The present disclosure relates to a ceramic-carbon composite including a ceramic shell surrounding a hollow portion; and a carbon coating layer surrounding the ceramic shell, wherein the hollow portion is in a vacuum state, an electrode including the ceramic-carbon composite, and a secondary battery including the electrode. The ceramic-carbon composite of the present disclosure has excellent thermal barrier effect and electrical conductivity, and thus, when used in the electrode, non-ideal heat transfer between an electrode active material and an electrode current collector is blocked to prevent a thermal runaway phenomenon, to have an effect that can significantly improve safety of the secondary battery.

A method of forming a superabrasive component for an earth-boring tool comprises disposing a first volume of particulate superabrasive material on a surface of a base structure. A first carbon-containing precursor material is deposited onto the first volume of unbonded particulate superabrasive material. An energy beam is directed onto the first carbon-containing precursor material to form a first volume of bonded polycrystalline superabrasive material having carbon-carbon atomic bonds between adjacent particles of the first volume of particulate superabrasive material. The method may be repeated to form a superabrasive component with multiple volumes of bonded polycrystalline superabrasive material. Additional methods of forming a superabrasive component, a superabrasive component, and an earth-boring tool are also described.

This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.

A lithium-doped silicon oxide composite anode material with high initial Coulombic efficiency and a preparation method are provided, which relates to the field of anode materials for lithium batteries. The material includes nano-silicon, lithium silicate and a conductive carbon layer. A diffraction peak intensity of Li.sub.2Si.sub.2O.sub.5(111) with 2θ being 24.7±0.2° in an XRD pattern of the lithium-doped silicon oxide composite anode material is I1, a diffraction peak intensity of Li.sub.2SiO.sub.3(111) with 2θ being 26.8±0.3° in the XRD pattern is I2, and I1/I2<0.25. The material provided in the present invention has a specific phase composition ratio, thereby achieving the effect of high initial Coulombic efficiency and high specific capacity.

Disclosed is a method of fabricating an anode for a lithium-ion battery, comprising the steps of: mixing a silicon/graphite/carbon material, one or more linear polymers, one or more conductive polymers, one or more self-healing polymers, and one or more rubber polymers to produce a slurry; coating the slurry onto a metallic member; and drying the metallic member with coated slurry to form the anode. Also disclosed is an anode and a lithium-ion battery. Also disclosed is a multi-functional polymer binder including one or more linear polymers, one or more conductive polymers, one or more self-healing polymers, and one or more rubber polymers.

The invention relates to a sliding member having a first sliding surface, wherein the first sliding surface (29) comprises a particulate support material (6) and a graphene-containing material (7), wherein the particulate support material (6) is at least partially coated with the graphene-containing material (7), and wherein a material bond (14) is present between the particulate support material (6) and the graphene-containing material (7).

This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.

This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.

Disclosed are techniques and methods for producing silicon carbide and ceramic matrix composites from hydrocarbons. In one aspect, a method includes preforming a shape using silicon carbide fibers placed into a chamber, evacuating the chamber causing a silicon and polymer slurry to enter the chamber, and pressurizing the chamber causing the silicon and polymer slurry to permeate the silicon carbide fibers. The method includes heating the chamber to cause pyrolysis of the polymer and a hydrocarbon passed into the chamber into carbon and hydrogen gas. The carbon from the pyrolyzed polymer and hydrocarbon provide a coating of carbon on the silicon in the silicon and polymer slurry. The method includes heating the chamber to a higher temperature causing the silicon to melt and react with the carbon to form silicon carbide. The formed silicon carbide and the silicon carbide fibers form the ceramic matrix composite.

Silicon-containing composite particles, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of porous particles comprising micropores and/or mesopores, wherein the D.sub.50 particle diameter of the porous particles from 0.5 to 200 μm; the total pore volume of micropores and mesopores is from 0.4 to 2.2 cm.sup.3/g; and the PD.sub.50 pore diameter is no more than 30 nm; c (b) combining a charge of the porous particles with a charge of a silicon-containing precursor in a batch pressure reactor, wherein the charge of porous particles has a volume of at least 20 cm.sup.3 per litre of reactor volume (cm.sup.3/L.sub.RV), and wherein the charge of the silicon-containing precursor comprises at least 2 g of silicon per litre of reactor volume (g/L.sub.RV); and (c) heating the reactor to a temperature effective to cause deposition of silicon in the pores of the porous particles, thereby providing the silicon-containing composite particles.