Metal Oxide, Peroxide, Or Hydroxide Coating Patents (Class 427/126.3)
  • Patent number: 9285506
    Abstract: An ITO film having a band gap in a range of 4.0 eV to 4.5 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Yonezawa, Kazuhiko Yamasaki, Ai Takenoshita
  • Patent number: 9194046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing semiconductive indium oxide layers, in which a substrate is coated with a liquid, anhydrous composition comprising a) at least one indium alkoxide and b) at least one solvent, optionally dried and thermally treated at temperatures greater than 250° C., to the layers producible by this process, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Hoppe, Alexey Merkulov, Juergen Steiger, Duy Vu Pham, Yvonne Damaschek, Heiko Thiem
  • Patent number: 9175392
    Abstract: A gas distribution structure for supplying reactant gases and purge gases to independent process cells to deposit thin films on separate regions of a substrate is described. Each process cell has an associated ring purge and exhaust manifold to prevent reactive gases from forming deposits on the surface of the wafer between the isolated regions. Each process cell has an associated showerhead for conveying the reactive gases to the substrate. The showerheads can be independently rotated to simulate the rotation parameter for the deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Satitpunwaycha, Kent Child
  • Patent number: 9164009
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for measuring the pressure of a fluid carried in a conduit. The device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a nanoassembly of conductive or semi-conductive nanoparticles in contact with the two electrodes, and a measurement device. The measurement device provides proportional information with respect to an electrical property of the nanoassembly. The electrical property is measured between the first and second electrode, and the electrical property is sensitive to the distance between the nanoparticles of the nanoassembly. The nanoassembly is mechanically linked to a flexible substrate having a mechanical linkage with the fluid carried in the conduit such that the distances between the nanoparticles of the nanoassembly are modified by a pressure variation in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NANOMADE CONCEPT
    Inventors: Eric Mouchel La Fosse, Lionel Songeon
  • Patent number: 9105937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode materials for charged electrical cells, comprising at least one polymer comprising polysulfide bridges, and carbon in a polymorph comprising at least 60% sp2-hybridized carbon atoms. The present invention further relates to electrical cells comprising the inventive electrode material, to specific polymers comprising polysulfide bridges, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use of the inventive cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oliver Gronwald, Alexander Panchenko, Arnd Garsuch
  • Patent number: 9080250
    Abstract: A metal object is treated to form an integral surface layer by: (a) immersing the metal object in an anodising electrolyte, and passivating the metal to form an anodised layer on the metal object; (b) continuing the application of a potential to modify the surface layer; (c) then treating the metal object with a chemical reducing agent so a hydrous metal oxide is formed; and (d) then contacting the metal object with a solution containing a biocidal material so as to incorporate biocidal material into the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Accentus Medical Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Derek Turner
  • Patent number: 9051640
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosed technology discloses a transparent conductive thin film and a method of manufacturing the same. The embodiment of the disclosed technology employs tin (II) oxalate (Sn2C2O4) as a raw material, acetic acid and ammonia as complex agents to form a neutral complex system with a pH=6.5˜7.5, and trifluoroacetic acid as dopant to form a stable doping of F ions, and has a high doping efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tongjun Liu
  • Patent number: 9054293
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer sequentially formed on the substrate. The substrate has a linear thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the piezoelectric layer, and the piezoelectric layer includes a polycrystalline body having an in-plane stress in a compressive direction. Thus, the piezoelectric element realizes the piezoelectric layer having a high orientation in a polarization axis direction, high proportionality of a displacement amount with respect to an applied voltage, and a large absolute value of the displacement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Noda, Kazuki Komaki
  • Patent number: 9045637
    Abstract: An addition curing silicone rubber composition and a cured product thereof are provided. In this composition, amount of the low molecular weight siloxane component volatilizing from the cured product has been reduced, and as a consequence, this composition is free from the problems such as clouding or haze, contact fault, adhesion failure, and hydrophobicization of the surface caused by the deposition of the volatilized low-molecular weight siloxane component on the surrounding surfaces. More specifically, the addition curing silicone rubber composition comprises; (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane containing, on average, at least two alkenyl groups which are bonded to silicon atom; (B) 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Meguriya, Shinichi Ide, Toshio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150147651
