And Alkali Metal Or Alkaline Earth Metal Containing Patents (Class 423/594.2)
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Patent number: 11845067Abstract: Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Ivor Bull, Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, R. Samuel Boorse, William M. Jaglowski, Gerald Stephen Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Matthew Tyler Caudle
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Patent number: 11843123Abstract: Oxygen electrodes are provided, comprising a perovskite compound having Formula (I), Sr(Ti1-xFex-yCoy)O3-?wherein 0.90?x?0.40 and 0.02?y?0.30. Electrochemical devices comprising such oxygen electrodes are also provided, comprising a counter electrode in electrical communication with the oxygen electrode, and a solid oxide electrolyte between the oxygen electrode and the counter electrode. Methods of using such electrochemical devices are also provided, comprising exposing the oxygen electrode to a fluid comprising O2 under conditions to induce the reaction O2+4e??2O2?, or to a fluid comprising O2? under conditions to induce the reaction 2O2??O2+4e?.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Shan-Lin Zhang, Scott A. Barnett, Matthew Lu
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Patent number: 11753310Abstract: Methods of forming spinel ferrite nanoparticles containing a chromium-substituted copper ferrite as well as properties (e.g. particle size, crystallite size, pore size, surface area) of these spinel ferrite nanoparticles are described. Methods of preventing or reducing microbe growth on a surface by applying these spinel ferrite nanoparticles onto the surface in the form of a suspension or an antimicrobial product are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityInventors: Mohammad Azam Ansari, Abdulhadi Baykal
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Patent number: 11702349Abstract: Electromagnetic-wave-absorbing particles for a GHz band are represented by the following [Empirical Formula 1] and include M-type hexaferrite as a major phase: Sr1-xRxFey-2zM2zOa,??[Empirical Formula 1] where R is one or more selected from Ba, Ca, and La, M is one or more selected from Zn, Ti, and Zr, 0<x?0.8, 8?y?14, 0<z?1.5, and a is 19.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Hyung Suk Kim, Eun Soo Lim, Ji Eun Yoo, Young Min Kang
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Patent number: 11700718Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorbing particle has a composition, which is represented by Formula 1 of Sr1-xRxFey-2zM2zOa and contains M-type hexaferrite as a main phase. In Formula 1, R is one or more substances selected from among Ba, Ca, and La, M is one or more substances selected from among Co, Ti, and Zr, 0<x?0.8, 8?y?14, 0<z?1.5, and a is equal to 19.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Hyung Suk Kim, Eun Soo Lim, Ji Eun Yoo, Young Min Kang
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Patent number: 11618008Abstract: Methods for preparing ceria-zirconia (CZO) materials calcined with precious group metals (PGM) include calcining a CZO material with PGM. The calcined CZO/PGM catalyst is reduced at a temperature of ?1000° C. to ?1100° C. for a time of ?0.5 hour to 1 hour to form a (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst. The (CZO/PGM)-pyrochlore catalyst exhibits superior oxygen storage capacity characteristics as a three-way catalyst in vehicle exhaust gas systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Wu, Giovanni Cavataio, Ann O'Neill, Natalie Roxas
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Patent number: 11613500Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of composite hexagonal ferrite materials formed from a combination of Y phase and Z phase hexagonal ferrite materials. Advantageously, embodiments of the material can have a high resonant frequency as well as a high permeability. In some embodiments, the materials can be useful for magnetodielectric antennas.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael David Hill, Srinivas Polisetty, Constance M. Griffith
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Patent number: 11384293Abstract: A process that catalytically converts olefinic (Alkenes, typically liquid at standard temperature and pressure) material in thermally cracked streams to meet olefin content specifications for crude oil transport pipelines. A thermally cracked stream or portion of a thermally cracked stream is selectively reacted to reduce the olefin content within a reactor operating at specific, controlled conditions in the presence of a catalyst and the absence of supplemental hydrogen. The process catalyst is comprised of a blend of select catalyzing metals supported on an alumina, silica or shape selective zeolite substrate together with appropriate pore acidic components.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventors: Tom Corscadden, Darius Ramesat, Frank David Guffey, Shunlan Liu, Greg Diduch
