Provided a nano/micro composite fiber of the present invention, capable of storing electrical energy, comprising (a) one or more pairs of microfiber bundles consisting of graphene or graphene/carbon nanotube as an electrode active material; (b) nanofiber web surrounding the microfiber bundles, wherein the nanofiber web is coated by one or more materials selected from the group consisting of metal, carbon nanotube, activated carbon and metal oxide nanoparticle; (c) an electrolyte layer surrounding the nanofiber web and filling inner void of the microfibers and nanofiber web; (d) an insulating film sheathing the electrolyte layer.

The invention relates to a method for grafting an organic film onto an electically conductive or semiconductive surface by electro-reduction of a solution, wherein the solution comprises one diazonium salt and one monomer bearing at least one chain polymerizable functional group. During the electrolyzing process, at least one protocols consisting of an electrical polarization of the surface by applying a variable potential over at least a range of values which are more cathodic that the reduction or peak potential of all diazonium salts in said solution is applied. The invention also relates to an electrically conducting or semiconducting surface obtained by implementing this method.

The invention further relates to electrolytic compositions.

The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising a film-forming binder and electrically conductive particles, wherein the electrically conductive particles are present in an amount of at least 25% by weight, based on the total solids weight of the electrodepositable coating composition. The present invention is also directed towards methods of coating a substrate, coatings, and coated substrates.

The invention relates to a method for grafting an organic film onto an electically conductive or semiconductive surface by electro-reduction of a solution, wherein the solution comprises one diazonium salt and one monomer bearing at least one chain polymerizable functional group. During the electrolyzing process, at least one protocole consisting of an electrical polarization of the surface by applying a variable potential over at least a range of values which are more cathodic that the reduction or peak potential of all diazonium salts in said solution is applied. The invention also relates to an electrically conducting or semiconducting surface obtained by implementing this method. The invention further relates to electrolytic compositions.

Electrodepositable compositions including an aqueous medium, an ionic resin and particles including thermally produced graphenic carbon nanoparticles are disclosed. The compositions may also include lithium-containing particles. Electrodeposited coatings comprising a cured ionic resin, thermally produced graphenic carbon nanoparticle and lithium-containing particles are also disclosed. The electrodeposited coatings may be used as coatings for lithium ion battery electrodes.

The present invention provides a method for preparing a polyaniline/RuO.sub.2/SnO.sub.2 composite electrode material, including: sputtering a SnO.sub.2 film onto a tantalum substrate by a magnetron sputtering method, to form a SnO.sub.2 layer; preparing porous-structured RuO.sub.2 nanoparticles with a uniform pore size distribution (10-15 nm) by a template method; and embedding polyaniline into the RuO.sub.2 nanoparticle matrix by a electrodeposition method, to finally obtain a multilayer-structured polyaniline/RuO.sub.2/SnO.sub.2 composite electrode material with a specific capacitance value of 680-702 F.Math.g1 and an excellent cycling charge-discharge performance after it is assembled into an electrochemical capacitor.

A slurry for electrostatic spray deposition and method for forming a coating film using the same are provided. The slurry comprises a solvent, a first polymer dissolved in the solvent, and polymer particles containing a second polymer and dispersed in the solvent.

The present invention is directed to electrodepositable compositions comprising: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of the solid particles to the ionic resin of at least 17:1, and wherein the weight ratio of the lithium-containing particles to the electrically conductive particles is at least 3:1. The present invention is additionally directed to a battery electrode comprising a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating is deposited from the electrodepositable composition described above.

The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrochemically active material comprising a protective coating; an electrodepositable binder; and an aqueous medium. Also disclosed herein is a method of coating a substrate, as well as coated substrates and electrical storage devices.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to low cathodic disbondment coating compositions, more particularly, to polyurethane compositions including a butylene oxide based polyol composition that can be utilized to form polyurethane coatings having low cathodic disbondment. As an example, a low cathodic disbondment coating compositions can be formed from a polyurethane composition including a polyol composition that includes a butylene oxide based polyol composition, where the polyol composition has an average hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl equivalent weight from 150 to 4000, where the butylene oxide based polyol composition is from 10 weight percent to 100 weight percent of a total weight of the polyol composition and has an average hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 3, and a polyisocyanate composition, where the polyurethane composition has an isocyanate index in a range from 70 to 120.