1400 results about "Complex oxide" patented technology

Disclosed is a natural-superlattice homologous single-crystal thin film, which includes a complex oxide which is epitaxially grown on either one of a ZnO epitaxial thin film formed on a single-crystal substrate, the single-crystal substrate after disappearance of the ZnO epitaxial thin film and a ZnO single crystal. The complex oxide is expressed by the formula: M1M2O3 (ZnO)m, wherein M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ga, Fe, Sc, In, Lu, Yb, Tm, Er, Ho and Y, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Ga, In and Al, and m is a natural number of 1 or more. A natural-superlattice homologous single-crystal thin film formed by depositing the complex oxide and subjecting the obtained layered film to a thermal anneal treatment can be used in optimal devices, electronic devices and X-ray optical devices.

Disclosed is a natural-superlattice homologous single-crystal thin film, which comprises a complex oxide which is epitaxially grown on either one of a ZnO epitaxial thin film formed on a single-crystal substrate, the single-crystal substrate after disappearance of the ZnO epitaxial thin film and a ZnO single crystal. The complex oxide is expressed by the a formula: M1M2O3 (ZnO)m, wherein M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ga, Fe, Sc, In, Lu, Yb, Tm, Er, Ho and Y, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Ga, In and Al, and m is a natural number of 1 or more. A natural-superlattice homologous single-crystal thin film formed by depositing the complex oxide and subjecting the obtained layered film to a thermal anneal treatment can be used in optimal devices, electronic devices and X-ray optical devices.

A semiconductor processing member is provided, including a body and a plasma spray coating provided on the body. The coating is an ABO or ABCO complex oxide solid solution composition, where A, B and C are selected from the group consisting of La, Zr, Ce, Gd, Y, Yb and Si, and O is an oxide. The coating imparts both chlorine and fluorine plasma erosion resistance, reduces particle generation during plasma etching, and prevents spalling of the coating during wet cleaning of the semiconductor processing member.

The process for preparing tubular titanium oxide particles comprises subjecting a water dispersion sol, which is obtained by dispersing (i) titanium oxide particles and / or (ii) titanium oxide type composite oxide particles comprising titanium oxide and an oxide other than titanium oxide in water, said particles having an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, to hydrothermal treatment in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide. After the hydrothermal treatment, reduction treatment (including nitriding treatment) may be carried out. The tubular titanium oxide particles obtained in this process are useful as catalysts, catalyst carriers, adsorbents, photocatalysts, decorative materials, optical materials and photoelectric conversion materials. Especially when the particles are used for semiconductor films for photovoltaic cells or photocatalysts, prominently excellent effects are exhibited.

A porous inorganic composite oxide containing oxides of aluminum and of cerium and / or zirconium, and, optionally, oxides of one or more dopants selected from transition metals, rare earths, and mixtures thereof, and having a specific surface area, in m2 / g, after calcining at 1100° C. for 5 hours, of ≧0.8235[Al]+11.157 and a total pore volume, in cm3 / g, after calcining at 900° C. for 2 hours, of ≧0.0097[Al]+0.0647, wherein [Al] is the amount of oxides of aluminum, expressed as pbw Al2O3 per 100 pbw of the composite oxide; a catalyst containing one or more noble metals dispersed on the porous inorganic composite oxide; and a method for making the porous inorganic composite oxide.

A nanofiber, which is prepared by using a fabrication method comprising the steps of spinning a spinning solution prepared by dissolving at least one precursor for metal, metal oxide, or metal complex oxide with a polymer mixture comprising at least two polymers having different molecular weights and glass transition temperatures in a solvent and thermally treating the spun fiber, comprises close-packed nanoparticles of a metal, a metal oxide, a metal complex oxide or a mixture thereof and has excellent structural, thermal, and mechanical stability as well as a uniform fiber-shape.

A non-aqueous electrolyte lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising an electrolyte dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the cathode is composed of a material containing a lithium complex oxide, the anode is composed of a material containing graphite and the non-aqueous solvent contains, as main components, a cyclic carbonate and a linear carbonate and 0.1 to 4% by weight, based upon the total weight of the non-aqueous solvent, of a sultone derivative having the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom and n is an integer of 0 to 2.

A catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas includes a heat-resistant support, and a catalytic coating formed on the heat-resistant support. The catalytic coating contains Pd-carrying particles of a cerium complex oxide, Pt & Rh-carrying particles of zirconium complex oxide, and particles of a heat-resistant inorganic oxide.