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Patent number: 11247912Abstract: With an aim to provide a method for producing an oxide particle with controlled color characteristics and also provide an oxide particle with controlled color characteristics, the present invention provides a method for producing an oxide particle, wherein the color characteristics of the oxide particle are controlled by controlling a ratio of an M-OH bond between an element (M) and a hydroxide group (OH) or an M-OH bond/M-O bond ratio, where the element (M) is one element or plural different elements other than oxygen or hydrogen included in the oxide particle selected from metal oxide particles and semi-metal oxide particles. According to the present invention, by controlling the M-OH bond or the M-OH bond/M-O bond ratio of the metal oxide particle or the semi-metal oxide particle, the oxide particle with controlled color characteristics of any of reflectance, transmittance, molar absorption coefficient, hue, and saturation can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Enomura, Daisuke Honda
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Patent number: 11245169Abstract: Radiofrequency and other electronic devices can be formed from textured hexaferrite materials, such as Z-phase barium cobalt ferrite Ba3Co2Fe24O41 (Co2Z) having enhanced resonant frequency. The textured hexaferrite material can be formed by sintering fine grain hexaferrite powder at a lower temperature than conventional firing temperatures to inhibit reduction of iron. The textured hexaferrite material can be used in radiofrequency devices such as circulators or telecommunications systems.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael David Hill
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Patent number: 11069983Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of modified z-type hexagonal ferrite materials having improved properties that are advantageous for radiofrequency applications, in particular high frequency ranges for antennas and other devices. Atomic substitution of strontium, aluminum, potassium, and trivalent ions can be used to replace certain atoms in the ferrite crystal structure to improve loss factor at high frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael David Hill
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Patent number: 10995034Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of composite hexagonal ferrite materials formed from a combination of Y phase and Z phase hexagonal ferrite materials. Advantageously, embodiments of the material can have a high resonant frequency as well as a high permeability. In some embodiments, the materials can be useful for magnetodielectric antennas.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael David Hill, Srinivas Polisetty, Constance M. Griffith
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Patent number: 10843173Abstract: A ferrite catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. The ferrite catalyst is prepared using an epoxide-based sol-gel method, wherein a step of burning includes a first burning step, in which burning is performed at a temperature of 70 to 200° C.; and a second burning step, in which burning is performed after the temperature is raised from a temperature in the range of greater than 200° C. to 250° C. to a temperature in the range of 600 to 900° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sun Hwan Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Jun Han Kang, Kyong Yong Cha, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Sang Jin Han, Seong Min Kim
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Patent number: 10344141Abstract: To solve the problem of providing a black iron oxide that can yield sufficient blackness, opacifying effect and covering ability even if it is only added in a small amount for use with cosmetic materials, the invention provides a black iron oxide with a high tinting strength having an octahedral shape, a specific surface in a range of 8.0 to 20.0 m2/g, and a particle surface coated with a layer containing one type or two or more types of inorganic compounds, wherein an L*value of a color on reduction is 31.0 or lower and a b*value of a color on reduction is 1.5 or lower, a production method thereof, and cosmetic materials that incorporate the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TITAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nakamura, Masayasu Morishita, Hiroaki Uchida
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Patent number: 10128489Abstract: Compositions and methods of making are provided for surface modified electrodes and batteries comprising the same. The compositions may comprise a base composition having an active material capable of intercalating the metal ions during a discharge cycle and deintercalating the metal ions during a charge cycle, wherein the active material is selected from the group consisting of LiCoO2, LiMn2O4, Li2MnO3, LiNiO2, LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4, LiFePO4, Li2FePO4F, Li3CoNiMnO6, Li(LiaNixMnyCoz)O2, LiaMn1.5-bNi0.5-cMdO4-x, and mixtures thereof. The compositions may also comprise an annealed composition covering a portion of the base composition, formed by a reaction of the base composition in a reducing atmosphere. The methods of making comprise providing the base composition and annealing the base electrode in a reducing atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Craig A. Bridges, Sukeun Yoon
