An adhesive comprising a getter material and optionally a solvent comprising a catalyst activatable by means of an external stimulus for the reaction of the getter material with a permeate can tolerate brief contact with permeates such as moisture in particular before user application, without any significant impairment of getter capacity.

The present invention was made in view of the foregoing problem and has an object to provide a photocurable resin composition which can be quickly cured by irradiation with active energy rays such as ultraviolet rays and achieves excellent adhesion to polyolefin such as PP having properties difficult to bond. Specifically, provided is a photocurable resin composition containing the following (A) and (B) ingredients: (A) ingredient: a polymer having a polyisobutylene backbone mainly containing a —[CH.sub.2C(CH.sub.3).sub.2]— unit, the polymer having one or more (meth)acryloyl groups per molecule; and (B) ingredient: a photo-radical initiator of hydrogen abstraction type.

A separator for a rechargeable battery includes a porous substrate and an adhesive layer on at least one surface thereof. The adhesive layer includes a first binder, a second binder, and a filler. The first binder includes a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene. The structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene is included in an amount of about 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the first binder. A weight average molecular weight of the first binder ranges from about 800,000 to about 1,500,000. The second binder includes a structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene. The structural unit derived from hexafluoropropylene is included in an amount of 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the second binder. A weight average molecular weight of the second binder is 600,000 or less.

A barrier adhesive for the encapsulation of an (opto)electronic arrangement comprising an adhesive base composed of at least one reactive resin having at least one activatable group, at least one polymer, especially an elastomer, optionally at least one tackifying resin, where the adhesive base has a water vapour permeation rate after the activation of the reactive resin of less than 100 g/m.sup.2d, preferably of less than 50 g/m.sup.2d, especially less than 15 g/m.sup.2d, a transparent molecularly dispersed getter material and optionally a solvent, wherein the getter material is at least one silane having at least one alkoxy group and at least one activatable group.

Provided is an insulating tape to be used in a nonaqueous secondary battery, the insulating tape being capable of maintaining its insulating property even under a severe environment, e.g., even when being heated, and being capable of improving the safety of the nonaqueous secondary battery. Specifically, provided is an insulating tape for a nonaqueous battery, including a base material, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on one side, or each of both sides, of the base material, in which the base material and/or the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer each contain/contains an insulating inorganic filler. Also provided is an insulating tape for a nonaqueous battery, including a base material with an insulating layer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on one side, or each of both sides, of the base material with the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer contains an insulating inorganic filler.

An electrode binder, a cathode electrode material, and a lithium ion battery are disclosed. The electrode binder includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a dianhydride monomer with a diamine monomer. The cathode electrode material includes a cathode active material, a conducting agent, and the electrode binder. The lithium ion battery includes an anode electrode, an electrolyte, a separator, and the cathode electrode, the cathode electrode comprising a cathode active material, a conducting agent, and the electrode binder.

A composition with latent adhesion, fuel cell stack with a bipolar plate assembly with latent adhesion and a method of assembling a fuel cell stack with a seal that has latent adhesion such that reactant or coolant leakage through the seal is reduced. Bipolar plates within the stack include reactant channels and coolant channels that are fluidly coupled to inlet and outlet flowpaths, all of which are formed within a coolant-engaging or reactant-engaging surface of the plate. One or more thin or low aspect-ratio seals are formed on a metal bead that is integrally-formed on a surface of the plate and is used to help reduce leakage by maintaining fluid isolation of the reactants and coolant as they flow through their respective channels and flowpaths that are defined between adjacently-placed plates. By proper formulation of the precursor materials that make up the seal, the activation of the adhesive bond formed between the seal and an adjacent surface within the fuel cell can be delayed to allow ample time to aligned and compressively join the cell assemblies in a stack housing. This in turn improves the ability of the seal and its adjacent surface to avoid seal damage and concomitant reactant or coolant leakage.

A composite film 10 according to the present invention is provided with: a resin film 1 which is formed of a cured product of a photocurable adhesive composition; and solid particles 3 which are affixed, in the form of a single layer, to the resin film 1, while having edges thereof exposed from one and the other main surfaces of the resin film 1. The resin film 1 is formed by irradiating an adhesive layer 1a in a semi-cured state with light 13, said adhesive layer 1a being formed of the adhesive composition.

A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for batteries that includes a base material and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface side of the base material and containing inorganic fine particles. When D50 and D90 are defined as a volume-based accumulated 50% particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles and a volume-based accumulated 90% particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles, respectively, in a particle size distribution of the inorganic fine particles in the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, the D50 is 0.5 μm or more and 2.8 μm or less, and the ratio of the D90 to the D50 (D90/D50) is 1.3 or more and 2.0 or less. The particle size distribution is measured by image analysis on a surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer opposite to the base material.

A method for bonding two plates together for a fuel cell, wherein the method comprises applying an adhesive to the surface of at least one of the plates and pressing the two plates together with the adhesive in between. The adhesive contains a mixture in the range of 0.01% to 30% PVDF and a solvent, and optionally a surfactant.