Abstract: In a method for purifying highly pure isopropyl alcohol used in a semiconductor cleaning process, diacetone alcohol present in isopropyl alcohol is removed by an adsorption process, and diacetone alcohol, triisopropyl borate, and metal impurities are removed by a distillation process. The purified isopropyl alcohol may have a purity of has the moisture of 10 ppm or less, the triisopropyl boron compound of 50 ppt or less, and each metal of the metal impurities of 20 ppt or less.

Abstract: A gate driver includes: a pull-up circuit configured to pull up a gate output signal to a high voltage in response to a signal at a first node of the pull-up circuit; a first pull-down circuit configured to pull down the gate output signal to a low voltage in response to a signal at a second node of the first pull-down circuit; a second pull-down circuit configured to pull down the gate output signal to the low voltage in response to a signal at a third node of the second pull-down circuit; a first selection circuit configured to activate the first pull-down circuit and deactivate the second pull-down circuit based on a first selection signal; and a second selection circuit configured to activate the second pull-down circuit and deactivate the first pull-down circuit based on a second selection signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power semiconductor device that includes a gate electrode recessed from a first surface of a semiconductor substrate to a second surface, disposed opposite to the first surface, of the semiconductor substrate, an emitter region, including impurities in a first conductive type, disposed in contact with a trench, in which the gate electrode is disposed, and the first surface, a collector region, including impurities in a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, disposed in contact with the second surface, a floating region, including the impurities in the second conductive type, extending toward the second surface in an extension direction of the trench while surrounding a bottom surface of the trench, and a trench emitter region interposed under the gate electrode in the trench.

Abstract: A display device of the disclosure includes a substrate, a circuit layer disposed on the substrate and including a pixel circuit and a sensor circuit, a pixel element layer disposed on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a light receiving element electrically connected to the sensor circuit, and a pixel defining layer disposed on the circuit layer, and a partition wall disposed on the pixel defining layer. The partition wall has a reverse taper shape.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a plurality of gate electrodes configured to be recessed from a first surface of a semiconductor substrate to a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, an emitter region configured to make contact with a trench and the first surface, being provided between respective ones of the plurality of gate electrodes, and including impurities of a first conductive type, a collector region configured to make contact with the second surface, and including second impurities of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, a floating region extending toward the second surface in an extension direction of the trench while surrounding a bottom surface of the trench, and including the second impurities, and a trench emitter region interposed between the plurality of gate electrodes in the trench.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a cathode active material useful in a sodium ion secondary battery having high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. The method for preparing a cathode active material composed of Zrw-doped NaxLiyMzOa includes the steps of (A) doping LiyMzOa with Zrw to provide Zrw-doped LiyMzOa; and (B) dissociating Li ion from the Zrw-doped LiyMzOa and inserting Na ion thereto to provide the Zrw-doped NaxLiyMzOa, wherein M is selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, Ru, and combinations thereof, and wherein 0.005<w<0.05, 0.8?x?0.85, 0.09?y?0.11, 7?x/y?10, 0.7?z?0.95, and 1.95?a?2.05. When the cathode active material is used for manufacturing a cathode for a sodium ion secondary battery, the battery can substitute for a conventional, expensive lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide for treatment of the corona virus infection COVID-19 and a use thereof. In order to make the binding to the new epitope of SARS-CoV2 RBD stronger compared to the peptide (P6) simulating the conventionally known binding site between SARS-CoV RBD and ACE2, the peptide of the present invention includes a new portion added with a novel amino acid sequence fundamentally designed for interaction in the dimension of atoms consisting of the amino acids. Suggested in the present invention is a novel design of a peptide having higher binding affinity than conventionally known peptides, wherein an expanded peptide is creatively designed to additionally interact with charged amino acids of D420 and K458, located at the rear side of the known binding boundary between RBD and hACE2. The peptide of the present invention exhibits high possibility as a therapeutic agent for COVID-19.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium-air battery including a redox mediator in an electrolyte and having a protective layer on an anode, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lithium-air battery includes an anode including a lithium metal, a protective layer positioned on the anode and including lithium fluoride (LiF), a cathode, and an electrolyte positioned between the protective layer and the cathode. Particularly, the electrolyte includes a halogen ion (X?) which is a redox mediator.

Abstract: Provided through the present disclosure is a method for reducing nitrogen dioxide in exhaust gas of a stationary source by using selective catalytic reduction (SCR) without injection of a reducing agent, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing exhaust gas generated in the stationary source wherein the exhaust gas includes at least one of CO, H2, and hydrocarbon; (b) contacting the exhaust gas with a catalyst to reduce nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust gas; and (c) discharging into air the exhaust gas that has undergone step (b).