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a core including at least one selected from a nickel-based composite oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 or a lithium manganese oxide represented by Chemical Formula 2; and a coating layer on a surface of the core and including a lithium metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 3, the positive active material having a peak at a 2? value of about 19° to about 22° and another peak at a 2? value of about 40° to about 45° in an X-ray diffraction pattern using a CuK? ray, is disclosed. A method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, are also disclosed. LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2??Chemical Formula 1 LiaMnbOc??Chemical Formula 2 Li2MO3??Chemical Formula 3 In Chemical Formulae 1 to 3, x, y, a, b, c, and M are the same as in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Zi Hong, Do-Hyung Park, Seon-Young Kwon, Joong-Ho Moon, Ji-Hyun Kim, Han-Eol Park, Min-Han Kim, Myong-A Woo, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Patent number: 9040119
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a transparent conductive film which is formed via a coating step, a drying step and a baking step, wherein the baking step is characterized in that the dried coating film containing the organic metal compound as the main component is baked by being heated to a baking temperature or higher, at which at least the inorganic component is crystallized, under an oxygen-containing atmosphere having a dewpoint of ?10° C. or lower, whereby an organic component contained in the dried coating film is removed therefrom by a heat decomposition, a combustion or the combination thereof to thereby form a conductive oxide microparticle layer densely filled with conductive oxide microparticles containing the metal oxide as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Yukinobu, Yoshihiro Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20150140321
    Abstract: A method and device for improving the adhesion of fluorinated transparent conducting oxide films by incorporating a non-conducting, non-fluorinated adhesion layer between a substrate and a transparent conducting oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas GENNETT, John PERKINS, Arrelaine DAMERON
  • Publication number: 20150140476
    Abstract: High surface area electrodes formed using sol-gel derived monoliths as electrode substrates or electrode templates, and methods for making high surface area electrodes are described. The high surface area electrodes may have tunable pore sizes and well-controlled pore size distributions. The high surface area electrodes may be used as electrodes in a variety of energy storage devices and systems such as capacitors, electric double layer capacitors, batteries, and fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Nanotune Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Vinod M.P. NAIR, David MARGOLESE, Samir J. ANZ, Shiho WANG
  • Publication number: 20150140206
    Abstract: A method of forming an electrode active material by reacting a metal fluoride and a reactant. The method includes a coating step and a comparatively low temperature annealing step. Also included is the electrode formed following the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Cory O'Neill, Steven Kaye
  • Patent number: 9034418
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric film includes: forming a piezoelectric precursor film including Bi, Fe, Mn, Ba, and Ti; and obtaining a piezoelectric film preferentially oriented with the (110) plane by crystallizing the piezoelectric precursor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuaki Hamada
  • Patent number: 9023764
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an oxide superconductor includes an oriented superconductor layer and an oxide layer. The oriented superconductor layer contains fluorine at 2.0×1016-5.0×1019 atoms/cc and carbon at 1.0×1018-5.0×1020 atoms/cc. The superconductor layer contains in 90% or more a portion oriented along c-axis with an in-plane orientation degree (??) of 10 degrees or less, and contains a LnBa2Cu3O7-x superconductor material (Ln being yttrium or a lanthanoid except cerium, praseodymium, promethium, and lutetium). The oxide layer is provided in contact with a lower surface of the superconductor layer and oriented with an in-plane orientation degree (??) of 10 degrees or less with respect to one crystal axis of the superconductor layer. Area of a portion of the lower surface of the superconductor layer in contact with the oxide layer is 0.3 or less of area of a region directly below the superconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Araki, Mariko Hayashi, Ko Yamada, Hiroyuki Fuke
  • Publication number: 20150099188
    Abstract: Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also disclosed herein are novel electrochemical devices which incorporate these garnet catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes. Also set forth herein are methods for preparing novel structures, including dense thin (<50 um) free standing membranes of an ionically conducting material for use as a catholyte, electrolyte, and, or, anolyte, in an electrochemical device, a battery component (positive or negative electrode materials), or a complete solid state electrochemical energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tim Holme, Niall Donnelly
  • Publication number: 20150099181
    Abstract: A cathode active material is provided. The cathode active material includes: a composite oxide particle including at least lithium and cobalt; a coating layer which is provided in at least a part of the composite oxide particle and includes an oxide including lithium and a coating element of at least one of nickel and manganese; and a surface layer which is provided in at least a part of the coating layer and includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, tin, phosphorus, magnesium, boron, zinc, tungsten, aluminum, titanium, and zirconium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Haruo WATANABE, Tomoyo OOYAMA, Masanori SOMA, Kenji OGISU
  • Publication number: 20150096169
