Abstract: Provided are a cathode hybrid electrolyte for a solid secondary battery, a cathode including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, a method of preparing the cathode, and a solid secondary battery including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, wherein the cathode hybrid electrolyte includes an ion conductor represented by Formula 1, and an ionic liquid, where at least a portion of the anions of the ionic liquid comprise the same anionic moiety —Y? of the ion conductor, where, in Formula 1, X, R1 to R3, Y?, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: An all-solid battery including a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an interlayer disposed on the anode current collector; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer including a porous first surface facing the anode, and an opposite second surface, wherein the interlayer of the anode faces the solid electrolyte layer, and the interlayer includes a water-soluble first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer facing the anode current collector, wherein the first layer includes a first binder on at least a portion of the porous first surface of the solid electrolyte layer, and wherein the second layer includes an organic second binder.

Abstract: Provided are a cathode hybrid electrolyte for a solid secondary battery, a cathode including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, a method of preparing the cathode, and a solid secondary battery including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, wherein the cathode hybrid electrolyte includes an ion conductor represented by Formula 1, and an ionic liquid, where at least a portion of the anions of the ionic liquid comprise the same anionic moiety —Y? of the ion conductor, where, in Formula 1, X, R1 to R3, Y?, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer; an anode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer in contact with the solid electrolyte layer, and a second anode active material layer disposed between the anode current collector and the first anode active material layer, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a first carbonaceous anode active material, and the second anode active material layer.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer; an anode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer in contact with the solid electrolyte layer, and a second anode active material layer disposed between the anode current collector and the first anode active material layer, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a first carbonaceous anode active material, and the second anode active material layer.

Abstract: A metallic salt including at least one anion having a heterocyclic aromatic structure represented by one of Formulae 1 to 3; and a metallic cation: wherein, in Formulae 1 to 3, each X is independently N, P, or As, one of A1 and A2 is an electron-donating group, and the other one is an electron-withdrawing group, ring Ar1 and ring Ar2 are as defined herein, L is a linker group as defined herein, m is an integer from 1 to 5, and n is an integer from 0 to 5.

Abstract: An oxide includes a compound represented by Formula 1, a compound represented by Formula 2, or a combination thereof: Li1?x+y?zTa2?xMxP1?yQyO8?zXz??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is an element having an oxidation number of 5+ or 6+, Q is an element having an oxidation number of 4+, X is a halogen atom, a pseudohalogen, or a combination thereof, 0?x<0.6, 0?y<1, and 0?z<1, wherein x and y are not 0 at the same time, Li1?x+yTa2?xMxP1?yQyO8.zLiX??Formula 2 wherein, in Formula 2, M is an element having an oxidation number of 5+ or 6+, Q is an element having an oxidation number of 4+, X is a halogen atom, a pseudohalogen or a combination thereof, 0?x<0.6, 0?y<1, and 0?z<1, wherein x and y are not 0 at the same time, and wherein in Formulas 1 and 2, M, Q, x, y, and z are independently selected.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery includes: a cathode layer; an anode layer; and a solid electrolyte between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector and a first anode active material layer on the anode current collector, the first anode active material layer includes a modified ordered mesoporous carbon, and an oxygen content of a surface of the modified ordered mesoporous carbon is about 3 atomic percent to about 10 atomic percent, based on a total content of the surface, when determined by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectrum of the surface of the modified ordered mesoporous carbon.

Abstract: A composite electrolyte including a lithium salt; a solid electrolyte wherein the solid electrolyte is a sulfide solid electrolyte, an oxide solid electrolyte, or a combination thereof; and an ionic liquid, wherein a mixture of the ionic liquid and the lithium salt has a dielectric constant of from about 4 to about 12, and an amount of halogen ions eluted from the composite electrolyte after immersion of the solid electrolyte in the ionic liquid for 24 hours is less than about 25 parts per million by weight, based on the total weight of the composite electrolyte, as measured by ion chromatography.

