Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode, including: coating an electrode forming slurry on at least one surface of a current collector; and rolling the current collector coated with the electrode forming slurry, wherein the electrode forming slurry includes an electrode active material and an electrode binder, wherein the electrode binder includes an acrylic binder, and wherein the rolling is performed at a temperature of 105° C. or more, thereby manufacturing the electrode having low moisture content by using the rolling process in the manufacture of the electrode using the aqueous binder.

Abstract: Disclosed are capacitors, methods of manufacturing the capacitors, electronic devices including the capacitors, and methods of manufacturing the electronic devices. A capacitor may include a first electrode, a second electrode disposed spaced apart from the first electrode, and a laminated film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the laminated film comprises: a HfxZr1-xOy layer, wherein x satisfies 0?x?1, y satisfies 1.5<y?2 and a Bi2O3 layer disposed in one or more of: a region between the first electrode and the HfxZr1-xOy layer; a region between the second electrode and the HfxZr1-xOy layer; and an intermediate region of the HfxZr1-xOy layer in a direction in which the first and second electrodes are spaced apart each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery, a positive electrode comprising the same, a lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode, and a method for preparing a positive electrode slurry are provided. The positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material, a first conductive material and a second conductive material, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a sulfur-carbon composite comprising a porous carbon material and sulfur (S), the first conductive material comprises fibers having an average particle size of 5 ?m or less and the second conductive material comprises secondary particles including agglomerates of two or more primary particles of carbon nanotubes (CNT), and the combination of the conductive materials provides improved output characteristics and capacity of the lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: A battery management system, a battery pack, an electric vehicle and a battery management method are provided. The BMS includes a sensing unit for detecting voltage, current, and pressure of the battery cell, a memory for storing first relationship data representing the relationship between OCV and SOC and second relationship data representing the relationship between pressure and SOC, and a control unit for determining a voltage value, a current value, and a pressure value, and determining a SOC estimation value of the battery cell at each set time. The control unit compares a previous SOC estimation value with a plateau section, and determines a current SOC estimation value by executing at least one of (i) a first SOC estimation value based on the voltage value, the current value and the first relationship data, and (ii) a second SOC estimation value based on the pressure value and the second relationship data.

Abstract: A battery control device includes: a connector turning ON or OFF a connection state between a plurality of batteries and an output terminal to which a discharge current is output, for each battery; a controller controlling the connector such that the plurality of batteries are connected in parallel with each other to the output terminal and discharged during a first discharge period from a start time of discharge of the plurality of batteries each of which SOC is a predetermined reference value or more until a time when the SOC of at least one of the plurality of batteries reaches the reference value, and connected alternatively to the output terminal and discharged during a second discharge period from a time when the SOC of each of the plurality of batteries becomes lower than the reference value until a time when the discharge of the plurality of batteries is terminated.

Abstract: A battery capacity recovery apparatus and a battery capacity recovery method are provided. The battery capacity recovery apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to measure voltage and current of a battery, and a control unit configured to determine an electric state of the battery based on time series data of each of the voltage and the current of the battery. When it is determined to execute the capacity recovery process based on the electric state of the battery, the control unit is configured to sequentially execute the first capacity recovery routine and the second capacity recovery routine. The first capacity recovery routine is a procedure that discharges the battery until a state of charge (SOC) of the battery decreases to a reference state of charge (SOC). The second capacity recovery routine is a procedure that rests the battery during a reference time or more from a completion time point of the first capacity recovery routine.

Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery having high energy density and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The lithium-sulfur battery at depth of discharge (DOD) 15% to DOD 80% includes a compound having three or more characteristic peaks of diffraction angles (2? values) of X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns selected from 7.1±0.2°, 9.0±0.2°, 9.4±0.2°, 9.6±0.2°, 9.9±0.2°, 10.0±0.2°, 10.4±0.2°, 11.0±0.2°, 11.6±0.2°, 12.1±0.2°, 13.3±0.2°, 14.5±0.2° and 15.0±0.2°.

