According to a manufacturing method of an electrolytic capacitor according to an embodiment, a fiber film, which serves as a separator, is formed on a surface of a substrate, which serves as an electrode, by ejecting a material liquid against the substrate. When the fiber film is formed, thicker fiber is formed at end parts of the substrate in a width direction, compared to a center part of the substrate in the width direction.

This disclosure relates to the manufacture an alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial. an alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial having general Formula A (I.sub.2-II-IV-VI.sub.4); and wherein I is sodium (Na) or lithium (Li), II and IV are Zn or Sn, and VI is a chalcogens selected from the group comprising: sulphur (S), selenium (Se) or tellurium (Te). The crystal phase of the alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial may be a primitive mixed Cu—Au like structure (PMCA) and may have a space group: P42m. The nanomaterials may be adapted to provide a solar cell. Methods of manufacture are also provided.

A capacitor (2) includes a capacitor main body (4), a base (6), and a resin layer (8-1). The capacitor main body includes an outer package case (10), an opening sealing member (14) attached to an opening of the outer package case, and a terminal lead (16-1, 16-2) extending through the opening sealing member. The base is disposed toward the opening sealing member of the capacitor main body and includes an insertion through hole (18-1, 18-2) into which the terminal lead is inserted to be exposed on a mounting surface side, and a protruding portion (20) surrounding the insertion through hole. The resin layer is arranged at least between the base and the opening sealing member. The base and the resin layer are in contact with or spaced apart from each other without at least partly adhering to each other.

A capacitor and a method of processing an anode metal foil are presented. The method includes electrochemically etching the metal foil to form a plurality of tunnels. Next, the etched metal foil is disposed within a widening solution to widen the plurality of tunnels. Exposed surfaces of the etched metal foil are then oxidized. The method includes removing a section of the etched metal foil, where the section of the etched metal foil includes exposed metal along an edge. The section of the etched metal foil is placed into a bath comprising water to form a hydration layer over the exposed metal on the section of the etched metal foil. The method also includes assembling the section of the etched metal foil having the hydration layer as an anode within a capacitor.

When manufacturing an electrode for an electrolytic capacitor, in a first hydration step (ST1), an aluminum electrode is immersed in a first hydration processing solution having a temperature of at least 70° C. and comprising pure water or an aqueous solution to which phosphoric acid or a phosphate has been added so that the phosphorus concentration is no greater than 4 mass ppm. In a second hydration step (ST2), the aluminum electrode is immersed in a second hydration processing solution to which phosphoric acid or a phosphate has been added so that the phosphorus concentration is 4-5000 mass ppm, the second hydration processing solution having a pH of 3.0-9.0 and a temperature of at least 70° C. In a chemical conversion step (ST3), at least a boric acid chemical conversion process in which the aluminum electrode is chemically converted in a boric acid-based chemical conversion solution is included, and a chemical conversion coating having a coating withstand voltage of at least 200 V is formed on the aluminum electrode.

An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body that includes a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body and a conductive polymer that covers a part of the dielectric layer. The liquid component includes a first solvent and a polyalkylene glycol component. The first solvent contains at least a glycerin component.

The present inventive concept relates to a method of manufacturing a thin film of a perovskite compound, including a process of reacting at least one compound selected from among an amine-based compound and an amidine-based compound, an organic metal compound including a divalent positive ion, and at least one hydrogen halide, and a method of manufacturing a solar cell using the same, and

According to the present inventive concept, because a perovskite compound is manufactured by performing a reaction through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process and an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, step coverage may be enhanced, and thus, it may be possible to form a thin film having a uniform thickness and a problem where a solvent remains may also be solved.

A semi-translucent photovoltaic device is described having a translucent substrate with a photovoltaic stack interrupted in spatially distributed openings filled with a translucent polymer. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the device. The method comprises providing the substrate at a first side with the photovoltaic stack; removing material from the stack in spatially distributed regions, therewith forming openings within these regions; blanket-wise depositing a protective layer over the substrate with the photovoltaic stack; blanket-wise depositing a layer of a radiation-curable precursor for the translucent polymer over the protective layer; irradiating the substrate from a second side opposite its first side to therewith selectively cure the radiation-curable precursor within and in front of the spatially distributed openings, the radiation-curable precursor being converted therewith into said translucent polymer; removing an uncured remainder of the layer of the radiation-curable precursor.

A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device. The method comprises fabricating a first photovoltaic device portion with a first photoactive layer having a first face comprising a first perovskite precursor material; fabricating a second photovoltaic device portion with a second photoactive layer having a second face comprising a second perovskite material or a second perovskite precursor material; arranging the first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion such that the first face is in contact with the second face; and compressing the first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion at a pressure sufficient to fuse the first perovskite precursor material to the second perovskite material or the second perovskite precursor material.

A solid electrolytic capacitor with reduced leakage current is provided. An anode foil dielectric oxide film is formed, a lead terminal which is connected to the anode foil, a capacitor element including the anode foil, is formed in the capacitor element, and a solid electrolyte containing a conductive polymer, and a coating layer for elasticating a conductive polymer forming solution between the anode foil and the lead terminal by forming a solid electrolytic capacitor. Preferably, the coating layer is a solid-state electrolytic capacitor formed at least in the opposite portion of the external leading terminals to the anodal foil.