Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a molded plastic products having copper-based compound particulates. The method includes the steps of: reacting copper sulfate with sulfuric salt, at a molar ratio of 1:1 in an aqueous solution at a temperature of 10˜80° C., thereby synthesizing copper sulfide particulates; forming a sheet comprising the copper sulfide particulates dispersed in a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conductive material comprising a first phase including a thermoset compound, a second phase, consisting of a smaller volume, including a thermoplastic compound, and a conductive compound, wherein the second phase is dispersed in the first phase, the two phases are bicontinuous, and the conductive compound is situated at the interface between the first and second phases.

Abstract: Provided are a flaky-like silver powder having a low bulk density as well as a predetermined average particle size (D50) and the like, which is obtainable by using a predetermined wet reduction method, a conductive paste obtainable using such a flaky-like silver powder, and a method for producing such a flaky-like silver powder. Disclosed are a flaky-like silver powder obtainable by a wet reduction method, a conductive paste obtainable using a flaky-like silver powder, and a method for producing a flaky-like silver powder, in which the average particle size (D50) as an equivalent circle diameter obtainable when the flaky-like silver powder particles are viewed planarly is adjusted to a value within the range of 1.1 to 30 ?m, the thickness of the flaky-like silver powder particles is adjusted to 0.01 to 2 ?m, and the bulk density of the flaky-like silver powder is adjusted to a value within the range of 0.1 to 4 g/cm3.

Abstract: A metal oxide heterostructure includes mixing a first precursor and a second precursor to form a precursor aqueous mixture, adding at least one constituent to the precursor aqueous mixture to form a first solution, adding a nanostructuring reagent to the first solution to form a second solution, sonochemically treating the second solution to provide a metal oxide powder, filtering, washing, and drying the metal oxide powder to provide a metal oxide nanocomposite heterostructure for a sensing layer of a hydrogen sulfide sensor. A method for forming a hydrogen sulfide sensor includes the metal oxide heterostructure, forming a sensing material, contacting the sensing material with interdigitated electrodes to form a sensing layer, and thermally consolidating the sensing layer to form the hydrogen sulfide sensor.

Abstract: A charge-transporting varnish including charge-transporting material comprising N,N?-diaryl benzidine derivatives represented by formula (1), a charge-accepting dopant comprising heteropoly acid, and an organic solvent. [In the formula, R1 to R8 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkynyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent groups represented by formulas (2) or (3). (In the formula, R9 to R18 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkynyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and X1 and X2 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, diphenylamino, 1-naphthylphenylamino, 2-naphthylphenylamino, di(1-naphthyl)-amino, and di(2-naphthyl)-amino or 1-naphthyl-2-naphtylamino.

Abstract: A perovskite-based photoelectric functional material having a general formula MzAyBXz+y+2. The matrix of the photoelectric functional material is a perovskite material ABX3, M is an organic amphipathic molecule used as a modification component of the matrix, 0<z?0.5, 0<y?1, and y+z?1.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to easily provide at low cost, a cathode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which exhibits high particle strength and high weather resistance, while enabling achievement of excellent charge and discharge capacity and excellent output characteristics in cases where the cathode active material is used as a cathode material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. A slurry of from 500 g/L to 2000 g/L is formed by adding water to a powder of a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the general formula (A): LizNi1?x?yCoxMyO2, where 0.10?x?0.20, 0?y?0.10, 0.97?z?1.20, and M represents at least one element selected from among Mn, V, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti and Al); the slurry is washed with water by stirring; and after filtration, the resulting material is subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature of from 120° C. to 550° C. (inclusive) in an oxygen atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of 80% by volume or more.

Abstract: A composition comprising a plurality of coated metal particles with a metal core surrounded by nested shells formed by an electrically conductive layer and by a barrier layer, at least one of the shells being formed by electroless plating. The invention also comprises a method of producing such compositions as well as the use of the composition in, for example, crystalline-silicon solar cell devices having contact structures formed on one or more surfaces of a solar cell device, such as those used in back contact solar cell devices or emitter wrap through (EWT) solar cell devices.

Abstract: A composite electrode for a lithium air battery including: i) a polymerization product of a first heteroatom-containing ionic liquid or ii) a mixture of a second heteroatom-containing ionic liquid and a polymer ionic liquid represented by Formula 1:

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrode capable of maintaining superior capacity retention without destruction of an electrode structure, even in the case of using an active material including silicon.

