Disclosed herein are embodiments of doped and undoped spherical or spheroidal lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) powder products, and methods of production using microwave plasma processing, which can be incorporated into solid state lithium ion batteries. Advantageously, embodiments of the disclosed LLZO powder display a high quality, high purity stoichiometry, small particle size, narrow size distribution, spherical morphology, and customizable crystalline structure.

Described is a composite material composed of an atomically thin (single layer) amorphous carbon disposed on top of a substrate (metal, glass, oxides) and methods of growing and differentiating stem cells.

Process for preparing alumina gel in a single precipitation step consisting of dissolving an aluminium precursor, aluminium chloride, in water, at a temperature of 10 C. to 90 C. such that the pH of the solution is from 0.5 to 5, for a period of 2 to 60 minutes, then adjusting the pH to 7.5 to 9.5 by adding a basic precursor, sodium hydroxide, to the solution obtained to obtain a suspension, at a temperature of 5 C. to 35 C., and for 5 minutes to 5 hours, followed by a filtration step, said process not comprising any washing steps. Also, novel alumina gel having a high dispersibility index, in particular a dispersibility index of more than 80%, a crystallite dimension of 0.5 to 10 nm, a chlorine content of 0.001% to 2% by weight and a sodium content of 0.001% to 2% by weight, the percentages by weight being expressed with respect to the total weight of the alumina gel.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of doped and undoped spherical or spheroidal lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) powder products, and methods of production using microwave plasma processing, which can be incorporated into solid state lithium ion batteries. Advantageously, embodiments of the disclosed LLZO powder display a high quality, high purity stoichiometry, small particle size, narrow size distribution, spherical morphology, and customizable crystalline structure.

Chabazite zeolites have a problem of low hydrothermal resistance. By steam treating a chabazite zeolite having a silica-alumina ratio and a crystallinity that are within certain ranges, a chabazite zeolite having a high crystallinity and a high hydrothermal resistance can be obtained.

A porous silicon composition, a porous alloy composition, or a porous silicon containing cermet composition, as defined herein. A method of making: the porous silicon composition; the porous alloy composition, or the porous silicon containing cermet composition, as defined herein. Also disclosed is an electrode, and an energy storage device incorporating the electrode and at least one of the disclosed compositions, as defined herein.

The present disclosure is generally directed to a single-step synthesis of nanostructured thin films by a chemical vapor and aerosol deposition (CVAD) process. The present disclosure is also directed to methods for controlling the morphology of the nanostructured thin films. The films can be used, for example, in lithium ion and/or sodium ion battery electrodes, solar cells and gas sensors.

A near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body, a near-infrared shielding body, and a near-infrared shielding laminated structure containing composite tungsten oxide that exhibits more excellent near-infrared shielding function than that of a conventional near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body, near-infrared shielding body, and near-infrared shielding laminated structure, and a method for producing the same. Also, a near-infrared shielding material fine particle dispersion body in which near-infrared shielding material fine particles are dispersed in a solid medium. The near-infrared shielding material fine particles are composite tungsten oxide fine particles containing a hexagonal crystal structure, in which a lattice constant of the composite tungsten oxide fine particles is 7.3850 or more and 7.4186 or less on the a-axis, and 7.5600 or more and 7.6240 or less on the c-axis, and a particle size of the near-infrared shielding material fine particles is 100 nm or less.

The present disclosure relates to a process for the synthesis of highly crystalline carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Processes known in the art employ post-synthesis processes such as oxidation or hydrothermal treatment to produce CNTs with high crystallinity. The present disclosure produces highly crystalline CNTs at a low growth temperature and without hydrogen flow condition and without employing any post-production process. The process disclosed in the present disclosure produces CNTs having a crystallinity greater than 5 which makes them suitable for various industrial applications.

[Problem] Chabazite zeolites have a problem of low hydrothermal resistance. [Solution] By steam treating a chabazite zeolite having a silica-alumina ratio and a crystallinity that are within certain ranges, a chabazite zeolite having a high crystallinity and a high hydrothermal resistance can be obtained.