Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that is able to solve a problem of increased resistance according to an increase in Ni content by forming a charge transport channel in a lithium composite oxide and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle. a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, to a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which is able to improve electrochemical properties and stability by controlling the specific surface area of a positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode comprising the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material which has improved electrochemical properties and improved stability by controlling a pore area and a pore shape of a lithium composite oxide included in the positive electrode active material by adjusting the proportions of ammonia and caustic soda, used in co-precipitation for synthesizing a precursor of the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2?20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2?) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2, ??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9?a?1.3, 0.6?x?1.0, 0.0?y?=0.4, 0.0?z?0.4, and 0.0?1-x-y-z?0.4, ?0.025?FWHM(104)?{0.04+(xfirst particle?0.6)×0.25}?0.025, ??[Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)?0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}?FWHMSi powder (220).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which can simultaneously improve electrochemical properties and stability, which are in a mutual trade-off relationship, by introducing a step structure to a surface part of a lithium composite oxide constituting the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2?20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2?) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2,??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9?a?1.3, 0.6?x?1.0, 0.0?y?=0.4, 0.0?z?0.4, and 0.0?1?x?y?z?0.4, ?0.025?FWHM(104)?{0.04+(xfirst particle?0.6)×0.25}?0.025,??[Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)?0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}?FWHMSi powder(220).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material which makes it possible to improve the electrochemical properties and stability of a positive electrode active material including a lithium composite oxide by adjusting the direction of a concentration gradient of a metal element of the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material that includes a first lithium composite oxide which is a small particle and a second lithium composite oxide which is a large particle, which have different average particle diameters, thereby improving an increasing deviation of an average particle diameter and degraded impedance and lifetime characteristics due to excessive calcination for any one of the small and large particles during simultaneous calcination, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide capable of improving capacity and lifetime characteristics of a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, since the atomic ratio of boron (B) and nickel (Ni) in the surface region of the lithium composite oxide including primary particles enabling lithium intercalation and deintercalation and secondary particles formed by aggregating the primary particles is in a specific range, the stability of the lithium composite oxide may be improved, and thus it is possible to improve the capacity and lifetime characteristics of the lithium secondary battery using the lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2?20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2?) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2,??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9?a?1.3, 0.6?x?1.0, 0.0?y?=0.4, 0.0?z?0.4, and 0.0?1?x?y?z?0.4, ?0.025?FWHM(104)?{0.04+(xfirst particle?0.6)×0.25}?0.025,??[Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)?0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}?FWHMSi powder(220).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that is able to solve a problem of increased resistance according to an increase in Ni content by forming a charge transport channel in a lithium composite oxide and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide including a coating layer having a boron-containing oxide and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide improved in lifetime and capacity characteristics by inducing a predetermined correlation between the molar ratio of nickel in a lithium composite oxide including a coating layer having a boron-containing oxide and a full width at half-maximum (FWHM; deg., 2?) of a (104) peak among XRD peaks defined by the hexagonal lattice with an R-3m space group, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery positive active material exhibiting a concentration gradient and a lithium secondary battery positive active material exhibiting a concentration gradient, manufactured by the method, and more particularly, a method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery positive active material exhibiting a concentration gradient and a lithium secondary battery positive active material exhibiting a concentration gradient, manufactured by the method, the method being characterized by forming a barrier layer so as to maintain a concentration gradient layer even in case of thermal diffusion by a subsequent thermal treatment process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more specifically it relates to a cathode active material for lithium secondary battery in which the lithium ion diffusion path in the primary particles is formed to exhibit directivity in the center direction of the particles, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The cathode active material for lithium secondary battery of the present invention has a lithium ion diffusion path exhibiting specific directivity in the primary particles and the secondary particles, and thus not only the conduction velocity of the lithium ion is fast and the lithium ion conductivity is high but also cycle characteristics are improved as the crystal structure hardly collapses despite repeated charging and discharging.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more specifically, it relates to an anode active material for lithium secondary battery which includes a concentration gradient layer having a controlled thickness and a shell layer on the periphery of the core layer of the anode active material having a layered structure and in which the lithium ion diffusion paths in the primary particles and the secondary particles are formed to exhibit directivity in a specific direction, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive active material and a method for producing same and, more specifically, to a positive active material comprising LiAlO2 at the surface thereof as a result of reacting an Al compound with residual lithium and to a method for producing same.