1), a pair of catalyst layers (3, 3) facing each other sandwiching the electrolyte membrane (1), and a pair of gas diffusion layers facing each other sandwiching the electrolyte membrane (1) and the pair of catalyst layers (3, 3), wherein at least one of the pair of catalyst layers (3, 3) includes unwoven cloth (6A) including fiber-like structures (6) each having proton conduction performance, and wherein a portion of the unwoven cloth is buried in the electrolyte membrane (1) adjacent to the catalyst layer (3) including the unwoven cloth (6A).
Abstract:
In an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, having nanofiber unwoven cloth buried in an electrolyte resin, the nanofiber unwoven cloth is disposed being exposed only from one face of the electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell includes a MEA having an anode electrode disposed on one face of the electrolyte membrane and having a cathode electrode disposed on the other face thereof, and a pair of separators holding the MEA by sandwiching the MEA therebetween. Thereby, the electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, the manufacturing method of the electrolyte membrane, and the fuel cell are provided with which the electric power generation property and productivity are improved.
Abstract:
A light source device according to the present disclosure includes a light source unit, a collimator, a first step mirror, a second step mirror, a condenser lens, and an optical fiber. The first step mirror reduces a plurality of parallel beams in a row direction by narrowing a column interval between the plurality of parallel beams. The second step mirror reduces the plurality of parallel beams in the column direction by narrowing a row interval between the plurality of parallel beams. The number of steps of the first step mirror and the number of steps of the second step mirror are different from each other, and a width of each of the plurality of mirror surfaces of the first step mirror and a width of each of the plurality of mirror surfaces of the second step mirror are different from each other.
Abstract:
An all-solid-state battery includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive electrode layer, a negative-electrode current collector, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive electrode layer is formed on the positive-electrode current collector and includes at least a positive-electrode active material. The negative electrode layer is formed on the negative-electrode current collector and includes at least a negative-electrode active material. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and includes at least a solid electrolyte having ion conductivity. At least one member selected from the group consisting of the positive-electrode current collector, the positive electrode layer, the negative-electrode current collector, the negative electrode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer includes a heated region at an end portion of the at least one member.