Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying catalyst exhibiting high catalytic performance and restraining an amount of noble metals used is provided. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst has a catalyst substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the catalyst substrate. The catalyst coating layer has a layered structure including an inside layer containing (a-1) Pd, (a-2) Pt, and (a-3) an inorganic oxide, and an outside layer containing (b-1) a noble metal and (b-2) an inorganic oxide. A part of (a-3) the inorganic oxide carries Pd and Pt so that a weight ratio Pd/Pt is within a range of 8 to 12, whereas the other part of (a-3) the inorganic oxide carries Pd and Pt so that a weight ratio Pd/Pt is within a range of 4 to 6 or within a range of 18 to 22.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of iron oxide particles coated with crystalline titanium dioxide, wherein the process comprises the steps of adding an aqueous solution of at least one titanyl salt to an iron oxide dispersion to form a reaction mixture, precipitating titanium dioxide on said iron oxide particles by adding an alkali, wherein the titanium dioxide is at least partially in a crystalline form, and isolating the resulting titanium dioxide-containing iron oxide particles from the reaction mixture. The invention is further related to iron oxide particles comprising precipitated crystalline titanium dioxide and the use of the resulting photocatalytically active material.

Abstract: An electrolyte layer (121) and a hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122) are fitted in a fitting portion (131) of a low thermal expansion member (130), and a cathode electrode (110) is provided on the electrolyte layer (121). Gas separators (100, 150) are provided such that a low thermal expansion member (130) is held between the gas separators (100, 150). Since the low thermal expansion member (130) is made of metal which has a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122), thermal expansion of the hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122) can be suppressed. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce shear stress applied to an interface between the electrolyte layer (121) and the hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122) due to the thermal expansion. It is possible to suppress separation of the electrolyte layer (121) from the hydrogen-permeable metal layer (122) and occurrence of a crack in the electrolyte layer (121).

Abstract: Disclosed are a bipolar battery, a bipolar battery component and a method of manufacturing the same. The bipolar battery minimizes the occurrence of gas bubbles to provide superior battery performance. A battery element has a plurality of bipolar electrodes stacked upon one another while interposing separators therebetween. The bipolar electrode includes a collector formed with a cathode on one surface and an anode on the other surface. The component is a charging part with charging material disposed between collectors and separators to surround at least a periphery of the cathode and a periphery of the anode. An exhaust part is mounted to the charging part to exhaust a residual gas bubble from an inner space to outside of the inner space when stacking the bipolar electrodes.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide for a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, which has a large volume capacity density, high safety, excellent durability for charge and discharge cycles and excellent low temperature characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of small scale pumping and, more specifically, to a method and system for very small scale pumping media through microtubes. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for small scale pumping, comprising the following steps: providing one or more media; providing one or more microtubes, the one or more tubes having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of one or more tubes is in contact with the media; and creating surface waves on the tubes, wherein at least a portion of the media is pumped through the tube.

Abstract: A fullerene mixture comprising any two or more of C60, C70 and higher fullerenes having greater than 70 carbon atoms is brought into contact with an amine having two or more nitrogen atoms, especially an amine having an amidine structure, in a solvent to form a complex of a specific fullerene contained in the fullerene mixture and the amine, and the complex is separated from a solution in which fullerenes not forming the complex are dissolved. Consequently, a method of fullerene separation, by which the specific fullerene is separated from the fullerene mixture with ease and at low cost, and the complex having the fullerene can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes and, more specifically, to a method and system for nano-pumping media through carbon nanotubes. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for nano-pumping, comprising the following steps: providing one or more media; providing one or more carbon nanotubes, the one or more nanotubes having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of one or more nanotubes is in contact with the media; and creating surface waves on the carbon nanotubes, wherein at least a portion of the media is pumped through the nanotube.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method that uses generated alkaline, alkaline-earth, and/or silica/alumina aerosols as a multifunctional additive to scavenge sulfur oxides in flue gas, minimize poisoning effects of sulfur oxides on mercury sorbent performance, and enhance particulate matter capture in electrostatic precipitators and other particulate filter devices by conditioning the fly ash.

Abstract: A lithium tantalate substrate obtained by working in the state of a substrate a lithium tantalate crystal grown by the Czochralski method is buried in a mixed powder of Al and Al2O3, followed by heat treatment carried out at a temperature kept to from 350 to 600° C., to manufacture a lithium tantalate substrate having volume resistivity which has been controlled within the range of from more than 108 to less than 1010 ?cm. The substrate obtained has no pyroelectricity, and it can be made colored and opaque from a colorless and transparent state and also sufficiently has the properties required as a piezoelectric material.

Abstract: An orange-emitting phosphor that emits at a high luminance when being excited by blue light emitted by a blue light-emitting diode is provided. This orange-emitting phosphor is an alkaline-earth metal silicate-based phosphor represented by a general formula of a(Sr1-xEux(1-y)Ybxy)O.SiO2. In the formula, a is provided as 2.9?a?3.1, x is provided as 0.005?x?0.10, and y is provided as 0.001?y?0.1. An orange-emitting phosphor that emits orange at a high luminance and produces no harmful gas is provided.