Abstract: The invention provides a method of improving the cycle-life of a lithium metal secondary battery. The method comprises implementing an anode-protecting layer between an anode active material layer and a porous separator/electrolyte, wherein the anode-protecting layer or cathode-protecting layer comprises a conductive sulfonated elastomer composite having from 0.01% to 40% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material and from 0.01% to 40% by weight of an electrochemically stable inorganic filler dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material and the protecting layer has a thickness from 1 nm to 100 ?m, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, a lithium ion conductivity from 10?7 S/cm to 5×10?2 S/cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10?7 S/cm to 100 S/cm when measured at room temperature.

Abstract: An open-ear earphone includes a housing, a chamber is provided inside the housing, a speaker is provided inside the chamber and divides the chamber into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The housing is provided with a first sound hole and a second sound hole. The front chamber is communicated to the outside through the first sound hole, and the rear chamber is communicated to the outside through the second sound hole. The rear chamber includes a first volume down chamber and a second volume down chamber communicated to the first volume down chamber, and the first volume down chamber is located between the speaker and the second volume down chamber. The sound wave in backward motion generated by the speaker is transmitted to the outside from the second sound hole after being reduced by the first volume down chamber and the second volume down chamber.

Abstract: A PCI-E expansion card module is configured to insert in a slot with a rotation switch. The PCI-E expansion card module includes a PCI-E expansion card body and an unlock mechanism. The PCI-E expansion card body includes an inserting portion and a positioning hook. The unlock mechanism is disposed beside the PCI-E expansion card body, and the unlock mechanism includes a pushing member. When the PCI-E expansion card body is inserted into the slot, the rotation switch is on a moving path of the pushing member. The pushing member moves and pushes the rotation switch to release a limitation of the PCI-E expansion card body.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing one or a plurality of lithium cells, comprising: (a) providing at least a dry lithium cell, comprising a cathode, an anode, a porous separator, and a protective casing, wherein the dry cell is electrolyte-free or contains an initial amount of electrolyte less than a final desired amount; (b) injecting a liquid electrolyte into at least a dry cell to form at least a wet cell, wherein the liquid electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a first liquid solvent having a first lithium salt concentration from 0.001 M to 3.0 M; (c) removing portion of the liquid solvent from at least a wet cell to obtain at least a lithium cell comprising a quasi-solid electrolyte having a final lithium salt concentration higher than first concentration and higher than 2.0 M; and (d) optionally sealing the protective housing to produce the lithium cell(s).

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery comprising an anode, a cathode, and a quasi-solid or solid-state electrolyte in ionic communication with the anode and the cathode, wherein the electrolyte comprises: (a) a polymer, which is a polymerization or crosslinking product of a reactive additive, wherein the reactive additive comprises at least one reactive polymer, reactive oligomer, or reactive monomer and a crosslinking agent or initiator; (b) a lithium salt; and (c) from 0% to 30% by weight or by volume of a non-aqueous liquid solvent, based on the total weight or volume of the polymer, the lithium salt, and the liquid solvent combined. This liquid solvent proportion is preferably <20%, more preferably <10% and most preferably <5% by weight or by volume. The cathode comprises particles of a cathode active material and the electrolyte is in physical contact with at least a majority of or substantially all of the cathode active material particles.

Abstract: A composite particulate for a lithium battery, wherein the composite particulate has a diameter from 10 nm to 50 ?m and comprises one or more than one anode active material particles that are dispersed in a high-elasticity polymer matrix or encapsulated by a high-elasticity polymer shell, wherein said high-elasticity polymer matrix or shell has a recoverable elastic tensile strain no less than 5%, when measured without an additive or reinforcement dispersed therein, and a lithium ion conductivity no less than 10?8 S/cm at room temperature and wherein said high-elasticity polymer comprises a crosslinked polymer network of chains from carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), a substituted version thereof, or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display assembly, including: a display panel which includes: a screen portion, a chip providing portion, a bendable portion located between the screen portion and the chip providing portion, and a spacer portion connected between the bendable portion and the screen portion; a blocking layer on the screen portion; a cured adhesive layer located outside an area of the screen portion and including: a first portion covering the bendable portion and a second portion covering the spacer portion, the first portion and the second portion each having an thickness less than that of the blocking layer, the second portion is in contact with the blocking layer, and a surface of the second portion distal to the spacer portion is substantially flat. The present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of the display assembly and a display device.

Abstract: A negative electrode for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium includes a negative electrode including an electroactive material layer disposed on a current collector that has lithiated silicon oxide (LSO) negative electroactive material at ? about 10 weight % to ? about 30 weight % of a total weight of the electroactive material layer and a carbonaceous negative electroactive material, such as graphite. An electrochemical cell that incorporates such a negative electrode may also include a second electrode comprising a porous positive active material layer comprising a positive lithium containing, nickel-rich electroactive material, such as a lithium nickel manganese cobalt aluminum oxide, a porous separating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and an electrolyte disposed in pores of the separating layer.

Abstract: Provided is highly elastic polymer composite binder composition for use in an anode or cathode of a lithium battery, the composition comprising a polymerizing or cross-linking liquid precursor and a 0.01%-50% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material dispersed in the liquid precursor, wherein the liquid precursor is capable of chemically bonding to an anode active material or cathode active material in the lithium battery upon completion of polymerization or cross-linking reactions to form a high-elasticity polymer and the resulting high-elasticity polymer has a recoverable tensile strain from 5% to 700% when measured without the conductive reinforcement dispersed in the polymer.

