Abstract: An arc resistant fabric containing a plurality of first yarns disposed in a first direction in the fabric and a plurality of second yarns disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction forming a woven pattern. The first and second yarns contain non-FR cellulosic fibers, modacrylic fibers, and aramid fibers intimately blended together. The woven fabric has a sateen weave. The arc resistant fabric has a weight less than about 6 oz/yd2, an arc thermal protective value (atpv) of least about 8.0 cal/cm2, and a greater thickness than a fabric using the same yarns in a plain weave.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery electrode, an all-solid-state battery electrode manufactured by the method, and an all-solid-state battery including the electrode are disclosed. In the method, a specific type of binder included in the electrode is prepared in a fiber form by applying pressure to the binder under specific conditions, so that the fiber-form binder thus prepared has an average fineness that satisfies a specific range. Therefore, the all-solid-state battery including the electrode has an advantage of having high capacity even in the case of electrode thickening for high loading.

Abstract: A self-regulating far-infrared carbon fiber composite planar electrothermal material and manufacturing method therefor, where the material is composed of two reinforced insulating layers, two insulating layers, two self-regulating layers and a heating layer, is formed by high-temperature hot pressing, impregnation and curing, and further comprises a connecting terminal and a power supply lead. The connecting terminal is riveted on copper electrodes at two ends of the self-regulating far-infrared carbon fiber composite planar electrothermal material, and the power supply lead is snap-fitted on a wiring groove of the connecting terminal. The electrothermal material uses a three-dimensional conductive network with a stable physical structure of carbon fiber conductive paper, which effectively avoids unstable heating performance, short service life, and fire hazards that may be caused in the self-regulating planar heating material.

Abstract: An exemplary process generally involves forming a cover for a door hardware apparatus comprising a body. Forming the cover generally includes forming a substrate of a non-metallic material such that at least a portion of the substrate conforms to at least a portion of the body, and forming an outer layer on at least a portion of the substrate, the outer layer including a metallic material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for providing a shield tile. In some embodiments, the shield tile includes a diamond in a shape of a prism. The diamond includes a first region converted to graphite. The first region is parallel to a base of the prism, and the first region extends to at least one face of the prism.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a support and a thermoelectric-conversion material section including first material layers, second material layers, and a third material layer. Each of the first material layers may have a first region including a first end portion and a second region including a second end portion. Each of the second material layers may have a third region including a third end portion and a fourth region including a fourth end portion. The first region and the second region are electrically connected to the third region and the fourth region, respectively, such that the plurality of first material layers and the plurality of second material layers are alternately connected in series to each other. The third material layer is disposed between the first region and the third region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heating device for the removal and/or prevention of ice masses or snow. The heating device can include a heating cable formed in a pattern of loops, arcs, or other shapes. Power can be applied to the heating cable and, when placed on top of an ice mass or within a concrete or asphalt surface, the heating device can melt the ice mass or snow.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article which has an excellent shielding property and absorbency of electromagnetic waves of specific frequencies. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article includes a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon fibers. The carbon fibers have a weighted average fiber length in the molded article in a range from 0.05 to 8.0 mm, and the content ratio of the carbon fibers in the molded article is from 0.05 to 45 mass %. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article has a thickness from 0.01 mm to 5 mm, a shielding property of 10 dB or greater and an absorbency of 5% or greater for electromagnetic waves having any frequency in a frequency domain from 59 GHz to 100 GHz.

Abstract: A self-limiting heater and method for building the self-limiting heater are disclosed. The self-limiting heater consists of a resistor and a PTC resistor coupled together in series with a power supply. Both resistive devices have good thermal coupling. The resistor has a minimal resistance change over changes in temperature while the resistance of the PTC resistor increases with an increase in temperature. The ohmic resistance ratio between the resistor and the PTC may be used to adjust the heater characteristics and limit the characteristic sharpness.

Abstract: A covered yarn material for a heating blanket felt, a covered yarn, and a woven product thereof are provided. The covered yarn material includes a skin-layer material and a core-layer material, where the skin-layer material includes 20 wt % to 30 wt % of a powder melt mixture and 80 wt % to 70 wt % of a mixed-melt raw material; the core-layer material includes 100 wt % of a core-layer filament; the powder melt mixture is composed of the following components: 20 wt % of a carbon nanotube (CNT), 35 wt % of a graphite powder, 25 wt % of a copper powder, and 20 wt % of a jade ore powder; the mixed-melt raw material includes one or more from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyamide (PA) 6, PA66, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), liquid crystal polymer (LCP), and polycarbonate (PC); and the core-layer filament includes one or more from PET, PA66, PPS, and LCP.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte membrane including a support member, such as a porous sheet, embedded in an electrolyte membrane, wherein the support member is coated with an inhibiting material for inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite. Thus, the solid electrolyte membrane has excellent physical strength, such as puncture strength, and improved durability. In addition, the solid electrolyte membrane has an effect of inhibiting lithium dendrite growth. Thus, when the solid electrolyte membrane is applied to a lithium metal battery including lithium metal as a negative electrode material, there is provided an effect of improving the life characteristics of the battery.

