Abstract: A battery cell system and an associated monitoring system is provided which includes at least an anode, a cathode, a separator formed from a base layer, first and second contacts and a reference component. The anode and cathode are disposed in a lithium ion non-aqueous solution within a housing. The base layer of the separator includes a first side and a second side. The base layer is operatively configured to separate the anode and the cathode within the housing. The first contact of the separator is affixed to the first side of the base layer between the base layer and an anode. The second contact is affixed to the second side of the base layer with the reference component disposed on the second contact.

Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition for EUV lithography showing good resist shape; including: a hydrolyzable organosilane, a hydrolyzed product thereof, or a hydrolyzed condensate thereof, as a silane; and a salt of a sulfonic acid ion containing a hydrocarbon group with an onium ion. The hydrolyzable organosilane includes at least one organic silicon compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of Formula (1): R1aSi(R2)4-a??Formula (1) and compounds of Formula (2): R3cSi(R4)3-c2Yb??Formula (2) a hydrolyzed product thereof, or a hydrolyzed condensate thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a electrochemical energy storage system that includes at least one current collector and at least one electrode, including, for example, and anode, that includes at least one prelithiated electrode active material, includes reacting the electrode active material with an organolithium compound of formula Li—R for the lithiation, moiety R being selected from the group consisting of: a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, preferably saturated, aliphatic or heteroaliphatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O; a cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O; and an aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon moiety having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, which can include at least one heteroatom selected from Si, S, N, and O.

Abstract: A polymer or a polymer electrolyte and cathode material for an alkali metal cell, in particular for a lithium-sulfur cell. To improve the performance and reliability of alkali metal cells, for example lithium-sulfur cells, a polymer based on the general chemical formula (I) is provided, where -[A]- stands for a unit which forms a polymer backbone, X stands for a spacer, x stands for the number of spacers X and is 1 or 0, Q stands for a positively charged group Q+ and a counterion Z?, or Q stands for a negatively charged group Q? and a counterion Z+, or Q stands for an uncharged group. Moreover, the invention relates to the use thereof, and a cathode, a separator, a protective layer, and a cell.

Abstract: Provided is an ionomer resin including a copolymer containing the following first structural unit. L1 to L5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanol group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific functional group including an anion-exchange group, and an example of the functional group is —Z2-M1-Z1(R1)(R2)(R3). R1 to R3 are directly bonded to Z1 and are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkanol group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. M1 is a linear hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, Z1 is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom, and Z2 is a nitrogen atom bonded to one hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom. L6 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.

Abstract: In an electrode structural body, a coated film is obtained by applying an electrode mixture including an electrode active material, a first fluorine based polymer, and a solvent and drying the mixture, then formed on the surface of a current collector, the first fluorine based polymer has one or more side chains represented by the following Formula (1), and the coated film is subjected to heat treatment. —X—COOH??(1) (In Formula (1), X is an atomic group having a molecular weight of less than 500, the main chain of which is made up of 1 to 20 atoms).

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: A battery system includes at least one apparatus configured to increase safety when using at least one component of the battery system. The at least one apparatus is configured to degas the at least one component. The at least one component has a degassing opening. The at least one apparatus is configured to be attached to the at least one component by joining, and the at least one apparatus is configured to cover the degassing opening.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a sodium-ion secondary battery contains a compound of formula NaxMn1-y-zMyM?zO2 or its hydrate. A cathode can contain the active material and rechargeable sodium-ion battery can contain such a cathode.

Abstract: A feed-through through a housing part of a housing, for example of a battery or a capacitor made of a metal, wherein the housing part has at least one opening, through which at least one conductor is fed in a glass or glass ceramic material, and wherein the conductor has at least two sections in the axial direction, a first section made of a first material, e.g. aluminium, and a second section made of a second material, e.g. copper, as well as a transition from the first to the second material, and wherein the transition from the first to the second material is located in the region of the glass or glass ceramic material, said glass or glass ceramic material being adapted to the metal of the housing in such a way that a compression glass-to-metal seal is formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anode material for a lithium-ion battery comprising a carbon particle having a particle size of 5 ?m to 30 ?m, and including defective portions on a surface of the carbon particle, the defective portions being grooves formed by cathodically exfoliating graphene layers from the carbon particle.

