Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method to enable fabrication of a battery electrode comprising forming a conductive compound comprising a selenium-sulfur compound and a conductive additive. The conductive compound is applied onto a conductive substrate utilizing one or more of casting, pressing, ink jet printing, and screen printing. The selenium-sulfur compound is present as SexS8-x and 1<x<8. The conductive additive comprises individual graphene sheets.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to battery electrodes incorporating composites of graphene and selenium-sulfur compounds for improved rechargeable batteries. In one embodiment, a conductive composition comprises a conductive composition having a Se—S compound, a conductive additive. The Se—S compound is present as SexS8-x, wherein 0<x<8.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to battery electrodes incorporating composites of graphene and selenium-sulfur compounds for improved rechargeable batteries. In one embodiment, a conductive composition comprises a conductive composition having a Se—S compound, a conductive additive. The Se—S compound is present as SexS8-x, wherein 0<x<8.

Abstract: The present invention provides thermal insulator composites based upon nanostructured L3-silica microparticles and polyurethane foam chemistry that are both easy to process and have superior insulating properties for use in household and commercial refrigeration, construction, and shipping applications. The composite material retains many of the attractive processing characteristics of polyurethane foams such as volume expansion and shape-filling during polymerization and demonstrates a total thermal conductivity between 32 and 44% that of commercially available polyurethane foams.