25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140170456 | CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising: an inner electrode having an inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner current collector; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and an outer electrode surrounding the outer surface of the separation layer, and having an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector comprising at least one of a conductive paste and a carbon fiber. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170457 | Redox Additive for Secondary Cells with Liquid-Solid Phase Change - A secondary cell, in particular a lithium-sulfur cell, that encompasses a cathode having an electrochemically active cathode active material, an anode having an electrochemically active anode active material, and a liquid electrolyte, the cathode active material and/or anode active material changing, in the context of the charging or discharging operation, from a solid phase form into a liquid phase form that is soluble in the electrolyte. To increase the charging/discharging rate and cycle stability and to decrease overvoltages, the secondary cell encompasses at least one redox additive that is soluble in reduced form and oxidized form in the electrolyte and that is suitable for reacting with the phase-changing electrode active material in a redox reaction in such a way that the electrode active material is convertible from the solid phase form into the liquid phase form. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170458 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A separator ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140170459 | Liquid Electrolyte for Increasing Capacity and Cycling Retention of Lithium Sulfur Battery - We provide a liquid electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery. Electrolytes of the invention may include a protecting additive; a lithium salt (in addition to LiNO | 2014-06-19 |
20140170460 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY - Provided is a redox flow battery including a positive electrode cell having a positive electrode and a catholyte solution; a negative electrode cell having a negative electrode and an anolyte solution; and an ion-exchange membrane disposed between the positive electrode cell and the negative electrode cell, wherein the catholyte solution and the anolyte solution each includes a non-aqueous solvent, a supporting electrolyte, and an electrolyte, and wherein the electrolyte includes a metal-ligand coordination compound, and at least one of the metal-ligand coordination compounds includes a ligand having an electron donating group. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170461 | MEDIATOR-TYPE PHOTOCELL SYSTEM - A mediator-type photocell system is provided. The mediator-type photocell system includes a galvanic cell having a galvanic cell anode and a galvanic cell cathode; and a light capturing portion, including a light capturing cathode corresponding to the galvanic cell anode; and a light capturing anode electrically connected to the light capturing cathode via a conductive element, and corresponding to the galvanic cell cathode, wherein the galvanic cell cathode and the light capturing anode have a first mediator therebetween, the galvanic cell anode and the light capturing cathode have a second mediator therebetween, an oxide is generated to be provided to the galvanic cell cathode when the first mediator is illuminated, and a reducing substance is generated to be provided to the galvanic cell anode when the second mediator is illuminated. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170462 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORE - An electrical energy store for a motor vehicle has multiple battery cells oriented in the same direction. Each battery cell has two parallel sides and a cell terminal with one plus pole and one minus pole. The battery cells are in the form of pouch cells between which there is arranged a cooling foil that comprises graphite particles and a cooling duct connected in heat-transmitting fashion to the cell terminal and to the foil. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170463 | CYLINDRICAL BATTERY - A cylindrical battery including: a battery case having a cylindrical shape; an electrode group disposed in the battery case, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and having a pair of flat outer side surfaces opposed to each other; and a spacer disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the battery case and each of the flat outer side surfaces of the electrode group. The spacer has a case contact portion that extends continuously from a first axial end to a second axial end and is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery case, and the case contact portion is formed with a communicating portion that communicates spaces partitioned by the case contact portion. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170464 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a porous heat resistance layer. The electrode body is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode that face each other through a separator. The porous heat resistance layer is disposed at least in one of a space between the positive electrode and the separator and a space between the negative electrode and the separator and contains an inorganic filler. A porosity of the separator is not less than 70% by volume and not more than 80% by volume. A ratio of a porosity of the porous heat resistance layer with respect to the porosity of the separator is not less than 0.3 and not more than 0.6. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170465 | PROTECTED LITHIUM ELECTRODES HAVING A POROUS ELECTROLYTE INTERLAYER AND ASSOCIATED BATTERY CELLS - Active metal and active metal intercalation electrode structures and battery cells having ionically conductive protective architecture including an active metal (e.g., lithium) conductive impervious layer separated from the electrode (anode) by a porous separator impregnated with a non-aqueous electrolyte (anolyte). This protective architecture prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction with the environment on the other (cathode) side of the impervious layer, which may include aqueous or non-aqueous liquid electrolytes (catholytes) and/or a variety electrochemically active materials, including liquid, solid and gaseous oxidizers. Safety additives and designs that facilitate manufacture are also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170466 | THREE DIMENSIONAL BATTERIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Various methods and apparatus relating to three-dimensional battery structures and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed and claimed. In certain embodiments, a three-dimensional battery comprises a plurality of non-laminar, three-dimensional electrodes including a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of silicon anodes; and an electrolyte solution in fluid contact with the plurality of electrodes, wherein the electrolyte solution comprises a selected one of lithium (bis)trifluoromethanesulfonimide (LiTFSI), LiClO | 2014-06-19 |