Abstract: A method of forming a solid state battery is disclosed. In a moisture-free inert atmosphere, the method includes combining unreacted solid electrolyte precursors to form a green sheet, stacking the green sheet in between porous electrodes to form a solid state battery, and heating the battery to a melting point temperature of the precursors such that the precursors form a liquid phase penetrating pores in the electrodes to form ion conducting channels in the battery.

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6, the silicon compound being coated with a carbon coating layer composed of a carbon component, wherein the negative electrode active material particles contain a SiO2 component having a tridymite structure and exhibit a diffraction peak around 21.825° with a half width (2?) of 0.15° or less in X-ray diffraction. This negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and the initial charge and discharge performance.

Abstract: Shrinkage and mass losses are reduced in photoresist exposure and post exposure baking by utilizing a small group which will decompose. Alternatively a bulky group which will not decompose or a combination of the small group which will decompose along with the bulky group which will not decompose can be utilized. Additionally, polar functional groups may be utilized in order to reduce the diffusion of reactants through the photoresist.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer cable-type secondary battery including a first electrode assembly comprising one or more first inner electrodes and a sheet-type first separation layer-outer electrode complex spirally wound to surround outer surfaces of the first inner electrodes, a separation layer surrounding the first electrode assembly to prevent short circuit of the electrodes, and a second electrode assembly comprising one or more second inner electrodes surrounding an outer surface of the separation layer and a sheet-type second separation layer-outer electrode complex spirally wound to surround outer surfaces of the second inner electrodes.

Abstract: A separator which is permeable to hydroxide ion contains at least one Dendrite Stopping Substance such as Ni(OH)2, or its precursor.

Abstract: New photoresists are provided that are useful in a variety of applications, including negative-tone development processes. Preferred resists comprise a first polymer that comprises (i) first units comprising a nitrogen-containing moiety that comprises an acid-labile group; and (ii) second units that (1) comprise one or more hydrophobic groups and (2) are distinct from the first units.

Abstract: Provided is a solid state electrolyte composition for a rechargeable lithium battery. The electrolyte composition comprises a lithium ion-conducting polymer matrix or binder and lithium ion-conducting inorganic species that is dispersed in or chemically bonded by the polymer matrix or binder, wherein the lithium ion-conducting inorganic species is selected from Li2CO3, Li2O, Li2C2O4, LiOH, LiX, ROCO2Li, HCOLi, ROLi, (ROCO2Li)2, (CH2OCO2Li)2, Li2S, LixSOy, or a combination thereof, wherein X?F, Cl, I, or Br, R=a hydrocarbon group, x=0-1, y=1-4; and wherein the polymer matrix or binder is in an amount from 1% to 99% by volume of the electrolyte composition. Also provided are a process for producing this solid state electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery containing such a solid state electrolyte.

Abstract: Organic coating compositions, particularly antireflective coating compositions, are provided that comprise that comprise a component that comprises one or more parabanic acid moieties. Preferred compositions of the invention are useful to reduce reflection of exposing radiation from a substrate back into an overcoated photoresist layer and/or function as a planarizing, conformal or via-fill layer.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a photoresist material over a substrate, the photoresist material having a polymer that includes a backbone having a segment and a linking group, the segment including a carbon chain and an ultraviolet (UV) curable group, the UV curable group coupled to the carbon chain and to the linking group; performing a first exposure process that breaks the backbone of the polymer via decoupling the linking group from the connected UV curable group of each segment; performing a second exposure process to form a patterned photoresist layer; and developing the patterned photoresist layer.