Abstract: Proposed is a process of producing a high-quality lube base oil using a refined oil fraction obtained from waste lubricant as a feedstock. The process includes purifying waste lubricant to obtain a refined oil fraction, pretreating the refined oil fraction, and blending the pretreated refined oil fraction with unconverted oil (UCO), before or after vacuum distillation and catalytic dewaxing of the unconverted oil, or between the vacuum distillation and the catalytic dewaxing of the unconverted oil.

Abstract: A method for isolating a lithium precursor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes preparing a preliminary precursor mixture including a preliminary lithium precursor and a preliminary transition metal precursor, mixing the preliminary precursor mixture and a precipitation liquid in a reactor to form a precursor mixture, and injecting a non-reactive gas into the precursor mixture. Accordingly, the lithium precursor can be isolated with high yield and high efficiency.

Abstract: In a method for recovering active metals of a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment, a cathode active material mixture is collected from the cathode of the lithium secondary battery, the cathode active material mixture is reduced by a reducing reaction to prepare a preliminary precursor mixture, an aqueous lithium precursor solution is formed from the preliminary precursor mixture, and an aluminum-containing material is removed from the aqueous lithium precursor solution with an aluminum removing resin.

Abstract: Provided are a composite separator including a coating layer including inorganic particles and a binder formed on a porous substrate, which has improved coatability and improved thermal shrinkage, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.

Abstract: Provided are a polyimide precursor, a polyimide precursor solution, a polyimide film, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a polyimide film having excellent thermal resistance and satisfying transparency and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion may be provided, and thus, may be usefully applied in a flexible display field requiring high dimensional stability and the like.

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a diamine compound, a polymer including a structural unit derived therefrom, a composition for forming a polyimide film including the polymer, and a polyimide film prepared by using the composition. Specifically, the diamine compound according to an embodiment may be very usefully used as a monomer for preparing a polyimide film that is colorless and has an improved mechanical strength.

Abstract: Provided is a window cover film and a flexible display panel including the same. More particularly, a window cover film including a substrate layer and a hard coating layer and a flexible display panel including the same are provided.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a dehydrogenation catalyst in which cobalt in the form of single atom is supported on an inorganic oxide (specifically, silica) support in which an alkali metal in the form of single atom is fixed by alkali metal pretreatment and a method for producing the same, and a method for producing olefins by dehydrogenating corresponding paraffins, specifically light paraffins in the presence of the dehydrogenation catalyst are described.

Abstract: Provided are a separator and an electrochemical device using the same, in particular, a separator having significantly low heat shrinkage even at a high temperature and also significantly improved adhesive strength by including inorganic particles having specific fluorescence properties in the separator, and an electrochemical device using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a recombinant acid-resistant yeast having lactic acid-producing ability and suppressed glycerol production and a method of preparing lactic acid using the same. More particularly, disclosed are a recombinant acid-resistant yeast into which a gene involved in lactic acid production is introduced and in which a gene involved in glycerol production is deleted or attenuated, and a method of preparing lactic acid using the same. When producing lactic acid using the recombinant acid-resistant yeast, the production of lactic acid is maintained while the production of glycerol is reduced, so crosslinking by glycerol can be suppressed in the oligomerization reaction for conversion to lactide, and thus the conversion yield of lactic acid to lactide can be increased.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition including an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer and a post-consumer recycled resin (PCR), wherein the ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer has a melt index (190° C., 2.16 kg, ASTM D1238) of 1 to 30 g/10 min, and the PCR has a melt index (190° C., 2.16 kg, ASTM D1238) of 1 to 10 g/10 min, and a preparation method thereof, which can have excellent processability, low gel content, and excellent adhesive strength by easily distinguishing a certain level of PCR resin by a capillary rheometer and mixing the PCR resin with an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics, the method including: a pretreatment process of pretreating waste plastics; a pyrolysis process of producing pyrolysis gas by introducing the waste plastics pretreated in the pretreatment process into a pyrolysis reactor; a lightening process of producing pyrolysis oil by introducing the pyrolysis gas into a hot filter; and a distillation process of distilling the pyrolysis oil to obtain refined hydrocarbons, wherein a liquid condensed in the hot filter is re-introduced into the pyrolysis reactor, and a system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics.

Abstract: An etching composition includes phosphoric acid, a silane compound comprising at least one silicon (Si) atom, and an organic phosphate represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R1 to R3 are independently hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, and at least one of R1 to R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery that may include: a fluorine-based solvent; a lithium salt; and a flame retardant polymer containing phosphorus and fluorine, wherein the polymer electrolyte has a fluorine content of 35 to 60% by weight and a phosphorus content of 2.3 to 7.5% by weight. Lithium secondary batteries containing the polymer electrolyte exhibit improved flame retardancy and ionic conductivity as well as enhanced high-voltage stability.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil. The methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may minimize formation of an ammonium salt (NH4Cl) and may prevent an adhesion phenomenon of impurity particles in a reactor in a refining process of waste plastic pyrolysis oil containing impurities including chlorine and nitrogen. In addition, the methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may have excellent refining efficiency and may implement a long-term operation of a process because deactivation of a catalyst used in the process is prevented, and may produce lightened refined hydrocarbons having a low content of impurities from waste plastic pyrolysis oil.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil. The methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastic pyrolysis oil according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may minimize formation of an ammonium salt (NH4Cl) and may prevent an adhesion phenomenon of impurity particles in a reactor in a refining process of waste plastic pyrolysis oil containing impurities including chlorine and nitrogen. In addition, the methods and system for producing refined hydrocarbons according to embodiments of the present disclosure may have excellent refining efficiency and may implement a long-term operation of a process because deactivation of a catalyst used in the process is prevented, and may produce refined hydrocarbons having a low content of impurities and a low content of olefins, and solid coke, from waste plastic pyrolysis oil.

Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing a modified propylene-based polymer using a radical initiator in a solution state, and a modified propylene-based polymer prepared by the method. Since the modified propylene-based polymer prepared by the method according to some embodiments has less xylene soluble content and includes a long chain branch (LCB) uniformly, it may have improved processability and/or productivity.

Abstract: A polymer composition for manufacturing a small to medium-sized container and which includes a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) recovered from a secondary battery separator. A polymer composition having excellent processability may be prepared by recycling a secondary battery separator. The polymer composition may be molded to manufacture an environmentally friendly small to medium-sized container, such as a small to medium-sized container, having excellent flexural strength, elongation, impact strength, and environmental stress crack resistance.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium composite anode including a metal film, and lithium ion conductors and electron conductors dispersed on one surface of the metal film, wherein portions of the lithium ion conductors and electron conductors are impregnated into the metal film from the one surface of the metal film.

Abstract: A separator, a method of manufacturing the separator, and an electrochemical device including the separator with the separator including: a porous substrate; and an inorganic particle layer provided on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the inorganic particle layer includes inorganic particles and a hydrolytic condensate of a silane compound.