Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon-based integrated optical chip integrating a silicon-based optical modulator and a germanium-silicon detector and a preparation method thereof. A position and dimension of a silicon nitride waveguide are defined by a slot formed by using an etching process, then surplus silicon nitride is removed by means of chemico-mechanical polishing, and an optical waveguide is formed by the silicon nitride in the slot.

Abstract: In a battery recycling process, a recycling stream including charge material metals from exhausted Li-ion batteries is aggregated or otherwise comminuted to generate recycled battery charge material having comparable or improved cycle life as well as recycled charge material precursor having fewer cracking defects using doping substances in both a coprecipitation phase and a sintering phase of the recycling sequence. Prior to coprecipitation of a cathode material precursor, a leach solution of comingled charge material metals is produced, the ratio of the charge material metals is adjusted based on recycled battery specifications, and a relatively small quantity of a first dopant is added. The doped precursor, a lithium salt, and a second dopant are combined and sintered to form a doped cathode material having a single crystal morphology and a higher tap density than the doped cathode precursor.

Abstract: A Li-ion cathode material is prepared by a multi-stage lithiation process that separates a total amount of lithium called for by the recycled battery to be used in a series of sintering stages. A leaching, ratio adjustment and coprecipitation sequence forms a cathode precursor having a predetermined ratio of metallic elements from a comingled recycling stream of Li-ion batteries. The precursor is sintered with a lithium salt in a sequence of stages, each having a portion of the total lithium quantity, for a predetermined duration and temperature. The initial sintering stage tends to define the crystallinity of the resulting active cathode material and has a particle size determined at least in part by the portion of lithium at each stage.

Abstract: A curing process for cathode material alleviates surface defects on particles of the cathode material for improving battery performance. Heat treating a granular form of the cathode material in a flow of an oxygen-containing gas removes surface defects on the cathode material particles that have been mechanically deagglomerated. This results in significant improvement in both the rate of charge/discharge and the number of recharge cycles.

Abstract: An improved nanocomposite cathode material for lithium-ion batteries and method of making the same. The nanocomposite cathode material includes lithium iron silicate based nanoparticles with a conductive matrix of graphene sheets. The nanoparticles may be doped with at least one anion or cation.

Abstract: An electrode assembly is a stacked structure. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate group and a second electrode plate group stacked up. A dimension of the first electrode plate group along the first direction is smaller than a dimension of the second electrode plate group along the first direction. A first step is formed at a minimum of one end of the electrode assembly along the first direction. A second step corresponding to the first step is formed on the shell.

Abstract: A semi-submersible floating wind power generator includes a wind power generator set, a post device, a load carrying device and a mooring device. The wind power generator set is disposed at a first end of the post device. The load carrying device is disposed at a second end of the post device. The mooring device is disposed at the second end of the post device. The post device includes a main post and multiple auxiliary posts. The main post is disposed in parallel with the multiple auxiliary posts, and second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts are aligned such that the second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts form a first plane, and the second end of the main post is disposed at a position closer to the first end of the main post than the first plane.

Abstract: A battery recycling process aggregates a recycling stream including charge material metals from exhausted Li-ion batteries and generates recycled battery charge material having comparable or improved cycle life as well as recycled charge material precursor having fewer cracking defects using doping substances in a coprecipitation phase in the recycling sequence. In a coprecipitation process, a solution of comingled charge material metals is produced, the ratio of the charge material metals is adjusted based on recycled battery specifications, and a relatively small quantity of a doping salt is added.

Abstract: A battery recycling process aggregates a recycling stream including charge material metals from exhausted Li-ion batteries and generates recycled battery charge material having comparable or improved cycle life as well as recycled charge material precursor having fewer cracking defects using doping substances in a coprecipitation phase in the recycling sequence. In a coprecipitation process, a solution of comingled charge material metals is produced, the ratio of the charge material metals is adjusted based on recycled battery specifications, and a relatively small quantity of a doping salt is added.

Abstract: A recycling process for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries includes a selective leach of charge material metals followed by impurity control for effecting microstructures such as a pore volume and surface area for optimal structures and charge performance. Particle characteristics having a favorable effect on performance correlate with soluble impurities in a recycling leach solution formed from spent charge material in a battery recycling stream. Spent batteries yield a black mass of agitated, comingled cathode material, anode material and current collectors. Leaching of the black mass yields a recycling solution of charge material metals and impurities. Selective adjustment of these impurities through adding and/or separating soluble ions in the solution drives formation of internal voids, surface area and pore volume in the resulting cathode material.

