Abstract: An organic optoelectronic device, such as an organic light-emitting device, comprising an anode (2), a cathode (6) and at least one organic semiconducting layer, optionally an organic light-emitting layer (4), between the anode and the cathode, wherein the cathode comprises a first conducting layer (63) comprising a first pattern (63A) comprising a first metal and a second pattern (63B) comprising a second metal that is different from the first metal. A layer of a metal compound (61) may be provided between the one or more organic semiconducting layers and the first conductive layer.

Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more optionally substituted repeat units of formula (I): wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; each Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; n and m in each occurrence is at least 1; and R1 and R2 are substituents wherein R1 and R2 are different.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic compound for an organic light emitting diode. The organic compound is represented by: The organic compound is capable of reducing a driving voltage of an organic light emitting diode by an excellent charge transporting property. The present invention also provides an organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting display device including the organic compound.

Abstract: The present invention includes a new series of benzofused heterocyclic ligands for metal complexes. These complexes show promising photophysical performance when incorporated into OLEDs.

Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. The organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes the condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: in Formula 1, A11 is a C1-C60 heterocyclic group, A12 is a C5-C60 carbocyclic group or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group, X11 is O or S, X12 is C, X13 is selected from N, C, and C(R13), X14 is selected from N, C, and C(R14), and X13 and X14 are linked via a single bond or a double bond.

Abstract: Novel phosphorescent metal complexes containing ligands having the Formula I: bearing either a naphthalene or other fused heterocycle moieties such as benzofuran and benzothiophene useful as emitters in OLEDs and improve the device efficiency and the FWHM of the emission are disclosed.

Abstract: A composite material emitting white light includes a MOF having a plurality of organic polydentate bridging ligands and a plurality of zirconium cations. The composite material includes at least one guest dye capable of absorbing energy in a wavelength range emitted by the MOF when the MOF is excited. The at least one guest dye includes a chromophore selected from the group consisting of a naphthoxazinium group, an aromatic cyclobutdione group, a 1-benzopyran-2-one group, xanthenylidene-dialkylammonium group, a porphyrin group or a 4-dimethylaminostyryl group a boron-dipyrromethene group and mixtures thereof. The composite material emitting white light is also used in sensors and imaging.

Abstract: An organometallic compound of Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, groups and variables are as described in the specification.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel and a method of fabricating the same are described. The thin film transistor array panel has: a substrate; a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer; a source electrode; a drain electrode; an insulating layer; an etch stop layer disposed on the semiconductor layer and the insulating layer; a first electrode portion disposed on the source electrode for covering and protecting the source electrode; a second electrode portion disposed on the drain electrode for covering and protecting the drain electrode. Thus, the fabricating process can be simplified and the fabricating cost is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a graphene thin-film transistor, which includes: depositing a graphene layer on a surface of a copper foil; depositing a metal layer on a surface of the graphene layer; attaching a support layer to a surface of the metal layer to form a graphene film; placing the graphene film in a copper etching solution until the copper foil is dissolved completely, then transferring the graphene film to a target substrate, and removing the support layer; defining patterns of a source and a drain on the surface of the metal layer, manufacturing a source electrode and a drain electrode, and manufacturing a gate electrode on a target substrate.

Abstract: An organic EL element includes an anode, a cathode opposing the anode, a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, an electron transport layer disposed in contact with a cathode-side surface of the light-emitting layer, and an electron injection layer disposed between the electron transport layer and the cathode, in contact with the electron transport layer. Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of the electron transport layer is lower than at least one of LUMO level of the electron injection layer and Fermi level of a metal material included in the electron injection layer, and film thickness of the electron injection layer is greater than film thickness of the electron transport layer.

Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I In Formula I: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl, heteroaryl, or deuterated analogs thereof; L1 and L2 are the same or different and are H, D, halogen, aryl, arylamino, crosslinkable groups, deuterated aryl, deuterated arylamino, or deuterated crosslinkable groups; R1-R4 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, CN, hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, fluoroaryl, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkoxy, fluoroalkoxy, amino, silyl, siloxane, siloxy, germyl, deuterated hydrocarbon aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated aryloxy, deuterated fluoroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated fluoroalkyl, deuterated alkoxy, deuterated fluoroalkoxy, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, deuterated siloxane, deuterated siloxy, or deuterated germyl, wherein adjacent groups selected from R1-R4 can be joined together to form a fused ring; a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1; x and x1 are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; y and y1 are the same or differe

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device including a base plate, an orientation layer, a photoluminescence layer, and an electroluminescence assembly. The orientation layer is arranged on the base plate. The photoluminescence layer and the orientation layer are adjacent to and stacked on one another. The orientation layer provides an effect of orientating to the photoluminescence layer. The electroluminescence assembly is arranged on one side of the photoluminescence layer that is distant from the orientation layer or on one side of the base plate that is distant from the orientation layer. The electroluminescence assembly includes a transparent anode, an electroluminescence layer, and a cathode sequentially stacked on each other and the transparent anode faces toward the base plate. Also disclosed are a backlight module including the light-emitting device and a display device including the backlight module.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor provided above the substrate; a flattening layer provided above the thin film transistor and including a contact hole which is open on a side opposite to the substrate; a reflecting layer provided along at least a surface of the contact hole; a light-transmitting filling layer configured to fill an inside of the contact hole with the reflecting layer therebetween; and an organic EL element formed above the flattening layer and a contact hole top.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode including a conductive material and a dopant having a work function of at least 5.0 eV. The conductive material may be one selected from the group consisting of a metal particle having a reflectivity of at least 80%, a carbon allotrope, a conductive polymer, metal nanowire, and a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible display panel and a back cover disposed on a back surface of the flexible display panel and having a plurality of opening patterns provided in the third region. The plurality of opening patterns include opening patterns arranged in odd-numbered columns along the first direction and opening patterns arranged in even-numbered columns along the first direction. Each of the opening patterns includes a first portion having a width becoming smaller in a second direction intersecting with the first direction as the first portion progresses along the first direction and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a width becoming greater in the second direction as the second portion progresses along the first direction.

Abstract: A light-emitting display panel is provided. The light-emitting display panel includes a substrate. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A light-emitting display structure is disposed on the display area. A first section wall is disposed on the peripheral area. The first section wall surrounds the light-emitting display structure. An enclosed wall is disposed on the peripheral area. The enclosed wall surrounds the first section wall. The enclosed wall is positioned outside the first section wall. A first inorganic material layer covers the light-emitting display structure. The first inorganic material layer covers the top surface of the array substrate outside the enclosed wall.

Abstract: A flexible display device can include a first portion in which an organic light emitting element is disposed on a first surface; a base layer made of a flexible substrate including a second portion, outside of the first portion, having a bend section bent toward a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protective coating layer covering at least a part of the second portion, wherein a polarization layer is on the organic light emitting element of the first portion without a barrier film, and wherein the protective coating layer is coated such that a portion adjacent to the polarization layer is thicker than the other portion.

Abstract: An OLED display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The OLED display device includes a substrate including a display area provided with an organic light emitting element and a pad area provided with a plurality of pads, the pad area formed around the display area, an encapsulation layer formed on the substrate such that the encapsulation layer covers the organic light emitting element, and a dam formed between the display area and the pad area, the dam controlling flow of an organic film material constituting the encapsulation layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device including first electrodes provided for respective pixels, an insulating layer having openings respectively opposed to the first electrodes, an organic layer including a light emitting layer common to all the pixels, and a second electrode formed over an entire surface of the organic layer laminated on a first substrate, includes a step of forming an auxiliary wiring made of a metallic material layer by irradiating the metallic material layer with energy rays from a side of the metallic material layer and selectively removing the metallic material layer by energy absorbed by a part corresponding to the pixel after the metallic material layer has been formed on an entire surface of the second electrode.

Abstract: A number of new solutions for enhancing the extraction of waveguided mode and suppressing surface plasmon polariton mode in OLEDs are disclosed.