20140170467 | STACK TYPE BATTERY - A stack type battery includes a stack including: a plurality of cathode sheets; a plurality of anode sheets, which are alternately disposed with the cathode sheets; and a plurality of separators, where each of the separator is disposed between a corresponding cathode sheet of the cathode sheets and a corresponding anode sheet of the anode sheets, where the stack includes first to third protrusions, the first protrusion includes a portion of the cathode sheets which does not overlap the anode sheets and the separators, and the second protrusion includes a portion of the anode sheets which does not overlap the cathode sheets and the separators. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170468 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module which has a structure that can apply an approximately uniform pressure to electrodes contained in the battery module. A battery module including two or more unit cells and a hermetically closed housing for housing the two or more unit cells and a fluid, each unit cell including one or more stack units and a cell case for housing the one or more stack units, each stack unit including at least a positive electrode, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode stacked together, wherein the two or more unit cells are stacked in a direction that is substantially the same as a stacking direction of the one or more stack units, and wherein a gap member is present between the stacked unit cells, the gap member being configured to allow the fluid to flow into the gap member. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170469 | SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which a stacked electrode assembly having a cathode, an anode and a separator is accommodated together with an electrolytic solution between exterior members. In the present invention, the secondary battery has a plurality of joint parts at which the outer peripheral portion of the separator is joined with the exterior members and a holding part formed at least between the joint parts so as to hold therein the electrolytic solution, wherein a sum of perimeters of the joint parts is longer than a perimeter of a rectangle of minimum area enclosing therein all of the joint parts. In this configuration, it is possible to refill the stacked electrode assembly with the electrolytic solution and protect the joint parts from breakage while preventing displacement of the stacked electrode assembly in the secondary battery. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170470 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a secondary battery with improved safety through filling a polymer in a hardened state, and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes preparing a polymer slurry by adding a polymer particle to an electrolyte solution, injecting the polymer slurry to a battery casing in which an electrode assembly is received, changing the polymer slurry to a polymer solution by heating the battery casing, and hardening the polymer solution by cooling the battery casing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170471 | ELECTRODE PLATE, LAYERED ELECTRODE GROUP, BATTERY, AND CYLINDRICAL BATTERY - An electrode plate is formed by current collectors retaining an active material. The electrode plate includes a first plate element having an active material non-retaining portion, which does not retain the active material, and active material retaining portions in substantially flat plate shapes, which retain the active material and are formed on both sides of the active material non-retaining portion, the active material non-retaining portion being folded so that the active material retaining portions face each other, and a second plate element having an active material non-retaining portion and an active material retaining portion in a substantially flat shape. The active material retaining portion of the second plate element is in contact with and superimposed on the active material retaining portions of the first plate element. The active material non-retaining portion of the second plate element is in contact with the active material non-retaining portion of the first plate element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170472 | COIN BATTERY - Disclosed is a coin battery including: positive and negative electrodes, a separator interposed therebetween, and an electrolyte; and a housing accommodating these elements. The housing includes: a cylindrical battery case having a bottom, and a first side wall rising from the periphery thereof; a sealing plate having a top, and a second side wall extending from the periphery of the top and along inside the first side wall; and a gasket between the first and second side walls. The sealing plate has: a first curved portion at the boundary between the top and the second side wall, a second curved portion continued from the first curved portion, a third curved portion continued from the second curved portion, and a descending portion continued from the third curved portion. The ratio: R1/R2 where R1 and R2 are outer radii of curvatures of the first and second curved portions is 0.22 to 1.88. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170473 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, an electrolyte having viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 15 Pa·s at a temperature from about 20° C. to about 25° C., a can having an opening on one surface through which the electrode assembly is inserted, the electrode assembly and the electrolyte being accommodated inside the can, and a cap plate that seals the opening of the can. A ratio of the height of the can to a cross-sectional area of the can is from about 12.5% to about 25%. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170474 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly that comprises a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates. The battery also includes a can having an opening and accommodating the electrode assembly therein, wherein the can comprises a plurality of corner units, wherein at least one of the corner units is rounded, and wherein the outer radius of curvature of the at least one corner unit is greater than the inner radius of curvature thereof. The battery further includes a cap plate substantially sealing the opening of the can. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170475 | ELECTRODES, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, AND METHODS OF FORMING ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Electrodes and methods of forming electrodes are described herein. The electrode can be an electrode of an electrochemical cell or battery. The electrode includes a current collector and a film in electrical communication with the current collector. The film may include a carbon phase that holds the film together. The electrode further includes an electrode attachment substance that adheres the film to the current collector. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170476 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The described embodiments provide an energy storage device that includes a positive electrode including an active material that can store and release ions, a negative electrode including an active material that is a lithiated nano-architectured active material including tin and at least one stress-buffer component, and a non-aqueous electrolyte including lithium. The negative electrode active material is nano-architectured before lithiation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170477 | ADDITIVE FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY AND LEAD-ACID BATTERY - An additive for lead-acid battery including sulfonated polyacrylic acid aimed at extending the battery life by preventing the sulfation of the negative electrode, and a lead-acid battery using the additive. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170478 | LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - An electrochemical cell including at least one nitrogen-containing compound is disclosed. The at least one nitrogen-containing compound may form part of or be included in: an anode structure, a cathode structure, an electrolyte and/or a separator of the electrochemical cell. Also disclosed is a battery including the electrochemical cell. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170479 | SALINE BATTERY - Saline battery concepts and method of fabrication are disclosed. The battery includes a base structure having electrode alloys. An inter-connective matrix is formed between the electrode alloys. The cathode and anode side are integrated within the base structure to exhibit a voltage pyramid. A high amperage output is configured to have a low gain in resistance and to have a minimized loss across the inter-connective matrix between the electrode alloys to provide a synergistic gain in excess of entropic losses. