A sulfide solid electrolyte particles comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a volume-based average particle size measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, having a diffraction peak having 2θ of 29.0 to 31.0 deg in powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray, and an intensity ratio (Ib/Ip) of a peak intensity Ib at a high angle-side low part of the diffraction peak to a peak intensity Ip of the diffraction peak is less than 0.09.

Methods for preparing a layered metal nanocomposite and a layered metal nanocomposite. The method includes mixing a magnesium salt and an aluminum salt to form a Mg.sup.2+/Al.sup.3+ solution. The Mg/Al has a molar ratio of between 0.5:1 to 6:1. Then a diamondoid compound is added to the Mg.sup.2+/Al.sup.3+ solution to form a reactant mixture. The diamondoid compound has at least one carboxylic acid moiety. The reactant mixture is heated at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form a Mg/Al-diamondoid intercalated layered double hydroxide. The Mg/Al-diamondoid intercalated layered double hydroxide is thermally decomposed under a reducing atmosphere for a decomposition time at a decomposition temperature to form the layered metal nanocomposite.

The invention relates to a process for the production of monosilanes of formula H4-nSiCln with n being 2, 3 or 4 comprising the step of subjecting a starting material composition comprising one or more disilanes with formula HxSi2Cl6-x containing at least one Si—H bond and optionally further silanes, in particular the side-product mixture of the Siemens Process or fractions thereof, to a reaction with a reaction-promoting agent chosen from—ether/HCI solutions—amines, phosphines, or mixtures thereof—ammonium halides, phosphonium halides, or mixtures thereof at temperatures below 200° C.

A sulfide solid electrolyte contains elemental lithium (Li), elemental phosphorus (P), and elemental sulfur (S). The sulfide solid electrolyte has at least one peak observed in the chemical shift range of 3.4 ppm to 4.8 ppm in a spectrum obtained by .sup.1H-NMR measurement. It is preferable that the sulfide solid electrolyte has an argyrodite-type crystal structure. It is also preferable that the sulfide solid electrolyte contains an ester compound of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol.

The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material that is suitable for the negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a negative pole for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the carbonaceous material, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having the negative pole, and a method for producing the carbonaceous material. This carbonaceous material is for a negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The carbonaceous material is derived from plants, the half-width of the peak at approximately 1360 cm-1 of the Raman spectrum observed by laser Raman spectroscopy is 190 to 240 cm-1, and the specific surface area as found by multipoint BET analysis of nitrogen adsorption is 10 to 100 m2/g.

Provided is at least one of an improvement in the thermal stability of a CHA-type zeolite, which is achieved by a method different from that of the related art for improving thermal stability; a method for producing a CHA-type zeolite that improves thermal stability; and such a CHA-type zeolite. Provided is a CHA-type zeolite having a .sup.1H-MAS-NMR spectrum and an IR spectrum in which, preferably, in the .sup.1H-MAS-NMR spectrum, a ratio of an integrated intensity of a maximum peak having a peak top at a chemical shift of 3.0 to 3.5 ppm to an integrated intensity of a maximum peak having a peak top at a chemical shift of 4.0 to 4.5 ppm is greater than 0.12 and 0.5 or less, and, in the IR spectrum, a ratio of a maximum peak height of an absorption peak having a peak top at a wavenumber of 3630 cm.sup.−1 or greater and 3650 cm.sup.−1 or less to a maximum peak height of an absorption peak having a peak top at a wavenumber of 3590 cm.sup.−1 or greater and 3610 cm.sup.−1 or less is 0.40 or greater and 1.0 or less.

Disclosed herein are nanostructured hierarchical zeolitic materials comprising: a plurality of zeolite nanotubes, each zeolite nanotube comprising a zeolitic wall perforated by a plurality of pores, the zeolitic wall defining a single longitudinal lumen. Also disclosed herein are bolaform structure directing agents comprising: a first hydrophilic end and a second hydrophilic end with a hydrophobic core therebetween; the hydrophobic core comprising one or more aromatic rings and one or more hydrophobic alkyl groups; the one or more aromatic rings comprising a biphenyl group; the one or more hydrophobic alkyl groups each independently comprising a C.sub.10 alkyl group; and the first hydrophilic end and the second hydrophilic end each independently comprising a quinuclidinium group. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and use of the plurality of zeolite nanotubes and the bolaform structure directing agents.

A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have a diffraction peak A at 2θ=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuKα rays, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.

Disclosed is a method of synthesizing a molecular sieve of MWW framework type, and molecular sieves so synthesized. The method comprises preparing a synthesis mixture for forming a molecular sieve of MWW framework type, said synthesis mixture comprising water, a silicon source, a source of a trivalent element X, a potassium cation source, a structure directing agent R, and a source of another alkali metal cation M.

The invention relates to polyoxometalates represented by the formula (A.sub.n).sub.m+{[M.sub.6(O.sub.2).sub.9][(XM′.sub.10O.sub.37).sub.3]}.sup.m− or solvates thereof, corresponding supported polyoxometalates, and processes for their preparation, as well as their use in oxidative conversion of organic substrate.