16th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160111631 | VERTICAL HALL SENSORS WITH REDUCED OFFSET ERROR - A semiconductor chip for measuring a magnetic field based on the Hall effect. The semiconductor chip comprises an electrically conductive well having a first conductivity type, in a substrate having a second conductivity type. The semiconductor chip comprises at least four well contacts arranged at the surface of the well, and having the first conductivity type. The semiconductor chip comprises a plurality of buffer regions interleaved with the well contacts and having the first conductivity type. The buffer regions are highly conductive and the buffer region dimensions are such that at least part of the current from a well contact transits through one of its neighboring buffer regions. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111632 | MEMORY CELLS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND METHODS OF FABRICATION - A magnetic cell includes magnetic, secondary oxide, and getter seed regions. During formation, a diffusive species is transferred from a precursor magnetic material to the getter seed region, due to a chemical affinity elicited by a getter species. The depletion of the magnetic material enables crystallization of the depleted magnetic material through crystal structure propagation from a neighboring crystalline material, without interference from the now-enriched getter seed region. This promotes high tunnel magnetoresistance and high magnetic anisotropy strength. Also during formation, another diffusive species is transferred from a precursor oxide material to the getter seed region, due to a chemical affinity elicited by another getter species. The depletion of the oxide material enables lower electrical resistance and low damping in the cell structure. Methods of fabrication and semiconductor devices are also disclosed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111633 | Method and Device for Huge Magnetoresistance in Graphene-Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Segmented Potentials - A graphene-based magnetic tunnel junction is disclosed. The magnetic tunnel junction can enhance the tunnel magnetoresistance ratio and a device including the magnetic tunnel junction. The magnetic tunnel junction includes: a pinned layer; a free layer; and a graphene with segmented potentials configured between the pinned layer and the free layer. The magnetic tunnel junction may be a series or parallel connection of the above-mentioned basic form. The device including a magnetic tunnel junction may be a magnetic random access memory bit cell, a magnetic tunnel junction transistor device, a magnetic field sensor, etc. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111634 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY SPACER FOR PERPENDICULAR MTJS - A perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) apparatus includes a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) enhancement buffer layer deposited between the tunnel barrier layer and the reference layers. An amorphous alloy spacer is deposited between the TMR enhancement buffer layer and the reference layers to enhance TMR. The amorphous alloy spacer blocks template effects of face centered cubic (fcc) oriented pinned layers and provides strong coupling between the pinned layers and the TMR enhancement buffer layer to ensure full perpendicular magnetization. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111635 | DURABLE MINIATURE GAS COMPOSITION DETECTOR HAVING FAST RESPONSE TIME - A miniature oxygen sensor makes use of paramagnetic properties of oxygen gas to provide a fast response time, low power consumption, improved accuracy and sensitivity, and superior durability. The miniature oxygen sensor disclosed maintains a sample of ambient air within a micro-channel formed in a semiconductor substrate. O | 2016-04-21 |
20160111636 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY ELEMENT - A phase-change memory element with an electrically isolated conductor is provided. The phase-change memory element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; a phase-change material layer electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least two electrically isolated conductors, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, directly contacting the phase-change material layers. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111637 | LIVING RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICE - A resistive random access memory device includes a first electrode; a solid metal oxide electrolyte; and a second electrode, the first and second electrodes being respectively arranged on either side of the solid metal oxide electrolyte, the second electrode being capable of supplying mobile ions circulating in the solid metal oxide electrolyte to the first electrode to form a conductive filament between the first and second electrodes when a potential difference is applied between the first and second electrodes. The device further includes an interface layer including a metal oxide, the interface layer extending at least partially onto the first electrode, the solid metal oxide electrolyte extending at least partially onto the interface layer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111638 | SWITCHING ELEMENT, SWITCHING ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - To provide a switching element having excellent operational stability and a high production yield, and a semiconductor device using the switching element, a switching element according to this invention includes a non-volatile resistive-change element, a rectifying element, and an insulating material. The non-volatile resistive-change element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a non-volatile resistive-change layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The rectifying element includes the second electrode, a third electrode, and a volatile resistive-change layer provided between the second electrode and the third electrode. The insulating material is provided at least on the side surface of the third electrode. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111639 | SELECT DEVICE FOR MEMORY CELL APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure includes select devices and methods of using select device for memory cell applications. An example select device includes a first electrode having a particular geometry, a semiconductor material formed on the first electrode and a second electrode having the particular geometry with formed on the semiconductor material, wherein the select device is configured to snap between resistive states in response to signals that are applied to the select device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111640 | RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - A resistive random access memory including two electrode layers and a multi-resistance layer mounted between the two electrode layers. The multi-resistance layer consists essentially of insulating material with oxygen and lithium ions. The number of resistance states of a memory element can be increased by the resistive random access memory to increase the integration density of a memory module having a plurality of memory elements. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111641 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate, a conductive wire provided above the substrate to extend in a first direction and including an end portion decreases in width toward a distal end, and a contact connected to the conductive wire at least a side surface of the end portion. The end portion includes, in the contact, a first portion having a shortest distance from an outer peripheral surface of the contact and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a distance from the outer peripheral surface of the contact longer than the shortest distance. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111642 | HYBRID NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a hybrid non-volatile memory device includes forming first conductive pads; depositing a first conductive layer on a second area of the substrate; etching the first conductive layer to obtain second conductive pads, the second conductive pads having a section at their base smaller than at their top; protecting the upper face of the second conductive pads; oxidizing the substrate so that an insulating material layer covers the upper face of the first conductive pads and sides of the second conductive pads; depositing an oxide layer at the tops of the first conductive pads, resulting in memory elements of a first type supported by the first conductive pads; and forming memory elements of a second type at the tops of the second conductive pads Each memory element of the second type is supported by one of the second conductive pads. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111643 | TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR FORMED NEW SURFACE ELECTRONIC STATE AND THE PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure describes a topological insulator having a new surface electronic state and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a topological insulator having a new surface electronic state, the topological insulator including a unimolecular metal layer formed on a 3D topological insulator, and a method of preparing a topological insulator having a new surface electronic state, the method including: heating and cooling at least one selected from the group consisting of tellurium (Te) and selenium (Se), and bismuth (Bi) to prepare an alloy; and forming a unimolecular metal layer on the alloy. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111644 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, and the hole transport region includes an amine-based compound represented by Formula 2: | 2016-04-21 |
20160111645 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE OF ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a substrate of an organic light-emitting display device, the method including: forming, on a first surface of a transparent substrate, a photothermal conversion layer configured to covert incident light into thermal energy; forming partition walls on the first surface in a first region of the photothermal conversion layer, the partition walls including a photosensitive compound including a resorcinarene, the resorcinarene including a perfluorocarbon group; forming an organic material layer on the first surface in a second region of the photothermal conversion layer, the second region being defined by the partition walls; removing the partition walls; placing a target substrate over the organic material layer; and applying light to a second surface of the transparent substrate, the second surface being opposite the first surface of the transparent substrate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111646 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MODULE - An organic electroluminescent element includes a support substrate having thereon at least two light emitting units each containing one or a plurality of organic functional layers and at least one intermediate metal layer having a light-transmitting property. The intermediate metal layer is arranged between the light emitting units. At least one organic functional layer in each light emitting unit has a region wherein a light emission function is modulated and another region wherein the light emission function is not modulated by being patterned with a mask during the step of forming the organic functional layer, and by being additionally patterned by light irradiation after formation of the organic functional layer. The at least two light emitting units are able to be electrically driven independently or simultaneously. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111647 | COMPOSITION CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS SOLUBILITY, HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL COMPOSITION, AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a composition containing a polymer oroligomer (A) having a repeating unit with hole transport properties and also having a thienylgroup which may have a substituent, and an initiator (B), wherein the solubility of the composition is capable of being changed by applying heat, light, or both heat and light. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111648 | Spirally Configured Cis-Stilbene/Fluorene Hybrid Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diode - The present invention provides a series of spirally configured cis-stilbene/fluorene hybrid materials, which are spirally-configured cis-stilbene/fluorene derivatives having glass transition temperatures ranged from 105° C. to 130° C., decomposition temperatures ranged from 385° C. to 415° C., reversible electron transport property, and balanced charges motilities. Moreover, a variety of experimental data have proved that the yellow fluorescent, the green phosphorescent, the yellow phosphorescent, and the red phosphorescent OLEDs using this spirally configured cis-stilbene/fluorene derivatives as the electron transport layers having hole blocking functions can indeed show excellent EQE, current efficiency, power efficiency, maximum luminance, and device lifetime performances much better than the conventional or commercial yellow fluorescent, green phosphorescent, yellow phosphorescent, and red phosphorescent OLEDs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111649 | SPIRALLY CONFIGURED CIS-STILBENE/FLUORENE HYBRID MATERIALS AS HOLE-BLOCKING TYPE ELECTRON-TRANSPORTERS FOR OLED - An OLED (organic light emitting diode) comprises a series of spirally configured cis-stilbene/fluorene hybrid materials. The spirally configured cis-stilbene/fluorene hybrid materials are spirally-configured cis-stilbene/fluorene derivatives having the functions to block holes and constructed by at least one cis-Stilbene based component and at least one fluorene based component. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111650 | SPACE-THROUGH CHARGE TRANSFER COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Discussed is a space-through charge transfer compound including a naphthalene core; an electron donor moiety selected from carbazole and phenylcarbazole; and an electron acceptor moiety selected from pyridine, diazine, triazole, and phenyl benzodiazole, wherein the electron donor moiety and the electron acceptor moiety are combined to first and eighth positions of the naphthalene core with a benzene linker, respectively. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111651 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor compound and an n-type semiconductor compound, and the organic photoelectric device satisfies Equation 1, and has external quantum efficiency (EQE) of greater than or equal to about 40% at −3 V. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111652 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The OLED in the present invention comprises an anode, a cathode, and one or multiple organic layers, and the organic layer at least contains one kind of material with the following chemical formula I. The OLEDs made by this organic light emitting material have advantages such as good light emitting efficiency, excellent color purity and long lifetime. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111653 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A material for an organic electroluminescent device is represented by the following General Formula (1). The organic electroluminescent device may be driven at a low voltage and may have high emission efficiency and long life. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111654 | Semiconducting Material Comprising Aza-Substituted Phosphine Oxide Matrix and Metal Salt - The present invention relates to a semiconducting material including at least one salt or complex of a metal cation and an aza-substituted phosphine oxide compound with improved electrical properties, and to a compound suitable for this organic semiconducting material and an electronic device utilizing the improved electrical properties of the semiconducting material. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111655 | AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic EL device includes an anode, an emitting layer, an electron transporting zone and a cathode in this sequence, in which the electron transporting zone contains an aromatic heterocyclic derivative represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), X | 2016-04-21 |