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170480 | Composite electrodes for lithium ion battery and method of making - A method for making a composite electrode for a lithium ion battery comprises the steps of: preparing a slurry containing particles of inorganic electrode material(s) suspended in a solvent; preheating a porous metallic substrate; loading the metallic substrate with the slurry; baking the loaded substrate at a first temperature; curing the baked substrate at a second temperature sufficient to form a desired nanocrystalline material within the pores of the substrate; calendaring the cured composite to reduce internal porosity; and, annealing the calendared composite at a third temperature to produce a self-supporting multiphase electrode. Because of the calendaring step, the resulting electrode is self-supporting, has improved current collecting properties, and improved cycling lifetime. Anodes and cathodes made by the process, and batteries using them, are also disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170481 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - It is an object of this exemplary embodiment to provide a lithium ion battery using a lithium manganese complex oxide, in which the dissolution of manganese and resistance increase are inhibited, and which is excellent in life characteristics at high temperature. One aspect of this exemplary embodiment is a lithium ion battery comprising at least a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode active material is a lithium manganese complex oxide, the positive electrode comprises a bismuth oxide, and a metal compound attached to part of a surface of the lithium manganese complex oxide, and a dissolution rate of a metal of the metal compound in the electrolytic solution is lower than a dissolution rate of manganese of the lithium manganese complex oxide. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170482 | ELECTRODES, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, AND METHODS OF FORMING ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Electrodes and methods of forming electrodes are described herein. The electrode can be an electrode of an electrochemical cell or battery. The electrode includes a current collector and a film in electrical communication with the current collector. The film may include a carbon phase that holds the film together. The electrode further includes an electrode attachment substance that adheres the film to the current collector. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170483 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF GRAPHENE/SILICON MULTILAYER STRUCTURED ANODES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - Multilayer structures with alternating graphene and Si thin films were constructed by a repeated process of filtering liquid-phase exfoliated grapheme film and subsequent coating of amorphous Si film using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method. The multilayer-structure composite films, fabricated on copper current collectors, can be directly used as anodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) without the addition of polymer binders or conductive additives. Fabricated coin-type half cells based on the new anode materials easily achieved a capacity almost four times higher than the theoretical value of graphite even after 30 cycles. These cells also demonstrated improved capacity retention and enhanced rate capability during charge/discharge processes compared to those of pure Si film-based anodes. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170484 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a current collector and a negative active material layer positioned on the current collector, wherein the negative active material layer includes a first active material including a carbon-based material, a composite material including a second active material including a silicon-based material or a tin-based material, the second active material being coated with a combined binder and a fiber-shaped conductive material on the surface thereof, and a binder, a rechargeable lithium battery including the same and a method of preparing the same. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170485 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PREPARED THEREFROM AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for preparing an anode active material, comprising (S1) forming a shell being a coating layer comprising a carbon material on the surface of a core comprising silicon oxide particles, to obtain a silicon oxide-carbon composite having a core-shell structure; (S2) mixing the silicon oxide-carbon composite with an oxygen-containing lithium salt, followed by heat treatment to produce a silicon oxide-lithium alloy, thereby obtaining a (SiO | 2014-06-19 |
20140170486 | COMPOSITE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, MATERIAL FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE - Composite particles for electrochemical device electrode which contain an electrode active material, a non-water soluble particle-shaped polymer, and a water-soluble polymer having a sulfonic acid group are provided. According to the present invention, composite particles for electrochemical device electrode are high in fluidity, exhibit high adhesion with a current collector, and can provide an electrochemical device electrode which is high in initial capacity, low in internal resistance, an excellent in high temperature storage characteristics are provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170487 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode sheet of a lithium-ion secondary battery has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains flake graphite particles and has a first region neighboring the negative electrode current collector and a second region neighboring a surface side that are different in perpendicularity of the graphite particles. The perpendicularity of the graphite particles is defined as (m1/m2), where, when the inclination θn of each of the graphite particles is specified relative to a surface of the negative electrode current collector, m1 is the number of the graphite particles having an inclination θn of 60°≦θn≦90° and m2 is the number of the graphite particles having an inclination θn of 0°≦θn≦30°. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170488 | COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CELL, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE COMPONENT - An object of the present invention is to provide a current collector which can decrease the internal resistance of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, be used suitably for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery such as a lithium ion secondary battery and the like or for an electrical storage device such as a lithium ion capacitor and the like, and improve high rate characteristics. According to the present invention, a current collector which is structured by forming a resin layer possessing conductivity on at least one side of a conductive substrate is provided. The resin layer contains a chitosan-based resin and a conductive material, and the water contact angle of the surface of the resin layer measured by θ/2 method in a thermostatic chamber at 23° C. is 5 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less. In addition, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device which use the current collector are provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170489 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In manufacturing of a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery provided with a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active substance on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, one or mixture selected from granular materials alloyable with lithium and carbon materials for storing and releasing lithium is used as the negative electrode active substance; manufacturing method of a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery employed is characterized in that an electro-deposited copper foil in which a surface roughness (Ra) is 0.20 μm2014-06-19 | |