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Patent number: 9685657Abstract: A composite precursor represented by Formula 1, a composite prepared therefrom represented by Formula 2, a method of preparing a composite precursor and a composite, a positive electrode for lithium secondary battery including the same, and a lithium secondary battery employing the same. aMn3O4-bM(OH)2??Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0<a?0.8, 0.2?b<1 and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron, (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), zirconium (Zr), and boron (B) aLi2MnO3-bLiyMO2??Formula 2 wherein in Formula 2, 0?a?0.6, 0.4?b?1 1.0?y?1.05, and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Al, Mg, Zr, and B.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seon-Young Kwon, Do-Hyung Park, Min-Han Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Joong-Ho Moon, Kyoung-Hyun Kim, Han-Eol Park, Yong-Chan You, Chang-Wook Kim
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Patent number: 9321895Abstract: Magnesium hydroxide having a high aspect ratio, a production method thereof and a resin composition comprising the same. The method of producing the magnesium hydroxide having a long diameter (width) of not less than 0.5 ?m and aspect ratio of not less than 10, comprising the steps of: (A) adding an alkali to and coprecipitating it with a mixed aqueous solution of a water-soluble magnesium salt and a monovalent organic acid or a salt thereof, or (B) adding an alkali aqueous solution to and coprecipitating it with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble magnesium salt and adding a monovalent organic acid or a salt thereof to the resulting product; and (C) hydrothermally treating the obtained slurry at 100° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignees: KYOWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., SEA WATER CHEMICAL INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Shigeo Miyata, Hitoshi Manabe, Daisuke Kudo
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Publication number: 20150140595Abstract: A set of paramagnetic particles synthesized by co-precipitation methods wherein an alkaline hydroxide solution is mixed with a metal salt solution. The alkaline hydroxide features ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or mixtures thereof. The metal salt solution features at least one ferrous salt and at least one tetravalent metal salt selected from Group 4 elements of the Periodic Table. The concentration of the ferrous salt is equal to or greater than the concentration of the tetravalent metal salt. The paramagnetic particles may be used for bioprocessing via magnetic fields. Bioprocessing, for example, may include purifying, concentrating, or detecting biomolecules of interest (e.g., nucleic acids, carbohydrates, peptides, proteins, other organic molecules, cells, organelles, microorganisms, viruses, etc.), or other magnetic field-based processes common to applications in separation science, diagnostics, molecular biology, protein chemistry, and clinical practice.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: Joseph Gerard UTERMOHLEN
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Publication number: 20150125700Abstract: Provided is a method for producing Sr ferrite particles for sintered magnets, the method includes: a mixing step of mixing an iron compound, a strontium compound, and an alkali metal compound which includes at least one of K and Na as a constituent element and which does not include Cl and S as the constituent element to prepare a mixture; and a calcining step of firing the mixture at 850° C. to 1100° C. to obtain Sr ferrite particles in which an average particle size of primary particles is 0.2 to 1.0 ?m. In the mixing step, the alkali metal compound is mixed in such a manner that a total amount of K and Na becomes 0.03 to 1.05% by mass in terms of K2O and Na2O with respect to a total amount of a powder of the iron compound and a powder of the strontium compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: TDK CorporationInventor: Hitoshi Taguchi
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Patent number: 8968572Abstract: In a device and a process for purifying water which is contaminated with sulphate ions and heavy metal ions, the water is collected in a water reservoir and a substance having basic activity in water is fed to the water reservoir in such a manner that a precipitant having heavy metal ions is precipitated from the water, wherein at least a subquantity of water is taken off from the water reservoir and is separated into pure water which is substantially freed from sulphate ions and heavy metal ions and dirty water which is enriched with sulphate ions and heavy metal ions. The dirty water is at least in part recirculated to the water reservoir, as a result of which a concentration of sulphate ions in the water reservoir is achieved such that a precipitant having sulphate ions is precipitated from the water.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Riebensahm
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Patent number: 8961921Abstract: A method for producing a ferrate solution by producing a ferrate intermediate material and then combining the intermediate material with a halogen or ozone solution.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Florida Institute of TechnologyInventor: Virender K. Sharma
