52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150372235 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR USING LOCAL ETCHING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor, including the steps of: forming a first insulation layer on a semiconductor layer; locally etching the first insulation layer; and forming a second insulation layer on the first insulation layer including the etched region thereof, wherein the etching of the first insulation layer is conducted by inkjet printing. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372236 | WELL-ORIENTED 6,13-BIS(TRIISOPROPYLSILYLETHYNYL) PENTACENE CRYSTALS AND A TEMPERATURE-GRADIENT METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are temperature-gradient methods of producing well-oriented TIPS pentacene crystals and films comprising establishing a temperature gradient on a substrate to produce a heated substrate having a lower temperature portion at a first temperature and a higher temperature portion at a second temperature and applying a solution comprising 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene to the heated substrate, driving crystallization from the lower temperature portion of the substrate to the higher temperature portion of the substrate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372237 | ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT USING THE SAME - An anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (1): | 2015-12-24 |
20150372238 | ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic light-emitting device capable of outputting light with high efficiency and high luminance. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, an emission layer placed between the anode and the cathode, and an organic compound layer placed between the anode and the emission layer, in which the organic compound layer contains the following compound A and compound B: [Compound A] an organic compound free of a nitrogen atom and a metal atom, the compound having SP | 2015-12-24 |
20150372239 | AROMATIC AMINE DERIVATIVE AND ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372240 | GREEN EMITTING PHOSPHORS COMBINED WITH BROAD BAND ORGANIC RED EMITTERS WITH A SHARP NEAR IR CUT OFF - The invention provides a lighting device ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372241 | ORGANIC COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC THIN FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An organic compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic thin film, an organic thin film transistor, and an electronic device include the organic compound. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372242 | PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - The present invention provides a high triplet energy compound of Formula 1 for an organic electroluminescent device: | 2015-12-24 |
20150372243 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - Triphenylene containing benzo-fused thiophene compounds are provided. Additionally, triphenylene containing benzo-fused furan compounds are provided. The compounds may be useful in organic light emitting devices, particularly as hosts in the emissive layer of such devices, or as materials for enhancement layers in such devices, or both. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372244 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic light-emitting device having high efficiency and improved driving durability performance. The organic light-emitting device includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer placed between the pair of electrodes, in which the organic compound layer includes an iridium complex having a specific skeleton and a heterocycle-containing compound as a host. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372245 | MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND ELECTRONIC NETWORKS COMPRISING DNA - Microelectronic network devices and components are fabricated by binding or complexing at least one electronically functional substance to a molecular fiber, such as a nucleic acid fiber. The devices and components can be combined by interconnecting the complexed fibers to provide microelectronic circuits or networks. Assembly processes involve interactions of various combinations of the fibers and substances used in fabrication. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372246 | GATE INSULATOR LAYER FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372247 | FLUORINE-MODIFICATION PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The present invention is related to a process for reducing surface energy of a hole transport layer. The disclosed process comprises providing a hole transport layer; and providing a fluorine-containing layer directly on said hole transport layer. The configuration of said fluorine-containing layer reduces the structural disorder of an active layer and is able to recover a moisture-degraded hole transport layer, and thereby improves the performance of an electric device containing the same. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372248 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL ELEMENT - Provided is a dye-sensitized solar cell element including: a dye-sensitized solar cell; and a back sheet facing the solar cell, the solar cell including a conductive substrate, a current collector disposed on the conductive substrate, a counter substrate facing the conductive substrate, a power generation layer disposed on the conductive substrate, an electrolyte disposed between the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and an annular sealing portion enclosing the power generation layer and the electrolyte together with the conductive substrate and the counter substrate and joining the conductive substrate and the counter substrate, and the solar cell element further including: an adhesive part adhering the back sheet and the conductive substrate in an annular region surrounding the solar cell, in which the current collector is provided only at an outer side of the sealing portion and only at the inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the adhesive part. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372249 | PHOTOVOLTAIC TEXTILES - A tape structure and related circuit configurations for textile systems to establish electrical characteristics of textiles. The textiles incorporate charge carrying components, such as photovoltaic components, in contact with conductive layers in a single tape structure to improve electrical properties without compromising physical characteristics of the textiles. The textiles include photovoltaic tapes, each having an optically transparent layer, a photovoltaic layer, a first electrically conducting layer, a second electrically conducting layer and an insulating substrate located between the first electrically conducting layer and the second electrically conducting layer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372250 | WHITE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a white organic light emitting device which can improve abnormal light emission and efficiency and reliability of the device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372251 | ELECTRIC ELEMENT PACKAGE - An electric element package is provided including an electrode formed on an element substrate and made of alloy whose main component is Al or Ag, an ITO layer formed on the electrode, an electric element formed on the electrode, a sealing substrate arranged so as to face the element substrate, and a glass frit formed between the sealing substrate and the ITO layer, the glass fit having a portion that contacts the ITO layer and a portion that contacts the sealing substrate, where the portion of the glass frit that contacts the ITO layer has width that is 50 to 80 percent of the portion of the glass frit that contacts the sealing substrate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372252 | BUCKLED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FOR LIGHT EXTRACTION WITHOUT BLURRING - A layered organic light emitting diode (OLED) device comprises a buckled structure over a portion of the light emitting face to provide improved light output relative to flat OLED devices. The buckled structure has a fine buckling and a gross buckling, which are quasi-periodic. Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of producing the OLED device comprising a buckled structure, where a transparent substrate coated with a transparent elastomeric layer has a thin metal layer deposited on a portion of the elastomeric layer at an elevated temperature. Upon cooling the metal layer buckles with the formation of the quasi-periodic buckling. Subsequently the metal layer is oxidized to a metal oxide layer that retains the buckling. An OLED with a buckling structure over a portion of the emitting face is constructed on the metal oxide layer and retains the buckling of the metal oxide layer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372253 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display substrate, the display substrate including an active area including a display unit that displays an image, a circuit area extending from the active area toward an exterior of the display device, and a cell seal area extending from the circuit area toward an exterior of the display device; an encapsulation substrate covering the display substrate; and a sealing portion between the display substrate and the encapsulation substrate, wherein the sealing portion includes a first sealing portion on the cell seal area, and a second sealing portion on the circuit area and extending from the first sealing portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372254 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same. An organic light-emitting display device includes: an organic light-emitting unit between two substrates, and an adhesive unit configured to fix the two substrates, the adhesive unit including: a plurality of additives, and at least two regions configured to: suppress infiltration of external moisture into the organic light-emitting unit, and decrease separation of at least one of the two substrates from the adhesive unit caused by the external moisture, and wherein the at least two regions have respective concentrations of the plurality of additives different from each other. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372255 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - On a support substrate, an adhesive layer is formed from a material which decreases an adhesion force thereof to the support substrate when absorbing moisture. In addition, a resin substrate is formed on the adhesive layer, and a sealing layer is formed which seals at least a portion of a laminate structure including the adhesive layer and the resin substrate at which the adhesive layer is exposed. An electronic element is formed above the resin substrate. After a part of a sealing structure including the sealing layer and the support substrate is removed so as to expose the adhesive layer, moisture is supplied to the adhesive layer. An electronic device including the electronic element and the resin substrate is peeled away from the support substrate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372256 | DISPLAY BACK PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a display back plate. The display back plate comprises: an array substrate; and a pixel define layer formed on the array substrate and for defining an organic light emitting unit. An accommodation space is provided in the pixel define layer and a water absorbent material is provided within the accommodation space; the accommodation space has an opening formed in an upper surface and/or a lower surface of the pixel define layer; and the accommodation space is separated from the organic light emitting unit such that the water absorbent material within the accommodation space is spaced away from the organic light emitting unit. Embodiments of the present invention enable absorption of water vapour inside the organic light emitting display device, to prevent the adverse affection of water vapour on performance of the organic light emitting display device, so as to prolong service life of the organic light emitting display device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372257 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing the OLED display panel comprises forming an anode ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372258 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an organic electroluminescence element improved in emission efficiency. The organic electroluminescence element includes: a reflective electrode; a light exiting side electrode; an emission layer provided between the reflective electrode and the light exiting side electrode; and at least one low-refractive index layer provided between the reflective electrode and the emission layer, the low-refractive index layer having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the emission layer. An optical path L | 2015-12-24 |
20150372259 | THERMAL TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - A thermal treatment method for a display apparatus includes providing an acceptor substrate on a substrate stage, providing on the acceptor substrate a pattern mask including a transfer layer, irradiating a flash light beam onto the pattern mask from a plurality of flash lamps, and transferring the transfer layer to the acceptor substrate. The plurality of flash lamps are symmetrically provided with respect to the acceptor substrate and are configured to irradiate flash light beams. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372260 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK - To provide a battery module that may be easily assembled, and is capable of preventing a cell unit from being damaged during assembly, the battery module includes a cell unit provided with at least one unit cell, and first and second cases which enclose and accommodate the cell unit. The first and second cases are respectively provided with a main surface, and a side surface which is bent at one end of the main surface and extends in a direction away from the main surface. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372261 | BATTERY - This battery is provided with a power generating element, a battery case main body, a battery case lid, an electrode terminal member which is connected electrically to the power generating element inside of the battery case body and which extends outside of the battery case lid, and an outer insulation member which is arranged on the battery case lid and insulates the electrode terminal member from the battery case lid. The battery case lid is fitted inside of the opening and welded to the battery case main body by irradiating a laser from above the battery case lid towards the boundary section between the battery case lid and the battery case main body. Furthermore, this battery is provided with a plume control portion which prevents the plume that rises from the boundary portion during welding from rising towards the outer insulating member. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372263 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL - Presented is battery packaging material which is made of a laminate including, as the essentials, a base material layer, a metal layer and a sealant layer in this order. When a product obtained by packaging a battery element with the packaging material in a hermetically sealed state through heat sealing is heated, the packaging material delaminates at least at a part of the interface between the metal layer and the outside surface of the sealant layer with the hermetically sealed state being kept, and thereafter works so as to make the product unsealed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372264 | Through Connecting Piece, Power Battery And Cap Assembly Thereof - The present disclosure provides a through connecting piece, a power battery and a cap assembly thereof. The through connecting piece comprises: a base having at least an opening; a conductor, the number of the conductor is the same as the number of the opening, the each conductor is provided through the corresponding one opening and a part of the each conductor received in the corresponding one opening has a shape of a racetrack or a rectangle with rounded corners in a top view; and a heat-resistant insulative material, the number of the heat-resistant insulative material is the same as the number of the opening, the each heat-resistant insulative material is filled in the opening between the corresponding one base and the corresponding one conductor. The cap assembly of power battery comprises the above through connecting piece. The power battery comprises the above cap assembly of the power battery. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372265 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module has a plurality of battery bodies. Each of the battery bodies is constituted by a battery holder and a battery cell held by the battery holder and also has two connecting terminals of different polarities. The battery bodies are arranged side by side. The connecting terminals of adjacent battery bodies are connected to each other by a bus bar, and the battery bodies are thereby connected in series. Each battery holder has an indicator that prevents the bus bars from being connected to a part located between bus bars that are adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction of the battery bodies. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372266 | BATTERY-EMBEDDED BOARD - A battery-embedded plate includes a base and a battery is present. The base has an accommodation space on a bottom face, and comprises a corner-locating element and two edge-locating elements, each of the two edge-locating elements adjoins to one side of the corner-locating element respectively and two through slots communicated with the accommodation space is defined respectively between each edge-locating element and each side of the corner-locating element. The battery is set in the accommodation space and fixed by the corner-locating element and the two edge-locating elements. The battery is electrically connected with a positive cable and a negative cable respectively, and the two cables are extended out of the accommodation space through the two through slots respectively. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372267 | ENERGY STORE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENERGY STORE FOR A VEHICLE - An energy store for a vehicle has an energy store cell arrangement and a housing that at least partly covers the energy store cell arrangement. A compensation apparatus is arranged between the housing and the energy store cell arrangement. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372268 | DUCT HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY ASSEMBLY BODY - A duct holding structure includes insulating resin busbar modules ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372269 | NON-WOVEN FABRIC BASE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR - A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372270 | LAMINAR TEXTILE MATERIAL FOR A BATTERY ELECTRODE - The invention relates to a laminar textile material for covering a pasty active mass on a battery electrode. The invention further relates to a battery electrode having such a material, to a battery, and to a method for producing battery electrodes. Potential improvements of lead batteries are disclosed that are more practical than previously known solutions, and that stabilize the pasty active mass on the battery electrodes. A laminar textile material is disclosed to this end, comprising glass fibers and fibers made of a thermoplastic, e.g. polyester. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372271 | ELECTROSPINNING FOR INTEGRATED SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to lithium-ion batteries, and more specifically, to batteries having integrated separators and methods of fabricating such batteries. In one embodiment, a lithium-ion battery having an electrode structure is provided. The lithium-ion battery comprises an anode stack, a cathode stack, and a porous electrospun polymer separator comprising a nano-fiber backbone structure. The anode stack comprises an anodic current collector and an anode structure formed over a first surface of the anodic current collector. The cathode stack comprises a cathodic current collector and a cathode structure formed over a first surface of the cathodic current collector. The porous electrospun polymer separator is positioned between the anode structure and the cathode structure. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372272 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES - Provided is a negative electrode material for lithium ion batteries, which has a small irreversible capacity, low resistance and excellent output characteristics. In a negative electrode active material-coating material (Formula 1) for lithium ion secondary batteries, A represents a functional group having an amide group (—NHCO—) and a sulfo group (—SO | 2015-12-24 |
20150372273 | HYBRID NONWOVEN SEPARATOR HAVING INVERTED STRUCTURE - A hybrid nonwoven separator having an inverted structure includes a nanofiber layer; and a substrate layer composed of a nonwoven fabric provided on both surfaces of the nanofiber layer to form an outermost layer. Because this separator is configured such that the substrate layer having a comparatively low coefficient of friction is disposed as the outermost layer thereof, structural defects generable in the course of manufacturing a separator can be prevented, thermal deformation of the nanofiber layer of the separator can be blocked, and also closure of pores of the nanofiber layer can be prevented thanks to pre-filtering, thus remarkably extending the lifespan of the separator. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372274 | SEPARATOR COATED WITH POLYMER AND CONDUCTIVE SALT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides method for manufacturing a coated separator for use in an electrochemical device, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a separator having two surfaces; (ii) applying a coating composition [composition (C)] on at least one surface of the separator, the composition (C) comprising a polymer [polymer (P)] and at least one electrolyte salt [salt (E)] of formula (a), A | 2015-12-24 |
