161 |
Method for producing size selected particles |
US14265638 |
2014-04-30 |
US09446967B2 |
2016-09-20 |
Gregory K. Krumdick; Young Ho Shin; Kaname Takeya |
The invention provides a system for preparing specific sized particles, the system comprising a continuous stir tank reactor adapted to receive reactants; a centrifugal dispenser positioned downstream from the reactor and in fluid communication with the reactor; a particle separator positioned downstream of the dispenser; and a solution stream return conduit positioned between the separator and the reactor. Also provided is a method for preparing specific sized particles, the method comprising introducing reagent into a continuous stir reaction tank and allowing the reagents to react to produce product liquor containing particles; contacting the liquor particles with a centrifugal force for a time sufficient to generate particles of a predetermined size and morphology; and returning unused reagents and particles of a non-predetermined size to the tank. |
162 |
CATHODE CATALYST FOR METAL-AIR BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METAL-AIR BATTERY COMPRISING SAME |
US14889143 |
2014-08-29 |
US20160204445A1 |
2016-07-14 |
Kyu-nam JUNG; Jong-won LEE; Kyung-hee SHIN; Chang-soo JIN; Bum-suk LEE; Myung-seok JEON; Jae-deok JEON; Sun-hwa YEON; Joon-mok SHIM; Jung-hoon YANG; Jong-hyuk JUNG |
The present invention relates to a cathode catalyst for a metal-air battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a metal-air battery comprising the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cathode catalyst for a metal-air battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a metal-air battery comprising the same having an improved storage capacity for charging/discharging and an increased charge-discharge cycle lifetime. The cathode catalyst is characterized by having a layered perovskite structure, and including lanthanum and nickel oxides. The cathode catalyst including the layered perovskite is used for manufacturing a cathode for a metal-air battery, and a metal-air battery is provided using the same. As a result, the charge-discharge polarisation of the metal-air battery is decreased, the storage capacity is increased, and the charge-discharge cycle lifetime can be improved. |
163 |
Robust high temperature sulfur sorbents and methods of making the same |
US12632717 |
2009-12-07 |
US09358521B1 |
2016-06-07 |
Abdul-Majeed Azad |
A sulfur sorbent composition includes a support structure and a double oxide sulfur scavenger that is supported on the support structure. The support structure may be diatomaceous earth or a zeolitic-type mineral, and the sulfur scavenger a metal and/or a metal oxide and/or a combination of two or more metal and/or oxides. The sulfur sorbent composition can be used either as a stand-alone device or in conjunction with a fuel reformer to provide a sulfur-free stream. |
164 |
NICKEL-MANGANESE COMPOSITE OXYHYDROXIDE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, AND ITS APPLICATION |
US14904548 |
2014-07-18 |
US20160156033A1 |
2016-06-02 |
Yasuhiro FUJII; Nozomi IDE |
A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide which is stable in the air, in which manganese oxide (Mn3O4) will not form as a by-product during long term storage or at the time of drying, and which has high metal element dispersibility, its production method, and its use. A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide having a chemical compositional formula represented by Ni(0.25+α)−xM1xMn(0.75−α)−yM2yOOH (wherein each of M1 and M2 which are independent of each other, is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Zr, 0≦x≦0.1, 0≦y≦0.25, and −0.025≦α≦0.025), and having a hexagonal cadmium hydroxide type crystal structure, its production method and its use. |
165 |
Nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles and manufacturing method thereof, cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery |
US13925971 |
2013-06-25 |
US09318739B2 |
2016-04-19 |
Hiroyuki Toya; Kazuomi Ryoshi; Toshiyuki Osako |
To obtain a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability, nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles are a precursor for a cathode active material having lithium nickel manganese composite oxide with a hollow structure and a small and uniform particle size.An aqueous solution for nucleation includes a metallic compounds that contains nickel and a metallic compound that contains manganese, but does not include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt. After nucleation is performed, an aqueous solution for particle growth is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 9.5 to 11.5, and is less than the pH value in the nucleation step. |
