Abstract: A cadmium-free, core shell quantum dot, a quantum dot polymer composite, and electronic devices including the quantum dot polymer composite. The core shell quantum dot has an extinction coefficient per gram of greater than or equal to 0.3, an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum curve that has a positive differential coefficient value at 450 nm, wherein the core shell quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorus, and optionally zinc, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the core shell quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than or equal to about 80%, and is configured to emit green light upon excitation.

Abstract: A production method of a quantum dot comprising a Group IIIA-VA compound, the quantum dot as prepared, and an electronic device including the same, and the production method includes: supplying a Group VA element precursor including a halide of a Group VA element and a first ligand of a phosphine compound or a first amine compound; and performing a reaction between the Group VA element precursor and a Group IIIA metal precursor in the presence of a reducing agent in an organic reaction medium including a second amine compound.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer disposed on the core, wherein the core includes Li1+xMO2+y, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and copper (Cu), and 1?x?5 and 0?y?2, and the coating layer includes carbon-based particles, wherein the carbon-based particle includes a structure in which a plurality of graphene sheets are connected, the carbon-based particle has an oxygen content of 1 wt % or more in the carbon-based particle, and the carbon-based particle has a D/G peak ratio of 1.55 or less during Raman spectrum measurement. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a separator including a porous substrate and a conductive layer disposed on the porous substrate, wherein the conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of single-walled carbon nanotube units bonded to each other side by side, and the carbon nanotube structure has an average diameter of 2 nm to 500 nm. Further provided is a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-solid lithium secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, wherein the all-solid lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a carbon structure and silver nanoparticles, the carbon structure includes a structure in which a plurality of graphene sheets are connected to each other, and the plurality of graphene sheets include two or more graphene sheets having different plane directions.

Abstract: A display panel including a wavelength conversion structure that includes a base structure including partition walls that define a first space and a second space, a first quantum dot composite disposed in the first space, and a second quantum dot composite disposed in the second space. The height of the partition wall is greater than or equal to about 5 micrometers and less than or equal to about 50 micrometers, and the first quantum dot composite provides a first top surface and the second quantum dot composite provides a second top surface. A production method for making the wavelength conversion structure uses a first ink composition that includes first quantum dots and a first matrix, and a second ink composition that includes second quantum dots and a second matrix.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the semiconductor nanocrystal shell has a mole ratio of tellurium to selenium of less than about 0.025:1, a composition including the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, a patterned layer including the composite, and an electronic device including the patterned layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern having a lower pattern, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction; first and second structures disposed on the lower pattern, wherein the first and second structures are arranged and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; a source/drain recess defined between first and second gate structures; and a source/drain pattern filling the source/drain recess, wherein the source/drain pattern includes a stacking fault spaced apart from the lower pattern.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-solid lithium secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, wherein the all-solid lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a carbon structure and silver nanoparticles, the carbon structure includes at least one hollow-type particle, and the hollow-type particle includes a hollow and a carbonaceous shell surrounding the hollow.

Abstract: An all-solid lithium secondary battery and a preparation method thereof are proved. The all-solid lithium secondary battery comprises a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer including graphitized platelet carbon nanofibers and silver nanoparticles, and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes i) mixing a lithium transition metal oxide and a carbon-based material having a density of 0.05 g/cc or less in a mechanofusion manner to form a positive electrode active material including a carbon coating layer, ii) dry mixing the positive electrode active material and a binder to form a dry mixture, and iii) applying the dry mixture on a positive electrode current collector. A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery manufactured by the method is also provided.

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: Disclosed are a quantum dot and a quantum dot-polymer composite and a device including the same, wherein the quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium (In) and phosphorous (P), a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell, the second semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, wherein in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is less than or equal to about 2.5:1.

Abstract: An electrode and a secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrode includes an electrode active material layer, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material, a conductive agent, and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), wherein the conductive agent includes carbon nanotube structures wherein 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, and a weight ratio of the carbon nanotube structure to the SDS is in a range of 1:3 to 1:30.

Abstract: A nanocrystal particle including at least one semiconductor material and at least one halogen element, the nanocrystal particle including: a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal; and a shell surrounding the core and comprising a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein the halogen element is present as being doped therein or as a metal halide

Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite including a polymer matrix; and core-shell quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the core-shell quantum dots include a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The core-shell quantum dots do not include cadmium, the core-shell quantum dots are configured to emit green light, the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of phosphorus to indium of greater than or equal to about 0.75, and the core-shell quantum dots have a mole ratio of zinc to indium of greater than or equal to about 35, and a method of producing the core-shell quantum dots, and a display device including a light emitting element that includes the quantum dot-polymer composite.

Abstract: A color filter including a first pixel (or color conversion region) that is configured to emit a first light and a display device including the color filter. The first pixel includes a (first) quantum dot composite (or a color conversion layer including the quantum dot composite), wherein the quantum dot composite may include a matrix and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed (e.g., randomly) in the matrix, wherein the plurality of the quantum dots exhibit a multi-modal distribution (e.g., a bimodal distribution) including a first peak particle size and a second peak particle size in a size analysis, wherein the second peak particle size is greater than the first peak particle size, and a difference between the first peak particle size and the second peak particle size is less than or equal to about 5 nanometers (nm) (e.g., less than or equal to about 4.5 nm).

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on the core wherein one of the core and the shell includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and sulfur and the other of the core and the shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal further includes a metal and a halogen configured to act as a Lewis acid in a halide form, an amount of the metal is greater than or equal to about 10 mole percent (mol %) based on a total number of moles of sulfur, and an amount of the halogen is greater than or equal to about 10 mol % based on a total number of moles of sulfur, a method of producing the same, and a composite and an electronic device including the same.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material including a core and a coating layer disposed on the core, wherein the core includes Li1+xMyO2+z, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), phosphorus (P), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), ruthenium (Ru), niobium (Nb), tungsten (W), boron (B), silicon (Si), sodium (Na), potassium (K), molybdenum (Mo), and vanadium (V), wherein ?0.2?x?0.2, 0<y?2, and 0?z?2, wherein the coating layer includes carbon-based particles, wherein the carbon-based particles includes a structure in which a plurality of graphene sheets are connected to each other, and wherein a D/G peak ratio of the positive electrode active material is in a range of 0.9 to 1.3 during Raman spectrum measurement.

Abstract: Quantum dots and a composite and a display device including the quantum dots. The quantum dots comprise a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, and optionally zinc, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dots are configured to exhibit a maximum photoluminescence peak in a green light wavelength region, and in an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dots, a ratio A450/Afirst, of an absorption value at 450 nm to an absorption value at a first excitation peak is greater than or equal to about 0.7, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.