A method of producing a porous carbon for use as a catalyst support having a specific surface area of 500 m2/g or greater is provided, comprising: a first step of carbonizing a material containing a carbon source and a template source, to prepare a carboni...

To obtain adsorbent (10), meltable core which melts away during baking and binder are added to powdery activated carbon having microscopic pore whose size is less than 100 nm together with water and mixed together, then this mixture is molded into hollow c...

A porous carbon that has an extremely high specific surface area while being crystalline, and a method of manufacturing the porous carbon are provided. A porous carbon has mesopores 4 and a carbonaceous wall 3 constituting an outer wall of the mesopores 4,...

Provided is a flexible carbon fiber nonwoven fabric which has resistance to bending, is flexible, and exhibits excellent processability. Said flexible carbon fiber nonwoven fabric is obtained by carbonizing a nonwoven fabric obtained by electrospinning a c...

A rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative active material and an electrolyte wherein the positive active material layer includes a positive active...

Van der Waals molecular diameters of a cation, an anion, and a solvent contained in an electrolytic solution are denoted by Lc, La, and Ls, respectively. The minimum widths of van der Waals molecules of the cation, anion, and solvent are denoted by Lmin,c,...

The invention provides a micelle-containing organic polymer which comprises at least one peak in its X-ray diffraction pattern, at least one pair of the diffraction angle (2&thetas;) and the lattice spacing (d) of said peak satisfying the relation (1) give...

Disclosed are a substance-occluding material being high in efficiency, being lightweight, inexpensive and safe, and being high in transportability, an electrochemical device using the same, and a method of producing the substance-occluding material. A subs...