20160111656 | COMPOUND FOR HOLE-TRANSPORT AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A compound for preparing a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting device, and a flat display apparatus, the compound including a —N | 2016-04-21 |
20160111657 | CARBAZOLE-BASED COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A carbazole compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-04-21 |
20160111658 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode including a first compound represented by one of Chemical Formulae 1-A to 1-D and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2: | 2016-04-21 |
20160111659 | DELAYED FLUORESCENCE COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Discussed is a delayed fluorescence compound of Formula 1: | 2016-04-21 |
20160111660 | DELAYED FLUORESCENCE COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Discussed is a delayed fluorescence compound including a first electron donor moiety of indolo-[3,2,1-j,k]carbazole; a second electron donor moiety selected from indolo-[3,2,1-j,k]carbazole, carbazole, or triphenylamine; and an electron acceptor moiety selected from dibenzothiophene sulfone or diphenyl sulfone, wherein the first and second electron donor moieties are combined to the electron acceptor moiety, and the electron acceptor moiety is combined to a third position or a sixth position of the first electron donor moiety. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111661 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A compound having a formula M(L | 2016-04-21 |
20160111662 | Optoelectronic Component, Organic Functional Layer, and Method for Producing an Optoelectronic Component - An optoelectronic component includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one organic functional layer, which is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic functional layer includes a matrix material, a first compound, and a second compound. The first compound interacts with the second compound, and the first compound and/or the second compound interacts with the matrix material. A conductivity of the organic functional layer is produced by the interactions. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111663 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer. The emission layer includes an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, and the hole transport region includes a first compound represented by Formula 2. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111664 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes a first host and a dopant, the first host is represented by one selected from Formulae 1 and 2, and the dopant is represented by Formula 7: | 2016-04-21 |
20160111665 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes an organometallic compound of Formula 1 as described in the specification, and the hole transport region includes a first compound of Formula 2A or Formula 2B as described in the specification. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111666 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A transparent display device including a polymer substrate having colored particles distributed therein, a pixel circuit on the polymer substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a display layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode facing the first electrode and covering the display layer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111667 | LAYER-SELECTIVE LASER ABLATION PATTERNING - A method of fabricating an organic electronic device is provided. The organic electronic device has a structure including an upper conductive layer and an underlying layer immediately beneath said upper conducting layer and having at least one solution processable semiconducting layer. The upper conducting layer preferably has a thickness of between 10 nm and 200 nm. The method includes patterning said upper conductive layer of said structure by: laser ablating said upper conductive layer using a pulsed laser to remove regions of upper conductive layer from said underlying layer for said patterning; and wherein said laser ablating uses a single pulse of said laser to substantially completely remove a said region of said upper conductive layer to expose said underlying layer beneath. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111668 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS BASED ON DONOR AND ACCEPTOR NANO-PARTICULATE CONJUGATES IN CONDUCTIVE POLYMER BLENDS - A photovoltaic cell includes a substrate layer, an anode layer on the substrate layer, an active layer on the anode layer, and a cathode layer on the active layer, wherein the active layer comprises a plurality of disparately sized n-type and p-type nano-particles of different semiconductor materials randomly distributed in a conductive polymer blend. The n-type nano-particles can include either ZnO or In | 2016-04-21 |
20160111669 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An organic photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein the cathode is an electrode containing an electrically conductive nano-substance, and the hole injection layer is a layer having a residual film rate of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after water rinse treatment. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111670 | ORGANIC SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME (As Amended) - The present specification provides an organic solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111671 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Display Device, Electronic Appliance, and Lighting Device - A multicolor light-emitting element in which light-emitting layers emitting light of different colors are stacked and color adjustment is easily made is provided. A multicolor light-emitting element which is inexpensive and has favorable emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element in which at least two light-emitting layers emitting light of different colors are formed in contact with each other and the light emitted from the two light-emitting layers is obtained from exciplexes is provided. In addition, the light-emitting element in which the exciplexes emit delayed fluorescence is provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111672 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An organic EL element ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111673 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCIES - An electroluminescent (EL) device is disclosed, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, one or more functional layers, and a conducting layer. The first electrode is transparent and with a high refractive index n | 2016-04-21 |
