Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a high-performance indoor photovoltaic cell using self-assembled monolayers and an indoor photovoltaic cell manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, provided is an indoor photovoltaic cell including: a transparent lower electrode passing through indoor light; a self-assembled single-layer based ultra thin 2PACz layer formed on the lower electrode with a predetermined thickness; an organic semiconductor layer formed on the 2PACz layer by mixing materials for forming a donor layer and an acceptor layer, and 2PACz, generating an exciton by the indoor light, and separating the exciton into a positive charge and a negative charge; and an upper electrode absorbing the negative charge.

Abstract: A method for pre-lithiation of a negative electrode is disclosed, including the steps of: producing a lithium metal laminate which includes i) lithium metal foil; and ii) a buffer layer including carbonaceous material particles, inorganic compound particles, polymer compound particles or their combination, and coated on one surface of the lithium metal foil; producing a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector; and laminating the lithium metal laminate with the negative electrode in such a manner that the buffer layer of the lithium metal laminate is in contact with the negative electrode active material layer. A lithium metal laminate used for the method is also provided. The pre-lithiation of a negative electrode that includes a buffer layer reduces the problem of rapid volumetric swelling occurring.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system. The lenses are separated from each other by respective air gaps along the optical axis between the lenses. The lenses include a first lens closest to the object side of the optical imaging system. The conditional expressions 1.5 mm<Gmax, TL<12.0 mm, and 0.15<R1/f are satisfied, where Gmax is a maximum air gap along the optical axis among all of the air gaps, TL is a length of the optical imaging system along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, R1 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens, and f is a focal length of the optical imaging system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing a predictive spatiotemporal query based on synthetic data. The apparatus includes a query-processing unit for analyzing a predictive spatiotemporal query of a user and returning a processing result, a machine-learning unit for training a machine-learning model in response to a request from the query-processing unit and generating synthetic spatiotemporal data based on the machine-learning model, and a data storage unit for storing raw spatiotemporal data and the generated synthetic spatiotemporal data, and the raw spatiotemporal data may be stored in the form of a table including an identifier column and a position column.

Abstract: An embodiment apparatus for predicting traffic flow on a new road includes a memory, an input device, and a controller configured to input traffic data corresponding to a default context of the new road received by the input device to a prediction model stored in the memory, training of which is completed, and to predict a traffic flow corresponding to various contexts of the new road based on the prediction model.

Abstract: A platooning control apparatus is based on active collision avoidance control. The apparatus includes: a collision danger determining unit configured to, when a host vehicle is a leading vehicle platooning with one or more following vehicles, determine a collision danger of the host vehicle with a front vehicle, determine whether it is possible for the host vehicle to collide when fully braked when there is a danger of collision of the host vehicle, and determine whether the one or more following vehicles in a platoon collide; a collision avoidance determining unit configured to determine whether it is possible to avoid collision of the host vehicle; a longitudinal deceleration profile generating unit configured to generate a longitudinal deceleration profile of the host vehicle; and a collision avoidance path generating unit configured to generate a transverse path for avoiding collision of the host vehicle.

Abstract: In the embodiments, an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution instead of hydrogen chloride gas and solid triphosgene instead of phosgene gas may be used in the process of preparing a diisocyanate from a diamine through a diamine hydrochloride. In addition, the embodiments provide processes for preparing a diisocyanate composition and an optical lens of higher quality, in which the reaction temperature of a diamine hydrochloride composition and triphosgene is controlled to a specific range, or a crude diisocyanate composition obtained from the reaction of a diamine hydrochloride composition and triphosgene is distilled at a specific temperature range, or the molar ratio of a diamine hydrochloride and triphosgene is adjusted to a specific range.

