13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160093795 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate, a lower magnetic shield member, a semiconductor chip, and an upper magnetic shield member. The lower magnetic shield member is provided on the wiring substrate. The semiconductor chip is provided on the lower magnetic shield member. The semiconductor chip includes a magnetic memory element. The upper magnetic shield member is provided on the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is disposed between the upper magnetic shield member and the lower magnetic shield member. The lower magnetic shield member and the upper magnetic shield member include a soft magnetic resin. The lower magnetic shield member and the upper magnetic shield member are in direct contact with each other. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093796 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate, a lower magnetic shield member, a semiconductor chip, and an upper magnetic shield member. The lower magnetic shield member is provided on the wiring substrate. The semiconductor chip is provided on the lower magnetic shield member. The semiconductor chip includes a magnetic memory element. The upper magnetic shield member is provided over the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is disposed between the upper magnetic shield member and the lower magnetic shield member. The lower magnetic shield member and the upper magnetic shield member are in direct contact with each other. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093797 | Vertical Hall Device Comprising a Slot in the Hall Effect Region - A vertical Hall device includes a Hall effect region, a separator, a first plurality of contacts, and a second plurality of contacts. The Hall effect region includes a first straight section, a second straight section that is offset parallel to the first straight section, and a connecting section that connects the first straight section and the second straight section. The separator separates a portion of the first straight section from a portion of the second straight section. The first and second plurality of contacts are arranged in or at the surface of the first and second straight sections, respectively. With respect to a first clock phase of a spinning current scheme, the first plurality of contacts comprises a first supply contact and a first sense contact. The second plurality of contacts comprises a second supply contact and a second sense contact. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093798 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE HAVING PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are a magnetic memory device and a method of forming the same. The magnetic memory device includes a pinned pattern including a coupling enhancement pattern, a polarization enhancement pattern, and a texture blocking pattern located between the coupling enhancement pattern and the polarization enhancement pattern, a free pattern located on the polarization enhancement pattern of the pinned pattern, and a tunnel barrier located between the pinned pattern and the free pattern. The coupling enhancement pattern includes a first enhancement magnetic pattern, a second enhancement magnetic pattern, and a first enhancement non-magnetic pattern located between the first enhancement magnetic pattern and the second enhancement magnetic pattern. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093799 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICES - The inventive concepts provide magnetic memory devices. The device includes a first magnetic pattern provided in one united body on a substrate and having a plurality of through-holes, a plurality of second magnetic patterns spaced apart from each other on the first magnetic pattern, a tunnel barrier between the first magnetic pattern and the second magnetic patterns, top electrodes disposed on the second magnetic patterns, respectively, and a plurality of plugs electrically connecting the top electrodes to the substrate through the through-holes, respectively. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093800 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The memory device also includes a first variable resistance layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The memory device also includes a leakage current suppression layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the first variable resistance layer. The memory device also includes a second variable resistance layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the leakage current suppression layer. The memory device also includes a metal source layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second variable resistance layer. In which metal oxide is contained in at least one of a boundary region in the first variable resistance layer to the leakage current suppression layer and a boundary region in the leakage current suppression layer to the first variable resistance layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093801 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate, a first wiring layer including a first interconnect extending in a first direction which is disposed on the substrate, a second wiring layer including a second interconnect which is disposed so as to extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction above the first wiring layer, a memory cell which is disposed between the first interconnect and the second interconnect, and a pattern which is spaced from the memory cell. The memory cell and the pattern, respectively, includes a resistance change layer which is disposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and an electrode layer which is provided below the second wiring layer and directly above the resistance change layer, and the memory cell further including a metal source layer which is provided between the resistance change layer and the electrode layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093802 | SELF-RECTIFYING RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CELL STRUCTURE - A self-rectifying resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell structure is provided. The self-rectifying RRAM cell structure includes a first electrode. An insulator-metal-transition (IMT) material layer is disposed on the first electrode. A barrier layer is disposed on the IMT material layer. A second electrode is disposed on the barrier layer. The IMT material layer is separated from the second electrode by the barrier layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093803 | Memory Cells and Methods of Forming Memory Cells - Some embodiments include a memory cell that has an electrode, a switching material over the electrode, a buffer region over the switching material, and an ion reservoir material over the buffer region. The buffer region includes one or more elements from Group 14 of the periodic table in combination with one or more chalcogen elements. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093804 | LAMINATE DIFFUSION BARRIERS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and systems having a diffusion barrier for limiting diffusion of a phase change material including an electrode, a phase change material electrically coupled to the electrode, and a carbon and TiN (C:TiN) diffusion barrier disposed between the electrode and the phase change material to limit diffusion of the phase change material are disclosed and described. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093805 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE LAYER OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for producing an electrode layer of an electrical device, wherein the method includes the following steps: providing a quantity of nanoparticles from an electrically conductive material, the surfaces of each of which have a layer of a hygroscopic stabiliser material, preparing a substrate and producing an electrode layer on a substrate surface, wherein the nanoparticles in this context are deposited on the substrate surface and are tempered in a solvent atmosphere of a polar solvent. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093806 | Heterostructure Comprising A Carbon Nanomembrane - A heterostructure comprising at least one carbon nanomembrane on top of at least one carbon layer, a method of manufacture of the heterostructure, and an electronic device, a sensor and a diagnostic device comprising the heterostructure. The heterostructure comprises at least one carbon nanomembrane on top of at least one carbon layer, wherein the at least one carbon nanomembrane has a thickness of 0.5 to 5 nm and the heterostructure has a thickness of 1 to 10 nm. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093807 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE AND N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - The present invention is a material that exhibits excellent properties as an n-type semiconductor, in particular for use in organic thin-film solar cells. The present invention relates to a fullerene derivative represented by formula (1): | 2016-03-31 |
