Abstract: A method for producing metal chloride Mx+Clx? includes reacting metal carbonate in solid form using phosgene, diphosgene and/or triphosgene to form metal chloride Mx+Clx?, wherein the metal M is selected from the group containing alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Al and Zn, Li and Mg, or Li, for example, and x corresponds to the valency of the metal cations. An apparatus for performing such method is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for converting carbon dioxide and water, wherein the electrolyte comprises a proton sponge which serves to accumulate CO2 in the electrolyte. The invention further relates to a corresponding use of a proton sponge and to an electrolyte comprising at least one proton sponge.

Abstract: A housing for an electric or electronic apparatus includes an access hood, or access lid which can be fixed on the housing for closing the housing or a housing opening by a locking mechanism operable from outside the housing. The locking mechanism includes at least one lock/slide held on the housing or on the access hood/access lid so as to be longitudinally displaceable and is provided with a ramp and an undercut or detent lug spaced therefrom. The access hood/access lid or the housing is provided with at least one protrusion which is formed and/or arranged for defining two engagement means in such a manner that depending on the current sliding position of the lock/slide, it alternately comes into operative engagement with the associated detent lug for pulling the access hood/access lid toward the housing, or with the ramp for pushing it away from the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to silyl- and heteroatom-substituted compounds selected from carbazoles, dibenzofurans, dibenzothiophenes and disilylbenzophospholes of the formula (I) or (I*), to the use of the compounds of the formula (I) or (I*) in organic electronics applications, preferably in organic light-emitting diodes, to an organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), to a light-emitting layer comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), to a blocking layer for holes/excitons comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), and to an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, keyboards, items of clothing, furniture and wallpaper, comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A surgical instrument, particularly an electrosurgical instrument, including an actuating element for actuating at least one first and one second functional unit, wherein the actuating element is movable in a translational and/or rotational motion within a movement range, wherein the first functional unit is actuatable by means of a movement within a first partial region of the movement range and the second functional unit is actuatable by means of a movement within a second partial region of the movement range, wherein a changeover device is provided such that, as a result of a movement of the actuating element through a changeover region between the first and second partial region, an operative connection between the first functional unit and the actuating element can be interrupted and an operative connection can be established between the second functional unit and the actuating element.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, a light-emitting layer formed from at least one matrix material and at least one emitter material, wherein the at least one matrix material comprises at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, the use of cyclic phosphazene compounds in organic light-emitting diodes and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units and illumination units comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode, and selected cyclic phosphazene compounds and processes for preparing them.

Abstract: A radiation-emitting device for emitting electromagnetic radiation which is a mixture of at least three different partial radiations of a first, a second and a third wavelength range.

Abstract: Optoelectronic organic component, comprising: a first electrode, a first planarization layer which is disposed on the first electrode, a first injection layer which is disposed on the planarization layer, an organic functional layer which is disposed on the injection layer, a second electrode which is disposed on the organic functional layer, wherein in the case that the first electrode is an anode, the following applies for the energy levels: EF?EHOMO,Inj.??EHOMO,Plan. and EF?EHOMO,Inj<EHOMO,Funk. or in the case that the first electrode is a cathode, the following applies for the energy levels: ELUMO,Inj.?EF?ELUMO,Plan.?EF and ELUMO,Inj.?EF<ELUMO,Funk.?EF, wherein EF is the fermi energy, EHOMO is the energy of the highest occupied energy level of the respective layer and ELUMO is the energy of the lowest unoccupied energy level of the respective layer.

Abstract: An electronic device comprising a substrate, a first electrode, at least one organic functional layer, and a second electrode is indicated. The organic functional layer comprises a first, a second, and a third matrix material, wherein the first matrix material has a larger band gap than the second and the third matrix materials.

