Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode including a negative active material including a Si-based material, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive including lithium triflate and fluoroethylene carbonate. Embodiments of the rechargeable lithium battery have excellent irreversible characteristics and cycle-life characteristics.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus including: a state of charge (SOC) estimator configured to estimate an SOC of a battery; and a storage temperature controller configured to control a storage temperature of the battery based on the SOC of the battery.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for estimating a state of a battery in a battery management system is provided. A battery management apparatus includes a rest period detector configured to detect a rest period of a battery, an environment information collector configured to collect environment information during the rest period, and a state of health (SOH) determiner configured to determine an SOH of the battery based on the collected environment information.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, a cathode including the composite cathode active material, and a lithium battery including the cathode. The composite cathode active material includes a lithium intercalatable material; and a garnet oxide, wherein an amount of the garnet oxide is about 1.9 wt % or less, based on a total weight of the composite cathode active material.

Abstract: A cathode active material including a lithium metal oxide composite having a first domain and a second domain and represented by Formula 1: x[Li2-y(M1)1-z(M2)y+zO3]-(1?x)[LiMeO2]??Formula 1 wherein 0<x<1, 0?y<1, 0?z<1, 0<y+z<1, M1 includes at least one transition metal, M2 includes at least one metal selected from magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), vanadium (V), zinc (Zn), molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb), lanthanum (La), and ruthenium (Ru), and Me includes at least one metal selected from nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), zirconium (Zr), and boron (B).

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, a cathode including the composite cathode active material, and a lithium battery including the cathode. The composite cathode active material includes a lithium intercalatable material; and a garnet oxide, wherein an amount of the garnet oxide is about 1.9 wt % or less, based on a total weight of the composite cathode active material.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent includes a fluoro-based solvent represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. R—O—R???Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, R and R? are independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 fluoroalkyl group, wherein at least one of R and R? is the substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 fluoroalkyl group, and a substitution ratio of fluoro in the fluoro-based solvent represented by the Chemical Formula 1 may range from more than about 0% to less than or equal to about 50%.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material including a lithium metal oxide including an oxide Formula 1 and sulfur, xLi2MnO3.(1?x?y)LiMO2.yLiMn2O4??(1) wherein 0<x<0.6, 0<y<0.1, and M is at least one selected from a metal and a metalloid.

Abstract: An electrode active material, an electrode including the electrode active material, a lithium battery including the electrode, and a method of preparing the electrode active material. The electrode active material includes a core having at least one of a metal or a metal oxide that enables intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions and a crystalline carbon thin film that is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the core. The electrode active material has a nano-structure.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode including a negative active material including a Si-based material, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive including lithium triflate and fluoroethylene carbonate. Embodiments of the rechargeable lithium battery have excellent irreversible characteristics and cycle-life characteristics.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition including a macro azo initiator containing a polyethylene oxide repeating unit, and a multi-functional urethane acrylate-based monomer, a gel polymer electrolyte including the electrolyte composition, and a lithium battery including the gel polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: A flexible battery a first electrode layer, a first current collector layer disposed on the first electrode layer, where a plurality of through-holes is defined in the first current collector layer, a separator disposed on the first current collector layer, a second current collector layer disposed on the separator, where a plurality of through-holes is defined in the second current collector layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on the second current collector layer.

Abstract: Provided is a design method of a secondary battery, including: calculating temperature profile per position of a battery in a stacked direction of a stack-type secondary battery in which cathodes and anodes are alternately stacked with separators interposed therebetween at the time of charging and discharging the stack-type secondary battery; and selecting cathode active materials used for cathodes per corresponding positions by the temperature profile per position.

Abstract: A cathode active material including a lithium metal oxide represented by Formula 1: Li[LixMeyM?z]O(2+d)??Formula 1 wherein x+y+z=1, 0<x<0.33, 0<z?0.1, and 0?d?0.1, Me is at least one metal selected from Mn, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Al, and B, and M? is at least one metal selected from Sc, Y, and La.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for a negative electrode, and a negative electrode and lithium battery including the composition. The composition includes a negative active material that contains one or more of a metal or a metalloid, an acrylate-based binder, and a guanidine carbonate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a separator having surface energy of about 45 mN to about 50 mN/m which can be prepared by radiating plasma on a polymer film under a current of from about 1800 mA to about 2000 mA and electric power of from about 2750 W to about 3000 W. Further disclosed is a rechargeable battery comprising the separator having a surface energy of about 45 mN to about 50 mN/m.

Abstract: An anode active material, an anode including the anode active material, a lithium battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the anode active material. The anode active material includes: a multilayer metal nanotube including: an inner layer; and an outer layer on the inner layer, wherein the inner layer includes a first metal having an atomic number equal to 13 or higher, and the outer layer includes a second metal different from the first metal.

Abstract: An anode active material, an anode including the anode active material, a lithium battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the anode active material. The anode active material includes: a multilayer metal nanotube including: an inner layer; and an outer layer on the inner layer, wherein the inner layer includes a first metal having an atomic number equal to 13 or higher, and the outer layer includes a second metal different from the first metal.

Abstract: A lithium battery including: a positive electrode including an overlithiated lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure; a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material; and an electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the electrolyte including an electrolytic solution including a fluorinated ether solvent in an amount of 3 vol % or more based on the total volume of the electrolytic solution.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes: a negative electrode including a negative active material; a positive electrode; a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and an electrolyte solution including an additive, wherein the negative active material includes a Si-based material, the Si-based material is included in an amount from about 1 to about 70 wt % based on total amount of the negative active material, and the additive includes fluoroethylene carbonate and a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. In the above Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C5 alkyl group.