Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparation of a garnet-type inorganic material. It also relates to the garnet-type inorganic material itself. The process comprises the following steps: (1) bringing an aqueous solution S comprising (i) a salt of zirconium, (ii) a salt of lanthanum and (iii) a salt of the element A or a precursor of an oxide of element A into contact with an aqueous solution of a basic compound, as a result of which a precipitate suspended in the reaction medium is obtained; (2) stirring the reaction medium obtained at the end of step (1) for at least 30 min; (3) bringing the precipitate obtained at the end of step (2) into contact with an additive selected in the group consisting of: anionic surfactants; nonionic surfactants; polyethylene glycols; carboxylic acids and their salts; and surfactants of the carboxymethylated fatty alcohol ethoxylate type; (4) calcining in air the precipitate recovered at the end of the previous step at a temperature which is at least 400° C.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a new method for the preparation of a Li—P—S product, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes.

Abstract: A modified phosphor is described comprising phosphor particles and at least one amphiphilic agent. Compositions comprising the modified phosphor and at least one polymer are also described.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a solid material according to general formula (I) as follows having high calculated ionic conductivity and to a method for producing said solid material: Li7-2x-yMgxPS6-yXy??(I) wherein: X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, I and Br or a combination thereof; x is a number such as 0.01?x?0.4 and y is a number such as 0.5?y<1. The present disclosure also refers to the use of this solid material as solid electrolyte notably for electrochemical devices such as batteries.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a solid material according to general formula (I) as follows and to a method for producing said solid material: Li7-2x-yMgxPS6-yXy??(I) wherein: X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, I and Br or a combination thereof; x is a number such as 0.01?x?0.35 and y is a number such as 1.3?y?1.6. The present disclosure also refers to the use of this solid material as solid electrolyte notably for electrochemical devices such as batteries.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process of obtaining a powder of lithium sulfide (Li2S powder) having a d50-value of less than 10 ?m, a specific surface area of more than 5 m2/g, a total pore volume of more than 0.035 cm3/g and a percentage of total pore volume constituted of pore with diameter below 20 nm of more than 20%, comprising the steps of: a) providing a powder of lithium hydroxide having a d50-value of less than 10 ?m and presenting a residual water content below 5 wt. % (LiOH powder A), and b) reacting such LiOH powder A with a sulfide reactant, in order to obtain the Li2S powder. The present disclosure also relates to the powder of lithium sulfide obtained from such process and the use of such Li2S powder to prepare a solid compound of formula (I): LiaPSbXc wherein —X represents at least one halogen element; —a represents a number from 3.0 to 6.0; —b represents a number from 3.5 to 5.0; and —c represents a number from 0 to 3.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a powder of solid material particles of formula (I): LiaPSbXc wherein—X represents at least one halogen element; —a represents a number from 2.0 to 7.0; —b represents a number from 3.0 to 6.0; and —c represents a number from 0 to 3.0, wherein the powder has a d50-value of less than 50 ?m, characterised in that its L* value in the L*a*b* color system is less than 60.0. The present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing such powder, as well as to the use of such powder for notably manufacturing solid electrolytes or battery articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the new process of preparation of a Li-rich layered oxide based on Mn and optionally on Ni and/or Co in which F is incorporated within the crystal of the oxide (or “fluorinated oxide”). It also relates to the new fluorinated oxide its use as a component in a cathode of a battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to The present disclosure relates to a powder of solid material particles comprising at least Li, P and S elements, characterized in that the thiol to carbonate surface groups ratio of the particle surface is less than 2, as measured by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) on a Bruker FTIR (MIR) Vertex 70 spectrometer. The present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing such powder, as well as to the use of such powder for notably manufacturing solid electrolytes or battery articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of silicates in a greenhouse film for increasing the fruit development of a plant, wherein the film comprises at least a matrix and a silicate. Said invention also refers to a film comprising at least a matrix and said silicate to increase the fruit development of a plant, and the use of a film comprising at least a matrix and said silicate in a greenhouse to increase the fruit development of a plant.

Abstract: The invention relates to cerium based core-shell particles having a core of cerium oxide optionally doped with at least one metal (M) and a shell consisting of a plurality of nanoparticles of cerium oxide optionally doped with at least one metal (M?), which can be the same or different from metal (M), formed on the surface of the core particle. The invention also relates to dispersions thereof in a liquid medium, to a process for producing the same and to the use of these particles and dispersions in polishing applications such as chemical mechanical polishing.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a new method for the preparation of a Li—P—S—O product, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a Composition comprising or consisting essentially of a product according to formula (I): LiaPSbXc (I) wherein—X represents at least one halogen element; —a represents a number from 2.0 to 7.0; —b represents a number from 3.5 to 6.0; and—c represents a number from 0 to 3.0; in the form of particles or articles the size of which being such that less than 10 wt % of the composition pass through a sieve of 200 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of silicates in a greenhouse film for increasing the flower development of a plant, wherein the film comprises at least a matrix and a silicate. Said invention also refers to a film comprising at least a matrix and said silicate to increase the flower development of a plant, and the use of a film comprising at least a matrix and said silicate in a greenhouse to increase the flower development of a plant.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for the preparation of lithium thiophosphate, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes. The method includes preparing a lithium thiophosphate including at least one step for the preparation of a solution S1 at a temperature T1 from ?200° C. to 10° C. followed by a step for removing at least a portion of the solvent from solution S1 to obtain lithium thiophosphate. The solution S1 includes a solvent and at least P species under the form of (PS4)3?, Li species under the form of Li+, and remaining sulfur under the form of polysulfide. followed by a step for removing at least a portion of the solvent from said solution S1 to obtain lithium thiophosphate.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for the preparation of lithium argyrodite, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes. The method includes at least one step for the preparation of a solution S1 at a temperature T1 from ?200° C. to 10° C. followed by a step for removing at least a portion of the solvent from said solution S1 to obtain Li6PS5X. The solution S1 includes a solvent and at least P species in the form of (PS4)3-, Li species in the form of Li+, X species in the form of X? and remaining sulfur in the form of polysulfide.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a new solid material according to general formula (I) as follows: Li4?2xZnxP2S6 (I) wherein 0<x?1. The invention also refers to a method for producing a solid material comprising at least bringing at least lithium sulfide, phosphorous sulfide, and a zinc compound, optionally in one or more solvents. The invention also refers to said solid materials and their use as solid electrolytes notably for electrochemical devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorination process consisting in bringing an inorganic compound M into contact with an atmosphere comprising difluorine gas, the inorganic compound M being a garnet based on the elements Li, La, Zr, A and O and for which the relative composition of the Li, La, Zr and A cations corresponds to the formula (I): LixLa3ZrzAw.

Abstract: The invention relates to an NVPF-based composition and the use thereof in the field of batteries as an electrochemically active material. The invention also relates to a conductive composition comprising said composition as well as to a method for obtaining said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an ammonium vanadium phosphate of formula (NH4)(VO2)(HPO4). It also relates to a process for preparing a vanadium orthophosphate VPO4.