Abstract: A heterogeneous image registration method includes: performing edge detection on collected images, in combination with a curvature scale space strategy to extract contour curved segments in an edge image. Implementing a feature point detection strategy based on global and local curvature detecting feature points in the contour curved segments, and obtaining the nearest minimum local curvature of the feature points pointing to starting and end points of the contour, respectively. Calculating the number of neighborhood sampling points and neighborhood auxiliary feature points of neighborhoods on both edges of each of the feature points according to the nearest minimum local curvature. Using neighborhood auxiliary feature points and feature points to form a feature triangle, calculating an angle bisector vector and a main direction corresponding to the feature point in the feature triangle.

Abstract: An improved nanocomposite cathode material for lithium-ion batteries comprising vanadium pentoxide substrates with a conductive matrix of graphene sheets and a network former such as silicon dioxide and a method of making the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon-based integrated optical chip integrating a silicon-based optical modulator and a germanium-silicon detector and a preparation method thereof. A position and dimension of a silicon nitride waveguide are defined by a slot formed by using an etching process, then surplus silicon nitride is removed by means of chemico-mechanical polishing, and an optical waveguide is formed by the silicon nitride in the slot.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-precision identification method and system for substations, including building a Mask RCNN objection recognition network model based on convolutional neural networks; inputting acquired image information of a object into the Mask RCNN object recognition network model for preliminary recognition and outputting a recognition result of the object; using an information entropy to create a semantic decision tree and correcting the recognition result of the object according to a principle of relative correlation between different objects and outputting a final recognition decision result; reading the recognition decision result to obtain a true type of the object to be recognized. The present invention greatly improves the accuracy of image recognition of substations, and has a positive role in the research and development of automatic inspection equipment for inspection robots.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a method for identifying power equipment targets based on human-level concept learning, including: creating a dataset of power equipment images, and annotating power equipment in power equipment images; training neural network and Bayesian network with the annotated dataset and respectively acquire identification results and conditional probabilities; calculating probabilities of unions with the conditional probabilities; and filtering the identification result corresponding to the highest probability of the union as identification result of the dataset of the power equipment images and complete the identification of the power equipment. The present disclosure combines Mask R-CNN and probabilistic graphical model. The bottom layer uses Mask R-CNN, and the top layer uses Bayesian network to train in identifying power equipment images, so that a small amount of data samples can achieve good recognition, which improved the performance of Mask R-CNN model.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high-precision identification method and system for substations, including building a Mask RCNN objection recognition network model based on convolutional neural networks; inputting acquired image information of a object into the Mask RCNN object recognition network model for preliminary recognition and outputting a recognition result of the object; using an information entropy to create a semantic decision tree and correcting the recognition result of the object according to a principle of relative correlation between different objects and outputting a final recognition decision result; reading the recognition decision result to obtain a true type of the object to be recognized.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission line as well as a silicon-based electro-optic (E-O) modulator comprising the CPW transmission line are described. The CPW transmission line has a curved or winding shape. The silicon-based E-O modulator includes a rib optical waveguide, a beam splitter, a beam combiner, and a CPW transmission line that exhibits the winding shape. At least one of the two optical arms of the rib optical waveguide alternately and periodically extends through a first groove and a second groove of the CPW transmission line. The plurality of active sections of the rib optical waveguide are evenly distributed on both sides of the CPW transmission line to suppress undesired transmission modes. An increased length of transmission path of the rib optical waveguide is also avoided or minimized, thereby reducing the transmission speed mismatch of the E-O modulator, which is essential for achieving high-speed operation.

Abstract: A heterogeneous image registration method includes: performing edge detection on collected images, in combination with a curvature scale space strategy to extract contour curved segments in an edge image. Implementing a feature point detection strategy based on global and local curvature detecting feature points in the contour curved segments, and obtaining the nearest minimum local curvature of the feature points pointing to starting and end points of the contour, respectively. Calculating the number of neighborhood sampling points and neighborhood auxiliary feature points of neighborhoods on both edges of each of the feature points according to the nearest minimum local curvature. Using neighborhood auxiliary feature points and feature points to form a feature triangle, calculating an angle bisector vector and a main direction corresponding to the feature point in the feature triangle.

Abstract: An improved nanocomposite cathode material for lithium-ion batteries and method of making the same. The nanocomposite cathode material includes lithium iron silicate based nanoparticles with a conductive matrix of graphene sheets. The nanoparticles may be doped with at least one anion or cation.

Abstract: A semi-submersible floating wind power generator includes a wind power generator set, a post device, a load carrying device and a mooring device. The wind power generator set is disposed at a first end of the post device. The load carrying device is disposed at a second end of the post device. The mooring device is disposed at the second end of the post device. The post device includes a main post and multiple auxiliary posts. The main post is disposed in parallel with the multiple auxiliary posts, and second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts are aligned such that the second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts form a first plane, and the second end of the main post is disposed at a position closer to the first end of the main post than the first plane.