Abstract: A method of upcycling cathode active materials is provided. The method includes mixing two or more precursor materials at ambient temperature to form a first eutectic mixture. The method further includes mixing a cathode active material with the first eutectic mixture to form a second eutectic mixture. The method further includes subjecting the second eutectic mixture to a two-step calcination process. The two-step calcination process includes first calcining the second eutectic mixture at a first temperature for a first period of time to obtain an intermediate material and second, calcining the intermediate material at a second temperature for a second period of time to obtain an upcycled cathode active material. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature, and the upcycled cathode active material has a composition that is different than a composition of the cathode active material. A cathode active material formed by the method is also provided.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control method for a vehicle may include: obtaining a road surface image from a sensor of the vehicle; detecting road surface damage from the road surface image using an image detection algorithm; determining a damage degree of the detected road surface damage and a damage distance of the road surface damage from the vehicle; and adjusting an autonomous driving strategy for the vehicle based on the damage degree and the damage distance. The autonomous driving control method for the vehicle can detect potholes or cracks in front of road accurately in real time and adjust the autonomous driving strategy based on a detection result, ensuring safety of passenger in the vehicle and improving passenger experience during the autonomous driving process.

Abstract: A method for communication between a communication device and a base station in a private 5G network where the communication device and the base station have a base period of transmission defined there between as a minimal scheduling period, comprises transmitting location data of the communication device in a last subframe of a current communication period of the communication device. The method further comprises receiving resource allocation data including a transmission period widening factor for one or more subsequent communication periods of the communication device and computing a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) period as a subsequent communication period of the one or more subsequent communication periods, based on the transmission period widening factor and the base period of transmission. Uplink communication is performed in the one or more subsequent periods, based on the resource allocation data and the SPS period.

Abstract: A computer-implemented pre-processed time-delay autoencoder based anomaly detection method are provided for detecting anomalous states of machines arranged in a factory automation (FA) system or a manufacturing production line.

Abstract: A method for preparing a carbon source for wastewater treatment by using kitchen waste, comprises: adding a complex microbial inoculant into the kitchen waste; and phase-change degrading the kitchen waste into a phase-change liquid under aerobic fermentation of the complex microbial inoculant; wherein the phase-change liquid is the carbon source for wastewater treatment; the complex microbial inoculant comprises: a microbial agent comprising aerobic bacteria; and an excipient comprising an Fe-based MOF (metal-organic framework) nanocomposite. According to the method, the kitchen waste is treated under aerobic fermentation to prepare the carbon source, a carbon-nitrogen ratio is greater than 40, and the carbon source is used to supplement a carbon source in a sewage treatment process of a sewage plant, which significantly improves nitrogen and phosphorus removal effects of sewage treatment in the sewage plant, and provides theoretical foundation and basis for resource utilization of the kitchen waste.

Abstract: A method for relithiating cathode material from spent lithium-based batteries, the method comprising: (i) mixing delithiated cathode material and a lithium salt with an ionic liquid in which the lithium salt is at least partially soluble to form an initial mixture; (ii) heating the initial mixture to a temperature of 100° C. to 300° C. to result in relithiation of the delithiated cathode material; and (iii) separating the ionic liquid from the relithiated cathode material; wherein, in embodiments, the cathode material is a lithium metal oxide, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Al, Zr, Ti, Nb, and combinations thereof, or wherein the cathode material has the formula LiNixMnyCozO2, wherein x>0, y>0, z>0, and x+y+z=1; wherein, in some embodiments, the ionic liquid has a nitrogen-containing cationic portion, such as an imidazolium ionic liquid.

Abstract: A computer-executed method is provided for IEEE 802.15.4 devices based on an active carrier sense based carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (ACS-CSMA/CA) control program and standard CSMA/CA control program for coexistence of an IEEE 802.15.4 network composing of IEEE 802.15.4 devices and IEEE 802.11 network composing of IEEE 802.11 devices sharing frequency spectra between the networks. The computer-executed method is provided on an IEEE 802.15.4 device, and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps that include estimating a severity of IEEE 802.11 interference based on a severity estimation metric, selecting the ACS-CSMA/CA control program based on the estimated severity.

Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.

