Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode is lithiated by pre-lithiation, a total capacity of a negative electrode active material of the negative electrode is larger than a total capacity of a positive electrode active material of the positive electrode, and a charge capacity of the negative electrode is smaller than a charge capacity of the positive electrode by the pre-lithiation.

Abstract: Provided is a solid state battery which solves the problems of the conventional solid state battery, and is effectively inhibited from a dimensional change caused by charging/discharging, an increase in internal resistance and degradation of charging/discharging characteristics or cycle life at a high current. The solid state battery is provided with an electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material, a solid electrolyte and a conductive material, wherein the negative electrode active material includes a carbonaceous material and the carbonaceous material includes a plurality of pores, a porosity of 10-60 vol %, and a pore size of 100-300 nm based on the largest diameter of the pores.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material particle and a method for preparing the same are provided. The negative electrode active material particle includes SiOx (0<x?2) and Li2Si2O5, and includes less than 2 wt % of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for an electrochemical device which has improved quick charging characteristics. The negative electrode active material includes two types of graphite particles having a different particle diameter and shows a bimodal distribution, wherein the ratio of the average particle diameter (D50) of the first graphite particles to the average particle diameter (D50) of the second graphite particles is larger than 1.7.

Abstract: An apparatus for set intersection operation according to an embodiment includes a ciphertext acquisition unit configured to acquire a ciphertext for a first vector corresponding to a first subset of a universal set including a plurality of elements from an encryption apparatus, a transform unit configured to generate a second vector corresponding to a second subset of the universal set, a computation unit configured to generate a ciphertext for a third vector corresponding to an intersection of the first subset and the second subset, based on the ciphertext for the first vector and the second vector, and a ciphertext providing unit configured to provides the ciphertext for the third vector to the encryption apparatus.

Abstract: A pre-lithiation apparatus that pre-lithiates a negative electrode structure having a first surface on which a negative electrode is disposed to produce a negative electrode unit of a battery, the apparatus includes a first roll rotatable to wind or unwind the negative electrode structure before the pre-lithiation is performed, a second roll installed to be spaced apart from the first roll and rotatable to wind and collect the negative electrode structure, on which the pre-lithiation is performed, and a lithium roll crossing a direction in which the negative electrode structure is transferred from the first roll to the second roll to come into contact with at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the negative electrode structure while being transferred from the first roll to the second roll. The lithium roll includes a lithium foil and an elastic member.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material which includes a secondary particle including first primary particles, wherein the first primary particle includes a core including SiOx, wherein 0?x<2, an intermediate layer which covers at least a portion of a surface of the core and includes silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or a mixture thereof, and a carbon coating layer which covers at least a portion of the intermediate layer and includes nitrogen-doped carbon, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the same.

Abstract: TA negative electrode, a secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the negative electrode are provided. The negative electrode, which includes a current collector; a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector; a first layer disposed on the negative electrode active material layer and including Li; and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including an inorganic material is provided. A loading amount of the first layer may satisfy Equation 1: 0.65×(x1?y1)<loading amount of the first layer<0.95×(x1?y1).

Abstract: A method of pre-lithiating a negative electrode for a secondary battery, including: dispersing a lithium metal powder, an inorganic material powder and a binder in a solvent to prepare a mixed solution; and applying the mixed solution to the negative electrode to form a lithium metal-inorganic composite layer on the negative electrode, thereby forming the pre-lithiated negative electrode. Also, a method for pre-lithiating a negative electrode having a high capacity by a simple process. Further, a negative electrode for a secondary battery manufactured through the pre-lithiation method provided in the present invention has an improved initial irreversibility, and secondary batteries manufactured using such a negative electrode for a secondary battery have excellent charge/discharge efficiency.

