A method for manufacturing an environmental-friendly heat shielding film using a non-radioactive stable isotope includes: a substrate layer providing step of providing a substrate layer; and a heat shielding layer forming step of, after the substrate layer providing step, forming, on one surface of the substrate layer, a heat shielding layer containing a non-radioactive stable isotope tungsten bronze compound that does not emit radiation.

Disclosed are a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a core containing lithium composite metal oxide, and a coating layer disposed on the core, containing a mixture of lithium oxide, tungsten oxide, boron oxide and phosphorus oxide, and having an amorphous phase, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

The present invention relates to a composite having the ability to stably and reliably detect a target gas even in a moist environment. The composite of the present invention includes: a nanostructure of an oxide semiconductor selected from the group consisting of SnO.sub.2, ZnO, WO.sub.3, NiO, and In.sub.2O.sub.3; and a CeO.sub.2 additive loaded on the nanostructure. The oxide semiconductor nanostructure is uniformly loaded with CeO.sub.2. The composite of the present invention can rapidly detect an analyte gas with high gas response irrespective of the presence and concentration of moisture. The present invention also relates to methods for preparing the composite, a gas sensor including the composite as a material for a gas sensing layer, and a method for fabricating the gas sensor.

The present invention relates to a composite having the ability to stably and reliably detect a target gas even in a moist environment. The composite of the present invention includes: a nanostructure of an oxide semiconductor selected from the group consisting of SnO.sub.2, ZnO, WO.sub.3, NiO, and In.sub.2O.sub.3; and a CeO.sub.2 additive loaded on the nanostructure. The oxide semiconductor nanostructure is uniformly loaded with CeO.sub.2. The composite of the present invention can rapidly detect an analyte gas with high gas response irrespective of the presence and concentration of moisture. The present invention also relates to methods for preparing the composite, a gas sensor including the composite as a material for a gas sensing layer, and a method for fabricating the gas sensor.

According to one embodiment, a tungsten oxide powder is provided. The tungsten oxide has an average particle size along a major axis of 10 μm or less, an average aspect ratio of 10 or less, and 0 to 4 crystal defects per unit area of 9 nm.sup.2 on a surface or sectional surface in a direction of a minor axis of a primary particle.

According to one embodiment, a tungsten oxide powder is provided. The tungsten oxide has an average particle size along a major axis of 10 μm or less, an average aspect ratio of 10 or less, and 0 to 4 crystal defects per unit area of 9 nm.sup.2 on a surface or sectional surface in a direction of a minor axis of a primary particle.

An infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, ink containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, and anti-counterfeit ink and anti-counterfeit printed matter, which are transparent in a visible light region, have excellent infrared absorption properties, and are also excellent in chemical resistance, and an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder containing particles made of solid media and having an average particle size of 1 μm or more and having infrared absorbing fine particles dispersed inside.

An infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, ink containing infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder, and anti-counterfeit ink and anti-counterfeit printed matter, which are transparent in a visible light region, have excellent infrared absorption properties, and are also excellent in chemical resistance, and an infrared absorbing fine particle dispersed powder containing particles made of solid media and having an average particle size of 1 μm or more and having infrared absorbing fine particles dispersed inside.

A method of manufacturing a thin film is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles, size-reducing the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles by grinding to produce crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures, and coating the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures onto a substrate to produce a thin film. An electrochromic multi-layer stack is also provided.

A method of manufacturing a thin film is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles, size-reducing the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles by grinding to produce crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures, and coating the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures onto a substrate to produce a thin film. An electrochromic multi-layer stack is also provided.