Abstract: A gap inspection apparatus and a gap inspection method are disclosed. The gap inspection apparatus is configured for a wound battery cell, where in a height direction of the wound battery cell. The gap inspection apparatus includes: an X-ray source and an X-ray detector and a bearing mechanism located between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The bearing mechanism includes at least one accommodating groove, the accommodating groove is configured to accommodate the wound battery cell, and the height direction of the wound battery cell crosses a first direction in which the X-ray source points to the X-ray detector. The X-ray source is configured to irradiate an arc-shaped area of the wound body portion, and the X-ray detector is configured to obtain an imaging image of the irradiated arc-shaped area, so as to obtain a gap value between two electrode plates within the arc-shaped area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a detachable modularized test platform. The detachable modularized test platform includes a gantry, a control box and a jig box, where a test area is arranged on the jig box, an air cylinder is arranged on the gantry, a control assembly is mounted in the control box, and a test assembly is mounted in the jig box; during testing, a sample to be tested is placed on the test area, and the upper computer sends an instruction to control the air cylinder to extend a driving rod to move to the sample to be tested; and the upper computer sends the instruction to the control assembly in the control box, to complete testing of the sample, and output and upload test data to a server for saving. The present invention employs a modularized structure, which reduces a size, detection is convenient, and applicability is high.

Abstract: Disclosed is a test box with circuit boards assembled by means of guide rails. The test box includes a box body, a guide rail assembly, a main circuit board, functional circuit boards and an adapter circuit board are arranged in the box body, the functional circuit boards and the main circuit board are perpendicularly in snap fit with the guide rail assembly and are in plug-in connection to the main circuit board by means of terminals, and the adapter circuit board is installed on the inner side wall of the box body and is in plug-in connection to the functional circuit boards by means of terminals. According to the invention, the circuit boards are installed by means of the guide rails, installation procedures are simplified, assembly efficiency is improved, assembly difficulty is reduced, and a space utilization rate is improved.

Abstract: A photoelectric flowmeter circuit includes a circuit power supply end. The photoelectric flowmeter circuit also includes a light-emitting element, including a first end electrically connected to the circuit power supply end and a second end electrically connected to ground. The photoelectric flowmeter circuit also includes a photosensitive triode, including a collector electrically connected to the circuit power supply end and an emitter electrically connected to the ground. The photoelectric flowmeter circuit also includes a direct current (DC) blocking circuit. The photoelectric flowmeter circuit also includes a circuit output end electrically connected to the collector of the photosensitive triode through the DC blocking circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for separating a neural crest derived cell from peripheral blood. In the present disclosure, a mononuclear cell is separated from the peripheral blood and then directly cultured, thereby maximizing use of a neural crest stem cell with a differentiation potential to avoid loss of the neural crest stem cell. In the method of the present disclosure, a sample to be separated is derived from the peripheral blood. The method shows less trauma and low cost. Most importantly, compared to extracting the neural crest derived cell from tissues, the neural crest derived cell extracted from the peripheral blood can be used clinically as a type of biomarker.

Abstract: A rotary knob switch can include: a knob head; a fixing mount disposed below the knob head and configured to allow at least a portion of the bottom of the knob head to pass through it; cam located at the bottom of the fixing mount and to be mated with the bottom of the knob head, a side of the cam forming at least one protruding control curved surface; and a slider, said slider being coaxial with the cam, ramp with different heights being provided along edge of the slider, wherein, when the cam rotates, the control curved surface of the cam presses the ramp of the slider, such that the slider slides along axial direction towards the bottom of the rotary knob switch, the knob head comprises an indicator block, the lower part of the indicator block is provided with an axial light guide column.

Abstract: An inspection method includes obtaining an image of a corner region of the wound cell that includes an image of a cathode electrode plate at N layers of the corner region of the wound cell and an anode electrode plate at the N layers, and determining, based on the image of the corner region, amounts of misalignment between the cathode electrode plate and the anode electrode plate that are adjacent in the wound cell. N is a positive integer.

Abstract: The automatic door opening and closing device includes: a housing having a mounting space formed therein; and a pushing and rotating assembly provided in the mounting space and having a push rod controlled to be telescopic and a guide rod which extends outwards from the mounting space and is controlled to be movable; wherein the push rod is configured to push open a door of the refrigerator when controlled to extend, and the guide rod is configured to drive the door of the refrigerator to rotate after the push rod pushes open the door of the refrigerator. By integrating the push rod and the guide rod in the mounting space inside the housing.

Abstract: A containerized immersion cooling system is provided. The system includes a container with a tank provided therein, wherein the container includes a first side wall having a first port and a second port; a coolant inlet pipe coupled to a first side of the first port; a warmed fluid pipe coupled to a first side of the second port; and a coolant distributor coupled to a second side of the first port.

Abstract: A method of recycling lithium-ion batteries is disclosed. The method includes isolating a composite electrode that comprises an electrode material adhered to a current collector with a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) binder from a spent lithium-ion battery. The method also includes contacting the composite electrode in a polyol fluid capable of releasing the PVDF binder from the current collector without substantially altering either component. The composite electrode may be a cathode or an anode. The method also includes rapidly delaminating the electrode material from the current collector to give a free electrode material and a free current collector, and recovering each of the free electrode material and the free current collector from the mixture. The free electrode material may be reused to prepare another composite electrode, as well as a lithium-ion battery comprising the same, which are also disclosed.