Abstract: Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of silicon particles. The silicon particles have an average particle size between about 0.1 ?m and about 30 ?m and a surface including nanometer-sized features. The composite material also includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases. At least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase.

Abstract: Provided are dispersions which comprise more than about up to 55 percent by weight or more of an organic peroxide which is normally solid in an anhydrous liquid phase such as dibutyl maleate or dioctyl adipate, with about 5% by weight or more fumed silica to provide a thixotropic, storage stable organic peroxide paste. Addition of about 5 weight % or more of fumed silica was found to result in the formation of a shear thinning anhydrous dispersion of organic peroxide which was storage stable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel non-polymeric organic ionic compound comprising one ion having a functional organic group, such as a matrix group, a hole injection group, a hole transport group, an electron injection group and an electron transport group, and comprising another ion preferably being so small that it may act as a mobile ion in films containing the organic ionic compound. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a composition containing the novel organic ionic compound and another functional compound. The novel organic ionic compound or the composition may be used in organic devices as functional materials, such as matrix materials or for materials charge transport. The resulting organic devices are also object of the present invention.

Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes and electrodes fabricated using the same. The composition includes a silver (Ag) powder; a glass frit containing about 0.1 mole % to about 50 mole % of elemental silver; and an organic vehicle, wherein the elemental silver derives from a silver halide (Ag—X). The composition introduces a glass frit including a silver halide to enhance contact efficiency between electrodes and a silicon wafer, and solar cell electrodes prepared from the composition have minimized contact resistance (Rc), specific contact resistivity, and serial resistance (Rs), thereby exhibiting excellent conversion efficiency.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a metal nanowire dispersion solution includes heating a first solution including a metal compound, a catalyst, an organic protection agent and menstruum, thereby forming metal nanowires in the first solution, performing a first cleaning process providing a first solvent into the metal nanowire, thereby separating the organic protection agent surrounding the metal nanowires from the metal nanowires, separating the metal nanowires from the first solution by vacuum-filtering, and dispersing the separated metal nanowires in a dispersion solvent.

Abstract: A method, and an article made therefrom, of: contacting a substrate with a first solution of first polyelectrolyte chains to form a layer of the first polyelectrolyte on the substrate; and contacting the layer of the first polyelectrolyte with a second solution of second polyelectrolyte chains to form a layer of the second polyelectrolyte. The first polyelectrolyte has a polyanion or polycation chain. The second polyelectrolyte has a polyanion or polycation chain of a charge opposite to that of the first polyelectrolyte. The first solution or the second solution is an aggregate-forming solution comprising an ionic species having at least two discrete sites of a charge opposite to that of the polyelectrolyte chains in the aggregate-forming solution. The ionic species forms, via bridging interactions, aggregates of the polyelectrolyte chains that remain intact in the aggregate-forming solution during the contact.

Abstract: A method, and an article made therefrom, of: contacting a substrate with a first solution of a first polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer on the substrate; and contacting the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer with a second solution of a second polyelectrolyte polymer to form a layer of the second polyelectrolyte polymer on the layer of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. The first polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer. The second polyelectrolyte is a polyanion or polycation polymer of a charge opposite to that of the first polyelectrolyte polymer. At least one of the first solution or the second solution is an aggregate-forming solution comprising an ionic species having at least two discrete sites of a charge opposite to that of the polyelectrolyte polymer in the aggregate-forming solution.

Abstract: A quantum dot nanocrystal structure includes: a core of a compound M1A1, wherein M1 is a metal selected from Zn, Sn, Pb, Cd, In, Ga, Ge, Mn, Co, Fe, Al, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ni, Ag, Ti and Cu, and A1 is an element selected from Se, S, Te, P, As, N, I, and O; an inner shell having a composition containing a compound M1xM21-xA1yA21-y, wherein M2 is a metal selected from Zn, Sn, Pb, Cd, In, Ga, Ge, Mn, Co, Fe, Al, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ni, Ag, Ti and Cu, A2 is an element selected from Se, S, Te, P, As, N, I and O; and a multi-pod-structured outer shell of a compound M1A2 or M2A2 enclosing the inner shell and having a base portion and protrusion portions extending from the base portion.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a water-solvated glass/amorphous solid that is an ionic conductor-an electronic insulator, and a dielectric as well as electrochemical devices and processes that use this material, such as batteries, including rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrolysis cells, and electronic devices. The electrochemical devices and products use a combination of ionic and electronic conduction as well as internal electric dipoles.