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Patent number: 8932545Abstract: A method is provided for the synthesis of a mesoporous lithium transition metal compound, the method comprising the steps of (i) reacting a lithium salt with one or more transition metal salts in the presence of a surfactant, the surfactant being present in an amount sufficient to form a liquid crystal phase in the reaction mixture (ii) heating the reaction mixture so as to form a sol-gel and (iii) removing the surfactant to leave a mesoporous product. The mesoporous product can be an oxide, a phosphate, a borate or a silicate and optionally, an additional phosphate, borate or silicate reagent can be added at step (i). The reaction mixture can comprise an optional chelating agent and preferably, the reaction conditions at steps (i) and (ii) are controlled so as to prevent destabilization of the liquid crystal phase. The invention is particularly suitable for producing mesoporous lithium cobalt oxide and lithium iron phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Qinetiq LimitedInventors: Gary Owen Mepsted, Emmanuel Imasuen Eweka
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Publication number: 20150010698Abstract: The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles comprises applying an adhering matter comprising a glass component and an alkaline earth metal to hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, and subjecting the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles to which the adhering matter has been applied to a heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi HATTORI, Yoshinori TAMADA
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Patent number: 8900537Abstract: A template-free reverse micelle (RM) based method is used to synthesize pyrochlore nanostructures having photocatalytic activity. In one embodiment, the method includes separately mixing together a first acid stabilized aqueous solution including pyrochlore precursor A and a second acid stabilized aqueous solution including pyrochlore precursor B with an organic solution including a surfactant to form an oil-in-water emulsion. Next, equimolar solutions of the first and second acid stabilized oil-in-water emulsions are mixed together. Then, the mixture of the first and second acid stabilized oil-in-water emulsion is treated with a base to produce a precipitate including pyrochlore precursors A and B. After which, the precipitate is dried to remove volatiles. The precipitate is then calcined in the presence of oxygen to form a pyrochlore nanostructure, such as a bismuth titanate (Bi2Ti2O7) pyrochlore nanorod. The method of synthesizing the pyrochlore nanorod is template-free.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, RenoInventors: Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Sankaran Murugesan
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Patent number: 8901027Abstract: A method of forming a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by providing at least one metal nitrate solution, combining each of the at least one metal nitrate solutions with a precipitating agent whereby at least one catalyst precipitate is formed, and incorporating a strong base during precipitation, subsequent precipitation, or both during and subsequent precipitation. Catalysts produced via the disclosed method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Res USA, LLCInventors: Deena Ferdous, Belma Demirel
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Patent number: 8889095Abstract: Provided is a method for stabilizing a size of a platinum hydroxide polymer capable of maintaining solution stability of a platinum hydroxide polymer in a solution. The method may include adding Zr ions to a solution containing a platinum hydroxide polymer at a Zr/Pt ratio of 1.0 to 40 in terms of molar concentration ratio.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Suzuki Motor CorporationInventors: Toyofumi Tsuda, Fumikazu Kimata, Kazuya Miura
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Publication number: 20140326918Abstract: A system and method thereof are provided for multi-stage processing of one more precursor compounds into a battery material. The system includes a mist generator, a drying chamber, one or more gas-solid separators, and one or more in-line reaction modules comprised of one or more gas-solid feeders, one or more gas-solid separators, and one or more reactors. Various gas-solid mixtures are formed within the internal plenums of the drying chamber, the gas-solid feeders, and the reactors. In addition, heated air or gas is served as the energy source within the processing system and as the gas source for forming the gas-solid mixtures to facilitate reaction rate and uniformity of the reactions therein. Precursor compounds are continuously delivered into the processing system and processed in-line through the internal plenums of the drying chamber and the reaction modules into final reaction particles useful as a battery material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventor: LIang-Yuh Chen
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Publication number: 20140314658Abstract: The method of manufacturing magnetic particles, wherein the magnetic particles are magnetic particles for magnetic recording, and includes subjecting starting material magnetic particles to glass component-adhering treatment to be adhered with a glass component, and subjecting the magnetic particles after the glass component-adhering treatment to coercive force-reducing treatment with heating, to provide magnetic particles having lower coercive force than the starting material magnetic particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Yasushi HATTORI