20140170490 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a negative electrode having a new structure for realizing a lithium secondary battery having increased charging/discharging capacities and a battery capacity that is reduced less due to repeated charging/discharging. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a current collector substrate; a carbon nanochips layer including graphene sheets grown to incline in irregular directions independently from the current collector substrate; and a silicon thin film layer on the carbon nanochips layer, in which gaps among the carbon nanochips are formed between the silicon thin film layer and the current collector substrate. The Raman spectrum of graphite forming the carbon nanochips layer has a g/d ratio of 0.30 to 0.80, both inclusive, and the crystallinity level of the graphite is lower than that of graphite forming carbon nanowalls. The carbon nanochips layer can be formed by a plasma CVD method using a gaseous mixture of methane and hydrogen, for example. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170491 | MESOPOROUS STARBURST CARBON INCORPORATED WITH METAL NANOCRYSTALS OR METAL OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS, AND USES THEREOF - A composition is provided that includes mesoporous carbon domains. Each of the mesoporous carbon domains is incorporated with particles of metal or metal oxide in an amount of from 40 to 85 total weight percent of the composition. The metal or metal oxide particles can include tin, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, nickel, iron, or ruthenium, or an oxide thereof. The resulting composition when combined with a binder from a battery electrode. Such a battery electrode operating as an anode in a lithium ion battery has specific capacities of more than 1000 miliAmperes-hour per gram after 15 of the galvanostatic cycles. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170492 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, PREPARING METHOD THEREOF AND LITHIUM BATTERY - Provided is a positive electrode material for a lithium battery with an atomic ratio expressed by the formula (I) Li | 2014-06-19 |
20140170493 | NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION REACTIONS - The disclosure is related to battery systems. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure provide a nanostructured conversion material for use as the active material in battery cathodes. In an implementation, a nanostructured conversion material is a glassy material and includes a metal material, one or more oxidizing species, and a reducing cation species mixed at a scale of less than 1 nm. The glassy conversion material is substantially homogeneous within a volume of 1000nm | 2014-06-19 |
20140170494 | GLASS-COATED CATHODE POWDERS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - The invention provides a cathode active material for use in a rechargeable battery, comprising a coated lithium nickel oxide powder or a coated lithium nickel manganese oxide powder, the powder being composed of primary particles provided with a glassy lithium silicate surface coating. A method for preparing the cathode active material comprises the steps of:
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20140170495 | BATTERY ACTIVE MATERIAL AND BATTERY - A battery active material includes a crystal phase that is represented by a formula Y | 2014-06-19 |
20140170496 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by a chemical formula LiVOPO | 2014-06-19 |
20140170497 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINING SURFACE-FLUORINATED B-TYPE TITANIUM OXIDE POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY USING SAME - A problem to be solved is to enhance the charge and discharge characteristics and rate characteristics of a B-type titanium oxide (TiO | 2014-06-19 |
20140170498 | SILICON PARTICLES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES - Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight silicon particles, the silicon particles having an average particle size between about 10 nm and about 40 μm, and greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases, wherein at least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170499 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE COMPOSITION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery comprising vapor grown carbon fiber uniformly dispersed without forming an agglomerate of 10 μm or larger in an anode active material using natural graphite or artificial graphite, which anode is excellent in long cycle life and large current characteristics. Composition used for production for the anode can be produced, for example, by mixing a thickening agent solution containing an anode active material, a thickening agent aqueous solution and styrene butadiene rubber as binder with a composition containing carbon fiber dispersed in a thickening agent with a predetermined viscosity or by mixing an anode active material with vapor grown carbon fiber in dry state and then adding polyvinylidene difluoride thereto. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170500 | ELECTRODE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - An electrode for a power storage device with good cycle characteristics and high charge/discharge capacity is provided. In addition, a power storage device including the electrode is provided. The electrode for the power storage device includes a conductive layer and an active material layer provided over the conductive layer, the active material layer includes graphene and an active material including a plurality of whiskers, and the graphene is provided to be attached to a surface portion of the active material including a plurality of whiskers and to have holes in part of the active material layer. Further, in the electrode for the power storage device, the graphene is provided to be attached to a surface portion of the active material including a plurality of whiskers and to cover the active material including a plurality of whiskers. Further, the power storage device including the electrode is manufactured. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170501 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A Lithium-ion secondary battery ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140170502 | ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS - An electric storage apparatus has a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. Each of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate has a collector plate and an active material layer containing an electrolytic solution, and the active material layer is formed in a predetermined width on a partial region of a collector plate. The separator is placed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate and contains an electrolytic solution. At least one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, an edge of the active material layer in a width direction has a waveform. A set value Wn of the width of the active material layer and a variation ΔW of the width of the active material layer satisfy a condition of 0.03≦ΔW/Wn≦0.056. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170503 | ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES WITH SOLID ELECTROLYTES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A metal or metal-ion battery composition is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes along with an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode. At least one of the electrodes includes active material particles provided to store and release ions during battery operation. Each of the active material particles includes internal pores configured to accommodate volume changes in the active material during the storing and releasing of the ions. The electrolyte comprises a solid electrolyte ionically interconnecting the active material particles. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170504 | FLEXIBLE SOLID ELECTROLYTE, ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE FLEXIBLE SOLID ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE FLEXIBLE SOLID ELECTROLYTE - A flexible solid electrolyte includes a first inorganic protective layer, an inorganic-organic composite electrolyte layer including an inorganic component and an organic component, and a second inorganic protective layer, where the inorganic-organic composite electrolyte layer is disposed between the first inorganic protective layer and the second inorganic protective layer, and the inorganic component and the organic component collectively form a continuous ion conducting path. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170505 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LITHIUM ION CONDUCTIVE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of manufacturing a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte includes (a) a step of preparing an object to be processed including a crystalline material, that includes alkali metal other than lithium and whose ionic conductivity at room temperature is greater than or equal to 1×10 | 2014-06-19 |