166 |
Process of preparing titanates |
US13127322 |
2008-11-04 |
US09212066B2 |
2015-12-15 |
Ralf-Johan Lamminmäki; Jani Kallioinen; Arja-Leena Ruohonen |
Processes of preparing metal titanate from one or more metal compounds, and a product provided by the process. In one embodiment, sodium titanate and an ionic metal compound are mixed into an aqueous mixed slurry, which is allowed to react into metal titanate at the boiling point of the mixed slurry or below, by mixing it at normal pressure and in a normal gaseous atmosphere. After this, the metal titanate product is optionally washed, and/or filtered and dried. |
167 |
MECHANICALLY STABLE HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL SHAPED CATALYST BODIES FOR GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF AN ALKENE TO AN UNSATURATED ALDEHYDE AND/OR AN UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID |
US14535743 |
2014-11-07 |
US20150133686A1 |
2015-05-14 |
Josef Macht; Christian Walsdorff; Cornelia Katharina Dobner; Stefan Lipp; Cathrin Alexandra Welker-Nieuwoudt; Ulrich Hammon; Holger Borchert |
A hollow cylindrical shaped catalyst body for gas phase oxidation of an alkene to an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde and/or an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid comprises a compacted multimetal oxide having an external diameter ED, an internal diameter ID and a height H, wherein ED is in the range from 3.5 to 4.5 mm; the ratio q=ID/ED is in the range from 0.4 to 0.55; and the ratio p=H/ED is in the range from 0.5 to 1. The shaped catalyst body is mechanically stable and catalyzes the partial oxidation of an alkene to the products of value with high selectivity. It provides a sufficiently high catalyst mass density of the catalyst bed and good long-term stability with acceptable pressure drop. |
168 |
PRECURSOR FOR PREPARING LITHIUM COMPOSITE TRANSITION METAL OXIDE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE PRECURSOR, AND LITHIUM COMPOSITE TRANSITION METAL OXIDE |
US14559155 |
2014-12-03 |
US20150090926A1 |
2015-04-02 |
Byung Chun Park; Seong Hoon Kang; Minsuk Kang; Wang Mo Jung; Ho Suk Shin; Sang Min Park; Geungi Min |
Disclosed are a transition metal precursor for preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide, a method for preparing the precursor, and a lithium composite transition metal oxide. The transition metal precursor includes a composite transition metal compound having a composition represented by Formula (1) and a Mn content of 60 to 85 mol %: NiaMbMn1-(a+b)(OH1-x)2 (1) where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and period II transition metals, 0.15≦a≦0.3, 0≦b≦0.1 and 0
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169 |
METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORGANIC PHASE SUBSTANCE BY USING
HALOGEN-CONTAINING CHECICAL OR CHEMICALS AND/OR MIXTURE
CONTAINING OXYGEN-CONTAINING OXIDIZER OR OXIDIZERS AND
ORGANIC CARBONYL ANALOGUE OR ANALOGUES, AND/OR
METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OR DEPOSITING HEAVY ELEMENT SPECIES
AND/OR ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF ASPHALTENE AND/OR INORGANIC
SUBSTANCE FROM THE ORGANIC PHASE SUBSTANCE BY USING
HALOGEN-CONTAINING CHEMICAL OR CHEMICALS AND/OR MIXTURE
CONTAINING OXYGEN-CONTAINING OXIDIZER OR OXIDIZERS AND
ORGANIC CARBONYL ANALOGUE OR ANALOGUES, AND
PLANT USING FOR THE METHOD, AND ORGANIC PHASE SUBSTANCE |
US14523734 |
2014-10-24 |
US20150075065A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Tooru Nakamura; Yutaka Hayashi; Akira Suzuki; Richard Brommeland; Andrew Myles |
The invention provides a processing method for upgrading an organic phase substance by removing heavy element species from the organic phase substance originating from a resource substance in mild environmental conditions, and further provides a method for collecting removed heavy element species and a method for collecting other substances.The invention is constituted of a method for processing an organic phase substance, including: allowing an organic phase substance to coexist with a water phase, wherein the organic phase substance contains at least organic components originating from one or more selected from crude oil, bitumen, tar, residual fuel oil, petroleum residue, oil sands, tar-sand, asphaltene, fossil strata, cokes, oil-shale and coal, and contacting resultant of the above coexistence with halogen-containing chemical or chemicals, thereby extracting or depositing the heavy element species from the organic phase substance into the water phase; a plant for the method; and substances collected by the method. |
170 |
Positive electrode active material |
US13637986 |
2011-03-31 |
US08951436B2 |
2015-02-10 |
