Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes one or more layers, and any one of the one or more layers of the negative electrode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount of 2 to 10 at %. A lithium-ion secondary battery containing the negative electrode and a method of making the negative electrode are also provided.

Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that comprises a carbon material and Ag.

Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that comprises a carbon material and Ag.

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of mobile robots is to be implemented by a server that communicates with the plurality of mobile robots and a communication device. The server stores a predetermined working route related to a target area. The method includes steps of: receiving a working instruction from the communication device, the working instruction including area information related to the target area and an input quantity of mobile robots; in response to receipt of the working instruction, dividing the predetermined working route into a plurality of sub-routes, wherein a quantity of the sub-routes equals the input quantity of mobile robots; and sending the sub-routes respectively to a plurality of selected robots that are selected from among the plurality of mobile robots to make the selected robots cooperatively implement a task on the target area by moving along the sub-routes, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a fabrication method of the semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, first gate structures, second gate structures, first source-drain doped layers, second source-drain doped layers, and a first dielectric layer. A top surface of the first dielectric layer disposed over the first region is lower than a top surface of the first dielectric layer disposed over the second region. The semiconductor structure also includes a first barrier layer disposed over the first dielectric layer disposed over the first region. The first barrier layer and the first dielectric layer disposed over the first region include a first opening exposing the first source-drain doped layer, and the first dielectric layer disposed over the second region includes a second opening exposing the second source-drain doped layer.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of analyzing excreta, comprising: obtaining visual information of excreta, providing the visual information to an artificial intelligence (AI) model; processing the visual information using the AI model to determine a plurality of scales of the excreta; outputting the plurality of scales of the excreta, receiving at least one input to adjust the plurality of scales of the excreta, and providing suggestion based on the adjusted plurality of scales of the excreta.

Abstract: An H-bridge type parallel multi-level inverter switch module, a method for optimizing the same, and an inverter using the same are provided. The switch module includes two switching units and an H-bridge inductor; each switching unit includes a first power device and a second power device connected in series, where the source of the first power device is connected to the drain of the second power device and this connection is used as the neutral point of the switching unit; the drains of the first power devices of the two switching units are connected to each other, and the sources of the second power devices of the two switching units are connected to each other; two ends of the H-bridge inductor are connected to the neutral points of the two switching units respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for determining the intensity of a low-frequency current are provided. The method includes: individually applying a corresponding first current to a body part of a user in N consecutive time intervals, wherein the time intervals include an i-th time interval to an (i+N)-th time interval; obtaining electromyography values of the body part in each time interval; determining a second current corresponding to an (i+N+1)-th time interval based on the first current corresponding to each time interval, the body part, personal information of the user, and the electromyography values of each time interval; and applying a second current to the body part of the user in the (i+N+1)-th time interval.

Abstract: A gas supply system includes a loading/unloading stage including a cradle loader where a cradle loaded with a gas container is loaded, a test buffer chamber is configured to test the gas container, and a loading/unloading robot configured to transfer the gas container between the cradle and the test buffer chamber. A gas supply stage includes a storage queue configured to temporarily store the gas container, a gas supply cabinet where the gas container is mounted, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the gas container between the test buffer chamber and the storage queue and between the storage queue and the gas supply cabinet.

Abstract: A gas supply system includes a loading/unloading stage including a cradle loader where a cradle loaded with a gas container is loaded, a test buffer chamber is configured to test the gas container, and a loading/unloading robot configured to transfer the gas container between the cradle and the test buffer chamber. A gas supply stage includes a storage queue configured to temporarily store the gas container, a gas supply cabinet where the gas container is mounted, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the gas container between the test buffer chamber and the storage queue and between the storage queue and the gas supply cabinet.

Abstract: A gas supply system includes a loading/unloading stage including a cradle loader where a cradle loaded with a gas container is loaded, a test buffer chamber is configured to test the gas container, and a loading/unloading robot configured to transfer the gas container between the cradle and the test buffer chamber. A gas supply stage includes a storage queue configured to temporarily store the gas container, a gas supply cabinet where the gas container is mounted, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the gas container between the test buffer chamber and the storage queue and between the storage queue and the gas supply cabinet.

