Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode, which includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a conductive material, a negative electrode active material, and a binder, the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based active material having an elongation of from 0.05 to 0.35 and a circularity of from 0.9 to 0.98 as measured using a particle shape analyzer, and the elongation is defined by the following Formula 1, and a secondary battery including the negative electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode, which includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a conductive material, a negative electrode active material, and a binder, the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based active material having a convexity of 0.8 or more as measured using a particle shape analyzer, and the convexity is defined by the following Formula 1, and a secondary battery including the negative electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite negative electrode active material comprising silicon-based core particles, an outer carbon coating layer present on the silicon-based core particles, and single-walled carbon nanotubes, wherein the single-walled carbon nanotubes are in contact with the outer carbon coating layer and comprise a body partially spaced apart from the outer carbon coating layer, and the outer carbon coating layer comprises oxygen in an amount of 35 wt % to 55 wt % therein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery which includes: a negative electrode current collector; a first negative electrode mixture layer positioned on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and including a first negative electrode active material, a polymer binder and a conductive material; and a second negative electrode mixture layer positioned on the top surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer and including a second negative electrode active material, a polymer binder and a conductive material, wherein the second negative electrode active material has a smaller water contact angle as compared to the first negative electrode active material, and at least one of the first negative electrode active material and the second negative electrode active material is surface-modified.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering a volume sound source are disclosed. The method of rendering a volume sound source may include identifying information about a listener and information about the volume sound source, determining a corresponding area in which a source element is disposed in the volume sound source in consideration of the information about the listener, determining an angle between the listener and the corresponding area based on the information about the listener and the information about the volume sound source, determining a number of source elements disposed in the corresponding area according to the angle, determining a position and a gain of the source element using i) the number of source elements and ii) a distance between the listener and the volume sound source, and rendering the volume sound source according to the position and the gain of the source element.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which includes a silicon oxide-based composite represented by M-SiOx (wherein 0<x?2, and M is Li or Mg), artificial graphite and spheroidized natural graphite; the spheroidized natural graphite is present in an amount of 5 wt % to 15 wt % based on the combined weight of the silicon oxide-based composite, artificial graphite and the spheroidized natural graphite; the spheroidized natural graphite has a tap density of 0.9 g/cc or more; and the total content of N, O and H impurities in the spheroidized natural graphite is 200 ppm to 1000 ppm based on 0.1 g of the spheroidized natural graphite. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material is also provided. The lithium secondary battery shows improved adhesion between the negative electrode active material layer and the current collector, and provides improved battery performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including a silicon-carbon-based particle, the silicon-carbon-based particle having a SiCx matrix and boron doped in the SiCx matrix, wherein x of the SiCx matrix is 0.3 or more and less than 0.6.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a negative electrode, wherein a negative electrode structure is electrochemically charged while being pressed with a plurality of pre-lithiation rolls in performing pre-lithiation of the negative electrode structure by a roll-to-roll method, and here, the pressing pressures of the plurality of pre-lithiation rolls are increased in a movement direction of the negative electrode structure. Since the pressing pressures are increased in the movement direction of the negative electrode structure, volume expansion, structural deformation, and damage to an active material due to the pre-lithiation may be prevented, and at the same time, the pre-lithiation may be performed uniformly, and thus it is preferable for improving lifespan characteristics of a negative electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material including secondary particles assembled from silicon composite primary particles represented by Mg—SiOx (0<x<2) and artificial graphite primary particles, wherein the secondary particles assembled from silicon composite primary particles and artificial graphite primary particles are surface-coated with an amorphous carbon coating layer. The lithium secondary battery using the negative electrode active material can retain conductivity even after charge/discharge and can be prevented from degradation of cycle characteristic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material including a silicon-based core particle and an outer carbon coating layer formed on the silicon-based core particle, wherein the outer carbon coating layer contains graphene having a D/G ratio of 0.35 or less in the Raman spectrum.

Abstract: A method and system for processing an obstacle effect in a virtual acoustic space are disclosed. The method includes receiving a parameter for an obstacle candidate plane extracted from spatial information, determining, in response to the parameter, whether the obstacle candidate plane is an obstacle related to a path between a position of a virtual sound source and a position of a user, and applying a sound effect according to the obstacle to an audio signal when the obstacle candidate plane is the obstacle. The obstacle candidate plane is a plane of an object that may become the obstacle in a sound propagation path between the virtual sound source and the user.

Abstract: A composite negative electrode active material, which includes: a silicon-based core particle; an outer carbon coating layer positioned on a surface of the silicon-based core particle; first single-walled carbon nanotubes in contact with the outer carbon coating layer, wherein the first single-walled carbon nanotubes protrude from the outer carbon coating layer; a conductive structure spaced apart from the outer carbon coating layer, wherein the conductive structure includes at least one second single-walled carbon nanotubes; and a crosslinking material bonded to the first single-walled carbon nanotube and at least one of the second single-walled carbon nanotubes. The at least one of the second single-walled carbon nanotubes is crosslinked with the first single-walled carbon nanotube by the crosslinking material, and wherein the conductive structure and the first single-walled carbon nanotube are connected to each other.

Abstract: A method of preparing a lithium metal oxide having a nickel oxide layer formed on a surface thereof includes (1) complexing a nickel precursor onto a surface of a lithium metal oxide; and (2) calcining, through a heat treatment, the lithium metal oxide—the surface of which is complexed with the nickel precursor—obtained in step (1).

Abstract: A negative electrode active material and a method for preparing a negative electrode active material, comprising preparing a silicon-based compound including SiOx, wherein 0.5<x<1.3, and forming a crystalline carbon coating layer on the silicon-based compound through a chemical vapor deposition method using an organometallic compound as a source, wherein the organometallic compound is at least any one selected from the group consisting of aluminum acetylacetonate, aluminum ethoxide, aluminum phenoxide, aluminum acetate, aluminum tributoxide, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for a travel time predicting apparatus to predict a travel time by using a travel time prediction model, including generating a first prediction model for prediction of a travel time of a vehicle that will pass through a specific area by using first traffic data that are related to a travel speed at the specific area; generating a second prediction model by modifying the first prediction model that relates to the travel speed at the specific area and is different from the first traffic data; and predicting a travel time of the vehicle that will pass through the specific area by using the second prediction model can be provided so that a travel time at which a specific vehicle passes a specific area can be more precisely predicted compared to a conventional art and predicted travel time information can be promptly and precisely provided to the user.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material including secondary particles assembled from silicon composite primary particles represented by Mg—SiOx (0<x<2) and artificial graphite primary particles, wherein the secondary particles assembled from silicon composite primary particles and artificial graphite primary particles are surface-coated with an amorphous carbon coating layer. The lithium secondary battery using the negative electrode active material can retain conductivity even after charge/discharge and can be prevented from degradation of cycle characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode which comprises: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode current collector and comprising a negative electrode active material containing a silicon-based active material and a carbon-based active material, a binder, and single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates. The single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates are comprised at 0.05 parts by weight to 0.37 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material in the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material which includes a silicon-based composite represented by SiOa (0?a<1), and a carbon coating layer distributed on a surface of the silicon-based composite, and which has a bimodal pore structure including nanopores and mesopores. In a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material, an oxygen content in the silicon-based composite can be controlled to improve initial efficiency and capacity characteristics, and a specific surface area can also be controlled, and thus a side reaction with electrolyte can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.