Yuji Hashiba; Kei Yoshimura; Shinichi Tachizono; Takashi Naito; Takuya Aoyagi; Tadashi Fujieda |
A lithium ion secondary battery has a high cycle retention rate, and has its battery capacity increased. A positive electrode active material is used which includes a crystal phase having a structure formed by collecting a plurality of crystallites, and powder particles containing amorphous phases and formed between the crystallites. The amorphous phases and contain one or more kinds of metal oxides selected from the group consisting of vanadium oxide, iron oxide, manganese oxide, nickel oxide and cobalt oxide. The crystal phase and the amorphous phase and are capable of intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions. |
171 |
Anode Active Material For Lithium-Ion Batteries |
US13954246 |
2013-07-30 |
US20150034861A1 |
2015-02-05 |
Kevin James Rhodes |
In at least one embodiment, a rechargeable battery is provided comprising an anode having an active material including MSb2O4 having a purity level of greater than 93 percent by weight, wherein M is a metal. The metal may have an oxidation state of 2+ and may include transition metals and/or alkali-earth metals. The anode active material may be synthesized using metal acetates or metal oxides. The synthesis may include heating at a first temperature to remove oxygen and water and reacting at a second temperature to form the MSb2O4 structure, which may be a spinel crystal structure. |
172 |
Method of Manufacturing Metal Agglomerate, Method of Manufacturing Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Active Material, Method of Manufacturing Lithium Ion Battery, and Lithium Ion Battery |
US14373626 |
2012-12-21 |
US20150030522A1 |
2015-01-29 |
Yo Doya; Hidenori Goto |
To obtain metal agglomerate having stable particle sizes and substantially spherical shapes, the method allows, by a circulation unit, a flow of a liquid containing metal to pass through a processing vessel and an external circulation path, and a part of the liquid from the processing vessel to be extracted to an outside in a substantially continuous manner so as to return to the processing vessel after it goes through the external circulation path, sets a flow velocity in the external circulation path to be 1 m/second or more, and injects at least a part of a liquid concentrate containing a reactant to be newly added into the external circulation path. |
173 |
High voltage cathode material for Li-ion batteries |
US13036493 |
2011-02-28 |
US08906553B1 |
2014-12-09 |
Nader Marandian Hagh; Farid Badway; Ganesh Skandan |
A cathode electrode material for use in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, based on the integration of two Li-based materials of NASICON- and Spinel-type structures, is described in the present invention. The structure and composition of the cathode can be described by a core material and a surface coating surrounding the core material, wherein the core of the cathode particle is of the formula LiMn2-xNixO4−δ (0.5≦x≦0 & 0≦δ≦1) and having a spinel crystal structure, the surface coating is of the formula Li1+xMxTi2-x(PO4)3 (M: is a trivalent cation, 0.5≧x≧0) having a NASICON-type crystal structure. |
174 |
PRECURSOR OF A CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL |
US14347420 |
2012-09-18 |
US20140356712A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Jun Ho Song; Young Jun Kim; Jeom-Soo Kim; Woo Suk Cho; Jae-Hun Kim; Jun Sung Lee; Jin Hwa Kim; Kyoung Joon Lee |
Disclosed are a precursor for a rechargeable lithium battery, a positive active material including the same, a preparation method thereof, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material. More particularly, the present invention relates to a precursor including a sheet-shaped plate having a thickness of about 1 nm to about 30 nm and that is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. NixCOyMn1-x-y-zMz(OH)2 [Chemical Formula 1] In the above Chemical Formula 1, 0
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175 |
Spinel Type Lithium-Manganese-Nickel-Containing Composite Oxide |
US14349157 |
2013-08-26 |
US20140252268A1 |
2014-09-11 |
Shinya Kagei; Natsumi Shibamura; Yanko Marinov Todorov; Yoshima Hata |
Provided is a new 5 V class spinel exhibiting an operating potential of 4.5 V or higher (5 V class) with respect to the Li metal reference potential, having an excellent discharge capacity retention ratio at high temperatures (for example, 45° C.). Suggested is a spinel type lithium-manganese-nickel-containing composite oxide containing a crystalline phase in which a portion of Mn sites in LiMn2O4-δ are substituted with Li; another metal element M1 including Ni (here, the M1 represents a metal element including at least one of Ni, Co and Fe), and another metal element M2 (here, the M2 represents a metal element including at least one of Mg, Ti, Al, Ba, Cr and Nb), and the spinel type lithium-manganese-nickel-containing composite oxide comprising a composite oxide phase containing Ni, Mn and B. |
