Abstract: A sputtering target including an oxide sintered body, the oxide sintered body containing indium (In) and at least one element selected from gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er) and ytterbium (Yb), and the oxide sintered body substantially being of a bixbyite structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel oxide has a nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals and is coated with a polymer having a melting point of 80 to 300° C. at a surface thereof. A lithium secondary battery having the disclosed cathode active material has advantages of not deteriorating electrical conductivity while maintaining high temperature stability, so as to efficiently provide high charge capacity.

Abstract: A cathode material for a fuel cell, the cathode material including a first metal oxide having a perovskite structure; and a second metal oxide having a spinel structure.

Abstract: Provided is a composite ceramic material for a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The composite ceramic material for the fuel cell forms a cored structure where perovskite ceramic particles having a small particle diameter surround lanthanum cobaltite particles having a large particle diameter, and lanthanum cobaltite is added as a starting material in a process of synthesizing the perovskite ceramic particles to be synthesized. The composite ceramic material for the fuel cell described herein improves an electric connection characteristic between a separation plate and a polar plate of the fuel cell, and is chemically and mechanically stable.

Abstract: The feasibility of adding glass to conventional SOFC cathode contact materials in order to improve bonding to adjacent materials in the cell stack is assessed. A variety of candidate glass compositions were added to LSM and SSC. The important properties of the resulting composites, including conductivity, sintering behavior, CTE, and adhesion to LSCF and MCO-coated 441 stainless steel were used as screening parameters. The most promising CCM/glass composites were coated onto MCO-coated 441 stainless steel substrates and subjected to ASR testing at 800° C. In all cases, ASR is found to be acceptable. Indeed, addition of glass is found to improve bonding of the CCM layer without sacrificing acceptable conductivity.

Abstract: A tablet for vapor deposition of the present invention is characterized in that, crystal grains appearing on a fracture surface of an indium oxide sintered body have such a grain diameter distribution that the percentage due to crystal grains having a grain diameter corresponding to a highest peak is 20% or less; and the tablet for vapor deposition is produced by a method comprising: a first step of obtaining a calcined powder by mixing an indium oxide powder and a cerium oxide powder, and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment at 1300° C. or above and 1550° C.

Abstract: A tablet for ion plating which enables to attain high rate film-formation of a transparent conductive film suitable for a blue LED or a solar cell, and a noduleless film-formation not generating splash, an oxide sintered body most suitable for obtaining the same, and a production method thereof. A tablet for ion plating obtained by processing an oxide sintered body comprising indium and cerium as oxides, and having a cerium content of 0.3 to 9% by atom, as an atomicity ratio of Ce/(In+Ce), characterized in that said oxide sintered body has an In2O3 phase of a bixbyite structure as a main crystal phase, has a CeO2 phase of a fluorite-type structure finely dispersed as crystal grains having an average particle diameter of equal to or smaller than 3 ?m, as a second phase; and the oxide sintered body is produced by mixing raw material powder consisting of indium oxide powder with an average particle diameter of equal to or smaller than 1.

Abstract: A target for sputtering which enables to attain high rate film-formation of a transparent conductive film suitable for a blue LED or a solar cell, and a noduleless film-formation, an oxide sintered body most suitable for obtaining the same, and a production method thereof. A oxide sintered body comprising an indium oxide and a cerium oxide, and further comprising, as an oxide, one or more kinds of an metal element (M element) selected from the metal element group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, molybdenum and tungsten, wherein the cerium content is 0.

Abstract: The tin-doped indium oxide thin film in accordance with the present invention has a tin-doped indium oxide, yttrium ions and europium ions, wherein the yttrium ions are proportional to 0.1-10 mol % of the tin-doped indium oxide while the europium ions proportional to 0.05-5 mol % of the tin-doped indium oxide. The method in accordance with the present invention comprises preparing a tin-doped indium oxide; and doping yttrium ions proportional to 0.1-10 mol % of the tin-doped indium and europium ions proportional to 0.05-5 mol % of the tin-doped indium oxide in the tin-doped indium oxide using a film-manufacturing method.

