Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes active material particle containing: a niobium-titanium composite oxide having an average composition in which a molar ratio of niobium to titanium (MNb/MTi) is greater than 2; and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of potassium, iron and phosphorus. The active material particle contain the element A at a concentration in the range of 100 ppm to 2000 ppm.

Abstract: A free-standing electrode film may comprise an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). An electrode for an energy storage device may comprise a current collector and a film on the current collector, the film including an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising PTFE and PVP. A method of manufacturing a free-standing electrode film may comprise preparing a mixture including an electrode active material and a composite binder, the composite binder comprising PTFE and one or more additional binders selected from the group consisting of PVP, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene oxide (PEO), and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). The method may further comprise adding a solvent to the mixture, subjecting the mixture to a shear force, and, after the solvent has been added and the mixture has been subjected to the shear force, pressing the mixture into a free-standing film.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a wound electrode body having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked on each other with the separator interposed therebetween and are wound about a winding axis. The wound electrode body has a section perpendicular to the winding axis. The section has an elongated shape that includes a flat part and a pair of curved parts. The curved parts oppose each other with the flat part interposed therebetween. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. A ratio of a second distance to a first distance is less than 1.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a separator for a zinc secondary battery that can inhibit short circuiting in a zinc secondary battery. The separator for a zinc secondary battery of the disclosure has a porous substrate layer and a titanium oxide-containing porous layer laminated onto the porous substrate layer, wherein the titanium oxide-containing porous layer comprises a titanium oxide represented by TixOy, where 0<x, 0<y, and y<2x. The titanium oxide may be TiO, Ti2O, Ti2O3, Ti3O, Ti3O5, Ti4O5, Ti4O7, Ti5O9, Ti6O, Ti6O11, T17O13, T18O15 or T19O17.

Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based composite oxide and a lithium manganese composite oxide, wherein the positive active material includes a surface-modifying layer including lithium fluoride on the surface of at least one of the lithium nickel-based composite oxide and the lithium manganese composite oxide. The lithium nickel-based composite oxide includes a secondary particle in which a plurality of plate-shaped primary particles are agglomerated, and the secondary particle has a regular array structure in which (003) planes of the plurality of primary particles are aligned or oriented normal to the surface of the secondary particle. The lithium manganese composite oxide is present in two or more types of crystal lattice structures.

Abstract: An ion detection sensor fabrication method includes: preparing an ion-sensitive film preparation solution; preparing an ion-sensitive mixed layer preparation solution by mixing the ion-sensitive film preparation solution with graphene powder; and forming an ion-sensitive mixed layer sensitive to a target ion by applying the ion-sensitive mixed layer preparation solution to fill a gap between a source and a drain spaced apart from each other and to cover at least a portion of an upper surface of each of the source and the drain.

Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, forming a coating layer on a surface of the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and post-treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon, wherein the post-treating is performed by exposing the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon to moisture at a relative humidity of 10% to 50% at 25° C., and then heat treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide to remove residual moisture.

Abstract: A cathode material comprising: a cathode active material of formula LiNixMnyCozO2 or NaNixMnyCozO2 and having a partial or whole particle concentration gradient, wherein at least two or three elements concentration gradually change in the part or whole particle from the center part to the surface part of the particle (i.e. along a vector radius); 0.5<x?1, 0?y?0.33, 0?z?0.33.