Because of the composition represented by General Formula: Li1+x+alphaNi(1-x-y+delta) / 2Mn(1-x-y-delta) / 2MyO2 (where 0<=x<=0.05, -0.05<=x+alpha<=0.05, 0<=y<=0.4; -0.1<=delta<=0.1 (when 0<=y<=0.2) or -0.24<=delta<=0.24 (when 0.2<=y<=0.4); and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Al, Ge and Sn), a high-density lithium-containing complex oxide with high stability of a layered crystal structure and excellent reversibility of charging / discharging can be provided, and a high-capacity non-aqueous secondary battery excellent in durability is realized by using such an oxide for a positive electrode.

A cathode active material capable of increasing a capacity and improving high temperature characteristics or cycle characteristics, a method of manufacturing it, a cathode using the cathode active material, and a battery using the cathode active material are provided. In a cathode active material contained in a cathode, a coating layer is provided on at least part of a complex oxide particle containing at least lithium (Li) and cobalt (Co). The coating layer is an oxide which contains lithium (Li) and at least one of nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn).

A co-catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas which can be used for a loner period of time as an actual catalyst by using the cerium oxide in the conventional co-catalyst for purifying the exhaust gas as a cerium-containing complex oxide for elevating the resistance to heat and suppressing the performance reduction due to thermal deterioration and by making a specific surface area and an oxygen storage capacity over specified values. A co-catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas of the present invention includes a composite oxide including (a) cerium; and (b) at least one element selected from the group consisting of zirconium, yttrium, strontium, barium and a rare-earth element supported on a particulate aluminum oxide support; a specific surface area of the co-catalyst after sintering being not less than 40 m2 / g; an oxygen storage capacity at 400° C. being not less than 10 mumols / g and an oxygen storage capacity at 700° C. being not less than 100 mumols / g.

A lithium transition metal complex oxide for a lithium ion secondary battery cathode active material contains 100 to 1000 ppm of silicon and 300 to 900 ppm of fluorine. A method for producing the lithium transition metal complex oxide includes the step of mixing a lithium compound, a transition metal compound, a fluorine compound, and a silicon compound to prepare a raw material mixture, and the step of firing the raw material mixture to produce the lithium transition metal complex oxide.

A catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas includes a heat-resistant support, and a catalytic coating formed on the heat-resistant support. The catalytic coating contains zirconium complex oxide on which Pt and Rh are coexistently carried, and cerium complex oxide on which Pt and Rh are coexistently carried. The Pt- and Rh-carrying zirconium complex oxide and the Pt- and Rh-carrying cerium complex oxide are contained in a same layer of the catalytic coating.

There is provided a positive electrode active material capable of achieving a high volume energy density and yet superior rate characteristics when configured as a positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries. This positive electrode active material comprises a plurality of secondary particles each comprising primary particles composed of a lithium-nickel based complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure. The plurality of secondary particles have a volume-based average particle diameter D50 of 5 to 100 μm, and at least part of the plurality of secondary particles are coarse secondary particles having a particle diameter of 9 μm or greater. The coarse secondary particles have a voidage of 5 to 25%, and the ratio of through holes among all voids in the coarse secondary particles is 70% or greater.

A ceramic composite material for light conversion, which is a solidified body comprising two or more matrix phases with respective components being two or more oxides selected from the group consisting of metal oxides and complex oxides each produced from two or more metal oxides, wherein at least one of the matrix phases is a phosphor phase containing an activated oxide. The solidified body is preferably obtained by the unidirectional solidification method. The ceramic composite material for light conversion is excellent in brightness, light-mixing property, heat resistance and ultraviolet light resistance.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a lithium-metal composite oxide, the method comprising the steps of: (a) mixing an aqueous solution of one or more transition metal-containing precursor compounds with an alkalifying agent and a lithium precursor compound to precipitate hydroxides of the transition metals; (b) mixing the mixture of step (a) with water under supercritical or subcritical conditions to synthesize a lithium-metal composite oxide, and drying the lithium-metal composite oxide; and (c) subjecting the dried lithium-metal composite oxide either to calcination or to granulation and then calcination. Also disclosed are an electrode comprising the lithium-metal composite oxide, and an electrochemical device comprising the electrode. In the disclosed invention, a lithium-metal composite oxide synthesized based on the prior supercritical hydrothermal synthesis method is subjected either to calcination or to granulation and then calcination. Thus, unlike the prior dry calcination method or wet precipitation method, a uniform solid solution can be formed and the ordering of metals in the composite oxide can be improved. Accordingly, the lithium-metal composite oxide can show crystal stability and excellent electrochemical properties.