20160111674 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions defined thereon; and, in each pixel region, at least first, second and third light emitting elements formed on the substrate, each of the first, second, and third light emitting elements including a lower first electrode, an upper first electrode, an organic-light emitting layer, and a second electrode. A ratio of a thickness of the upper first electrode to a thickness of the organic light emitting layer in the first light emitting element is 1:3 to 1:4. A ratio of a thickness of the upper first electrode to a thickness of the organic light emitting layer in the second light emitting element is 1:2.5 to 1:3. A ratio of a thickness of the upper first electrode to a thickness of the organic light emitting layer in the third light emitting element is 1:1.5 to 1:2. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111675 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The invention relates to an OLED( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111676 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - An object of the present invention is to provide a two-sided light emission-type transparent organic electroluminescence element that has flexibility, has a small viewing angle dependence of chromaticity, and can easily adjust the light-emission balance of the two sides. The organic electroluminescence element of the present invention is characterized by being comprised by at least a transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, a second transparent electrode and a transparent sealing substrate, wherein both of the transparent substrate and the transparent sealing substrate have flexibility and are comprised by material(s) selected from an identical group of materials, and the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are comprised by material(s) selected from an identical group of materials. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111677 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes first and second substrates, a display unit on the first substrate, a metal layer on the first substrate and including a plurality of first straight and curved portions arranged to surround the display area, and a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, the sealant at least partially being on the metal layer and including a plurality of second straight and curved portions arranged to surround the display area, wherein the metal layer includes an inner area facing toward the display unit and an outer area outside the inner area in a width direction, the inner area in the first curved portions being thinner in the width direction than the inner area in the first straight portions. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111678 | LIGHT-TRANSMITTING ADHESIVE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A light-transmissive adhesive film includes an adhesive layer in which an elastic modulus in a second area is higher than that in a first area, and also includes release layers on upper and lower portions of the adhesive layer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111679 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device including a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a display unit, which is formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and includes at least one organic light-emitting element; a first sealing unit, which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to surround the display unit; a second sealing unit, which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate along the inner edges of the first sealing unit and includes a plurality of dots disposed apart from one another; and a screen, which is formed on a surface of the second substrate opposite a surface facing the first substrate to cover the second sealing unit. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111680 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a stage supporting a substrate, a deposition gas supplying unit above the substrate, the deposition gas supplying unit spraying a deposition gas onto the substrate, and a first mask between the stage and the deposition gas supplying unit, the first mask including at least two first openings through which the deposition gas selectively passes. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111681 | MASK ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are a mask assembly, an apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The mask assembly includes a mask comprising an opening having a pattern; and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that is coated on at least a portion of the mask. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111682 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a protection layer disposed over and bonded to the first surface of the substrate; and a plurality of pixels formed over the second surface of the substrate. The protection layer comprises a concave-convex pattern. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111683 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flexible display and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a metal peroxide layer over a supporting substrate, forming a metal layer over the metal peroxide layer and forming a flexible substrate over the metal layer. The method also includes forming a display layer over the flexible substrate, irradiating the supporting substrate with laser light in a direction from the supporting substrate to the flexible substrate so as to form a metal oxide layer and separating the supporting substrate from the flexible substrate with the metal oxide layer as a boundary between the supporting substrate and the flexible substrate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111684 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COATINGS AND ENCAPSULATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method is disclosed for forming multi-layered structures on polymeric or other materials that provide optical functions or protect underlying layers from exposure to oxygen and water vapor. Novel devices are also disclosed that may include both multi-layered protective structures and AMOLED display, OLED lighting or photovoltaic devices. The protective multi-layer structure itself may be made by depositing successively on a substrate at least three very thin layers of material with different density or composition. In some methods for deposition of such film, the layers are deposited by varying the energy of ion bombardment per unit thickness of the film Any layer of the structure may include one or more of the materials: silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or metallic nitride or oxide. Specific commercial applications that benefit from this include manufacturing of photovoltaic devices or organic light emitting diode devices (OLED) including lighting and displays. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111685 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting illumination apparatus that may be easily manufactured and may provide high-brightness illumination, and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting illumination apparatus includes: a first flexible substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first flexible substrate and configured to transmit light; an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode and including a light emission layer; a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and configured to transmit light; a second flexible substrate disposed on the second electrode; and a reflector interposed between the second flexible substrate and the second electrode to correspond to a first region of the second flexible substrate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111686 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electro-luminescence display device includes a first substrate, plural pedestals which are provided in a convex shape on the first substrate and have inclined side surfaces, plural first electrodes respectively provided on the respective side surfaces of the pedestals, an organic electro-luminescence film which is provided above the plural pedestals and includes a light-emitting layer laminated on the plural fist electrodes, and a second electrode which is provided above the plural pedestals and is laminated on the organic electro-luminescence film. Light generated in the light-emitting layer is transmitted between a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface. The second electrode includes light transmission parts, through which the light passes, above upper end parts of the pedestals. A surface of the second electrode facing the organic electro-luminescence film is the second reflection surface except for the light transmission parts. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111687 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - There is provided an organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising an organic electroluminescent layer formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, characterised in that organic electroluminescent layer comprises a nano-structured grating pattern provided therein, wherein the grating is configured to modify the refractive index of the electroluminescent layer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111688 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display device is provided. An organic light-emitting display device, including: a substrate; a pixel-defining layer on the substrate and defining a light-emitting region; and an organic light-emitting element over the light-emitting region, wherein the pixel-defining layer includes a first pixel-defining layer on the substrate and a second pixel-defining layer on the first pixel-defining layer, the organic light-emitting element includes a first organic layer contacting the first pixel-defining layer at either end thereof, a second organic layer on the first organic layer and contacting the second pixel-defining layer at either end thereof, and an organic light-emitting layer on the second organic layer, and the first pixel-defining layer is lyophilic. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111689 | ORGANIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE APPARATUS, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE METHOD - An organic layer deposition apparatus, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the same, and an organic light-emitting display device manufactured using the method, and in particular, an organic layer deposition apparatus that is suitable for use in the mass production of a large substrate and enables high-definition patterning, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the same, and an organic light-emitting display device manufactured using the method. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111690 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF - A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, and a protective layer. The substrate includes a display region and a non-display region. The pixel array is located in the display region of the substrate. The peripheral circuit is located in the non-display region. The protective layer is located in the display region and the non-display region. The peripheral circuit and the pixel array are covered by the protective layer. The protective layer in the non-display region has a plurality of openings, which expose the substrate. The apertures of the openings is between 1 μm and 1 mm, and the spacing between the openings is 10 μm and 1 cm. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111691 | BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery cell assembly having first and second rectangular-shaped end plates, a battery cell, and a metal spring clip are provided. The first rectangular-shaped end plate includes first and second grooves, and the second rectangular-shaped end plate includes first and second grooves. The battery cell is disposed between the first and second rectangular-shaped end plates. The metal spring clip has first and second end portions. The first end portion is disposed in the first groove of the first rectangular-shaped end plate, and the second end portion is disposed in the first groove of the second substantially rectangular-shaped end plate to bias the first rectangular-shaped end plate toward the second rectangular-shaped end plate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111692 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - The first case has an outer surface extending portion at which the end edge side of the first case extends toward the second case side at an outer surface side of the main body case, and also has an inner surface extending portion at which the end edge side of the first case extends along an inner surface of the second case, and the outer surface extending portion and the inner surface extending portion of the first case sandwich the step-shaped projection of the second case in a state where the first case and the second case are joined, and upper end edges of the holder side walls support a lower end edge of the inner surface extending portion by contacting. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111693 | Battery Cell Assembly - A battery module includes a number of battery cells, which are connected to each other at connection poles. The battery cells have respective hard shell housings, in which at least one bus bar extends. A number of wound and/or stacked battery cells is electrically contacted by the at least one bus bar. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111694 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Battery assembly, comprising a primary positive battery terminal ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111695 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for manufacturing, a secondary battery separator including a porous resin film in which pores have three-dimensionally ordered structure and are in mutual communication via through-holes. The method includes: uniformly dispersing spherical microparticles having narrow particle size distribution in a dispersion medium to prepare a microparticles-dispersed slurry; drying slurry to obtain a spherical microparticles-dispersed film; heat-treating the film to form a microparticles-resin film in which the microparticles are regularly arrayed in three-dimensions in a resin matrix; and contacting the microparticles-resin film with an organic acid, water, an alkaline solution or an inorganic acid other than hydrofluoric acid to dissolve and remove the microparticles, or heating the microparticles-resin film to remove the microparticles, to form pores which are in mutual communication and regularly arrayed in the resin matrix. The medium has a resin precursor for the resin matrix and surfaces of the microparticles are inactive against the medium. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111696 | METHOD FOR MAKING POLYIMIDE MICROPOROUS SEPARATOR - A method for making a polyimide microporous separator comprising: using a flexible monomer to prepare a soluble polyimide by a one-step method, and forming a polyimide liquid solution; providing an inorganic template of inorganic nanoparticles, and surface treating the inorganic template with a surface treatment agent in an organic solvent to dissolve the inorganic template in the organic solvent, thereby forming an inorganic template liquid dispersion; mixing the polyimide liquid solution with the inorganic template liquid dispersion and agitation to form a film forming liquid; coating the film forming liquid on a substrate to form an organic-inorganic composite film; and disposing the organic-inorganic composite film into a template removing agent, the inorganic template in the organic-inorganic composite film reacting with the template removing agent to remove the inorganic template from the organic-inorganic composite film. