Titanium Or Zirconium Compound Patents (Class 252/507)
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Patent number: 8696943Abstract: A catalyst for producing a carbon nanofiber is obtained by dissolving or dispersing [I] a compound containing Fe element; [II] a compound containing Co element; [III] a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, and Mn; and [IV] a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of W and Mo in a solvent to obtain a solution or the fluid dispersion, and then impregnating a particulate carrier with the solution or the fluid dispersion. A carbon nanofiber is obtained by bringing a carbon element-containing compound into contact with the catalyst in a vapor phase at a temperature of 300 degrees C. to 500 degrees C.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Eiji Kambara, Akihiro Kitazaki
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Patent number: 8663439Abstract: A sputtering target for producing a metallic glass membrane characterized in comprising a structure obtained by sintering atomized powder having a composition of a ternary compound system or greater with at least one or more metal elements selected from Pd, Zr, Fe, Co, Cu and Ni as its main component (component of greatest atomic %), and being an average grain size of 50 ?m or less. The prepared metallic glass membrane can be used as a substitute for conventional high-cost bulk metallic glass obtained by quenching of molten metal. This sputtering target for producing the metallic glass membrane is also free from problems such as defects in the metallic glass membrane and unevenness of composition, has a uniform structure, can be produced efficiently and at low cost, and does not generate many nodules or particles. Further provided is a method for manufacturing such a sputtering target for forming the metallic glass membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Masataka Yahagi, Akihisa Inoue, Hisamichi Kimura, Shin-ichi Yamaura
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Publication number: 20140050975Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material that includes active material primary particles; a conductive material; and a composite binder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Kyu Cha, Na-Ri Seo, Myoung-Sun Kim, Dong-Ho Son, Kwi-Seok Choi
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Publication number: 20140027679Abstract: Provided is an anode active material including a compound of Chemical Formula 1 below that may realize a high-density electrode and may simultaneously improve adhesion to the electrode and high rate capability, wherein the compound of Chemical Formula 1 includes first primary particles and secondary particles, and a ratio of the first primary particles to the secondary particles is in a range of 5:95 to 50:50: LixMyOz??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is any one independently selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), indium (In), aluminum (Al), and zirconium (Zr) or a mixture of two or more thereof; and x, y, and z are determined according to an oxidation number of M.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Ye Ri Kim, Je Young Kim, Byung Hun Oh, Hyun Woong Yun
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Publication number: 20140027678Abstract: A method for preparing a carbon nanotube, including: a) preparing an LPAN solution, stirring the LPAN solution at between 100 and 200° C. for between 100 and 200 hours to yield a cyclized LPAN solution; b) heating the cyclized LPAN solution at between 200 and 300° C. for between 1 and 10 hours to yield an OPAN; c) grinding, screening, and drying at room temperature the OPAN to yield a thermal oxidative precursor; d) calcining the thermal oxidative precursor at between 400 and 1000° C. for between 1 and 24 h in the presence of inert gas having a flow rate of between 10 and 500 mL/min to yield a carbonated precursor; and e) calcining the carbonated precursor at between 1000 and 1500° C. for between 1 and 10 hours in the presence of the inert gas having a flow rate of between 10 and 500 mL/min to yield a carbon nanotube material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Jianhong LIU, Jian XU, Shuangquan WU
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Publication number: 20130319512Abstract: An electrode includes carbon black, a fibrous carbon material and an organic binder. The carbon black (A) and the fibrous carbon material (B) are in a mass ratio (B/A) within the range of from 10/90 to 50/50.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Obana, Ryo Sasaki, Harumi Shibata, Yusuke Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130316250Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions, electrodes, electrochemical storage devices (batteries) and ionic conduction devices that use cubic ionic conductor (“CUBICON”) compounds, preferably nitridophosphate compounds. The cubic ionic conductor compound have a framework formula [MT3X10]n- (1) and a general formula AxMT3X10 (2), where M is a cation in octahedral coordination, T is a cation in tetrahedral coordination, X is an anion, and the framework has a net negative charge of ?n, where a variable number of potentially mobile additional chemical species, A, can fit into the open space within this framework with a net charge of +n.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLCInventor: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
