Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid-state electrolytes and methods of making the same. The method includes admixing a sulfate precursor including one or more of Li2SO4 and Li2SO4.H2O with one or more carbonaceous capacitor materials. The first admixture is calcined to form an electrolyte precursor that is admixed with one or more additional components to form the solid-state electrolyte. When a ratio of the sulfate precursor to the one or more carbonaceous capacitor materials in the first admixture is about 1:2, the electrolyte precursor consists essentially of Li2S. When a ratio of the sulfate precursor to the one or more carbonaceous capacitor materials in the first admixture is less than about 1:2, the electrolyte precursor is a composite precursor including a solid-state capacitor cluster including the one or more carbonaceous capacitor materials and a sulfide coating including Li2S disposed on one or more exposed surfaces of the solid-state capacitor cluster.

Abstract: An anode-free solid-state battery includes a cathode layer having transient anode elements and a bare current collector devoid of non-transitory anode material and configured to accept thereon the transient anode elements. The battery also includes a solid-state electrolyte layer defining voids and arranged between the current collector and the cathode layer. The battery additionally includes a gel situated within the solid-state electrolyte and cathode layers, to permeate the electrolyte voids and form a gelled solid-state electrolyte layer, coat the cathode layer, and facilitate ionic conduction of the anode elements between the cathode layer, the solid-state electrolyte layer, and the current collector. Charging the battery diffuses the anode elements from the cathode layer, via the gelled solid-state electrolyte layer, onto the current collector. Discharging the battery returns the anode elements, via the gelled solid-state electrolyte layer, to the cathode layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate, and forming active regions and trench isolation structures in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the trench isolation structures are located between the active regions; forming first grooves in the active regions; filling the first grooves to form inversion polysilicon layers, the inversion polysilicon layers being inversely doped with the active regions; forming second grooves, the second grooves running through the polysilicon layers and a part of the semiconductor substrate, and reserving parts of the inversion polysilicon layers located on side faces of the second grooves; and, forming buried word line structures in the second grooves.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, with a plurality of trench isolation structures and a plurality of functional regions between the trench isolation structures being formed; forming a buried bit line structure, the buried bit line structure being formed in the semiconductor substrate; and forming a word line structure and a plurality of active regions, the word line structures and the active regions being formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate and located above the functional regions.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions is provided. The electrochemical cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first plurality of solid-state electroactive material particles and a first polymeric gel electrolyte, where the first polymeric gel electrolyte includes a first additive. The second electrode includes a second plurality of solid-state electroactive material particles and a second polymeric gel electrolyte that is different from the first polymeric gel electrolyte, where the second polymeric gel electrolyte includes a second additive. The electrolyte layers include a third polymeric gel electrolyte that is different from both the first polymeric gel electrolyte and the second polymeric gel electrolyte.

Abstract: An anode electrode with enhanced state of charge estimation is provided. The anode electrode comprises anode layer and a negative current collector. The negative current collector has a first side and a second side. The anode layer comprises lithium-titanium oxide and a second anode material (e.g. niobium-titanium oxide) disposed on at least one of the first and second sides of the negative current collector with single-layer or layer-by-layer coated structures. The second anode material (e.g. niobium-titanium oxide) can be physically blended with lithium-titanium oxide or be at least partially coated on the surface of lithium-titanium oxide or their combinations. The anode electrode further comprises a binder and a conductive carbon.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making a solid-state argyrodite electrolyte represented by Li6PS5X (where X is selected from chloride, bromide, iodine, or a combination thereof) having an ionic conductivity greater than or equal to about 1.0×10?4 S/cm to less than or equal to about 10×10?3 S/cm at about 25° C. The method may include contacting a first suspension and a first solution to form a precursor, where the first suspension is a Li3PS4 suspension including an ester solvent and the first solution is a Li2S and LiX (where X is selected from chloride, bromide, or iodine, or a combination thereof) solution including an alcohol solvent; and removing the ester solvent and the alcohol solvent from the precursor to form the solid-state argyrodite electrolyte.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a semiconductor fabrication method. The method includes: providing a substrate including an active layer; and forming a bit line contact layer and a bit line extending along a first direction, two sides of the bit line contact layer being in contact with the active layer and the bit line. Forming the bit line includes: forming a bit line stack including a semiconductor layer and a conductive layer stacked in sequence, the semiconductor layer covering a surface of the substrate and a surface of the bit line contact layer; etching part of the bit line stack to form initial bit lines arranged at intervals, the initial bit lines including a plurality of conductive lines; performing oxidation treatment on the semiconductor layer exposed between adjacent conductive lines to form an oxide layer, the semiconductor layer not oxidized being used as a semiconductor connection layer; and removing the oxide layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for controlling flow of liquid zinc (2) in a zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization. Under the blowing effects of an air knife above the zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization onto strip steel (3), the liquid zinc (2) diffuses and flows outwards to zones (zones I, II, III and IV) comprising the left side, the right side, the front end of the zinc pot, respectively, and a zone between the strip steel (3) and a furnace snout (4), and surface dross rapidly generated on the surface of the liquid zinc (2) is driven to flow outwards to the zones (zones I, II, III and IV). On edge sides of the zones (zones I, II, III and IV), travelling magnetic field generators (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 712, 756) are arranged in multiple sections above the surface of the liquid zinc (2) in the zinc pot (1), so as to excite a travelling magnetic field to generate an electromagnetic driving force on the liquid zinc (2) to drive the flow of the liquid zinc (2).

