Abstract: A method for producing a composite conductive material having excellent dispersibility is provided. The method includes supporting a catalyst on surfaces of carbon particles; heat treating the catalyst in a helium or hydrogen atmosphere such that the catalyst penetrate the surfaces of the carbon particles and are impregnated beneath the surfaces of the carbon particles at a contact point between the carbon particles and the impregnated catalyst; and heating the carbon particles having the impregnated catalyst disposed therein in the presence of a source gas to grow carbon nanofibers from the impregnated catalyst to form a composite conductive material, wherein the source gas contains a carbon source, and wherein the carbon nanofibers extend from the contact point to above the surfaces of the carbon particles.

Abstract: An electrode includes an electrode active material, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material, polyvinylidene fluoride, and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % in the electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the electrode are also provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart from each other with a spaced area disposed between the first and second electrodes, an insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, the insulating layer filling the spaced area, and a light emitting element disposed on the insulating layer and having a first end disposed on the first electrode and a second end opposite to the first end. The insulating layer includes a first opening adjacent to the first end and exposing the insulating layer, and the spaced area is adjacent to the second end of the light emitting element.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on a substrate to be spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a light emitting element disposed on the first insulating layer, a first connection electrode in electrical contact with a first end of the light emitting element on the first insulating layer, and an organic layer disposed on the first connection electrode and surrounding the light emitting element.

Abstract: A conductive material, and a method for preparing the same are provided. The conductive material has a structure where a plurality of graphene sheets are interconnected, wherein an oxygen content is 1 wt % or higher based on the total weight of the conductive material, and a D/G peak ratio is 2.0 or less when the Raman spectrum is measured.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor on the substrate, and including a channel, a first region, and a second region; an auxiliary insulating layer on the semiconductor; a first auxiliary electrode on the auxiliary insulating layer, and overlapping with the first region of the semiconductor; a second auxiliary electrode on the auxiliary insulating layer, and overlapping with the second region of the semiconductor; a gate electrode on the auxiliary insulating layer, and overlapping with the channel of the semiconductor; a first electrode on the first auxiliary electrode, and connected to the first region of the semiconductor; and a second electrode on the second auxiliary electrode, and connected to the second region of the semiconductor.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed on a substrate and spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a light emitting element disposed on the first insulating layer, and having ends aligned on the first electrode and the second electrode, a first connection electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting an end of the light emitting element, a second connection electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting another end of the light emitting element, and a second insulating layer disposed on the first connection electrode and including a repair hole that exposes a portion of the first connection electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel, a first pad electrode disposed around the pixel, a buffer layer disposed on the first pad electrode, a first insulating layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a second pad electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, the second pad electrode being electrically connected to the first pad electrode through a contact hole in the first insulating layer and the buffer layer. A first step, a second step below the first step, and a third step below the second step are defined on the first insulating layer and the buffer layer around the first pad electrode and the second pad electrode.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese and having a nickel content for 60 mol % or more, based on metals (M) excluding lithium, and is in the form of single particles having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m, wherein a 100-nm region extending from the surface toward the center of a single particle has crystal structures of a Fd3M and a Fm3m space group, and a phase ratio is 0.2 to 0.7, which is a ratio of a first portion of a maximum straight length of the 100-nm region occupied by the crystal structure of the Fd3M space group to a second portion occupied by the crystal structure of the Fm3m space group.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a first conductive layer on the substrate and including a first pattern; a first insulating layer on the first conductive layer; a semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer and including an active pattern; a second insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; and a second conductive layer on the second insulating layer, wherein the second conductive layer includes a first electrode partially in contact with the active pattern, the first electrode is in contact with the first pattern through a first contact hole, the first contact hole penetrates the first insulating layer and includes a first hole defined by a sidewall of the first insulating layer, and a second hole defined by a sidewall of the active pattern and a sidewall of the second insulating layer, and a width of the second hole is greater than a width of the first hole.

