Abstract: A photoresist composition, an organic light-emitting diode array substrate and their manufacturing methods are provided. The photoresist composition includes: an alkali soluble resin, a photosensitive monomer, a thermochromic pigment and a solvent whose mass percentages are 10-30 wt %, 1-12 wt %, 5-20 wt %, and 40-65 wt %, respectively; and the thermochromic pigment has a darkened color upon being heated.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a quaternary alkyl ammonium hypochlorite solution with an excellent storage stability. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a quaternary alkyl ammonium hypochlorite solution, the method including: a preparation step in which a quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is prepared and the concentration of amines in the quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is set to 20 ppm by mass or less; and a reaction step in which the quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is brought into contact with chlorine gas, wherein the concentration of carbon dioxide of a gas phase in the reaction step is 100 ppm by volume or less and the pH of a liquid phase in the reaction step is 10.5 or more.

Abstract: An apparatus configured for controlling emergency driving for a fuel cell vehicle may include a failure detector configured to detect whether a purge valve and a drain valve fails; a determination portion configured to measure voltages of channels of a fuel cell stack to determine whether stability of the fuel cell stack is secured; and a controller configured to control, when the stability of the fuel cell stack is not secured and a failure occurs on one or more of the purge valve and the drain valve, one or more of an operating pressure and an operating temperature of the fuel cell stack and a current applied to the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: An example of a flow cell includes a substrate; a first primer set attached to a first region on the substrate, the first primer set including an un-cleavable first primer and a cleavable second primer; and a second primer set attached to a second region on the substrate, the second primer set including a cleavable first primer and an un-cleavable second primer.

Abstract: A salt is represented by formula (I). In formula (I), R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a halogen atom, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—, m1 represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when m1 is 2 or more, a plurality of R1 may be the same or different from each other, m2 represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when m2 is 2 or more, a plurality of R2 may be the same or different from each other, and m3 represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when m3 is 2 or more, a plurality of R3 may be the same or different from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries including 10 to 50% by weight of a cyclic carbonate compound, and 50 to 90% by weight of a linear ester compound, based on the total weight of a non-aqueous solvent, wherein a content of ethyl propionate of the linear ester compound is 20 to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of the non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte and exhibiting superior low-temperature characteristics.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for production of nitrogen-doped single wall carbon nanohorns from anode graphite of wasted lithium-ion batteries. The method includes the following steps: a first step: forming recycled graphite powder into graphite blocks; and, a second contact step: when the first step is completed, using a DC arc plasma device to produce the graphite blocks into N-SWCNHs.

Abstract: A resist composition including a polymeric compound having a structural unit in which a compound represented by formula (a0-1) has a polymerizable group within the W1 portion converted into a main chain, and a compound represented by formula (b1-1) in which W1 represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Ct represents a tertiary carbon atom, and the ?-position of Ct is a carbon atom which constitutes a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond; R11 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a chain hydrocarbon group; R12 and R13 are mutually bonded to form a 5-membered aliphatic monocyclic group, or a condensed polycyclic hydrocarbon group containing a 5-membered aliphatic monocyclic ring; Rb11 represents a cyclic group; Rb10, Rb20 and Rb30 each independently represents a substituent; nb1 represents an integer of 0 to 4; nb2 represents an integer of 0 to 5; nb3 represents an integer of 0 to 5; and X? represents a counteranion.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing intermittently coated dry electrodes for energy storage devices and energy storage devices including the intermittently coated dry electrodes are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a metal layer and providing an electrochemically active free-standing film formed of a dry active material. The method also includes combining the electrochemically active free-standing film and the metal layer to form a combined layer. The method further includes removing a portion of the electrochemically active free-standing film from the combined layer so that the electrochemically active free-standing film is intermittently formed on the metal layer in a longitudinal direction of the metal layer.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises an electrode assembly in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly therein, wherein the battery case comprises a stepped part that is disposed to be stepped, an outer surface of the battery case is sealed to allow a folded part to be seated on the outer surface of the stepped part, and the electrode assembly comprises a stepped protrusion that is stepped in a shape corresponding to an inner surface of the stepped part disposed on the battery case.

