Abstract: Disclosed are novel precursor particles for preparing a cathode active material including transition metal precursor particles containing one or more transition metals, and one or more of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, wherein the alkali metal and the alkaline earth metal are contained in one or more of inner and outer parts of the transition metal precursor particles, and a novel precursor powder including the novel precursor particles.

Abstract: Disclosed, as a particle for cathode active materials, is a novel one-body particle for cathode active materials, including a core of lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni and a surface-layer portion formed on at least a part of the core, wherein the surface-layer portion contains both Co and a structure-stabilizing element, the core is present as a non-aggregated primary particle, and the structure-stabilizing element has a bond dissociation energy (BDE) with oxygen (O) greater than a bond dissociation energy (BDE) of Co and oxygen (O).

Abstract: Disclosed are novel precursor particles for preparing a cathode active material including transition metal precursor particles containing one or more transition metals, and one or more of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, wherein the alkali metal and the alkaline earth metal are contained in one or more of inner and outer parts of the transition metal precursor particles, and a novel precursor powder including the novel precursor particles.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a core containing lithium composite metal oxide, and a coating layer disposed on the core, containing a mixture of lithium oxide, tungsten oxide, boron oxide and phosphorus oxide, and having an amorphous phase, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, an active material, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In an embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product by consuming thermal energy when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, thereby improving thermal safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, the present invention provides a cathode active material, represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein I003/I104 ratio is 1.6 or more, and R-factor value represented by the following Formula 1 is 0.40 to 0.44, and c-axis lattice constant (c) and a-axis lattice constant (a) satisfy 3(a)+5.555?(c)?3(a)+5.580: R-factor=(I102+I006)/(I101)??Formula 1 wherein I003, I006, I101, I102, and I104 are the intensity of diffraction peaks on the (003), (006), (101), (102), and (104) planes by X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK?-rays, Li?[(NixCoy)1-?A?]Oz??Chemical Formula 1 in the Chemical Formula 1, 0.95???1.1, 0.75?x?0.95, 0.03?y?0.25, 0<??0.2, and 1.9?z?2.1, and A is a dopant metal element, and the average oxidation number N of A is 3.05?N?3.35.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, wherein the reaction product is a non-conductor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide powder, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery using the same, which comprises: a metal oxide powder is represented by Formula (1), Lix(M1-m-zAmDz)Ot??Formula (1) in the above Formula (1), 0.85?x?1.2, 0?m?0.01, 0<z?0.04, 1.85?t?2.2, M is selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn and combinations thereof, A is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and combinations thereof, D is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Ce, Ge, Sn and combinations thereof, and E is an average oxidation number of A and D, and E>3.5.

Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a compound that is capable of reversibly intercalating or deintercalating lithium, wherein the compound is formed of a core portion and a coating layer, the core portion is doped with M, and the coating layer includes Al and B, wherein M is Zr, Ti, Mg, Ca, Al, B, V, Zn, Mo, Ni, Co, Mn, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery is represented by Formula 1, and includes a core including a compound having a core portion and a surface portion, and the compound has a lower L3/L2 intensity ratio of Ni in the surface portion than an L3/L2 intensity ratio of Ni in the core portion. Li[LizA(1-z-a)Da]EbO2-b??[Formula 1] (In the above formula (1), A is Ni?Co?Mn?, D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ni, Co, Ti, Al, B, Si, Sn, Mn, Cr, Fe, V, Zr, Nb, and Mo, E is at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, F, and S, ?0.05?z?0.1, 0?a?0.05, 0?b?0.05, 0.3???0.9, 0.05???0.4, and 0.05???0.4.) (The L3/L2 intensity ratio of Ni is the oxidation number of Ni measured by electronic energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).).

Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, an active material, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In an embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product by consuming thermal energy when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, thereby improving thermal safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, wherein the reaction product is a non-conductor.

Abstract: There are provided a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes: a compound reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a coating layer positioned on at least a portion of a surface of the compound, wherein the coating layer is a composite coating layer containing Li3PO4 and further containing a lithium metal oxide, a metal oxide, and/or a combination thereof, the lithium metal oxide or the metal oxide containing Zr.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nickel-based composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and provides a nickel-based composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery, which comprises: a core part; and at least one tunnel connected from the inside of the core part to the outside thereof, wherein the tunnel has a diameter of 100 nm or larger, and the composite oxide further comprises coating layers located inside the tunnel and outside the core part.

Abstract: There are provided a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes: a core made of a compound reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a coating layer positioned on at least a portion of a surface of the compound, wherein the coating layer is a composite coating layer containing Li3PO4 and LiF, and further containing a lithium metal compound, a metal oxide, a metal fluoride compound, and/or a combination thereof, and the core is doped with fluorine.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery is provided. The preparing method includes: adding a phosphorus compound to a transition metal oxide dispersion liquid to prepare a coating liquid; drying the coating liquid to prepare a powder including phosphorus oxide coated on the surface of the transition metal oxide; and dry-mixing the powder coated with the phosphorus oxide with a lithium intercalation compound, and then firing the mixture to form a solid solution compound of L1-M1-M2-P—O (where M1 is a transition metal derived from transition metal oxide, and M2 is a metal derived from lithium intercalation compound) on the surface of the lithium intercalation compound. The method for preparing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery simplifies the conventional preparing process to save process cost, and it provides comparable electrochemical characteristics to a cathode active material obtained from a wet process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a compound that can reversibly intercalate/deintercalate lithium and a lithium metal phosphate produced through binding with lithium of the compoound, the lithium metal phosphate existing from the surface of the compound to a predetermined depth, a method of preparing the positive active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery having the positive active material. The positive active material can accomplish excellent cycle-life characteristic and also, suppress battery swelling at a high temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and the preparing method includes: adding a phosphorus compound to a transition metal oxide dispersion liquid to prepare a coating liquid; drying the coating liquid to prepare a powder including phosphorus oxide coated on the surface of the transition metal oxide; and dry-mixing the powder coated with the phosphorus oxide with a lithium intercalation compound, and then firing the mixture to form a solid solution compound of Li-M1-M2-P—O (where M1 is a transition metal derived from transition metal oxide, and M2 is a metal derived from lithium intercalation compound) on the surface of the lithium intercalation compound. The method for preparing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery simplifies the conventional preparing process to save process cost, and it provides comparable electrochemical characteristics to a cathode active material obtained from a wet process.

Abstract: The positive active material according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a composite metal oxide of the following Formula 1, and a compound being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium having the composite metal oxide coated on the surface thereof. M1-xAlO2 ??[Chemical Formula 1] Wherein, in the above Formula 1, M is selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, an alkaline-earth metal, and combinations thereof, and 0.03?x?0.95. The composite metal oxide increases impregnation of an electrolyte, improves lithium mobility, and decreases internal resistance of a rechargeable lithium battery, and thereby improves discharge capacity and cycle-life characteristics.

Abstract: A negative active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a core material including an inorganic particulate that is capable of forming a compound by a reversible reaction with lithium, and a surface-treatment layer disposed on the surface of the core material. The surface-treatment layer includes a metal having electronic conductivity of 103 S/cm or more. The negative active material can improve high-rate performance of a lithium secondary battery.