Abstract: A touchscreen apparatus includes pixel rows including pixels configured to display an image, a touch-sensing unit configured to sense a physical touch, light-sensing unit configured to sense incident light, a first sensor gate line configured to provide a first gate signal for activating the light-sensing unit and resetting the touch-sensing unit, a second sensor gate line configured to provide a second gate signal for activating the touch-sensing unit and resetting the light-sensing unit, and a reset circuit configured to provide a common voltage to the pixels based on the operation of at least one of the light-sensing unit and the touch-sensing unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer in which zirconium, hafnium, and a IV group element are mixed. A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming a bottom electrode, forming the dielectric layer and forming a top electrode over the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a capacitor includes: forming a first silicon layer over a semiconductor substrate, where the first silicon layer is doped with a dopant; forming an undoped second silicon layer over the first silicon layer; forming an opening by etching the second silicon layer and the first silicon layer; forming a storage node in the opening; and removing the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer in which zirconium, hafnium, and a IV group element are mixed. A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming a bottom electrode, forming the dielectric layer and forming a top electrode over the dielectric layer.

Abstract: An touchscreen apparatus includes pixel rows including pixels configured to display an image, a touch-sensing unit configured to sense a physical touch and a light-sensing unit configured to sense incident light, the touch-sensing unit and the light-sensing unit being between two adjacent pixel rows and configured to operate based on first and second gate signals, a first sensor gate line connected to the light-sensing unit and the touch-sensing unit and configured to provide the first gate for activating the light-sensing unit and resetting the touch-sensing unit, a second sensor gate line connected to both the light-sensing unit and the touch-sensing unit and configured to provide the second gate signal for activating the touch-sensing unit and resetting the light-sensing unit, and a reset circuit configured to provide a common voltage to the pixels based on the operation of at least one of the light-sensing unit and the touch-sensing unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer in which zirconium, hafnium, and a IV group element are mixed. A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming a bottom electrode, forming the dielectric layer and forming a top electrode over the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a capacitor includes: forming a first silicon layer over a semiconductor substrate, where the first silicon layer is doped with a dopant; forming an undoped second silicon layer over the first silicon layer; forming an opening by etching the second silicon layer and the first silicon layer; forming a storage node in the opening; and removing the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device which has a simple structure and can be manufactured in a simple process, has increased light coupling efficiency and brightness, and can reduce adverse effects of optical resonance on a view angle and emission spectrum. The light-emitting device includes a substrate; a light-emitting diode formed on the substrate; and an optical resonance layer formed outside the light-emitting diode that induces resonance of light emitted from the light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A method of forming a multi-component dielectric layer on the surface of a substrate by atomic layer deposition includes injecting a cocktail source of a plurality of sources at least having a cyclopentadienyl ligand, wherein the cocktail source is adsorbed on a surface of a substrate by injecting the cocktail source, performing a first purge process to remove a non-adsorbed portion of the cocktail source, injecting a reactant to react with the adsorbed cocktail source, wherein a multi-component layer is formed by the reaction between the reactant and the absorbed cocktail source, and performing a second purge process to remove reaction byproducts and an unreacted portion of the reactant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer, where the dielectric layer includes a metal oxide layer, a metal nitride carbide layer including hydrogen therein, and a reduction prevention layer inserted between the metal nitride carbide layer and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer in which zirconium, hafnium, and a IV group element are mixed. A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming a bottom electrode, forming the dielectric layer and forming a top electrode over the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A flat panel display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the manufacturing method includes: i) preparing a substrate, ii) forming a plurality of subpixels on the substrate and iii) forming a light resonating layer including two or more layers on the subpixels, wherein the light resonating layer varies in thickness depending on the subpixels. According to at least one embodiment, it is possible to improve the brightness and the external light coupling efficiency. Further, it is possible to easily manufacture the light resonating layer with the structure in which the low refractive layers alternate with the high refractive layers.