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Publication number: 20130295455Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing an electrode mix comprising (i) adding an electrode active material, a conductive material and a binder to a solvent, (ii) further adding a surfactant to the mixture of step (i), and (iii) mixing the resulting mixture of step (ii) and an electrode mix for secondary batteries prepared by the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: SooHyun LIM, Jihyun KIM, Tae Jin PARK
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Patent number: 8563172Abstract: An anode composition for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode active material, a binder, and a conductive material. The active material includes a plurality of anode active material particles, each of which includes a core made of metal or metalloid allowing alloying or dealloying with lithium, or a compound containing the metal or metalloid; and a shell formed at an outer portion of the core and having Ketjen black. The conductive material includes carbon nano fiber. The anode composition uses a metal-based anode active material that may controls the volume expansion, and also uses conductive material with excellent dispersion so that the life characteristic of the battery may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Yo-Han Kwon, Byung-Hun Oh
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Publication number: 20130247863Abstract: A method for preparing ceramic powders in the presence of a carbon powder including a step which consists in homogenizing a mixture of particles capable of resulting in a ceramic by heat treatment. Said method can be carried out in the presence of an accelerated solvent and provides, at reduced energy consumption, carbon-coated ceramic powders and then ceramics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBECInventors: KARIM ZAGHIB, ABDELBAST GUERFI, MICHEL ARMAND, PATRICK CHAREST
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Publication number: 20130236789Abstract: To provide a conductive agent for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and the like, in which oxidative decomposition reaction of an electrolyte is sufficiently suppressed during charging and discharging under high-temperature, high-voltage conditions and thus the cycle characteristics under these conditions are improved. A conductive agent main body composed of carbon and a compound attached to a surface of the conductive agent main body are contained. The average particle size of primary particles or secondary particles of the conductive agent main body is larger than the average particle size of the compound and the compound contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zirconium, magnesium, and a rare earth element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Takeshi Ogasawara
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Publication number: 20130214212Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) Lia-bM1bV2-cM2c(PO4)x??(I) wherein M1, M2, a, b, c and x have the following meanings: M1: Na, K, Rb and/or Cs, M2: Ti, Zr, Nb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Al, Mg and/or Sc, a: 1.5-4.5, b: 0-0.6, c: 0-1.98 and x: number to equalize the charge of Li and V and M1 and/or M2, if present, wherein a-b is >0, to a compound according to general formula (I) as defined above, to spherical agglomerates and/or particles comprising at least one compound of general formula (I) as defined above, to the use of such a compound for the preparation of a cathode of a lithium ion battery or an electrochemical cell, and to a cathode for a lithium ion battery, comprising at least one compound as defined above.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventor: BASF SE
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Publication number: 20130206453Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductive polyolefin composition comprising, an olefin polymer (A) comprising epoxy-groups; a conductive filler; and at least one crosslinking agent (B) which accelerates the crosslinking reaction of epoxy-groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: BOREALIS AGInventors: Ola Fagrell, Christian Piel, Oscar Prieto
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Patent number: 8506847Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) Lia-bM1bV2-cM2c(PO4)x (I) with M1: Na, K, Rb and/or Cs, M2: Ti, Zr, Nb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Al, Mg and/or Sc, a: 1.5-4.5, b: 0-0.6, c: 0-1.98 and x: number to equalize the charge of Li and V and M1 and/or M2, if present, wherein a?b is >0, by providing an essentially aqueous mixture comprising at least one lithium-comprising compound, at least one vanadium-comprising compound in which vanadium has the oxidation state +5 and/or +4, and at least one M1-comprising compound, if present, and/or at least one M2-comprising compound, if present, and at least one reducing agent which is oxidized to at least one compound comprising at least one phosphorous atom in oxidation state +5, drying and calcining.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hartmut Hibst, Brian Roberts, Jordan Keith Lampert, Kirill Bramnik