Abstract: A display device and a method of fabricating the same, the display device including a light-blocking layer disposed on a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the light-blocking layer, a semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer, a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a connection pattern layer and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer and spaced apart from each other, an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the connection pattern layer and the gate electrode, a via layer disposed on the interlayer dielectric layer, a first bridge layer and a second bridge layer disposed on the via layer, a pixel electrode disposed on the second bridge layer, and a light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode. An end of the first bridge layer is connected to the light-blocking layer through the connection pattern layer, and another end thereof is connected to the semiconductor layer. The second bridge layer connects the semiconductor layer with the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a pad area. A gate conductive layer disposed on the substrate includes a gate conductive metal layer and a gate capping layer. The gate conductive layer forms a gate electrode in the display area and a wire pad in the pad area that is exposed by a pad opening. An interlayer insulating film disposed on the gate conductive layer covers the gate electrode. A data conductive layer disposed on the interlayer insulating film in the display area includes source and drain electrodes. A passivation layer disposed on the data conductive layer covers the source and drain electrodes. A via layer is disposed on the passivation layer. A pixel electrode is disposed on the via layer. The pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode through a contact hole penetrating the via layer and the passivation layer.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, method of making the same, and positive electrode and lithium secondary battery include the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material in a form of single particles, includes a lithium transition metal oxide having nickel (Ni) in an amount greater than 50 mol % based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein a single particle has a region of 50 nm or less from a surface of the single particle along a center direction, and wherein a structure belonging to space group FD3-M and a structure belonging to space group Fm3m are formed in the region, and wherein a generation rate of fine powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or less is in a range of 5% to 30% when the positive electrode active material is rolled at 650 kgf/cm2.

Abstract: Provided is a display device which comprises a substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the first insulating layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an active pattern, a second insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, and a first conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer. The display device further comprises a gate electrode and source/drain electrodes composed of the same conductive layer, and comprises a semiconductor layer having reduced resistance against an electrical signal applied to the transistor. Thus, reliability of the display device is improved due to the decrease in the resistance of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material being single particle types and lithium composite transition metal oxides including nickel, cobalt, and manganese and having a nickel content accounting for 60 mol % or more of total metals except for lithium, wherein the first positive electrode active material has a mean particle diameter (D50) of 3 ?m or less and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium to the metals (M) except for lithium of 1.10 to 1.20, and the second positive electrode active material has a mean particle diameter (D50) of greater than 3 ?m and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium to the metals (M) except for lithium of 1.00 to 1.13.

Abstract: There are provided a method of preparing an irreversible additive in which a content of a Li-based by-product such as unreacted lithium oxide generated in a process of preparing lithium nickel-based oxide is decreased, which may significantly reduce gelation of a composition including the irreversible additive, a cathode material including the irreversible additive prepared by the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the cathode material.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode extending in a first direction on a substrate, a second electrode disposed parallel to the first electrode on the substrate, a third electrode separated from the first electrode by an electrode separation part on the substrate, a first insulating layer on the first to third electrodes and being patterned to correspond to the electrode separation part, a first light-emitting element between the first and second electrodes on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on a part of the first light-emitting element and the first insulating layer and being patterned to correspond to the electrode separation part, an electrode insulating portion overlapping an end of each of the first and third electrodes facing each other separated by the electrode separation part, and a third insulating layer overlapping the second insulating layer and the electrode insulating portion.

Abstract: A display device includes electrodes disposed on a substrate, the electrodes extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the electrodes, light-emitting elements disposed on the first insulating layer, between the electrodes, a second insulating layer disposed on the light-emitting elements, the second insulating layer extending in the first direction, connecting electrodes disposed on the second insulating layer and the light-emitting elements, the connecting electrodes electrically contacting end portions of each of the light-emitting elements, and a third insulating layer disposed between the connecting electrodes. An end portion of at least one of the connecting electrodes overlaps another one of the connecting electrodes.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting area, a non-light emitting area surrounding the light emitting area, and a separation area spaced apart from the light emitting area, the non-light emitting area disposed between the light emitting area and the separation area; a bank disposed in the non-light emitting area; a first alignment electrode and a second alignment electrode that extend from the light emitting area through the non-light emitting area to the separation area; light emitting elements electrically connected to at least one of the first alignment electrode and the second alignment electrode; a first contact electrode disposed in the separation area and electrically connected to the first alignment electrode; and a second contact electrode disposed in the separation area and electrically connected to the second alignment electrode.

Abstract: A conductive agent, a slurry for forming an electrode, the slurry including the same, an electrode manufactured using the same, and a lithium secondary battery are provided. The conductive agent includes graphene flakes the maximum peak of which is observed in a range of 24.5° to 26° of 2? in a data graph obtained by a X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis, wherein the aspect ratio of the average lateral size of the surfaces of the graphene flakes to the average thickness of the graphene flakes in a direction perpendicular to surfaces of the graphene flakes is 500 to 50,000.