Abstract: A method of making an electrode by providing a mixture of first particles of silver or silver oxide and second particles of an inorganic porogen, molding the mixture, cohering the mixture to form a green body, demolding the green body, heating the green body to form a monolith, to convert any silver oxide to silver, and to fuse the first particles together, and submerging the monolith in a liquid that removes the second particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composite particles containing silicon and carbon, wherein a domain size region of vacancies of 2 nm or less is 44% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less when volume distribution information of domain sizes obtained by fitting a small-angle X-ray scattering spectrum of the composite particles with a spherical model in a carbon-vacancy binary system is accumulated in ascending order, and a true density calculated by dry density measurement by a constant volume expansion method using helium gas is 1.80 g/cm3 or more and 2.20 g/cm3 or less.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a current collector and an active material layer. The current collector includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are stacked together. The second substrate is disposed between the first substrate and the active material layer. And 100 MPa?Rm1?Rm2?400 MPa, Rm1 is a tensile strength of the first substrate and Rm2 is a tensile strength of the second substrate. The current collector that includes the first substrate and the second substrate is adopted, thereby suppressing both the elongation deformation of the electrode plate and the detachment of the active material layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an active material including a composite oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure. The composite oxide is represented by general formula LiaTibNb2?2dMc+2dO2b+5+3c. Here, M is one selected from the group consisting of W and Mo, 0?a?b+4+3c, 0<b<2?2d, and 0<c<2?4d.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including: lithium silicate composite particles including a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, the lithium silicate phase being an oxide phase including Li, Si, O, and M, where M is an element other than the following elements: Group 1 elements of alkali metals, Group 16 elements of oxygen group, Group 18 elements of rare gas, and Si. An amount of each element relative to a total amount of Li, Si and M in the lithium silicate phase is 3 to 55 mol % for Li, 25 mol % or more for Si, and 3 to 50 mol % for M. A carbon material is present inside the lithium silicate composite particles; and an area ratio of the carbon material occupying a cross section of the composite particles is 0.008 to 6%.

Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, in which primary particles included in a secondary particle exhibit an aspect ratio gradient which gradually increases from the center of the secondary particle to the surface thereof, and a lithium secondary battery which uses a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a winding element for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material and a mixing binder including a first binder, a second binder, and a third binder, the first binder includes at least one selected from copolymers including polyvinylidene fluoride, acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and acid-modified polyvinylidene fluoride, and the mixing binder includes the first binder at a proportion of 30 wt % to 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the mixing binder, and has a tensile modulus of 200 MPa to 600 MPa.

Abstract: The formation of amorphous silicon for use in, for example, lithium-ion batteries is disclosed. The process can include milling a plurality of silicon nanocrystals having an average particle diameter and a percent crystallinity greater than about 60%, in a unit designed to reduce the average particle diameter to the same or a larger size, thereby forming a plurality of amorphous silicon nanoparticles having about the same average particle diameter as the silicon nanocrystals and a percent crystallinity of less than about 50%.

Abstract: A battery comprising an acidified metal oxide (“AMO”) material, preferably in monodisperse nanoparticulate form 20 nm or less in size, having a pH<7 when suspended in a 5 wt % aqueous solution and a Hammett function H0>?12, at least on its surface.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula: wherein x is equal to or greater than 0.175 and equal to or less than 0.325 and y is equal to or greater than 0.05 and equal to or less than 0.35. In another embodiment, x is equal to zero and y is greater than 0.12 and equal to or less than 0.4. The compound is also formulated into a positive electrode for use in an electrochemical cell.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains: an aqueous solvent containing water; particles; and a polyimide precursor, wherein the polyimide precursor has a high molecular weight region A containing a high molecular weight side maximum value and a low molecular weight region B containing a low molecular weight side maximum value in an elution curve obtained by gel permeation chromatography, a weight average molecular weight in the high molecular weight region A is 50,000 or more, a weight average molecular weight in the low molecular weight region B is 10,000 or more and 30,000 or less, and a value of a/(a+b) is 0.60 or more and 0.98 or less in which a represents an area of the high molecular weight region A and b represents an area of the low molecular weight region B.

Abstract: A lead-based alloy containing alloying additions of bismuth, antimony, arsenic, and tin is used for the production of doped leady oxides, lead-acid battery active materials, lead-acid battery electrodes, and lead-acid batteries.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery each including the composite cathode active material, and a method of manufacturing the composite cathode active material. The composite cathode active material includes a core including a plurality of primary particles, and a shell disposed on the core, wherein a primary particle of the plurality of primary particles includes a lithium nickel transition metal oxide, the shell includes a first composition and a second composition, wherein the first composition contains a first metal and the second composition contains a second metal, wherein the first metal includes a metal of Groups 2, 4, 5, and 7 to 15, the second metal includes a metal of Group 3, and the first composition includes a first phase and the second composition includes a second phase that is distinguishable from the first phase.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to solid-state composite cathodes that comprise Na2S or Li2S, Na3PS4, or Li3PS4, and mesoporous carbon. The present invention is also directed to methods of making the solid-state composite cathodes and methods of using the solid-state composite cathodes in batteries and other electrochemical technologies.