Abstract: This application generally relates to deformable elastomeric conductors and differential signaling transmission techniques. According to one embodiment, a deformable elastomeric conductor is configured to transmit electrical signals. It comprises: an elastomeric polymer matrix; and conductive filler material uniformly dispersed in the elastomeric polymer matrix sufficient to render the material electrically conductive. The conductive filler material may include substantially non-entangled particles having an aspect ratio sufficiently large to enable the particles to substantially remain in contact and/or in close proximity with adjacent particles so as to maintain conductive pathways in the material when the material is subjected to deformation up to and exceeding 10% strain. Thus, over a transmission distance of an electrical signal through the conductor, the transmission does not suffer greater than about 3 dB of signal attenuation when subjected to the deformation.

Abstract: A process for preparing alloy products powders is described using a self-sustaining or self-propagating SHS-type combustion process. Binary, ternary and quaternary alloy having cadmium, selenium and optionally a third element X or Y selected from Group VIA (such as S or Te) or from group IIB (such as Zn or Hg). The alloy products may be doped or not with a wide variety of other elements. The process involves heating to ignition, maintaining an elevated temperature less than melting for homogenization, followed by cooling and crushing. An optional de-oxidation process may follow to further purify the alloy and balance the stoichiometry.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a positive-electrode active material comprising a carbon-sulfur structure which has Raman shift peaks at around 500 cm?1, at around 1,250 cm?1 and at around 1,450 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum, and by using the positive-electrode active material, it is possible to greatly improve cycling characteristics of a lithium-ion secondary battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing nano-engineered carbon materials, such as carbon aerogels and carbon xerogels, and methods of manufacturing precursor solutions and sol-gels for making the same are provided. A method for manufacturing a precursor solution comprises programmed-addition of a cross-linking agent to a component mixture comprising a resorcinol compound. A method for manufacturing a sol-gel comprises subjecting a precursor solutions to at least one heat treatment. Methods for producing nano-engineered carbon materials from precursor solutions and sol-gels are also provided. Methods for using the nano-engineered carbon materials are also disclosed. The resulting nano-engineered carbon materials can be useful in a range of products including, supercapacitor applications, high-surface-area electrodes, fuel cells, and desalination systems.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing lightning strike protective compositions. In one aspect, a composition for providing protection against electrical discharges (e.g., including lightning strikes) for composite structures includes a binder material capable of dispersing material structures therein and attaching to a surface of a substrate, and a plurality of pigment structures dispersed in the binder material. The pigment structures include a central layer including an electrically conducting material, and outer layers formed on the central layer, in which the outer layers include an optical absorber material or a dielectric material. The composition, when attached to the substrate, is capable of providing electrically conductive paths to transfer electrical current from a multi kiloamp electrical discharge within the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are a transition metal dichalcogenide alloy and a method of manufacturing the same. A method of manufacturing a transition metal dichalcogenide alloy according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a step of depositing transition metal dichalcogenide on a substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD); and a step of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide alloy by thermally treating the transition metal dichalcogenide with a sulfur compound.

Abstract: An electroconductive resin composition and a molded product thereof. The electroconductive resin includes 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polymer resin; 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a carbon nanotube aggregate formed of a plurality of carbon nanotubes having an average outer diameter of 8 to 50 nm and an average inner diameter that is 40% or more of the average outer diameter; and 5 to 15 parts by weight of carbon black.

Abstract: Molded plastic products having fine particles of copper-based compound with relatively low price, simple process and good economic feasibility and productivity, and method of manufacturing the products are provided. A chemical structure of the molded plastic products is CuxMy, wherein M is any one selected from groups 15 to 17 of the periodic table, x/y is 0.5-1.5. Also the molded plastic products comprises thermoplastic resin which contains dispersed therein copper-based particles reacts copper sulfate with any one salt, selected from among sulfuric salt, hydrofluoric salt and hydrochloric salt, at a molar ratio of 1:1 in an aqueous solution at a temperature of 10˜80° C.

Abstract: A bi- or polynuclear metal complex of a metal of groups Vb/VIb/VIIb (IUPAC groups 5-7), has a ligand of the structure (a), wherein R1 and R2, independently of each other, can be oxygen, sulfur, selenium, NH, or NR4, wherein R4 is selected from alkyls and aryls and can be bonded to R3; and R3 is selected from alkyls, long-chain alkyls, alkoxys, long-chain alkoxys, cycloalkyls, haloalkyls, aryls, arylenes, haloaryls, heteroaryls, heteroarylenes, heterocycloalkylenes, heterocycloalkyls, haloheteroaryls, alkenyls, haloalkenyls, alkynyls, haloalkynyls, ketoaryls, haloketoaryls, ketoheteroaryls, ketoalkyls, haloketoalkyls, ketoalkenyls, haloketoalkenyls, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups can be replaced, independently, with (1) —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NR?—, —SiR?R??—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —SO2-, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CY1=CY2, or —C?O— in such a way that O and/or S atoms are not bonded directly to each other, or (2) aryls or heteroaryls containing 1 to 30 C atoms, as a p-type doping agent for matrix materials of