    Abstract: A slurry for a positive electrode for a sulfide-based solid-state battery contains at least a fluorine-based copolymer containing vinylidene fluoride monomer units, a positive electrode active material, and a solvent or a dispersion medium. When a dry volume of the slurry is set to 100% by volume, a content ratio of the fluorine-based copolymer is 1.5 to 10% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: KUREHA CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Hasegawa, Hiroki Kubo, Yuichi Hashimoto, Daichi Kosaka, Keisuke Watanabe, Tamito Igarashi, Mitsuyasu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8999584
    Abstract: A Li-ion battery is disclosed, the Li-ion battery including an anode, a cathode, a lithium donor formed from a Li-containing material, and an electrolyte in communication with the anode, the cathode, and the lithium donor. The lithium donor may be incorporated into the anode, incorporated into the cathode, a layer formed on either an anode side or a cathode side of a separator of the battery. The lithium donor is formed from Li-containing material insensitive to oxygen and aqueous moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Meng Jiang, Xingcheng Xiao, Mei Cai, Li Yang, Bob R. Powell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150086871
    Abstract: Methods for producing nanostructures from copper-based catalysts on porous substrates, particularly silicon nanowires on carbon-based substrates for use as battery active materials, are provided. Related compositions are also described. In addition, novel methods for production of copper-based catalyst particles are provided. Methods for producing nanostructures from catalyst particles that comprise a gold shell and a core that does not include gold are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ONED MATERIAL LLC
    Inventors: Wanqing Cao, Virginia Robbins
  • Publication number: 20150086850
    Abstract: In this anode for a secondary battery, method for producing same, and secondary battery, an anode active material is laminated on a surface of a metal foil, the anode active material contains at least titanium dioxide, and the titanium dioxide contains a Brookite crystal phase and contains an amorphous phase in a ratio of 1 vol % to 20 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yokouchi, Masahiro Ohmori, Chiaki Sotowa, Masayuki Sanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20150083978
    Abstract: There are provided a composite perovskite powder, a preparation method thereof, and a paste composition for an internal electrode having the same, the composite perovskite powder capable of preventing ions from being eluted from an aqueous system at the time of synthesis while being ultra-atomized, such that when the composite perovskite powder is used as an inhibitor powder for an internal electrode, sintering properties of the internal electrode may be deteriorated, and sintering properties of a dielectric material may be increased; accordingly, connectivity of the internal electrode may be improved, and permittivity and reliability of a multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kum Jin PARK, Chang Hak CHOI, Sang Min YOUN, Kwang Hee NAM, Ki Myoung YUN, Hyung Joon JEON, Jong Hoon YOO
  • Patent number: 8988758
    Abstract: A thermochromic window doped with a dopant and a method of manufacturing the same. The thermochromic window includes a substrate and a thermochromic thin film formed on the substrate. The thermochromic thin film has a thermochromic material doped with a dopant, the concentration of the dopant gradually decreasing in a depth direction from one surface of the upper surface and the undersurface of the thermochromic thin film. The thermochromic window has a high level of visible light transmittance and high phase change efficiency while having a low phase transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Won Choi, Yung-Jin Jung, Dong Gun Moon, Jee Yun Cha
  • Publication number: 20150079471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery positive electrode material and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Xiangpeng FANG, Jin CHONG, Quan KUANG, Na LIU
  • Publication number: 20150079394
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a transparent electroconductive tin oxide powder which has electroconductivity superior to that of conventional phosphorus-doped electroconductive tin oxide powders, undergoes less temporal change in air and gives coating films comprising the powder of the present invention a total light transmittance, haze and surface resistance that are superior to those of coating films comprising conventional phosphorus-doped electroconductive tin oxide powders. The fluorinated phosphorus-doped electroconductive tin oxide powder of the present invention is obtained by the steps of producing a phosphorus- and fluorine-containing tin hydroxide uniformly in an aqueous solution by addition of 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of phosphorus and 0.5 to 4.0 parts by weight of fluorine, based on 100 parts by weight of tin oxide, adsorbing a water-soluble polymer on the product, and then firing the product at a temperature of 400 to 700° C. under a reducing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: TITAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeru NAGAOKA, Misao Mazaki, Eisuke Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150072230
    Abstract: A lithium-ion cell can include at least one electrode that includes packed active electrode particles that include a multimodal particle size distribution (PSD) and a packing density, for example, greater than approximately 0.56. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane YEBKA, Joseph Anthony HOLUNG, Tin-Lup WONG, Philip John JAKES
  • Publication number: 20150072236