Abstract: A method for forming an electrically conductive oxide film (1) on a substrate (2), the method comprising the steps of, bringing the substrate (2) into a reaction space, forming a preliminary deposit on a deposition surface of the substrate (2) and treating the deposition surface with a chemical. The step of forming the preliminary deposit on the deposition surface of the substrate (2) comprises forming a preliminary deposit of transition metal oxide on the deposition surface and subsequently purging the reaction space. The step of treating the deposition surface with a chemical comprises treating the deposition surface with an organometallic chemical and subsequently purging the reaction space, to form oxide comprising oxygen, first metal and transition metal. The steps of forming the preliminary deposit and treating the deposition surface being alternately repeated such that a film (1) of electrically conductive oxide is formed on the substrate (2).

Abstract: A stabilized assembly including a first liquid phase of non-spherical droplets in a second liquid phase, wherein the second liquid phase is immiscible with the first phase, and nanoparticle surfactants assembled at an interface of the non-spherical droplets and the second phase is disclosed. The nanoparticle surfactants include nanoparticles and end-functionalized polymers that can interact through ligand type interactions, and the first phase is stabilized by a disordered, jammed layer of nanoparticle surfactants. A method of preparing a stabilized assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes particles which are made of LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4, have an orthorhombic crystal structure, and have a space group of Pmna, in which a mis-fit value [(1?(b2×c2)/(b1×c1))×100] of a bc plane which is computed from lattice constants b1 and c1 of the LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 and lattice constants b2 and c2 of FexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 obtained by deintercalating Li from LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 by means of an oxidation treatment using nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile is 1.32% or more and 1.85% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pigment having excellent electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance and a method for preparing the same. The method for preparing a pigment according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) stirring and dispersing flakes in water to form a suspension; (b) forming a catalyst layer on surfaces of the flakes; and (c) plating the surfaces of the flakes on which the catalyst layer is formed.

Abstract: Methods are described that include reacting a starting nanocrystal that includes a starting nanocrystal core and a covalently bound surface species to create an ion-exchangeable (IE) nanocrystal that includes a surface charge and a first ion-exchangeable (IE) surface ligand ionically bound to the surface charge, where the starting nanocrystal core includes a group IV element.

Abstract: The present invention provides charge transporting molecular glass mixtures, luminescent molecular glass mixtures, or combinations thereof comprising at least two nonpolymeric compounds each independently corresponding to the structure (R1Y1)p [(Z1Y2)mR2Y3JnZ2Y4R3 wherein m is zero or one; n is zero up to an integer at which said compound starts to become a polymer; p is an integer of from one to eight; each R1 and R3 is independently a monovalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aromatic group or a multicyclic aromatic nucleus; R2, Z1, and Z2 each independently represent multivalent aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aromatic group; and Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 each independently represent one or more linking groups.

Abstract: Provided are a copolymer having plural repeating units each having a specific structure, and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 3,000,000; a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer; a solution containing the copolymer and a solvent; and an organic electroluminescent device using the material for organic electroluminescent devices. The copolymer has not only charge transporting properties but also solubility and is suitable for forming a film according to a coating method. The present invention provides the copolymer, and a material for organic electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices containing the copolymer, an organic electroluminescent device, and a solution containing the copolymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of static dissipative coatings. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the methods of making static dissipative, preferably non-chromium-containing, coatings comprising carbon nanotubes, the coatings themselves, and structures comprising such coatings.

Abstract: Catalyst particles includes a catalyst material and carbon particles supporting the catalyst material. The catalyst particles has a water content of 4.8 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less. A manufacturing method of catalyst particles includes exposing catalyst particles, which are carbon particles supporting a catalyst material, to a humidified atmosphere, prior to dispersing the carbon particles and a polymer electrolyte in a solvent for a catalyst ink.

Abstract: A composition for a transparent electrode according to the present invention comprises (A) a carbon nanotube dispersing solution and (B) a metal nanowire solution having a zeta potential with the same polarity as the carbon nanotube dispersing solution, and a transparent electrode coated with the composition for the transparent electrode has superior transmittance, electrical conductivity and transparency.

Abstract: To improve the characteristics of a compound adapted to create inside an electrically conductive track or area, the compound comprising a solvent, a polymer with double covalent conjugate bond, namely a heterocyclic compound formed by n carbon atoms and one atom of a different type linked in a ring structure; and a dispersion of conductive particles, there is added an agent adapted to slow down the precipitation of the conductive particles within the material.