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Patent number: 8475690Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a diffusing agent composition used in printing an impurity-diffusing component onto a semiconductor substrate, wherein the diffusing agent composition contains: a hydrolysis product of alkoxysilane (A); a component (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrolysis product of alkoxy titanium, a hydrolysis product of alkoxy zirconium, titania fine particle, and zirconia fine particle; an impurity-diffusing component (C); and an organic solvent (D).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Kamizono, Toshiro Morita, Atsushi Murota, Motoki Takahashi, Katsuya Tanitsu, Takaaki Hirai
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Patent number: 8470211Abstract: The present invention provides new ferroelectric ceramic materials which can be sintered at a temperature lower than that of the conventional ferroelectric ceramic materials and upon sintering, devices formed of the new ferroelectric ceramic materials possesses excellent piezoelectric properties which are suitable for many industrial applications. The ferroelectric ceramic material includes a composition with a general formula of wPb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-yPb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-zPbZrO3-(1?w?x?y?z)PbTiO3, in which 0<w<1, 0<x<1, 0?y<1, 0<z<1, w+x+y+z<1, and 0.5?w+x+y. A method of preparing a ferroelectric ceramic material includes preparing MgNb2O6, ZnNb2O6 and NiNb2O6 powder precursors, mixing the precursors with PbO, TiO2 and ZrO2 to form a mixture and calcining the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchInventors: Kui Yao, Bee Keen Gan
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Publication number: 20130140496Abstract: A substituted lithium-manganese metal phosphate of formula LiFexMn1-x-yMyPO4 in which M is a bivalent metal from the group Sn, Pb, Zn, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Co, Ti and Cd and wherein: x<1, y<0.3 and x+y<1, a process for producing it as well as its use as cathode material in a secondary lithium-ion battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: SUED-CHEMIE IP GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Nuspl, Nicolas Tran
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Publication number: 20130140497Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material containing particles of a lithium transition metal phosphate and carbon with a carbon content of ?1.4 wt.-%. The present invention further relates to an electrode containing the composite material and a secondary lithium-ion battery containing an electrode comprising the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: SUD-CHEMIE IP GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Nuspl, Nicolas Tran, Christian Vogler, Christoph Stinner
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Publication number: 20130126940Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a light emitting diode assembly and a thermal control blanket. The light emitting diode assembly and the thermal control blanket have advantageous reflective and thermal properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS and COMPANYInventors: Christopher Dennis Simone, Thomas Edward Carney
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Publication number: 20130115516Abstract: Highly dispersed lithium titanate crystal structures having a thickness of few atomic layers level and the two-dimensional surface in a plate form are supported on carbon nanofiber (CNF). The lithium titanate crystal structure precursors and CNF that supports these are prepared by a mechanochemical reaction that applies sheer stress and centrifugal force to a reactant in a rotating reactor. The mass ratio between the lithium titanate crystal structure and carbon nanofiber is preferably between 75:25 and 85:15. The carbon nanofiber preferably has an external diameter of 10-30 nm and an external specific surface area of 150-350 cm2/g. This composite is mixed with a binder and then molded to obtain an electrode, and this electrode is employed for an electrochemical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Katsuhiko Naoi, Wako Naoi, Shuichi Ishimoto, Kenji Tamamitsu
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Publication number: 20130095384Abstract: A composite powder in which highly dispersed metal oxide nanoparticle precursors are supported on carbon is rapidly heated under nitrogen atmosphere, crystallization of metal oxide is allowed to progress, and highly dispersed metal oxide nanoparticles are supported by carbon. The metal oxide nanoparticle precursors and carbon nanoparticles supporting said precursors are prepared by a mechanochemical reaction that applies sheer stress and centrifugal force to a reactant in a rotating reactor. The rapid heating treatment in said nitrogen atmosphere is desirably heating to 400° C.-1000° C. By further crushing the heated composite, its aggregation is eliminated and the dispersity of metal oxide nanoparticles is made more uniform. Examples of a metal oxide that can be used are manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, and lithium titanate. Carbons that can be used are carbon nanofiber and Ketjen Black.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Katsuhiko Naoi, Wako Naoi, Shuichi Ishimoto, Kenji Tamamitsu
