Cathodes for a fast charging lithium ion battery, processes for manufacturing thereof and corresponding batteries are provided. Cathode formulations comprise cathode material having an olivine-based structure, binder material, and monomer material selected to polymerize into a conductive polymer upon partial delithiation of the cathode material during at least a first charging cycle of a cell having a cathode made of the cathode formulation. When the cathode is used in a battery, polymerization is induced in-situ (in-cell) during first charging cycle(s) of the battery to provide a polymer matrix which is evenly dispersed throughout the cathode.

Disclosed is a fluorine-substituted Pi(π)bridge selenide polymer acceptor material, its preparation and application. The selenide polymer acceptor material is named PYSe2FT and is synthesized by Knoevenagel condensation reaction and Still cross-coupling reaction; the material PYSe2FT takes a selenium-substituted core donor unit as a main structure, and combines a difluoro-substituted thiophene π-electronic connection unit, where the selenium-substituted core donor unit and the difluoro-substituted thiophene π-electronic connection unit can effectively regulate and control the molecular energy level, so that molecules generate good accumulation, thus making PYSe-2FT an excellent polymer acceptor material.

A method of storing gas comprises providing a recipient for receiving the gas and providing a porous gas storage material. The gas storage material comprises a cross-linked polymeric framework and a plurality of pores for gas sorption. The cross-linked polymeric framework comprises aromatic ring-containing monomeric units comprising at least two aromatic rings. The aromatic ring-containing monomeric units are linked by covalent cross-linking between aromatic rings to form a stable, rigid nanoporous material for storing the gas at pressures significantly greater than the atmospheric pressure, for example in excess of 100 bar. A possible application is the storage and transportation of compressed natural gas.

A method for preparing a magnetic chain structure is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of magnetic particles; dispersing the plurality of magnetic particles in a solution comprising a dopamine-based material to form a reaction mixture; applying a magnetic field across the reaction mixture to align the magnetic particles in the reaction mixture; and polymerizing the dopamine-based material on the aligned magnetic particles to obtain the magnetic chain structure. A magnetic chain structure prepared by the method is also provided.

The present invention relates to a polymer binder composition, and more specifically, to an integrated conductive polymer binder composition simultaneously having adhesion and conductivity, a method for preparing the binder composition, an energy storage device comprising the binder composition, a sensor comprising a sensing portion formed from the binder composition, and an anticorrosive coating composition comprising the binder composition as an active component.

An organic compound, a donor-acceptor conjugated polymer, a formulation and a thin film, wherein a solution of the donor-acceptor conjugated polymer exhibits a peak optical absorption spectrum red shift of at least 100 nm when the donor-acceptor conjugated polymer solution is cooled from 140° C. to room temperature.

Metallopolymers of formula (I) where R.sup.1 and R.sup.1′; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.2′ are independently of each other, a C.sub.2-C.sub.10 alkyl group; X is CR3R3′ or NR4; R.sup.3 and R.sup.3′ are, independently of each other, as is R.sup.4, a C.sub.2-C.sub.10 alkyl group; L is a C.sub.4-C.sub.10 alkylene group; Ln.sup.1 and Ln.sup.2 are, independently of each other, chosen from the lanthanide cations; L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are, independently of each other, chosen from the α-diketonate ligands; T is a neutral bidentate Lewis base including two coordinating nitrogen atoms; .fwdarw. represents a coordination of group T via the two nitrogen atoms of T to Ln.sup.1 and Ln.sup.2 respectively; Ln.sup.1 and Ln.sup.2 are, independently of each other, chosen from the lanthanide cations; L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are, independently of each other, chosen from the β-diketonate, picolinate or dipicolinate monoanionic ligands; 0.01<x<0.50; 0<y<0.49, with x+y=0.50.

Disclosed herein are self-healing conductive network compositions. The networks can contain one or more conductive polymers and one or more supramolecular complexes. The supramolecular complex can be introduced into conductive polymer matrix, resulting in a network of the two components. In this network, the nanostructured conductive polymer gel constructs a 3D network to promote the transport of electrons and mechanically reinforce the network while the supramolecular complex contributes to self-healing property and also conductivity. The networks disclosed herein are useful for various applications such as self-healing electronics, artificial skins, soft robotics and biomimetic prostheses.

The invention relates to new conjugated semiconducting polymers containing thermally cleavable side groups. The thermally cleavable side groups are selected from among carbonate groups and carbamate groups, By thermally cleaving side groups, the solubility or the polymers can he reduced in a targeted manner. The polymers are used as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPDs), organic light emitling diodes (OLEDs), and organic field effect transistors (OFETs).

An object is to provide an organic semiconductor element having excellent carrier mobility and heat resistance of a semiconductor active layer, an organic semiconductor composition for obtaining this element, an organic semiconductor film, and a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor element in which the composition is used, and another object is to provide a compound and an oligomer or a polymer that are suitably used in the organic semiconductor element, the organic semiconductor composition, the organic semiconductor film, and the method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor element.

The organic semiconductor element of the present invention includes a compound represented by Formula 1 below in a semiconductor active layer. In Formula 1, X represents a chalcogen atom, p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a halogen atom or a group represented by Formula W below.

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