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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ku Leuven R&d

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Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Toyota Motor Europe

Universiteit Hasselt

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.u. Leuven Research & Development

Philippe Vereecken

Maarten Mees

Mitsuhiro Murata

Akihiko Sagara

Knut Bjarne Gandrud

Mikinari Shimada

Morio Tomiyama

Yukihiro Kaneko

Dirk De Vos

Cedric Huyghebaert

Francesca Iacopi

Rob Ameloot

Stanislaw Piotr Zankowski

Xubin Chen

Ivo Stassen

Nouha Labyedh

Haruhiko Habuta

Tim Stakenborg

Antonius Maria Bernardus Van Mol

Ann Witvrouw

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Geoffrey Pourtois

Paulus Willibrordus George Poodt

Marina Yurievna Timmermans

Nathalie Jeanne Hendrickx

Ainhoa Negreira

Arnaud Furnemont

Marlies Van Bael

Daire J Cott

Aleksandar Radisic

Fanny Jeanne Julie Barde

Hari Pathangi Sriraman

Luca Di Piazza

Sebastien Moitzheim

Alaa Abd-Elnaiem

Paul Poodt

Alfonso Sepulveda Marquez

Joan Elisabeth Balder

Rufi Kurstjens

Sebastien Paul Norbert Moitzheim

Yongho Kee

Brecht Put

Sven Gielis

An Hardy

Dries De Sloovere

Louis De Taeye

A method () for making a non-aqueous rechargeable metal-air battery is provided. The method includes before and/or after inserting () a cathode in the battery, a pre-conditioning step () of a 3D nanomesh structure, so as to obtain a pre-conditioned 3D nanomesh structure, the pre-conditioned 3D nanomesh structure being free of cathode active material. A cathode to be inserted into a non-aqueous rechargeable metal-air battery is also provided. The cathode includes a pre-conditioned 3D nanomesh structure made of nanowires made of electronic conductive metal material, the pre-conditioned 3D nanomesh structure being free of cathode active material. A non-aqueous rechargeable metal-air battery including such a cathode is also provided.

3D ordered nanomesh for metal-air battery

A solid electrolyte () of the present disclosure includes porous silica () having a plurality of pores () interconnected mutually and an electrolyte () coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (). The electrolyte () includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica () is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.

Solid electrolyte, electrode, power storage device, and method for producing solid electrolytes

A solid nanocomposite electrolyte material comprising a mesoporous dielectric material comprising a plurality of interconnected pores and an electrolyte layer covering inner surfaces of the mesoporous dielectric material. The electrolyte layer comprises: a first layer comprising a first dipolar compound or a first ionic compound, the first dipolar or ionic compound comprising a first pole of a first polarity and a second pole of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, wherein the first layer is adsorbed on the inner surfaces with the first pole facing the inner surfaces; and a second layer covering the first layer, the second layer comprising a second ionic compound or a salt comprising first ions of the first polarity and second ions of the second polarity, wherein the first ions of the ionic compound or salt are bound to the first layer.

Solid nanocomposite electrolyte materials

Porous solid materials are provided. The porous solid materials include a plurality of interconnected wires forming an ordered network. The porous solid materials may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 2 m/cmand 90 m/cm, a predetermined porosity ranging between 3% and 90% and an electrical conductivity higher than 100 S/cm. The porous solid materials may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 3 m/cmand 72 m/cm, a predetermined porosity ranging between 80% and 95% and an electrical conductivity higher than 100 S/cm. The porous solid materials () may have a predetermined volumetric surface area ranging between 3 m/cmand 85 m/cm, a predetermined porosity ranging between 65% and 90% and an electrical conductivity higher than 2000 S/cm. Methods for the fabrication of such porous solid materials and devices including such porous solid material are also disclosed.

Porous solid materials and methods for fabrication

A solid electrolyte () of the present disclosure includes porous silica () having a plurality of pores () interconnected mutually and an electrolyte () coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (). The electrolyte () includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica () is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.

A device for synthesis of macromolecules is disclosed. In one aspect, the device comprises an ion-releaser having a synthesis surface comprising an array of synthesis locations arranged for synthesis of the macromolecules. The ion-releaser also includes an ion-source electrode, which is arranged to contain releasable ions and is arranged to be in contact with each of the synthesis locations of the synthesis surface, thereby release ions to the synthesis locations. The ion-releaser further comprises activating electrodes, which are arranged to be in contact with the ion-source electrode, wherein each one of the activating electrodes is arranged in association with one of the synthesis locations via the ion-source electrode. The ion-releaser is arranged to release at least a portion of the releasable ions from the ion-source electrode to one of the synthesis locations, by activation of the activating electrode associated with the synthesis location.

