Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode formulation for a Li-ion battery. The invention also relates to a method for preparing electrodes using said formulation by compounding/extrusion at low residence time. The invention further relates to an electrode obtained by this method and to secondary Li-ion batteries comprising at least one such electrode.

Abstract: A formulation is described in the form of a solid-liquid dispersion for the manufacture of a cathode, comprising a liquid-phase solvent, a sulfur-carbon composite in the form of particles with a median diameter D50 of less than 50 ?m, and less than 10% by number of the particles of the dispersion are particles of sulfur in elemental form.

Abstract: An agglomerated solid material comprising loose carbon nanotubes and that is free from organic compounds is described, as well as the method of preparation thereof, and uses thereof, where the agglomerated solid material consists of a continuous network of carbon nanotubes comprising aggregates of carbon nanotubes with an average size d50 under 5 ?m, in a proportion below 60% by area, determined by image analysis by electron microscopy and has an apparent density between 0.01 g/cm3 and 2 g/cm3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a master batch comprising between 0.01 and 50 wt. % of carbonaceous nanofillers and at least one sulphurated material such as elemental sulphur by melt compounding, and to the master batch thus produced and the different uses thereof. The invention also relates to a solid composition comprising carbonaceous nanofillers dispersed in a sulphurated material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active material suitable for the production of an electrode, in particular an electrode for a Li—S battery. The active material according to the invention comprises carbon nanofillers homogeneously dispersed in the substance of a sulphur material, the active material being obtainable according to a method involving melting in the presence of intense mechanical energy. The quantity of carbon nanofillers in the active material represents 1 to 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the active material. The active material according to the invention allows an improvement in the electronic conductivity of the formulation of the electrode. Another aspect of the invention is the use of the active material in an electrode, in particular in a Li—S battery cathode.

Abstract: Hardenable inorganic systems such as cements, plasters, ceramics or liquid silicates, usable for example in the building trade, construction industry or oil drilling industry. The insertion of carbonaceous nanofillers, such as carbon nanotubes, for reinforcing mechanical properties and improving such systems. A method for producing a master mixture including at least one superplasticiser and carbonaceous nanofillers at a mass ratio of between 0.1% and 25%, preferably between 0.2% and 20%, in relation to the total weight of the master mixture, and also to said master mixture thus obtained and to the use thereof in a hardenable inorganic system with a view to producing materials with improved properties. The disclosure applies to the construction industry, the building trade and the oil drilling industry.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a paste composition suitable for the production of an electrode for lead-acid battery, including mixing a carbon nanofiller/lead oxide composite of a first particulate size with sulphuric acid, water and further lead oxide of a second particulate size. Also, the paste thus obtained, the composite used in its manufacture, and the electrode and lead-acid battery obtained from this paste.

Abstract: Hardenable inorganic systems such as cements, plasters, ceramics or liquid silicates, usable for example in the building trade, construction industry or oil drilling industry. The insertion of carbonaceous nanofillers, such as carbon nanotubes, for reinforcing mechanical properties and improving such systems. A method for producing a master mixture including at least one superplasticiser and carbonaceous nanofillers at a mass ratio of between 0.1% and 25%, preferably between 0.2% and 20%, in relation to the total weight of the master mixture, and also to said master mixture thus obtained and to the use thereof in a hardenable inorganic system with a view to producing materials with improved properties. The disclosure applies to the construction industry, the building trade and the oil drilling industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of lead batteries. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use, in the preparation of a lead battery electrode formulation, of a liquid composition, stable over time, comprising from 0.2% to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.2% to 5% by weight, of carbon-based nanofillers, at least one water-soluble polymer and at least one cationic component chosen from alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cations and ammonium ions dispersed in a liquid medium. Another subject-matter of the invention is a lead battery electrode obtained by using the said composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of lead batteries. More particularly, it relates to a solid composition comprising between 5 and 60 wt. % of carbon nanofillers, preferably carbon nanotubes, dispersed homogeneously in a hydrosoluble polymer in the presence of at least one cationic component selected from alkali or alkaline-earth metal cations and ammonium ions. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for producing lead battery electrode formulations.

Abstract: Hardenable inorganic systems such as cements, plasters, ceramics or liquid silicates, usable for example in the building trade, construction industry or oil drilling industry. The insertion of carbonaceous nanofillers, such as carbon nanotubes, for reinforcing mechanical properties and improving such systems. A method for producing a master mixture including at least one superplasticizer and carbonaceous nanofillers at a mass ratio of between 0.1% and 25%, preferably between 0.2% and 20%, in relation to the total weight of the master mixture, and also to said master mixture thus obtained and to the use thereof in a hardenable inorganic system with a view to producing materials with improved properties. The disclosure applies to the construction industry, the building trade and the oil drilling industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active material suitable for the production of an electrode, in particular an electrode for a Li—S battery. The active material according to the invention comprises carbon nanofillers homogeneously dispersed in the substance of a sulphur material, the active material being obtainable according to a method involving melting in the presence of intense mechanical energy. The quantity of carbon nanofillers in the active material represents 1 to 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the active material. The active material according to the invention allows an improvement in the electronic conductivity of the formulation of the electrode. Another aspect of the invention is the use of the active material in an electrode, in particular in a Li—S battery cathode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a master batch comprising between 0.01 and 50 wt. % of carbonaceous nanofillers and at least one sulphurated material such as elemental sulphur by melt compounding, and to the master batch thus produced and the different uses thereof. The invention also relates to a solid composition comprising carbonaceous nanofillers dispersed in a sulphurated material.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a paste composition suitable for the production of an electrode for lead-acid battery, including mixing a carbon nanofiller/lead oxide composite of a first particulate size with sulphuric acid, water and further lead oxide of a second particulate size. Also, the paste thus obtained, the composite used in its manufacture, and the electrode and lead-acid battery obtained from this paste.

Abstract: Hardenable inorganic systems such as cements, plasters, ceramics or liquid silicates, usable for example in the building trade, construction industry or oil drilling industry. The insertion of carbonaceous nanofillers, such as carbon nanotubes, for reinforcing mechanical properties and improving such systems. A method for producing a master mixture including at least one superplasticiser and carbonaceous nanofillers at a mass ratio of between 0.1% and 25%, preferably between 0.2% and 20%, in relation to the total weight of the master mixture, and also to said master mixture thus obtained and to the use thereof in a hardenable inorganic system with a view to producing materials with improved properties. The disclosure applies to the construction industry, the building trade and the oil drilling industry.