Abstract: A bimodal lithium transition metal oxide based powder mixture comprising a first and a second lithium transition metal oxide based powder. The first powder comprises a material A having a layered crystal structure comprising the elements Li, a transition metal based composition M and oxygen and has a particle size distribution with a span <1.0. The second powder has a monolithic morphology and a general formula Li1+bN?1-bO2, wherein ?0.03?b?0.10, and N?=NixM?yCozEd, wherein 0.30?x?0.92, 0.05?y?0.40, 0.05?z?0.40 and 0?d?0.10, with M? being one or both of Mn or Al, and E being a dopant different from M?. The first powder has an average particle size D50 between 10 and 40 ?m. The second powder has an average particle size D50 between 2 and 4 ?m. The weight ratio of the second powder in the bimodal mixture is between 20 and 60 wt %.

Abstract: Resin-adhered graphite particles are obtained by causing a modified novolac-type phenolic resin to adhere to graphite particles. At least part of surfaces of the graphite particles is coated with a carbonaceous coating by heating the resin-adhered graphite particles in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at 900 to 1,500° C. to carbonize the modified novolac-type phenolic resin. Arylene groups having hydroxy groups account for 5 to 95 mol % of arylene groups constituting the modified novolac-type phenolic resin. The obtained carbonaceous substance-coated graphite particles exhibit excellent battery properties when used as a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A cathode material includes: a plurality of first particles. Each first particle includes a secondary particle composed of a plurality of third particles, and the first particle includes a first lithium-containing transition metal oxide; and a plurality of second particles. The second particle includes a fourth particle and/or a secondary particle composed of a plurality of fourth particles, and the second particle includes a second lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The electrochemical device including the cathode material is significantly improved in the aspects of energy density, capacity attenuation and service life.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electrode plate and an electrode plate are provided. The method includes deposition-layer forming to form a deposition layer in which active material particles and binder particles are deposited on a surface of a current collecting foil and heat pressing to form an electrode layer on the surface of the current collecting foil by heating and compressing a deposition-layer-formed current collecting foil having the deposition layer on the surface of the current collecting foil. The deposition layer includes a first deposition layer placed on a side of the current collecting foil and a second deposition layer constituting a surface of the deposition layer. The deposition-layer forming includes forming the deposition layer in which a content rate of the binder particles in the second deposition layer is lower than a content rate of the binder particles in the first deposition layer.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode contains, as a negative electrode active material, graphite particles having a volume per mass, of pores having a diameter of 2 nm or less determined by the DFT method from nitrogen adsorption isotherm, of 0.3 mm3/g or less.

Abstract: A bimodal lithium transition metal oxide based powder mixture comprises a first and a second lithium transition metal oxide based powder. The first powder comprises particles of a material A comprising the elements Li, a transition metal based composition M and oxygen. The first powder has a particle size distribution characterized by a (D90?D10)/D50<1.0. The second powder comprises a material B having single crystal particles, said particles having a general formula Li+bN??bO2, wherein ?0.03?b?0.10, and N?=NixM?yCozEd, wherein 0.30?x?0.92, 0.05?y?0.40, 0.05?z?0.40 and 0?d?0.10, wherein M? is one or both of Mn or Al, and E is a dopant different from M?. The first powder has an average particle size D50 between 10 and 40 ?m. The second powder has a D50 between 2 and 4 ?m. The weight ratio of the second powder in the mixture is between 15 and 60 wt %.

Abstract: A lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode and methods and systems related thereto are disclosed. In one example, a lithium iron phosphate electrochemically active material for use in an electrode is provided including, a dopant comprising vanadium and optionally a co-dopant comprising cobalt.

