A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery and an apparatus for manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing the all-solid-state battery includes: (a) a step of forming a non-woven fabric having a fiber made of a resin; (b) a step of applying a slurry containing solid electrolyte particles onto the non-woven fabric; (c) a step of drying the slurry on the non-woven fabric by a heater; (d) a step of pressurizing the slurry on the non-woven fabric by a roller; (e) a step of forming a positive electrode member on one surface of the solid electrolyte membrane; and (f) a step of forming a negative electrode member on the other surface of the solid electrolyte membrane. The step (a) is a step of forming the non-woven fabric by making a resin containing a polar filler fibrous by a laser electrospinning method. By such a method, the all-solid-state battery (a laminated body of a positive electrode member, a solid electrolyte membrane, and a negative electrode member) can be efficiently manufactured.

An apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules includes a premixer having a first inlet, a first outlet, a cavity configured for receiving a wet coproduct and a binder through the first inlet, and a stirring apparatus within the cavity for premixing the wet coproduct and binder into a substantially homogeneous mixture; a high shear mixer having a housing, a drive apparatus and a high shear apparatus, the housing defining an opening, the drive apparatus being within the housing and for forcing the substantially homogeneous mixture from the premixer into the high shear apparatus, and the high shear apparatus including a rotor, a stator and a screen covering the opening and being for shear mixing the mixture including forcing the mixture through the screen and out of the housing in the form of nucleation enhanced particles; and an agglomerator having an interior chamber sized and configured to receive the nucleation enhanced particles from the high shear mixer and for transforming the nucleation enhanced particles into substantially spherical biomass pellets.

An apparatus includes a heater for converting a filament of extrusion material into thermoplastic material. The heater has a channel configured to change the cross-sectional shape of the filament to a cross-sectional shape that has a greater surface area than the surface area of the filament before the heater receives the filament. The channel of the heater can also be configured to drive the center portion of the filament toward the heated walls of the channel and to mix thermoplastic material in the channel while exposing the center portion of the filament to the heated wall of the channel.

A process for reducing the volatile and semi-volatile organic content (VOC and FOG values) of a heterophasic polypropylene composition, the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising (i) at least 15 wt.-% of at least a first heterophasic polypropylene; (ii) less than 15 wt.-% of at least one elastomeric polyolefin, (iii) at least one filler; (iv) optionally polyethylene; and (v) optionally further polyolefins to below 100 g/g (VOC, VDA 278 October 2011) and below 390 g/g (FOG, VDA 278 October 2011), the process involving aerating the first heterophasic polypropylene and each further polyolefin component that is present in an amount of at least 15 wt.-% relative to the total weight of the heterophasic polypropylene composition, before extruding these aerated components with the at least one elastomeric polyolefin and the at least one filler and the optional polyethylene and/or optional further polyolefin(s).

A process for reducing the volatile and semi-volatile organic content (VOC and FOG values) of a heterophasic polypropylene composition, the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising (i) at least 15 wt.-% of at least a first heterophasic polypropylene; (ii) less than 15 wt.-% of at least one elastomeric polyolefin, (iii) at least one filler; (iv) optionally polyethylene; and (v) optionally further polyolefins to below 100 g/g (VOC, VDA 278 October 2011) and below 390 g/g (FOG, VDA 278 October 2011), the process involving aerating the first heterophasic polypropylene and each further polyolefin component that is present in an amount of at least 15 wt.-% relative to the total weight of the heterophasic polypropylene composition, before extruding these aerated components with the at least one elastomeric polyolefin and the at least one filler and the optional polyethylene and/or optional further polyolefin(s).

A crosslinkable polyolefin composition includes: a) 60.0 wt. % and 99.0 wt. % of an ethylene alpha-olefin co-polymer; b) 1.0 wt. % and 35.0 wt. % of an ethylene-alpha-olefin-diene terpolymer; c) 0.1 wt. % and 5.0 wt. % of a crosslinking agent; with regard to the total weight of the polyolefin composition. A film includes the polyolefin composition. An encapsulated solar cell is encapsulated by at least two sealing layers each including such a film. In addition, a cured solar cell is obtained by subjecting the encapsulated solar cell under conditions of curing the sealing layers, a photovoltaic module includes the cured solar cell.

A crosslinkable polyolefin composition includes: a) 60.0 wt. % and 99.0 wt. % of an ethylene alpha-olefin co-polymer; b) 1.0 wt. % and 35.0 wt. % of an ethylene-alpha-olefin-diene terpolymer; c) 0.1 wt. % and 5.0 wt. % of a crosslinking agent; with regard to the total weight of the polyolefin composition. A film includes the polyolefin composition. An encapsulated solar cell is encapsulated by at least two sealing layers each including such a film. In addition, a cured solar cell is obtained by subjecting the encapsulated solar cell under conditions of curing the sealing layers, a photovoltaic module includes the cured solar cell.

A propylene copolymer composition includes a propylene copolymer of propylene from 70 to 95 wt % and at least two -olefin comonomers from 3.0 to 25 wt %. The -olefin comonomer with a lower molar mass may be included from 0.3 to 10 wt %. The propylene copolymer composition may have a melt flow rate (MFR) in a range from 5.4 to 250 g/10 min, a polydispersity index (PI) in a range from 1.0 to 3.7, and an analytical temperature rising elution fractionation full width at half maximum (ATREF FWHM) in a range from 1.0 to 15.4 C. The method includes reacting propylene and at least two -olefin comonomers in one or more vertically-stirred gas phase reactors, extruding with additives, and optionally visbreaking to produce a propylene copolymer composition.

A propylene copolymer composition includes a propylene copolymer of propylene from 70 to 95 wt % and at least two -olefin comonomers from 3.0 to 25 wt %. The -olefin comonomer with a lower molar mass may be included from 0.3 to 10 wt %. The propylene copolymer composition may have a melt flow rate (MFR) in a range from 5.4 to 250 g/10 min, a polydispersity index (PI) in a range from 1.0 to 3.7, and an analytical temperature rising elution fractionation full width at half maximum (ATREF FWHM) in a range from 1.0 to 15.4 C. The method includes reacting propylene and at least two -olefin comonomers in one or more vertically-stirred gas phase reactors, extruding with additives, and optionally visbreaking to produce a propylene copolymer composition.

An object of the present invention is to obtain a film further excellent in strength, low-temperature sealability, and blocking resistance, and the present invention relates to a film comprising an ethylene/-olefin copolymer (A) having the following requirements (a1), (a2), and (a3). (a1): the melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 190 C. and a load of 2.16 kg is in a range of 0.1 to 8 g/10 minutes, (a2): a density is in a range of 885 to 915 kg/m.sup.3, and 10 (a3): a melt tension is in a range of 40 to 190 mN.