20140170506 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous solvent for an electricity storage device includes a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate represented by the following general formula (1) (in general formula (1), R | 2014-06-19 |
20140170507 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides: a non-aqueous electrolyte for an electrochemical device, having ion conductivity sufficient for practical use and capable of improving energy density; a method for producing the same; and an electrochemical device using the same. The non-aqueous electrolyte for an electrochemical device includes a non-aqueous solvent and an alkaline earth metal chloride. The alkaline earth metal chloride is dissolved in an amount of 0.015 mol or more relative to 1 mol of the non-aqueous solvent. The total content of the non-aqueous solvent and the alkaline earth metal chloride is 70 mass % or more in the non-aqueous electrolyte. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170508 | OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANE FOR AIR SECONDARY BATTERY, ARMOURING MATERIAL FOR AIR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is an oxygen permeable membrane for use in an air secondary battery, which excels in oxygen permeability, barrier performance to water, being capable of preventing electrolyte from leaking out. Such an oxygen permeable membrane includes a thermoplastic resin membrane and inorganic particles having pores having pore diameter of 10 Å or less contained in the thermoplastic resin membrane, in which the thermoplastic resin membrane has one surface on which hydrophobic treatment is effected. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170509 | ARMOURING MATERIAL FOR AIR SECONDARY BATTERY, PRODUCTION METHOD OF ARMOURING MATERIAL FOR AIR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - An armouring material for use in an air secondary battery, including:
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20140170510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL - A method for recovering performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack through electrode reversal. In detail, oxide films formed on the surface of platinum of a cathode is removed through an electrode reversal process that creates a potential difference between an anode and the cathode by supplying air to the anode instead of hydrogen and supplying a fuel to the cathode instead of air, thus rapidly recovering the performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170511 | Flow Battery And Regeneration System With Improved Safety - A method for producing electric power and regenerating an aqueous multi-electron oxidant (AMO) and a reducer in an energy storage cycle is provided. A discharge system includes a discharge unit, an acidification reactor, and a neutralization reactor. The acidification reactor converts an oxidant fluid including the AMO into an acidic oxidant fluid. The discharge unit generates electric power and a discharge fluid by transferring electrons from a positive electrode of an electrolyte-electrode assembly (EEA) to the AMO and from a reducer to a negative electrode of the EEA. The neutralization reactor neutralizes the discharge fluid to produce a neutral discharge fluid. The regeneration system splits an alkaline discharge fluid into a reducer and an intermediate oxidant in a splitting-disproportionation reactor and releases the reducer and a base, while producing the AMO by disproportionating the intermediate oxidant. The regenerated AMO and reducer are supplied to the discharge unit for power generation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170512 | METHOD FOR MITIGATING RECOVERABLE VOLTAGE LOSS THROUGH HUMIDIFICATION CONTROL - A system and method for recovering fuel cell stack voltage loss through humidification control. The method includes determining a rate of contamination addition to a surface of a fuel cell electrode in the fuel cell stack and determining a rate of contamination removal from the surface of the fuel cell electrode. The method compares the rate of contamination addition to the rate of the contamination removal to determine whether contaminant surface coverage of the electrode is increasing or decreasing and, if increasing, determines whether the amount of contamination of the electrode is above a predetermined value, where, if so, stack reconditioning through wet stack operation may be performed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170513 | ANODE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR SHUTDOWN OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An Anode Protection Systems for a SOFC system, having a Reductant Supply and safety subsystem, a SOFC anode protection subsystem, and a Post Combustion and slip stream control subsystem. The Reductant Supply and safety subsystem includes means for generating a reducing gas or vapor to prevent re-oxidation of the Ni in the anode layer during the course of shut down of the SOFC stack. The underlying ammonia or hydrogen based material used to generate a reducing gas or vapor to prevent the re-oxidation of the Ni can be in either a solid or liquid stored inside a portable container. The SOFC anode protection subsystem provides an internal pressure of 0.2 to 10 kPa to prevent air from entering into the SOFC system. The Post Combustion and slip stream control subsystem provides a catalyst converter configured to treat any residual reducing gas in the slip stream gas exiting from SOFC stack. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170514 | VARIABLE PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEM START TIME TO OPTIMIZE SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE - A system and method for controlling a fuel cell system start time based on various vehicle parameters. The method includes providing a plurality of inputs that identify operating conditions of the fuel cell system and determining a maximum allowable start-time of the fuel cell system using a hybridization control strategy and the plurality of inputs. The method then determines a maximum compressor speed and ramp rate to provide the optimal allowable start-time of the fuel cell system minimizing energy consumption and noise. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170515 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLANT TEMPERATURE OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and method that controls a coolant temperature of a fuel cell system, which can improve fuel efficiency by performing a multi-point temperature control based on the power of a vehicle, the outdoor temperature for each season, etc. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170516 | INCREASING THERMAL DISSIPATION OF FUEL CELL STACKS UNDER PARTIAL ELECTRICAL LOAD - A method of operating a high temperature fuel cell system containing a plurality of fuel cell stacks includes operating one or more of the plurality of fuel cell stacks at a first output power while operating another one or more of the plurality of the fuel cell stacks at a second output power different from the first output power. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170517 | METHOD OF DEPOLLUTION AND REGENERATION OF A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE POISONED BY SULFUR COMPOUNDS - A method for depolluting and regenerating a catalytic fuel-cell electrode, the reaction of the fuel of the cell and capture of at least one polluting species occurring on the catalytic electrode, comprises: a decrease, at a constant first reference current density, in fuel flow, relative to a nominal fuel flow, for a first length of time, leading to a value for the stoichiometric coefficient of fuel lower than 1, to increase oxidation potential on the catalytic electrode and reach oxidation potential of the polluting species, to eliminate it; a cut-off of current for a cut-off time; an increase in flow above nominal flow, leading to a value of stoichiometric coefficient higher than or equal to 1; and an increase in current density until a second current density chosen by operator and possibly identical to or different from the initial reference current density, is reached. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170518 | PULSATING OPERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A pulsating operation method and system for a fuel cell system that smoothly discharges water remaining in a fuel electrode of a fuel cell and, simultaneously, improves fuel utilization. The method includes performing a pulsation control that controls the magnitude and period of a pulsating operating pressure for hydrogen supplied to an anode of a fuel cell to smoothly discharge the water remaining in the anode, maximize fuel utilization of the anode, and improve operational stability of the fuel cell system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170519 | Flow Battery System and Method Thereof - A redox flow battery system includes a first flow compartment, a second flow compartment, an ion exchange membrane positioned between the first flow compartment and the second flow compartment, a first pump configured to pump a first half-cell electrolyte from a first storage tank to the first flow compartment, a second pump configured to pump a second half-cell electrolyte from a second storage tank to the second flow compartment, a first weight sensor configured to provide a first weight signal associated with the weight of the first storage tank and the first half-cell electrolyte within the first storage tank, a memory in which command instructions are stored, and a processor configured to execute the command instructions to obtain the first weight signal, and to control the first pump, current and voltage on terminals of flow battery based upon the obtained first weight signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170520 | Design for Manufacturing/Assembly of a Fuel Distributor Assembly - A fuel distributor assembly for a fuel cell stack that includes an inner shell positioned within an outer shell. The outer shell is curved to define a central longitudinal chamber, a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge. The outer shell also has an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface. The first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge in combination define a longitudinal slot. The first longitudinal edge is bent inwardly towards the longitudinal chamber to form a longitudinal lip. The inner shell includes a plurality of ribs extending outwardly and contacting the inner wall surface of the outer shell. The inner shell, the outer shell, the lip, and the ribs define a plurality of flow channels. The inner shell has a length along which a plurality of apertures are positioned in a partial helical pattern. A method of forming the fuel distributor is also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170521 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack is provided that includes unit cells that include a manifold, an open end plate that is disposed at one side of the unit cells and that has a reaction gas inlet and outlet that are connected to the manifold, and a closed end plate that is disposed at the other side of the unit cells and that closes the manifold, In particular, the open end plate includes a first slanted surface that adjusts a flow of a reaction gas at a reaction gas inlet and a manifold interface. A first alignment protrusion forms the first slanted surface and that aligns the unit cells, and the closed end plate includes a second slanted surface that adjusts flow of a reaction gas at the manifold interface. Additionally, a second alignment protrusion forms the second slanted surface and aligns the unit cells accordingly. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170522 | FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell includes a pair of interconnectors (ICs); a cell main body provided between the ICs and including an electrolyte, a cathode and an anode formed on respective surfaces of the electrolyte; and a current collection member provided between at least one of the cathode and the anode and the IC for electrically connecting the cathode and/or the anode and the IC. The current collection member has a connector abutment portion which abuts the IC, a cell main body abutment portion abutting the cell main body, and a connection portion connecting the connector abutment portion and the cell main body abutment portion, the portions being continuously formed. Between the cell main body and the IC, a spacer is provided so as to separate the connector abutment portion and the cell main body abutment portion. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170523 | ELECTRODE PASTE FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME, AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an electrode paste for a solid oxide fuel cell in an anode supported type in which an anode, an electrolyte layer, and a cathode are sequentially stacked, including a raw material powder, a dispersant, a binder, a solvent, and a liquid pore-forming material, a solid oxide fuel cell using the same, and a fabricating method thereof. The electrode paste for the solid oxide fuel cell may form uniform pores in the electrode and may provide high porosity. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170524 | SEMI-SOLID ELECTRODES HAVING HIGH RATE CAPABILITY - Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having high rate capability, and more particularly to devices, systems and methods of producing high capacity and high rate capability batteries having relatively thick semi-solid electrodes. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes an anode, a semi-solid cathode that includes a suspension of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte, and an ion permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode. The semi-solid cathode has a thickness in the range of about 250 μm-2,500 μm, and the electrochemical cell has an area specific capacity of at least 5 mAh/cm | 2014-06-19 |
