A silicon-based negative electrode composite material. Zinc and tin are doped in a silicon-based negative electrode material. The presence of a tin and zinc alloy improves the conductivity of the silicon-based material, and a coated carbon shell has pores, facilitating the infiltration of an electrolyte while improving the ionic conductivity and electronic conductivity of the material, so that the rate performance of the composite material is enhanced.

A method for producing a solid electrolyte powder includes preparing a mixed solution by adding a poor solvent to a good solvent solution that contains a good solvent and a solid electrolyte that contains an alkali metal element and/or an alkaline earth metal element, Sn and S; removing at least some of the good solvent from the mixed solution to precipitate solid electrolyte particles; and drying the solid electrolyte particles to obtain a solid electrolyte powder. The ratio of the volume of the poor solvent relative to the volume of the good solvent (volume of poor solvent/volume of good solvent) is 5 or more.

A perovskite material represented by Formula 1:
Li.sub.xA.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.3-?Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0<x?1, 0<y?1, 0<x+y<1, 0<z?1.5, 0???1, A is H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, or a combination thereof, and M is Ni, Pd, Pb, Fe, Ir, Co, Rh, Mn, Cr, Ru, Re, Sn, V, Ge, W, Zr, Mo, Hf, U, Nb, Th, Ta, Bi, Li, H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Mg, Al, Si, Sc, Zn, Ga, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Pt, Au, or a combination thereof.

Provided is a method for producing a phosphor having a chemical composition represented by formula (I), A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn (I) (A is one type or more of an alkali metal selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and includes at least Na and/or K, and M is one type or more of a tetravalent element selected from Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, and Sn.), the method comprising preparing a first hydrofluoric acid solution containing M and a second hydrofluoric acid solution containing A as well as either dissolving a compound containing Mn in either the first hydrofluoric acid solution or the second hydrofluoric acid solution or preparing a separate solution in which the compound containing Mn is dissolved. When the solutions are mixed to precipitate the phosphor of the formula (I), the solutions are mixed so that the concentration of M is 0.1 to 0.5 mol/liter when all the solutions are mixed. According to the present invention, a complex fluoride phosphor having excellent luminescence properties can be produced stably with high yield.

Embodiments of a article including include a substrate and a patterned coating are provided. In one or more embodiments, when a strain is applied to the article, the article exhibits a failure strain of 0.5% or greater. Patterned coating may include a particulate coating or may include a discontinuous coating. The patterned coating of some embodiments may cover about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the substrate. Methods for forming such articles are also provided.

Provided, as a transparent magneto-optical material which does not absorb fiber laser light within a wavelength range of 0.9-1.1 m and is thus suitable for constituting a magneto-optical device such as an optical isolator wherein the formation of a thermal lens is suppressed, is a magneto-optical material which is composed of a transparent ceramic that contains a complex oxide represented by formula (1) as a main component, or which is composed of a single crystal of a complex oxide represented by formula (1).
Tb.sub.2xR.sub.2(2-x)O.sub.8-x(1)
(In the formula, 0.800<x<1.00, and R represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, titanium, tantalum tin, hafnium and zirconium (excluding the cases where R represents only silicon, germanium or tantalum)).

The invention relates to novel materials of the formula: A.sub.uM.sup.1.sub.vM.sup.2.sub.wM.sup.3x02.sub. wherein A is one or more alkali metals; M.sup.1 comprises one or more redox active metals with an oxidation state in the range +2 to +4; M.sup.2 comprises tin, optionally in combination with one or more transition metals; M.sup.3 comprises one or more transition metals either alone or in combination with one or more non-transition elements selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, other metals, metalloids and non-metals, with an oxidation state in the range +1 to +5; wherein the oxidation state of M1, M2, and M3 are chosen to maintain charge neutrality and further wherein is in the range 00.4; U is in the range 0.3<U<2; V is in the range 0.1V<0.75; W is in the range 0<W<0.75; X is in the range 0X<0.5; and (U+V+W+X)<4.0. Such materials are useful, for example as electrode materials, in rechargeable battery applications.

A method of producing perovskite nanocrystalline particles using a liquid crystal includes a first operation for preparing a mixed solution including a first precursor compound, a second precursor compound, and a first solvent. a second operation for preparing a precursor solution by adding an organic ligand to the prepared mixed solution, a third operation for performing crystallization treatment after adding the prepared precursor solution to a reactor containing a liquid crystal, and a fourth operation for separating the perovskite nanocrystalline particles from the crystallized solution through a centrifugal separator.

A method for producing solid electrolyte particles includes bringing a good solvent solution and a poor solvent into contact with each other to precipitate solid electrolyte particles, the good solvent solution containing a good solvent and a solid electrolyte that contains Sn, S and at least one of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element. A method for producing an all-solid-state battery includes stacking a solid electrolyte layer to form an all-solid-state-battery, which is formed using solid electrolyte particles produced by the above-described method, a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer.

To provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material which does not include Ge and which has excellent electrochemical stability and high lithium ion conductivity.

A sulfide solid electrolyte, including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte represented by the composition formula:

Li.sub.4-4z-x[Sn.sub.ySi.sub.1-y].sub.1+z-xP.sub.xS.sub.4

(where 0.5x0.6, y=0.2, and 0z0.2), wherein
the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at position 2=29.580.50 in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK radiation and does not have a peak at position 2=27.330.50 in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK radiation, or when the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at the position 2=27.330.50, the value of I.sub.B/I.sub.A is less than 0.50 (where I.sub.A is the diffraction intensity of the 2=29.580.50 peak and I.sub.B is the diffraction intensity of the 2=27.330.50 peak).