Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region surrounding the cell region, a lower electrode extending in a vertical direction on the cell region of the substrate, an upper electrode surrounding a sidewall and a top surface of the lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a first barrier layer disposed on the upper electrode, the first barrier layer in contact with each of a sidewall and a top surface of the upper electrode, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the first barrier layer, the first interlayer insulating layer including a material different from the first barrier layer, and a first contact penetrating through the first barrier layer and the first interlayer insulating layer in the vertical direction, the first contact connected to the upper electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound capable of lowering the flammability of a non-aqueous electrolyte when included in the non-aqueous electrolyte and improving the life properties of a battery by forming an electrode-electrolyte interface which is stable at high temperatures and low in resistance, and relates to a compound represented by Formula I descried herein, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery both including the compound, n, m, Ak, and X are described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite for forming a coacervate interfacial film. The composite for forming the coacervate interfacial film contains a cationic hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle structure containing a hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle and a cationic surfactant coupled to a surface of the hectorite nanoplate-shaped particle, and an anionic cellulose nanofibril containing an anionic functional group in at least a portion thereof, in which the composite may form the coacervate interfacial film at an interface of an oil phase and a water phase through electrostatic interaction between the cationic surfactant and the anionic functional group.

Abstract: A memory device, a host device and a memory system are provided. The memory device may include a plurality of storage units configured to store data, and at least one device controller configured to, receive a read command from at least one host device and to read data stored in the plurality of storage units in response to the read command, the at least one host device including at least one host memory including a plurality of HPB (high performance boosting) entry storage regions, and provide the at least one host device with a response command, the response command indicating an activation or deactivation of the plurality of HPB entry storage regions, the response command including HPB entry type information which indicates a HPB entry type of the HPB entry storage region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cooperative driving method based on driving negotiation and an apparatus for the same. The cooperative driving method is performed by a cooperative driving apparatus for cooperative driving based on driving negotiation, and includes determining whether cooperative driving is possible in consideration of a driving mission of a requesting vehicle that requests cooperative driving with neighboring vehicles, when it is determined that cooperative driving is possible, setting a responding vehicle from which cooperative driving is to be requested among the neighboring vehicles, performing driving negotiation between the requesting vehicle and the responding vehicle based on a driving negotiation protocol, and when the driving negotiation is completed, performing cooperative driving by providing driving guidance information for vehicle control to at least one of the requesting vehicle and the responding vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell membrane humidifier capable of regulating dry gas pressure in the fuel cell membrane humidifier by discharging dry gas to an outside according to the dry gas pressure in the membrane humidifier and a fuel cell system including the same, and the fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a mid-case; a cap fastened to the mid-case and having a dry gas discharge hole through which dry gas is discharged; and a pressure regulator formed in the cap and partially opening the dry gas discharge hole according to pressure of dry gas in the cap to regulate the pressure of the dry gas in the cap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-component host material and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising a specific combination of the multi-component host compounds, the organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention can provide high luminous efficiency and excellent lifespan characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier, which improves binding force between a potting part and an inner case, and thus can maintain the binding force even if a fuel cell is repeatedly operated and stopped. A fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a humidification module for humidifying air, supplied from the outside, with the moisture of exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack; and caps, which are each coupled to the both ends of the humidification module. The humidification module comprises at least one cartridge comprising: an inner case; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes placed inside the inner case; and a potting part which fixes the ends of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and which is filled in and coupled to the end part of the inner case.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a porous separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the porous separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a first buffer layer on the substrate; a first semiconductor layer on the first buffer layer; a first gate insulating layer on the first semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode and a blocking layer on the first gate insulating layer; a second buffer layer on the first gate electrode; a second semiconductor layer on the second buffer layer; a second gate insulating layer on the second semiconductor layer; and a second gate electrode on the second gate insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier having an improved coupling force between a potting portion and an inner case so that the coupling force can be maintained even when a fuel cell is repeatedly driven and stopped, the fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention comprising: a humidification module for humidifying, with the moisture in exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack, the air supplied from the outside; and caps respectively coupled to both ends of the humidification module. The humidification module comprises at least one cartridge including an inner case, a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes arranged in the inner case, the potting portion fixing the ends of the plurality of hollow-fiber membranes, and a laser bonding surface which is formed between the inner case and the potting portion through a laser bonding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a membrane humidifier for a fuel cell which can improve humidification efficiency by selectively supplying exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack to each part of a hollow fiber membrane module. A membrane humidifier for a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a hollow fiber membrane module, a humidification module, and an active flow control unit formed between a fuel cell stack and the humidification module and automatically controlling the exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell stack so as to be supplied to at least one selected from among a first and an exhaust gas inlets.