20160093808 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A mixture containing three different compounds that is useful as a stable co-evaporation source material for a vacuum deposition tool is disclosed. The mixture comprises a first compound; a second compound; and a third compound that are all organic compounds and have different chemical structures from each other and each has an evaporation temperature T | 2016-03-31 |
20160093809 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic light emitting device having high emission efficiency and a long continuous driving lifetime. The organic light emitting device includes: an anode; a cathode; and an emitting layer placed between the anode and the cathode, in which: the emitting layer contains an emitting material that emits fluorescence; and in an emission wavelength region of the emitting material, an absorption peak of an absorption spectrum in a minimum excited triplet state of a material having a smallest minimum excited triplet energy out of constituent materials in the emitting layer is absent. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093810 | MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING THE SAME - A material for an organic electroluminescent device and an organic electroluminescent device including the same, the material including a monoamine compound represented by the following Formula 1: | 2016-03-31 |
20160093811 | CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-03-31 |
20160093812 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise a luminescent material having a small singlet-triplet separation in the emitting layer and a material having an LUMO≦−2.55 eV in the adjacent electron-conducting layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093813 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise mixtures of at least one matrix material of the formula (1) and an emitting material which has a small singlet-triplet separation. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093814 | ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-03-31 |
20160093815 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A compound having a structure according Formula Ir(L | 2016-03-31 |
20160093816 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A compound having a structure according to formula Ir(L | 2016-03-31 |
20160093817 | Organometallic Iridium Complex, Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Device, and Lighting Device - An organometallic iridium complex having high emission efficiency and high heat resistance and emitting yellow light is provided as a novel substance. The organometallic iridium complex includes iridium and a ligand and includes a structure represented by General Formula (G1). The ligand includes a 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton and an aryl group bonded to the 4-position of the 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton. The 3-position of the 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton and the aryl group are bonded to the iridium. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093818 | Organometallic Complex, Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Device, and Lighting Device - An organometallic complex emitting light with high color purity. The organometallic complex is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), L represents a monoanionic ligand; R | 2016-03-31 |
20160093819 | FRINGING FIELD ASSISTED DIELECTROPHORESIS ASSEMBLY OF CARBON NANOTUBES - A method of arranging at least one carbon nanotube on a semiconductor substrate includes depositing the at least one carbon nanotube on a dielectric layer of the semiconductor device. The method further includes arranging the at least one carbon nanotube on the dielectric layer in response to applying a voltage potential to an electrically conductive electrode of the semiconductor device, and applying a ground potential to an electrically conductive semiconductor layer of the semiconductor device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093820 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display (OLED) device can include a substrate on which first to third light emitting portions are defined, first electrodes respectively positioned on the first to third light emitting portions, a first stack formed on the first electrodes and including first, second and third light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, an N-type charge generation layer (CGL) positioned on the first stack, a transition metal oxide layer positioned on the N-type CGL, a second stack positioned on the transition metal oxide layer and including fourth, fifth and sixth light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, and a second electrode positioned on the second stack. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093821 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device comprising an anode ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160093822 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRIC FIELD-INDUCED CARRIER GENERATION LAYER - An electric field-induced carrier generation layer including a p-type material and an n-type material is provided. The p-type material and the n-type material are alternately distributed in at least one direction different from a thickness direction of the electric field-induced carrier generation layer. An organic electronic device is also provided. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093823 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is a light-emitting element including a fluorescence-emitting material with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The first organic compound has a function of emitting a thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature. The guest material has a function of emitting fluorescence. A HOMO level of the first organic compound higher than or equal to a HOMO level of the second organic compound. A LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than or equal to a LUMO level of the second organic compound. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093824 | INTERFACE LAYER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Transparent conducting electrodes incorporate an interface layer located on the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer of the electrode. The interface layer offers a suitable surface for deposition of further layers in order to fabricate electronic devices such as electrochromic devices or organic light emitting diodes. Problems such as pinholes and short circuiting, associated with the inherent roughness of the TCO layer, are reduced. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093825 | CURABLE ORGANO POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ENCAPSULANT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A curable organo polysiloxane composition, an encapsulant, and an electronic device, the composition including at least one compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and having a number average molecular weight of less than about 4,000, at least one first siloxane compound including a silicon-bonded hydrogen; and at least one second siloxane compound including a silicon-bonded alkenyl group: | 2016-03-31 |