Abstract: The nickel-containing composite hydroxide disclosed herein contain secondary particles, which are formed from an aggregation of numerous primary particles, which have an average particle size of the primary particles is 0.01 ?m to 0.40 ?m. These secondary particles have a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, an average particle size of 20 ?m to 50 ?m, and a BET value of 12 m2/g to 50 m2/g after being roasted in air for 2 hours at 800° C.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery containing lithium nickel manganese complex oxide particles, wherein the lithium nickel manganese complex oxide particles are composed of secondary particles in which primary particles of a lithium nickel manganese complex oxide represented by a general formula LidNi1?a?b?cMnaMbZrcO2+? (where M is at least one element selected from Co, W, Mo, Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, Cr, and Ta, and is 0.05?a<0.60, 0?b<0.60, 0.00003?c?0.03, 0.05?a+b+c?0.60, 0.95?d?1.20, and ?0.2???0.2), wherein at least a portion of zirconium is dispersed in the primary particle, and wherein an amount of a positive active material for a lithium ion secondary battery in which an amount of excessive lithium determined by a neutralization titration method is 0.02 mass % or more and 0.09 mass % or less.

Abstract: An engineered particle for an energy storage device, the engineered particle includes an active material particle, capable of storing alkali ions, comprising an outer surface, a conductive coating disposed on the outer surface of the active material particle, the conductive coating comprising a MxAlySizOw film; and at least one carbon particle disposed within the conductive coating. For the MxAlySizOw film, M is an alkali selected from the group consisting of Na and Li, and 1?x?4, 0?y?1, 1?z?2, and 3?w?6.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising at least Si and Al, including a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and a proportion of the Al to a total of the Si and the Al is 0.1 atm % or more and 1 atm % or less.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is prepared. The preliminary lithium metal oxide particle is cleaned using a boron compound cleaning solution. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary particle includes a lithium metal oxide particle where a ratio of a B+ peak intensity relative to a sum of peak intensities of Li+, B+ and LiB+ fragments by a TOF-SIMS analysis is in a range from 0.03% to 1.5%.

Abstract: A positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode film layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a conductive undercoat layer positioned between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode film layer. The positive electrode film layer includes a positive electrode active material including an inner core and a shell coating the inner core. The shell includes a first coating layer coating the inner core, a second coating layer coating the first coating layer, and a third coating layer coating the second coating layer. The conductive undercoat layer includes a polymer, an aqueous binder, and a conductive agent.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a nickel composite hydroxide particle, is provided, wherein a cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle includes a void, a ratio of an area of the void to the cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle is less than or equal to 5.0%, a circular region having a radius of 1.78 ?m is set at a position where a ratio of an area of the void to the circular region is maximum, on the cross section of the nickel composite hydroxide particle, and the ratio of the area of the void to the circular region is less than or equal to 20%.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to methods for the remediation of electrochemical cell electrodes. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining an electrode material. At least a portion of the electrode material is rinsed to remove a residue therefrom. The electrode material is separated into constituents for reuse.

Abstract: An electrochemical capacitor (300) for use with a biofilm is presented. The electrochemical capacitor includes a first electrode (324) coupled to a first porous layer (326), a second electrode (334) coupled to a second porous layer (336); and an electrolyte (310) provided between the first porous layer (326) and the second porous layer (336). At least one of the first porous layer (326) and the second porous layer (336) has a plurality of cavities adapted to receive redox-active metabolites produced by the biofilm. Also presented is an electrochemical capacitor device, such as a skin patch that includes a support layer attached to the electrochemical capacitor (300). Also presented is a power source that includes the electrochemical capacitor (300) and a biofilm provided between the first electrode (324) and the second electrode (334) of the electrochemical capacitor (300).

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form an electrode that has excellent peel strength and for which metal deposition at the surface thereof after charging and discharging is inhibited. The binder composition contains a polymer A and a polymer B. The polymer A has a THF-insoluble content of 60 mass % or less and the polymer B has a THF-insoluble content of 80 mass % or more.

Abstract: A porous silicon composite includes: a porous core including a porous silicon composite secondary particle; and a shell disposed on a surface of the porous core and surrounding the porous core, wherein the porous silicon composite secondary particle includes an aggregate of silicon composite primary particles, each including silicon, a silicon suboxide on a surface of the silicon, and a first graphene on a surface of the silicon suboxide, wherein the shell include a second graphene, and at least one of the first graphene and the second graphene includes at least one element selected from nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.