Abstract: Detecting electrical overstress events in electronic circuitry such as optical emitters. In one example embodiment, a laser includes an active area and a contact region in electrical communication with the active area. A portion of the contact region is configured to manifest a change in a visual attribute of the portion in response to exposure of the portion to an electrical overstress event.

Abstract: A compound having a high reduction resistance and being capable of sufficiently performing a function as an electronic conductive additive when added to a positive electrode active material as an electronic conductive additive is provided. In a method for producing a cobalt cerium compound including a step of depositing a hydroxide containing cobalt and cerium in an aqueous solution containing cobalt ions and cerium ions by changing the pH of the aqueous solution and thereafter performing a treatment of oxidizing the hydroxide, the ratio of the cerium ions contained in the aqueous solution containing the cobalt ions and the cerium ions is set to be more than 5% by atom and 70% by atom or less with respect to the sum of the cobalt ions and the cerium ions before the hydroxide is deposited.

Abstract: Thin films containing a transparent conducting oxide and a high permittivity material are disclosed. Exemplary thin films may exhibit increased transmission in the visible-to-near infrared (vis-NIR) spectrum without a decrease in electrical conductivity compared to the thin film without the high permittivity material. Methods for making thin films having enhanced optical properties without substantially decreased electrical quality are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an isolable colloidal particle comprising a nanoparticle and an inorganic capping agent bound to the surface of the nanoparticle, a solution of the same, a method for making the same from a biphasic solvent mixture, and the formation of structures and solids from the isolable colloidal particle. The process can yield photovoltaic cells, piezoelectric crystals, thermoelectric layers, optoelectronic layers, light emitting diodes, ferroelectric layers, thin film transistors, floating gate memory devices, imaging devices, phase change layers, and sensor devices.

Abstract: A conductive sintered oxide including: a first crystal phase represented by RE14Al2O9 and a second crystal phase having a perovskite structure represented by (RE21-cSLc)(AlxM1y)O3. RE1 is a first element group consisting of Yb and/or Lu and at least one element selected from Group IIIA elements excluding Yb, Lu and La. RE2 is a second element group consisting of at least one element selected from Group IIIA elements excluding La and including at least one of the elements constituting the first element group RE1. SL is an element group consisting of at least one of Sr, Ca and Mg and which includes Sr as a main element, and M1 is an element group consisting of at least one element selected from Groups IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA and VIII excluding Cr. The coefficient c is in the range of 0.18<c<0.50, and the coefficients x and y are in the range of 0.95?x+y?1.1.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the deposition of ternary oxide films containing ruthenium and an alkali earth metal.

Abstract: A semiconductor ceramic material which contains no Pb and has a high Curie point, low resistivity, and PTC characteristics is represented by the formula ABO3 wherein A includes Ba, Ca, an alkali metal element, Bi, and a rare-earth element, and B includes Ti. The semiconductor ceramic material contains 5 to 20 molar parts and preferably 12.5 to 17.5 molar parts of Ca per 100 molar parts of Ti. The ratio of the content of the alkali metal element to the sum of the content of the bismuth plus the content of the rare earth element, is preferably from 1.00 to 1.06. The semiconductor ceramic material preferably further contains 0.01 to 0.2 molar parts of Mn per 100 molar parts of Ti.

Abstract: A seed crystal for the fabrication of a superconductor is grown from a rare-earth oxide having the basic formula XwZtBaxCuyOz, X comprising at least one rare-earth element and Z being a dopant which raises the peritectic decomposition temperature (Tp) of the oxide. In a preferred embodiment, the dopant is Mg. Use to of this rare-earth oxide material for seed crystals increases the temperature at which cold-seeding can be performed and thus enables the growth of a wider range of bulk superconductor materials by this process.