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Publication number: 20130062574Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon nanotube powder, including a carbon nanotube averagely mixed with a dispersant, wherein the carbon nanotube and the dispersant have a weight ratio of 30:70 to 90:10. The carbon nanotube has a diameter of 10 nm to 100 nm, and a length/diameter ratio of 100:1 to 5000:1. The dispersant is an alternative copolymer, a block copolymer, or a random copolymer polymerized of a solvation segment (A) and a carbon affinity group (B). The carbon nanotube powder can be blended with a thermoplastic material to form a composite, wherein the carbon nanotube and the composite have a weight ratio of 0.5:100 to 50:100.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: An-En HSIAO, Shinn-Jen CHANG, Shu-Ya TSAI, Mei-Wen HSU
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Publication number: 20130063867Abstract: A mixed solvent is prepared by dissolving acetic acid and lithium acetate in a mixture of isopropanol and water. This mixed solvent together with titanium alkoxide and carbon nanofiber (CNF) were introduced into a rotary reactor, the inner tube was rotated at a centrifugal force of 66,000 N (kgms?2) for 5 minutes to form a thin film of the reactant on the inner wall of the outer tube, and sheer stress and centrifugal force were applied to the reactant to allow promotion of chemical reaction, yielding CNF on which highly dispersed lithium titanate nanoparticle precursors are supported. The obtained composite powder was heated under nitrogen atmosphere at 900° C. for 3 minutes, yielding a composite powder in which highly dispersed lithium titanate nanoparticles are supported on CNF, wherein crystallization of lithium titanate was allowed to progress.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Katsuhiko Naoi, Wako Naoi, Shuichi Ishimoto, Kenji Tamamitsu
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Patent number: 8388867Abstract: A composition comprising: a metal oxide of a first metal ions and second metal ions; an electrically conductive material; and a binder material. The second metal ions have a higher oxidation state than the first metal ions. The presence of the second metal ion increases the number of metal cation vacancies. A method of: dissolving salts of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in water to form a solution; heating the solution to a temperature of about 80-90° C.; and adding a base to the solution to precipitate nanoparticles of a metal oxide of the first metal ion and the second metal ion.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W Long, Debra R Rolison, Benjamin P. Hahn
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Publication number: 20130048078Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube-invaded metal oxide composite film used as an N-type metal oxide conductive film of an organic solar cell, a manufacturing method thereof, and the organic solar cell with an improved photoelectric conversion efficiency and improved durability using the same, and more specifically, to a metal oxide-carbon nanotube composite film, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic solar cell with an improved photoelectric conversion efficiency and improved durability using the same, characterized in that a single-wall carbon nanotube which has been surface-treated by a metal oxide is uniformly dispersed and is combined with the metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY AND MATERIALSInventors: Dong Chan Lim, Kyu Hwan Lee, Yong Soo Jeong, Won Hyun Shim, Sun Young Park, Sung-Woo Cho
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Publication number: 20130040439Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method of modifying the electrical properties of carbon nanotubes. The method may include providing a substrate having carbon nanotubes deposited on a surface of the substrate, and depositing on the carbon nanotubes a coating layer comprising a mixture of nanoparticles, a matrix in which the nanoparticles are dissolved or stabilized, and an ionic liquid. A field-effect transistor including the modified carbon nanotubes is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jianwen Zhao, Lain-Jong Li, Peng Chen, Bee Eng Mary Chan