Abstract: In an airbag module (100) for a vehicle steering wheel comprising an inflator (110) and a device (130) for vibration damping on which the inflator (110) is mounted to be oscillating as vibration damper mass the device (130) for vibration damping is configured at least to damp a first device-specific frequency and a second device-specific frequency, wherein different excitation directions are associated with the first and second device-specific frequencies.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode, organic solar cell or switching element comprising at least one substituted carbazole derivative of the general formula (I), (II) or (III) in which X is NR4, O, S or PR4; Y is NR5, O, S or PR5; where at least one of the symbols X and Y is NR4 or NR5; substituted carbazole derivatives of the formula (I), (II) or (III); a light-emitting layer comprising at least one substituted carbazole derivative of the general formula (I), (II) or (III) and at least one emitter material; the use of substituted carbazole derivatives of the general formula (I), (II) or (III) as matrix material, hole/exciton blocker material and/or electron/exciton blocker material and/or hole injection material and/or electron injection material and/or hole conductor material and/or electron conductor material in an organic light-emitting diode, an organic solar cell or in a switching element, and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units,

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of siloles substituted by fused ring systems in organic electronics applications, and to specific siloles substituted by fused ring systems and to the use thereof in organic electronics applications.

Abstract: An organic electronic component, including a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, an electron-conducting layer which is arranged such that it is electrically conductively connected to at least one of the electrodes, wherein the electron-conducting layer is obtained by joint vaporization of a metal complex with an organic compound.

Abstract: In an airbag module (100) for a vehicle steering wheel comprising an inflator (110) and a device (130) for vibration damping on which the inflator (110) is mounted to be oscillating as vibration damper mass the device (130) for vibration damping is configured at least to damp a first device-specific frequency and a second device-specific frequency, wherein different excitation directions are associated with the first and second device-specific frequencies.

Abstract: A metal complex is used as p-dopant for an organic semiconducting matrix material, to an organic semiconductor material and to an organic light-emitting diode. Also disclosed is the use of metal complexes, which function as Lewis acids, as p-dopants in organic matrix materials.

Abstract: An organic radiation-emitting component, including a first electrode (1) having a first electrical contact region (10) for making electrical contact with the first electrode (1), a first organic functional layer (31) on the first electrode (1), on the first organic functional layer (31) at least one organic active region (4) suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation during operation, and a second electrode (2) on the active region (4), wherein the first organic functional layer (31) includes a plurality of laterally arranged partial regions (30) each including a first material (51) having a first electrical conductivity and a second material (52) having a second electrical conductivity, the second electrical conductivity is greater than the first electrical conductivity, and the ratio of the proportion of the second material (52) to the proportion of the first material (51) in the partial regions (30) of the first organic functional layer (31) varies in a manner dependent on a lateral distance from the

Abstract: A radiation-emitting device with a first electrode, a first emission layer, a second emission layer and a second electrode. The invention additionally relates to a method of producing a radiation-emitting device.

Abstract: A radiation-emitting device having comprising: a substrate (1); a first electrode (2) and a second electrode; (9), at least one emitter layer (5) arranged between the first and second electrodes and emitting light in the violet or blue spectral range, wherein the emitter layer comprises a matrix material and, relative to the matrix material, 0.1%-5% by weight of a fluorescent, radiation-emitting emitter and 1-30% by weight of a phosphorescent exciton trap; and wherein the emission maximum of the fluorescent emitter and that of the phosphorescent exciton trap being situated in the blue, violet or ultraviolet spectral range.

Abstract: An organic, semiconducting material, in particular, a material which can be used as a semiconductor material in organic electronics.

Abstract: A radiation-emitting device comprising a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emitter layer arranged between the first and second electrode. The emitter layer here comprises a matrix material, 0.5-5% by weight of a radiation emitting emitter and 5-30% by weight of a phosphorescent exciton scavenger. The proportion by weight of the exciton scavenger here is higher than that of the radiation emitting emitter, and the emission maximum of the exciton scavenger is at a shorter wavelength than that of the radiation emitting emitter. In addition, the radiation-emitting device is characterized in that the current efficiency of the emitter layer is increased by at least 10% compared to the current efficiency of an emitter layer without exciton scavenger.