Abstract: A sphere type shift control apparatus for an electronic shift system has a sphere member rotated with respect to a housing by power from a motor, and the rotation of the sphere member is restricted by holding torque of the motor, such that it is possible to implement a shift lock. Further, since a user can forcibly manually rotate the sphere member, the function of shift lock release can be implemented.

Abstract: A virtual driving system for efficiently testing an interlock operation is provided. The virtual driving system comprises an optical cable installed on a rail; a transport cart for driving in place on the rail and communicating with the optical cable; a first collision avoidance control unit set to correspond to a first virtual path of the transport cart; a second collision avoidance control unit set to correspond to a second virtual path different from the first virtual path of the transport cart; a signal line distribution unit for selectively connecting any one of the first collision avoidance control unit and the second collision avoidance control unit to the optical cable; and a simulator for controlling the first collision avoidance control unit, the second collision avoidance control unit, and the signal line distribution unit according to an operation scenario of the transport cart.

Abstract: A unit cell including a thermochromic polymer and a defect detection method using the same are disclosed. Preferably, the unit cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a thermochromic polymer configured such that the color of the thermochromic polymer changes depending on temperature, whereby the unit cell is easily checked to indicate a short circuit, as well as damage to or defects of the separator.

Abstract: A device for producing an azo compound includes a reaction unit in which a first solution comprising a hydrazo compound and at least one type of MaXb; a negative electrode disposed to be in direct contact with the hydrazo compound inside the reaction unit; and a positive electrode disposed inside the reaction unit so as to be in contact with the solution. X is a halogen element, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Ag, Zn, Sn, Zr, and Ti, or at least one selected from the group consisting of a primary ammonium ion, a secondary ammonium ion, and a tertiary ammonium ion, H is hydrogen, and a and b are each independently any one integer between 1 and 4.

Abstract: A method for preparing an azo compound includes a first step for producing an Xb molecule by electrolyzing, in a reaction system, a first solution including a hydrazo compound and at least one type of MaXb; a second step for oxidizing the hydrazo compound with the generated Xb molecule to obtain a second solution including an azo compound, MaXb, and HX; a third step for discharging the second solution outside the reaction system, and separating therefrom a third solution including MaXb and HX to obtain a solid azo compound; and a fourth step for introducing the third solution and an additional hydrazo compound equivalent to the hydrazo compound into the reaction system, and electrolyzing a fourth solution including the additional hydrazo compound, MaXb, and HX to produce an Xb molecule.

Abstract: An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same are provided. The electrode assembly includes an electrode stack, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately stacked to be wound, and a temperature difference compensating member disposed at a winding center of the electrode stack such that a temperature difference between a winding outer shell and a winding center of the electrode stack is reduced. The temperature difference compensating member includes a phase change material.

Abstract: A method for automatically recognizing a location of an object so that a robot can grasp and transfer the product in an apparatus for automatically recognizing a location of an object is provided. The method for automatically recognizing a location of an object obtains one frame from image data of the product produced by the manufacturing facility, detects location and shape information of the product based on a hue, saturation, value (HSV) color space using the frame, generates a recipe for the robot to grasp and transfer the product based on the location and shape information of the product, and transmits the recipe to the robot.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stacked structure for a display cover window having improved scratch resistance using a difference in elastic modulus, and a method of manufacturing the same. The stacked structure for a display cover window includes a base member having an elastic modulus of 2.5 GPa to 5.5 GPa; a hard coating member disposed on the base member and having an elastic modulus of 0.546 times to 2.4 times the elastic modulus of the base member; and a damping member disposed beneath the base member and having an elastic modulus of 0.0000018 to 0.02 times the elastic modulus of the base member. The stacked structure for a display cover window has an effect of remarkably improving scratch resistance by reducing a normal force, which is a major component of frictional force that is a main cause of scratching.

Abstract: A motor driving device which can reduce a load burden on a rotating shaft when a magnetic bearing is initially operated. When a rotor and a stator are initially aligned, the motor driving device can apply a greater current to a coil positioned farthest away from the ground among a plurality of coils than to the other coils, so as to reduce a levitation force necessary for initial alignment of the rotor and the stator.

Abstract: A simulation method and system for real-time simulation using digital twin agent are disclosed. The simulation method may include generating a digital twin object cyberizing a manufacturing resource required for a process based on manufacturing resource information, mapping a learning model onto the digital twin object and transmitting the learning model mapped onto the digital twin object to a digital twin agent, receiving information analyzed by using the learning model from the digital twin object of the digital twin agent, and performing a simulation based on the received information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor rotor assembly and a method of aligning a pole center of a permanent magnet thereof.