20140170525 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell including a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte membrane disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode has a specific pore volume greater than a specific pore volume of the cathode, and the anode has a specific pore volume of about 0.05 milliliters per gram to about 0.09 milliliters per gram. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170526 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE OF CARBONITRIDE MIXTURE PARTICLES OR OXYCARBONITRIDE MIXTURE PARTICLES - The invention has an object of providing catalysts that are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential, have excellent durability and show high oxygen reducing ability. An aspect of the invention is directed to a process wherein metal carbonitride mixture particles or metal oxycarbonitride mixture particles are produced from an organometallic compound of a Group IV or V transition metal, a metal salt of a Group IV or V transition metal, or a mixture of these compounds using laser light as a light source. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170527 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR DIRECT-LIQUID FUEL CELL, CATALYST PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS AND USES THEREOF - In a direct-liquid fuel cell supplied directly with a liquid fuel, a process for producing an electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell is provided which is capable of suppressing decrease in cathode potential caused by liquid fuel crossover and providing an inexpensive and high-performance electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell. The process for producing an electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell includes Step A of mixing at least a transition metal-containing compound with a nitrogen-containing organic compound to obtain a catalyst precursor composition, and Step C of heat-treating the catalyst precursor composition at a temperature of from 500 to 1100° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, wherein part or entirety of the transition metal-containing compound includes, as a transition metal element, at least one transition metal element M1 selected from Group IV and Group V elements of the periodic table. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170528 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND USE THEREOF - Provided is a process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst with high catalytic activity that is alternative to a noble metal catalyst, through a heat treatment at a relatively low temperature. A process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst includes a step (I) of obtaining a catalyst precursor, including a step (Ia) of mixing at least a metal compound (1), a nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), and a fluorine-containing compound (3), and a step (II) of heat-treating the catalyst precursor at a temperature of 500 to 1300° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, a portion or the entirety of the metal compound (1) being a compound containing an atom of a metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, titanium, niobium and zirconium, and at least one of the compounds (1), (2) and (3) containing an oxygen atom. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170529 | METAL COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR ATTACHMENT TO CERAMIC - A sintered solid composite material is disclosed that includes a metal and a calcium alumina compound. The metal can be a noble metal. This composite material can bond to a ceramic material, and an article is disclosed that includes a first ceramic layer bonded to a second layer of the composite material of metal and calcium alumina compound. The ceramic can be a mixed ionic and electronic conductor (MEIC), and/or have a perovskite crystal structure, and/or be a mixed oxide comprising lanthanum, strontium, cobalt, iron and oxygen. The article can be used as an electrode such as a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170530 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a storage device, a receptacle, a housing, and a vehicle side communication device. The housing has a bottom wall recessed from a surface of a body of the fuel cell vehicle by a predetermined depth. The receptacle protrudes from a bottom face of the bottom wall to an inner space of the housing. The vehicle side communication device is provided to the housing on an outer circumferential side of the receptacle. The vehicle side communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a nozzle side communication device provided to a nozzle. The vehicle side communication device is disposed on a deeper side than the bottom face of the bottom wall and/or is disposed via a partition wall configured to shield the vehicle side communication device from fuel gas in the inner space. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170531 | POWDER MIXTURE FOR LAYER IN A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - The present disclosure relates to solid oxide fuel cells, and particularly raw powder materials which form a layer in a solid oxide fuel. The raw powder materials include an ionic conductor powder material; and an electronic conductor powder material. The ratio of an average particle diameter of the ionic conductor powder material to an average particle diameter of the electronic conductor powder material is greater than about 1:1, and an average particle diameter of at least one of the electronic conductor powder material or the ionic conductor powder material is coarse. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170532 | SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL - A configuration for preventing deformation of a solid oxide fuel cell is provided. A solid oxide fuel cell | 2014-06-19 |
20140170533 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY (EUVL) ALTERNATING PHASE SHIFT MASK - An alternating phase shift mask for use with extreme ultraviolet lithography is provided. A substrate with a planar top surface is used as a base for the phase shift mask. A spacer layer serves as a Fabry-Perot cavity for controlling the phase shift difference between two adjacent surfaces of the phase shift mask and controlling the reflectivity from the top of the second multilayer. A protective layer serves as an etch stop layer to protect a first multilayer region in certain regions of the phase shift mask, while other regions of the phase shift mask utilize a second multilayer region for achieving a phase shift difference. Some embodiments may further include an absorber layer region to provide areas with no reflectance, in addition to the areas of alternating phase shift. Embodiments of the present invention may be used to monitor the focus and aberration of a lithography tool. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170534 | PHASE SHIFT MASKS AND METHODS OF FORMING PHASE SHIFT MASKS - A phase shift mask having a first region and a second region in a transverse direction includes a transparent layer, a phase shift pattern disposed in the first region, a transmittance control layer pattern disposed in the second region, and a shading layer pattern disposed on the transmittance control layer pattern. The phase shift pattern has a first pattern including a transparent material and a second pattern including metal. The phase shift mask may prevent haze effects through a cleaning process using an alkaline cleaning solution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170535 | PELLICLE, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOR PELLICLE, PHOTOMASK WITH PELLICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a pellicle having a an adhesive, wherein adhesive residue is decreased at the time of peeling the pellicle from a mask after lithographic exposure and outgassing from the adhesive is suppressed The pellicle according to the present invention is a pellicle comprising a pellicle frame, a tensioned pellicle film placed on one end surface of the pellicle frame and an adhesive applied to the other end surface thereof, in which the adhesive contains a (meth)acrylic alkyl ester copolymer and a silane compound, and the (meth)acrylic alkyl ester copolymer is a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic alkyl ester having an alkyl group of 4 to 14 carbon atoms and a monomer having a functional group reactive to at least either one of an isocyanate group or an epoxy group. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170536 | REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A reflective mask having a light-shielding frame with high light-shielding performance, and a method for manufacturing thereof. In a reflective mask having a light-shielding frame dug into a multilayered reflective layer, when side etching is performed or processing to obtain a reverse tapered shape is performed only on the multilayered reflective layer, it becomes possible to suppress reflection of EUV light (extreme ultraviolet light) in the vicinity of the edge of the light-shielding frame, provide a reflective mask having high light-shielding ability, and form a transcription pattern with high accuracy. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170537 | METHOD OF DEFINING AN INTENSITY SELECTIVE EXPOSURE PHOTOMASK - An embodiment of a feed-forward method of determining a photomask pattern is provided. The method includes providing design data associated with an integrated circuit device. A thickness of a coating layer to be used in fabricating the integrated circuit device is predicted based on the design data. This prediction is used to generate a gradating pattern. A photomask is formed having the gradating pattern. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170538 | NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING TRIAZINE SIDE CHAIN, COLORING COMPOSITION, INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, COLOR FILTER, AND COLOR TONER - There is provided a compound represented by Formula (1), and a coloring composition including the compound: | 2014-06-19 |