Abstract: An electrode, in particular for micro-batteries, produced in a plurality of layers with intermediate steps of masking a first layer leaving some parts of the latter exposed in order next to produce a removal of material eliminating defects. After removal of the masking layer, the second layer can be formed. Other layers can then follow in the same way.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin including a structural unit represented by formula (a1-5) and a structural unit represented by formula (I), and a resist composition: wherein Ra8 represents an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; Za1 represents a single bond or *—(CH2)h3—CO-L54-; h3 represents an integer of 1 to 4; L51, L52, L53 and L54 each independently represent —O— or —S—; s1 represents an integer of 1 to 3; s1? represents an integer of 0 to 3; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A1 represents a single bond or *—CO—O—; R2 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a haloalkyl group or an alkyl group; mi represents an integer of 1 to 3; and ni represents an integer of 0 to 4, in which mi+ni?5.

Abstract: A fuel cell humidifier includes a membrane module accommodating a humidifying membrane, a first cap coupled to a first side of the membrane module and supplying a supply air to the humidifying membrane, and a second cap coupled to a second side of the membrane module and discharging a humidified supply air from the humidifying membrane to a cathode of a fuel cell stack. An exhaust gas inlet is coupled to the membrane module and provides an exhaust gas discharged from the stack and an exhaust gas outlet is coupled to the membrane module and discharges a dehumidified exhaust gas, which passes through the membrane module, to an exhaust system. A valve provides selective communication between a first region, where the supply air flows, including the first and second caps and a second region, where the exhaust gas flows, including the exhaust gas inlet and the exhaust gas outlet.

Abstract: A resist composition including a base component which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component including a polymeric compound containing a structural unit having an acid decomposable group, the amount of the structural unit having an acid decomposable group, based on the combined total of all structural units contained in the base component being 51 mol % to 59 mol %, and the structural unit having an acid decomposable group includes a structural unit represented by general formula (a1-1) shown below (in which R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a halogenated alkyl group; Z represents a single bond or an alkyl group; and Cp is a group represented by general formula (Cp-1) shown below).

Abstract: Provided herein are photoresist compositions and methods for fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. A photoresist composition may include an organometallic material, a fluorine-containing material, and an organic solvent.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer having an acid-labile group, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, a compound represented by the following formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and optionally two or more of R2 to R5 taken together represent an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms or an aliphatic heterocyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the carbon atom to which the two or more of R2 to R5 bond; Zn+ represents a cation having a valency of n; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A system for estimating the amount of purge of a fuel cell is provided. The system includes a fuel cell that generates power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side and receives oxygen at a cathode side. A recirculation line is connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and the gas included hydrogen therein is circulated in the recirculation line. A flow amount estimator estimates the flow amount of gas inside the recirculation line. A purge valve is positioned in the recirculation line and discharges the gas in the recirculation line to the outside when opened. A purge amount estimator estimates the amount of purge for each gas discharged through the purge valve by reflecting the flow amount of the gas estimated by the flow amount estimator.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes: particles of negative electrode active material, the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6); the particles of silicon compound contain at least one kind or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the particles of negative electrode active material contain Li2CO3 and LiOH on a surface thereof; and a content of the Li2CO3 is 0.01% by mass or more and 5.00% by mass or less relative to a mass of the particles of negative electrode active material and a content of the LiOH is 0.01% by mass or more and 5.00% by mass or less relative to the mass of the particles of negative electrode active material. Thus a negative electrode active material is capable of improving initial charge/discharge characteristics and the cycle characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A metal brush layer is provided. The metal brush layer includes a polymer backbone including at least one grafting unit, G, attached to the polymer backbone, and a plurality of metal-containing moieties, M, attached to the polymer backbone.

Abstract: Precursor solutions for radiation patternable coatings are formed with an organic solvent and monoalkyl tin trialkoxides in which the water content of the solvent is adjusted to be within 10 percent of a selected value. Generally, the water content of the solvent is adjusted through water addition, although water removal can also be used. In some embodiments, the adjusted water content of the solvent can be from about 250 ppm by weight to about 10,000 ppm by weight. With the appropriate selection of ligands, the adjusted precursor solutions can be stable for at least about 42 days, and in some cases at least 8 months.