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Patent number: 8758721Abstract: Embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to an enhanced hexagonal ferrite magnetic material doped with an alkali metal. The material retains substantial magnetic permeability up to frequencies in the GHz range with low losses. The material may be used in high frequency applications in devices such as transformers, inductors, circulators, and absorbers.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Hill
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Patent number: 8758455Abstract: A method of producing a layered structure lithium mixed metal oxide, including a step of calcining a lithium mixed metal oxide raw material containing a transition metal element and a lithium element in a molar ratio of the lithium element to the transition metal element of 1 or more and 2 or less, in the presence of an inactive flux containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a carbonate of M, a sulfate of M, a nitrate of M, a phosphate of M, a hydroxide of M, a molybdate of M, and a tungstate of M, wherein M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Cedric Pitteloud, Yoshinari Sawabe, Satoshi Shimano
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Publication number: 20140170060Abstract: People are increasingly interested in use of potassium ferrate [K2FeO4, or abbreviated as Fe(VI)] for clean energy production (i.e., super-iron batteries), environmental protection, and anticancer drug development. This research is focused on development of a simple method for synthesis of stable solid Fe(VI) with an one-pot environmentally responsible method. The prepared Fe(VI) was characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Mössbauer spectroscopy. All the characterization results indicate that Fe(VI) has its own characteristic morphology and crystal structure. Fe(VI) is very effective in removal of sulfide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventor: Bo Fan
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Publication number: 20140151595Abstract: The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles includes providing hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles by conducting calcination of particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt to cause ferritization; and further includes preparing the particles comprising an iron salt and an alkaline earth metal salt by adhering a glass component, followed by the alkaline earth metal salt, to the iron salt; and conducting calcination of the particles prepared to form a calcined product in which hexagonal ferrite is detected as a principal component in X-ray diffraction analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasushi HATTORI, Kazufumi OMURA
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Publication number: 20140138571Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetoelectric material in which an electric property is capable of being controlled by a magnetic field or a magnetic property is capable of being controlled by an electric field, and a method of manufacturing the same. Particularly, the present invention provides a magnetoelectric material in which a distance between magnetic ions interacting with each other is controlled by using non-magnetic ions or alkaline earth metal ions, and a method of manufacturing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Kee Hoon KIM, Sae Hwan CHUN, Yi Sheng CHAI, Kwang Woo SHIN
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Patent number: 8728436Abstract: A cathode active material represented by the formula, LiFexPO4/C, wherein 0.9?x<1, preferably 0.96?x<1, which was obtained from carbon pre-coated off-stoichiometric FexPO4, wherein 0.9?x<1, preferably 0.96?x<1. The materials may be double-carbon-coated particles obtained by carbon coating a mixture of a lithium component and FexPO4/C sub-particles, wherein the FexPO4/C sub-particles may be obtained by carbon coating FexPO4.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Hefei Guoxuan High-Tech Power Energy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qian Wang, Dajun Liu, Xiaoming Xu, Long Zhang, Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 8728342Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize more effective intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions in a cathode active material. The preset invention provides a cathode active material plate-like particle for a lithium secondary battery, the particle having a layered rock salt structure, wherein lithium-intercalation/deintercalation-plane-oriented grains (primary crystal grains whose (003) plane is oriented so as to intersect a plate surface of the plate-like particle) are present in a dispersed state among numerous (003)-plane-oriented grains (primary crystal grains whose (003) plane is oriented in parallel with the plate surface of the plate-like particle).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Shohei Yokoyama, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Nanataki, Kouichi Kondou
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Patent number: 8709655Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which contains a complex oxide mainly containing sodium, nickel and a tetravalent metal while having a hexagonal structure. This positive electrode active material enables to obtain a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high operating voltage. The complex oxide is preferably expressed as Na[Na(1/3-2x/3)Ni(x-y)M(2/3-x/3-y)A2y]O2 (wherein M represents one or more tetravalent metals, A represents one or more trivalent metals, 0<x?0.5, 0?y<1/6, and x>y).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Shigeto Okada, Jun-ichi Yamaki, Yusuke Takahashi, Kenji Nakane