Abstract: The invention provides a 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin drug precursor with fluorescence activity and a preparation method and use thereof. The method involves that a carboxyl group of a boron dipyrromethene dye molecule is condensed with a hydroxyl group at the 10 position of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin, yielding a 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin drug precursor (BDP-SN38) with fluorescent activity. BDP-SN38 shows good solubility and stability in most pharmaceutically acceptable solvents. Compared with SN38, BDP-SN38 exhibits comparable antitumor activity, has high tumor uptake capacity, and produces strong green fluorescence with the excitation of visible light, thus providing fluorescence-guided bioimaging and further treatment of residual tumors after drug treatment, and having good application prospects in the research of integrated diagnosis and treatment and effective tumor treatment.

Abstract: Provided is an anode active material layer for a lithium battery. The anode active material layer comprises multiple anode active material particles and an optional conductive additive that are bonded together by a binder comprising a high-elasticity polymer having a recoverable or elastic tensile strain no less than 5% when measured without an additive or reinforcement in the polymer. The high-elasticity polymer contains a cross-linked network of polymer chains. The anode active material preferably has a specific lithium storage capacity greater than 372 mAh/g (e.g. Si, Ge, Sn, SnO2, Co3O4, etc.).

Abstract: An open-ear Bluetooth® earphone includes an earphone body and a support frame. The support frame is configured to be plugged into a cavum concha of a wearer. The earphone body is provided with an audio source, and the support frame is installed on the earphone body and corresponds to the audio source. When in use, the support frame is configured to be firmly plugged into the cavum concha of the wearer to allow the earphone body to be worn on the ear of the wearer. The audio source corresponds to the ear canal of the wearer through the support frame, so that the sound emitted from the audio source is transmitted into the ear canal through the support frame. The audio source is directly opposite of the ear canal through the support frame to shorten the distance between the audio source and the ear canal.

Abstract: An open-ear earphone includes a housing, a chamber is provided inside the housing, a speaker is provided inside the chamber and divides the chamber into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The housing is provided with a first sound hole and a second sound hole. The front chamber is communicated to the outside through the first sound hole, and the rear chamber is communicated to the outside through the second sound hole. The rear chamber includes a first volume down chamber and a second volume down chamber communicated to the first volume down chamber, and the first volume down chamber is located between the speaker and the second volume down chamber. The sound wave in backward motion generated by the speaker is transmitted to the outside from the second sound hole after being reduced by the first volume down chamber and the second volume down chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of photosensitizers, and particularly to a near-infrared nano-photosensitizer and a preparation method and use thereof. The near-infrared nano-photosensitizer in the present invention is modified by conjugation extension of the boron dipyrromethene core, achieving absorption and emission spectra close to the near-infrared region. A polyfluoroalkyl group and a polyethylene glycol group are introduced to the boron dipyrromethene structure to obtain an amphiphilic photosensitizer. By means of the strong fluorine-fluorine interaction between the polyfluoroalkyl group and the hydrophilic interaction of the polyethylene glycol group, a nano-photosensitive micelle with an ultra-low CMC value is ultimately constructed. Boron dipyrromethene is induced by fluorine-fluorine interaction to undergo J-aggregation, causing the maximum absorption peak to red-shift to the near-infrared region, beneficial to the deep phototherapy of tumors.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium cell comprising: (a) a cathode having a cathode active material and a first electrolyte in ionic contact with the cathode active material; (b) an anode having an anode current collector but no anode active material and having no lithium metal when the cell is made; (c) an optional porous separator electronically separating the anode and the cathode; and (d) a second electrolyte, comprising a polymer electrolyte in ionic contact with the first electrolyte, wherein the polymer electrolyte is disposed substantially between the anode and the cathode, between the separator and the cathode, and/or between the separator and the anode. The polymer electrolyte substantially does not permeate into the anode or the cathode. Also provided is a method of preparing or operating such an anode-less lithium cell.

Abstract: Provided is apparatus for introducing a quasi-solid electrolyte into one or a plurality of lithium battery cells, the apparatus comprising: (a) a cell-holding device to hold one or a plurality of lithium battery cells and is in a working relation to a liquid electrolyte-filling device that injects a liquid electrolyte into the battery cells, wherein the liquid electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in a first liquid solvent having a first lithium salt concentration from 0.001 M to 3.0 M (mole/L); and (b) a solvent vapor-removing device in a working relation to the cell-holding device, wherein the vapor-removing device comprises a pumping device to move solvent vapors away from the battery cells so that the electrolyte has a final lithium salt concentration higher than the first concentration and higher than 2.0 M. Also provided is a method of operating the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus can include at least a controller, quantum hardware, and an interface. The controller can be configured to generate command signals. The quantum hardware can include at least a plurality of qubits. The interface can be connected to the controller and the quantum hardware, the interface being configured to control the quantum hardware based on the command signals to implement a quantum circuit configured to simulate a boundary operator that creates a mapping of boundaries of a given graph having nodes and edges. For example, the quantum circuit can be configured to simulate a boundary operator that creates a mapping of simplices of orders, e.g., of all orders, in a given simplicial complex. A method can include creating a boundary operator on a quantum computer, where a quantum circuit is built using Pauli spin operators.