Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery capable of improving the coupling force between a safety vent and a cap-up. For example, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly coupled to the upper part of the case; and a gasket interposed between the cap assembly and the case, wherein the cap assembly includes a cap-up and a safety vent, which is provided at the lower part of the cap-up and has a vent extension part extending to the upper part of the cap-up so as to encompass the edge of the cap-up, a welding region, in which the safety vent and the cap-up are welded and coupled by laser welding, is formed in the vent extension part, and the welding region is formed in a line shape.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a composite of silicon and crystalline carbon, wherein the silicon has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 10 nm to about 150 nm, and the crystalline carbon has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 5 ?m to about 20 ?m, and an aspect ratio of about 4 to about 10.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a pattern layer on one surface of the polarizer, the pattern layer including a first refractive index layer having at least one engraved pattern and a second refractive index layer having a filling pattern filling at least a portion of the engraved pattern, the first refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the second refractive index layer; and a first protective layer. The polarizing plate has a structure in which the polarizer, the second refractive index layer, the first refractive index layer and the first protective layer are sequentially stacked in that order, or in which the polarizer, the first protective layer, the second refractive index layer and the first refractive index layer are sequentially stacked in that order. The first protective layer includes a base film including at least one resin of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin polymer, and acrylic resins.

Abstract: An example embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electrode for a rechargeable battery, the electrode including a substrate, a lower layer formed on the substrate and including a plurality of portions, a pattern layer formed on the lower layer, a filling layer formed on the lower layer and located between the portions of the pattern layer, and an upper layer formed on the pattern layer and the filling layer.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a case, a battery cell accommodated in the case, and a protection circuit module connected to the battery cell, wherein the protection circuit module includes a substrate, at least one component mounting area on the substrate and comprising a plurality of components, and at least one coating area on the substrate at least in part corresponding to the at least one component mounting area and comprising at least one protruding portion supporting a coating solution within the at least one coating area, and at least a portion of the at least one protruding portion includes a same material as that of the substrate and is mounted on the substrate.

Abstract: A photoresist composition including an organometallic compound, which includes at least one metal-ligand bond, a metal core, and at least one organic ligand bonded to the metal core; at least one first organic ligand precursor, which is different in chemical structure from the at least one organic ligand of the organometallic compound, and which includes a sulfonic acid group and has a structure capable of forming a coordination complex with the metal core; and a solvent. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device that includes forming a photoresist film on a substrate by use of the photoresist composition and forming a modified organometallic compound by binding an organic ligand including a sulfonic acid group to the organometallic compound through a ligand exchange between the organometallic compound and the at least one first organic ligand precursor based on chemical equilibrium in the photoresist film.

Abstract: Described is a cylindrical secondary battery in which an inner surface of a can is coated to insulate an electrode assembly and a can from each other and to improve heat resistance of the can. The cylindrical secondary battery may include an electrode assembly, a can in which the electrode assembly is accommodated and of which one end is opened so as to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a cap plate electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and a rivet terminal insulated from the can and the cap plate, which may be configured to seal one end of the can and which may be insulated from the can. A first coating layer may be provided on at least a portion of an inner surface of the can.

Abstract: A photoresist composition includes an organometallic compound, which includes at least one metal-ligand bond including a metal core and at least one organic ligand bonded to the metal core; at least one first organic ligand precursor, which is different in chemical structure from the at least one organic ligand of the organometallic compound, and which includes a phosphonic acid group and has a structure capable of forming a coordination complex with the metal core; and a solvent. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device includes forming a photoresist film on a substrate using the photoresist composition, and forming a modified organometallic compound by binding an organic ligand including a phosphonic acid group to the organometallic compound through a ligand exchange between the organometallic compound and the at least one first organic ligand precursor based on chemical equilibrium in the photoresist film.

Abstract: A porous silicon-containing composite includes: a porous core including a porous silicon composite secondary particle; and a shell on at least one surface of the porous core, the shell including a first graphene, wherein the porous silicon composite secondary particle includes an aggregate of a first primary particle including silicon, a second primary particle including a structure and second graphene on at least one surface of the first primary particle and the second primary particle, and wherein at least one of a shape and a degree of oxidation of the first primary particle and the second primary particle are different. Also an electrode including the porous silicon-containing composite, a lithium battery including the electrode, and a device including the porous silicon-containing composite or the carbon composite.

Abstract: Provided are an optical film, a polarizing plate including same, and a display device including same, the optical film comprising a first layer and second and third layers sequentially formed on the first layer, wherein the first layer and the third layer are each formed directly on the second layer, the first layer is a reverse wavelength dispersive negative A layer, the third layer is a positive C layer, and the ratio of the thickness of the second layer to the thickness of the third layer (the thickness of the second layer/the thickness of the third layer) is about 0.2 to about 2.

