Disclosed is an electrolyte containing solid particles and lithium ion secondary battery, comprising: an organic solvent, an electrolyte lithium salt, and glass particles dispersed in the liquid electrolyte, and the glass refers to composite oxide glass containing a lithium oxide and a phosphorus oxide. The above technical scheme may effectively improve the safety performance of a battery, and prolong the service life of the battery.

Embodiments of methods for forming strengthened glass articles comprise providing an exchangeable glass substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between about 60×10−7°/C. to about 110×10−7°/C., depositing at least one decorative porous inorganic layer onto at least a portion of the surface of the glass substrate, wherein the decorative porous inorganic layer comprises a glass transition temperature (Tg)≥450° C., a glass softening temperature (Ts)≥650° C., wherein the difference in CTE values between the glass substrate and the decorative porous inorganic layer is within 10×10−7°/C.; and curing the glass substrate and the deposited decorative porous inorganic layer at a temperature greater than the Ts of the decorative porous inorganic layer; and chemically strengthening the cured glass substrate and the decorative porous inorganic layer thereon via ion exchange at a temperature below the Tg of the decorative porous inorganic layer.

Embodiments of methods for forming strengthened glass articles comprise providing an exchangeable glass substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between about 60×10−7°/C. to about 110×10−7°/C., depositing at least one decorative porous inorganic layer onto at least a portion of the surface of the glass substrate, wherein the decorative porous inorganic layer comprises a glass transition temperature (Tg)≥450° C., a glass softening temperature (Ts)≥650° C., wherein the difference in CTE values between the glass substrate and the decorative porous inorganic layer is within 10×10−7°/C.; and curing the glass substrate and the deposited decorative porous inorganic layer at a temperature greater than the Ts of the decorative porous inorganic layer; and chemically strengthening the cured glass substrate and the decorative porous inorganic layer thereon via ion exchange at a temperature below the Tg of the decorative porous inorganic layer.

The present disclosure includes carbon-carbon composite articles having multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings for limiting thermal and/or catalytic oxidation reactions and methods for applying multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings to carbon-carbon composite articles.

The present disclosure includes carbon-carbon composite articles having multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings for limiting thermal and/or catalytic oxidation reactions and methods for applying multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings to carbon-carbon composite articles.

Disclosed herein are sealed devices comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, an inorganic film between the first and second substrates, and at least one weld region comprising a bond between the first and second substrates. The weld region can comprise a chemical composition different from that of the inorganic film and the first or second substrates. The sealed devices may further comprise a stress region encompassing at least the weld region, in which a portion of the device is under a greater stress than the remaining portion of the device. Also disclosed herein are display and electronic components comprising such sealed devices.

Disclosed herein are sealed devices comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, an inorganic film between the first and second substrates, and at least one weld region comprising a bond between the first and second substrates. The weld region can comprise a chemical composition different from that of the inorganic film and the first or second substrates. The sealed devices may further comprise a stress region encompassing at least the weld region, in which a portion of the device is under a greater stress than the remaining portion of the device. Also disclosed herein are display and electronic components comprising such sealed devices.

A glass includes from 42 mol % to 47 mol % P.sub.2O.sub.5, from 42 mol % to 48 mol % CuO, and from greater than 0 mol % to 15 mol % Fe.sub.2O.sub.3. The glass is an amorphous, single-phase glass. Methods of making a glass article include heating batch materials to a melting temperature from 900° C. to 1350° C. In aspects, methods include pouring the molten glass in an inert gaseous environment, and cooling the molten glass in the inter gaseous environment. In aspects, methods include cooling the molten glass to form the glass article and annealing the glass article without growing crystals in or on the glass article during the cooling or the annealing.

A fluid for stabilising solids formed from particulate material, the fluid comprising glass and a carrier. A method for preparing the fluid comprising melting and fritting a glass, milling the glass to form a powder and adding the milled glass to a carrier. A method of stabilising a solid formed from particulate material, the method comprising the steps of mixing the fluid with a particulate material and setting, and the use of the fluid, in geoengineering, building preservation, construction, tunnelling, landscape restoration, land remediation, and/or flood protection/remediation.

A standalone lithium ion-conductive sulfide solid electrolyte can include a freestanding inorganic vitreous sheet of sulfide-based lithium ion conducting glass capable of high performance in a lithium metal battery by providing a high degree of lithium-ion conductivity while being highly resistant to the initiation and/or propagation of lithium dendrites. Such an electrolyte is also itself manufacturable, and readily adaptable for battery cell and cell component manufacture, in a cost-effective, scalable manner. Methods of making and using the electrolyte, and battery cells and cell components incorporating the electrolyte are also disclosed.