20160093826 | LOW TEMPERATURE VISCOSITY TRANSITION COMPOSITION, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A low-temperature viscosity transition (LVT) composition, including a tantalum oxide, a display apparatus including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093827 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light-emitting display device is provided. The device can include a display area having an organic light-emitting element on a lower substrate; a bezel area surrounding the display area; a transparent encapsulation unit having first and second encapsulation layers, and a first particle cover; and a first buffer layer. The first encapsulation layer can cover the display area and the bezel area. The first particle cover layer can cover the display area and a portion of the bezel area adjacent to the display area. The first buffer layer, apart from the first particle cover layer, can cover another portion of the bezel area. The second encapsulation layer, which covers the first particle cover layer and the first buffer layer, contacts the first encapsulation layer at a contact surface between the first particle cover layer and the first buffer layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093828 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light-emitting diode display includes an organic light-emitting display device including a first electrode, an intermediate layer including an organic emission layer, and a second electrode; a first inorganic encapsulation layer on the second electrode; a second inorganic encapsulation layer on the first inorganic encapsulation layer; and an organic encapsulation layer on the second inorganic encapsulation layer. A refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation layer is higher than a refractive index of the second inorganic encapsulation layer. The first inorganic encapsulation layer has an extinction coefficient of 0.02 to 0.07 and a refractive index of 2.1 to 2.3 at a blue wavelength. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093829 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device that includes a foreign matter compensation layer on an inorganic layer. A passivation layer and a second inorganic layer are in direct contact with each other at the edge of the substrate. Accordingly, the number of interfaces between the inorganic layers is decreased. Thus, even if the organic light emitting display device is bent, a moisture permeation path, which may be unexpectedly formed, can be minimized. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093830 | ENCAPSULATION FILM AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - Provided are an encapsulation film, a product for encapsulating an organic electronic device (OED) using the same, and a method of encapsulating an OED. The encapsulation film may effectively block moisture or oxygen permeating into the OED from an external environment, provide high reliability due to increases in a lifespan and durability of the OED, and minimize align errors in a process of attaching the film to a substrate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093831 | THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION UNIT, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film encapsulation unit including an inorganic layer, a first organic layer on the inorganic layer and including a light-blocking unit and a light-transmitting unit, and a reflection-preventing layer on the first organic layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093832 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An organic light emitting diode and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting diode includes an anodic conductive layer, an organic EL layer, and a cathodic conductive layer formed from Ag or an alloy of Ag, or the like, sequentially laminated on a substrate, such that a two-dimensional lattice structure is provided on a surface of the cathodic conductive layer on an organic EL layer side, an extraction wavelength and a distance between centers of concave portions or convex portions in the two-dimensional lattice structure are within a region surrounded by specific coordinates in a graph illustrating a relationship between the light extraction wavelength and the distance, and the depth of the concave portions or a height of the convex portions is 12 nm to 180 nm. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093833 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING POLARIZING LAYER - A display device includes: a display panel including a display surface; a polarizing layer disposed on the display surface of the display panel, the polarizing layer including a retardation layer and a linear polarizer; an adhesive resin layer disposed on the polarizing layer, the adhesive resin layer including a light transmissive resin and about 0.3 wt % to about 5 wt % of a UV absorber dispersed in the light transmissive resin; and a window disposed on the adhesive resin layer, wherein the UV absorber is selected from the group including triazine-based compounds, triazole-based compounds, anthranilate-based compounds, tinuvin-based compounds, zinc oxides (ZnO), cerium dioxides (CeO | 2016-03-31 |
20160093834 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DEPOSITION MASK FOR THE APPARATUS - An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate including a light emission area and a non-emission area disposed in an outer portion adjacent the light emission area; a plurality of subpixels disposed in the light emission area of the substrate and including a first electrode, a emission layer, and a second electrode, wherein the plurality of subpixels respectively emit light of different colors; and a plurality of dummy emission layers that are disposed in a non-emission area of the substrate and are of different colors. A first distance between adjacent dummy emission layers of a first color, from among the plurality of dummy emission layers is smaller than a second distance between adjacent subpixels that emit light of the first color, from among the plurality of subpixels. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093835 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - A FET is formed on a semiconductor substrate, a curved surface having a radius of curvature is formed on an upper end of an insulation, a portion of a first electrode is exposed corresponding to the curved surface to form an inclined surface, and a region defining a luminescent region is subjected to etching to expose the first electrode. Luminescence emitted from an organic chemical compound layer is reflected by the inclined surface of the first electrode to increase a total quantity of luminescence taken out in a certain direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093836 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A method for producing an organic electroluminescent element including a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode, an organic functional layer unit, and an electrode counter to the transparent electrode disposed in sequence, the method including: forming a preform of an element satisfying the following expression: ΔExy≧0.05, wherein 0° is an angle orthogonal to the transparent substrate and ΔExy represents a chromaticity difference of a reflected color measured at a tilted angle within a range of 0 to 80° with respect to the transparent substrate; and irradiating a specific region of the preform of the element with light. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093837 | Efficient Battery Pouch - The present disclosure discloses a battery pouch that includes a cavity. The battery pouch also includes a first transition between a first side of the battery pouch and a second side of the battery pouch. The first side of the battery pouch includes a first sealed portion having a minimum threshold distance between the cavity and the edge of the battery pouch. More specifically, the first sealed portion is located between a first outer edge of the cavity and a first outer edge of the battery pouch. The battery pouch also includes a second side having a second sealed portion with minimum threshold distance. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093838 | FLEXIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - An electrochemical device includes a plurality of electrode assemblies arranged spaced apart from each other in a same direction and a casing member which packages the electrode assemblies, in which the casing member includes a plurality of accommodation portions which accommodates the electrode assemblies, respectively, and a connecting portion which connects between two adjacent accommodation portions, a thickness of the connecting portion is less than a thickness of the accommodation portions, and the connecting portion is bent defining a curved bending portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093839 | POUCH-TYPE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a pouch-type battery that includes an exterior packaging member having an accommodating space in which an electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated and which has a curved shape at least in a first direction. The exterior packaging member includes a first film member on which a cup section having the accommodating space inside is provided, a second film member disposed to face the first film member, and a sealing section around the cup section, with which the first and second film members are bonded to each other and the accommodating space is sealed. A top surface of the cup section of the first film member has a curved shape and is provided with a plurality of concave portions or convex portions, and the sealing section has a curved shape in the first direction and is configured of a flat surface on which neither concave portion nor convex portion is provided. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093840 | PACKAGING FILM FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, TUBE-TYPE PACKAGING MEMBER, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A packaging film is formed by a laminated film including a plurality of layers, and is configured to be bent into a tube-shape to form a tube-type packaging member having flexibility. Further, the packaging film includes an innermost layer, an outermost layer, and a barrier layer arranged between innermost layer and the outermost layer, as the plurality of layers. The barrier layer is a metallic layer. The innermost layer and the outermost layer are each formed by a thermal fusion resin layer. An adhesive agent bonding overlapped adjacent layers of the plurality of layers has electrolyte resistance. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093841 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided an energy storage device including: an electrode body; a lid portion; and a case main body having a body portion in a shape of a container which is open on one end side and for housing the electrode body inside itself and a sealing portion for surrounding and retaining the lid portion from an outer periphery on the opening side of the body portion, wherein an outside diameter of the sealing portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the body portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093842 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a housing that defines an inner volume and includes an airflow path from an aperture formed in a first end member of the housing, through the inner volume, and to an aperture formed in a second end member of the housing; a plurality of power cells mounted in the inner volume of the housing, each of the power cells including a vent member at an end of the power cell; and a flame arrestor mounted across the airflow path and between the plurality of power cells and the aperture formed in the second end member of the housing. The flame arrestor includes a screen that includes a plurality of fluid pathways sized to allow an airflow from the airflow path through the fluid pathways and sized to impede a combusted fluid to pass therethrough. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MODULAR BATTERY PACK - A modular battery pack system includes a chassis for selective insertion and removal of a plurality of battery cells. The chassis includes a plurality of battery cell compartments, a backplane assembly, and one or more mechanical actuators. The plurality of battery cell compartments are each configured to receive a battery cell. The backplane assembly is configured to provide electrical connection from one or more batteries in the plurality of battery cell compartments to a load. The one or more mechanical actuators are configured to selectively establish electrical communication between the backplane assembly and the one or more batteries when the battery cell is within one of the plurality of battery compartments. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093844 | BATTERY STACK - A first end plate is disposed at one end, in a stacking direction, of a stacked body of secondary battery cells. A second end plate is disposed at the other end, in the stacking direction, of the stacked body of the secondary battery cells. A restraining member is joined to the first end plate and the second end plate. The restraining member applies, to the first end plate and the second end plate, restraint loads that sandwich and restrain the stacked body from both sides in the stacking direction. The first end plate is movable relative to the second end plate in the state where the restraining member is joined to both the first end plate and the second end plate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093845 | FREE FLOATING BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE - Present embodiments include a lithium ion battery module having a lineup of prismatic lithium ion battery cells positioned within a cell receptacle area of a housing of the lithium ion battery module. The prismatic battery cells of the lineup are spaced apart from one another in a spaced arrangement by fixed protrusions extending from internal surfaces of the housing forming the cell receptacle area, and the fixed protrusions extend inwardly to form a plurality of discontinuous slots across a width of the cell receptacle area. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093846 | SEMI-RIGID BATTERY PACKS - An electronic device having a semi-rigid battery pack is disclosed. The semi-rigid battery pack offers an internal power supply with relatively high energy density (energy per volume) with a stiff cover covering the battery pack to shield other internal components from the battery pack. The cover may also be formed with a larger dimension than that of the battery pack such that when the battery pack undergoes a swelling event, the battery pack increases its volume while still be contained by the cover. In this manner, other internal components may be positioned proximate to the cover without being affected by the battery pack. In another embodiment, a mold member covers an outer peripheral portion and supports the battery pack while allowing the battery pack to undergo a swelling event. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093847 | TRACTION BATTERY ASSEMBLY - A traction battery assembly for a vehicle includes an array of cells stacked on a tray. The array of cells defines opposing longitudinal sides and opposing lateral sides. First and second L-shaped components are attached to the tray. Each of the components includes an end wall and a sidewall that are integrally formed to define a substantially 90° corner. The first and second components are attached together such that each of the sidewalls is disposed adjacent one of the longitudinal sides and each of the end walls is disposed adjacent one of the lateral sides to form a housing around the tray that has an open top and an open bottom. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093848 | MODULAR APPROACH FOR ADVANCED BATTERY MODULES HAVING DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS - Present embodiments include a series of lithium battery modules having a plurality of electrochemical cells having different electrical characteristics such as voltages and/or capacities. The battery modules are each constructed using components, architectures, production methods, among other things, in common with each other. The lithium ion battery modules may include a first battery module type having a first capacity and a first voltage, a second battery module type having a second capacity and a second voltage, and, in some embodiments, additional battery module types (e.g., a third battery module type having a third capacity and a third voltage) having different voltages and/or capacities. The lithium ion battery modules may all have the same footprint. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093849 | BATTERY MODULE COMPRESSED CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery module includes a housing including a first interior surface, a second interior surface opposite the first interior surface, and a compressed cell assembly disposed within an interior space of the housing between the first and second interior surfaces. The compressed cell assembly includes a plurality of prismatic battery cells arranged in a cell stack that includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a retaining wall disposed between the first end of the cell stack and the first interior surface of the housing. The retaining wall includes a first surface in contact with the first end of the cell stack and a second surface opposite the first surface that contacts the first interior surface of the housing. The first and second interior surfaces are configured to maintain the compressed cell assembly in a compressed state having a compression force above a predetermined threshold. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093850 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a housing configured to receive a plurality of electrochemical cells, a skeletal frame coupled with the housing, and a framework disposed proximate to the skeletal frame. Moreover, the framework is substantially aligned with the skeletal frame and configured to transfer a force applied to the framework to the skeletal frame. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093851 | BATTERY MODULE WITH INDIVIDUALLY RESTRAINED BATTERY CELLS - The present disclosure includes a battery module that includes a plurality of lithium ion battery cells disposed within a battery module packaging. Each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells is individually held in place within the battery module packaging by a restraining medium. The restraining medium conformally covers a substantial portion of the surface of each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells and prevents each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells from expanding during operation of the battery module. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093852 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE WITH FREE FLOATING PRISMATIC BATTERY CELLS - Present embodiments include a lithium ion battery module having a lineup of prismatic lithium ion battery cells positioned within a cell receptacle area of a housing of the lithium ion battery module. The prismatic battery cells of the lineup are spaced apart from one another in a spaced arrangement by fixed protrusions extending from internal surfaces of the housing forming the cell receptacle area, and the fixed protrusions extend inwardly to form a plurality of discontinuous slots across a width of the cell receptacle area. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093853 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module of the present invention includes: a battery group configured of a plurality of cylindrical batteries; a holder configured to retain the battery group so that the respective batteries are bundled in parallel to each other; and a casing being closed by the holder and including a storing space for housing the battery group, wherein the casing includes an opposing wall portion facing the holder, the opposing wall portion includes hole portions that retain the batteries by peripheries or inner circumferential surfaces of the hole portions, and guiding portions formed on the peripheries or the inner circumferential surfaces of the hole portions and configured to guide the batteries by causing the batteries to come closer to centers of the hole portions, such that central axis lines of the batteries pass through the centers of the hole portions, upon when the batteries are inserted into the storing space. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093854 | PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL ENERGY DENSITY FOR A LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE - Present embodiments include a lithium ion battery module and associated lithium ion battery cells. The lithium ion battery cells include a prismatic cell casing enclosing electrochemically active components. The cell thickness, the cell width, the cell length, and the electrochemically active components are such that the lithium ion battery cell has a volumetric energy density between 82 Watt-hours per Liter (Wh/L) and 153 Wh/L, and has a nominal voltage between 2.0 V and 4.2 V. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093855 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS - An energy storage apparatus includes: a housing which has a container body and a lid portion provided with external connection terminals; an energy storage module which is arranged in the housing, the energy storage module having a cell stack; a bolt which restricts movement of the energy storage module with respect to a bottom wall of the container body; and a support member which restricts movement of the energy storage module with respect to the lid portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093856 | BATTERY MODULE RETENTION STRUCTURE - A battery module mounting system includes a housing of the battery module configured to receive a plurality of electrochemical cells, a lid coupled to a side of the housing, and a cage configured to secure the housing to a vehicle. Additionally, the cage includes a coupling mechanism configured to engage with the lid in a tongue and groove configuration to block movement of the housing in at least three directions when engaged. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093857 | BATTERY MODULE VENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A battery module includes a housing having an interior defined by multiple sides, one side of which is a lid. The battery module also includes lithium ion electrochemical cells disposed in the housing, each cell having a vent through which gases may be vented. Moreover, the battery module includes a first chamber defined by interior aspects of the housing. Furthermore, the first chamber receives vented gases directed in a first direction from the electrochemical cells. In addition, the battery module includes a surface of the first chamber. The surface is configured to direct the vented gases in a second direction. The battery module also includes a second chamber defined partially by the lid. The second chamber receives the vented gases from the first chamber and directs the vented gases from the housing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093858 | SEPARATOR AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A separator according to the embodiment includes a porous base material having a thermoplastic resin. The porous base material has a heat-resistant porous layer on at least one surface thereof. The heat-resistant porous layer contains inorganic particles, a resin, and sulfur. A lithium ion secondary battery according to the embodiment, includes: the separator interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution. The heat-resistant porous layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the porous base material. Sulfur is distributed unevenly in the heat-resistant porous layer so as to exist in larger amount near a surface thereof opposite to the porous base material. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093859 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device includes: an electrode having a composite layer formed by applying a composite directly or indirectly onto a substrate and a non-applied portion, onto which the composite is not applied; and a separator layered on the electrode to face the composite layer. Here, a drawn area is formed in at least. a part of the non-applied portion, and an intermediate layer is interposed at least between the drawn area and the composite layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093860 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device includes a positive electrode provided with a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, a negative electrode provided with a negative composite layer containing a negative active material, and a separator partitioning between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a substrate uniaxially drawn into a sheet shape and a coating layer coating at least one of surfaces of the substrate, and the coating layer has an anisotropic structure with orientation in a direction different from a drawing direction of the substrate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093861 | BATTERY BUSBAR FOR CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION - A power supply system for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The power supply system includes a number of battery cells distributed between a number of structural support members of a housing of the portable electronic device. The battery cells of the power supply can be separated so that they can be individually installed between the structural support members of the housing. After installing the battery cells a battery busbar of the power supply system can be subsequently slid through openings defined by the structural support members so that the battery busbar can electrically couple together battery cells separated by structural support members. The battery busbar can also be electrically coupled to a battery management unit of the power supply system, which can also be separated from the battery cells by a structural support member. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093862 | BUS BAR ASSEMBLY CARRIER - A battery module includes a housing having an opening and a plurality of electrochemical cells disposed in the housing. The plurality of electrochemical cells have electrode terminals. The battery module also includes a carrier defined by an outside boundary and coupled to the plurality of electrochemical cells. The outside boundary of the carrier and the housing are in a nested arrangement. The battery module also includes a bus bar assembly disposed on the carrier, the bus bar assembly includes bus bars that electrically couple the electrode terminal of one of the plurality of electrochemical cells to a respective electrode terminal of another one of the plurality of electrochemical cells. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093863 | BATTERY MODULE BUS BAR CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure includes a battery module having a first electrochemical cell with a first terminal and a second electrochemical cell having a second terminal. The battery module also includes a bus bar connection electrically connecting the first and second electrochemical cells. The bus bar connection includes a first adapter covering at least a portion of the first terminal of the first electrochemical cell, where the first adapter includes a first recess positioned proximate to the first terminal, and a second adapter covering at least a portion of the second terminal of the second electrochemical cell, where the second adapter includes a second recess positioned proximate to and at least partially aligned with the first recess. Further, the bus bar connection includes a bus bar that spans between the first recess of the first adapter and the second recess of the second adapter to create an electrical path. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093864 | BUS BAR MODULE - A bus bar module of the present invention is disposed on one end side of each battery in a battery group consisting of a plurality of batteries having terminals at their ends in a longitudinal direction. The bus bar module includes a bus bar made of a conductive metal and electrically connecting the terminals of the respective batteries in the battery group; and an insulating laminate portion that is laminated, at least on an inner surface of the bus bar, among the inner surface facing the ends of the batteries and an outer surface on an opposite side of the inner surface of the bus bar. The insulating laminate portion has an insulating material comprising thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093865 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery, includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate in an opening of the case to seal the case, including a terminal hole, and connected to the first electrode through a lead tab; and first and second electrode terminals electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and protruding away from the cap plate, the first electrode terminal including plurality of lead terminals connected to the cap plate, and a plate terminal supported by the plurality of lead terminals to be spaced apart from the cap plate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093866 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode, a case for accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate in an opening of the case to seal the case, and electrode terminals electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, each electrode terminal having a rivet terminal extending through a terminal hole in the cap plate, a first end of the rivet terminal being electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a second end of the rivet terminal protruding out of the cap plate and including a protruding portion, and a conductive terminal coupled to the protruding portion of the rivet terminal, the conductive terminal and the protruding portion of the rivet terminal including different metals. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093867 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes a case; an electrode assembly accommodating the case; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case; terminals electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and penetrating the cap plate; terminal plates on the cap plate and coupled to a respective one of the terminals; and a connecting member including a sinuous body located between the cap plate and the terminal plate to electrically couple the cap plate and the terminal plate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093868 | BATTERY TERMINAL - A battery terminal includes a terminal body and a component terminal. The terminal body is connected to a rod-like electrode which projects from a terminal mounting surface of a battery and extends toward an outer periphery of the terminal mounting surface. An external fuse (electrical component) is connected to the component terminal. The terminal body and the component terminal are formed by being cut integrally from a single plate made of a conductive metal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093869 | BATTERY TERMINAL, FUSE UNIT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUSE UNIT - A battery terminal includes a terminal main body provided in opposed plates thereof as a pair, formed by folding approximately in a U shape a strip plate made of a conductive metal, respectively with electrode insertion holes in which a rod-like electrode projecting from a terminal attaching surface in a battery is sequentially inserted, and formed to extend toward an outer edge of the terminal attaching surface at time of being connected to the rod-like electrode, and a joint joining the pair of the opposed plates in a state in which the opposed plates surface-contact and overlap each other on an opposite side of a folded part as seen from the electrode insertion hole. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093870 | BATTERY MODULE WATER MANAGEMENT FEATURES - The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing configured to receive one or more electrochemical cells. The housing includes a bottom internal surface and a recessed portion disposed in the bottom internal surface and proximate to a low point on the bottom internal surface, wherein the recessed portion defines an airspace configured to retain fluid within the housing away from the one or more electrochemical cells. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093871 | A LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY WITH REPLACEABLE ELECTRODES - A li-ion battery with replaceable electrodes is provided. The battery compromises operation space to make the electrode sheets replaceable and side chamber to vent electrolyte through electrolyte pipeline for stopping reactions inside the battery. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093872 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRODES AND ELECTRODES MADE USING SUCH A METHOD - A method for the manufacturing of electrodes with at least one porous surfacial layer comprising anisotropic electrochemically active particles. It also relates to electrodes made using such a method. The method comprises the following steps: (a) coupling of paramagnetic nanoparticles to said active particles for the generation of composites; (b) preparation of a slurry of said composites, including a solvent mixed with a binder able to release a volatile component; (c) application of said slurry to a substrate to form a film; (d) application of a magnetic field to the film and orienting said active particles leading to a substrate in which said active particles are arranged with their shortest axes aligned along a preferred axis parallel to said substrate; (e) during or after application of said magnetic field evaporation of said solvent with solidification of the binder and release of said volatile component under formation of said surfacial layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093873 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SOURCE FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - A method and apparatus for manufacturing electrochemical cells. The apparatus and method includes the modification of solid phase material used in electrochemical cells, such as batteries, into a viscous phase for ease of metering and dispensing onto a hot wall reactor to create a substantially uniform cloud of vapor to be deposited on a substrate or other stacks of cells in a continuous or semi-continuous process and having the useful advantage of depositing large volumes of materials for economical manufacturing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093874 | FLASH EVAPORATION OF SOLID STATE BATTERY COMPONENT - In an example, the present invention provides a method for forming a film of material for a solid state battery or other energy storage device. The method includes providing a first precursor species, and providing a second precursor species. The method also includes transferring the first precursor species through a first nozzle and outputting the first precursor species in a first molecular form and transferring the second precursor species through a second nozzle and outputting the second precursor species in a second molecular form. The method includes causing formation of first plurality of particles, ranging from about first diameter to about a second diameter, by intermixing the first precursor species with the second precursor species. The method also includes cooling the first plurality of particles at a rate of greater than 100° C./s to a specified temperature. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093875 | ELECTRODE COMPLEX, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE COMPLEX, AND LITHIUM BATTERY - An electrode complex includes: a complex which includes a porous active material molded body which is formed by being three-dimensionally connected with a plurality of particulate active material particles containing a lithium double oxide and a plurality of particulate noble metal particles containing a noble metal with a melting point of 1000° C. or higher and includes a communication hole, and a solid electrolyte layer formed on the surface of the active material molded body containing the communication hole of the active material molded body; and a current collector which is provided by being bonded to the active material molded body on one surface of the complex. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093876 | LixMn2O4-y(Clz) SPINEL CATHODE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM AND LI-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS CONTAINING THE SAME - A method of preparing a homogeneously dispersed chlorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB | 2016-03-31 |
20160093877 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A positive electrode collector includes a main body layer and a surface layer. The surface layer is provided at least at a portion of a surface of the main body layer where the positive electrode mixture layer is provided, and is made of a carbon material. A first positive electrode active material is made of first lithium complex oxide having a layered crystal structure. A second positive electrode active material includes a particle made of second lithium complex oxide having an olivine crystal structure, a carbon film provided at least at a part of a surface of the particle, and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon film. A conducting agent in the positive electrode mixture layer includes a carbon particle and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon particle. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093878 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY - An electrode material including electrode active material particles having a carbonaceous film formed on the surfaces thereof in which the coatability of the carbonaceous film can be guaranteed even when a crushing process is carried out, and the rate characteristics and the like are not degraded during charge and discharge, an electrode and a lithium ion battery having excellent charge and discharge characteristics for which the electrode material is used are provided. The electrode material includes electrode active material particles having a carbonaceous film formed on surfaces thereof, and an affinity value to N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone measured through pulse NMR is in a range of 5000 to 20000. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093879 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative active material including: a composite particle including a non-carbonaceous nanoparticle that allows lithiation and delithiation of lithium ions, and a (meth)acryl polymer disposed on a surface of the non-carbonaceous nanoparticle; and a crystalline carbonaceous nanosheet. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093880 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE AND ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrode, which comprises drying an electrode sheet including a current collector and an electrode active material slurry coated to the current collector and containing an electrode active material, a binder and a solvent, wherein the electrode sheet is dried by a mid-infrared lamp which irradiates mid-infrared rays with a wavelength of 1 μm to 3 μm to the electrode sheet, and a surface temperature of the electrode sheet has a constant region in the range of 50° C. to 70° C. Since an electrode is dried by using a mid-infrared lamp, the electrode may be uniformly dried, and an adhesion force between the electrode active material layer and the current collector may be greatly improved, which allows great enhancement of characteristics of a battery to which the electrode is applied. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093881 | SPHERICAL PARTICLES, PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE - Spherical particles comprising
