Abstract:
To provide a headband capable of correctly placing an electrode on a head of a user, a headband apparatus includes a plurality of headband portions integrally connected and configured to be positioned about a head of a user, wherein at least two headband portions are each configured to be positioned behind an ear.
Abstract:
A battery capacity calculation methods includes a reference discharge curve calculation step for obtaining a discharge curve as a reference, a correction voltage calculation step for correcting the battery measurement voltage (V1) by a battery resistance component so as to obtain a corrected voltage (V), and a capacity calculation step for calculating the battery discharge capacity from the discharge curve serving as the reference by using the corrected voltage (V). The capacity calculation step has a deterioration index calculation step for calculating a capacity deterioration index (S) as a capacity reduction ratio attributed to battery deterioration. The discharge capacity calculated from the discharge curve as the reference by using the corrected voltage (V) is further multiplied by the capacity deterioration index (S), thereby calculating a discharge capacity.
Abstract:
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery which is capable of minimizing damage if the battery is crushed with pressure is disclosed. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention incorporates: a spirally coil formed by, through a separator, winding a positive electrode which incorporates an elongated positive-electrode collector having two sides on each of which an active material for the positive electrode has been formed and a negative electrode which incorporates an elongated negative-electrode collector having two sides on each of which an active material for the negative electrode has been formed, wherein the positive electrode has a lengthwise directional end which has two sides each of which is provided with a positive-electrode-collector exposed portion in which a positive-electrode collector is exposed, the negative electrode has a lengthwise directional end which has two sides each ofwhich is provided with a negative-electrode-collector exposed portion in which a negative-electrode collector is exposed, and the positive-electrode-collector exposed portion and the negative-electrode-collector exposed portion cover the coil one or more times through the separator.
Abstract:
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery which is capable of minimizing damage if the battery is crushed with pressure is disclosed. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention incorporates: a spirally coil formed by, through a separator, winding a positive electrode which incorporates an elongated positive-electrode collector having two sides on each of which an active material for the positive electrode has been formed and a negative electrode which incorporates an elongated negative-electrode collector having two sides on each of which an active material for the negative electrode has been formed, wherein the positive electrode has a lengthwise directional end which has two sides each of which is provided with a positive-electrode-collector exposed portion in which a positive-electrode collector is exposed, the negative electrode has a lengthwise directional end which has two sides each ofwhich is provided with a negative-electrode-collector exposed portion in which a negative-electrode collector is exposed, and the positive-electrode-collector exposed portion and the negative-electrode-collector exposed portion cover the coil one or more times through the separator.
Abstract:
A battery capacity calculating method can very accurately calculate a residual capacity of a secondary battery especially in the last stage of discharging independently of environmental conditions such as a temperature or a deteriorated state. A battery capacity calculating apparatus (10) is equipped with a voltage measuring circuit (11) which measures the terminal voltage (Vmea) of a battery (1) at the time of discharging, a current measuring circuit (12) which measures the current value (I) of the battery (1) at the time of discharging, and a control circuit (13) which calculates a residual capacity and/or residual power. The operation unit (15) in the control circuit(13) calculates a discharged capacity (Qmea) and an apparent discharged capacity (Qocv) based on a terminal voltage (Vmea) and a current value (I) measured by the voltage measuring circuit (11) and the current measuring circuit (12), respectively, estimates a discharge curve (Cpre) in the future including the last stage of discharging based on a capacity shift ( DELTA Q) being the difference between the discharged capacity (Qmea) and the apparent discharged capacity (Qocv) during discharging, and calculates the residual capacity and/or the residual power of the battery (1) based on the estimated discharge curve (Cpre).
Abstract:
A dye-sensitized solar cell with high conversion efficiency is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell according to the present invention has, between an electrode ( 2 ) formed on a surface of a transparent substrate ( 1 ) and a counter electrode ( 6 ), a light-absorbing layer ( 3 ) containing light-absorbing particles carrying dye and an electrolyte layer ( 5 ), characterized in that the light-absorbing layer ( 3 ) containing light-scattering particles ( 4 ) different in size from the light-absorbing particles. In such a dye-sensitized solar cell according to the present invention, the energy of light, which passes through a light-absorbing layer in a conventional cell structure, can be strongly absorbed by the dye in the light-absorbing layer of the present invention. This will increase the conversion efficiency and output current of the dye-sensitized solar cell.