Synthesis device

An electrode for a Lithium battery, comprising: a multi-dyad nanolaminate stack formed of a metal oxide layer of the group TiO2, MnO2 or combinations thereof, ranging between 0.3 and 300 nm; separated by a decoupling layer.

Hybrid nanolaminate electrodes for Li-ion batteries

A solid electrolyte () of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric () having a plurality of pores () interconnected mutually; an electrolyte () including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte () at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (); and a surface adsorption layer () adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores () to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer () may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (). The surface adsorption layer () may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores ().

Solid electrolyte, electrode, and power storage device

The disclosed technology relates to electrode layers of ion insertion type batteries and to electrode layer materials, wherein the electrode layer materials have a good electronic conductivity and a good ion conductivity, and wherein the electrode layers offer a good rate performance and a high storage capacity. The disclosed technology further relates to ion insertion type battery cells and batteries including such electrode layers, e.g., as an anode. The disclosed technology further relates to methods of forming such electrode layers and to methods for fabricating ion insertion type battery cells and batteries. The electrode layers according to the disclosed technology comprise titanium oxide comprising chlorine and may be deposited by atomic layer deposition at temperatures lower than 150&#xb0; C.

Ion insertion battery electrode and method of fabricating same

A method of producing a metal-organic framework (MOF) film on a substrate is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a main surface and forming on the main surface a MOF film using an organometallic compound precursor and at least one organic ligand, wherein each of the organometallic compound precursor and the at least one organic ligand is provided only in the vapour phase.

Thin metal-organic framework film

The disclosure relates to a method for forming a conformal coating on a substrate having a topography presenting a relief. One method of the disclosure includes setting the temperature of the substrate within the range 140-275&#xb0; C., and coating an aqueous solution including a sol-gel precursor on said substrate. The disclosure also relates to a method for fabricating a battery, a capacitor, a catalyst, a photovoltaic cell or a sensor using such a method, and to an aqueous solution for use in such a method.

Conformal coating on three-dimensional substrates

A method is provided for forming a porous, electrochemically active lithium manganese oxide layer on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing a porous manganese oxide layer on the substrate; providing a Li containing layer on the porous manganese oxide layer; and afterwards performing an annealing step at a temperature in the range between 200&#xb0; C. and 400&#xb0; C., thereby inducing a solid-state reaction between the porous manganese oxide layer and the Li containing layer. The method may further comprise, before depositing the porous manganese oxide layer: depositing a seed layer on the substrate. A method of the present disclosure may be used for forming electrode layers of lithium-ion batteries.

Methods for forming lithium manganese oxide layers

The disclosure relates to a method for the fabrication of a thin-film solid-state battery with Ni(OH)electrode, battery cell, and battery. One example embodiment is a method for fabricating a thin-film solid-state battery cell on a substrate comprising a first current collector layer. The method includes depositing above the first current collector layer a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is a nanoporous composite layer that includes a plurality of pores having pore walls. The first electrode layer includes a mixture of a dielectric material and an active electrode material. The method also includes depositing above the first electrode layer a porous dielectric layer. The method further includes depositing directly on the porous dielectric layer a second electrode layer. Depositing the second electrode layer includes depositing a porous Ni(OH)layer using an electrochemical deposition process.

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A method of producing a metal-organic framework (MOF) film on a substrate is disclosed, the method comprising providing a substrate having a main surface and forming on said main surface a MOF film using an organometallic compound precursor and at least one organic ligand, wherein each of said organometallic compound precursor and said at least one organic ligand is provided only in vapour phase.

Method of producing a thin metal-organic framework film using vapor phase precursors

A method for transferring a graphene layer from a metal substrate to a second substrate is provided comprising: providing a graphene layer on the metal substrate, adsorbing hydrogen atoms on the metal substrate by passing protons through the graphene layer, treating the metal substrate having adsorbed hydrogen atoms thereon in such a way as to form hydrogen gas from the adsorbed hydrogen atoms, thereby detaching the graphene layer from the metal substrate, transferring the graphene layer to the second substrate, and optionally reusing the metal substrate by repeating the aforementioned steps.

Method for transfering a graphene layer

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