The present invention provides electrodes comprising a core substrate, and internal layer coating, and an external layer coating and processes to prepare such electrodes.

The present invention relates to a mesoporous film structure having ultra-large pores therein and a method of manufacturing the same, which includes, The manufacturing method includes a pretreatment step of pretreating a support so that micelles and silica are deposited on the support, a micelle formation step of mixing a cationic surfactant and an anionic co-surfactant for forming the micelles at a predetermined ratio in a support-carried water tank prepared in the pretreatment step, followed by heating, thus forming enlarged micelles on the support through magnetic bonding of the cationic surfactant and the anionic co-surfactant, a silica deposition step of supplying a silica precursor solution to the water tank, followed by heating, thus depositing silica on the support after the micelle formation step, and a washing step of washing the support so that residual materials (containing the micelles) are removed after the silica deposition step.

A method of forming a diffusion barrier layer on a dielectric or semiconductor substrate by a wet process. The method includes the steps of treating the dielectric or semiconductor substrate with an aqueous pretreatment solution comprising one or more adsorption promoting ingredients capable of preparing the substrate for deposition of the diffusion barrier layer thereon; and contacting the treated dielectric or semiconductor substrate with a deposition solution comprising manganese compounds and an inorganic pH buffer (optionally, with one or more doping metals) to the diffusion barrier layer thereon, wherein the diffusion barrier layer comprises manganese oxide. Also included is a two-part kit for treating a dielectric or semiconductor substrate to form a diffusion barrier layer thereon.

An electrochromic energy storage device is described. An electrochromic energy storage device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electrolyte present between the first substrate and the second substrate. The device further includes nickel oxide (NiO) nano-sheets that at least partially cover a first side of the first substrate. Further, the NiO nano-sheets are comprised of interconnected nanoflakes, where the nanoflakes have a width of 5-29 nanometers (nm). A method of preparing the NiO nano-sheets is also described.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a metal column using 3D printing technology. The method of manufacturing a metal column includes steps of: creasing a 3D-CAD design for printing the metal column; printing the metal column; pretreating the inner surface of a channel inside the metal column at low temperature; and coating the inner surface of the channel with a stationary phase so that the metal column is capable of separating a gas mixture into components.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a metal column using 3D printing technology. The method of manufacturing a metal column includes steps of: creasing a 3D-CAD design for printing the metal column; printing the metal column; pretreating the inner surface of a channel inside the metal column at low temperature; and coating the inner surface of the channel with a stationary phase so that the metal column is capable of separating a gas mixture into components.

Provided is a barrier film, comprising: a base layer; and an inorganic layer including a first region and a second region, which have different elemental contents (atomic %) of Si, N, and O from each other as measured by XPS, and having a compactness expressed through an etching rate of 0.17 nm/s or less in the thickness direction for an Ar ion etching condition to etch Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 at a rate of 0.09 nm/s, wherein the second region has a higher elemental content of N than that of the first region, the first region has a thickness of 50 nm or more, and the ratio (d1/d2) of the thickness (d1) of the first region to the thickness (d2) of the second region is 2 or less, the barrier film having excellent barrier properties and optical properties. The barrier film can be used for electronic products sensitive to moisture or the like.

A plated steel sheet having excellent fusion resistance, and a manufacturing method. therefor are provided. Provided is a hot forming plated steel sheet having a plated layer formed on one surface or the both surfaces of a base steel sheet and having excellent fusion resistance, wherein a surface layer portion of the plated layer is comprised of an hard alloy layer with a surface area ratio of 1% or more including hard alloy phases, the hard alloy layer having a thickness of 0.1-100 μm, and a balance of a soft plating layer, wherein the hard alloy phases comprise Al, Zn, Mg, Si, Fe and a balance of unavoidable impurities, a sum of Al, Zn and Fe being 70 wt % or more on the basis of weight % thereof.

The disclosure relates to a preparation device and method of forming a ceramic coating on a sintered type NdFeB permanent magnet. The preparation device comprises a holding barrel, a pump body, a spraying system, and a fixture mechanism. The pump body is connected with the holding barrel and the spraying system and the spraying system is located above the fixture mechanism and there is a distance between the spraying system and the fixture mechanism. The fixture mechanism is connected with a recovery bucket through a pipeline, and the recovery bucket is connected with the holding barrel through the pipeline. The spraying system comprises a nozzle, wherein the inlet of the nozzle is connected with the pipeline of the pump body. The fixture mechanism comprises a support plate, an upper recovery trough plate and a lower recovery trough plate, wherein the lower recovery trough plate is located above the support plate.

Methods for forming sintered-bonded high temperature coatings over ceramic turbomachine components are provided, as are ceramic turbomachine components having such high temperature coatings formed thereover. In one embodiment, the method includes the step or process of removing a surface oxide layer from the ceramic component body of a turbomachine component to expose a treated surface of the ceramic component body. A first layer of coating precursor material, which has a solids content composed predominately of at least one rare earth silicate by weight percentage, is applied to the treated surface. The first layer of the coating precursor material is then heat treated to sinter the solids content and form a first sintered coating layer bonded to the treated surface. The steps of applying and sintering the coating precursor may be repeated, as desired, to build a sintered coating body to a desired thickness over the ceramic component body.