Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid positive electrode comprising a composition which comprises a first active material being a lithium-containing compound, a sodium-containing compound, or an electroactive conjugated polymer; a second active material being a polymer containing a nitroxide radical, and electrically conductive particles. In another aspect, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a hybrid positive electrode according to the present invention, a negative electrode and an electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an electrically conductive polymer composite comprising the steps of (a) providing electrically conductive particles, a monomer, and a cross-linking agent to form a reaction mixture, (b) bringing said reaction mixture to a process temperature which is greater than the melting temperature of the monomer and than the temperature at which the polymerization is activated, said polymerization is considered to be activated when at least 5% of the monomer was converted, (c) retrieving a cross-linked electrically conductive polymer composite comprising said electrically conductive particles, characterized in that said monomer is of formula (I) RaRbC=CRc((X)n-R) and in that step (b) of the process is carried out in a reaction mixture comprising not more than 100 wt % of an organic solvent with respect to the total weight of the monomer. The present invention also relates to an electrically conductive polymer composite obtained by the present process.

Abstract: Disclosed are metal nanoparticle containing unimolecular micelles comprising selected star-shaped block-copolymers. These unimolecular micelles can be used as catalysts in coupling reactions forming carbon-carbon-bonds, for example as catalysts in the Heck reaction.