Abstract: A positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 and a second positive electrode active material represented by Formula 2, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are provided. The positive electrode material has a bimodal particle size distribution including large diameter particles and small diameter particles, and the difference in average particle diameter (D50) between the large diameter particles and the small diameter particles is 3 ?m or greater.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor is provided, which includes a transition metal hydroxide particle represented by Formula 1 and a cobalt oxide particle and a manganese oxide particle attached to the surface of the transition metal hydroxide particle. A preparation method thereof, a positive electrode active material prepared using the same, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a secondary battery, including a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material consist of a lithium composite transition metal oxide including at least two or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn) are provided. The average particle size (D50) of the first positive electrode active material is two or more times larger than that of the second positive electrode active material, and the first positive electrode active material has a concentration gradient in which at least one of Ni, Co or Mn contained in the lithium composite transition metal oxide has a concentration difference of 1.5 mol % or more between the center and the surface of a particle of the lithium composite transition metal oxide.

Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The method includes preparing a nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor having an atomic fraction of nickel of 90 atm % or greater in all transition metals, and mixing the nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor, a cobalt raw material, and a lithium raw material and heat treating the mixture.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a positive electrode active material precursor including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and at least one selected from the group consisting of manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al); and forming a lithium composite transition metal oxide by mixing the positive electrode active material precursor and a lithium source and performing calcination, wherein the positive electrode active material precursor includes nickel (Ni) in an amount of 60 mol % or more out of the entire metal element, and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium (Li) of the lithium source to the entire metal element (M) of the positive electrode active material precursor is greater than 1.1.

Abstract: A method of preparing an electrode for a secondary battery, including: (i) a process of preparing a current collector in which through-pores or holes are formed and an electrode slurry containing an electrode active material; (ii) a process of bringing a shielding film into close contact with one surface of the current collector to shield pores or holes on the one surface of the current collector; (iii) a process of coating the electrode slurry on the other surface of the current collector to which the shielding film is not attached, and primarily drying to prepare an interim electrode; (iv) a process of removing the shielding film from the interim electrode; and (v) a process of secondarily drying the interim electrode to prepare the electrode.

Abstract: An electrode includes an electrode active material layer, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes graphene, and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % in the electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the same is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode and a secondary battery including the same, the electrode including an electrode active material layer, the electrode active material layer including an electrode active material and a conductive agent, the conductive agent including: a multi-walled carbon nanotube unit; and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, wherein the carbon nanotube structure is contained in the electrode active material layer in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt %.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive agent, wherein the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based active material, the silicon-based active material includes SiOx(0?x<2), the conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded side by side, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt % in the negative electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the negative electrode, and a method of preparing same are also provided.

Abstract: An electrode includes an electrode active material layer, wherein the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material and a conductive agent, wherein the conductive agent includes a first conductive agent and a second conductive agent, wherein the first conductive agent includes a secondary particle in which a plurality of graphene sheets are arranged in different directions and a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of adjacent another graphene sheet, the second conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded to each other, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % in the electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the electrode is also provided.

Abstract: A positive electrode material and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The positive electrode material having a bimodal particle size distribution which includes large-diameter particles and small-diameter particles having different average particle diameters (D50), wherein the large-diameter particles are lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or more in all transition metals thereof, and the small-diameter particles are a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel, cobalt, and aluminum, having a nickel content of 80 atm % to 85 atm % in all transition metals, and having an atomic ratio of the cobalt to the aluminum (Co/Al) of 1.5 to 5.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a secondary battery, the method including forming a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material on a positive electrode current collector, and forming a metal oxide coating layer on the positive electrode mixture layer by atomic layer deposition, wherein the positive electrode active material includes lithium composite transition metal oxide particles and a boron-containing coating layer formed on the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles, and the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles include nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the nickel (Ni) is 60 mol % or greater of all metals excluding lithium.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium, wherein cobalt is included in an amount of greater than 0 ppm to 6,000 ppm or less on a surface of the nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which includes the positive electrode active material are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide includes the nickel (Ni) in an amount of 65 mol % or more and the manganese (Mn) in an amount of 5 mol % or more based on a total amount of transition metals, and wherein the electrode positive active material is composed of a single particle, having a crystallite size of 180 nm or more.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor is provided, which includes a transition metal hydroxide particle represented by Formula 1 and a cobalt oxide particle and a manganese oxide particle attached to the surface of the transition metal hydroxide particle. A preparation method thereof, a positive electrode active material prepared using the same, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: A positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 and a second positive electrode active material represented by Formula 2, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are provided. The positive electrode material has a bimodal particle size distribution including large diameter particles and small diameter particles, and the difference in average particle diameter (D50) between the large diameter particles and the small diameter particles is 3 ?m or greater.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a secondary battery, including a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material consist of a lithium composite transition metal oxide including at least two or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn) are provided. The average particle size (D50) of the first positive electrode active material is two or more times larger than that of the second positive electrode active material, and the first positive electrode active material has a concentration gradient in which at least one of Ni, Co or Mn contained in the lithium composite transition metal oxide has a concentration difference of 1.5 mol % or more between the center and the surface of a particle of the lithium composite transition metal oxide.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a positive electrode active material precursor including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and at least one selected from the group consisting of manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al); and forming a lithium composite transition metal oxide by mixing the positive electrode active material precursor and a lithium source and performing calcination, wherein the positive electrode active material precursor includes nickel (Ni) in an amount of 60 mol % or more out of the entire metal element, and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium (Li) of the lithium source to the entire metal element (M) of the positive electrode active material precursor is greater than 1.1.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery including a core part and a shell part formed around the core part is provided. Here, the core part and the shell part include a lithium composite transition metal oxide including Ni and Co, and at least one or more selected from the group consisting of Mn and Al, and a ratio of the diameter of the core part to the total diameter of a particle of the positive electrode active material is 0.5 to 0.85, and the shell part has a concentration gradient such that a Ni concentration at the start point of the shell part near the core part is 30 mol % or higher than that at the end point of the shell part near the particle surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The method includes preparing a nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor having an atomic fraction of nickel of 90 atm % or greater in all transition metals, and mixing the nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor, a cobalt raw material, and a lithium raw material and heat treating the mixture.