Abstract: The present invention relates to a production process for an electrode material, an electrode and an electric storage device, and the production process for an electrode material comprises a step of heating a polymer having a silicon-containing unit and a silicon-non-containing unit.

Abstract: Precursors for use in depositing tellurium-containing films on substrates such as wafers or other microelectronic device substrates, as well as associated processes of making and using such precursors, and source packages of such precursors. The precursors are useful for deposition of Ge2Sb2Te5 chalcogenide thin films in the manufacture of nonvolatile Phase Change Memory (PCM), by deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a cathode active material precursor for a lithium rechargeable battery, the cathode active material precursor for the lithium rechargeable battery prepared thereby, and a cathode active material formed using the cathode active material precursor. According to the present invention, the method of preparing a cathode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery controls the concentration of a concentration gradient part and a shell part in a precursor to obtain a desired concentration of a transition metal in the shell part. As a result, a metal composition is distributed in a continuous concentration gradient from the interface between the core part and the shell part to the surface of the cathode active material, thereby a cathode active material with excellent thermal stability.

Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes includes a conductive powder, a glass frit, an organic vehicle, and a thixotropic agent, the composition satisfying each of Formulae 1 to 7 described herein. A solar cell electrode is produced from the composition. A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes printing the composition in a predetermined pattern over a front surface of a wafer, and firing the printed composition pattern to form at least electrode.

Abstract: An exemplary proton conductor according to the present disclosure has a perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by the compositional formula AaB1-xB?xO3-?, where A is at least one selected from among group 2 elements; B is a group 4 element or Ce; B? is a group 3 element, a group 13 element, or a lanthanoid element; 0.5<a?1.0, 0.0?x?0.5, and 0.0??<3; and the charge of the above compositional formula is deviated from electrical neutrality in a range of ?0.13 or more but less than +0.14.

Abstract: This antimony-doped tin oxide powder is an antimony-doped tin oxide powder characterized by: (A) including at least three kinds of ions selected from the group consisting of Sn2+, Sn4+, Sb3+ and Sb5+; (B) having a ratio of average Sn ionic radius to average Sb ionic radius of 1:(0.96 to 1.04); and (C) having an Sb content of 5 to 25 moles relative to a total of 100 moles of Sb and Sn, wherein the average Sn ionic radius is the average of ionic radii of Sn2+ and Sn4+, while the average Sb ionic radius is the average of ionic radii of Sb3+ and Sb5+.

Abstract: A cathode material with oxygen vacancy is provided. The cathode material includes a lithium metal phosphate compound having a general formula LiMPO4?z, wherein M represents at least one of a first-row transition metal, and 0.001?z?0.05.

Abstract: A glass frit includes at least three metal oxides selected from the group of lead oxide, silicon oxide, tellurium oxide, bismuth oxide, zinc oxide, and tungsten oxide, wherein the glass frit exhibits a phase transition peak in the range of about 300° C. to about 600° C. on a cooling curve obtained via an TG-DTA analysis while a mixture of the glass frit and silver powder, obtained by mixing the glass frit with the silver powder in a weight ratio of 1:1, is cooled at a cooling rate of 10° C./min, after heating the mixture to 850° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./min and held there for a wait-time of 10 minutes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles for lithium ion batteries, comprising lithium manganate particles comprising Li and Mn as main components and having a cubic spinel structure (Fd-3m), wherein primary particles of the positive electrode active substance have a dodecahedral or higher-polyhedral shape in which none of crystal planes equivalent to the (111) plane are located adjacent to each other, and flat crystal planes are crossed with each other to form a clear ridge, and an average primary particle diameter of the primary particles is not less than 1 ?m and not more than 20 ?m. The positive electrode active substance particles according to the present invention are excellent in packing property, load characteristics and high-temperature stability.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating electricity from a long chain hydrocarbon, said method comprising contacting the liquid non-polar substrate with a plurality of enzymes, wherein at least one enzyme is non-electric current/potential enzyme that functions as a catalyst for chemical reaction transforming a first substrate or byproduct to a second substance that can be used with an additional electric current/potential generating enzyme.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Si-based alloy anode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, including an alloy phase with a Si principal phase including Si and a compound phase including two or more elements, which includes a first additional element A selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Nb and Mg and a low-melting second additional element B selected from S, Se, Te, Sn, In, Ga, Pb, Bi, Zn, Al. This compound phase includes (i) a first compound phase including Si and the first additional element A; a second compound phase including the first additional element A and the second additional element B; and one or both of a third compound phase including two or more of the second additional elements B and a single phase of the second additional element B.

