Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries includes: secondary particles composed of aggregated primary particles of a lithium composite oxide containing Ni: a rare earth compound attached to the surfaces of the secondary particles; a tungsten compound attached to the surfaces of the secondary particles: and lithium carbonate attached to the surfaces of the primary particles inside the secondary particles. The rate of Ni in the lithium composite oxide containing Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements other than lithium in the lithium composite oxide containing Ni is 80 percent by mole or more, and the content of the lithium carbonate with respect to the total mass of the lithium composite oxide containing Ni is 0.3 percent by mass or more.

Abstract: A lithium-containing complex transition metal oxide forming the positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell in one embodiment is a secondary particle obtained by aggregating primary particles. Ion chromatography analysis of a sample obtained by adding the positive electrode active material to an alkali solution and absorbing a distillate thereof in sulfuric acid results in detection of 2-200 pm of ammonia relative to the mass of the positive electrode active material. When a filtrate of an aqueous dispersion in which 1 g of the positive electrode active material is dispersed in 70 ml of pure water is titrated with hydrochloric acid, the value of Y?X is 50-300 mol/g and the value of X?(Y?X) is no higher than 150 mol/g, with X mol/g being the acid consumption until a first inflection point on the pH curve and Y mol/g being the acid consumption until a second inflection point.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has lithium composite oxide particles containing 80 mol % or more but less than 100 mol % of Ni with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li. The lithium composite oxide particles include particles (32) having a stair-like structure in which three or more layers of a flat surface (30) having a periphery length of 1 ?m or more are layered.

Abstract: Described is a computer-implemented method of reordering condition checks. Two or more condition checks in computer code that may be reordered within the code are identified. It is determined that the execution frequency of a later one of the condition checks is satisfied at a greater frequency than a preceding one of the condition checks. It is determined that there is an absence of side effects in the two or more condition checks. The values of the condition checks are propagated and abstract interpretation is performed on the values that are propagated. It is determined that the condition checks are exclusive of each other, and the condition checks are reordered within the computer code.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains silicon and lithium nickel complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and is composed of secondary particles formed of aggregated primary particles. Lithium nickel complex oxide contains 80 mol % or more of nickel, based on the total amount of metal excluding lithium, silicon content is 0.6 mass % or less based on the total amount of the positive electrode active material, and a porosity of the positive electrode active material is 0% or more and 1% or less.

Abstract: A lithium-containing complex transition metal oxide forming the positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell in one embodiment is a secondary particle obtained by aggregating primary particles and has a BET specific surface area of 0.9 m2/g or less. The surface of each primary particle comprises 0.3 to 2.5% lithium carbonate, no more than 0.35% lithium hydroxide, and 2 to 200 ppm of a nitrogen compound relative to the total mass of the lithium-containing complex transition metal oxide.

Abstract: A positive electrode active substance for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to this embodiment is characterized by having a lithium transition metal oxide that contains Ni and Al, wherein: Ni content in the lithium transition metal oxide is 91 mol % or greater with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li; the lithium transition metal oxide further contains 0.02 mol % or more of sulphate ion; and the lithium transition metal oxide, when subjected to X ray diffraction, produces an X ray diffraction pattern in which the half width n of the diffraction peak of the (208) surface is 0.30°?n?0.50°.

Abstract: This positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrode secondary battery has a lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni and Al, wherein the proportion of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide is 91-96 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li, the proportion of Al in the lithium transition metal oxide is 4-9 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li, and the amount of Al in a filtrate collected by stirring and then filtering a sample solution obtained by adding 1 g of the lithium transition metal oxide to 10 mL of a mixed solution of 100 mL of pure water and 1 mL of 35% hydrochloric acid is 0.28 mg or less as quantified by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy.

Abstract: The positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in having a Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure; the proportion of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide being 91 to 96 mol % relative to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li; a transition metal being present in the Li layer of the layered structure at an amount of 1 to 2.5 mol % relative to the total number of moles of transition metals in the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide; and the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide being such that the half width n of the diffraction peak for the (208) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction is 0.30°?0?0.50°.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first step for adding an alkaline solution having a tungsten compound dissolved therein to a lithium-metal composite oxide powder represented by general formula LizNi1-x-yCoxMyO2 (where 0?x?0.1, 0?y?0.1, and 0.97?z?1.20 are satisfied, and M is at least one type of element selected from among Mn, W, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti, Si, and Al), and mixing same; and a second step for heating the mixture of the alkaline solution and the lithium-metal composite oxide powder at 100-600° C., wherein the amount of the alkaline solution to be added in the first step is 0.1-10 mass % with respect to the amount of the lithium-metal composite oxide powder.

