Abstract: In an example, a composition for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes a polymer build material and a non-conductive fusing agent dispensable onto the polymer build material to form a polymer-fusing agent composite portion when heated to a sintering temperature, a conductive agent dispensable onto on the polymer build material to form a polymer-conductive agent composite portion when heated at least to the sintering temperature, the conductive agent comprising: at least one conductive particulate present in an amount of from about 10% to about 60% of a total weight of the conductive agent; at least one co-solvent present in an amount of from about 10% to about 50% of a total weight of the conductive agent; and an additive present in an amount of from about 0% to about 10% of a total weight of the conductive agent.

Abstract: Crosslinked polymers and related compositions and related compositions, electrochemical cells, batteries, methods and systems are described. The crosslinked polymers have at least one redox active monomeric moiety having a redox potential of 0.5 V to 3.0 V with reference to Li/Li+ electrode potential under standard conditions or ?2.54 V to ?0.04 V vs. SHE and has a carbocyclic structure and at least one carbonyl group or a carboxyl group on the carbocyclic structure. The crosslinked polymers also include at least one comonomeric moiety with at least one of the at least one redox active monomeric moiety and/or the at least one comonomeric moiety has a denticity of three to six corresponding to a three to six connected network polymer, and provide stable, high capacity organic electrode materials.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a binder which exhibits excellent dispersibility of a conductive assistant; a slurry composition and an electrode, each of which uses this binder; and an electricity storage device which is provided with this electrode. The present invention relates to a binder for an electricity storage device, in which a loss tangent tan ? in a linear region of an aqueous dispersion liquid of 0.5% by mass of the binder and 4.6% by mass of a conductive assistant satisfies tan ?>1 in a strain dispersion measurement under measurement conditions of a measurement temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1 Hz, and the conductive assistant is an acetylene black having an average particle diameter of 30 nm or more and 40 nm or less and a specific surface area of 65 m2/g or more and 70 m2/g or less; a slurry composition and an electrode, each of which uses this binder; an electricity storage device which is provided with this electrode; and the like.

Abstract: A method that allows prediction of phase stability of an electrode slurry through a simple method of determining a change in viscosity of the electrode slurry. Therefore, only the electrode slurry having high phase stability is selected before electrode slurry is introduced to a process for manufacturing an electrode. Then, the selected electrode slurry is introduced to the process to provide an improved effect of process efficiency.

Abstract: A nickel-based active material precursor includes a particulate structure including a core portion, an intermediate layer portion on the core portion, and a shell portion on the intermediate layer portion, wherein the intermediate layer portion and the shell portion include primary particles radially arranged on the core portion, and each of the core portion and the intermediate layer portion includes a cation or anion different from that of the shell portion. The cation includes at least one selected from boron (B), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zirconium (Zr), and aluminium (Al), and the anion includes at least one selected from phosphate (PO4), BO2, B4O7, B3O5, and F.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer semiconductor including a first structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, a stretchable polymer thin film including the same, and an electronic device. Definitions of Chemical Formulas 1 and 2 are as described in the detailed description.

Abstract: A sensor for carbon dioxide can include an amidine functional group.

Abstract: Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight silicon particles, the silicon particles having an average particle size between about 10 nm and about 40 ?m, wherein the silicon particles have surface coatings comprising silicon carbide or a mixture of carbon and silicon carbide, and greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases, wherein at least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lithium-tellurium silicon-lead bismuth multi-component glass-oxide-complex system and conductive paste containing same, belonging to the technical field of solar cells. According to the present disclosure, a “functional modularization” strategy is adopted in a formula design of the glass-oxide-complex system, and glass oxide systems with selective reactivity for different passivation layers are compounded based on the structures, compositions and thicknesses of the passivation layers, so that a paste formula is developed, which is composed of lithium-containing, tellurium-silicon-containing and lead-containing glass oxides.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device comprising a nucleation inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a surface of the device in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof; and a conductive coating disposed on a surface of the device in a second portion of the lateral aspect thereof; wherein an initial sticking probability of the conductive coating is substantially less for the NIC than for the surface in the first portion, such that the first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating; and wherein the NIC comprises a compound having a formula such as that illustrated by the following formula (I).

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material that contains silicon clathrate II and that is suitable for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon material in which silicon clathrate II represented by composition formula NaxSi136 (0?x?10) is contained and a volume of a pore having a diameter of not greater than 100 nm is not less than 0.025 cm3/g.

Abstract: A mixed silver powder and a conductive paste comprising the powder are disclosed. The mixed silver powder is obtained by mixing two or more spherical silver powders having different properties from each other. The mixed powder may minimize the disadvantages of the respective types of the two or more powders and maximize the advantages thereof, thereby improving the characteristics of products. In addition, by comprehensively controlling the particle size distribution of surface-treated mixed silver powder and the particle diameter and specific gravity of primary particles, a high-density conductor pattern, a precise line pattern, and the suppression of aggregation over time can be simultaneously achieved.

Abstract: A composition for forming a metallic luster film, includes: a thiophene polymer, in which a total content of an Fe atom, a Cu atom, an Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom in the composition for forming a metallic luster film is 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

Abstract: A pest control and/or detection system generally includes an electrically conductive bait matrix including at least one carrier material that is at least one of palatable, a phagostimulant and/or consumable and/or displaceable by pests, and a plurality of electrically conductive particles. The electrically conductive particles are substantially randomly interspersed throughout the at least one carrier material. The at least one carrier material includes a thermoplastic material and/or a resin.

Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where g, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.

Abstract: Fullerene derivative blends are described herein. The blends are useful in electronic applications such as, e.g., organic photovoltaic devices.

Abstract: Provided is ITO particles satisfying a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below. 16×S/P2?0.330 . . . (1) (In the expression, S indicates a particle area in a TEM photographed image, and P indicates a perimeter of the particle).

Abstract: Methods of dishwashing to remove soils are disclosed, including a first detergent wash step, wherein the detergent is substantially-free of water conditioning agents including polycarboxylic acid polymers and phosphonates, followed by a second step of rinsing under high temperature with a water conditioning agent, namely polycarboxylic acid polymers. The methods result in little to no precipitation forming on the treated ware due to the treating of the hard water before it contacts the alkalinity source which prevents precipitation and/or flocculation from occurring.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrically conductive thermoplastic polyester compositions comprising: a) at least one thermoplastic polyester; b) conductive carbon black; c) at least one ethylene copolymer based impact modifier; and d) at least one hyperbranched polyester having an acid number of about 80-340 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A nickel hydroxide includes stacked nickel hydroxide layers. Each of the nickel hydroxide layers includes Ni2+ and OH?. At least one of the nickel hydroxide layers further includes a type of polyatomic anions. The polyatomic anions include a type of anions that are not SO42? or CO32?.