20140170539 | DETERMINATION OF LITHOGRAPHY TOOL PROCESS CONDITION - A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is presented. The method includes providing a wafer having a substrate prepared with a photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is processed by passing a radiation from an exposure source of a lithography tool through a mask having a pattern. The process parameters of the lithography tool are determined by performing a pattern matching process. The photoresist layer is developed to transfer the pattern on the mask to the photoresist layer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170540 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains (a) a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, (b) a specific amine compound and (c) a specific polyvinylacetal resin. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170541 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge-generating layer that includes: an amine compound represented by the formula (1) and a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, or a gallium phthalocyanine crystal containing the amine compound represented by the formula (1); and an arene compound, in which the arene compound includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (2) and a compound represented by the formula (3). | 2014-06-19 |
20140170542 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - The photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a phthalocyanine crystal in which a compound represented by the following formula (1) is contained: | 2014-06-19 |
20140170543 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer formed on the support. The charge generating layer contains a specific amine compound. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170544 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electroconductive substrate; a photoconductive layer; and a surface layer, the photoconductive layer and the surface layer being laid over the electroconductive substrate, wherein the surface layer is a crosslinked layer which is cured by irradiating with light energy a composition containing a radical polymerizable monomer having no charge transporting structure, a radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure and a photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure has a ratio Ae/As of 0.7 or higher where Ae denotes absorbance at an absorption peak wavelength λ after the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure is irradiated with light energy and As denotes absorbance at an absorption peak wavelength λ before the radical polymerizable compound having a charge transporting structure is irradiated with light energy. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170545 | Bio-based Branched Resins for Toner - The present disclosure provides a bio-based, branched polyester resin comprising the condensation product of a hydroxyl donor and a cyclic polyhydroxyl acceptor that may be used with a polyacid to form a polyester which may be used in manufacturing toner for imaging devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170546 | Thymol Derivatives in Polyester Polymer Toner Resin - The present disclosure provides a polyester toner resin comprising a polyhydroxylated thymol derivative that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170547 | Polyester EA Toner Comprising Furan - The present disclosure provides a bio-based polyester resin comprising a polyacidic furan, including the manufacture of such polyester resin, which resin may be used in manufacturing toner for imaging devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170548 | Continuous Production of Toner - Continuous and semi-continuous emulsion aggregation processes for the production of toner particles are presented. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170549 | CHARGE CONTROL AGENT COMPOSITION FOR EXTERNAL ADDITION AND ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - There is provided an electrostatic image developing toner less likely to cause image degradation even when used for a long period, by controlling CCA particles present on surfaces of toner particles and thereby keeping an amount of tribocharge generated between the toner and a magnetic carrier or the like constant. A charge control agent composition for external addition for controlling charge amount of toner particles includes: at least two types of carrier particles different in average particle size of primary particles; and a charge control agent (CCA), and an electrostatic image developing toner is constituted of a mixture of toner particles and the aforesaid charge control agent composition for external addition. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170550 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner base particles which contain a polyester resin and a vinyl resin and does not have a coating layer and wherein the concentration of the polyester resin on the particle surface is higher than the concentration of the polyester resin in the inside of the particles, and a sol-gel silica which has an average circularity of from 0.75 to 0.9, on the surface of the toner base particles. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170551 | Tunable Gloss Toner - The disclosure describes an emulsion aggregation toner process wherein aspartic acid derivatives are employed as chelating agents. Also disclosed is a process for preparing toner using aspartic acid derivatives to freeze/stop toner particle growth where coalescence occurs following acidification of the reaction mixture. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170552 | TONER - The toner includes toner base particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a wax and a coloring agent, and a coloring matter compound represented by the general formula (1) is contained as the coloring agent. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170553 | YELLOW TONER - The present invention provides a yellow toner having high compatibility of a colorant with a binder resin, having good chroma, and being useful for broadening the green color gamut. The yellow toner contains the binder resin and the colorant, wherein the colorant contains a compound represented by the general formula (1). | 2014-06-19 |
20140170554 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - An electrophotographic toner contains an electron donating color former compound, an electron accepting color developing agent, and a binder resin, wherein a toluene insoluble content in the electrophotographic toner is 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and the toner is decolorized by heating. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170555 | Cardanol Derivatives in Polyester Toner Resins - The present disclosure provides a polyester toner resin comprising a polyhydroxylated cardanol derivative, that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices. | 2014-06-19 |