Abstract: A head mounted display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a case; a display panel that is disposed in the case and is capable of displaying an image; and an optical system between the display panel and a user, wherein the display panel includes a pixel layer that includes a plurality of pixels capable of emitting light and a light blocking layer on the pixel layer and having a plurality of light blocking openings, and the area of a first area where the light blocking layer and the pixel are overlapped with each other in a plane view is gradually increased toward an outer portion of the display panel from a center portion of the display panel.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, an encapsulation layer, and a light-shielding layer. The pixel electrode is positioned above the substrate. The encapsulation layer is disposed over the pixel electrode. The encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic layer. The first inorganic layer includes a plurality of fine pillar patterns. The pillar patterns are sloped with respect to one surface of the substrate. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer. The light-shielding layer includes a first opening. The first opening overlaps at least a portion of the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A reduced-pressure drying apparatus, for drying solution on a substrate in a chamber in a depressurized state, includes a solvent collecting unit that is a net-shaped plate configured to temporarily collect a solvent in the solution vaporized from the substrate. The solvent collecting unit is provided to face the substrate in the chamber, and the net-shaped plate has an opening ratio of 60% to 80% and a thermal capacity of 850 J/K or less per 1 m2.

Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes a first current collector and a second current collector. The first current collector includes a first base disposed along a sealing plate. The second current collector includes a second base disposed along the sealing plate. A distance between an end portion of a wound electrode body facing the sealing plate and a surface of the first base facing the wound electrode body at an end portion of the first base on a central side in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate is shorter than a distance between the end portion of the wound electrode body facing the sealing plate and a surface of the second base facing the wound electrode body at an end portion of the second base on the central side. An insulating buffer is disposed between the wound electrode body and the above surface of the first base.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to allow a gas to be stably discharged from a cracking valve even if a battery lid is deformed toward a wound group side. In a rectangular secondary battery of the present invention, a curved surface portion of a flat wound group is disposed on the side of an opening of a battery can, and the opening is sealed with a battery lid having a cracking valve and a liquid injection port. At least a protruding portion having a facing surface positioned on a curved surface portion side with respect to the cracking valve is disposed on the battery lid between the liquid injection port and the cracking valve.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes a first locking portion for locking a rotation of a positive electrode current collecting member about a shaft portion of a positive electrode terminal with respect to a lower insulating member. The first locking portion includes: a recessed portion formed on the lower insulating member; and a projecting portion formed on the positive electrode current collecting member. The recessed portion is indented away from the shaft portion in a direction which intersects with the shaft portion. The projecting portion projects away from the shaft portion in the direction which intersects with the shaft portion. The recessed portion and the projecting portion are configured to engage with each other. A leg portion is positioned closer to an end portion of a lid body in a longitudinal direction of the lid body than the first locking portion is.

Abstract: An insulating molding (1) for a housing of at least one battery cell is disclosed, specifically for a housing of at least one lithium-ion battery cell, wherein, on at least one molding sidewall (3a, 3b) of the insulating molding (1), a depression (5) is configured, which is constituted by means of a reduced wall thickness, in order to reduce the force acting on the battery cell.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet attachment device for battery packs, specifically a sheet attachment device for attaching a label sheet and a sheathing sheet to a battery pack having a plate-shaped battery cell mounted in a pack case. The sheet attachment device includes first and second loaders, first and second jigs, first and second guide frames, a first sheet attachment jig, a rotator, a pressing roller, a conveyor, and a second sheet attachment jig.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery unit providing predetermined surface pressure to battery cells and absorbing expansion of the battery cells, thereby increasing durability. Further, by dualizing components for absorbing surface pressure of the battery cells, the battery unit allows manufacturing cost to be reduced because the rest of the components are shared.

Abstract: A multi-core lithium ion battery includes a sealed enclosure and a support member disposed within the sealed enclosure. The support member includes a plurality of cavities and a plurality of lithium ion core members which are disposed the plurality of cavities. The battery further includes a plurality of cavity liners, each of which is positioned between a corresponding one of the lithium ion core members and a surface of a corresponding one of the cavities.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a core pack comprising a battery cell including a plurality of unit battery cells electrically connected to each other, a first electrode tab, and a second electrode tab; a case comprising a lower case accommodating the core pack therein and having an opening at a side thereof to insert the core pack therethrough, and an upper case closing the opening and including a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab, respectively; and an elastic body between the core pack and the case to elastically support an exterior of the core pack.