    Abstract: Using metal foams for the electrode of secondary lithium battery, preparing method thereof, and secondary lithium battery including the metal foam. A metal foam is used in an electrode of secondary lithium battery where the surface and the inner pore walls are coated with the active materials, a method of manufacturing such metal foam, and secondary lithium battery including the metal foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Um, Hyeji Park, Myounggeun Choi, Hyelim Choi, Yong-Hun Cho, Yung-Eun Sung, Heeman Choe
  • Publication number: 20150064557
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material including lithium transition metal phosphate particles, wherein the lithium transition metal phosphate particles include a first secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more first primary particles, and a second secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more second primary particles in the first secondary particle, and a method of preparing the same. Since the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may include first primary particles and second primary particles having different average particle diameters, the exfoliation of the cathode active material from a cathode collector may be minimized and performance characteristics, such as high output characteristics and an increase in available capacity, of a secondary battery may be further improved. In addition, since the first secondary particles are porous, the secondary particles are collapsed and fractured due to rolling when used in a cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Wang Mo Jung, Sang Seung Oh, Byung Chun Park, Sung Bin Park
  • Publication number: 20150062687
    Abstract: Described is an electrochromic nanocomposite film comprising a solid matrix of an oxide based material, the solid matrix comprising a plurality of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) nanostructures dispersed in the solid matrix and a lithium salt dispersed in the solid matrix. Also described is a near infrared nanostructured electrochromic device having a functional layer comprising the electrochromic nanocomposite film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Delia Milliron, Evan Runnerstrom, Brett Helms, Anna Llordes, Raffaella Buonsanti, Guillermo Garcia
  • Publication number: 20150054398
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrode material that eases electron injection and does not react with contact substances. The structure of the material includes a conductive substrate plane on the top of which an emissive material is coated. The emissive coating bonds strongly with the substrate plane. The emissive material is of low work function and high chemical stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Jian Xin Yan
  • Publication number: 20150056535
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating for protection of metals and alloys against oxidation at high temperatures is provided. The invention utilizes a multi-layer ceramic coating on metals or alloys for increased oxidation-resistance, comprising at least two layers, wherein the first layer (3) and the second layer (4) both comprise an oxide, and wherein the first layer (3) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for cations Mm+, where M is the scale forming element of the alloy, and the second layer (4) has a tracer diffusion coefficient for oxygen ions O2? satisfying the following formula: ? ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) in ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) ex ? ( D O + m 2 ? D M ) ? ? ? ln ? ? p ? ( O 2 ) < 5 · 10 - 13 ? cm 2 ? / ? s wherein p(O2)in, p(O2)ex, DM, and DO are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Vang Hendriksen, Lars Mikkelsen, Peter Halvor Larsen, Soeren Linderoth, Mogens Mogensen
  • Patent number: 8956688
    Abstract: A method of making a battery electrode includes the steps of dispersing an active electrode material and a conductive additive in water with at least one dispersant to create a mixed dispersion; treating a surface of a current collector to raise the surface energy of the surface to at least the surface tension of the mixed dispersion; depositing the dispersed active electrode material and conductive additive on a current collector; and heating the coated surface to remove water from the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Jianlin Li, Beth L. Armstrong, Claus Daniel, David L. Wood, III
  • Publication number: 20150044565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a graphene-enhanced anode active material for use in a lithium battery. The process comprises (a) providing a continuous film of a graphene material into a deposition zone; (b) introducing vapor or atoms of a precursor anode active material into the deposition zone, allowing the vapor or atoms to deposit onto a surface of the graphene material film to form a sheet of an anode active material-coated graphene material; and (c) mechanically breaking this sheet into multiple pieces of anode active material-coated graphene; wherein the graphene material is in an amount of from 0.1% to 99.5% by weight and the anode active material is in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight, all based on the total weight of the graphene material and the anode active material combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yanbo Wang, Bor Z. Jang, Hui He, Aruna Zhamu
  • Publication number: 20150044361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for making a thin film comprising a solvent; a plurality of particles; the particles being derived by reacting a metal salt with itself or with a ligand; where the metal salt forms metal oxides and/or metal hydroxides upon reacting with itself or with a ligand; and where the particles have a metal oxide content that is substantially greater than their metal hydroxide content when heated at a temperature of less than or equal to 200° C. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising mixing a metal salt with a solvent to form a reaction mixture; where the metal salt reacts with itself to form metal oxides and metal hydroxides; and where the metal oxide content is substantially greater than the metal hydroxide content at a temperature of less than or equal to 200° C.; adding a pH agent to the reaction mixture; and disposing the reaction mixture on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Vivek Subramanian, Steven K. Volkman