Abstract: Semiconductor materials suitable for being used in radiation detectors are disclosed. A particular example of the semiconductor materials includes tellurium, cadmium, and zinc. Tellurium is in molar excess of cadmium and zinc. The example also includes aluminum having a concentration of about 10 to about 20,000 atomic parts per billion and erbium having a concentration of at least 10,000 atomic parts per billion.

Abstract: Mixed conducting ion transport membrane comprising a multi-component metallic oxide compound represented by the formula LnxA?x?A?x?ByB?y?O3-z wherein (a) Ln is an element selected from the f block lanthanides, A? is selected from Group 2, A? is selected from Groups 1, 2 and 3 and the f block lanthanides, and B and B? are independently selected from the d block transition metals, excluding titanium and chromium, wherein 0?x<1, 0<x??1, 0?x?<1, 0<y<1.1, 0?y?<1.1, x+x?+x?=1.0, 1.1>y+y??1.0 and z is a number which renders the compound charge neutral, and (b) the average grain size of the multicomponent metallic oxide is in the range of about 4 ?m to about 20 ?m.

Abstract: An oxide target including indium (In) and an element (A) selected from the following group A, wherein it contains an oxide shown by AInO3, Group A: lanthanum (La), neodymium (Nd), ytterbium (Yb), erbium (Er) and dysprosium (Dy).

Abstract: Disclosed is a new compound semiconductor represented by the chemical formula: Bi1-x-yLnxMyCuOTe where Ln belongs to the lanthanoid series and is any one or more elements selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, M is any one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Cd, Hg, Sn, Pb, Mn, Ga, In, Tl, As and Sb, and 0<x<1, 0?y?1 and 0<x+y<1. The compound semiconductor can replace a conventional compound semiconductor or be used as a thermoelectric conversion device together with a conventional compound semiconductor.

Abstract: A multi-phase proton conducting material comprising a proton-conducting ceramic phase and a stabilizing ceramic phase. Under the presence of a partial pressure gradient of hydrogen across the membrane or under the influence of an electrical potential, a membrane fabricated with this material selectively transports hydrogen ions through the proton conducting phase, which results in ultrahigh purity hydrogen permeation through the membrane. The stabilizing ceramic phase may be substantially structurally and chemically identical to at least one product of a reaction between the proton conducting phase and at least one expected gas under operating conditions of a membrane fabricated using the material. In a barium cerate-based proton conducting membrane, one stabilizing phase is ceria.

Abstract: Novel dispersions of nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, boron nanotubes, clay nanotubes, other nanotube species, buckminster fullerenes, graphene, graphene nanoplatelets, elements, oxides, nanoparticles, nanoclusters, nanopowders, nanocrystals, nanoscale molecules, other nanoscale materials, as well as products produced therefrom are described. These dispersions can then be further processed into a wide variety of products including but not limited to composite materials, polymers, resins, epoxies, emulsions, cements, coatings, clays, films, membranes, paper, fibers, inks, paints, pastes, electronics, spintronics, optics, biotechnology materials, electrodes, field emission or other displays, plating, capacitance, ceramics, catalysts, clays, ballistic materials, drug delivery, doping, magnetics, dielectrics, barrier layers, selective ion flow membranes, batteries, fuel cells, solar and other applications.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present teachings, there is a metal-carbon nanotubes composite and methods of making it. A method of forming a metal-carbon nanotube composite can include providing a plurality of carbon nanotubes and providing a molten metal. The method can also include mixing the plurality of carbon nanotubes with the molten metal to form a mixture of the carbon nanotubes and the molten metal and solidifying the mixture of the carbon nanotubes and the molten metal to form a metal-carbon nanotube composite.

