Provided is a piezoelectric material filler including alkali niobate compound particles having a ratio (K/(Na+K)) of the number of moles of potassium to the total number of moles of sodium and potassium of 0.460 to 0.495 in terms of atoms and a ratio ((Li+Na+K)/Nb) of the total number of moles of alkali metal elements to the number of moles of niobium of 0.995 to 1.005 in terms of atoms. The present invention can provide a piezoelectric material filler having excellent piezoelectric properties, and a composite piezoelectric material including the piezoelectric material filler and a polymer matrix.

Use of nickel in a cathode material of the general formula Li (4/3-2x/3-y/3-z/3)Ni.sub.xCo.sub.yAl.sub.zMn(2/3-x/3-2y/3-2z/3)0.sub.2 wherein x is greater than 0.06 and equal to or less than 0.4; y is equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or less than 0.4; and z is equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or less than 0.05 for suppressing gas evolution during a charge cycle and/or increasing the charge capacity of the material.

Provided are a positive electrode active material with which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy density can be obtained, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide suitable as a precursor of the positive electrode active material, and production methods capable of easily producing these in an industrial scale. Provided is a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide represented by General Formula (1): Ni.sub.xMn.sub.yM.sub.z(OH).sub.2+α and containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a diffraction peak of a (001) plane obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of at least 0.10° and up to 0.40° and has a degree of sparsity/density represented by [(void area within secondary particle/cross section of secondary particle)×100](%) of at least 0.5% and up to 10%. Also provided is a production method of the nickel-manganese composite hydroxide.

Provided is a negative electrode material for a secondary battery, which is in a particle form including: a matrix including a silicon oxide, a composite oxide of silicon and one or more doping elements selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and post transition metals, or a mixture thereof; and silicon nanoparticles dispersed and embedded in the matrix, wherein a compressive strength (St) of the particles is 100 MPa or more, and a ratio (A.sub.1/A.sub.2) between an area of a first peak (A.sub.1) and an area of a second peak (A.sub.2) satisfies 0.8 to 6, a diffraction angle 2θ being positioned in a range of 10° to 27.4° in the first peak and being positioned in a range of 28±0.5° in the second peak, in an X-ray diffraction pattern using a CuKα ray.

A positive electrode active material or non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises a Co-containing lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni, Mn, and an arbitrary element and having a layered structure, wherein the content ratio of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide is 75 to 95 mol %, the content ratio of Mn in the lithium transition metal oxide is equal to or greater than the content ratio of Co in the lithium transition metal oxide, the content ratio of Co in the lithium transition metal oxide is 0 to 2 mol %, the content ratio of a metal element other than Li in an Li layer in the layered structure is 1 to 2.5 mol %, and, in the lithium transition metal oxide, the half width n of a diffraction peak for (208) plane of an X-ray diffraction pattern as measured by X-ray diffraction is as follows: 0.30°≤n≤0.50°.

A core shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and including a zinc chalcogenide, a method of manufacture thereof, and a device including the same are disclosed, wherein the core shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein in an X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the quantum dot, a peak area for Te oxide to a peak area for Te3d.sub.5/2 as an area percentage is less than or equal to about 25%.

Provided is carbon material filler for an electromagnetic shield, which includes a graphitizable carbon material to be mixed into a molding material in order to absorb electromagnetic waves, the carbon material filler for an electromagnetic shield satisfying (1) to (3): (1) A spacing d002 of a 002 plane of the graphitizable carbon material measured through X-ray diffraction measurement (XRD) is at least 0.338 nm. (2) A relative intensity ratio (A/B) value between a peak intensity (A) of a “002 plane” detected when the graphitizable carbon material is measured through X-ray diffraction measurement (XRD) and a higher peak intensity (B) that is selected from a “100 plane” and a “004 plane” is at least 2.5 and less than 27. (3) The filler is in powder form and the average particle diameter D50 is at least 1 μm and at most 5 mm.

A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte includes: preparing a uniform solution that includes at least elemental lithium (Li), elemental tin (Sn), elemental phosphorus (P), and elemental sulfur (S) in an organic solvent; removing the organic solvent from the uniform solution to obtain a precursor; and heat-treating the precursor to obtain a sulfide solid electrolyte.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide positive electrode active substance particles for a lithium ion secondary battery, such particles being capable of producing a lithium ion secondary battery having excellent high-speed discharge properties. The present invention is a granulated body of a positive electrode active substance for a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the primary particle average diameter is 10 to 80 nm and the number of primary particles having a diameter of 100 nm or greater is no more than 5.0%.