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Publication number: 20140113195Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary batteries which contributes to high capacity, high energy density, and safety and a lithium-ion secondary battery provided with the negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material is an oxide containing Li and Fe and having crystalline and amorphous phases of LiFeO2 such that there is a specific ratio ranging from 13.2 to 100 between peak value of X-ray diffraction due to the plane of the crystalline phase and peak value of X-ray diffraction due to the amorphous phase. The negative electrode active material is produced by preparing a mixture of LiOH.H2O and FeOOH and heating it together with distilled water in an autoclave at 180 to 220° C. for 10 to 20 hours, thereby giving an oxide having the crystalline and amorphous phases of LiFeO2 or an oxide having the crystalline and amorphous phases of LiFeO2 and LiFe5O8.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventor: Kazushige Kohno
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Patent number: 8673261Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing magnetite (Fe3O4) or derivatives thereof, comprising the steps: a) preparing an aqueous solution A of a Fe(III) salt, b) preparing an aqueous solution B of an iodide salt, c) mixing solutions A and B to obtain a first precipitate, d) separating the first precipitate to obtain a filtrate, e) hydrolyzing the filtrate obtained in step d) by adjusting the pH to about 8.5-9 or above, preferably 9, in order to obtain a second precipitate, and f) separating the second precipitate.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: King Saud UniversityInventor: Mutasim Ibrahim Khalil
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Patent number: 8663847Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a positive electrode material having a large ratio of the discharge capacity around 4 V to the total discharge capacity including the discharge capacity at 4V or lower while making the discharge capacity around 4 V sufficient, for the purpose of providing a lithium secondary battery using a lithium transition metal phosphate compound excellent in thermal stability, utilizing the discharge potential around 4V (vs. Li/Li+) that is higher than the discharge potential of LiFePO4, and being advantageous with respect to the detection of the end of discharge state, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. The present invention uses a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium transition metal phosphate compound represented by LiMn1-x-yFexCoyPO4(0.1?x?0.2, 0<y?0.2).Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Yuta Kashiwa, Mariko Kohmoto, Toru Tabuchi, Tokuo Inamasu, Toshiyuki Nukuda
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Publication number: 20140054491Abstract: A ferrite powder according to the present invention includes a laminar structure exhibiting a state where W-type ferrite phases are laminated in an easy direction of magnetization, the W-type ferrite phases including a compound expressed by AM2Fe16O27, where A, M, Fe, and O represent a first metal element (Sr, Ba, Ca, Pb, etc), a second metal element (Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Mn, Ni, etc), iron, and oxygen, respectively. This ferrite particle is obtained through: a shape forming step that shapes a mixed powder in a magnetic field to obtain a compact, the mixed powder including for example an M-type ferrite particle including a compound expressed by AFe12O19 and a spinel-type ferrite particle (S-type ferrite particle) including a compound expressed by MFe2O4; a calcination step that calcines the compact to obtain a calcined substance; and a milling step that mills the calcined substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Yuji Kaneko, Seishi Utsuno
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Publication number: 20140011086Abstract: Lithium-iron molecular precursor compounds, compositions and processes for making a cathode for lithium ion batteries. The molecular precursor compounds are soluble and provide processes to make stoichiometric cathode materials with solution-based processes. The cathode material can be, for example, a lithium iron oxide, a lithium iron phosphate, or a lithium iron silicate. Cathodes can be made as bulk material in a solid form or in solution, or in various forms including thin films.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Kyle L. Fujdala, Zhongliang Zhu, Paul R. Markoff Johnson
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Publication number: 20140008568Abstract: Processes and compositions for multi-transition metal-containing cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. Processes encompass providing a composition which can be a mixture of molecular precursor compounds having the formulas [LiM(x+)(OR)1+x] and [Li2M(x+)(OR)2+x]. The metal atoms, M, can be Ni, V, Co, Mn, or Fe, and the —OR groups can be alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, alkenyloxy, siloxy, phosphinate, phosphonate, and phosphate. The compositions can be converted and annealed to provide cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Kyle L. Fujdala, Zhongliang Zhu, Paul R. Markoff Johnson