A thin film transistor according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer (5); a source electrode (3s) and a drain electrode (3d) that each are connected to the semiconductor layer (5); an insulating layer (6) that is formed adjacent to the semiconductor layer (5); and a gate electrode (7) that faces the semiconductor layer (5) across the insulating layer (6). The semiconductor layer (5) includes an aggregate of semiconductor fine particles composed of a complex oxide. The complex oxide contains zinc and at least one selected from a group consisting of indium, gallium and rhodium.

The method for forming superconducting films of complex oxide compounds in a process chamber according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) placing a substrate near a target in a chamber so that the substrate is positioned to be generally perpendicular to a surface of the target, the target comprising a target material of complex oxide compounds; and (b) irradiating a laser beam to the surface of the target to vaporize or sublime the target material forming over the target a flame-shaped plume having on axis generally perpendicular to the surface of the target so that the target material is deposited onto a surface of the substrate, the surface of the substrate maintaining the position to be generally perpendicular to the surface of the target and being generally parallel to the axis of the plume, wherein the target rotates on an axis perpendicular to the surface of the target and the substrate rotates on an axis perpendicular to the surface of the substrate (off-axis geometry), and wherein the laser beam scans the surface of the target. The chamber pressure Pc for the off-axis geometry laser ablation should be 0.8 Torr< / =PC< / =1.5 Torr for Y1Ba2Cu3O7-x film.

Because of the composition represented by General Formula: Li1+x+αNi(1−x−y+δ) / 2MyO2 (where 0≦x≦0.05, −0.05≦x+α≦0.05, 0≦y≦0.4; −0.1≦δ≦0.1 (when 0≦y≦0.2) or −0.24≦δ≦0.24 (when 0.2<y≦0.4); and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Al, Ge and Sn), a high-density lithium-containing complex oxide with high stability of a layered crystal structure and excellent reversibility of charging / discharging can be provided, and a high-capacity non-aqueous secondary battery excellent in durability is realized by using such an oxide for a positive electrode.

The invention provides a battery active material. The battery active material includes monoclinic complex oxide represented by the formula Li x Ti 1-y M1 y Nb 2-z M2 z O 7+ Delta (0 <= x <= 5, 0 <= y <= 1, 0 <= z <= 2, -0.3 <= Delta <= 0.3). In the above formula, M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si and Sn, and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Ta and Bi.

Disclosed are a method for preparing a complex oxide particle composition, the so-prepared particle composition and its use as electrode material. This composition comprises complex oxide particles having a non powdery conductive carbon deposit on at least part of their surface. Its method of preparation comprises nanogrinding complex oxide particles or particles of complex oxide precursors, wherein an organic carbon precursor is added to the oxide particles or oxide precursor particles before, during or after nanogrinding, and pyrolysing the mixture thus obtained; a stabilizing agent is optionally added to the oxide particles or oxide precursor particles before, during or after nanogrinding; and the nanogrinding step is performed in a bead mill on particles dispersed in a carrier solvent.

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst that provides the excellent low-temperature activity and also develops the good catalytic activity of rhodium to produce a good purifying performance economically. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises an alumina on which rhodium and platinum are previously supported; a zirconium complex oxide on which rhodium and platinum are previously supported; and a cerium complex oxide on which platinum is previously supported.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an anode (12) capable of reversible occlusion and release of lithium ions, and a cathode (13) also capable of reversible occlusion and release of lithium ions, the anode (12) containing as an active substance a complex oxide containing lithium. An anode active substance in a fully charged state has a maximum heating peak of at least 270° C. at differential scanning calorie measuring. The secondary battery can restricts thermal runaway even in an abnormal status and is high in safety. A production method for an active substance suitably used for the anode of the non-aqueous electrolyte is provided.

A positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery having high electron conductivity even at very low temperatures, a production method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery with the use of the positive electrode material are provided. The characteristic feature of this positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery is that a positive electrode active material having secondary particles formed of primary particles made of lithium complex oxides and ultrathin carbon fibers having lengths equal to or smaller than the diameters of the secondary particles of the positive electrode active material are composited.

