Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material comprising at least one secondary particle comprising an agglomerate of a primary macro particle, a method for preparing the same and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. By the simultaneous use of the secondary particle comprising a primary macro particle and a monolith, it is possible to provide a nickel-based positive electrode active material with reduced particle cracking in the positive electrode active material during a rolling process and improved charge/discharge cycling characteristics.

Abstract: A crosslinking auxiliary composition for an olefin-based copolymer, a crosslinking composition, and an additive for an encapsulant composition for an optical device are described, and by using them that comprising a compound of the following Formula 1, an encapsulant composition for an optical device and an encapsulant film for an optical device, having high volume resistance and light transmittance could be obtained, wherein l, m, n, and o are each independently an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: A composition for an encapsulant film, comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, a crosslinking agent, a crosslinking auxiliary agent comprising a compound represented by the following Formula 1, and a silane coupling agent, an encapsulant film and a solar cell module thereof is described herein, and by using such composition, the immersion time of an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer may be reduced to improve the economic feasibility of the production process of an encapsulant film, and excellent degree of crosslinking is provided: wherein R1 to R8 are described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a time-to-digital converter, comprising a phase frequency detector configured to receive a phase-locked loop input clock and a feedback clock, a ring oscillator configured to perform oscillation with multi-phase clocks of a first period, a counter array configured to count the number of oscillations in which the ring oscillator oscillates in a first period by the number of positive integers during the first pulse width, a multiplexer configured to divide the first period into a plurality of zones using edge information of the multi-phase clocks of the ring oscillator, and selects and outputs voltage information of a plurality of neighboring phase clocks included in a first zone from the plurality of zones, an analog-to-digital converter, a calibrator, and a first adder, wherein the calibrator comprises, an offset lookup table generation circuit, a gain-corrected analog-to-digital conversion output generator, and a second adder.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply system for fuel cells and a method of controlling the same include a hydrogen supplier connected to a hydrogen provider and configured to receive hydrogen from the hydrogen provider through a supply valve, a supply line, a discharge line, a discharge valve provided on the hydrogen supplier to discharge by-products, collected in the hydrogen supplier, to the outside thereof, and a controller electrically connected to the supply valve and configured to set a basic duty of the supply valve based on a basic control map, to set a compensation duty of the supply valve depending on feedback control, and to set a final duty of the supply valve through the basic duty and the compensation duty.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer, a device electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the device electrode layer, an insulating film surrounding a side surface of the light-emitting layer, a side surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a side surface of the device electrode layer, and a reflective layer surrounding a side surface of the insulating film, wherein the side surface of the device electrode layer is aligned with a side surface of the reflective electrode layer.

Abstract: A gas leak detecting method includes a test article preparation operation of preparing a test article that includes a first coupling region, in which a second component is coupled to one side of a first component, and a second coupling region, in which a third component is coupled to one side of the second component, a test article arrangement operation of arranging the test article in an inner space of a body unit, and a sealing inspection operation of examining a gas discharged from the inner space and inspecting whether or not the first coupling region or the second coupling region is sealed. In the test article arrangement operation, each of the first coupling region and the second coupling region is located inside the inner space.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for fuel supply control for a fuel cell. The system includes a fuel supply line, a fuel supply valve, a base duty calculator configured to estimate a required supply amount of a fuel gas required for the fuel supply line on the basis of a power generation state of the fuel cell and to calculate a base duty instruction to open the fuel supply valve on the basis of the estimated required supply amount, and a valve controller.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes: a light emitting element core including a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the light emitting layer; and a first element insulating layer surrounding a side surface of the light emitting element core. An outer surface of the first element insulating layer has a first outer surface adjacent to one surface of the first semiconductor layer, the one surface of the first semiconductor layer being opposite to another surface of the first semiconductor layer facing the second semiconductor layer, and a second outer surface farther away from a side surface of the first semiconductor layer than the first outer surface is.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anode for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, an anode comprising a fibrillated binder and a particulate binder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for etching lithium niobate, the method including a process of etching lithium niobate using a mask pattern as a physical dry etching method using Ar plasma produced in a chamber through Ar gas, wherein in the process of etching lithium niobate, a process pressure of the chamber is maintained at 1 mTorr to 20 mTorr, and a method for forming a lithium niobate pattern using the same.

Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring device of an electric vehicle includes a wheel speed sensor sensing a speed of each wheel of the electric vehicle, and a controller selectively calculating an intercept value of ?FR and a cumulative average value of the ?FR based on a difference between a torque of a front wheel motor and a torque of a rear wheel motor, calculating an intercept value of ?LR and an intercept value of ?Diag based on the speed of each wheel, and monitoring a tire pressure of each wheel based on the calculated intercept value of the ?FR or the cumulative average value of the ?FR, the calculated intercept value of the ?LR, and the calculated intercept value of the ?Diag.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing dry binders for electrodes usable in a dry electrode method by using a mixture of polymer powder containing a hydroxyl group (—OH) and polytetrafluoroethylene, and a method of manufacturing dry electrodes including dry binders.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a method for selective surface functionalization using a single-photon source. The method for selective functionalization using a single-photon source includes: (a) adding a single-photon source to a solution containing a photosensitizer and a monomer; and (b) emitting a single photon from the single-photon source. One aspect of the present disclosure is a selectively functionalized single-photon source prepared by the method.

Abstract: An apparatus for calculating torque of a vehicle for exiting drift driving may include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes: determining a driver's intention to exit drift driving based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal and a steering angle; and calculating target torque of a front wheel motor based on the opening degree of the accelerator pedal when the driver's intention to exit drift driving is determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling an operation of a fuel cell system and a method therefor. The present disclosure may include a voltage sensor that measures an output voltage of a fuel cell stack, an air compressor that supplies air to a cathode of the fuel cell stack, a valve driver that adjusts an opening degree of an Airflow Control Valve (ACV), and a controller that, in an idle stop state, drives the air compressor at a lowest level and controls the opening degree of the ACV such that the output voltage of the fuel cell stack maintains a reference range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having excellent volume resistance and light transmittance, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: An inverted nanocone structure of the present disclosure includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface by a predetermined distance and having a greater area than the first surface, and a body having an inverted cone shape between the first surface and the second surface, wherein at least one activated point defect center is provided in the body.

Abstract: A device for controlling compensation for an air flow rate upon discharge of hydrogen off-gas and a method for controlling compensation for an air flow rate using the same is an air flow rate control device configured to control a flow rate of air supplied to a fuel cell cathode through an air supply unit of a fuel cell system, wherein the air flow rate control device is configured to determine whether a fuel discharge valve of the fuel cell system is opened and determine a fuel diffusion amount per unit time, wherein the fuel diffusion amount corresponds to an amount of the hydrogen off-gas discharged through the fuel discharge valve and diffused into an air supply unit through a humidifier, and compensate a target air flow rate depending on an oxygen concentration reduction proportion, determined according to the determined fuel diffusion amount per unit time and flow rate information of the air supply unit.

Abstract: Introduced are an apparatus for correcting an offset of a pressure sensor in a fuel cell system including a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, which are installed between a rear end of a fuel supply valve of a hydrogen supply system and an anode inlet, and a method of correcting an offset using the same. The apparatus includes an offset corrector that calculates offsets between the sensors from a condition of same pressure of each of the sensors and corrects offsets with respect to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor using the calculated offsets.