Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080233466 | Catalyst Material and Process For Preparing the Same - This invention provides a catalyst material comprising a conductive material coated with a polynuclear complex molecule derived from at least two types of heteromonocyclic compounds and a catalyst metal coordinated to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecule, and a catalyst material comprising a conductive material coated with a polynuclear complex molecule derived from a heteromonocyclic compound and a catalyst metal, which is a composite of a noble metal and a transition metal, coordinated to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecule. Such catalyst material of the invention has excellent catalytic performance and serviceability as, for example, an electrode of fuel cells. | 09-25-2008 |
20090048096 | Porphyrin-based electrode catalyst - This invention provides a macrocyclic-organic-compound-based catalyst for reducing oxygen having high oxygen-reducing activity. This oxygen-reducing catalyst comprises a conductive support and, supported thereon, a porphyrin complex represented by formula (I): | 02-19-2009 |
20090246601 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CATALYST MATERIAL - The present invention is intended to provide a catalyst material that supports active species densely, thereby having higher catalytic performance and serviceability as, for example, an electrode for fuel cells. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a process for preparing a catalyst material, including: an electrochemical polymerization step of electrochemically polymerizing a heteromonocyclic compound so that the surface of a conductive material is coated with polynuclear complex molecules derived from the heteromonocyclic compound; and a metallation step of coordinating a catalytic metal to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecules, characterized in that the potential applied in the electrochemical polymerization is 0.8 to 1.5 V. | 10-01-2009 |
20100015506 | CATALYST MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A catalyst material that bears active species densely, thereby having higher catalytic performance and serviceability, for example, as an electrode for fuel cells. A catalyst material, wherein a conductive material whose surface physically adsorbs a polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle or is coated with polynuclear complex molecules formed by electrochemical polymerization of the polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle. A catalytic metal is coordinated to the adsorption layer of the polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle, or to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecules. | 01-21-2010 |
20120095179 | PYRROLINE-BASED NITROXIDE POLYMER AND BATTERY USING SAME - The present invention provides a pyrroline nitroxide polymer, an electrode active material containing the polymer, and a cell utilizing the electrode active material. | 04-19-2012 |
20120119193 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A photoelectric element provided with an electron transport layer having excellent electron transport property and sufficiently wide reaction interface, and that has excellent conversion efficiency. | 05-17-2012 |
20120187387 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Disclosed is a photoelectric element having an excellent conversion efficiency and provided with a hole transporting layer that is endowed with excellent hole transporting properties and a sufficiently large reaction interface. | 07-26-2012 |
20130025683 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element comprising: an electron transport layer which has an excellent electron transport property and a sufficient reaction interface, and having excellent conversion efficiency. In the present invention, a photoelectric conversion element comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; a stack of an electron transport layer and hole transport layer, the stack being interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte solution; and a conductive agent; the electron transport layer containing an organic compound having a redox moiety causing repetitive oxidation-reduction reactions, the electrolyte solution being selected to give stable reduction condition of the redox moiety, the organic compound and the electrolyte solution being cooperative to form a gel layer. Wherein the conductive agent is present within the gal layer and kept at least partly in contact with the first electrode. | 01-31-2013 |
20130199614 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND PHOTOSENSITIZER - A photoelectric element | 08-08-2013 |
20130285043 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element having high photovoltaic conversion efficiency is provided. | 10-31-2013 |
20130306954 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a photoelectric element that includes an electron transport layer having excellent electron transport properties and a sufficiently large reaction interface and has low resistance loss and excellent conversion efficiency between light and electricity. The photoelectric element includes a first electrode | 11-21-2013 |
20140038036 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND SECONDARY BATTERY - In a secondary battery utilizing redox by a radical site, charge-discharge is carried out in such a manner that a lithium ion moves between a positive electrode and a negative electrode (rocking chair-type). An anion in an amount necessary for electrode doping during charge-discharge is made unnecessary, thereby reducing the amount of an electrolytic solution. A secondary battery with a large energy density is achieved. Provided is an electrode active material including at least one polymer including a radical site capable of being converted into a first cation, and an anion site capable of being bonded with the first cation or a second cation. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048786 | ELECTRODE COMPOSITE AND PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT EQUIPPED THEREWITH - The present invention provides an electrode composite that has a reaction interface with a large area and can constitute a photoelectric element having high electron transport properties between the reaction interface and the electrode. The electrode composite of the present invention includes a first electrode and a conductive particle layer stacked on the first electrode. The conductive particle layer includes conductive particles containing acicular particles. The conductive particle layer has a three-dimensional porous network structure that is formed by the interconnection of the conductive particles. The three-dimensional network structure is joined to the first electrode. The conductive particle layer contains pores having a pore size of 50 nm or more in a total volume of 50% or more based on the volume of all pores in the conductive particle layer. | 02-20-2014 |
20140061532 | RADICAL COMPOSITION AND BATTERY USING SAME - The present invention provides a radical composition capable of suppressing elution of electrode components in an electrolyte solution when used in an electrode for a secondary battery, and a battery using the radical composition. The present invention relates to a radical composition including a pyrroline nitroxide polymer and polyethylene glycols. | 03-06-2014 |
20140070202 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A photoelectric element includes a first electrode; and a second electrode positioned so as to face the first electrode; and a semiconductor disposed on a face of the first electrode, the face being positioned so as to face the second electrode; and a photosensitizer carried on the semiconductor; and a first charge-transport layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second charge-transport layer interposed between the first charge-transport layer and the second electrode. The first charge-transport layer and the second charge-transport layer contain different oxidation-reduction materials. The oxidation-reduction material in the first charge-transport layer has an oxidation-reduction potential higher than an oxidation-reduction potential of the oxidation-reduction material in the second charge-transport layer. | 03-13-2014 |
20140124757 | PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a photoelectric element A including a first electrode | 05-08-2014 |