20150372275 | SEPARATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BATTERY USING THE SAME - A polyolefin-based porous separator, including a first polyolefin-based porous film on a first surface of a second polyolefin-based porous film, and a third polyolefin-based porous film on a second surface of the second polyolefin-based porous film, each of the first and third polyolefin-based porous films containing inorganic particles having an average particle size of 10 nm to 100 nm, a thickness ratio of the first polyolefin-based porous film, the second polyolefin-based porous film, and the third polyolefin-based porous film being 0.5 to 1.5:1 to 6:0.5 to 1.5, and thermal shrinkage rates of the separator in a machine direction and a transverse direction measured after standing at 120° C. for 1 hour each being 5% or less, and air permeability of the separator being 250 sec/100 cc or less. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372276 | SEPARATOR FOR BATTERIES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEPARATOR FOR BATTERIES - A battery separator includes a microporous polyolefin membrane having a thickness of 16 μm or less, and a modifying porous layer comprising a fluorine resin and an inorganic particle or cross-linked polymer particle, the modifying porous layer being laminated on one side of the microporous polyolefin membrane, wherein the microporous polyolefin membrane has (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, and (b) a rate of air resistance change of 1×10 | 2015-12-24 |
20150372277 | NON-AQUEOUS-SECONDARY-BATTERY SEPARATOR AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - There is provided a non-aqueous-secondary-battery separator formed of a composite membrane including: a porous base material containing a thermoplastic resin; and a heat-resistant porous layer provided on one or both surfaces of the porous base material and containing an organic binder and an inorganic filler, in which the tortuosity rate of the composite membrane is from 1.5 to 2.0. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372278 | HEAT-RESISTANT MICROPOROUS FILM AND BATTERY SEPARATOR - A heat-resistant microporous film and a battery separator are provided and including a substrate comprising a porous film; and a heat-resistant layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate, the heat-resistant layer containing a heat-resistant resin and heat-resistant particles, wherein at least one protrusion is formed on a surface of the heat-resistant layer, and a total number of protrusions not exceeding 60 per surface area of 0.0418 mm | 2015-12-24 |
20150372279 | ACTIVE BATTERY STACK SYSTEM AND METHOD - An active battery stack DC power conversion and energy storage system and method is disclosed herein. “Active” battery stack shall mean battery modules (e.g., having a least one of or a plurality of energy storage batteries) which can be engaged or disengaged as opposed to “passive” battery stacks in which the battery stack is hardwired and the batteries cannot be separated. Any battery energy storage application can benefit from this active battery management system and method for the flexibility to engage and disengage an individual battery in the battery stack regardless of whether it is charging, discharging or for maintenance purposes. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372280 | APPARATUS FOR A BATTERY MODULE - A battery module ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372281 | RESIN PLATE AND BUSBAR MODULE - A resin plate includes divided resin plates that are linked to each other at a prescribed intermediate position in a battery arrangement direction of the battery assembly. Each of the divided resin plates includes busbar housing units arranged in the battery arrangement direction, wire housing units arranged in the battery arrangement direction, and a wire housing passage disposed at a position that is distant from the other side of the busbar housing units, houses wires that are different from wires housed in the wire housing units, and extends in the battery arrangement direction with its length which is greater in length than each of the busbar housing units and each of the wire housing units. The wire housing passage is formed, at its ends, with respective link and variation absorbing portions. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372282 | Electricity Storing/Discharging Device With Multiple-Layer Package Structure Having Electrode Plate Pair With Multiple-Sided Electric Conductive Terminals Converted Into Single Input/Output Electric Conductive Interface - The present invention discloses an electricity storing/discharging device with multiple-layer package structure having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals converted into single input/output electric conductive interface, which is applied in a multiple-layer package structure with specific single-sided input/output and having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided input/output terminals, thereby allowing the electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals to be structured as an input/output electric conductive interface through single-sided input/output electric conductive terminals having positive and negative polarities for the purpose of transferring electric energy to the exterior. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372283 | Electricity Charging/Discharging Device With Insulation Package Enclose Member Having Electrode Plate Pair With Multiple-Sided Electric Conductive Terminals - The present invention provides an electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals, wherein both the electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals and the section of the electric conductive terminal adjacent to the connected electrode plate extending from at least two sides thereof to the external for inputting/outputting electric energy are sealed covered by a packing material with insulation property to form a full-closed type electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member such as Lithium-ion Batteries, for instance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery, Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NNW) Battery, and Lithium Polymer Battery, or a supercapacity, so the electrode plate pair is able to output or input electric energy to the exterior through an electric conductive interface formed by at least two-sided electric conductive terminal. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372284 | BATTERY MOUNTING SYSTEM - A battery is mounted in a hybrid electric automotive vehicle. The battery is held by a restraining bar across top surfaces of a plurality of cells that comprise the battery. A holder is located between the cells and restraining bar to increase a contact area between the restraining bar and the battery. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372285 | Metal Hydride Battery Electrodes - Rechargeable metal hydride alkaline cells are provided improved cycle life, lower internal resistance and enhanced utilization of energy by employing a positive electrode prepared by a method comprising applying a paste comprising an active positive electrode composition to a conductive substrate and exposing the pasted electrode to elevated temperature for a desired time period. The electrode composition comprises a particulate positive electrode active material, a polymeric binder and optionally one or more additives. The electrode active material is for instance nickel hydroxide or modified nickel hydroxide. In the case of a nickel foam substrate, the electrode composition may contain no binder. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372286 | APPARATUS FOR MATERIAL SPRAY DEPOSITION OF HIGH SOLID PERCENTAGE SLURRIES FOR BATTERY ACTIVE MATERIAL MANUFACTURE APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for forming battery active material on a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate includes a substrate conveyor system, the material electrospray dispenser assembly disposed above the substrate conveyor system, and a first heating element disposed adjacent to the material spray assembly above the substrate conveyor system. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372287 | Sb Nanocrystals or Sb-Alloy Nanocrystals for Fast Charge/Discharge Li- and Na-ion Battery Anodes - A method for the production of SbM | 2015-12-24 |