Abstract: Nanocomposite materials comprising a SiGe matrix with silicide and/or germanide nanoinclusions dispersed therein, said nanocomposite materials having improved thermoelectric energy conversion capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ionic conductor comprising a metal composite oxide characterized by comprising oxygen defects and metal defects in a cryolite lattice. An electrochemical device comprising the ionic conductor is also disclosed. The metal composite oxide has an improved ion conductivity, because formation of an open space within a lattice is ensured by the defects of metal ion sites in the lattice. Therefore, the metal composite oxide is useful for an ionic conductor or an electrochemical device requiring ionic conductivity.

Abstract: This invention discloses the synthesis of a bifunctional La0.6Ca0.4Co1-xIrxO3 (x=0˜1) perovskite compound with a superb bifunctional catalytic ability for the oxygen reduction and generation in alkaline electrolytes. Synthetic routes demonstrated include solid state reaction, amorphous citrate precursor, and mechanical alloying. The interested compound demonstrates notable enhancements over commercially available La0.6Ca0.4CoO3.

Abstract: Compositions related to skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are disclosed. Such compositions can result in materials that have enhanced ZT values relative to one or more bulk materials from which the compositions are derived. Thermo-electric materials such as n-type and p-type skutterudites with high thermoelectric figures-of-merit can include materials with filler atoms and/or materials formed by compacting particles (e.g., nanoparticles) into a material with a plurality of grains each having a portion having a skutterudite-based structure. Methods of forming thermoelectric skutterudites, which can include the use of hot press processes to consolidate particles, are also disclosed. The particles to be consolidated can be derived from (e.g., grinded from), skutterudite-based bulk materials, elemental materials, other non-Skutterudite-based materials, or combinations of such materials.

Abstract: A composite includes a matrix having a plurality of matrix nanoparticles and a plurality of hetero-nanoparticles dispersed in the matrix. The hetero-nanoparticles include an atom having an atomic weight larger than the atoms in the matrix nanoparticles. A thermoelectric converter includes one or more first legs, each including an n-doped composite, and one or more second legs, each including a p-doped composite. The n-doped and p-doped composites include a matrix having a plurality of matrix nanoparticles and a plurality of hetero-nanoparticles dispersed in the matrix. The matrix nanoparticles and hetero-nanoparticles in each of the n-doped and p-doped composites can be the same or different. A method of making a composite for thermoelectric converter applications includes providing a mixture a plurality of matrix nanoparticles and a plurality of hetero-nanoparticles and applying current activated pressure assisted densification to form the composite.

Abstract: A fuel electrode material including a metal oxide having a perovskite type crystalline structure and represented by Formula 1: A1-xA?xB1-yB?yO3??Formula 1 wherein A and A? are different from each other and A and A? each independently include at least one element selected from the group consisting of strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), samarium (Sm), lanthanum (La), and calcium (Ca); B includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), and nickel (Ni); B? is different from B and includes at least one transition metal; x is about 0.001 to about 0.08; and y is about 0.001 to about 0.5.

Abstract: Method for the preparation of inorganic-NP-composite microgels is based on the reversible transfer of microgels between water and an organic solvent such as tetrahydrofuran (THF). The method is used to produce semiconductor nanocrystals, often referred to as quantum dots (QDs) which are well known for their unique optical, electrical, magnetic and catalytic properties, as the inorganic NPs, recognizing that the best quality QDs are synthesized by a high temperature process in organic media, and have their surface covered with hydrophobic ligands (such as trioctylphosphine oxide, TOPO) that render the NPs insoluble in an aqueous solution.

Abstract: Provided is a low-cost, highly responsive, and highly durable thermistor material for use in a reducing atmosphere, with which temperature can be measured even under a reducing atmosphere such as a hydrogen gas atmosphere or in a vacuum without the thermistor material being sealed with a glass seal or a metal tube. The thermistor material includes a matrix material made of an insulating ceramic and a non-oxide conductive material, and conductive particles are dispersed around the matrix material to thereby form a conductive path. The conductive particles are preferably dispersed in a network structure around the matrix material. Further, the conductive particles are preferably dispersed discontinuously around the matrix material.