Abstract: For production of electrodes in batteries, capacitors, their hybrids, as well as fuel cells or electrolyzers, a self-supported electrode film is produced by providing an aqueous dispersion of a powder mix of active material and binder polymer, drying and kneading the powder mix into a malleable substance and forming it into an electrode film by calendering. The process is useful for low-cost, large-scale production and is environ-mentally friendly, as no organic solvent is used.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced resin molded body; including: resin-integrated carbon fiber sheets 20 that are stacked and unified, each of the resin-integrated carbon fiber sheets 20 including a carbon fiber sheet 21 and at least one resin 23 selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic resin and thermosetting resin. The carbon fiber sheet 21 includes a unidirectional long-fiber group 21a spread and arrayed in one direction, and multidirectional fibers 22a and 22b derived from the unidirectional long-fiber group. The multidirectional fibers 22a and 22b cross carbon fibers constituting the unidirectional long-fiber group. The fiber reinforced resin molded body is a molded body of two or more stacked layers of the resin-integrated carbon fiber sheets 20, or a molded body of the resin-integrated carbon fiber sheet 20 that is stacked with a resin-integrated carbon fiber sheet including a different carbon fiber sheet.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for smoothing one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object in reduced gravity is provided. The present invention may include positioning one or more radiative heating elements to evenly heat one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object based on a shape of the 3D-printed object; determining, for at least one of the one or more radiative heating elements, a desired heat output necessary to melt the outermost layers of the one or more surfaces; and pulsing the one or more radiative heating elements to melt the one or more surfaces, wherein the duration and frequency of the pulsing is configured to achieve the desired heat output.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for making a lithium-ion electrochemical cell component by advancing a substrate for a lithium ion cell between opposing first and second calendering rolls, depositing by atmospheric plasma deposition particles of electrode material comprising an active electrode material and a metal into a gap between a first side of the substrate and the first calendering roll, wherein the metal is surface-activated by the atmospheric plasma; and pressing the deposited particles of the active electrode material and the metal particles between the first and second calendering rolls into an electrode layer on the first side of the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating composition for a wiper blade comprising graphene and a wiper blade coated using the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a coating composition for a wiper blade comprising graphene that may improve durability, an abrasion resistance, and a slip property of a wiper blade, a wiper blade coated using the coating composition, and a method for manufacturing the wiper blade.

Abstract: For continuously producing a band-shaped plate material from plastic filled with electrically conductive particles, which can be sub-divided into bipolar separator plates or blanks for bipolar separator plates, the particles and the plastic are compounded into a compound, the compound is ground into a powder, the powder is spread out into a preform, and the preform is, preferably isobarically, hot-pressed between a lower belt and an upper belt of a double belt press into a plate material.

Abstract: A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein: integrated value (a) is 3 to 15% (for frequency of diameters of 1 ?m or less), and frequency (b) is 8 to 20% (for diameter with a maximum frequency). A positive electrode (1) for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including collector (11) and active material layer (12), wherein assuming two directions perpendicular to thickness direction of collector (11) and mutually orthogonal as first and second directions, average thickness a1, maximum thickness b1, minimum thickness c1 in thickness distribution in the first direction, and thickness d1 (largest absolute value of difference from a1) satisfy 0.990?(d1/a1)?1.010 and (b1?c1)?5.0 ?m, and average thickness a2, maximum thickness b2, minimum thickness c2 in thickness distribution in the second direction, and thickness d2 (largest absolute value of difference from a2) satisfy 0.990?(d2/a2)?1.010 and (b2?c2)?5.0 ?m.

Abstract: A yarn making method includes a raw-material yarn; first rollers pulling the raw-material yarn; an entangling point generator subjecting the yarn to jet-forming of entangling points; a cleansing chamber cleansing the yarn that has generated the entangling points; a material chamber provided with a graphene-containing attachment material to be attached to the yarn that has generated the entangling points and has been cleansed; second rollers pulling the yarn that has past the entangling point generator, the cleansing chamber, and the material chamber; a heating chamber having the attachment material secured to the yarn by means of heat-setting; third rollers controlling a heating time of the yarn in the heating chamber; and fourth rollers winding and shaping the processing-completed yarn so as to have the graphene-containing attachment material long preserved in clothing.

