Patent classifications
C01P2002/30
Radio wave absorber
A radio wave absorber includes a base member, and a radio wave absorption film formed on the base member. The radio wave absorption film includes at least MTC-substituted ε-Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 and black titanium oxide. The MTC-substituted ε-Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 is a crystal belonging to the same space group as an ε-Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 crystal and expressed by ε-M.sub.xTi.sub.yCo.sub.yFe.sub.2−2y−xO.sub.3 where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ga, In, Al, and Rh, 0<x<1, and 0<y<1.
Lithiated material
A material of formula Li.sub.aTi.sub.b(A.sub.xS.sub.3-x).sub.c wherein A is a metalloid element chosen from selenium, tellurium and mixtures thereof, and the stoichiometric coefficients a, b, c and x are such that 0<x<2.2; 0.4≤a≤4.5; 0.9≤b≤1.1; and 0.9≤c≤1.1.
Paramagnetic garnet-type transparent ceramic, magneto-optical material and magneto-optical device
A paramagnetic garnet-type transparent ceramic is a sintered body of complex oxide represented by the following formula (1), comprising SiO.sub.2 as a sintering aid in an amount of more than 0% by weight to 0.1% by weight or less, and has a linear transmittance of 83.5% or more at the wavelength of 1,064 nm for an optical path length of 25 mm:
(Tb.sub.1-x-yY.sub.xSc.sub.y).sub.3(Al.sub.1-zSc.sub.z).sub.5O.sub.12 (1)
wherein 0.05≤x<0.45, 0<y<0.1, 0.5<1−x−y<0.95, and 0.004<z<0.2.
Methods of Synthesizing Single-Crystal LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 and Applications of these Materials
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to lithium-ion batteries. In one aspect, a method includes synthesizing an intermediate selected from a group of a nickel-manganese-cobalt nitrate, a nickel-manganese-cobalt acetate, a nickel-manganese-cobalt sulfate, a nickel-manganese-cobalt chloride, and a nickel-manganese-cobalt phosphate. The intermediate is mixed with a lithium salt selected from a group of LiOH, LiCl, LiNO.sub.3, LiSO.sub.4, LiF, LiBr, Li.sub.3PO.sub.4, Li.sub.2CO.sub.3, and combinations thereof to form a mixture. The mixture is annealed at a sequence of temperatures and times to form a plurality of single crystals of a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide, with no cooling of the mixture between operations of the sequence of temperatures and times.
WURTZITE-TYPE MANGANESE OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
Single-phase manganese oxide particles having a wurtzite crystal structure. The particles can be obtained by thermally decomposing a compound containing manganese. In this procedure, a reducing agent consisting of at least one of a polyol-based material and an ethylene glycol stearate-based material is added as an additive to the reaction system. It is heated at a first temperature (200° C. or lower) under a reduced pressure atmosphere, then the temperature is raised, and the product is heated at a temperature higher than the first temperature under an inert gas atmosphere.
Fuel cell and electrolyzer hotbox module using conductive zirconia stacks
Modular pressurized hotbox for use and substitution in a variety of pressurized electrochemical applications to include reversible solid oxide electrolyzer and fuel cells, energy storage systems, renewable fuel production, solid-state hydrogen pumping and liquefaction, and oxygen transport membranes. This is enabled by mixed electronic and ionic conducting compositions of vanadia-yttria and vanadia-calcia stabilized zirconia and a dry powder method of manufacture for ceramic core stacks.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL MESOPOROUS SUPERLATTICES OF INORGANIC MATERIALS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME
Porous compositions and methods of making and using same. The compositions may be one or more layer(s) of mesoporous inorganic materials. The mesoporous inorganic material(s) may be a plurality of inorganic nanocages, which may be microporous. A composition may include homostacks of layers of the same inorganic mesoporous materials. A composition may include heterostacks of layers of inorganic mesoporous materials, where at least two of the layers are different. The compositions may be surface functionalized. The compositions may be formed in a reaction mixture including one or more precursor(s), one or more surfactant(s), water, and one or more organic solvent(s). The compositions may be formed at the liquid-liquid interface between the water and the one or more organic solvent(s). A composition may be used as a catalyst, in a catalytic method, as a separation medium, in a separation method, in nanomedicine applications, or the like.
Lithium ion conductive material, all-solid-state secondary battery, and method of manufacturing solid electrolyte
A lithium ion conductive material has a composition formula of Li.sub.a(OH).sub.bF.sub.cCl.sub.dBr.sub.1-d, where 1.8≤a≤2.3, b=a −c−1, 0<c≤0.30, 0<d<1, and includes an antiperovskite-type crystal phase. The lithium ion conductive material is manufactured, for example, by heating LiOH, LiF, LiCl, and LiBr at a temperature not lower than 250° C. and not higher than 600° C. for 0.1 hours or more while stirring them at a molar ratio of 1:X:Y:Z (where 0.03≤X≤0.3, 0.2≤Y<1.1, 0<Z<1) under an Ar gas atmosphere.
HIGH SATURATION MAGNETIZATION AND HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT FERRITES CONTAINING INDIUM
The disclosed technology relates to a ceramic composition and an article formed therefrom. A ceramic article for radio frequency applications is formed of a ceramic material having a chemical formula represented by: Bi.sub.1.0+aY.sub.2.0-a-x-2yCa.sub.x+2yFe.sub.5-x-yM.sup.IV.sub.xV.sub.yO.sub.12 or Bi.sub.1.0+aY.sub.2.0-a-2yCa.sub.2yFe.sub.5-y-zV.sub.yIn.sub.zO.sub.12. The ceramic material has a composition such that a normalized change in saturation magnetization (Δ4πMs), defined as Δ4πMs=[(4πMs at 20° C.)-(4πMs at 120° C.)]/(4πMs at 20° C.), is less than about 0.35.
Form of copper sulfide
Copper sulfide of the formula Cu.sub.xS.sub.y, wherein x and y are integer or non-integer values, wherein (i) the copper sulfide has a sulfur 2p XPS spectrum with peaks at 162.3 eV (±1 ev), 163.8 eV (±1 ev) and 68.5 eV (±1 ev), characterised in that the peak at 168.5 eV has a lower value of counts per second (CPS) than both the peak at 162.3 eV and the peak at 163.8 eV; and (ii) the copper sulfide has a copper 2p XPS spectrum with peaks at 932.0 eV (±2 ev) and 933.6 eV (±3 eV) and characterised in that the XPS spectrum does not comprise identifiable satellite peaks at 939.8 eV and 943.1 eV (±3 eV).