Abstract: An electrolyte leakage detection unit is provided under a pouch-shaped battery cell. The detection unit detects measuring insulation resistance or voltage of an outer frame electrically connected to the detection unit, whereby electrolyte leakage is detected.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus of a unit cell for a secondary battery includes a discharge roller configured to transport a separator of the unit cell for a secondary battery and allowing a metal member to be placed therein, and a plasma processing member configured to generate plasma through a mutual reaction with the metal member and irradiate the plasma to a surface of the separator, wherein a pattern portion having a certain stepped portion is formed on an outer surface of the discharge roller.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of the Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful for the inhibition of DHX9 and in the treatment of a variety of DHX9 mediated conditions or diseases, such as cancer.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure includes a battery module including a detection unit configured to detect leakage of an electrolyte from a battery cell, wherein the battery cell is a pouch-shaped battery, and wherein the detection unit is disposed at a lower end of a perimeter of a vertical plate comprising a busbar configured to allow an electrode of the battery cell to be electrically coupled thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition including a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; a compound represented by a specific formula; and a perfluoropolyether oligomer, a gel polymer electrolyte including a polymer network which is formed by a polymerization reaction of the electrolyte composition, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A secondary battery having an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are alternately stacked, and a can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly is provided. The negative electrode is disposed on an end of the electrode assembly in a direction of one side of the electrode assembly so that a negative electrode non-coating portion protrudes more than the separator with respect to a direction of a winding center axis of the electrode assembly. The positive electrode is disposed on an end of the electrode assembly in a direction of the other side of the electrode assembly so that a positive electrode non-coating portion protrudes more than the separator with respect to the direction of the winding center axis of the electrode assembly. The can includes a first can contacting the positive electrode and a second can contacting the negative electrode.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system, which include a composite heat source, are provided. An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion including a composite heat source; a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including at least one of an aerosol generating material and a tobacco material; a third portion including a cooling material; and a fourth portion including a filter material, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating system including a cigarette and an aerosol generating device. The cigarette includes a first substrate section and a second substrate section which include a non-tobacco material sheet containing an aerosol generating material, and the aerosol generating device includes a single heater disposed so that a heating area of the first substrate section is different from a heating area of the second substrate section.

Abstract: A method for determining categories for a search query includes obtaining distribution information on each of a plurality of categories of one or more words included in the query; calculating features of the one or more words based on the distribution information on each of the plurality of categories; and calculating, by a classification model, information on at least one category related to the query based on the features of the one or more words and the query.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a zero standby power system, comprising a power supply device comprising a plurality of power stages and a zero standby power device configured to receive an on/off signal and to control connections respectively to the plurality of power stages based on the received on/off signal, wherein the zero standby power device may comprise an on/off controller configured to be maintained to be in an operation state and to receive an on/off signal at an arbitrary time point.

Abstract: A pouch exterior material of a pouch-type battery capable of reducing battery swelling includes a resin layer located inside the pouch-type battery, a metal layer stacked on the resin layer, an insulating layer stacked on the metal layer, and a pattern layer of an elastic material formed on the insulating layer.

Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes at least one battery rack having at least two battery packs; a container configured to accommodate the at least one battery rack; and an air conditioner provided with a coolant supply part, which includes at least two blowout units respectively having a nozzle with a discharge hole through which a coolant is discharged and configured to individually switch a discharge direction of the coolant, toward any, one of the at least two battery packs and individually increase or decrease a discharge amount of the coolant and a control unit configured to adjust the discharge direction and the discharge amount of the coolant of each of the at least two blowout units, and a coolant suction part configured to suck a heated coolant inside the container.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inter-module busbar capable of delaying thermal runaway propagation and a battery pack including the same. The inter-module busbar can include a metal plate for electrical connection and a cover member configured to wrap a part of the metal plate. The metal plate can include at least one first through-hole formed through the metal plate in a longitudinal direction. A first closure member of the inter-module busbar can be inserted into the first through-hole.

Abstract: Provided is a relay switch device including a relay housing, a first upper fixing terminal and a second upper fixing terminal arranged side by side over an inside and an outside of the relay housing, a first lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the first upper fixing terminal and arranged under the first upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the first upper fixing terminal, and a second lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the second upper fixing terminal and arranged under the second upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the second upper fixing terminal, and a circuit mode switch module provided to selectively contact the first and second upper fixing terminals or the first and second lower fixing terminals by moving a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a battery, a first cartridge including a first material containing nicotine and a pH adjuster and a first heater configured to heat the first material, and a controller configured to control power supplied to the first heater from the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cable connector cover which accommodates a cable and a connector to protect the cable and the connector from an external environment. The cable connector cover includes a first cover; and a second cover having one sides hinge-connected to each other, and rotating around a hinge axis, and having a space accommodating a cable and a connector therein, and one side of the first cover and one side of the second cover include a first seat portion and a second seat portion having seat holes communicating with the outside and seated with the accommodated cable, respectively, and insides of the first cover and the second cover include a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion having blocking holes on which the accommodated cable is seated, respectively when the first cover and the second cover form the space accommodating the cable and the connector.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for welding electrode tabs protruding from an electrode assembly to each other, which may include a guide part configured to gather the electrode tabs; and a welding part configured to weld the electrode tabs gathered by the guide part on a predetermined welding area. The guide part may be configured to press the electrode tabs toward the electrode assembly, while moving toward the electrode assembly, such that a length from the electrode assembly to the welding area increases in at least a portion of the electrode tabs before being welded by the welding part. Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention may prevent the electrode tabs from disconnecting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium metal thin film composite and a method for preparing the lithium metal thin film composite, the lithium metal thin film composite comprising: a plate-shaped support having at least one surface coated with an inorganic material; and a lithium metal thin film formed by a plurality of spherical lithium metal fine particles coming into contact with one another on the plate-shaped support, and the method comprising a step of growing a plurality of spherical lithium metal fine particles on the plate-shaped support by applying a current to a lithium supply source and the plate-shaped support immersed in an electrolyte solution, wherein the plate-shaped support has at least one surface coated with an inorganic material, and the electrolyte solution is stirred at one or more points selected from among before applying the current, after applying the current, and while applying the current.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preventing or improving UV-induced skin damage of a subject in need thereof, which comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition containing hydrangenol derived from the extract of Hydrangea serrata as an active ingredient. The composition containing hydrangenol derived from the extract of Hydrangea serrata is able to increase secretion of hyaluronic acid and procollagen type-1 and inhibit secretion of MMP-1 in skin cells, and therefore effective in preventing or improving UV-induced damage of skin cells. Accordingly, the hydrangenol-containing composition is usefully available as a quasi-drug, drug, food, or cosmetic composition.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer doped to a first conductivity type, an active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, the second semiconductor layer doped to a second conductivity type, and a passivation layer surrounding surfaces of the active layer, the passivation layer including a side surface of the active layer, and the passivation layer includes a semiconductor material that matches a lattice of a semiconductor material contained in the active layer, the semiconductor material has a band gap energy higher than that of the semiconductor material contained in the active layer.