Abstract: A vehicle restart control apparatus includes a processor configured to generate an override torque according to the environment information of the host vehicle when the vehicle is restarted after stopping; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting a traffic speed and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes an input device that receives traffic speed sequences of a plurality of links and a controller that detects a spatio-temporal relationship between traffic speeds of the plurality of links and predicts a future traffic speed of a target link based on the spatio-temporal relationship between the traffic speeds of the plurality of links.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a substrate transfer unit configured to transfer a substrate, a rail unit including a driving rail extending in a first direction that the substrate transfer unit moves and a stopper on a side of the driving rail in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a lifting unit configured to move in the first direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions to remove the substrate transfer unit from the rail unit, wherein the lifting unit is configured to contact the stopper to move the stopper from a closed state to an open state.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound, an organic light emitting device, and a composition for an organic material layer of an organic light emitting device.

Abstract: An inter-floor transport system includes a first interface unit at a first floor and configured to receive containers from a transport vehicle, and a car configured to receive containers from the first interface unit at the first floor and move containers to a second floor, where the car includes a cage, a storage unit in the cage and including a plurality of storage areas, and an arrangement unit in the cage, the arrangement unit being configured to receive containers from the first interface unit and store containers in respective storage areas of the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit.

Abstract: A power generator with partial sinusoidal waveform includes a resonance module circuit and a pulse module circuit. The resonance module circuit includes a plurality of resonance control switches, and generates a first output voltage by selectively turning on and off the plurality of resonance control switches based on a plurality of resonance control signals. The pulse module circuit includes a plurality of pulse control switches, and generates a second output voltage by selectively turning on and off the plurality of pulse control switches based on a plurality of pulse control signals. The power generator generates a bias power based on the plurality of resonance control signals, the plurality of pulse control signals, the first output voltage and the second output voltage. The bias power has a non-sinusoidal voltage waveform during an entire time interval and a sinusoidal voltage waveform during a partial time interval.

Abstract: Provided is a composition and a fructose production method, wherein the composition contains: sucrose phosphorylase or a microorganism expressing same; or a culture or lysate of the microorganism whereby fructose can be produced at low cost with high yield.

Abstract: A power transfer system includes an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for providing electric power to an electric vehicle (EV) and an electric power reception device mounted in the EV; a first conductor plate electrically connected to a primary-side circuit of the EVSE; a compensation circuit for transferring a power input signal of the EVSE to the first conductor plate; a second conductor plate disposed in the EV and connected to the electric power reception device; and a secondary-side circuit for transferring a power signal received by the second conductor plate to a load, where the electric power is transferred from the EVSE to the EV by capacitive coupling between the first conductor plate and the second conductor plate.

Abstract: A display device includes a scan driver to supply scan signals to first and second scan lines, a data driver to supply a data signal to data lines, a sensor connected to sensing lines, and pixels including a light-emitting element, a driving transistor to control an amount of current supplied to the light-emitting element in response to a voltage of a first node, a switching transistor between a j-th data line and the first node, and including a gate electrode coupled to an i-th first scan line, and a sensing transistor coupled between a second node, which is between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor, and a k-th sensing line, and including a gate electrode coupled to an i-th second scan line, and wherein the sensor is to sense deterioration information of the light-emitting element in a state in which the switching and sensing transistors are turned on.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a polymerizable composition and an optical material produced therefrom which has excellent lightfastness and minimized color defects, and more specifically, the polymerizable composition according to one embodiment includes UV absorbers having, as the main absorption wavelength, either a long-wavelength region or a short-Wavelength region Within the UV region, wherein the UV absorbers do not absorb in the Visible light region. Accordingly, the polymerizable composition may be used to provide an optical material having excellent lightfastness and minimized color defects.

Abstract: A unit page buffer block includes first to fourth page buffer pairs. Each of the page buffer pairs includes a common column decoder block; and an upper page buffer stage and a lower page buffer stage electrically and commonly connected to the common column decoder block. Each of the upper page buffer stages includes an upper selection block; an upper latch block; and an upper cache block. Each of the lower page buffer stage includes a lower selection block; a lower latch block; and a lower cache block. Each of the upper selection blocks includes first to fourth sub-selection blocks. Each of the upper and lower latch blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-latch blocks. Each of the upper and lower cache blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-cache blocks. Each of the common column decoder block includes first to third sub-common column decoder blocks arranged in a row direction.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information.