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Publication number: 20130037758Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a complex of a transition metal oxide and carbon nanotube. The method includes (a) dispersing carbon nanotube powder in a solvent, (b) mixing the dispersion with a transition metal salt, and (c) synthesizing a complex of transition metal oxide and carbon nanotube by applying microwave to the mixed solution. The method may considerably reduce the time required to synthesize the complex. In the complex of transition metal oxide and carbon nanotube prepared by the method, the transition metal oxide may be stacked on the surface of the carbon nanotube in the size of a nanoparticle, and may enhance charge/discharge characteristics when being applied to a lithium secondary battery as an anode material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEIInventors: Kwang Bum Kim, Hyun Kyung Kim, Ji Young Kim
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Patent number: 8361349Abstract: A nanoparticle coated with a semiconducting material and a method for making the same. In one embodiment, the method comprises making a semiconductor coated nanoparticle comprising a layer of at least one semiconducting material covering at least a portion of at least one surface of a nanoparticle, comprising: (A) dispersing the nanoparticle under suitable conditions to provide a dispersed nanoparticle; and (B) depositing at least one semiconducting material under suitable conditions onto at least one surface of the dispersed nanoparticle to produce the semiconductor coated nanoparticle. In other embodiments, the nanoparticle comprises a fullerene. Further embodiments include the semiconducting material comprising CdS or CdSe.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, Natcore Technology Inc.Inventors: Andrew R. Barron, Dennis J. Flood, John Ryan Loscutova
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Publication number: 20130017418Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode material for an electrical cell comprising as component (A) at least one ion- and electron-conductive metal chalcogenide, as component (B) carbon in a polymorph comprising at least 60% sp2-hybridized carbon atoms, as component (C) at least one sulfur-containing component selected from the group consisting of elemental sulfur, a composite produced from elemental sulfur and at least one polymer, a polymer comprising divalent di- or polysulfide bridges and mixtures thereof, and as component (D) optionally at least one binder. The invention further relates to a rechargeable electrical cell comprising at least one electrode which has been produced from or using the inventive electrode material, to the use of the rechargeable electrical cell and to the use of an ion- and electron-conductive metal chalcogenide for production of an inventive rechargeable electrical cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Arnd GARSUCH, Stefan Herzog, Lucas Montag, Andrea Krebs
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Publication number: 20120312467Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing electrically conductive bonds between solar cells, in which an adhesive comprising electrically conductive particles is first transferred from a carrier to the substrate by irradiating the carrier with a laser, the adhesive transferred to the substrate is partly dried and/or cured to form an adhesive layer, in a further step the adhesive is bonded to an electrical connection, and finally the adhesive layer is cured. The invention further relates to an adhesive for performing the process, comprising 20 to 98% by weight of electrically conductive particles, 0.01 to 60% by weight of an organic binder component used as a matrix material, based in each case on the solids content of the adhesive, 0.005 to 20% by weight of absorbent based on the weight of the conductive particles in the adhesive, and 0 to 50% by weight of a dispersant and 1 to 20% by weight of solvent, based in each case on the total mass of the undried and uncured adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank Kleine Jaeger, Juergen Kaczun, Stephan Hermes
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Publication number: 20120305856Abstract: A method for preparing a Li4NbxTi5-xO12/C nanocomposite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries is disclosed, which includes the following steps: (a) obtaining a mixture of a lithium salt, niobium pentaoxide, titanium dioxide (TiO2), and a carbon source in a selected stoichiometric ratio; (b) mixing the mixture in a dispersant to produce a slurry; (c) drying the slurry to produce a dried mixture; (d) treating the dried mixture under a protective atmosphere, according to a heating program to produce the Li4NbxTi5-xO12/C nanocomposite, wherein the heating program comprises: calcining the dried mixture at 600° C. for 2-6 hours, heating it at a rate of 2-20° C. per minute to 950-980° C., cooling it by natural cooling to 800-850° C., maintaining the temperature at 800-850° C. for 16 hours, and cooling it by natural cooling to room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Hefei Guoxuan High-Tech Power Energy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Maoping Yang, Xulai Yang, Dajun Liu, Xiaoming Xu