Abstract: Disclosed are an indium Tin Oxide (ITO) target, a method for manufacturing the same, a transparent conductive film of ITO, and a method for manufacturing the transparent conductive film of ITO. The ITO target includes at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Sm2O3 and Yb2O3, wherein an amount of the oxide is about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based on the weight of the target.

Abstract: In various aspects, provided are substantially single phase ceramic membranes, gas separation devices based thereon, and methods of making the membranes. In various embodiments, the membranes and devices can be used for hydrogen production, such as in a fuel-cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film structure based on an epitaxial (111)-oriented rare earth-Group IVB oxide on the cubic (001) MgO terminated surface and the ion-beam-assisted deposition (“IBAD”) techniques that are amendable to be over coated by semiconductors with hexagonal crystal structures. The IBAD magnesium oxide (“MgO”) technology, in conjunction with certain template materials, is used to fabricate the desired thin film array. Similarly, IBAD MgO with appropriate template layers can be used for semiconductors with cubic type crystal structures.

Abstract: An adsorption apparatus comprising a column filled with an adsorbent, wherein the surface of the adsorbent and its vicinity mainly comprise an apatite which is represented by the formula (Ca1-aMa)10(PO4)6((OH)1-bXb)2, where the M represents at least one kind of rare earth metal elements, the X represents at least one kind of halogen elements, 0<a?1, and 0?b?1. Preferably, the M comprises a lanthanide-based metal element mainly comprising Sm, and the ratio of Sm is no less than 70% to the total amount of the M. The adsorbent apparatus may be manufactured by passing a solution containing ions of at least one kind of rare earth metal elements through the adsorbent filling space of the column filled with the apatite represented by the formula Ca10(PO4)6((OH)1-bXb)2, where the X represents at least one kind of halogen elements and 0?b?1.

Abstract: The present invention provides yellow inorganic pigments comprising praseodymium, oxides of transition metals selected from molybdenum, titanium, zirconium and combinations thereof, essentially molybdenum, optionally with alkaline earth metal (A) and the said yellow inorganic pigment has a general formula APr2MoTmxO6+? or Pr2MoTmxO6+? (Tm=Ti or Zr, x=0 or 1, and wherein ? has a value commensurate with the value of x and sufficient to satisfy the valencies of the formula). High purity chemicals such as MgCO3, CaCO3, SrCO3, BaCO3, TiO2, ZrO2, (NH4)6Mo7O24.4H2O and Pr6O11 are weighted in the stoichiometric ratio, ball milled and calcined in the range 900°-1200° C. for 3-12 hrs in air.

Abstract: The present invention relates to optically variable pigments of high electrical conductivity which comprise a flake-form substrate, which essentially consists of silicon dioxide and/or silicon oxide hydrate, and an electrically conductive layer surrounding the substrate, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use of pigments of this type.

Abstract: The invention relates to glass compositions useful in conductive pastes for silicon semiconductor devices and photovoltaic cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to glass compositions useful in conductive pastes for silicon semiconductor devices and photovoltaic cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to glass compositions useful in conductive pastes for silicon semiconductor devices and photovoltaic cells.

Abstract: A composite material of complex alloy is provided and it is the Ceramic-Metal Composite based on a thermoelectric material filled with ceramic material. The composite material is represented by the following general formula (I). A1?xBx ??(I) In the general formula (I), 0.05?X?0.2; A represents a Half-Heusler thermoelectric material and its proportional composition is represented with the following formula (II). (Tia1Zrb1Hfc1)1?y?zNiy Snz ??(II) In the general formula (II), 0<a1<1, 0<b1<1, 0<c1<1, a1+b1+c1=1, 0.25?y?0.35, and 0.25?z?0.35; B represents at least one element selected from a group of C, O, and N.

