The present invention relates to a capacitor having a metal current collector, a conductive adhesion layer applied on the metal current collector, and an electrode active layer applied on the conductive adhesion layer, wherein the adhesion layer comprises a conductive non-carbide metal compound, particularly a metal oxide or metal nitride. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacture thereof as well a medical device comprising such capacitor.

This invention concerns a power module comprising a power device, a baseplate, circuit carrier, and a flat stacked aluminium electrolytic snubber capacitor comprising a layered structure of a cathode layer, a separator layer, comprising paper and an electrolyte and an anode layer, comprising an aluminium material with an aluminium oxide dielectric, wherein the circuit carrier are mounted on the baseplate, the power device and snubber capacitor are placed on the circuit carrier within the power module and electrically connected to the circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being configured for providing an electrical connection between the power device and the snubber capacitor.

This invention concerns a power module comprising a power device, a baseplate, circuit carrier, and a flat stacked aluminium electrolytic snubber capacitor comprising a layered structure of a cathode layer, a separator layer, comprising paper and an electrolyte and an anode layer, comprising an aluminium material with an aluminium oxide dielectric, wherein the circuit carrier are mounted on the baseplate, the power device and snubber capacitor are placed on the circuit carrier within the power module and electrically connected to the circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being configured for providing an electrical connection between the power device and the snubber capacitor.

A heat capacitor with simple structure, easy to manufacture and high thermoelectric conversion efficiency is provided. The heat capacitor includes: a pair of electrodes, at least one said electrode being a carbonaceous electrode; and a thermoelectric electrolyte disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the distance between the pair of electrodes is at most 1 mm.

A heat capacitor with simple structure, easy to manufacture and high thermoelectric conversion efficiency is provided. The heat capacitor includes: a pair of electrodes, at least one said electrode being a carbonaceous electrode; and a thermoelectric electrolyte disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the distance between the pair of electrodes is at most 1 mm.

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 sugar alcohol component and a polyalkylene glycol component. The sugar alcohol component contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol having four or more hydroxy groups and a derivative of the sugar alcohol.

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 sugar alcohol component and a polyalkylene glycol component. The sugar alcohol component contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol having four or more hydroxy groups and a derivative of the sugar alcohol.

An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes a separator, an anode body and a cathode body each having a foil shape and facing each other with the separator disposed between the anode body and the cathode body, and an electrolyte layer being in contact with the anode body, the cathode body, and the separator. The electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer and a first compound having a melting point of 50° C. or higher. The first compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sugar and a polyhydric alcohol. The first compound is unevenly distributed in the electrolyte layer.

An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes a separator, an anode body and a cathode body each having a foil shape and facing each other with the separator disposed between the anode body and the cathode body, and an electrolyte layer being in contact with the anode body, the cathode body, and the separator. The electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer and a first compound having a melting point of 50° C. or higher. The first compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sugar and a polyhydric alcohol. The first compound is unevenly distributed in the electrolyte layer.

Provided are a polyorganosiloxane high in elasticity, high in strength and the like. The polyorganosiloxane is a polyorganosiloxane including an M unit (R.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3SiO.sub.1/2) at a content of 10% by mol or more relative to the total of silicon and a T unit (R.sup.6SiO.sub.3/2) at a content of 80% by mol or less relative to the total of silicon, the polyorganosiloxane having an alkoxy group bound and a reactive functional group bound to silicon, wherein the polyorganosiloxane has the alkoxy group bound at a content of 0.07 to 4% by weight based on the total weight of the polyorganosiloxane and has 3 to 12 of the reactive functional groups bound on a number basis per a molecular weight of 1000 of the polyorganosiloxane, and the weight loss of the polyorganosiloxane in heating at 110° C. under a reduced pressure of 0.15 torr for 2 hours is 5% by weight or less.