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Publication number: 20120295162Abstract: A compound of formula Lia+y(M1(1?t)Mot)2M2b(O1?xF2x)c wherein: M1 is selected from the group consisting in Ni, Mn, Co, Fe, V or a mixture thereof; M2 is selected from the group consisting in B, Al, Si, P, Ti, Mo; with 4?a?6; 0<b?1.8; 3.8?c?14; 0?x<1; ?0.5?y?0.5; 0?t?0.9; b/a<0.45; the coefficient c satisfying one of the following relationships: c=4+y/2+z+2t+1.5b if M2 is selected from B and Al; c=4+y/2+z+2t+2b if M2 is selected from Si, Ti and Mo; c=4+y/2+z+2t+2.5b if M2 is P; with z=0 if M1 is selected from Ni, Mn, Co, Fe and z=1 if M1 is V.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicants: UMICORE, SAFTInventors: Georges CAILLON, Stephane LEVASSEUR, Thierry HEZEQUE, Christian JORDY, Nina V. KOSOVA, Evgeniya T. DEVYATKINA
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Publication number: 20120280184Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material comprising a ceramic component, characterized in that it has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion, and carbon nanofilaments, to its obtainment process and to its uses as electrical conductor in microelectronics, precision optics, aeronautics and aerospace.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)Inventors: Ramon Torrecillas San Millan, Olga Garcia Moreno, Maria Amparo Borrell Tomás, Adolfo Fernández Valdes
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Publication number: 20120270108Abstract: In one aspect, an anode active material is provided. The anode active material may include a crystalline carbon-based material that includes a core having a lattice spacing d002 of about 0.35 nm or more, and titanium-based oxide particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Su Shin, Jae-Myung Kim, So-Ra Lee, Ui-Song Do, Beom-Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20120261622Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium titanate that, when used as a positive electrode active material in a lithium secondary battery having a metallic lithium negative electrode, provides a discharge capacity at a discharge rate of 30 C that is at least 75% of the discharge capacity at a discharge rate of 0.25 C. The disclosed lithium titanate can be obtained by drying, and then firing in an inert atmosphere, a slurry that contains, at least, a lithium compound, a titanium compound, a surfactant, and a carbon material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventor: Masatoshi Honma
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Publication number: 20120251887Abstract: A novel Magnéli phase nanomaterial with carbon coating is disclosed. The present Magnéli phase material, which can form a nanowire, a nanobelt, a nanoparticle, a nanocrystal, or a nanosheet, includes at least a Magnéli phase core having a substoichiometric composition of titanium oxide having a formula TinO2n-1, where n is between 4 and 10, and at least a carbon-based outer shell surrounding the Magnéli phase core. The shape-features of the carbon-coated Magnéli phase material of the present invention ensure that at least one dimension of it is nanoscale, and therefore has a high surface area. By having the high surface area, the Faradaic reaction can be processed more efficiently, and consequently attain higher capacity, higher power-density, and cycling stability. The present disclosure further encompasses a method of synthesizing these nanoscale Magnéli phase materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLCInventor: Wei-Qiang Han
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Publication number: 20120248384Abstract: This disclosure relates to polycarbonate compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture that at least meets certain electrical tracking resistance requirements. The compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture that meet these requirements contain at least a polycarbonate; a polysiloxane block co-polycarbonate; and a transition metal oxide, e.g. titanium dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.Inventors: Karin van de Wetering, Robert D. van de Grampel, Jaykisor Pal, Andries J. P. Van Zyl
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Publication number: 20120241706Abstract: Disclosed are a resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) based on resistive switching using a resistance-switchable conductive filler and a method for preparing the same. When a resistance-switchable conductive filler prepared by coating a conductive filler with a material whose resistance is changeable is mixed with a dielectric material, the dielectric material is given the resistive switching characteristics without losing its inherent properties. Therefore, various resistance-switchable materials having various properties can be prepared by mixing the resistance-switchable conductive filler with different dielectric materials. The resulting resistance-switchable material shows resistive switching characteristics comparable to those of the existing metal oxide film-based resistance-switchable materials. Accordingly, a ReRAM device having the inherent properties of a dielectric material can be prepared using the resistance-switchable conductive filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sang-Soo LEE, Woojin JEON