Abstract: A method includes mixing a solvent with a dry cathode mixture to form a slurry. The dry cathode mixture includes a cathode active material, a conductive diluent, and a polymeric binder. The method further includes removing the solvent from the slurry to form a composition and calendering, in a first calendering step, the composition to form a sheet. The calendering the composition includes passing the composition between calender rollers.

Abstract: A signal transmission cable includes a signal line, an insulation layer covering the signal line, and a shield layer covering the insulation layer. A first oxygen amount A1 on an outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is 1.2 times or greater than a second oxygen amount A2 inside the insulation layer, or a contact angle on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 130° or less, or an adhesion-wetting surface energy on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 27 mJ/m2 or greater, or a first amount of a hydroxy group on the outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is greater than a second amount of a hydroxy group inside the insulation layer.

Abstract: Provided is a metal-air battery including a cathode having a space which may be filled with a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery and thus having improved energy density and lifespan. The cathode for the metal-air battery includes a plurality of cathode materials, a plurality of electrolyte films disposed on surfaces of the plurality of cathode materials, and a plurality of spaces which are not occupied by the plurality of cathode materials and the plurality of electrolyte films. A volume of the plurality of spaces may be greater than or equal to a maximum space of a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery.

Abstract: The present application provides a resin carbon anode green body, and a resin carbon anode green body intermediate is obtained by hardening treatment of the resin carbon anode green body, and the resin carbon anode green body intermediate has the following spectral characteristics when tested by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: there are characteristic peaks at the retention times of 4.95±0.3 min, 5.32±0.3 min, 5.47±0.3 min and 5.92±0.3 min. The present application also provides a method for preparing the resin carbon anode green body. In addition, the present application also provides a resin carbon anode green body intermediate, a resin carbon anode and the corresponding preparation methods and uses.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a heat-generating device capable of efficiently maintaining heat generation for a long time at a low cost while saving power. Solution The heat-generating device includes: a hollow vessel having an electrically insulated inner part; a pair of counter electrodes housed inside the vessel, and separated from and opposing each other; and a heat-generating body housed between the counter electrodes inside the vessel, and composed of silicon powder and carbon powder in a mixed state.

Abstract: In example implementations, an enclosure is provided. The enclosure includes a first layer of carbon fiber and a second layer of a carbon fiber pattern fabricated from a plastic. The first layer of carbon fiber is formed in a shape of a portable electronic device. An antenna window is formed in the first layer of the carbon fiber. The second layer of the carbon fiber pattern has a same shape and a same size as the first layer of carbon fiber.

Abstract: An electric lock includes a housing, a keypad module and a lock assembly. The keypad module is arranged on the housing. The keypad module includes a key panel, an electrode pad, a circuit board and a spacer. The key panel is marked with a plurality of key characters. The electrode pad is arranged on an inner side of the key panel, and the electrode pad has a plurality of key electrodes corresponding to the plurality of key characters respectively. The circuit board includes a plurality of key circuits. Each of the key circuits is configured to generate a key signal when contacting a corresponding key electrode. The spacer is configured to form a gap between each of the key circuits and the corresponding key electrode. The lock assembly is electrically connected to the keypad module for performing locking and unlocking operations according to the key signal.

Abstract: An impedance spectroscopy biosensor is provided that is fabricated on a stretchable substrate. The stretchable substrate is integrated with an impedance biosensor that undergoes cyclic strain without cracking. The biosensor is formed by curing an elastomer precursor while on a pre-tensioned membrane that includes a conductive electrode. The resulting elastomeric material is released from the support after curing which releases the pre-tensioned state to produce the biosensor.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes: 1) an anode; 2) a cathode; and 3) an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode and including lithium ions. The anode includes a graphene framework film including interconnected graphene sheets, and the graphene framework film has a specific surface area of 600 m2 g?1 or more.

Abstract: A textile fabric is used to make a textile moisture sensor. The textile fabric has a top side facing away from the skin and/or a wound, and an underside that faces the skin and/or the wound and on which the textile fabric has a moisture-impermeable barrier. The textile fabric is formed from non-conductive warp threads, non-conductive weft threads, and conductive warp threads and/or conductive weft threads that are arranged such that an electrically conductive structure is formed in the textile fabric. The moisture-impermeable barrier on the underside of the textile fabric has at least one opening and conductive warp and/or conductive weft threads arranged in the region of the opening such that the conductive threads can come into contact with moisture from the skin and/or wound in the region of the opening.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface by forming the composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface on an aircraft article composite forming tool. The aircraft article composite forming tool includes a matrix laminate including an upper ply including a forming surface for forming the composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface. The upper ply of the aircraft article composite forming tool includes a nano filament structure embedded therein. A blank is conformed onto the aircraft article composite forming tool. The aircraft article is formed on the upper ply of the forming surface. The forming surface of the aircraft article composite forming tool is adapted to form an aerodynamic surface of the aircraft article. The blank is cured into the aircraft article. The composite aircraft article is finished.