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20160093882 | Positive Electrode Active Material for Lithium Secondary Battery - Provided is a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode active material which operates at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V, and a novel positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which can further enhance the output characteristics. Proposed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including positive electrode active material particles obtained by equipping the entire surface or a part of the surface of lithium manganese-containing composite oxide particles (also referred to as the “core particles”) operating at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V in a metal Li reference potential with a layer A containing at least Ti, Al, Zr, or two or more kinds of these, and C. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093883 | SURFACE MODIFICATION OF ACTIVE MATERIAL STRUCTURES IN BATTERY ELECTRODES - Provided herein are methods of processing electrode active material structures for use in electrochemical cells or, more specifically, methods of forming surface layers on these structures. The structures are combined with a liquid to form a mixture. The mixture includes a surface reagent that chemically reacts and forms a surface layer covalently bound to the structures. The surface reagent may be a part of the initial liquid or added to the mixture after the liquid is combined with the structures. In some embodiments, the mixture may be processed to form a powder containing the structures with the surface layer thereon. Alternatively, the mixture may be deposited onto a current collecting substrate and dried to form an electrode layer. Furthermore, the liquid may be an electrolyte containing the surface reagent and a salt. The liquid soaks the previously arranged electrodes in order to contact the structures with the surface reagent. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093884 | HIGH CAPACITY PRELITHIATION REAGENTS AND LITHIUM-RICH ANODE MATERIALS - Described here is a method for making an anode of a rechargeable battery, comprising incorporating a composition comprising Li | 2016-03-31 |
20160093885 | TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material that can simultaneously improve the capacity characteristics, output characteristics, and cycling characteristics of a rechargeable battery when used as cathode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery. After performing nucleation by controlling an aqueous solution for nucleation that includes a metal compound that includes at least a transition metal and an ammonium ion donor so that the pH value becomes 12.0 to 14.0 (nucleation process), nuclei are caused to grow by controlling aqueous solution for particle growth that includes the nuclei so that the pH value is less than in the nucleation process and is 10.5 to 12.0 (particle growth process). When doing this, the reaction atmosphere in the nucleation process and at the beginning of the particle growth process is a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and in the particle growth process, atmosphere control by which the reaction atmosphere is switched from this non-oxidizing atmosphere to an oxidizing atmosphere, and is then switched again to a non-oxidizing atmosphere is performed at least one time. Cathode active material is obtained with the composite hydroxide particles that are obtained by this kind of crystallization reaction as a precursor. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093886 | Lithium-sulfur cell and battery - A lithium-sulfur cell for a battery includes: a negative electrode; a positive electrode; and at least one diffusion barrier situated between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. At least one of the negative and positive electrodes includes a porous graphite foil made of expanded graphite, and the at least one diffusion barrier is composed of a brittle material having a thickness of ≧10 μm. At least two lithium-sulfur cells are provided in an interconnected arrangement in a battery. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093887 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR SULFUR-LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND SULFUR-LITHIUM ION BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrode assembly for sulfur-lithium ion batteries that uses a lithium-containing compound as a cathode active material and a sulfur-containing compound as an anode active material and a sulfur-lithium ion battery including the same. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093888 | MANUFACTURING CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A cathode material which does not easily deteriorate when used in batteries, a method for producing cathode materials, a cathode, and a lithium ion battery are provided. A cathode material including a cathode active material, in which the cathode active material is expressed by Li | 2016-03-31 |
20160093889 | CATHODE MATERIALS FOR SECONDARY (RECHARGEABLE) LITHIUM BATTERIES - The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO | 2016-03-31 |
20160093890 | ZINC ELECTRODES FOR BATTERIES - A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge in an inert atmosphere to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and heating the oxidized sponge in an inert atmosphere at above the melting point of the zinc. A method of: providing an emulsion comprising a zinc powder and a liquid phase; placing the emulsion into a mold, wherein the emulsion is in contact with a metal substrate; and drying the emulsion to form a sponge. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093891 | CERIUM OXIDE MODIFIED ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON CATALYST FOR FORMIC ACID OXIDATION IN DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS - Electrocatalysts for the anode electro-oxidation of formic acid in direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs). The Pd-, Pt- or PdPt-based electrocatalysts contain CeO | 2016-03-31 |
20160093892 | ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are an electrode for fuel cell including a support with improved durability and capable of suppressing poisoning of catalyst particles by ionomer, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method at least includes: performing heat treatment of a support made of mesoporous carbon having a crystallite diameter Lc at 002 plane that is 1.5 nm or less, at 1,700° C. or more and less than 2,300° C.; supporting catalyst particles at least inside of the support subjected to the heat treatment; and applying ionomer to the support supporting the catalyst particles for coating. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093893 | CATHODE DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL - An electrode for a fuel cell is disclosed. More particularly, the electrode includes a porous substrate and nitrogen-doped graphene included in the substrate. A method for making the electrode is also disclosed. The method involves providing a porous substrate and forming nitrogen-doped graphene in the substrate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093894 | FUEL CELL AND MOVING BODY - A fuel cell includes a catalyst layer containing a polymer electrolyte and catalyst-carrying carbon. A value of an initial weight ratio of the polymer electrolyte to the catalyst-carrying carbon in the catalyst layer is set to a value that is smaller by 0.1 to 0.2 than a value of a weight ratio of the polymer electrolyte to the catalyst-carrying carbon in the catalyst layer which maximizes a maximum output of the fuel cell in a state where the polymer electrolyte is not swollen. | 2016-03-31 |