A method according to an embodiment of the present invention is for preparing powdered composite carbide of tungsten and titanium in which tungsten trioxide (WO.sub.3), titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) and carbon (C), each being in powdered form are mixed with a reducing agent powder to obtain a reaction mixture in the mixing step, followed by the synthesis step in which the reaction mixture is heated at a temperature of about 600° C. to 1200° C. to obtain the reaction products, and the washing step in which the reaction products are washed with water. The method for preparing tungsten titanium carbide powder is capable of carrying out both reduction and carburizing at a relatively low temperature and affords homogeneity in shape and particle size in the resultant composite carbide.

The epsilon polymorph of vanadyl phosphate, ε-VOPO.sub.4, made from the solvothermally synthesized H.sub.2VOPO.sub.4, is a high density cathode material for lithium-ion batteries optimized to reversibly intercalate two Li-ions to reach the full theoretical capacity at least 50 cycles with a coulombic efficiency of 98%. This material adopts a stable 3D tunnel structure and can extract two Li-ions per vanadium ion, giving a theoretical capacity of 305 mAh/g, with an upper charge/discharge plateau at around 4.0 V, and one lower at around 2.5 V.

A gradient doped cobalt-free positive electrode material and a preparation method therefor, a lithium-ion battery positive electrode, and a lithium battery. The positive electrode material consists of LiNi.sub.xMn.sub.yA.sub.zO.sub.2. The content of element A in the positive electrode material decreases in a direction from a surface layer of the positive electrode material to the center, and A is one or more of Al, Zr, Ti, B, and W. The preparation method is easy to implement, simplifies roasting condition requirements, and provides a cobalt-free positive electrode material having good cycle performance.

A cobalt-free positive electrode material and a preparation method therefor, a lithium ion battery positive electrode, and a lithium ion battery, relating to the technical field of lithium ion batteries. The positive electrode material comprises a core and a shell covering the core, the core being a cobalt-free positive electrode material, the chemical formula of the core being LiNi.sub.xMn.sub.yO.sub.2, wherein 0.55≤x≤0.95 and 0.05≤y≤0.45, and the shell is a coating agent and carbon. The present method can improve the dispersibility of the cobalt-free positive electrode material during the coating process, and can also improve the conductivity of the cobalt-free positive electrode material.

The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing lithium oxide. In the present invention, the particle size and shape of lithium oxide may be controlled during the preparing process. In addition, the present invention relates to lithium oxide with controlled particle size and shape prepared by this preparing method.

Provided is a new cerium-based particle and a polishing slurry composition including the same. The new cerium-based particle may include a self-assembly of fine particles and an organic material.

Disclosed is a simple, inexpensive method for preparing a hydrophobic silica aerogel by using a sodium silicate solution as a silica precursor.

A photocatalytically active particulate material includes a particle core of ZnS, particles of a nanoscale metal selected from Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Cu or an alloy thereof loaded on the particle core, and a layer of Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2 or mixtures thereof on the loaded particle core.

A method for producing a composite particle, the method containing: (a) mixing a raw material particle and at least one type of fine particles selected from SiO.sub.2 fine particles and Al.sub.2O.sub.3 fine particles, the fine paricles having a diameter smaller than that of the raw material particle; and (b) heating the mixture of the raw material particles and the fine particles, wherein the raw material particle contains three components of ZnO, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and SiO.sub.2, and a content of the ZnO is 17 to 43% by mole, a content of the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is 9 to 20% by mole, and a content of the SiO.sub.2 is 48 to 63% by mole, based on the total content of the three components.

A conductive two-dimensional particle of a layered material comprising one layer or one layer and plural layers, wherein the layer includes a layer body represented by: M.sub.mX.sub.n, and a modifier or terminal T exists on a surface of the layer body, wherein T is at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom; and a monovalent metal ion, wherein the conductive two-dimensional particle does not contain an amine, a total content of chlorine and bromine in the conductive two-dimensional particle is 1,500 ppm by mass or less, and an average value of a major diameter of a two-dimensional surface of the conductive two-dimensional particle is 1.0 μm to 20 μm.