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Publication number: 20120244334Abstract: The present invention provides a complex comprising an aggregate of primary particles of an electrode-active transition metal compound and a fibrous carbon material, wherein said fibrous carbon material is present more densely in the surface region of the aggregate than in the inside of the aggregate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Sei Ung Park, Dong Suek Lee, Ju Suk Ryu, Seong Jae Lim, Si Jin Oh
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Patent number: 8273480Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the negative active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material. The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes lithium titanium oxide (Li4Ti5O12) having a tap density of about 1.2 g/cc to 2.2 g/cc. The lithium titanium oxide is prepared by a mechano-chemical treatment and a heat treatment at a low temperature of about 650° C. to 775° C. According to the present invention, lithium titanium oxide having high crystallinity and tap density can be prepared through a simple and low-cost solid-phase method, e.g., a mechano-chemical treatment, and thus an electrode with excellent electrochemical reactivity and high energy density per volume can be fabricated.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Sik Kim, Eui-Hwan Song, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Yong-Chul Park, Jin-Kyu Hong, Man-Seok Han, Tae-Keun Kim
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Publication number: 20120214072Abstract: The present invention concerns electrode materials capable of redox reactions by electron and alkali-ion exchange with an electrolyte. The applications are in the field of primary (batteries) or secondary electrochemical generators, supercapacitors and light modulating systems of the electrochromic type.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicants: ACEP Inc., Universite De Montreal, CNRSInventors: Nathalie Ravet, Simon Besner, Martin Simoneau, Alain Vallee, Michel Armand, Jean-Francois Magnan
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Publication number: 20120205595Abstract: Process for producing electrode materials, wherein (a) (A) iron or at least one iron compound in which Fe is present in the oxidation state zero, +2 or +3, (B) silicon or at least one silicon compound selected from among silicon halides, silicon carbide, SiO, silica gels, silicic acid and silanes having at least one alkyl group or at least one alkoxy group per molecule, (C) at least one lithium compound, (D) at least one carbon source which can be a separate carbon source or at the same time at least one iron compound (A) or silicon compound (B) or lithium compound (C), (E) optionally at least one reducing agent, (F) optionally at least one compound which has a transition metal or metal other than iron of groups 3 to 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, (G) optionally water or at least one organic solvent, are mixed with one another, (b) the mixture thus obtained is dried convectively and (c) thermally treated at temperatures in the range from 400 to 1200° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Martin SCHULZ-DOBRICK, Bastian EWALD, Hartmut HIBST, Jordan Keith LAMPERT
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Patent number: 8227083Abstract: Titanium dioxide and an electro-conductive titanium oxide which each includes particles having a large major-axis length in a large proportion and comprises columnar particles having a satisfactory particle size distribution. A titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are heated/fired in the presence of titanium dioxide nucleus crystals having an aspect ratio of 2 or higher to grow the titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Subsequently, a titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are further added and heated/fired in the presence of the grown titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Thus, titanium dioxide is produced which comprises columnar particles having a weight-average major-axis length of 7.0-15.0 ?m and in which particles having a major-axis length of 10 ?m or longer account for 15 wt. % or more of all the particles. A solution of a tin compound and a solution of compounds of antimony, phosphorus, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Isobe, Katsuichi Chiba, Takanori Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8227685Abstract: A graphene sheet including an intercalation compound and 2 to about 300 unit graphene layers, wherein each of the unit graphene layers includes a polycyclic aromatic molecule in which a plurality of carbon atoms in the polycyclic aromatic molecule are covalently bonded to each other; and wherein the intercalation compound is interposed between the unit graphene layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-young Choi