Abstract: A preparation process of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, including: introducing dicyclopentadiene into a dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor to thermally decompose the dicyclopentadiene; introducing a product of the above step into a cyclopentadiene purification tower; introducing 1,3-butadiene, a solvent, and cyclopentadiene separated from the top of the cyclopentadiene purification tower into a Diels-Alder reactor to react the same; introducing a product of the immediate above step into a 1,3-butadiene removal tower to recover 1,3-butadiene from the top; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the 1,3-butadiene removal tower into a desolvation tower, and recycling a solvent and unreacted raw materials recovered from the top of the desolvation tower to the dicyclopentadiene decomposition reactor; introducing a mixture at the bottom of the desolvation tower into a 5-vinyl-2-norbornene separation tower to separate 5-vinyl-2-norbornene; and introducing the 5-vinyl-2-norbornene into an isomerization reactor to rea

Abstract: Lithium ion batteries, electrodes, nanofibers, and methods for producing same are disclosed herein. Provided herein are batteries having (a) increased energy density; (b) decreased pulverization (structural disruption due to volume expansion during lithiation/de-lithiation processes); and/or (c) increased lifetime. In some embodiments described herein, using high throughput, water-based electrospinning process produces nanofibers of high energy capacity materials (e.g., ceramic) with nanostructures such as discrete crystal domains, mesopores, hollow cores, and the like; and such nanofibers providing reduced pulverization and increased charging rates when they are used in anodic or cathodic materials.

Abstract: An AM/AV material, comprising a topsheet layer comprising fibers comprising a topsheet polymer composition, a backsheet layer comprising fibers comprising a backsheet polymer composition; and an absorbent core configured therebetween, wherein the fibers of at least one of the layers, e.g., the topsheet layer, comprise an AM/AV compound, and wherein the fibers of the topsheet layer demonstrate a rewet value less than 5 g after a first water application and/or a Staph aureus efficacy log reduction greater than 2.6, as measured in accordance with ISO 20743:2013.

Abstract: Provided herein are electrospinning systems, apparatuses, components, and processes for the preparation of nanofibers, including high throughput systems, apparatuses, and processes for producing high performance nanofibers.

Abstract: Lithium ion batteries, electrodes, nanofibers, and methods for producing same are disclosed herein. Provided herein are batteries having (a) increased energy density; (b) decreased pulverization (structural disruption due to volume expansion during lithiation/de-lithiation processes); and/or (c) increased lifetime. In some embodiments described herein, using high throughput, water-based electrospinning process produces nanofibers of high energy capacity materials (e.g., ceramic) with nanostructures such as discrete crystal domains, mesopores, hollow cores, and the like; and such nanofibers providing reduced pulverization and increased charging rates when they are used in anodic or cathodic materials.

Abstract: Lithium ion batteries, electrodes, nanofibers, and methods for producing same are disclosed herein. Provided herein are batteries having (a) increased energy density; (b) decreased pulverization (structural disruption due to volume expansion during lithiation/de-lithiation processes); and/or (c) increased lifetime. In some embodiments described herein, using high throughput, water-based electrospinning process produces nanofibers of high energy capacity materials (e.g., ceramic) with nanostructures such as discrete crystal domains, mesopores, hollow cores, and the like; and such nanofibers providing reduced pulverization and increased charging rates when they are used in anodic or cathodic materials.

Abstract: Provided herein are polymer-ceramic hybrid membranes, as well as processes for manufacturing such membranes. In particular, polymer-ceramic hybrid membranes are non-flammable and thermally stable and may be used in batteries, such as lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: Lithium-containing nanofibers, as well as processes for making the same, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments described herein, using high throughput (e.g., gas assisted and/or water based) electrospinning processes produce nanofibers of high energy capacity materials with continuous lithium-containing matrices or discrete crystal domains.