Abstract: A sulfide-impregnated solid-state battery is provided. The battery comprises a cell core constructed by basic cell units. Each unit comprises a positive electrode comprising a cathode layer and a positive meshed current collector comprising a conductive material which is further coated by oxide-based solid-state electrolyte. The cell unit further comprises a negative electrode comprising an anode layer and a negative meshed current collector comprising a conductive material which is further coated by oxide-based solid-state electrolyte. The positive and negative electrodes are stacked together to form the cell unit. The two coated oxide-based solid electrolyte layers are disposed between the positive and negative electrode as dual separators. Such a cell unit may be repeated or connected in parallel or bipolar stacking to form the cell core to achieve a desired battery voltage, power and energy. The cell core comprises a sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte dispersed in the pore structures of cell core.

Abstract: A method for forming a double-sided capacitor structure includes: providing a base, the base including a substrate, a plurality of capacitor contacts located in the substrate, a stack structure located on a surface of the substrate and a plurality of capacitor holes running through the stack structure and exposing the capacitor contacts, the stack structure including sacrificial layers and support layers which are stacked alternately; successively forming a first electrode layer, a first dielectric layer and a second electrode layer on inner walls of the capacitor holes; forming a first conductive filling layer in the capacitor holes; forming an auxiliary layer for sealing the capacitor holes; removing a part of the auxiliary layers and several of the support layers and the sacrificial layers to expose the first electrode layer; and, forming a second dielectric layer and a third electrode layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing same. The capacitor structure includes: a substrate, a first capacitor contact layer, a bottom electrode layer, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a top electrode layer, where the first capacitor contact layer is arranged on the substrate in an array manner, the bottom electrode layer surrounds a side wall of the first capacitor contact layer and extends in a direction of the first capacitor contact layer away from the substrate, the capacitor dielectric layer covers an upper surface of the substrate, a surface of the bottom electrode layer and an upper surface of the first capacitor contact layer, and the top electrode layer covers a surface of the capacitor dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid-state battery including at least one current collector that is in communication with one or more switches configured to move between open and closed positions, where the open position corresponds to a first operational state of the solid-state battery and the closed position corresponds to a second operational state of the solid-state battery; one or more electrodes disposed adjacent to the one or more current collectors; and one or more electrothermal material foils including a resistor material that is in electrical communication with that at least one current collector, where in the first operational state electrons may flow through the one or more electrothermal material foils during cycling of the solid-state battery so as to initiate a heating mode, and in the second operational state electrons may flow through the current collector during cycling of the solid-state battery so as to initiate a non-heating mode.

Abstract: A material including TiO2 nanoparticles at least partially embedded in a matrix material of TixNbyOz, where 0<x?2, 0<y?24, and 0<z?62, is provided. Methods of making the material are also provided.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition is provided. The electrolyte composition includes a solvate ionic liquid having an anion and a complex of an ether and a cation, and a diluter including a phosphorus-containing flame-retardant having a dielectric constant of less than or equal to about 20.

Abstract: A battery having a plurality of electrodes immersed in a water-in-salt electrolytic solution is disclosed. The water-in-salt electrolytic solution includes a sufficient amount of a lithium salt disposed in an aqueous solvent, at least 14 moles of lithium salt per kg of aqueous solvent, such that a dissociated lithium ion is solvated by less than 4 water molecules. The plurality of electrodes includes a first type electrode, a second type electrode, and a third type electrode selectively assembled in a predetermined order of arrangement into an electrode stack assembly. The first type electrode includes an activated carbon, the second type electrodes include one of a lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2), and the third type electrodes include the other of the LMO and TiO2. The first type electrode may be that of a cathode and/or anode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a semiconductor structure and its manufacturing method. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate and a dielectric layer located on the substrate, the substrate being provided therein with a conductive structure; etching a certain thickness of the dielectric layer to form a first groove; performing an isotropic etching process on the dielectric layer located at the bottom of the first groove to form a second groove, a maximum width of the second groove being greater than a bottom width of the first groove in a direction parallel with a surface of the substrate; and etching the dielectric layer located at the bottom of the second groove to form a third groove exposing the conductive structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a combined formulation kit for analyzing the phenotype and function of a CD1c+ dendritic cell subset and the use thereof, wherein the detection objects of the kit include CD1c, CD40, IL-6 and IL-10. The kit can be used to efficiently and quickly identify the phenotype of a CD1c+ dendritic cell subset in peripheral blood and analyze the function thereof, thereby ensuring accuracy and reducing the economic cost produced by detecting a large number of surface antigen molecules, and the detection method is also simple to implement.

Abstract: A hybrid lithium ion capacitor battery and method of making the same is disclosed. The hybrid lithium ion capacitor battery includes a positive electrode separated from a negative electrode by a separator layer. A first activated carbon layer is disposed between the separator layer and one of the positive and negative electrodes. The first activated carbon layer is coated on a first surface of the separator layer. A second activated carbon layer is disposed between the separator layer and the other of the positive and negative electrodes. The second activated carbon layer is coated on a second surface of the separator layer. A first current collector coextensively contacts the first electrode and a second current collector coextensively contacts the second electrode. An electrolytic solution carries lithium cations between the positive and negative electrodes through the activated carbon coated separator layer.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a softened solid-state electrolyte, comprises an oxide-based solid-state electrolyte, where at least a portion of the oxide anions in the oxide-based solid-state electrolyte is replaced with a replacement anion. In another embodiment, a softened solid-state electrolyte comprises a sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte, wherein at least a portion of the sulfide anions in the sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte is replaced with the replacement anion. When the replacement anion replaces the oxide anion, the replacement anion has a larger atomic radius than the oxide anion and when the replacement anion replaces the sulfide anion, the replacement anion has a larger atomic radius than the sulfide anion.