Abstract: An adhesive film for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. An adhesive film for polarizing plates is formed of an adhesive composition including a (meth)acrylic copolymer, an isocyanate curing agent, a metal chelate curing agent, and an antistatic agent, and has a surface resistance difference ?SR of 1.0 (log(?/?)) or less, as calculated by Equation 1 and, in Equation 1, SR1 is 10 (log(?/?)) or less.

Abstract: A poly(amide-imide) copolymer including an amide structural unit having an amide bond in a polymer main chain and an imide structural unit having an imide bond in a polymer main chain, wherein at least one imide structural unit includes a moiety cross-linked to an adjacent polymer main chain through an amide bond.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery, wherein the length of a second bending portion of a safety plate covering an extension portion of a cap-up can be adjusted to prevent deformation of the safety plate and improve the sealing force of the secondary battery, even when a crimping part having a flat upper structure in which the sealing force can deteriorate due to the low compression rate of an insulating gasket is used. For example, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly which, together with an electrolyte, is accommodated in the cylindrical can; a cap assembly coupled to an upper portion of the cylindrical can; and an insulating gasket interposed between the cap assembly and the cylindrical can. The cap assembly comprises: a cap-up; and a safety plate which is installed below the cap-up and has a second bending portion that surrounds an extension portion of an edge of the cap-up and covers a portion of the upper surface of the extension portion.

Abstract: A bidirectional power supply system receives power from a low voltage (LV) primary power supply, providing power to a control unit of a LV board net in a first mode of operation. A high voltage (HV) board net is coupled to a HV traction battery. A DC-DC converter, in the first mode, transfers energy from the LV board net to the HV board net to power components of the HV board net via the primary power supply, and, in a second mode of operation, transfers energy from the HV board net to the LV board net to power the control unit via the traction battery. The bidirectional power supply system includes a measurement element to detect whether the primary power supply is lost, and a switching element to switch operation of the DC-DC converter from the first mode to the second mode, when the primary power supply is lost.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a secondary particle in which a plurality of natural graphite primary particles are agglomerated, the plurality of primary particles including natural graphite, and the secondary particle including pores, and an amorphous carbon positioned in the pores, wherein an area of the amorphous carbon is about 10% to about 30% based on a total area of 100% of the negative active material, in a cross-section of the negative active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery and, in order to resolve a technical problem, provides a secondary battery, which blocks a leakage welding current when welding a current collecting plate to a can by coupling an insulating plate to the current collecting plate, and thus increases the welding strength between the current collecting plate and the can, improves welding strength distribution, and prevents damage between the current collecting plate and the can. To this end, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: a cylindrical can having an opening; an electrode assembly which is accommodated in the opening of the cylindrical can and which is wound in a cylinder shape; a cap assembly which is electrically connected to the electrode assembly and which seals the cylindrical can; a current collecting plate for electrically connecting the electrode assembly with the cylindrical can; and an insulating plate inserted between the current collecting plate and the cylindrical can.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inspecting a leak of a battery cell are provided. An apparatus for inspecting a battery cell leak to inspect whether a battery cell leaks includes: a vacuum chamber including an upper chamber and a lower chamber and configured to set a receiving space to a controlled pressure different from an external first pressure, the upper chamber and the lower chamber being arranged to face each other with the receiving space for a battery cell therebetween and providing sealing for the receiving space; a vacuum pipe valve fluidly connected to the receiving space for the battery cell to set the receiving space to a second pressure less than the first pressure; and a thickness measuring sensor configured to measure a before-vacuum thickness of the battery cell under the first pressure and measure an after-vacuum thickness of the battery cell under the second pressure.

Abstract: A method for detecting an abnormal battery cell includes periodically generating a voltage value and a current value for each of battery cells, updating, in real time by using an adaptive filter, a G parameter value and an H parameter value of each of battery cells, based on the voltage value and the current value, calculating a representative G parameter value and a representative H parameter value, and determining whether each of the battery cells is an abnormally deteriorated cell based on the G parameter value and the H parameter value of each of the battery cells, the representative G parameter value, and the representative H parameter value. The G parameter indicates sensitivity of voltage with respect to a change in current of the battery cell, and the H parameter indicates an effective potential determined by a local equilibrium potential distribution and a resistance distribution in the battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to providing a battery pack that is easy to assemble and can reduce an interference region with an external substrate. To this end, the present disclosure provides a battery pack including a battery cell, a terrace extending from the battery cell, a first substrate disposed on the terrace and connected to the battery cell, a connector mounted on the first substrate, and a second substrate detachably coupled to the connector and extending to the outside of the battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing a battery pack with improved mechanical strength. The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a battery cell, a terrace extending from the battery cell, a protection circuit module (PCM) disposed to face the terrace, a first connection tab extending from the terrace and electrically connected to the battery cell, and a second connection tab provided between the PCM and the first connection tab and configured to electrically connect the PCM to the battery cell.