Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode tab, a separator, and a negative electrode provided with a negative electrode tab, the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode being wound, the electrode assembly having a core part at a center thereof; a can configured to receive the electrode assembly therein, the negative electrode tab being connected to the can; a cap assembly coupled to an opening of the can, the positive electrode tab being connected to the cap assembly; and a reinforcing member provided on an end of the separator exposed beyond the positive electrode or the negative electrode to prevent heat of the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab from being transferred to the separator.

Abstract: A separator includes a polyolefin-based separator substrate and a coating portion formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the separator substrate. An uneven portion is formed along an outer periphery of at least one side of the separator, whereby it is possible to prevent deviation of a separator sheet from a movement direction during transfer of the separator sheet and stacking of an electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mono-cell manufacturing apparatus with a gloss meter and a manufacturing method using the same. More particularly, a mono-cell manufacturing apparatus includes a first separator supply unit configured to supply a first separators; a negative electrode supply unit configured to locate a negative electrode at an upper surface of the first separators; a second separator supply unit configured to supply a second separator configured to cover an upper surface of the negative electrodes; a positive electrode supply unit configured to locate a positive electrode at an upper surface of the second separators; a pressing unit configured to press the first separator, the negative electrode, the second separator, and the positive electrode, and a gloss meter located under the first separator.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrophobic silica aerogel precursor, and a hydrophobic silica aerogel produced using the same. In the methods, a linear silane crosslinking agent containing a PEG-derived unit is introduced when preparing a hydrophobic aerogel precursor, resulting in the production of a hydrophobic silica aerogel having improved high-temperature thermal stability and improved physical properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable coating composition for forming a low refractive layer, a method for preparing an antireflection film using the photocurable coating composition, and an anti-reflective film prepared by using the photocurable coating composition. According to the present invention, a low refractive layer is formed of a photocurable coating composition containing two or more types of photo-polymerizable compounds, a photoinitiator, surface-treated hollow inorganic nanoparticles, and surface-treated solid inorganic nanoparticles.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an organic semiconductor material for electron transport. The organic semiconductor material for electron transport may have a structure represented by the following Formula 1: wherein X1 and X2 each independently represent oxygen (O) or sulfur (S) and R1 and R2 each may independently contain a pyridine group, a dipyridylbenzene group, a fluoropyridine group, a diphenylthiazole group, a diphenyloxazole group, a triphenyldiazole group, a phenylthiadiazole group, a phenyloxadiazole group, a diphenyltriazole group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrimidylbenzene group, a phenylpyrimidine group, a diphenylphosphine oxide group, a diphenyltriazine group or a phenyltetrazine group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low refractive layer and an anti-reflective film comprising the same. The low refractive layer can exhibit excellent optical properties such as a low reflectance and a high light transmittance, and excellent mechanical properties such as high wear resistance and scratch resistance at the same time, without adversely affecting the color of the polymer resin forming the low refractive layer. In particular, due to the excellent alkali resistance, the low refractive layer can maintain excellent physical properties even after alkali treatment. Therefore, when introducing a low refractive layer to the display device, it is expected that the production process can be simplified and further the production rate and the productivity can significantly increase.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a stack, in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked on each other and edges of the separators protrude further outward than the electrodes, and a wrapping separator, which surrounds the stack. The edges of at least some of the plurality of separators may be fused with the wrapping separator to form fused portions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low refractive layer and an anti-reflective film comprising the same. The low refractive layer can exhibit excellent optical properties such as a low reflectance and a high light transmittance, and excellent mechanical properties such as high wear resistance and scratch resistance at the same time. In particular, due to the excellent alkali resistance, the low refractive layer can maintain excellent physical properties even after alkali treatment. Therefore, when introducing a low refractive layer to the display device, it is expected that the production process can be simplified and further the production rate and the productivity can significantly increase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection film. The antireflection film includes a low refractive index layer having excellent alkali resistance and exhibiting remarkably improved mechanical properties such as scratch resistance and impact resistance as well as reduction of a glare phenomenon, and a base film exhibiting excellent mechanical strength and water resistance in spite of a thin thickness and having no fear of interference fringes occurring. Therefore, such antireflection film can be used as a protective film of a polarizing plate or used as any other component so as to provide a thin display device, and furthermore, can effectively prevent the glare phenomenon of the display device, and can more improve the durability and lifespan thereof.