Abstract: A gas supply system includes a loading/unloading stage including a cradle loader where a cradle loaded with a gas container is loaded, a test buffer chamber is configured to test the gas container, and a loading/unloading robot configured to transfer the gas container between the cradle and the test buffer chamber. A gas supply stage includes a storage queue configured to temporarily store the gas container, a gas supply cabinet where the gas container is mounted, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the gas container between the test buffer chamber and the storage queue and between the storage queue and the gas supply cabinet.

Abstract: A host device acting as a wireless hotspot can suffer poor network performance when many client devices are connected simultaneously, particularly devices with a poor connection speed. To improve network performance, the host device can identify a client device with the worst network connectivity based on wireless signal strength, a peer-to-peer (P2P) packet drop rate, and a P2P ping response time, and instruct the client device to scan the other client devices to identify the best candidate to serve as a new host device for the client device. The hotspot functionality can then be offloaded to the new host device with respect to the client device, thereby reducing the number of client devices connected directly to the main host device and improving the network performance of the client device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition contains (A) an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer containing (i) ethylene and (ii) from 20 wt % to 35 wt % C6-C8 ?-olefin comonomer, the ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having a density from 0.880 g/cc to 0.895 g/cc, a melt viscosity, at 177° C., from 4,000 mPa·s to 20,000 mPa·s, and a glass transition temperature from ?55° C. to ?20° C.; (B) a tackifier, and (C) a wax.

Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems of semiconductor processing may include etching a portion of a silicon-containing material from a substrate disposed within a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. Methods may include forming a low quality oxide within one or more of the recesses, where the low quality oxide and a silicon-containing material each contain an exposed surface. Methods include contacting the low quality oxide and the high quality semiconductor material with a passivating agent selective to a surface defect of the low quality oxide. Methods include contacting the substrate with an etching agent and/or a cleaning agent, where the contacting with the cleaning agent removes the high quality semiconductor material at an equal or faster rate than the low quality oxide.

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of autonomous robots for performing environment maintenance operations includes: generating a setup command that indicates a selected location, a plurality of selected robots, an available time slot, and a distribution mode signal that indicates whether the selected robots are to be controlled based on the available time slot or an inputted priority section; and generating a plurality of sub-routes based on different parameters, depending on the distribution mode signal. The sub-routes are generated to be connected into an unbroken trail. Then, the sub-routes are transmitted to the selected robots, respectively, so as to control each of the selected robots to move along the respective one of the sub-routes.

Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing methods may include providing an oxygen-containing precursor to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be housed within the processing region. A first layer of silicon-and-germanium-containing material, a second layer of silicon-and-germanium-containing material, and a layer of silicon-containing material may be disposed on the substrate. The methods may include contacting the substrate with the oxygen-containing precursor. The contacting may oxidize at least a portion of the second layer of silicon-and-germanium-containing material. The methods may include providing a first etchant precursor to the processing region and contacting the substrate with the first etchant precursor. The contacting may selectively etch the first layer of silicon-and-germanium-containing material. The methods may include providing a second etchant precursor to the processing region.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for determining the intensity of a low-frequency current are provided. The method includes: individually applying a corresponding first current to a body part of a user in N consecutive time intervals, wherein the time intervals include an i-th time interval to an (i+N)-th time interval; obtaining electromyography values of the body part in each time interval; determining a second current corresponding to an (i+N+1)-th time interval based on the first current corresponding to each time interval, the body part, personal information of the user, and the electromyography values of each time interval; and applying a second current to the body part of the user in the (i+N+1)-th time interval.

Abstract: A composition comprising the following components: A) propylene/ethylene copolymer that has a density ?0.880 g/cc, and a MWD(conv) from 2.00 to 3.00 and a melt viscosity (177 C)?80,000 mPa*s; B) olefin multi-block copolymer that has a density ?0.890 g/cc and a melt index (I2)?0.5 g/10 min.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing and an electric motor, the electric motor including a rotor and a stator. The rotor is coupled to a motor shaft having a spindle portion that supports an output unit. The stator includes a core, an insulator coupled to the core and including an end cap portion positioned at an axial end of the stator, and a winding forming a coil. The stator further includes a terminal configured to electrically connect the winding to a power source. The terminal is supported by the end cap portion. The terminal includes a main body portion, a tang, and a phase connection portion. The main body portion contacts the end cap portion and is generally planar and extends away from the end cap portion in an axial direction of the electric motor. The tang extends away from the main body portion in a radial direction.