Abstract: This positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises: lithium transition metal oxide particles; a metal compound which contains a metal element M and adheres to the surfaces of the lithium transition metal oxide particles; and a lithium metal compound which contains lithium (Li) and the metal element M and adheres to the surfaces of the lithium transition metal oxide particles. In this connection, the metal element M is composed of at least one substance that is selected from among aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), gallium (Ga), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn), tungsten (W) and bismuth (Bi).

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes lithium nickel complex oxide, and the lithium nickel oxide has a layered rock-salt structure and is represented by a composition formula of LixNiyMzO2 (where M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Ca, Cr, Zr, Mo, Si, Ti, and Fe, and x, y, and z satisfy 0.95?x?1.05, 0.8?y?1, 0?z?0.2, and y+z=1). A half width n of a (104) diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern is 0.13° or less, and the content of the positive electrode active material with a particle size of 3.41 ?m or less is 2 volume % or less based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode.

Abstract: A fluid-heating device for heating fluid includes: a heater having a heat generating part, the heat generating part being configured to generate heat upon application of current; an electric component configured to control the application of the current to the heater; a tank having an opening portion, the tank being configured to accommodate the heat generating part; a top-plate portion configured to close the opening portion of the tank, the top-plate portion being configured to form a fluid chamber through which the fluid flows; and a first communication port and a second communication port configured to allow the fluid to flow through the fluid chamber; wherein the electric component is provided on an outer side of the fluid chamber along the top-plate portion.

Abstract: A fluid-heating device for heating fluid includes a heater unit configured to have a heater and a heating portion, the heating portion being formed as to cover surrounding of the heater, wherein the heating portion has an inner heat exchange surface formed on an inner surface of a through hole penetrating through an inner side of the heater and an outer heat exchange surface formed on an outer-wall portion of an outer side of the heater, the inner heat exchange surface being configured to perform heat exchange with the fluid, and the outer heat exchange surface being configured to perform the heat exchange with the fluid.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material which predominantly includes lithium transition metal composite oxide particles containing Ni and Al, and which has a low charge transfer resistance and thus allows the battery capacity to be increased. The composite oxide particles contain 5 mol % or more Al relative to the total molar amount of metal elements except Li, include a particle core portion and an Al rich region on or near the surface of the composite oxide particle wherein the Al concentration in the particle core portion is not less than 3 mol % and the Al concentration in the Al rich region is 1.3 times or more greater than the Al concentration in the particle core portion. The composite oxide particles contain 0.04 mol % or more sulfate ions relative to the total molar amount of the particles.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a first particle and a second particle. The first particle is an electrochemically active positive-electrode active material, and the positive-electrode active material contains a lithium transition metal oxide. The second particle is an electrochemically inactive metal oxide and has a BET specific surface area in the range of 10 to 100 m2/g and a sphericity of 0.8 or more.

Abstract: A system and method suppresses occurrence of stalling caused by data dependency other than register dependency in an out-of-order processor. A stall reducing method includes a handler for detecting a stall occurring during execution of execution code using a performance monitoring unit, and for identifying, based on dependencies, a second instruction on which a first instruction is data dependent, the stall based on this dependency. A profiler registers the second instruction as profile information. An optimization module inserts a thread yield instruction in an appropriate position inside execution code or an original code file based on the profile information, and outputs optimized execution code.

Abstract: Methods and systems for accelerated input data conversion include partially parsing an input data set to convert the data set from a first format to a second format in an intermediate output having at least one unparsed portion to quickly perform a majority of the conversion. The partial parsing operates on portions of the input data set having a size less than a threshold size and leaves portions of the input data having a size greater than the threshold size unparsed. The intermediate output is parsed to convert at least one unparsed portion from the first format to the second format in a final output to complete the conversion such that a combined parsing time of the partial parse of the input data set and the parse of the intermediate output is accelerated relative to a single-stage parsing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can attain a smaller increase in direct current resistance after charge discharge cycles. An aspect of the invention resides in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein a positive electrode active material includes a secondary particle formed by aggregation of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide, and a secondary particle formed by aggregation of primary particles of a rare earth compound. On a surface of the secondary particle of the lithium transition metal oxide, the secondary particle of the rare earth compound is attached to a recess formed between adjacent primary particles of the lithium transition metal oxide in such a manner that the secondary particle of the rare earth compound is attached to each of the primary particles forming the recess. The lithium transition metal oxide includes magnesium dissolved therein.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary battery contains a nickel-containing lithium transition metal oxide and is a primary particle alone of a lithium transition metal oxide that contains nickel in an amount of 80 mol % or more relative to the whole molar quantity of a metal element other than lithium or a secondary particle formed by aggregation of two to five particles. A rare earth compound and a magnesium compound adhere to the surface of the primary particle alone or the secondary particle.