Abstract: A negative electrode slurry includes a negative active material including a first active material in an amount of greater than or equal to about 5 wt % and less than or equal to about 100 wt %, a binder for binding the negative active material, and a solvent for dispersing the negative active material and the binder in the negative electrode slurry, wherein the first active material contains silicon atoms in an amount of greater than or equal to about 20 wt % and less than or equal to about 100 wt %, the binder includes a particulate dispersed body and a water-soluble polymer containing an acrylic acid-acrylonitrile-based copolymer, and when a sum of an amount of the negative active material and an amount of the binder is 100 wt %, an amount of the water-soluble polymer is greater than or equal to about 0.5 wt % and less than or equal to about 2 wt %.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use that enables formation of a porous membrane having excellent durability and that can improve stability under high shear of a composition for porous membrane-use. The binder for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use includes a particulate polymer. The particulate polymer is a random copolymer including at least 35 mass % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and at least 20 mass % and no greater than 65 mass % of an aromatic monovinyl monomer unit. A degree of swelling of the particulate polymer with respect to a non-aqueous electrolysis solution is greater than a factor of 1 and no greater than a factor of 2.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery with excellent capacity durability when restraining pressure is not applied or even when low restraining pressure is applied thereto. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising layers in the order of a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and an anode layer; wherein the anode layer contains an anode active material including a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase; restraining pressure of 0 MPa or more and less than 5 MPa is applied to the all solid state battery in a layering direction; and a specific surface area of the anode active material is 8 m2/g or more and 17 m2/g or less.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery, which has improved cycle swelling properties and rapid charge performance, an anode comprising an anode active material for a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing same. The anode active material is a mixture of scaly natural graphite and spherical natural graphite. An average particle diameter (D50) of the scaly natural graphite is 10 ?m to 15 ?m and an average particle diameter (D50) of the spherical natural graphite is 14 ?m or less.

Abstract: A positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 and a second positive electrode active material represented by Formula 2, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are provided. The positive electrode material has a bimodal particle size distribution including large diameter particles and small diameter particles, and the difference in average particle diameter (D50) between the large diameter particles and the small diameter particles is 3 ?m or greater.

Abstract: In the hydrochlorination reaction, silicon tetrachloride (STC), metallurgical silicon, and hydrogen are converted to trichlorosilane (TCS) at about 540° C. Previously, a pilot-scale reactor was used to study the yield of TCS produced by the hydrochlorination reaction. The yield observed by experimentation compared favorably with a scalable mathematical model developed to predict the rate of TCS conversion. The model predicted that 90% of the final amount of TCS produced was achieved after the reactant gas traveled a quarter of the vertical distance in the reaction section of the reactor. The pilot-scale reactor was shortened to verify the model predictions. In addition, some catalytic effects on the reaction were studied.

Abstract: A lithium cobalt metal oxide powder is disclosed in the present disclosure. The lithium cobalt metal oxide powder has a coating structure. The lithium cobalt metal oxide powder includes a lithium cobalt metal oxide matrix. The lithium cobalt metal oxide powder further includes a Co3O4 coating layer. A general formula of the lithium cobalt metal oxide powder is LiaCo1-x-yMxNyO2·rCo3O4, wherein 0.002<r?0.05, 1?a?1.1, 0<x?0.02, 0?y?0.005, and a<1+3r; M is a doping element; and N is a coating element. A method for making the lithium cobalt metal oxide powder as described above and a method for determining a content of Co3O4 therein are further provided. The material made in the present disclosure has an excellent electrochemical performance.

Abstract: A storage device having excellent cycle lifetime, an electrode used in this storage device, and a production method of the electrode are provided. An electrode comprising an active material and a conductive carbon including oxidized carbon. A surface of the active material is covered by the conductive carbon. A Raman spectrum of the active material covered by the conductive carbon includes a peak intensity (a) derived from the active material and a peak intensity (b) of D-band derived from the conductive carbon. A peak intensity ratio (b)/(a) between the peak intensity (a) and the peak intensity (b) is 0.25 or more.

Abstract: A method for preparing a sulfur-carbon composite including the steps of: (a) mixing a carbon-based material with sulfur or a sulfur compound; (b) placing the sulfur-carbon mixture mixed in step (a) and a liquid which is vaporizable into a sealable container; and (c) heating the sealed container to a temperature of 120 to 200° C.; a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the sulfur-carbon composite prepared by the above method, and a lithium secondary battery including the above positive electrode.