Abstract: An exemplary method of cooling a fuel cell includes directing coolant through a coolant supply channel near at least one reactant flow channel. The coolant supply channel extends from a coolant inlet spaced from a reactant inlet to a coolant outlet. The coolant supply channel includes a first portion starting at the coolant inlet and a second portion near the reactant inlet. The first portion facilitates coolant flow from the coolant inlet directly toward the second portion. The second portion includes a plurality of channel sections that collectively facilitate coolant flow in a plurality of directions along the second portion near the reactant inlet. The coolant supply channel includes a third portion between the second portion and the coolant outlet.

Abstract: An ultracapacitor that contain a first electrode, second electrode, separator, nonaqueous electrolyte, and housing is provided. The first electrode comprises a first current collector electrically coupled to a first carbonaceous coating and the second electrode comprises a second current collector electrically coupled to a second carbonaceous coating. The first current collector and the second current collector each contain a substrate that includes a conductive metal, wherein a plurality of fiber-like whiskers project outwardly from the substrate of the first current collector, the substrate of the second current collector, or both.

Abstract: A powder metallurgical molding forms an interconnector or an end plate for an electrochemical cell. The molding has a chromium content of at least 80% by weight, a basic shape of a plate and one or more flow fields with structuring formed on one or both of the main faces of the molding. A ratio of a maximum diameter Dmax of the molding, measured along the main face, to a minimum thickness dmin of a core region of the molding which extends along the flow field or fields and is not affected by the structuring lies in a range of 140?Dmax/dmin?350.

Abstract: The present application is directed to methods for preparation of polymer particles in gel form and carbon materials made therefrom. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries. The methods herein can also be employed generally to improve emulsion and/or suspension polymerization processes by improved control of diffusion of acidic and basic species between the polymer and secondary phases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel (3), (such as a xerogel, aerogel or cryogel), a filter (2) for a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel and the use of a carbonaceous dried gel for the filtration of smoke.

Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a method including densifying a layer of carbon fibers by at least one of depositing a resin on the layer of carbon fibers via a print head of a three-dimensional printing system or applying CVD on the layer of carbon fibers via the print head; and forming at least one additional layer of densified carbon fibers on the densified layer of carbon fibers, wherein forming the at least one additional layer of densified carbon fibers comprises, for each respective layer of the at least one additional layer, adding an additional layer of carbon fibers on the densified layer of carbon fibers, and densifying the additional layer of carbon fibers by at least one of depositing the resin on the additional layer of carbon fibers or applying CVD on the additional layer of carbon fibers. In some examples, the example method may be used to form a densified carbon-carbon composite component, such as, e.g., a densified carbon-carbon composite brake disc.

Abstract: This invention provided a preparation method of the composite which was immobilized Paracoccus denitrificans on modified graphene oxide and its application. The composite was obtained by following the steps below: 1) Synthesis of graphene oxide; 2) Synthesis of modified graphene oxide; 3) Acclimatization and immobilization of Paracoccus denitrificans. In this invention, the raw materials were low-cost and easily obtained used in the preparation process; easy operation, convenient, and no expensive instruments during the whole process; this invention of the composite could remove DMF from wastewater completely, and with the advantages of high efficiency, good recycle performance, economical, environmentally friendly, better feasibility.

Abstract: A composition for seamless belt includes a thermoplastic resin; and a conductive agent. A liquid extracted from the composition with methanol has an intensity not greater than 7×108 in a total ion chromatogram.

Abstract: A system to prepare an antimicrobial solution by the electrolysis of brine is presented where the antimicrobial solution is a solution comprising HOCl that contains a HOCl concentration in excess of 500 ppm or more at a pH of 6 to 6.8 with a low residual salt concentration and displays a stability in excess of 60 days and can have a HOCl concentration in excess of 450 for 180 days. The system includes an electrolysis cell that is improved by a superior anode and ceramic membrane such that when employed with a DC power supply controlled by a microprocessor and a controlled brine concentration provided to the cell at ambient temperature at a controlled rate, delivers a fluid that is continuously monitored by a pH probe and an ORP probe for input to the microprocessor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polymer electrolyte membrane showing high ion conductivity even under the condition of low humidity and high temperature and a method for manufacturing the same. The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention comprises a porous substrate, a self proton conducting material dispersed in the porous substrate, and an ion conductor impregnated in the porous substrate. The self proton conducting material comprises an inorganic particle functionalized with an azole ring.