20150372288 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY WITH IMPROVED LIFE PROPERTY - The present invention relates to an anode for secondary battery in which an anode current collector; a buffer layer; and an active material layer are stacked sequentially. The buffer layer of the present invention has a smaller volume change during charge and discharge than the active material layer, and separation of the active material layer from the buffer layer is prevented. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372289 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE PASTE - A method for the manufacture of a paste composition suitable for the production of an electrode for lead-acid battery, including mixing a carbon nanofiller/lead oxide composite of a first particulate size with sulphuric acid, water and further lead oxide of a second particulate size. Also, the paste thus obtained, the composite used in its manufacture, and the electrode and lead-acid battery obtained from this paste. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372290 | HYBRID SILICON-METAL ANODE USING MICROPARTICLES FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES - A system and method of forming a silicon-hybrid anode material. The silicon-hybrid anode material including a microparticle mixture of a quantity of silicon microparticles and a quantity of metal microparticles intermixed with the quantity of silicon microparticles in a selected ratio. The microparticle mixture is formed in a silicon-hybrid anode material layer having a thickness of between about 2 and about 15 μm. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372291 | CATHODE FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - Disclosed is a cathode for lithium-sulfur battery. The cathode for lithium-sulfur battery has a structure for improved in charge/discharge efficiency, charge capacity, and life span. In particular, in the cathode structure, an active material is inserted into a porous carbon structure and a surface of the porous carbon structure is densely coated with the conducting material thereby maximizing the contents of an active material and a conducting material in the cathode without a current collector. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372292 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE - In nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries that use silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material, the cycle characteristics are improved. A negative electrode active material ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372293 | IMPROVED LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure relates to improved LMO composition suitable for use as cathode material in rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The LMO composition may be doped with an additional metal or undoped. The LMO composition carries a surface treatment of LiF that protects the LMO from acid degradation. Cathodes prepared from the improved LMO have improved fade characteristics. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372294 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE - In nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries that use silicon or silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material, the initial charge-discharge efficiency and the cycle characteristics are improved. A negative electrode active material particle ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372295 | METAL TIN-CARBON COMPOSITES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COMPOSITES, ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES WHICH IS PRODUCED USING SAID COMPOSITES, ANODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES WHICH COMPRISES SAID ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A metal tin-carbon composite having excellent properties required for various use applications, a method for producing the composite at low cost and in a simple manner, and use applications of a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery produced using the composite are provided. A metal tin-carbon composite comprising metal tin nanoparticles (B) contained in a sheet-like matrix (A) composed of carbon, wherein the metal tin-carbon composite contains the metal tin nanoparticle (B) having a particle size of a range of 0.2 nm to 5 nm and does not contain a coarse metal tin particle having a particle size of 1 μm or more, a preferable method for producing the composite using a specific precursor, an anode active material for a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery comprising the composite, a negative electrode for non-aqueous lithium secondary battery using the anode active material, and a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372296 | STRUCTURES INCLUDING ION BEAM-MIXED LITHIUM ION BATTERY ELECTRODES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a structure, methods of making the structure, methods of using the structure, and the like. In an embodiment, the structure includes a film having one or more areas of the film being ion beam-mixed. In a particular embodiment, the structure includes a germanium film having one or more areas of the germanium film being ion beam-mixed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372297 | ELECTRODE, METAL-AIR BATTERY, AND ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A metal-air battery ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372298 | ALL-SOLID STATE ION SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to enhance energy density and output density of an all-solid state ion secondary battery. To achieve the object, the present invention provides an all-solid state ion secondary battery in which a solid electrolyte layer is joined between a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer, characterized in that at least one of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is formed by binding active material particles and solid electrolyte particles together through an ion-conductive and ferroelectric substance. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372299 | COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH ENERGY ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE - A material for forming an electrode represented by the formula: | 2015-12-24 |
20150372300 | NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An objective of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode active material formed from a lithium-nickel composite oxide which, while retaining high capacity and a high level of safety, has an excellent cycle characteristic by controlling reaction resistance and a method for producing it. [Solution] A lithium-nickel composite oxide is produced by steps (a) to (c) described below: (a) nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide in a prescribed composition are sintered in a non-reducing atmosphere having 850° C. or lower to give nickel oxide; (b) after the nickel oxide and a lithium compound are mixed in a prescribed molar ratio, the mixture is sintered in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 650 to 850° C.; and (c) after an obtained powder is made to be in a prescribed slurry concentration, it is washed with water during a period of time which satisfies the following formula: | 2015-12-24 |