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111697 | SINGLE FIBER LAYER STRUCTURE OF MICRON FIBERS APPLIED IN SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY - A single fiber layer structure of micron or nano fibers, and a multi-layer structure of micron and nano fibers are provided. The single fiber layer structure of micron fibers comprises a web of micron fibers and an impregnating resin, and has a pore size of 1 nm-500 nm. The web of micron fibers is formed by plural interweaved micron fibers (D≧1 μm). The single fiber layer structure of nano fibers comprises a web of nano fibers formed by plural interweaved nano fibers (D<1 μm). The multi-layer structure of micron and nano fibers comprises a web of interweaved micron fibers, a web of nano fibers formed by plural nano fibers interweaved on the web of micron fibers, a mixture layer formed by parts of the interweaved nano and micron fibers, and a resin at least impregnating the mixture layer and parts of the micron fibers of the web of micron fibers. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111698 | SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a separator for a rechargeable lithium battery including a porous support including a polymer derived from polyamic acid or a polymer derived from polyimide, wherein the polyamic acid and the polyimide include a repeating unit prepared from aromatic diamine including at least one ortho-positioned functional group relative to an amine group and dianhydride. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111699 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY BLOCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrode assembly block includes a first electrode plate including a first electrode collector plate and a first electrode tab; a first separator on a bottom surface of the first electrode plate and a second separator on a top surface of the first electrode plate, to cover the first electrode collector plate between the first separator and the second separator while allowing a portion of the first electrode tab to be exposed; and a second electrode plate on a bottom surface of the first separator or a top surface of the second separator, the second electrode plate including a second electrode collector plate and a second electrode tab, the second electrode plate corresponding to the first electrode plate, wherein edge regions of the first separator and the second separator are fused together, and the second electrode plate is adhered to the first separator or the second separator. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111700 | ELECTRODE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE - Provided is an electrode including a current collector and an active material layer. The active material layer includes an active material, a film including silicone, a conductive additive, and a binder. The active material is in the form of a particle. The film including silicone covers at least part of the active material. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111701 | Separator and galvanic cell providing robust separation of anode and cathode - A separator having a first polymer diaphragm and a second polymer diaphragm and a layer between the first polymer diaphragm and the second polymer diaphragm including particles featuring low elasticity, the first polymer diaphragm and the second polymer diaphragm being interconnected, which may be periodically, by first support elements. In addition, a galvanic cell and a battery having such a separator are provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111702 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AUXILIARY ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND CAR EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AUXILIARY ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - An auxiliary power storage device for an electric device installed in a vehicle, is connectable to a battery for the electric device in parallel to supply power to a vehicle load installed in the vehicle, and the auxiliary power storage device comprises a power storage portion and a housing case storing the power storage portion, and further the hosing case comprises a hole portion fitted to a terminal portion of the power storage portion, a mountain-shaped projecting portion integrally formed on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the hole portion, and a projecting portion integrally formed along the peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop from intruding into the hole portion from the peripheral portion of the hole portion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111703 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111704 | Multi-Layered Terminal Having Thermal Fuse for a Traction Battery Cell - A vehicle traction battery assembly which may include an array of battery cells is provided. Each of the cells includes terminals of opposite polarity. Each of the terminals may have a plurality of segment layers, and at least one of the segment layers of each of the terminals may have a melting point less than that of adjacent segment layers on either side thereof. One of the cells may be electrically isolated from other of the cells in response to at least one of the segment layers of the terminals of the one of the cells melting. The assembly may also include a housing, and the segment layers having a melting point less than that of adjacent segment layers may be located outside of the housing. The segment layers having a melting point less than that of adjacent segment layers may be located within the housing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111705 | Metal-Air Battery with Expandable Anode - An air cathode battery is provided with a slurry anode. An anode cavity is interposed between the air cathode interior surfaces, with an anode compartment occupying the anode cavity. The anode compartment has a first wall and a second wall, one or both capable of movement. An anode current collector pouch has walls adjacent to interior surfaces of the anode compartment. A zinc slurry occupies an expandable region in the anode compartment between the anode current collector pouch and the anode compartment wall interior surfaces. The anode current collector pouch first wall and second wall contract towards each other in response to expansion in the volume of zinc slurry. In one aspect, the anode compartment first and second walls expand away from each other in response to expansion in the volume of zinc oxide. A replenishable electrolyte source may be used to provide electrolyte to the anode cavity. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111706 | Flowing Electrolyte Battery and Method of Controlling a Flowing Electrolyte Battery - A flowing electrolyte battery can be quickly and safely electrically stripped using electrolyte. The battery includes: a stack comprising a plurality of electrodes; a negative electrolyte circuit coupled to the stack, for circulating negative electrolyte through the stack; a positive electrolyte circuit coupled to the stack, for circulating positive electrolyte through the stack; and a valve coupling the positive electrolyte circuit and the negative electrolyte circuit. The valve includes a closed configuration that prevents flow of electrolyte between the positive electrolyte circuit and the negative electrolyte circuit, and an open configuration that enables flow of electrolyte from at least one of the positive electrolyte circuit and the negative electrolyte circuit to the other of the positive electrolyte circuit and the negative electrolyte circuit. The valve is opened and closed by changes in pressure differences between the positive and the negative electrolyte circuits. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111707 | FABRICATION OF BISCROLLED FIBER USING CARBON NANOTUBE SHEET - Fabrication of yarns or other shaped articles from materials in powder form (or nanoparticles or nanofibers) using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheet as a platform (template). This includes methods for fabricating biscrolled yarns using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheets and biscrolled fibers fabricated thereby. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111708 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - The surface profile of a coating material in a substrate width direction is optimized in coating a substrate with the coating material such as an electrode active material. A gap adjuster configured to adjust a gap between a nozzle for ejecting a coating material and a substrate to be coated with the coating material, a rotation speed adjuster configured to adjust a rotation speed of a pump for pressure-feeding the coating material to the nozzle, a model calculator configured to calculate a surface profile of the coating material based on an end region model and a central region model wherein the end region model models profiles of rising regions in the surface profile of the coating material in a width direction of the substrate and the central region model models a profile of a central region between the rising regions in the surface profile, a comparator configured to compare a predetermined set profile with the surface profile of the coating material calculated by the model calculator, and a control calculator configured to calculate a control amount of at least one of the gap adjuster and the rotation speed adjuster based on a comparison result of the comparator are included. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111709 | METHOD FOR PREPARING AN AMORPHOUS FILM MADE FROM LITHIATED METAL SULFIDE OR OXYSULFIDE - A method of preparing an amorphous film of lithiated metal sulfide or oxysulfide of formula Li | 2016-04-21 |
20160111710 | APPARATUS, SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT UNIT - A fabricating method and a fabricating apparatus for a lithium-ion secondary battery having stable charge characteristics and lifetime characteristics are provided. A positive electrode is subjected to an electrochemical reaction in a large amount of electrolyte solution in advance before a secondary battery is completed. In this manner, the positive electrode can have stability. In a manner similar to that of the positive electrode, a negative electrode is also subjected to the electrochemical reaction in a large amount of the electrolyte solution in advance, whereby a high reliable secondary battery can be manufactured. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111711 | SILICON-CONTAINED MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR USE IN NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A silicon-contained material capable of being doped with lithium and de-doped, wherein when a three-electrode cell produced by using a working electrode including the silicon-contained material as an active material, a reference electrode made of metallic lithium, a counter electrode made of metallic lithium, and an electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity is charged and discharged to graph a relationship between a derivative of a charging or discharging capacity with respect to an electric potential of the working electrode on the basis of the reference electrode and the electric potential, a ratio B/A is 2 or less while current flows in a direction in which the lithium of the silicon-contained material is de-doped in the discharge, A being the derivative maximum value with respect to a potential range from 260 to 320 mV, and B is the derivative maximum value with respect to a potential range from 420 to 520 mV. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111712 | CATHODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A cathode material including an aggregate formed by aggregating active material particles, in which the active material particle is a particle including a cathode active material as a formation material and a carbonaceous material is provided on a surface of the particle, a ratio between a weight ratio of carbon contained in the aggregate to a BET specific surface area of the cathode material is in a range of 0.08 to 0.2, a tap density is in a range of 0.9 g/cm | 2016-04-21 |
20160111713 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MIXTURE PASTE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a positive electrode mixture paste manufacturing step, a positive electrode mixture paste is manufactured by further mixing an acid compound, in addition to a positive-electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, lithium phosphate, and a solvent. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111714 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an anode active material and a secondary battery comprising the same, and more specifically, an anode active material comprising a graphite carbon material coated with an amorphous carbon material comprising metal particles, and a secondary battery comprising the same. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111715 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL WITH CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE - The present invention discloses a composite material having an ionic and electronic conductive outer shell with an active material inner core located within the outer shell. The outer shell can be impervious to a gas and a liquid, and in some instances contains a compound such as SiO | 2016-04-21 |
20160111716 | Positive Electrode Active Material for Lithium Secondary Battery - Provided is a novel positive electrode active material which can effectively suppress the quantity of gas generated by the reaction with an electrolytic solution. 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 a 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 titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), or two or more kinds of these. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111717 | Active Lithium Reservoir For Lithium-Ion Batteries - The present invention relates to methods for providing an active lithium reservoir to reduce the irreversible initial losses and as a general lithium source of or for electrode materials and lithium batteries, and a powdered lithium-donating material having an electrochemical potential of 0.5 and 2 V vs. Li/Li | 2016-04-21 |
20160111718 | ELECTRODE COMPOSITION, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - An electrode composition is disclosed that includes a silicon alloy containing silicon, iron and optionally carbon. The silicon alloy is capable of undergoing lithiation and delithiation. The electrode composition also includes graphitic carbon, a binder, and a conductive additive containing carbon nanotubes. Such an electrode composition may be used in a negative electrode for an electrochemical cell that also contains a positive electrode and an electrolyte. Also disclosed are batteries containing such electrochemical cells and methods of making electrochemical cells using the electrode composition. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111719 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PLURALITY OF NANOWIRES - A method for manufacturing a plurality of nanowires, the method including: providing a carrier comprising an exposed surface of a material to be processed and applying a plasma treatment on the exposed surface of the material to be processed to thereby form a plurality of nanowires from the material to be processed during the plasma treatment. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111720 | METASTABLE VANADIUM OXIDE CATHODE MATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM BATTERY - A magnesium electrochemical cell having a positive electrode containing as an active ingredient, a material of formula [V | 2016-04-21 |
