Abstract: A near-field communication-based tire pressure monitoring system, a sensor, a tire, and a vehicle. The tire pressure monitoring system comprises a server (101), a terminal (102) supporting near-field communication, and a tire pressure monitoring sensor (103) supporting near-field communication. The terminal (102) obtains from the server (101) update information for updating the tire pressure monitoring sensor (103), and then the update information is transmitted to the tire pressure monitoring sensor (103) by establishing a near-field communication connection between the terminal (102) and the server (101), so that the tire pressure monitoring sensor (103) realizes information reconfiguration or programming process. The terminal (102) is connected to the tire pressure monitoring sensor (103) by means of near-field communication, and compared with wireless communication, the near-field communication avoids the interference of irrelevant signals, guaranteeing the normal communication process.

Abstract: Novel composites for use in battery anode electrodes are described. The novel composites include silicon-based nanostructures attached to a carbon-based substrate having a polymer disposed thereon, the polymer including monomeric units formed from styrene and allyl alcohol. The composites allow for the preparation of anode electrodes having low ratios of inactive materials to active materials, with improved processability according to both wet and dry anode coating techniques. Anode electrodes including the composites have improved uniformity and are more apt at accommodating volume changes during cycling.

Abstract: A method of fabricating electrodes having protruding nanofeatures includes growing metal oxide nanofeatures on a metal or metal alloy wire using a heat treatment in an oxidizing environment. An electrically conducting material is deposited on the nanofeatures to form coated nanofeatures. An electrochemically active material (active material) is deposited to form a coating onto the coated nanofeatures to form at least one nanofeatured electrode. An energy storage coaxial cable (ESCC) can be formed from a first nanofeatured electrode and a second nanofeatured electrode, wherein the first nanofeatured electrode is configured as a linear electrode and the second nanofeatured electrode is configured as a tubular electrode, and the ESCC includes an ion porous separator and an electrolyte between the first nanofeatured electrode as an inner electrode and the second nanofeatured electrode as an outer electrode.

Abstract: A method of fabricating electrodes having protruding nanofeatures includes growing metal oxide nanofeatures on a metal or metal alloy wire using a heat treatment in an oxidizing environment. An electrically conducting material is deposited on the nanofeatures to form coated nanofeatures. An electrochemically active material (active material) is deposited to form a coating onto the coated nanofeatures to form at least one nanofeatured electrode. An energy storage coaxial cable (ESCC) can be formed from a first nanofeatured electrode and a second nanofeatured electrode, wherein the first nanofeatured electrode is configured as a linear electrode and the second nanofeatured electrode is configured as a tubular electrode, and the ESCC includes an ion porous separator and an electrolyte between the first nanofeatured electrode as an inner electrode and the second nanofeatured electrode as an outer electrode.