A catalyst system to be used in an automobile exhaust gas purification apparatus which exerts excellent purification capability to a nitrogen oxide, even when hydrocarbon concentration varies, by subjecting exhaust gas discharged from an automotive internal engine to contacting with a catalyst, an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same, and an exhaust gas purification method.A catalyst system etc. to be used in an automobile exhaust gas purification apparatus, composed by using two or more exhaust gas purification catalysts, containing a first catalyst supported on an inorganic structural carrier and a second catalyst other than this, characterized by having the first catalyst supported on apart of the inorganic structural carrier positioned at the upstream side, when arranged in an exhaust gas passage; on the other hand having the second catalyst supported on a part of the inorganic structural carrier, positioned at the downstream side, when arranged in an exhaust gas passage; and containing a cerium-zirconium-type composite oxide (A) having a pyrochlore phase in the crystal structure.

A cathode active material capable of obtaining a high capacity and capable of improving stability or low-temperature characteristics, a method of manufacturing the same, and a battery are provided. A cathode (21) includes a cathode active material including a lithium complex oxide including Li and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn, and P and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, Al, Mg and Zn as coating elements on a surface of the lithium complex oxide. Preferably, the contents of the coating elements are higher on the surface of the cathode active material than those in the interior thereof, and decrease from the surface to the interior.

The invention discloses a manganese-cerium complex oxide catalyst loaded by TiO2, which takes nanometer titanium dioxide as a carrier and the manganese-cerium complex oxide loaded on the carrier as an active ingredient. The mole ratio of each ingredient is that Ti: Mn: Ce is equal to 1: (0.05 to 1): (0.05 to 1). The invention also discloses a preparation method of the catalyst, which adopts sol-gel preparation technology to promote the dispersity and strength of the two ingredients of manganese and cerium on a TiO2 carrier. Furthermore, the catalyst prepared by adopting the preparation method has the advantages of high catalytic activity and uniform particles; active substances is good in dispersity and is hard to sinter; when used in low-temperature SCR reaction, the catalyst can greatly lower the operation temperature and the operation cost of the SCR since the catalyst has a very high removal rate of NO at the temperature about 120 DEG C.

Complex oxide catalysts represented by the formula,(in which A is Ni or Co; B is Na, K, Rb, Cs or Tl; C is an alkaline earth metal; D is P, Te, Sb, Sn, Ce, Pb, Nb, Mn, As, B or Zn; E is Si, Al, Ti or Zr; and where a is 12, 0<=b<=10, 0<c<=10, 0<d<=10, 2<=e<=15, 0<f<=10, 0<=g<=10, 0<=h<=4 and 0<=i<=30)are provided. The catalysts are characterized in that the molar ratio of the total nitrate anions to the molybdenum at the time of catalyst preparation is more than 1 but not more than 1.8. When used in the reaction for producing (meth)acrolein and (meth)acrylic acid by vapor-phase oxidation of at least a compound selected from propylene, isobutylene, t-butanol and methyl-t-butyl ether, the catalysts exhibit excellent activity and selectivity and maintain stable performance over prolonged period.

A positive ignition engine is disclosed. The engine comprises an exhaust system comprising a filter for filtering particulate matter from the emitted exhaust gas. The filter comprises a porous substrate having inlet surfaces and outlet surfaces. The porous substrate is coated at least in part with a three-way catalyst washcoat comprising a platinum group metal and a plurality of solid particles. The plurality of solid particles comprises at least one base metal oxide and at least one oxygen storage component which is a mixed oxide or composite oxide comprising cerium. The mixed oxide or composite oxide comprising cerium and / or the at least one base metal oxide has a median particle size (D50) less than 1 μm. The platinum group metal platinum and rhodium; palladium and rhodium; platinum, palladium and rhodium; palladium only; or rhodium only. A process for treating exhaust gas using the filter is also disclosed.

The present invention provides a thermoelectric element in which a thin film of p-type thermoelectric material and a thin film of n-type thermoelectric material, which are formed on an electrically insulating substrate, are electrically connected, in which the p-type thermoelectric material and the n-type thermoelectric material are selected from specific complex oxides with a positive Seebeck coefficient and specific complex oxides with a negative Seebeck coefficient, respectively. The present invention also provides a thermoelectric module using the thermoelectric element(s) and a thermoelectric conversion method. In the thermoelectric element of the present invention, since a p-type thermoelectric material and an n-type thermoelectric material are formed into a thin film on an electrically insulating substrate, the thermoelectric element of the invention can be formed on substrates having various shapes, thereby providing thermoelectric elements having various shapes.