20150372301 | LITHIUM COBALT COMPOSITE OXIDE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING POSITIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING LITHIUM COBALT COMPOSITE OXIDE - Provided is a lithium cobalt composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery represented by Formula 1 below and having a polycrystalline state, a method of preparing the same, a positive electrode for a lithium battery including the lithium cobalt composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, which includes the lithium cobalt composite oxide. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372302 | HIGH ENERGY CATHODE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE - A material for forming an electrode. The material is a lithium phosphate with a stoichiometric excess of lithium and dopants, such as alkaline earth metal or transition metal dopants, in lithium sites and other sites. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372303 | Method for Making Lithium Transition Metal Olivines Using Water/Cosolvent Mixtures - Olivine lithium manganese iron phosphate is made in a coprecipitation process from a water/alcoholic cosolvent mixture. The LMFP particles so obtained exhibit surprisingly high electronic conductivities, which in turn leads to other advantages such as high energy and power densities and excellent cycling performance. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372304 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has high capacity and good load properties. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode additive. The positive electrode additive contains a Li-containing compound that generates gas at 4.2 V (vs. Li/Li | 2015-12-24 |
20150372305 | BINDER FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRODE AND BATTERY USING SAME - This binder for battery electrodes is characterized by containing a polymer including: (A) a structural unit represented by general formula (1) and derived from a monomer having a hydroxyl group | 2015-12-24 |
20150372306 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - It is an object to improve the initial charge-discharge efficiency of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that uses, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium. There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a negative electrode which includes, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a metal or metal oxide that forms an alloy with lithium and in which at least part of a surface of the carbon material is coated with a polymer material that does not react with lithium. The mass percentage of the polymer material that does not react with lithium relative to the carbon material is preferably 0.5 to 2 mass %. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372307 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF, AND LITHIUM BATTERY - Provided are an electrode for a lithium battery that is capable of providing a lithium battery having both high stability and high battery properties; a process for producing an electrode for a lithium battery, in which a positive electrode plate and/or a negative electrode plate, even when coated with a thermal activation material dissolved in an organic solvent such as a pyrrolidone-based solvent, is prevented from swelling; and a lithium battery including said electrode for a lithium battery. The electrode for a lithium battery includes an electrode plate, a mix layer and a heat insulating layer in this order, wherein the mix layer includes at least an aqueous adhesive and an active material; the heat insulating layer includes at least a thermal activation material; and at least part of the mix layer is in contact with at least part of the heat insulating layer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372308 | ELECTRODE FOR SODIUM MOLTEN-SALT BATTERY AND SODIUM MOLTEN-SALT BATTERY - Provided is an electrode for a sodium molten-salt battery in which degradation of the electrode can be suppressed even when charging and discharging are repeated, and which has excellent cycle characteristics. The electrode for a sodium molten-salt battery includes a current collector and an electrode mixture adhering to a surface of the current collector, in which the electrode mixture includes an electrode active material and a binder containing a polymer, and the polymer does not contain a fluorine atom. The polymer can include, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of polyamide resins and polyimide resins or at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, rubber-like polymers, and cellulose derivatives. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372309 | ULTRA-FINE FIBROUS CARBON FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ULTRA-FINE FIBROUS CARBON AGGREGATE, COMPOSITE, AND ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrode active material layer exhibiting excellent mechanical strength. This electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least an electrode active material, a carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent, and a binder. The carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent has a linear structure, and includes ultra-fine fibrous carbon having an average fibre diameter of more than 200 nm but not more than 900 nm. The electrode material configures an electrode active material layer in which the maximum tensile strength (σ | 2015-12-24 |
20150372310 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL DEVICE - A fuel cell device having an exterior surface defining an interior ceramic support structure. An active zone is along a first portion of the length for undergoing a fuel cell reaction, and at least one non-active end region is along an end portion extending away from the active zone without being heated. Fuel and oxidizer passages extend within the interior support structure from respective first and second inlets in the non-active end region to the active zone. The active zone has an anode associated with each of the fuel passages and a cathode associated with each of the oxidizer passages in opposing relation to a respective one of the anodes with an electrolyte therebetween. A plurality of ceramic support members in spaced-apart positions are provided throughout each one of the plurality of fuel and oxidizer passages that physically holds open the passages to prevent collapse. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372311 | CATALYST, PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - Catalysts of the present invention are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential and have excellent durability and high oxygen reducing ability. The catalyst includes a metal oxycarbonitride containing two metals M selected from the group consisting of tin, indium, platinum, tantalum, zirconium, titanium, copper, iron, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, hafnium, vanadium, cobalt, cerium, aluminum and nickel, and containing zirconium and/or titanium. Also disclosed is a process for producing the catalyst. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372312 | Synthesis of Alloy Nanoparticles as a Stable Core for Core-Shell Electrocatalysts - A method for making tungsten-alloy nanoparticles that are useful for fuel cell applications includes a step of combining a solvent system and a surfactant to form a first mixture. A tungsten precursor is introduced into the first mixture to form a tungsten precursor suspension. The tungsten precursor suspension is heated to form tungsten nanoparticles. The tungsten nanoparticles are combined with carbon particles to form carbon-nanoparticle composite particles. The carbon-nanoparticle composite particles are combined with a metal salt to form carbon-nanoparticle composite particles with adhered metal salt, the metal salt including a metal other than tungsten. The third solvent system is then removed. A two-stage heat treatment is applied to the carbon-nanoparticle composite particles with adhered metal salt to form carbon supported tungsten-alloy nanoparticles. A method for making carbon supported tungsten alloys by reducing a tungsten salt and a metal salt is also provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372313 | CORE-SHELL CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PALLADIUM-BASED CORE PARTICLE - A core-shell catalyst includes a porous, palladium-based core particle and a catalytic layer on the particle. The particle can be made by providing a precursor particle that has palladium interspersed with a sacrificial material. At least a portion of the sacrificial material is then removed such that the remaining precursor particle is porous. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372314 | SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL CATALYST AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention is a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cell having catalyst particles composed of platinum, cobalt and magnesium supported on a carbon powder carrier, in which a composition ratio (molar ratio) among platinum, cobalt and magnesium in the catalyst particles is Pt:Co:Mg=1:0.4 to 0.5:0.00070 to 0.00095. This catalyst is manufactured by supporting cobalt and magnesium on a platinum catalyst and then conducting a heat treatment and a treatment to be brought into contact with an oxidizing solution, the feature of the catalyst manufactured in this manner includes a peak position of a main peak appearing between 2θ=40° and 42° in X-ray diffraction analysis, and the peak position is shifted to from 41.0° to 41.5°. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372315 | USE OF AN ANODE CATALYST LAYER - A method of operating a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, includes feeding the anode with an impure hydrogen stream having low levels of carbon monoxide up to 5ppm, and wherein the anode includes an anode catalyst layer including a carbon monoxide tolerant catalyst material, wherein the catalyst material includes: (i) a binary alloy of PtX, wherein X is a metal selected from the group consisting of rhodium and osmium, and wherein the atomic percentage of platinum in the alloy is from 45 to 80 atomic % and the atomic percentage of X in the alloy is from 20 to 55 atomic %; and (ii) a support material on which the PtX alloy is dispersed; wherein the total loading of platinum group metals (PGM) in the anode catalyst layer is from 0.01 to 0.2 mgPGM/cm | 2015-12-24 |
20150372316 | Composite Materials - A mixed metal oxide material of tantalumand titanium is provided for use in a fuel cell. The material may comprise between 1 and 20 at. % tantalum. The mixed metal oxide may form the core of a core-shell composite material, used as a catalyst support, in which a catalyst such as platinum forms the shell. The catalyst may be applied as a single monolayer, and is preferably between 6.5 and 9.3 monolayers thick. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372317 | PRIMARY ALKALINE BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED IN-CELL RESISTANCES - The invention is directed toward a primary AA alkaline battery. The primary AA alkaline battery includes an anode; a cathode; an electrolyte; and a separator between the anode and the cathode. The anode includes an electrochemically active anode material. The cathode includes an electrochemically active cathode material. The electrolyte includes potassium hydroxide. The primary AA alkaline battery has an integrated in-cell ionic resistance (R | 2015-12-24 |
20150372318 | FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A fuel cell according to one mode includes a plurality of stacked cell units, each cell unit including at least an electrically conductive interconnector having a front surface and a back surface; a connection member which is electrically connected to the interconnector; a single cell which includes an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, and which is electrically connected to the connection member; and a separator having an opening which is connected to an outer peripheral portion of the single cell, the cell units being clamped together in a stacking direction, wherein the connection member of at least one cell unit of the cell units has a thickness different from that of the connection member of another cell unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372319 | FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell including a pair of connectors ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372320 | STACK STRUCTURE FOR FUEL CELL - Provided is a fuel cell stack structure. The fuel cell stack structure includes first and second cell modules and first and second separation plates. In each of the first and second cell modules, one or more fuel cells generating electricity are stacked, and each of the fuel cells includes an electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer and an anode layer formed on both surfaces of the electrolyte layer, respectively, and generates electricity. The first and second separation plates are electrically connected to the first and second cell modules, respectively, and each separation plate has an air hole and a fuel hole at edges to provide an air including oxygen and a fuel gas including hydrogen to the cathode layer and the anode layer, respectively. At least one separation plate has a sealing unit for sealing the air hole and the fuel hole, and has a protruded convex at a different part from the sealing unit to improve an electrical contact with the other separation plate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372321 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a reinforcing frame that supports an outer edge portion of a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separator plates that sandwich the membrane electrode assembly and the reinforcing frame. The first separator plate includes a seal line forming protruding portion that is pressed against the second separator plate of an adjacently arranged fuel cell when the fuel cell is stacked, and a first joining portion provided on both sides of the seal line forming protruding portion. The second separator plate includes a receiving portion that is pressed against the seal line forming protruding portion of the first separator plate. The fuel cell includes a slant inhibiting portion provided on at least one side of both sides of the seal line forming protruding portion and the receiving portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372322 | STRUCTURE FOR SECURING HYDROGEN TANK IN FUEL-CELL-TYPE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL UNIT - Structure for securing hydrogen tank in fuel-cell-type industrial vehicle, wherein said hydrogen tank is characterized in that: a fuel cell unit accommodating a fuel cell is installed in an accommodation compartment for accommodating a battery, the accommodation compartment being provided to a vehicle body; a weight member for weight adjustment and a cross-sectionally cylindrical hydrogen tank are accommodated inside the fuel cell unit; a cross-sectionally-arcuate tank supporting surface that imitates the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank is formed on the top surface of the weight member; and the hydrogen tank is supported on the tank supporting surface and secured by a fixing band provided around the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the hydrogen tank. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372323 | FUEL CELL COMPONENT HAVING A FLAP EXTENDING FROM A POLYMER IMPREGNATED REGION - According to an example embodiment, a method of making a fuel cell component includes permeating at least a portion of a component layer with a polymer. The portion of the component layer is adjacent an edge of the component layer. Some of the polymer is allowed to extend beyond the edge to thereby establish a flap beyond the edge of the component layer. A fuel cell component includes a component layer having a portion adjacent an edge of the layer that is impregnated with a polymer material and a flap of the polymer material extending beyond the edge. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372324 | GASKET FOR FUEL CELLS - A gasket for sealing two mating surfaces of a fuel cell is described. The gasket has a core layer comprising exfoliated vermiculite. The core layer is interposed between a first and second coating layer, the said coating layers each comprising glass, glass-ceramic and/or ceramic material. Methods for producing gaskets according to the invention are also described. A solid oxide cell or a solid oxide cell component comprising one or more of the gaskets; use of the gasket to improve sealing properties in a solid oxide cell; and a method of producing a solid oxide cell or of sealing a solid oxide cell comprising incorporating at least one of the gaskets into the solid oxide cell are also defined. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372325 | JOINING DEVICE AND JOINING METHOD (AS AMENDED) - There is provided a technique that readily performs positioning of a joining member relative to a strip member during conveyance. A joining device | 2015-12-24 |
20150372326 | Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system is provided having multiple individual fuel cells which are combined to form a fuel cell stack, and having two current collectors which adjoin the two end-side individual fuel cells. The current collectors are each adjoined directly, or with the interposition of an isolation plate, by an end plate. A heat accumulator is provided at least on one of the current collectors so as to adjoin that side of the latter which faces away from the individual fuel cells. The heat accumulator may be arranged in a recess of the end plate, or of an optionally provided isolation plate, and a compensation reservoir for a change in volume of the heat accumulator may be provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372327 | SEALING APPARATUS FOR A FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack assembly comprises a stack of fuel cells, each fuel cell having an air flow conduit with an input/output ventilation aperture disposed on a ventilation face of the stack, the ventilation apertures forming an array over said ventilation face of the stack. A membrane is moveable between a first configuration in which the ventilation face is occluded and a second configuration in which the ventilation face is not occluded. The membrane is rollable between the first configuration and the second configuration. Ventilation of the fuel cell stack is thereby controlled by the position of the membrane, e.g. during fuel cell start up and/or shut down procedures or for hydration control of the fuel cells. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372328 | OPERATION METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An operation method of a fuel cell system includes providing a turbo pump to supply an oxidant gas to a fuel cell to generate power through a reaction between a fuel gas and the oxidant gas. A branch valve to regulate a flow rate of the oxidant gas which flows through a branch passage that connects an oxidant gas supply passage and an oxidant off-gas discharge passage is provided. The turbo pump and the branch valve are controlled to regulate a flow rate of the oxidant gas to be supplied to the fuel cell in an extremely low power generation mode in which an extremely low generation power is requested. The extremely low generation power is less than or equal to a predetermined generation power corresponding to a minimum flow rate of the oxidant gas that is supplied by the turbo pump. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372329 | Fuel Cell System and Control Method of Fuel Cell System - Fuel cell system mounting fuel cell vehicle including: fuel cells having platinum-containing catalyst as electrode catalyst; cell voltage meter configured to measure cell voltage of fuel cells; and controller controlling fuel cell system, wherein (a) cell voltage meter obtains first cell voltage in predefined idling state of fuel cells, (b) in response to changing operation state of fuel cell vehicle from driving state to stop state, controller changes operation state of fuel cells to idling state, and cell voltage meter obtains second cell voltage of fuel cells in idling state, (c) controller uses difference between first and second cell voltages to obtain recovery process voltage for recovering catalyst of fuel cells and recovery process time duration wherein cell voltage of fuel cells is kept at recovery process voltage, and (d) controller reduces voltage of fuel cells to recovery process voltage for recovery process time duration, preforming recovery process of catalyst. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372330 | Electricity Generating Device Including An Aluminium Alloy Electrode - The invention relates to an electricity generating device that can be used as an electricity generator and as an electricity and hydrogen generator, comprising an aluminium alloy electrode ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372331 | HIGH-CONCENTRATION VANADIUM ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a high-concentration vanadium electrolytic solution containing a high concentration of vanadium ions, which could not conventionally be prepared, and which can be used in a circulation-type redox flow battery or a non-circulation-type redox non-flow battery and in which sludge is unlikely to be generated, and a method and a device for producing the same. To solve the above-discussed problems, the vanadium electrolytic solution which is a sulfuric acid solution, includes vanadium ions in the range of from over 1.7 mol/L to 3.5 mol/L. The vanadium electrolytic solution is a second solution itself or a second solution prepared by adding preparation water or preparation sulfuric acid to a first solution in order to adjust to a final total volume of the vanadium electrolytic solution, the first solution being prepared by mixing the vanadium salt with preparation water in order to dissolve the vanadium salt and a second solution being prepared by adding sulfuric acid to the first solution while pre-electrolyzing the first solution. | 2015-12-24 |
20150372332 | FUEL-CELL GAS DIFFUSION LAYER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A fuel cell gas diffusion layer includes:
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20150372333 | NON-AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW BATTERIES INCLUDING 3,7-PERFLUOROALKYLATED PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVES - A non-aqueous redox flow battery includes a negative electrode immersed in a first non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, a positive electrode immersed in a second non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution, and a semi-permeable separator interposed between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the second the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solution comprises a compound of the formula: | 2015-12-24 |
20150372334 | FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell including a pair of connectors ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150372335 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrode assembly includes a unit cell A in which a first electrode | 2015-12-24 |