Abstract: Described herein is an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low-refractive layer containing a binder resin and hollow inorganic nanoparticles and solid inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin. The hollow and solid inorganic particles are dispersed in the low-refractive layer such that the amount of the solid inorganic nanoparticles positioned close to an interface between the hard coating layer and the low-refractive layer is larger than that of the hollow inorganic nanoparticles. Also described is a manufacturing method of the anti-reflective film including: applying a resin composition containing a photopolymerizable compound or a (co)polymer thereof, a fluorine-containing compound including a photoreactive functional group, a photoinitiator, hollow inorganic nanoparticles, and solid inorganic nanoparticles on a hard coating layer, and drying the applied resin composition at a temperature of 35° C. to 100° C.; and photocuring the dried resin composition.

Abstract: The compound is represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, X is O or S, and R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl and —P(O)—R3R4, where the aryl, heteroaryl and —P(O)—R3R4 are substituted or unsubstituted with 1 to 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, aryl and heteroaryl. The “aryl” means a group consisting of 6 to 10 cyclic rings, and the “heteroaryl” means a group consisting of 5 to 14 cyclic rings having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen (including quaternary nitrogen). R3 and R4 are independently selected from aryl or heteroaryl.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition including: a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof containing a reaction product of an acrylate-based polyol and a compound containing at least one isocyanate group; a photoreactive monomer; and a non-reactive fluoro compound and a photoinitiator; a hologram recording medium produced from the composition; an optical element including the hologram recording medium; and a method of recording a hologram using the photopolymerizable composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film exhibiting one or more peaks (qmax) at a scattering vector of 0.0758 to 0.1256 nm?1, in a graph showing a log value of scattering intensity to a scattering vector defined in small-angle X-ray scattering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film exhibiting one or more peaks (qmax) at a scattering vector of 0.0758 to 0.1256 nm?1, in a graph showing a log value of scattering intensity to a scattering vector defined in small-angle X-ray scattering.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photopolymer composition including: a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof; a photoreactive monomer including a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having a refractive index of 1.5 or less and a viscosity at 25° C. of 100 cps or less, and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having a refractive index of 1.5 or more; and a photoinitiator, wherein a content of the monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having a refractive index of 1.5 or more in the photoreactive monomer is 60 wt % or more. The present disclosure also relates to a hologram recording medium produced from the photopolymer composition, an optical element including the hologram recording medium, and a holographic recording method using the photopolymer composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymer composition comprising: a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof including a reaction product of a polyol including a polyrotaxane compound and a compound containing at least one isocyanate group; a photoreactive monomer; and a photoinitiator. The present invention also relates to a hologram recording medium produced from the photopolymer composition, an optical element comprising the hologram recording medium, and a holographic recording method using the photopolymer composition.

Abstract: A photopolymer composition comprising a polymer matrix or a precursor thereof including a reaction product between (i) a (meth)acrylate-based (co)polymer in which a silane-based functional group is located in a branched chain and an equivalent weight of the silane-based functional group is 300 g/eq to 2000 g/eq, and (ii) a linear silane crosslinking agent; a photoreactive monomer; and a photoinitiator, a hologram recording medium using the same, an optical element using the hologram recording medium, and a holographic recording method. The photopolymer composition can more easily provide a photopolymer layer having improved durability against temperature and humidity while having a large refractive index modulation value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antireflection film. The antireflection film includes a low refractive index layer having excellent alkali resistance and exhibiting remarkably improved mechanical properties such as scratch resistance and impact resistance as well as reduction of a glare phenomenon, and a base film exhibiting excellent mechanical strength and water resistance in spite of a thin thickness and having no fear of interference fringes occurring. Therefore, such antireflection film can be used as a protective film of a polarizing plate or used as any other component so as to provide a thin display device, and furthermore, can effectively prevent the glare phenomenon of the display device, and can more improve the durability and lifespan thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low-refractive layer containing a binder resin, and hollow inorganic nanoparticles and solid inorganic nanoparticles which are dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the low-refractive layer includes a first layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire solid inorganic nanoparticles and a second layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire hollow inorganic nanoparticles, and at the time of fitting polarization ellipticity measured by ellipsometry for the first layer or/and the second layer included in the low-refractive layer using a Cauchy model represented by the following General Equation 1, the second layer satisfies a predetermined condition.