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Publication number: 20130337369Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixed metal oxide exhibiting perovskite-type structural characteristics in which there are cations of Ba, Ca or Sr, a rare earth metal and Fe, Cr, Cu, Co or Mn present in three different coordination sites or a composition thereof, to a cathode composed of the mixed metal oxide or composition thereof and to a solid oxide fuel cell comprising the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOLInventors: Matthew Rosseinsky, John Claridge, Antoine Demont, Ruth Sayers
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Patent number: 8609062Abstract: Processing techniques for forming a textured hexagonal ferrite materials such as Z-phase barium cobalt ferrite Ba3Co2Fe24O41 (Co2Z) to enhance the resonant frequency and other magnetic properties of the material for high frequency applications are provided. The processing techniques include magnetic texturing by using fine grain particles and sintering the material at a lower temperature than conventional firing temperatures to inhibit reduction of iron. The processing techniques also may include aligning M-phase (BaFe12O19 uniaxial magnetization) with non-magnetic additives in a static magnetic field and reacting with BaO source and CoO to form Z-phase (Ba3Me2Fe24O42). In some implementations, processing techniques includes aligning Co2Z phase (planar magnetization) with magnetic texturing occurring in a rotating magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael D. Hill
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Patent number: 8597536Abstract: Disclosed is a non-lead perovskite oxide having a low Curie temperature and high ferroelectricity represented by General Formula (P) given below. (Bix1,Bax2,Xx3)(Fey1,Tiy2,Mny3)O3??(P) (where, Bi and Ba are A-site elements, X is one kind or a plurality of kinds of A-site elements, other than Pb and Ba, with an average ion valence of 2. Fe, Ti, and Mn are B-site elements. O is oxygen. 0<x1+X2<1.0, 0<x3<1.0, 0<y1+y2<1.0, 0?y3<1.0, 0<x1, 0<x2, 0<y1, 0<y2. The standard molar ratios among A-site elements, B-site elements, and oxygen are 1:1:3, but the molar ratios among them may deviate from the standard ratios within a range in which a perovskite structure may be formed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Sasaki, Yukio Sakashita
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Patent number: 8591860Abstract: A method for producing a lithium mixed metal oxide, which includes mixing a lithium compound, metallic Ni or a compound thereof, and one or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ti, Cr and Fe or a compound thereof; and calcining the obtained raw material mixture under an atmosphere of the concentration of carbon dioxide of from 1% by volume to 15% by volume at 630° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Kawakami, Ryuji Matsushita, Satoshi Shimano
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Patent number: 8524190Abstract: Embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to an enhanced hexagonal ferrite magnetic material doped with an alkali metal. The material retains substantial magnetic permeability up to frequencies in the GHz range with low losses. The material may be used in high frequency applications in devices such as transformers, inductors, circulators, and absorbers.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Michael Hill
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Publication number: 20130200009Abstract: The present invention is a new, easy method for preparing stable solid Fe6+—Fe3+ agents in a fixed bed reactor by using O3 and FeOOH along with KOH with conversion efficiencies of approximately 27%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGInventor: Maohong Fan
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Publication number: 20130130090Abstract: Provided are a transition metal mixed hydroxide comprising an alkali metal other than Li, SO4 and a transition metal element, wherein the molar ratio of the molar content of the alkali metal to the molar content of the SO4 is not less than 0.05 and less than 2, and a lithium mixed metal oxide obtained by calcining a mixture of the transition metal mixed hydroxide and a lithium compound by maintaining the mixture at a temperature of 650 to 100000.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kenji Takamori, Hiroshi Inukai, Taiga Obayashi
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Publication number: 20130122372Abstract: Provided is spinel-type lithium transition metal oxide (LMO) used as a positive electrode active material for lithium battery, said LMO being capable of simultaneously achieving all output characteristics (rate characteristics), high temperature cycle life characteristics, and rapid charging characteristics. The disclosed is spinel-type lithium transition metal oxide including, besides Li and Mn, one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ti, Ni, Co, and Fe, and having crystallite size of between 200 nm and 1000 nm and strain of 0.0900 or less. Because the crystallite size is markedly large, oxygen deficiency is markedly little, and the structure is strong, when the LMO is used as a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, all output characteristics (rate characteristics), high temperature cycle life characteristics, and rapid charging characteristics can be achieved simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Keisuke Miyanohara, Yoshimi Hata, Yasuhiro Ochi, Tetsuya Mitsumoto