Abstract: Consolidated carbon nanotube or graphene yarns and woven sheets are consolidated through the formation of a carbon binder formed from the dehydration of sucrose. The resulting materials, on a macro-scale are lightweight and of a high specific modulus and/or strength. Sucrose is relatively inexpensive and readily available, and the process is therefore cost-effective.

Abstract: A bipolar plate for a fuel cell is provided, which includes: a metal substrate having a flow field structure; a conducting adhesion layer formed on the metal substrate and having a polymeric adhesive and a plurality of conductive particles; and a pure graphite layer formed on the conducting adhesion layer and structurally corresponding to the flow field structure of the metal substrate. The graphite layer including expanded graphite powder is adhered to the metal substrate via the conducting adhesion layer, and a portion of the expanded graphite powder is embedded into the conducting adhesion layer.

Abstract: A method for modifying the surface of a metal bipolar plate is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a metal substrate having a conducting adhesion layer on a surface thereof, the metal substrate having a flow field structure at the surface thereof; applying expanded graphite powder onto the conducting adhesion layer; and press-fitting the expanded graphite powder and the metal substrate with a mold structurally corresponding to the flow field structure, to form a graphite layer covering the surface the metal substrate from the expanded graphite powder. A bipolar plate for a fuel cell is further provided.

Abstract: A method of optimized recharging of the electric battery of at least one electrical system by an electrical recharging device, in which the electric battery is recharged during at least one time interval by applying a charging power level associated with this time interval, this time interval belonging to an available charging time period initiated by the connecting of the recharging system of the electric battery to the electrical recharging device, and the charging power level being determined as a function of a charging curve associated with the electrical recharging device and of the residual electrical energy contained in the electric battery upon the connecting of the electric battery charging system to the electrical recharging device.

Abstract: A method of forming a part includes uni-directionally injecting a mold with material to form a molded part, removing the molded part from the mold, and forming at least one cavity in the molded part, the at least one cavity being defined by a machining process separate from a molding process.

Abstract: An RFID device for tires utilizes a wireless antenna. The antenna is formed of a pair of spaced apart electrically conductive rubber units. The conductive rubber antenna is encapsulated between a pair of non-conductive sheets. A third non-conductive member encircles the conductive rubber antenna and is itself sealed between the first and second sheets of non-conductive material. A microchip is positioned in the slot defined by the space between the units and conductively attached to each of the units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition which comprises the following components: A) from 10 to 50% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether having an average of at most 0.5 phenolic end groups per polymer chain and having no carboxy groups, B) from 5 to 44.5% by weight of at least one polyphenylene sulfide, C) from 10 to 65% by weight of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler, D) from 0.5 to 20% by weight of an elastic graphite, E) from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether comprising carboxy groups, F) from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether having an average of at least 1.5 phenolic end groups per polymer chain and having no carboxy groups, and G) from 0 to 40% by weight of at least one additive where the sum of the proportions by weight of components A) to G) is 100% by weight, based on the molding composition.

Abstract: A wearable device that is worn on a user body includes a motion sensor to recognize a motion of the wearable device, a bending sensor to sense bending of the wearable device, a controller to generate a control signal according to a movement that is sensed by the motion sensor and the bending sensor, a communication unit to transmit the control signal to an external device, and, when an audio reproducing operation is adjusted according to the control signal in the external device, to receive a result of the adjusting from the external device, and a display to display the result of the adjusting. Accordingly, a content of the external device is easily adjusted.

Abstract: A method for making a cathode of lithium ion battery is provided. A paste mixture including active material of lithium ion battery cathode and adhesive is provided first. Then the paste mixture is pressed to get a sheet structure. The sheet structure has a surface. A carbon nanotube layer structure is applied on the surface of the sheet structure to form a precursor. Then the precursor is curled to form a curled precursor, and the curled precursor is pressed and dried.

Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a flexible medium having electrically conductive strips embedded therein and extending in a first direction, said electrically conductive strips including conductive nanostructures dispersed in a flexible support material, said nanostructures selected from conductive nanowires, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, wherein each electrically conductive strip is connected at each end to an impedance measuring device that measures the impedance across each electrically conductive strip. The electrically conductive strips may be formed on a first layer of the flexible medium by using direct-write technology.