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Publication number: 20120184433Abstract: The invention discloses a mesoporous composite titanium oxide and a preparation method thereof, wherein the mesoporous composite titanium oxide material is composed of a mesoporous titanium oxide and an inorganic matter is composite on the outside surface and the wall of pores of the mesoporous titanium oxide; said inorganic matter contains at least one element selected from carbon, silicon, sulphur, phosphorus and selenium in an amount of 0.01%-25%, on amount of the element mass, of the mass of said mesoporous composite titanium oxide material; at least one most probable pore diameter of pore distribution of the mesoporous compound titanium oxide material is 3-15 nm, the specific surface area is 50-250 m2/g, and the pore volume is 0.05-0.4 m3/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicants: NANJING TAIWEI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., NANJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Zhuhong Yang, Yudan Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Changsong Wang, Licheng Li, Linghong Lv, Wei Zhuang, Chang Liu, Xin Feng
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Publication number: 20120180307Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a lithium-manganese-titanium-containing compound, which can be used as an electrode material in a lithium ion battery. The process dissolves the constituent materials in a polar, organic solvent to form a compound described by the formula LiMn(2-x)Ti(x)O4.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: CHENG-YU LAI
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Patent number: 8211220Abstract: A functional paint composition prevents a power loss caused by corrosion of a structure with high voltage electric current. The paint composition includes, by weight, an acrylic urethane resin of 100 parts as a principal resin, with a potassium silicate resin of 5 to 20 parts, an auxiliary resin of 5 to 10 parts, a functional pigment of 100 to 250 parts, and functional additives of 1 to 2 parts. Accordingly, in embodiments of the disclosure, causes of a negative influence on high voltage electric current not solved in general paint are eliminated, and the economy is considered being applicable to all kinds of materials and composition layers of objects to be coated, thereby providing an effect even in a repair coating for electrical lines and stuck-metal parts having electric current and structures not having an electric current, i.e., steel tower, bridge, storage tanks, steel structures and coating panels, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Si Chem Co., LtdInventor: Dong-Sun Kim
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Publication number: 20120164531Abstract: An energy storage composite particle is provided, which includes a carbon film, a conductive carbon component, an energy storage grain, and a conductive carbon fiber. The carbon film surrounds a space. The conductive carbon component and the energy storage grain are disposed in the space. The conductive carbon fiber is electrically connected to the conductive carbon component, the energy storage grain, and the carbon film, and the conductive carbon fiber extends from the inside of the space to the outside of the space. The energy storage composite particle has a high gravimetric capacity, a high coulomb efficiency, and a long cycle life. Furthermore, a battery negative electrode material and a battery using the energy storage composite particle are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jin-Ming Chen, Yen-Po Chang, Shih-Chieh Liao, Chi-Ju Cheng
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Publication number: 20120164777Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for printing conductor tracks onto a substrate, especially for solar cells, using a laser printing process, which composition comprises 30 to 90% by weight of electrically conductive particles, 0 to 7% by weight of glass frit, 0 to 8% by weight of at least one matrix material, 0 to 8% by weight of at least one organometallic compound, 0 to 5% by weight of at least one additive and 3 to 69% by weight of solvent. The composition further comprises 0.5 to 15% by weight of nanoparticles as absorbents for laser radiation, which nanoparticles are particles of silver, gold, platinum, palladium, tungsten, nickel, tin, iron, indium tin oxide, titanium carbide or titanium nitride. The composition comprises not more than 1% by weight of elemental carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank Kleine Jaeger, Stephan Hermes
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Publication number: 20120146464Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible conductive crosslinked body excellent in durability having a small influence of a reaction residue after the crosslinking on an object to which the conductive crosslinked body adheres, and a production process of the flexible conductive crosslinked body. The conductive crosslinked body is synthesized from a conductive composition containing a rubber polymer, an organic metal compound, and a conducting agent and has a crosslinked structure. The production process of the conductive crosslinked body includes: a mixed solution preparing step for preparing a mixed solution in which the rubber polymer, the conducting agent, and the organic metal compound are mixed in a solvent capable of dissolving the rubber polymer and capable of chelating the organic metal compound; and a crosslinking step for removing the solvent from the mixed solution to allow a crosslinking reaction to proceed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Hitoshi Yoshikawa, Wataru Takahashi