Abstract: Compositions based on polycarbonate copolymers to provide ultra-clean materials and articles useful in the hard disk drive and semiconductor industries. In one aspect, the compositions include a polycarbonate copolymer based on a sebacic acid, BPA, PCP polyestercarbonate. The compositions may be used with or without other polymers, fillers or additives. The compositions based on this polycarbonate copolymer exhibit ultra clean performance, low organic contamination, low LPC, and low ionic contaminations. Meanwhile, the compositions also exhibit good flow ability, good ductility and good surface quality.

Abstract: A solution for forming at least a portion of an active layer of an electronic or electro-optic device includes a solvent, an additive mixed with the solvent to provide a solvent-additive blend, and a solute that includes at least one of a transition metal, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, Al, Ga, In, Ge, Sn, or Sb dissolved in elemental form in the solvent-additive blend. The additive is selected from the group of additives consisting of NR1R2NHCOOH, NH2N—HCONHNH2, NH2COOH.NH3, NH2NHC(?NH)NH2.H2CO3, NH2NHCSNHNH2, NH2NHCSSH and all combinations thereof. R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen, aryl, methyl, ethyl and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl of 3-6 carbon atoms. Methods of producing the solution, a method of producing a Kesterite film on a substructure and devices made with the solutions and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A group III nitride crystal substrate is provided in which a uniform distortion at a surface layer of the crystal substrate represented by a value of |d1?d2|/d2 obtained from a plane spacing d1 at the X-ray penetration depth of 0.3 ?m and a plane spacing d2 at the X-ray penetration depth of 5 ?m is equal to or lower than 1.9×10?3, and the main surface has a plane orientation inclined in the <10-10> direction at an angle equal to or greater than 10° and equal to or smaller than 80° with respect to one of (0001) and (000-1) planes of the crystal substrate. A group III nitride crystal substrate suitable for manufacturing a light emitting device with a blue shift of an emission suppressed, an epilayer-containing group III nitride crystal substrate, a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same can thereby be provided.

Abstract: Provided are silver nanoparticles having excellent dispersion stability and capable of forming on a substrate a silver element, such as a silver film or line, having excellent electrical conductivity and adhesivity through heating. A method for producing the silver nanoparticles, its dispersion liquid, and a substrate having a silver element formed thereon using the dispersion liquid are disclosed. The silver nanoparticles contain silver compound (A) of formula (1): amine compound (B) having a primary amino group; and polymer (C) obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition containing diol (meth)acrylate compound (c1) having a urethane bond of formula (2): (R1: hydrogen atom or methyl group; R2: —(CH2)n-; n: 1 to 4), and at least one monomer (c2) selected from (meth)acrylate monomers, acrylamide monomers, vinyl monomers, vinyl ether monomers, or monomers having an epoxy group.

Abstract: A novel compound represented by general formula (1), a carrier system including a carrier having the novel compound fixed thereon, and a photoelectric conversion device having the carrier system. In formula (1), Z is a C1-C50 conjugated group; R1 is a C6-C20 aromatic hydrocarbon group, a C7-C20 aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, or a C1-C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, each substituted by carboxyl, cyano, amino, amide, or nitro, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group being optionally interrupted by —O—, etc.; R2 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1-C20 hydrocarbon group; R30, R31, R32, R33, R40, R41, R42, R43, and R44 are each hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, and adjacent two of them may be connected to form a ring; R5 is hydrogen or cyano; and R11 is represented by formula (11-1) or (11-2), wherein n, ring A, and the like are as defined in the description.

Abstract: The described invention provides compositions related to an electronically insulating amorphous or nanocrystalline mixed ionic conductor composition comprising a metal fluoride composite to which an electrical potential is applied to form 1) a negative electrode, and 2) a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode and positive electrode are formed in situ.

Abstract: Silicon based nanoparticle inks are formulated with viscous polycyclic alcohols to control the rheology of the inks. The inks can be formulated into pastes with non-Newtonian rheology and good screen printing properties. The inks can have low metal contamination such that they are suitable for forming semiconductor structures. The silicon based nanoparticles can be elemental silicon particles with or without dopant.

Abstract: Paste compositions, methods of making a paste composition, and methods of making a solar cell contact are disclosed. The paste composition can contain silver, a glass frit, a metal additive and an organic vehicle system. The metal additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of yttrium, an organo-vanadium compound, organo-antimony compound, organo-phosphorus compound, and an organo-yttrium compound. The paste can be used for making a solar cell contact.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are functionalized Group IVA particles, methods of preparing the Group IVA particles, and methods of using the Group IVA particles. The Group IVA particles may be passivated with at least one layer of material covering at least a portion of the particle. The layer of material may be a covalently bonded non-dielectric layer of material. The Group IVA particles may be used in various technologies, including lithium ion batteries and photovoltaic cells.