A liquid component for an electrolytic capacitor includes at least one central atom selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, and silicon, and a ligand having a plurality of ligand atoms bonded to the central atom. The ligand atoms are at least one selected from the group consisting of oxygen and nitrogen, and are bonded to a carbon atom having no oxo group.

An electrolytic capacitor including: a resin molding including a capacitor element with an anode, a dielectric layer, and a cathode, and a sealing resin sealing the capacitor element; a first external electrode on a first end surface; and a second external electrode connected to the cathode at a second end surface and including a first electrode portion on a first side surface and having a first electrode end in contact with the first side surface and closest to the first end surface in the length direction, and, when viewed in a thickness direction, a region where the capacitor element is opposite to the first electrode portion in a width direction includes a first region where a distance in the width direction between the capacitor element and the first electrode portion is shorter than a distance in the width direction between the capacitor element and the first electrode end.

An electrolytic capacitor including: a resin molding including a capacitor element with an anode, a dielectric layer, and a cathode, and a sealing resin sealing the capacitor element; a first external electrode on a first end surface; and a second external electrode connected to the cathode at a second end surface and including a first electrode portion on a first side surface and having a first electrode end in contact with the first side surface and closest to the first end surface in the length direction, and, when viewed in a thickness direction, a region where the capacitor element is opposite to the first electrode portion in a width direction includes a first region where a distance in the width direction between the capacitor element and the first electrode portion is shorter than a distance in the width direction between the capacitor element and the first electrode end.

An electrolytic capacitor that includes a resin molding that includes a capacitor element including an anode, a dielectric layer, and a cathode, a sealing resin sealing the capacitor element; a first external electrode on a first end surface of the resin molding; and a second external electrode on a second end surface and connected to the cathode exposed at the second end surface of the resin molding, wherein when viewed in a thickness direction perpendicular to the length direction, the anode includes a first anode region having a first outer edge exposed at the first end surface and connected to the first external electrode, and a second anode region having a second outer edge positioned closest to the second external electrode in the length direction, and a length of the first outer edge is greater than a length of the second outer edge in a width direction.

A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, including: a step (A) of providing a conjugated conductive polymer-containing dispersion by polymerizing, in a dispersion medium containing seed particles turned into protective colloid by a polyanion or in a dispersion medium containing the polyanion, a monomer for obtaining a conjugated conductive polymer; a step (B) of preparing a dispersion containing a morpholine compound and the conjugated conductive polymer by adding the morpholine compound to the conjugated conductive polymer-containing dispersion; a step (C) of causing the dispersion to adhere to a porous anode body formed of a valve metal having a dielectric film on a surface thereof; and a step (D) of forming a solid electrolyte layer by removing the dispersion medium from the dispersion containing the morpholine compound and the conjugated conductive polymer, the dispersion adhering to the porous anode body.

Transition-metal doped Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions are provided herein. The Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions have a chemical formula of Li.sub.(3-δ)M5/.sub.mBA, wherein 0<δ<3m/(m+1) and δ=3m/(m+1) is the maximum value for the transition metals doping, a chemical formula of Li.sub.4-δMs.sub.δ/mPC.sub.4A, wherein 0<δ≦4m/(m+1) and δ=4m/(m+1) is the maximum value for the transition metals doping, or a combination thereof, wherein M is a transition metal, B is a divalent anion, and A is a monovalent anion. Also provided herein, are methods of making the Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions, and uses of the Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions.

Transition-metal doped Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions are provided herein. The Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions have a chemical formula of Li.sub.(3-δ)M5/.sub.mBA, wherein 0<δ<3m/(m+1) and δ=3m/(m+1) is the maximum value for the transition metals doping, a chemical formula of Li.sub.4-δMs.sub.δ/mPC.sub.4A, wherein 0<δ≦4m/(m+1) and δ=4m/(m+1) is the maximum value for the transition metals doping, or a combination thereof, wherein M is a transition metal, B is a divalent anion, and A is a monovalent anion. Also provided herein, are methods of making the Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions, and uses of the Li-rich anti-perovskite cathode compositions.

An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a first conductive polymer layer, and a second conductive polymer layer. The anode body includes a dielectric layer. The first conductive polymer layer covers at least a part of the dielectric layer. The second conductive polymer layer covers at least a part of the first conductive polymer layer. The first conductive polymer layer includes a first conductive polymer. The second conductive polymer layer includes a second conductive polymer. At least one of the first conductive polymer layer and the second conductive polymer layer further includes a hydroxy compound. The hydroxy compound has two or more alcoholic hydroxy groups or two or more phenolic hydroxy groups, and has a melting point ranging from 40° C. to 150° C., inclusive.

An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, and a conductive polymer layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The conductive polymer layer includes a conductive polymer and a polymer dopant. The polymer dopant includes a copolymer that includes a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit. The first monomer unit has a sulfonate group. Time second monomer unit has a functional group represented by a formula (i); —CO—R.sup.1—COOH (where R.sup.1 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aromatic group, or a divalent group —OR.sup.2—, R.sup.2 representing an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aromatic group).

A capacitor element includes an anode body including a porous region located at a surface of the anode body, a dielectric layer that covers at least a part of the anode body, and a cathode layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer. The anode body includes an anode part and a cathode formation part on which the cathode layer is disposed, the cathode formation part being adjacent to the anode part. At least a part of the porous region of the anode part includes a thin-thickness region that is thinner than the porous region in the cathode formation part, and a metal substrate is stacked on at least a part of the thin-thickness region. The metal substrate is denser than the porous region in the cathode formation part.