Abstract: Provided herein is a battery cell and electrode. The battery cell can include a component. The battery cell can include MxFy disposed in the component, where M is a metal element different from Mn, and 1?x?3 and 1?y?3. The electrode can include an anode active material. The electrode can include a solid electrolyte interphase on the anode active material. The solid electrolyte interphase can include MxMn(O1-yFy)z, where M is a metal element different from Mn, and x?1, 0?y?1, and z?3.

Abstract: Provided herein is an electrode. The electrode can include a current collector. The electrode can include a first layer on a first surface of the current collector. The first layer can include a first electrode active material and an electrically conductive material. The electrode can include a second layer on the first layer. The second layer can include a second electrode active material. An amount of the second electrode active material in the second layer can be greater than an amount of the first electrode active material in the first layer.

Abstract: A method of controlling cleaning of a sensor unit, includes determining, by a controller, whether autonomous driving is possible, determining, by a measurement unit, whether a vehicle is in a rainy environment, determining, by the controller, priorities of a plurality of sensor units according to a driving environment of the vehicle during the autonomous driving of the vehicle, setting, by the controller, the priorities of the sensor units according to the rainy environment and the driving environment of the vehicle, and pressure of air according to the driving environment, and setting a cleaning mode for determining air sprayed to each of the sensor units, and spraying air stored in an air tank to the sensor units according to the set cleaning mode.

Abstract: Provided herein is a cathode. The cathode can include a cathode active material. The cathode can include a coating disposed on the cathode active material. The coating can include LixM1?y1My2AFz(OH)u, where M1 is a first metal, M2 is a second metal, A is an anionic species, 1?x?2, 0?y?1, 0?z?1, and 0?u?1.

Abstract: Disclosed are an alpha gallium oxide thin-film structure having high conductivity obtained using selective area growth in a HVPE growth manner, and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a nitride-based nitride film pattern is formed on an alpha gallium oxide thin-film so as to expose only a selected area thereof, and re-growth is performed only on the partially exposed area thereof, thereby forming a high-quality patterned alpha gallium oxide re-growth pattern.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing an organic zinc catalyst through solid phase blending that does not require a solvent and a washing process, and a method of preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin by using the organic zinc catalyst prepared thereby.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium metal anode electrode that suppresses the growth of lithium dendrites which may deteriorate the electrochemical performance of a battery and cause catastrophic damage to a battery structure, and in particular, a method of manufacturing an anode electrode having a three-dimensional highly porous structure or a metal-or-carbon-based three-dimensional network structure, including irradiation of photoelectromagnetic energy.

Abstract: Particular embodiments may provide a lithium-ion battery comprising a MAX compound to prevent and/or decrease Manganese dissolution. In some embodiments, the MAX compound comprises the formula Mn+1AXn, wherein M is an early transition metal atom, n is an integer from 1 to 3, A is a group 13 or group 14 element, and X is C or N.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a lithium battery electrode with enhanced electrical and ionic conductivity. The method includes applying photoelectromagnetic energy using IPL, laser, plasma or microwaves, thereby making it possible to apply energy to electrode nanocomposites including active materials, binders and conductive carbon additives.

Abstract: Provided herein is a battery cell. The battery cell can include a cathode. The cathode can include a cathode active material. The battery cell can include an anode. The anode can include an anode active material. The battery cell can include an electrolyte. The electrolyte can include a ring-opening compound. The ring-opening compound can include a fluorocarbonate. The electrolyte can include a heterocyclic compound. The electrolyte can include dimethyl carbonate. The ring-opening compound can increase decomposition of the heterocyclic compound in the electrolyte compared to the same electrolyte without the ring-opening compound.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a light emitting element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes a first compound, and at least one of a second compound or a third compound.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a fused polycyclic compound and a light emitting device including the fused polycyclic compound. The light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes fused polycyclic compound, which is represented by Formula 1 and is explained in the specification.

Abstract: A method of controlling an air blowing apparatus includes: determining whether there is precipitation through a rain sensor by a controller; determining whether the air blowing apparatus is in an automatic mode in a precipitation condition by the controller; determining a vehicle speed when the air blowing apparatus is in the automatic mode in the precipitation condition; and setting power and a spray angle of the air blowing apparatus by comparing a rainfall received from the rain sensor to a stored rainfall by the controller. Setting the power and the spray angle of the air blowing apparatus includes compensating the spray angle and a spray amount by measuring a flow speed and a flow angle of rainwater through the rain sensor by the controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a defensive driving vehicles interaction system (D2VIS), and to an autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information and a method thereof. An autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information according to the present disclosure includes an inter-vehicle distance recognition unit configured to recognize a distance between a surrounding vehicle and an ego vehicle, a situation recognition unit configured to recognize situation information including surrounding information of the surrounding vehicle, and a driving situation response determination unit configured to share data for determining a defensive driving action by using the situation information.

Abstract: Provided are a font generating system and a font generating method. The font generating system and the font generating method of the present disclosure are provided to include a component decomposer which has at least one character input thereto and decomposes the input character into at least one component, a component converter which converts the at least one component into a component with a predetermined font to generate at least one imaging component, and a component recomposer which recomposes the at least one imaging component to generate a fonted character.

Abstract: A polymer for a gel polymer electrolyte, a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a polymer for the gel polymer electrolyte includes a copolymer having a main chain and a first side chain and a second side chain bonded to the main chain, wherein the main chain contains a fluoropolymer, wherein the first side chain contains a siloxane group and the second side chain contains an acrylic polymer. The polymer improves stability of a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a light emitting element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, which is explained in the specification:

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area, which is disposed on one side of the display area, a plurality of conductive layers disposed on the substrate, in the display area and the pad area, a passivation layer disposed on the conductive layers, and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the passivation layer, in the display area, and spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one of the conductive layers includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, which is disposed on the first metal layer, and a third metal layer, which is disposed on the second metal layer, the first metal layer includes vanadium (V), the second metal layer includes aluminum (Al) or an Al alloy, and the third metal layer includes V or titanium (Ti).