Abstract: A method for pre-lithiation of a negative electrode and a negative electrode formed by the method, the method including forming a mixture of inorganic material powder and molten lithium, forming a lithium metal-inorganic material composite ribbon, rolling the ribbon into a film and bonding the lithium metal-inorganic material composite film on a surface of a negative electrode to form a lithium metal-inorganic material composite layer on the surface of the negative electrode. This method reduces the deterioration of lithium during application of a mixture slurry and a negative electrode for a secondary battery, manufactured by the method for pre-lithiation, has improved initial irreversibility, and a secondary battery manufactured using such a negative electrode has excellent charging and discharging efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a positive electrode for a secondary battery, which includes preparing a positive electrode by forming a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a binder on a positive electrode collector, impregnating the positive electrode in a sacrificial salt solution including a sacrificial salt additive, and, after the impregnating of the positive electrode in the sacrificial salt solution, drying the positive electrode to fill pores of the positive electrode active material layer with the sacrificial salt additive, and a positive electrode for a secondary battery prepared thereby.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery (and a lithium secondary battery including the same) including: a negative electrode current collector; a first negative electrode mixture layer present on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and including a first carbonaceous negative electrode active material, a first polymer binder and a first conductive material; a second negative electrode mixture layer present on a top surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer and including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a second polymer binder and a second conductive material; and a third negative electrode mixture layer present on a top surface of the second negative electrode mixture layer and including a second carbonaceous negative electrode active material, a third polymer binder and a third conductive material.

Abstract: A method for performing an operation according to one embodiment includes performing a homomorphic operation using one or more ciphertexts that are homomorphically encrypted based on an encryption key, determining a count value for a ciphertext generated through the homomorphic operation based on count values for each of the one or more ciphertexts, requesting a key management apparatus, which holds the encryption key and a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key, to re-encrypt the generated ciphertext based on the determined count value, acquiring, from the key management apparatus, a ciphertext generated by re-encrypting the generated ciphertext through decryption based on the decryption key and encryption based on the encryption key; and determining a count value for the acquired ciphertext to be a preset initial value.

Abstract: A ciphertext comparison method uses homomorphic encryption. An apparatus performs the ciphertext comparison method using the homomorphic encryption. The ciphertext comparison method using homomorphic encryption includes acquiring a first ciphertext obtained by encrypting first real-number data using a homomorphic evaluation algorithm and a second ciphertext obtained by encrypting second real-number data using the homomorphic evaluation algorithm, and generating a ciphertext for a result for comparison in size between the first real-number data and the second real-number data using homomorphic evaluation for the first ciphertext, the second ciphertext, and an approximation function for approximating a signum function.

Abstract: A method for patterning a lithium metal surface, including the steps of (S1) forming an intaglio or relief pattern having a predetermined size on a patterning substrate; (S2) either (a) compressing lithium metal physically to a surface of the patterning substrate having the pattern formed thereon to form the predetermined pattern on the surface of the lithium metal, or (b) applying liquid lithium to the surface of the patterning substrate having the pattern formed thereon and solidifying the liquid lithium to form the predetermined pattern on the surface of the lithium metal; and (S3) separating the lithium metal having the predetermined pattern formed thereon from the patterning substrate, wherein the patterning substrate is at least one selected from a silicon wafer or polycarbonate substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel complex that is formed by linking p40 subunit and EBI3 subunit via a linker and has excellent anti-inflammatory effects and immunomodulatory effects.

Abstract: The present technology provides triazolopyridin-3-ones or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation processes thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. The triazolopyridin-3-ones or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts exhibit inhibitory activity on VAP-1 and therefore can be usefully applied, e.g., for the treatment and prophylaxis of nonalcoholic hepatosteatosis (NASH).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for controlling discharge by calculating a slope of a discharge profile of a battery having a lithium-based cathode material and a silicon-based anode cell material, counting a frequency the slope is equal to or smaller than a preset slope value and adjusting a final discharge voltage in response to the counted frequency being above a predetermined frequency.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery. A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery is manufactured while forming a composite of lithium metal and a negative electrode active material through a rolling process In the case of the lithium secondary battery to which the negative electrode containing such a composite is applied, when the battery starts to operate, the negative electrode active material is pre-lithiated, and thus charging/discharging process proceeds in the state where the lithium alloy is already formed on the negative electrode, thereby showing an effect of reducing initial irreversible phases.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge extract as an active ingredient for treatment or prevention of benign prostatic hyperplasia or alopecia, the Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge extract being characterized by containing tanshinones in 2-70%, including tanshinone1, tanshinone2a, cryptotanshinone, and dihydrotanshinone, and can provide a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food for treatment or prevention of alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia.