Abstract: Provided are a porous silicon-based anode active material including porous SiOx particles (0?x<2) having surfaces coated with an oxide layer, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the porous silicon-based anode active material. Since the anode active material includes an oxide layer formed on the porous SiOx particles (0?x<2), a reactivity between the anode active material and an electrolyte solution may be reduced and, as a result, an electrical short circuit in an electrode may be minimized. Also, since a plurality of pores is included in surfaces or the surfaces and inside of the SiOx particles, a thickness change rate of the electrode generated during charge and discharge of a secondary battery may be reduced and lifetime characteristics may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a core including a material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions and a shell positioned on the surface of the core, wherein the shell includes antimony-doped tin oxide, a method of manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. More particularly, the method for preparing the silicon-based negative electrode active material comprises: preparing a porous silica (SiO2) and a thin metal film; coating the porous silica onto the thin metal film; reducing the porous silica to a porous silicon by performing heat-treatment of the thin metal film and the porous silica; and obtaining the porous silicon.

Abstract: Provided are a porous silicon-based particle including a silicon (Si) or SiOx (0<x<2) particle, wherein the particle includes a plurality of nonlinear pores, and the nonlinear pores are formed as open pores in a surface of the particle, and a method of preparing the porous silicon-based particles. Porous silicon-based particles according to an embodiment of the present invention may be more easily dispersed in an anode active material slurry, may minimize side reactions with an electrolyte, and may reduce volume expansion during charge and discharge. Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the shape, form, and size of pores formed in the porous silicon-based particle may be controlled by adjusting the type of a metal catalyst, the concentration of the catalyst, and etching time.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including a material doping and dedoping lithium, and a plurality of external pores having a size of 0.1 to 3 ?m formed in a surface of the material doping and dedoping lithium, the material doping and dedoping lithium including Si, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.