Abstract: According to embodiments, a pressure relief mechanism comprises a case with an installation hole formed therein, and a pressure relief valve. The pressure relief valve comprises an insertion portion which comprising a vent path formed in an axial portion of the insertion portion and a slit formed in a peripheral wall portion of the insertion portion so as to communicate with the vent path, a pedestal portion provided at an outer end of the insertion portion, a locking portion provided at an inner end of the insertion portion and locked on an inner edge of the installation hole, and a ring-like seal member interposed between around the installation hole and the pedestal portion, the seal portion comprising an elastic member.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure and an electrolyte disposed in a battery case, a cylindrical metal container forms the battery case with the electrode assembly and the electrolyte disposed therein, a cap assembly is mounted on the open upper end of the metal container and a gasket of an elastic material is interposed between the metal container and the cap assembly. The upper end of the metal container is clamped and bent inward toward the central axis of the battery cell to enable the upper portion of the metal container to surround the exterior surface of the gasket. A recessed groove configured to partially receive the gasket by clamping, is formed on the interior surface of the inward-bent portion of the metal container. Accordingly, damage to the gasket interposed between the metal container and the cap assembly is reduced and inhibits electrolyte leakage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite separation membrane for a lithium secondary battery, having an excellent effect of improving the life time and safety of a battery and a lithium secondary battery including the membrane. The composite separation membrane includes a porous base layer; a heat-resistant layer formed on one side or both sides of the porous base layer; and a fusion layer formed on an outermost layer. The heat-resistant layer includes inorganic particles connected and fixed by binder polymers, and the fusion layer includes crystalline polymers in the form of particles having a melting temperature of 100° C. or higher.

Abstract: A separator for separating an anode and a cathode in a battery cell. The separator includes a base material which has a porosity and which may be ionically conductive. An electrolyte layer which is formed by a solid electrolyte and which has a lower porosity than the base material of the separator is provided within the base material of the separator. Moreover, a battery cell that includes at least one separator is described.

Abstract: A separator-integrated electrode plate includes a current collecting sheet; an active material layer provided on the current collecting sheet, and a separator layer provided on the active material layer and configured to allow ions in electrolyte to pass through. The separator layer includes a polyimide layer provided on the active material layer and made of polyimide that has been melted in a solvent and then deposited as a film, and a polyolefin particle layer provided on the polyimide layer and made of polyolefin resin particles accumulated on the polyimide layer, the polyolefin resin particles having a melting point of 140° C. or less.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode collector electrically connected to a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode collector electrically connected to a negative electrode plate. At least one of the collectors includes a first-side base portion disposed near the sealing plate, and a first-side lead portion connected to one end portion of the first-side base portion and extending towards an electrode body. The first-side lead portion includes a first-side power generating element joining portion joined to a lateral side of the electrode body, and a first-side inclined portion inclined with respect to a thickness direction of the electrode body from the first-side power generating element joining portion towards an outer side in the thickness direction. A total weight of the electrode body and nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the electrode body ranges from 200 g or more to 500 g or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a material of olivine crystallographic structure of formula (I) AaZzMmSiO4 in which A is chosen from Li, Na, K and mixtures thereof, Z is chosen from Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and mixtures thereof, M is chosen from Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, and mixtures thereof, a, z and m are the stoichiometric coefficients, respectively, of A, Z and M, and satisfy the following conditions: z>0, m>0, a>0, a+z+m?2, and 2?(4?a?2z)/m<4, said method comprising at least the steps consisting in i. having a material of olivine crystallographic structure of formula (II) ZzMmSiO4, obtained by oxidation of a material of olivine crystallographic structure of formula (III) Zz?MmSiO4, in which Z, M, z and m are as defined above and the stoichiometric index z? is such that z?>z, and ii. electrochemically reducing said material of formula (II) in the presence of a source electrode made of element A under conditions that are suitable for forming the material of formula (I).

Abstract: High purity lithium and associated products are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a lithium metal product in which the lithium metal is obtained using a selective lithium ion conducting layer. The selective lithium ion conducting layer includes an active metal ion conducting glass or glass ceramic that conducts only lithium ions. The present lithium metal products produced using a selective lithium ion conducting layer advantageously provide for improved lithium purity when compared to commercial lithium metal. Pursuant to the present disclosure, lithium metal having a purity of at least 99.96 weight percent on a metals basis can be obtained.

Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention is a mixture including an electrode active material A made of LiFexMn1?x?yMyPO4 (0.05?x?0.40, 0?y?0.14, 1?x?y?0, here, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Co, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and rare earth elements) and an electrode active material B made of a lithium-containing metal oxide, in which a volume change percentage due to lithium ions absorbed into and emitted from the electrode active material A is 6.2% or more and 8.3% or less.

Abstract: The negative electrode includes a current collector, a negative electrode active material layer arranged on a surface of the current collector, and a protective layer arranged on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer includes a first negative electrode active material having an aspect ratio defined as “a”/“b” to fall in a range of from two or more to eight or less when a length of the major axis is defined “a” and a length of the minor axis is defined “b.” The protective layer includes a ceramic powder.

Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery made of agglomerated particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of a cathode active material represented by General Formula (1) below which are coated with a carbonaceous film, in which, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio (the cathode material/the conductive auxiliary agent/the binding agent) of 90:5:5 is calendered on a 30 ?m-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm, a film thickness change percentage of the cathode mixture layer before and after the calendering is 30% or less, LixAyDzPO4??(1).

Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, in which the cathode includes an aluminum current collector and a cathode mixture layer formed on the aluminum current collector, and an interface resistance value between the cathode mixture layer and the aluminum current collector is 1 ?·cm2 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material including lithium transition metal phosphate particles, wherein the lithium transition metal phosphate particles include a first secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more first primary particles, and a second secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more second primary particles in the first secondary particle, and a method of preparing the same. Since the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may include first primary particles and second primary particles having different average particle diameters, the exfoliation of the cathode active material from a cathode collector may be minimized and performance characteristics, such as high output characteristics and an increase in available capacity, of a secondary battery may be further improved. In addition, since the first secondary particles are porous, the secondary particles are collapsed and fractured due to rolling when used in a cathode.

Abstract: A positive-electrode active material contains a compound that has a crystal structure belonging to a space group FM3-M and that is represented by the composition formula (1) and a lithium ion conductor, LixMeyO?F???(1) wherein Me denotes one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe, Al, B, Ce, Si, Zr, Nb, Pr, Ti, W, Ge, Mo, Sn, Bi, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Y, Zn, Ga, Er, La, Sm, Yb, V, and Cr, and the following conditions are satisfied. 17?x?2.2 0.8?y?1.3 1???2.5 0.

Abstract: A composite-coated lithium iron phosphate in a three-dimensional nanonetwork layered structure and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery, wherein a composite is prepared by compounding a conducting polymer, graphene and a carbon nano tube. The preparation method for the coated lithium iron phosphate comprises the following steps: doping the composite and anhydrous ferric phosphate in situ in the process of preparing the anhydrous ferric phosphate, serving as a lithium iron phosphate precursor, then mixing the composite in-situ doped anhydrous ferric phosphate, a lithium source, a traditional carbon material and a solvent to obtain slurry, spray drying the slurry, and calcining to obtain the composite-coated lithium iron phosphate in a three-dimensional nanonetwork layered structure. The preparation method is simple and has a wide raw material source, low cost and very broad practical application prospect.

Abstract: A negative active material including: a porous silicon-carbon secondary particle including: a plurality of silicon-carbon primary particles including a plurality of silicon-carbon primary particles including a silicon material, and a first carbonaceous material, wherein an apparent density of a silicon-carbon primary particle of the plurality of silicon-carbon primary particles is about 2 grams per cubic centimeter or greater; and a second carbonaceous material, wherein the second carbonaceous material is disposed on the plurality of silicon-carbon primary particles.

Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes central particles represented by LixAyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, an average value of R values (I1580/I1360), which are ratios of a peak intensity (I1580) of a spectrum at a frequency band of 1,580±50 cm?1 to a peak intensity (I1360) of the spectrum at a frequency band of 1,360±50 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum analysis, measured at five points is 0.80 or more and 1.10 or less, and a standard deviation of the R values measured at five points is 0.010 or less.

Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention is active material particles including central particles represented by LixAyMzPO4 and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, in which a median diameter is 0.50 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less, and a chromaticity b* in an L*a*b* color space is 1.9 or more and 2.3 or less.