Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a cathode active material, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an embodiment, a cathode active material can be provided, the cathode active material comprising: a lithium metal oxide including a core and a shell disposed on a surface of the core; and a coating layer disposed on a surface of the lithium metal oxide, wherein a c value that satisfies Equation 1 and is in a range of 0.3 to 0.7, and the core and the shell have a layered crystalline structure.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a cathode active material, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. A cathode active material according to an exemplary embodiment is a lithium metal oxide particle in the form of a secondary particle including a primary particle, a coating layer including a boron compound is positioned on at least a portion of a surface of the primary particle, and the boron compound includes an amorphous structure.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a positive electrode active material, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an exemplary embodiment, it is possible to provide a positive electrode active material containing: a lithium metal oxide, and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the lithium metal oxide, and the coating layer comprises a first compound having a peak observed in the range of 1580 cm?1 to 1600 cm?1 when measured by FT-IR and an average transmittance of the peak in the 0.990 to 0.998 range.

Abstract: A method for preparing a porous carbon material by using coal tar generated in a coke oven gas (COG) process is provided. The method includes: removing quinoline insoluble (QI) by mixing tetrahydrofuran (THF) with coal tar generated in a COG purification process; distilling coal tar by adding a phenolic resin to the QI-removed coal tar, and heating the same at a temperature of 100° C. to 330° C.; carbonizing the distilled coal tar by heating the same at 350° C. to 600° C.; mixing a carbide after the carbonization step and the coal tar, which has been distilled before the carbonization, and grinding/granulating the same; mixing the ground/granulated carbide and the coal tar, which has been distilled before the carbonization, with a pore forming agent, and heat treating the same at 300° C. to 500° C.; and forming pores by making the heat treated carbon material come into contact with water vapor at 700° C. to 1000° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive active material for a lithium rechargeable battery and a lithium rechargeable battery including the same, which include a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a content of the first compound is 65 wt % or more based of the positive active material of 100 wt %. Lia1Nib1Coc1Mnd1M1e1M2f1O2-f1 ??[Chemical Formula 1] Lia2Nib2Coc2Mnd2M3e2M4f2O2-f2 ??[Chemical Formula 2] Chemical Composition 1 and 2 of each composition and molar ratio is as defined in the specification. Each composition and molar ratio of Chemical Formula 1 and 2 is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries and a method of preparing the positive electrode active material, in which a compound including sulfur is used as an additive in a wet treatment process to remove residual lithium impurities (LiOH, Li2CO3) present on a surface of the positive electrode active material, such that the residual lithium impurities are effectively removed without loss of capacity while a Li-S compound coating layer is formed on the surface thereof, thereby reducing resistance and leakage current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-titanium complex oxide used in an electrode active material. A preparation method of a lithium-titanium complex oxide according to the present invention comprises the steps of: preparing a slurry mixture in which a titanium oxide, lithium and zirconium are mixed; wet-milling the mixture using beads having a size of 0.30 mm or less to obtain a wet-milled mixture; spray drying the wet-milled mixture to obtain a spray dried mixture; and calcining the spray dried mixture.

Abstract: A lithium titanium composite oxide including aluminum-coated primary particles and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A lithium titanium composite oxide including aluminum-coated primary particles according to an embodiment is manufactured by coating lithium titanium oxide primary particles with aluminum by mixing an aluminum compound with re-pulverized particles and then by spray-drying the mixture again to prepare secondary particles. A battery including the lithium titanium composite oxide including the aluminum-coated primary particles exhibits effects of suppressing electrolyte decomposition and gas generation that may be respectively caused by titanium ions and residual lithium in conventional lithium titanium composite oxides.