Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a secondary battery having improved life characteristics, a negative electrode slurry and a method for manufacturing a negative electrode. The negative electrode for a secondary battery includes at least a graphite-based material and a silicon-based material, as a negative electrode active material, and a conductive material, wherein the graphite-based material includes a granulated product of artificial graphite with natural graphite, at least a part of natural graphite in the granulated product is exfoliated partially to form an exfoliated portion, and the exfoliated portion is in contact with the silicon-based material or another granulated product of artificial graphite with natural graphite, or forms a composite with the silicon-based material.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery for achieving high initial efficiency and improved discharge capacity and capacity retention. The negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes first silicon oxide powder particles doped with at least one of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and second silicon oxide powder particles, which are not doped, wherein the second silicon oxide powder particles are amorphous. A negative electrode and a secondary battery including the negative electrode active material are also disclosed.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a material including at least one of silicon Si and tin Sn as a constituent element. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium Li having a composition ratio a, a first element having a composition ratio b, and a second element having a composition ratio c as a constituent element. The first element including two kinds or more selected from among manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co, and including at least manganese. The second element including at least one kind selected from among aluminum Al, titanium Ti, magnesium Mg, and boron B. The composition ratios a to c satisfy the relationships of 1.1<a<1.3, 0.7<b+c<1.1, 0<c<0.1, and a>b+c.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material including element M2 incorporated in a crystal structure in a surface layer area of a complex oxide, the oxide including the element M1 and being represented by the following formula (1), M2 being different from M1. The element M2 is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of magnesium Mg, calcium Ca, titanium Ti, zirconium Zr, sulfur S, fluorine F, iron Fe, copper Cu, boron B, aluminum Al, phosphorus P, carbon C, manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co. Li1+a(MnbCocNi1?b?c)1?aM1dO2?e??(1) M1 is at least one kind of aluminum, magnesium, zirconium, titanium, barium Ba, boron, silicon Si, and iron, a satisfies 0<a<0.25, b satisfies 0.5?b<0.7, c satisfies 0?c<1?b, d satisfies 0.01?d?0.2, and e satisfies 0?e?1.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a material including at least one of silicon Si and tin Sn as a constituent element. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium Li having a composition ratio a, a first element having a composition ratio b, and a second element having a composition ratio c as a constituent element. The first element including two kinds or more selected from among manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co, and including at least manganese. The second element including at least one kind selected from among aluminum Al, titanium Ti, magnesium Mg, and boron B. The composition ratios a to c satisfy the relationships of 1.1<a<1.3, 0.7<b+c<1.1, 0<c<0.1, and a>b+c.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a material including at least one of silicon Si and tin Sn as a constituent element. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium Li having a composition ratio a, a first element having a composition ratio b, and a second element having a composition ratio c as a constituent element. The first element including two kinds or more selected from among manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co, and including at least manganese. The second element including at least one kind selected from among aluminum Al, titanium Ti, magnesium Mg, and boron B. The composition ratios a to c satisfy the relationships of 1.1<a<1.3, 0.7<b+c<1.1, 0<c<0.1, and a>b+c.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium ion battery including a positive electrode a positive active material and including a negative electrode having a negative active material. The positive active material includes a lithium-manganese-based compound core and a heat resistant polymer disposed on the lithium-manganese-based compound core. The heat resistant polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from about 80 to about 400° C. Alternatively, the positive active material may include a lithium-manganese-based compound core and an inorganic metal compound as well as the heat resistant polymer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from about 80 to about 400° C. disposed on the lithium-manganese-based compound core.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a material including at least one of silicon Si and tin Sn as a constituent element. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium Li having a composition ratio a, a first element having a composition ratio b, and a second element having a composition ratio c as a constituent element. The first element including two kinds or more selected from among manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co, and including at least manganese. The second element including at least one kind selected from among aluminum Al, titanium Ti, magnesium Mg, and boron B. The composition ratios a to c satisfy the relationships of 1.1<a<1.3, 0.7<b+c<1.1, 0<c<0.1, and a>b+c.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative active material for a lithium ion battery and a lithium ion battery including the negative active material. The negative active material for a lithium ion battery includes a hexagonal lithium vanadium composite oxide including lithium, vanadium, and magnesium. The lithium and the vanadium are included in a mole ratio within a range of 1.15?Li/V?1.35, and the magnesium and the vanadium are included in a mole ratio within a range of 0.01?Mg/V?0.06. The present invention provides a negative active material for a lithium ion battery having a stable crystal structure, excellent high rate of charge and discharge, and good charge and discharge cycle characteristics.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material including element M2 incorporated in a crystal structure in a surface layer area of a complex oxide, the oxide including the element M1 and being represented by the following formula (1), M2 being different from M1. The element M2 is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of magnesium Mg, calcium Ca, titanium Ti, zirconium Zr, sulfur S, fluorine F, iron Fe, copper Cu, boron B, aluminum Al, phosphorus P, carbon C, manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co. Li1+a(MnbCocNi1?b?c)1?aM1dO2?e??(1) M1 is at least one kind of aluminum, magnesium, zirconium, titanium, barium Ba, boron, silicon Si, and iron, a satisfies 0<a<0.25, b satisfies 0.5?b<0.7, c satisfies 0?c<1?b, d satisfies 0.01?d?0.2, and e satisfies 0?e?1.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution, wherein the positive electrode includes a first lithium composite oxide and a second lithium composite oxide expressed by the following equation (1), as a positive electrode active material, and a charge capacity (vs lithium metal) per unit volume during a charge and discharge of a first cycle is larger in the second lithium composite oxide compared to the first lithium composite oxide, and a discharge voltage (vs lithium metal) during the charge and discharge of the first cycle is lower in the second lithium composite oxide compared to the first lithium composite oxide, Li1+a(MnbCocNi1-b-c)1-aO2 . . . (1), where a, b, and c satisfy relationships of 0<a?0.25, 0.5?b<0.7, and 0?c<1?b.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including ultra-fine particles comprising an element which is capable of alloying with lithium. The particles have a diameter of 1 nm to 200 nm, a Raman shift of 480 cm?1 to 520 cm?1 measured by Raman Spectroscopy, and a full width at half-maximum of 10 cm?1 to 30 cm?1.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery may include a compound powder represented by the following formula 1 LixMyVzO2+d??[Formula 1] where 1?x?2.5, 0?y?0.5, 0.5?z?1.5, 0?d?0.5, and M is an element selected from Al, Cr, Mo, Ti, W, Zr, and combinations thereof. The compound powder may include a multi-faced particle that has a plurality of flattened parts on a particle surface at the plan view of the multi-faced particle. The multi-faced particle may have at least three ridgelines at a boundary between adjacent flattened parts. At least one of the ridgeline may be formed by adjacent flattened parts having an angle of at least 90°. A ratio of a length (L) of each ridgeline and the maximum diameter (Rmax) of the multi-faced particle may be greater than 0.1.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium vanadium composite oxide represented by LixMyVzO2+d, where: 0.1?x?2.5, 0?y?0.5, 0.5?z?1.5, 0?d?0.5, and M is selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Mo, Ti, W, Zr, and combinations thereof) and a compound attached to the surface of the vanadium composite oxide. The compound includes an element selected from the group consisting of Groups 2 to 15 elements and combinations thereof. The negative active material can provide good energy density per volume and high-capacity, to provide a battery having good cycle-life and safety.

Abstract: A positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery includes an active material that can reversibly intercalate and deintercalate lithium; and polyether modified silicone oil supported on the active material. The positive active material is not deteriorated during charge and discharge, and has high-capacity, an excellent cycle characteristic and good safety.