  • Publication number: 20150044432
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch panel structure and a method for forming the same. A touch panel structure according to the present invention comprises a substrate, a first color layer, a second color layer, and an indium tin oxide (ITO) conductive layer. The first color layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The second color layer is disposed on a surface of the first color layer which is opposite to the substrate, and a portion of the second color layer extends further to be in contact with the substrate. The ITO conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the second color layer which is opposite to the first color layer and also disposed on the surface of the substrate. With the touch panel structure of the present invention, the conductive layer will not break easily, and the yield rates for touch panels will be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: CHUNG-CHI WANG, KAO-HUI SU
  • Publication number: 20150027613
    Abstract: EC film stacks and different layers within the EC film stacks are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing these layers are also disclosed. In one embodiment, an EC layer comprises nanostructured EC layer. These layers may be manufactured by various methods, including, including, but not limited to glancing, angle deposition, oblique angle deposition, electrophoresis, electrolyte deposition, and atomic layer deposition. The nanostructured EC layers have a high specific surface area, improved response times, and higher color efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Anita TRAJKOVSKA-BROACH, Ying Sun, William Kokonaski, Pie Paolo Monticone, Niklaus Schneeberger
  • Publication number: 20150028334
    Abstract: To provide an electroconductive thin film, containing: a metal oxide containing indium and tin; and gold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Naoyuki Ueda, Yuki Nakamura, Yukiko Abe, Mikiko Takada, Yuji Sone, Ryoichi Saotome
  • Publication number: 20150027615
    Abstract: The present invention provides additive manufacturing methods of forming multilayer energy storage devices on a surface by formulating all components of the multilayer energy storage device into liquid compositions and: (1) applying a first liquid current collector composition above the surface to form a first current collector layer above the surface; (2) applying a first liquid electrode composition above the first current collector layer to form a first electrode layer above the first current collector layer; (3) applying a liquid electrically insulating composition above the first electrode layer to form an electrically insulating layer above the first electrode layer; (4) applying a second liquid electrode composition above the electrically insulating layer to form a second electrode layer above the electrically insulating layer; and (5) applying a second liquid current collector composition above the second electrode layer to form a second current collector layer above the second electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Neelam Singh, Charudatta Galande, Akshay Mathkar, Leela M. Reedy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Alexandru Vlad
  • Patent number: 8940189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely colored and/or optically variable pigments which have a flake-form transparent or semitransparent electrically conductive core and at least one coloring dielectric layer surrounding the core, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Krietsch, Matthias Kuntz, Reinhold Rueger
  • Publication number: 20150024273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lithium composite oxide particles which can be produced by mixing nickel-cobalt-manganese-based compound particles, a zirconium raw material and a lithium raw material with each other and then calcining the resulting mixture, and comprise a Zr compound that is allowed to be present on a surface thereof, in which the Zr compound is represented by the chemical formula: Lix(Zr1-yAy)Oz wherein x, y and z are 2.0?x?8.0; 0?y?1.0; and 2.0?z?6.0, respectively, and a content of Zr in the lithium composite oxide particles is 0.05 to 1.0% by weight. By using the lithium composite oxide particles as a positive electrode active substance, it is possible to produce a lithium ion secondary battery that has a low electric resistance at a high temperature, and is excellent in cycle characteristic at a high temperature as well as high-temperature rate characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Minoru Yamazaki, Osamu Sasaki, Shoichi Fujino, Hideharu Mitsui, Takayuki Yamamura, Kunihiro Uramatsu, Akihisa Kajiyama, Ryuta Masaki
  • Publication number: 20150017523
    Abstract: To provide an electrode ensuring excellent characteristics even when the electrode formed on a foil-like collector is compressed under a comparatively low temperature condition. An electrode manufacturing method comprising the steps of: coating an active material layer onto a surface of a collector excluding a non-coating area to form a coating area; drying the coated active material layer; and increasing a density of the dried active material layer by compression to form a high density area. In the compression step, a low density area having a lower density than the high density area is formed in a strip-shaped coating area adjacent to the non-coating area of the active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hirai, Akio Ukita, Keiji Ide
  • Publication number: 20150017535