20160111721 | VOLTAGE-RESPONSIVE COATING FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A sulfur-containing electrode with a surface layer comprising voltage responsive material. The electrode is used in a lithium-sulfur or silicon-sulfur battery. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111722 | CENTRIFUGATION-ASSISTED PREPARATION OF ADDITIVE-FREE CARBON-DECORATED MAGNETITE ELECTRODES - Iron nanoparticles that are useful for constructing electrodes for lithium ion batteries and a method of making said particles is disclosed herein. The nanoparticles may include magnetite. The electrode may be constructed by centrifuging the nanoparticles to a current collector, such as a disc of copper, without the use of an extrinsic binder. The solvothermal method of making nanoparticles decreases the time of the procedure from about 24 hours to about 75 minutes. The method of making electrode decreases the complexity and number of steps compared to the conventional procedure to prepare an electrode, and eliminates the use of additives (binder and current enhancer) and toxic NMP solvents in the electrode preparation process. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111723 | CONDUCTIVE FIBROUS MATERIALS - There is provided a conductive fibrous material comprising a plurality of carbonaceous fibers, wherein each carbonaceous fiber is fused to at least one other fiber. The carbonaceous fibers may be fused at fiber-to-fiber contact points by a polymer. The process of making the conductive fibrous material comprises mixing a phenolic polymer with a second polymer to form a polymer solution, preparing phenolic fibers having nano- or micro-scale diameters by electrospinning the polymer solution, and subsequent carbonization of the obtained phenolic fibers, thereby generating carbonaceous fibers, wherein each carbonaceous fiber is fused to at least one other fiber. The conductive fibrous material may be useful in electrode materials for energy storage devices. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111724 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for producing a negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery which includes: pressing a mixed liquid comprising particles (B) containing an element capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions, carbon nanotubes (C) of which not less than 95% by number have a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm, and water into a pulverizing nozzle of a high-pressure dispersing device to obtain a paste or slurry; drying the paste or slurry into a powder; and mixing the powder and carbon particles (A). A negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery including carbon particles (A); and flocculates in which particles (B) containing an element capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions and carbon nanotubes (C) of which not less than 95% by number has a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm are uniformly composited. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111725 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE PRECURSOR PARTICLES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE PARTICLES AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles comprising a compound having a spinel type structure comprising at least Li, Ni and Mn, and having an Li content which is controlled such that a molar ratio of Li(Ni+Mn) therein is 0.3 to 0.65, an Ni content of 5 to 25% by weight, an Na content of 0.05 to 1.9% by weight and an S content of 0.0005 to 0.16% by weight, a sum of the Na content and the S content being 0.09 to 1.9005% by weight. The positive electrode active substance particles according to the present invention can be suitably used as positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which can exhibit a high discharge voltage and an excellent discharge capacity. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111726 | LITHIUM ION CELL FOR A SECONDARY BATTERY - Known lithium-ion cells for a secondary battery including an electrode have an active material layer containing active material particles in contact with a non-aqueous electrolyte and a particulate, porous additive. Using this as a basis, it is desired to achieve an improvement in the lithium-ion cells in respect of their gravimetric and volumetric energy density and in respect of inexpensive and reproducible production, and in particular to ensure that the desired properties of the active material layer are not changed, or are not changed to an unacceptable degree, by compression during calendering. Accordingly, it is proposed to use, as an additive, porous carbon particles having a porosity in the range between 50% and 95% and having macropores which are fluidically connected to one another and which are delimited by carbon walls having an average wall thickness in the range of 5 to 500 nm. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111727 | Metal-Ion Battery with Offset Potential Material - A metal-ion battery includes an anode assembly and a cathode assembly ionically coupled by an electrolyte. The anode assembly includes a current collector and an anode material capable of intercalation of metal-ions. When the battery is at rest, ionic transfer between the anode and cathode at a minimum and the anode assembly potential with respect to the electrolyte may increase. The increased potential may exceed the reduction potential of the current collector material causing ions to erode from the current collector and contaminate the cathode. The use of a metal, metal alloy or metal compound reduces the rest potential and erosion of the current collector. For example, a lithium foil physically in contact with a copper current collector in a lithium-ion battery reduces the overall anode potential thereby reducing copper dissolution. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111728 | ELECTRODE FOR USE IN A NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - An electrode ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111729 | ELECTRODE, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND BATTERY USING THE SAME - Provided are a non-woven fabric current collector and a method and system of fabricating a battery using the same. An electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a non-woven fabric current collector including a conductive non-woven fabric sheet including a network of conductive fibers and pores for communication between a main surface and the interior thereof; and conductive patterns partially blocking the pores on the main surface of the conductive non-woven fabric sheet. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111730 | CURRENT COLLECTOR-CATALYST MONOLITHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOFIBER NETWORK FOR LI-AIR BATTERIES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an electrode for lithium-air batteries without using a binder and a carbon additive and a method of manufacturing the same, and more specifically, provided is a nanofiber network-based current collector-catalyst monolithic porous air electrode which has an improved specific surface area and high air permeability as the energy density per weight is increased and the diameter, porosity, and thickness of the nanofibers are controlled by utilizing a significantly light polymer and carbon based material. | 2016-04-21 |