Abstract:
A metal metal-air battery includes: an anode layer including a metal, a cathode layer spaced apart from the anode layer and including a hybrid conductive material having both electron conductivity and ionic conductivity; and a separator disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer, wherein the hybrid conductive material includes a channel for metal ion transfer from the anode layer and a channel for electron transfer between the cathode and the anode.
Abstract:
A battery includes a cathode layer, a cathode current collector on the cathode layer, an anode layer on the cathode layer, an anode current collector on the anode layer, a separator between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode layer includes a plurality of crystal grains of a cathode active material and aligned in a first direction, and at least one groove formed in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the cathode layer that is in contact with the separator, and wherein a side surface of the cathode layer exposed by the at least one groove is aligned with a crystal direction, a crystal direction, wherein h and k are integers greater than or equal to 1, or a combination thereof, of the crystal grains of the cathode active material.
Abstract:
A battery includes a cathode layer, a cathode current collector on the cathode layer, an anode layer on the cathode layer, an anode current collector on the anode layer, a separator between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode layer includes a plurality of crystal grains of a cathode active material and aligned in a first direction, and at least one groove formed in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the cathode layer that is in contact with the separator, and wherein a side surface of the cathode layer exposed by the at least one groove is aligned with a crystal direction, a crystal direction, wherein h and k are integers greater than or equal to 1, or a combination thereof, of the crystal grains of the cathode active material.
Abstract:
A thin film deposition apparatus and a thin film deposition method using an electric field are provided. The thin film deposition apparatus includes: a first substrate; a plurality of electrodes in a 2D arrangement on the first substrate; and a solution provided on the plurality of electrodes and in which charged nanoparticles are distributed, wherein the charged nanoparticles are selectively deposited on at least a part of the plurality of electrodes by independently applying a voltage to each of the plurality of electrodes.
Abstract:
Provided are an energy harvester using a mass, and a mobile device including the energy harvester. The mobile device includes an energy harvester connected to a mobile device body to generate electric energy. The energy harvester includes an energy generator configured to generate electric energy by using a mechanical force applied by a movement of the mobile device body.
Abstract:
A solid electrolyte-cathode assembly including a plurality of cathode layers spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and an electrolyte layer including an amorphous solid electrolyte and a crystalline solid electrolyte including a plurality of crystalline solid electrolyte particles, wherein the amorphous solid electrolyte is on a surface of a cathode layer of the plurality of cathode layers and the crystalline solid electrolyte is within the amorphous solid electrolyte.
Abstract:
A battery changeable-type earbud includes a body from which an acoustic signal is provided to a user, including: a slot with which a battery of the earbud is removably disposed, and an inlet of the slot open at an outer surface of the body and through which the battery is removably disposed with the slot; and an insertion unit protruded from the body, which is insertable to an orifice of the user and through which the acoustic signal is provided from the body of the earbud to the orifice of the user.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric energy harvester includes a cover frame, a mass provided in the cover frame, and at least one piezoelectric transducer provided between an inner wall of the cover frame and the mass and configured to generate electrical energy by being deformed according to a relative movement between the cover frame and the mass.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric device and a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device are provided. The piezoelectric device includes first and second electrodes disposed on a first surface of a piezoelectric layer; third and fourth electrodes disposed on a second surface of the piezoelectric layer, a first conductor electrically connecting the first and fourth electrodes, and a second conductor electrically connecting the second and third electrodes, in a cross-link with the first conductor.
Abstract:
Provided are an energy harvester using a mass, and a mobile device including the energy harvester. The energy harvester includes: a mass; first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, wherein one of the first and second substrates is connected to the mass; first and second electrodes provided on the first and second substrates; and an energy generator provided between the first and second electrodes, wherein the energy generator generates electric energy upon a relative movement between the first substrate and the second substrate caused by a movement of the mass.