    Abstract: A cathode active material, a preparation method thereof, and a cathode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the cathode active material, wherein the cathode active material includes a core active material represented by Formula 1 below; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the core active material, the coating layer including lithium gallium oxide: Lia(A1-x-yBxCy)O2 ??Formula 1 In Formula 1, a, x, y, A, B, and C are defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Zi Hong, Do-Hyung Park, Seon-Young Kwon, Joong-Ho Moon, Ji-Hyun Kim, Han-Eol Park, Min-Han Kim, Myong-A Woo, Ki-Hyun Kim, Sun-Ho Kang
  • Publication number: 20150009461
    Abstract: A color filter substrate including a base substrate, a color layer on the base substrate, a conductive layer on the color layer, and a grain compensation layer between the color layer and the conductive layer. The grain compensation layer includes zinc oxide and a metal oxide other than zinc oxide. A content of the metal oxide is lower than that of the zinc oxide in the grain compensation layer. The grain compensation layer increases the grain size of the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JoonYong PARK, Kyungseop KIM, ChangOh JEONG, SangWon SHIN, Dongmin LEE
  • Publication number: 20150008115
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a touch sensing component and a method for manufacturing the same, a touch screen and an electronic device. The touch sensing component includes a base layer which serves as a carrier of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO); and an ITO layer provided on the base layer. The ITO layer is divided into two or more portions in a direction parallel with the base layer, and the two or more portions are staggered in a direction perpendicular to the base layer. In the embodiments of the present invention, the boarder size of the electronic device can be further reduced, and a larger effective display or control area can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xiyong TIAN
  • Patent number: 8927461
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate for superconductive film formation, which includes a metal substrate, and an oxide layer formed directly on the metal substrate, containing chromium oxide as a major component and having a thickness of 10-300 nm and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not more than 50 nm. A method of manufacturing a substrate for superconductive film formation, which includes forming an oxide layer directly on a metal substrate, the oxide layer containing chromium oxide as a major component and having a thickness of 10-300 nm and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not more than 50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: International Superconductivity Technology Center, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan Fine Ceramics Center
    Inventors: Seiki Miyata, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Reiji Kuriki, Akira Ibi, Masateru Yoshizumi, Akio Kinoshita, Yutaka Yamada, Yuh Shiohara, Ryuji Yoshida, Takeharu Kato, Tsukasa Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20150004480
    Abstract: Electrodes, energy storage devices using such electrodes, and associated methods are disclosed. In an example, an electrode for use in an energy storage device can comprise porous silicon having a plurality of channels and a surface, the plurality of channels opening to the surface; and a structural material deposited within the channels; wherein the structural material provides structural stability to the electrode during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Donald S. Gardner, Charles W. Holzwarth
  • Publication number: 20140377660
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium composite oxide having a uniform and suitable particle size and high specific surface area due to a hollow structure that can be produced on an industrial scale. A nickel composite hydroxide as a raw material thereof is obtained controlling the particle size distribution of the nickel composite hydroxide, the nickel composite hydroxide having a structure comprising a center section that comprises minute primary particles, and an outer-shell section that exists on the outside of the center section and comprises plate shaped primary particles that are larger than the primary particles of the center section, by a nucleation process and a particle growth process that are separated by controlling the pH during crystallization, and by controlling the reaction atmosphere in each process and the manganese content in a metal compound that is supplied in each process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Hiroyuki Toya
  • Publication number: 20140377661
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode for secondary batteries including an electrode mixture coated on one surface or opposite surface of an electrode current collector, and a method of manufacturing the same. The electrode mixture includes an electrode mixture layer A, which is a portion close to a current collector, and an electrode mixture layer, which is a portion distant from a current collector. The electrode mixture layer A includes a mixture of two active materials, average diameters of which are different, and the electrode mixture layer B includes active materials, average diameters of which are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Iljoon Lee, Jae Hyun Lee, Jihyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140377655
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, a cathode including the composite cathode active material, and a lithium battery including the cathode. The composite cathode active material includes a lithium intercalatable material; and a garnet oxide, wherein an amount of the garnet oxide is about 1.9 wt % or less, based on a total weight of the composite cathode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-young MUN, Jae-myung LEE, Gue-sung KIM, Yoon-sok KANG, Myung-hoon KIM, Jun-ho PARK, Jin-hwan PARK, Jae-gu YOON, Byung-jin CHOI