Abstract: A substrate of an electrostatic chuck, which is a member for use in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, is formed of an yttrium oxide material that contains yttrium oxide (Y2O3), silicon carbide (SiC), and a compound that contains a rare-earth element (RE), Si, O, and N. The yttrium oxide material contains RE8Si4N4O14 as a compound that contains a rare-earth element (RE), Si, O, and N, wherein RE may be La or Y. Y8Si4N4O14 is produced during a sintering step of a raw material that contains the main component Y2O3 and an accessory component Si3N4. Y8Si4N4O14 and SiC in the yttrium oxide material improve mechanical strength and volume resistivity.

Abstract: Buffer compositions comprising semiconductive oxide particles and at least one of (a) a fluorinated acid polymer and (b) a semiconductive polymer doped with a fluorinated acid polymer are provided. Semiconductive oxide particles include metal oxides and bimetallic oxides. Acid polymers are derived from monomers or comonomers of polyolefins, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polyimides, polyamides, polyaramids, polyacrylamides, polystyrenes. The polymer backbone, side chains, pendant groups or combinations thereof may be fluorinated or highly fluorinated. Semiconductive polymers include polymers or copolymers derived from thiophenes, pyrroles, anilines, and polycyclic heteroaromatics. Methods for preparing buffer compositions are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metal oxide paste composition comprising a carboxylic ester dispersant and/or a phosphate dispersant, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor electrode for solar cells using the same. The disclosed metal oxide paste composition improves the dispersibility of metal oxide nanoparticles. Thus, if it is used to manufacture a semiconductor electrode for solar cells, it will allow the increased adsorption of a dye, thus improving the photoelectric efficiency of the resulting solar cell.

Abstract: A method of forming an array of nanorods on a crystalline substrate includes heating a composition that includes the crystalline substrate, a nanorod precursor, and a surfactant. The surfactant is capable of associating with the surface of the nanorods. The resulting nanostructures formed from the methods may be used in a variety of devices, including dye-sensitizing solar cell devices.

Abstract: Provided is a dispersant including a hydrophobic moiety with a branched alkyl group and an arylene group and a hydrophilic moiety with an alkylene oxide group and a carboxylic acid group. The alkyl group is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 5-30 carbon atoms, the arylene group is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group of 6-30 carbon atoms, and the alkylene oxide group is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene oxide group of 2-10 carbon atoms. The dispersant has good dispersibility, and a low residual carbon content after sintering. Thus, a paste composition including the dispersant can maintain a low viscosity and disperse many inorganic particles. Thus, an inorganic device prepared using the paste composition can have a low residual carbon content and a high packing density.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a nickel-metal hydride battery containing a hydrogen-absorbing alloy represented by a general formula: Mm1-aT1aNixAlyMnzCobT2c, in which: Mm is at least one of light rare earth elements; T1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; T2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sn, Cu and Fe; and 0.015?a?0.5, 2.5?x?4.5, 0.05?y+z?2, 0?b?0.6, 0?c?0.6 and 5.6?x+y+z+b+c?6 are satisfied.

Abstract: Method for the preparation of inorganic-NP-composite microgels is based on the reversible transfer of microgels between water and an organic solvent such as tetrahydrofuran (THF). The method is used to produce semiconductor nanocrystals, often referred to as quantum dots (QDs) which are well known for their unique optical, electrical, magnetic and catalytic properties, as the inorganic NPs, recognizing that the best quality QDs are synthesized by a high temperature process in organic media, and have their surface covered with hydrophobic ligands (such as trioctylphosphine oxide, TOPO) that render the NPs insoluble in an aqueous solution.

Abstract: A sputtering target which is formed of a sintered body including an oxide main components of which are In and Sm. A sputtering target in which a sintered body of an oxide including In and Sm as main components is doped with at least one element with an atomic valency of positive tetravalency or higher in an amount of 20 at. % or less relative to the total sum of all cation elements.