176 |
NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY |
US13925971 |
2013-06-25 |
US20130288129A1 |
2013-10-31 |
Hiroyuki Toya; Kazuomi Ryoshi; Toshiyuki Osako |
To obtain a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability, nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles are a precursor for a cathode active material having lithium nickel manganese composite oxide with a hollow structure and a small and uniform particle size.An aqueous solution for nucleation includes a metallic compounds that contains nickel and a metallic compound that contains manganese, but does not include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt. After nucleation is performed, an aqueous solution for particle growth is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 9.5 to 11.5, and is less than the pH value in the nucleation step. |
177 |
Infrared shielding nanoparticle, its manufacturing method, infrared shielding nanoparticle dispersion using the same, and infrared shielding base material |
US13127192 |
2008-11-13 |
US08470212B2 |
2013-06-25 |
Atsushi Tofuku |
There is provided infrared shielding nanoparticles having excellent water-resistant property and excellent infrared shielding property, which is the infrared shielding nanoparticles of composite tungsten oxide expressed by a general formula WyOz and/or a general formula MxWyOz, with an average primary particle size of the nanoparticle being 1 nm or more and 800 nm or less, and a surface of the nanoparticle being coated with tetrafunctional silane compound or its hydrolysis product and/or an organic metal compound. |
178 |
NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY |
US13520915 |
2011-08-26 |
US20130078520A1 |
2013-03-28 |
Hiroyuki Toya; Kazuomi Ryoshi; Toshiyuki Osako |
Provided are nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles that are a precursor for forming cathode active material comprising lithium nickel manganese composite oxide having hollow structure of particles having a small and uniform particle size for obtaining a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability.When obtaining the nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles from a crystallization reaction, an aqueous solution for nucleation, which includes at least a metallic compound that contains nickel and a metallic compound that contains manganese, and does not include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 11.5 to 13.5, and after nucleation is performed, an aqueous solution for particle growth, which includes the nuclei that were formed in the nucleation step and does not substantially include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 9.5 to 11.5, and is less than the pH value in the nucleation step. |
179 |
LOW ENERGY METHOD OF PREPARING BASIC METAL CARBONATES AND OTHER SALTS |
US13117279 |
2011-05-27 |
US20120301375A1 |
2012-11-29 |
Jeff Miller; Brian Miller; Andrew Bourdeau |
A method of preparing basic metal carbonate selected from the group consisting of zinc carbonate, nickel carbonate, silver carbonate, cobalt carbonate, tin carbonate, lead carbonate, manganese carbonate, lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate, and potassium carbonate from metals comprising: contacting the metal with an aqueous solution comprising an amine, carbonic acid, and oxygen under conditions where the metal is converted into basic metal carbonate; and recovering the basic metal carbonate. |
180 |
NICKEL COMPLEX HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY |
US13513240 |
2010-12-02 |
US20120276454A1 |
2012-11-01 |
Kensaku Mori; Shin Imaizumi; Rei Kokado |
Disclosed are: nickel complex hydroxide particles that have small and uniform particle diameters; and a method by which the nickel complex hydroxide particles can be produced. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a nickel complex hydroxide by a crystallization reaction, which comprises: a nucleation step in which nucleation is carried out, while controlling an aqueous solution for nucleation containing an ammonium ion supplying material and a metal compound that contains nickel to have a pH of 12.0-13.4 at a liquid temperature of 25° C.; and a particle growth step in which nuclei are grown, while controlling an aqueous solution for particle growth containing the nuclei, which have been formed in the nucleation step, to have a pH of 10.5-12.0 at a liquid temperature of 25° C. In this connection, the pH in the particle growth step is controlled to be less than the pH in the nucleation step. |