Abstract: A lithium battery including a cathode, an anode, a liquid-impermeable ion-conductive membrane between the cathode and the anode, and an interlayer including a metal-carbon composite between the anode and the liquid-impermeable ion-conductive membrane, wherein the metal-carbon composite includes a carbonaceous material, a metal chemically bonded to the carbonaceous material, and a metal sulfide, a metal fluoride, or a combination thereof chemically bonded to the carbonaceous material.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery includes a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer; an anode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector and a first anode active material layer is disposed on the anode current collector, wherein the first anode active material layer includes an organic electrolyte and an anode active material that is capable of forming an alloy with lithium or a compound with lithium, and wherein the organic electrolyte includes an organic salt including an organic cation and an anion.

Abstract: An oxide includes a compound represented by Formula 1, a compound represented by Formula 2, or a combination thereof: Li1?x+y?zTa2?xMxP1?yQyO8?zXz??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is an element having an oxidation number of 5+ or 6+, Q is an element having an oxidation number of 4+, X is a halogen atom, a pseudohalogen, or a combination thereof, 0?x<0.6, 0?y<1, and 0?z<1, wherein x and y are not 0 at the same time, Li1?x+yTa2?xMxP1?yQyO8.zLiX??Formula 2 wherein, in Formula 2, M is an element having an oxidation number of 5+ or 6+, Q is an element having an oxidation number of 4+, X is a halogen atom, a pseudohalogen or a combination thereof, 0?x<0.6, 0?y<1, and 0?z<1, wherein x and y are not 0 at the same time, and wherein in Formulas 1 and 2, M, Q, x, y, and z are independently selected.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer; an anode layer including an anode current collector and a metal layer disposed on the anode current collector; a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; and a graphite interlayer disposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the anode layer, wherein the interlayer comprises a graphite material having a crystallite size of about 1000 angstroms to about 1500 angstroms, when measured from a (110) diffraction peak, and having a hexagonal interplanar spacing about 500 angstroms to about 800 angstroms in a c-axis direction, when measured from a (002) diffraction peak, an aspect ratio of the graphite material is in a range of between about 0.44 and about 0.55.

Abstract: A hybrid electrolyte includes: an inorganic solid electrolyte; and an organic electrolyte, wherein the organic electrolyte includes an organic salt including an organic cation and an organic anion, and the organic cation includes a halogen. An electrode and a solid-state secondary battery each includes the hybrid electrolyte.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode layer including a cathode active material layer; an anode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer in contact with the solid electrolyte layer, and a second anode active material layer disposed between the anode current collector and the first anode active material layer, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a first carbonaceous anode active material, and the second anode active material layer.

Abstract: Provided are a cathode hybrid electrolyte for a solid secondary battery, a cathode including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, a method of preparing the cathode, and a solid secondary battery including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, wherein the cathode hybrid electrolyte includes an ion conductor represented by Formula 1, and an ionic liquid, where at least a portion of the anions of the ionic liquid comprise the same anionic moiety —Y? of the ion conductor, where, in Formula 1, X, R1 to R3, Y?, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: A composite including a polymer matrix, a carbonaceous support or a transparent support, and an inorganic moisture absorber on the carbonaceous support or the transparent support, an article including the composite, a battery case including the composite, and a battery including the battery case and an electrode assembly in the battery case.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: A metallic salt including at least one anion having a heterocyclic aromatic structure represented by one of Formulae 1 to 3; and a metallic cation: wherein, in Formulae 1 to 3, each X is independently N, P, or As, one of A1 and A2 is an electron-donating group, and the other one is an electron-withdrawing group, ring, Ar1 and ring Ar2 are as defined herein, L is a linker group as defined herein, m is an integer from 1 to 5, and n is an integer from 0 to 5.

Abstract: A hybrid electrolyte includes: an inorganic solid electrolyte; and an organic electrolyte, wherein the organic electrolyte includes an organic salt including an organic cation and an organic anion, and the organic cation includes a halogen. An electrode and a solid-state secondary battery each includes the hybrid electrolyte.