Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor having a uniform particle size distribution and represented by Formula 1, wherein a percentage of fine powder with an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or less is generated when the positive electrode active material precursor is rolled at 2.5 kgf/cm2 is less than 1%, and an aspect ratio is 0.93 or more, and a method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor [NixCoyM1zM2w](OH)2 ??[Formula 1] in Formula 1, 0.5?x<1, 0<y?0.5, 0<z?0.5, and 0?w?0.1, M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn and Al, and M2 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, B, W, Mo, Cr, Nb, Mg, Hf, Ta, La, Ti, Sr, Ba, Ce, F, P, S, and Y. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor is also provided.

Abstract: An inverter module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a high voltage circuit unit which generates an inverter control voltage and a motor driving voltage by using a first DC voltage; a high voltage circuit pattern which electrically connects the high voltage circuit unit; a low voltage circuit unit which communicates with an external device by using a second DC voltage having a smaller magnitude than the first DC voltage; and a low voltage circuit pattern which electrically connects the low voltage circuit unit. The high voltage circuit pattern and the low voltage circuit pattern are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for a fuel cell electrode including an active particle which includes a core comprising platinum, a transition metal excluding platinum, and an oxide of a non-transition metal; and a shell disposed on the core and including platinum, wherein the active particle includes platinum and the non-transition metal in a molar ratio of 100:1.80 to 100:4.00, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell including the same.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery includes a carbon-based active material, and silicon-based active material particles doped with magnesium. At least some of the silicon-based active material particles include pores, and a volume ratio of pores having a diameter of 50 nm or less among the pores is 2% or less based on a total volume of the silicon-based active material particles.

Abstract: Silicon oxide-based negative electrode active materials and negative electrodes for a secondary battery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a silicon oxide particle including a metal silicate; and a hydrocarbon coating layer on the silicon oxide particle, wherein a peak Pa in a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2880 cm?1 to 2950 cm?1 and a peak Pb in a FT-IR spectral analysis of the negative electrode active material is detected in a range from 2800 cm?1 to 2865 cm?1.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a negative electrode active material including: a silicon oxide, lithium, and sodium or potassium, wherein in ICP analysis of a negative electrode active material layer including the negative electrode active material, contents of elements in the negative electrode active material layer satisfy the following Relations (1) and (2): 300?106*A/(B2+C2)?12.0*106??(1) 800?A?140,000??(2) wherein A is a Li content in ppm, B is a Na content in ppm, and C is a K content in ppm, based on the total weight of the ICP-analyzed negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The anode active material includes a plurality of composite particles, each composite particle including a silicon-based active material particle including silicon; and a carbon coating layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the silicon-based active material particle, wherein a relative standard deviation of G/Si peak intensity ratios of a Raman spectrum as defined in Equation 1 measured for each of 50 different composite particles among the plurality of composite particles is 50% or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a healable superplastic amorphous alloy, and specifically, to a healable superplastic amorphous alloy capable of exhibiting superplastic behavior and unique healable behavior by maximizing the complexity of the amorphous structure for an Icosahedral quenched-in nuclei quasi-crystal cluster to be formed in the amorphous matrix through the composition limitation and additive element control of Zr—Cu—Ni—Al alloy.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present application includes lithium-silicon composite oxide particle. The lithium-silicon composite oxide particles include at least one selected from the group consisting of Li2SiO3 and Li2Si2O5 and have a phase fraction ratio defined by Equation 1 of 1.0 or less. A content of particles having a diameter of less than 3 ?m is 5 vol % or less based on a total volume of the lithium-silicon composite oxide particles.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a negative electrode active material including: a silicon oxide, lithium, and sodium or potassium, wherein in ICP analysis of a negative electrode active material layer including the negative electrode active material, contents of elements in the negative electrode active material layer satisfy the following Relations (1) and (2): 300?106*A/(B2+C2)?12.0*106??(1) 800?A?140,000??(2) wherein A is a Li content in ppm, B is a Na content in ppm, and C is a K content in ppm, based on the total weight of the ICP-analyzed negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a silicon-based negative electrode active material including iron and aluminum, wherein in ICP analysis of a negative electrode active material layer including the silicon-based negative electrode active material, contents of elements in the negative electrode active material layer satisfy the following Relations (1) to (3): A/(B2+C2)?4,500??(1) 5?B?1,500??(2) 3?C?1,000??(3) wherein A is a Li content in ppm, B is an Fe content in ppm, and C is an Al content in ppm, based on the total weight of the ICP-analyzed negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a negative electrode active material including: a silicon oxide, lithium, and sodium or potassium, wherein in ICP analysis of a negative electrode active material layer including the negative electrode active material, contents of elements in the negative electrode active material layer satisfy the following Relations (1) and (2): 300?106*A/(B2+C2)?12.0*106??(1) 800?A?140,000??(2) wherein A is a Li content in ppm, B is a Na content in ppm, and C is a K content in ppm, based on the total weight of the ICP-analyzed negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon oxide which includes a carbon coating layer on a surface thereof and is doped with magnesium. A ratio of peak area at 1303 eV to a sum of a peak area at 1304.5 eV and a peak area at 1303 eV, which appear in a Mg1s spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 60% or less.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary and a lithium second battery including the same are provided. The anode active material includes a plurality of carbon-based particles containing one or more pores therein, and a silicon-containing coating formed inside the pores and/or on a surface of each of the carbon-based particles. A relative standard deviation of D/G peak intensity ratios of a Raman spectrum measured for 50 different carbon-based particles among the plurality of carbon-based particles is 10% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery including a core-shell composite including: a core including a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2) and a metal silicate in at least a part of the silicon oxide; and a shell including a metal-substituted organic compound, wherein the metal of the metal silicate and the substituted metal of the organic compound are independent of each other, wherein each of the metal of the metal silicate and the substituted metal of the organic compound includes an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material and a secondary battery including the same. The negative electrode for a secondary battery including: a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer including a plurality of silicon-based active material particles, which is positioned on the current collector may be provided, wherein the following Relation is satisfied: [Relation 1] 0.01?A?B?0.81, wherein A is an average value of Raman spectrum peak intensity ratios Ia/Ib for 50 silicon-based active material particles randomly selected in the negative electrode active material layer, B is an average value or values excluding top 10 values and bottom 10 values, for each Raman spectrum peak intensity ratio Ia/Ib value for the 50 silicon-based active material particles, Ia is a peak intensity at 515±15 cm?1, and Ib is a peak intensity at 470±30 cm?1.

Abstract: Provided are a lithium-doped silicon-based negative electrode active material, a method of producing the same, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of producing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery including: a) a metal doping process of mixing a silicon-based material and a metal precursor and performing a heat treatment to dope the silicon-based material with a metal; and b) an acid gas treatment process of treating the metal-doped silicon-based material in an acid gas atmosphere to remove residual metal may be provided.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a silicon oxide which includes a carbon coating layer on a surface thereof and is doped with magnesium. A ratio of peak area at 1303 eV to a sum of a peak area at 1304.5 eV and a peak area at 1303 eV, which appear in a Mg1s spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 60% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode for a secondary battery satisfying the following Relation 1: [Relation 1] (V1?V2)/V1*100?45% wherein V1 is a volume fraction (vol %) of silicon-based active material particles having a gray scale value of 30,000 or more in an XRM measurement on a negative electrode in a fully discharged state after formation, and V2 is a volume fraction (vol %) of silicon-based active material particles having a gray scale value of 30,000 or more in an XRM measurement on a negative electrode in a fully charged state after 500 cycles of charging and discharging.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery is provided which includes a composite including: a silicon-based material including a lithium silicate; and a lithium-containing phosphate, wherein a peak intensity ratio B/A is 0.01 to 0.5, wherein A is a peak intensity at 2?=28.5°, and B is a peak intensity at 2?=22.3°, when an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis is performed using a Cu—K? ray.