Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VP represented by Equation (1) below is 4 mbar·Ah?1·sec?1 or less: Equation (1): VP=?P/(tmax×C).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VP represented by Equation (1) below is 4 mbar·Ah?1·sec?1 or less: Equation (1): VP=?P/(tmax×C).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VT represented by Equation (1) below measured after manufacturing a test module by stacking four of the lithium secondary battery fully charged by being charged to 4.35 V is 4 Ah/sec or less: Equation (1): VT=Ctotal/t.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VT represented by Equation (1) below measured after manufacturing a test module by stacking four of the lithium secondary battery fully charged by being charged to 4.35 V is 4 Ah/sec or less: Equation (1): VT=Ctotal/t.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode conductive material, and a positive electrode binder, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel-based oxide containing 70 mol % or less of nickel among all metals excluding lithium, wherein the lithium nickel-based oxide includes single particle-type particles, and the conductive material includes a linear conductive material and a dotted conductive material, and FCR defined by Equation (1) below satisfies 12 to 20: FCR=dc1×dc2×D50.a??[Equation (1)] wherein, dc1 is the true density (unit: g/cm3) of the linear conductive material above, dc2 is the true density (unit: g/cm3) of the dotted conductive material above, and D50.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VT represented by Equation (1) below measured after manufacturing a test module by stacking four of the lithium secondary battery fully charged by being charged to 4.35 V is 4 Ah/sec or less: Equation (1): VT=Ctotal/t.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VP represented by Equation (1) below is 4 mbar·Ah?1·sec?1 or less: Equation (1): VP=?P/(tmax×C).

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including: a gel polymer electrolyte which is a polymerization reaction product of a composition containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent, an oligomer, a lithium salt-based additive, and a polymerization initiator; a positive electrode containing a lithium iron phosphate-based composite oxide; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the oligomer is a polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer containing a vinyl group or an acrylate group at the end thereof, the lithium salt-based additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium difluoro oxalato borate, lithium tetrafluoro borate, lithium 2-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dicyanoimidazolide, and lithium difluorophosphate, and the lithium salt is different from the lithium salt-based additive.

Abstract: An electrode including a current collector; and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector is disclosed. The electrode active material layer includes a lower layer region facing the current collector, and an upper layer region facing the lower layer region and extended to the surface of the electrode active material layer. The lower layer region includes a first active material and a first non-rubbery binder and is free from a rubbery binder. The upper layer region includes a second active material, a second non-rubbery binder, and a rubbery binder. The rubbery binder is a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (H-NBR). Each of the first non-rubbery binder and the second non-rubbery binder includes a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer, and the weight ratio of the second non-rubbery binder to the rubbery binder in the upper layer region is 1:0.03-1:0.07.

Abstract: An electrode including a current collector; and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector is disclosed. The electrode active material layer includes a lower layer region facing the current collector, and an upper layer region facing the lower layer region and extended to the surface of the electrode active material layer. The lower layer region includes a first active material and a first non-rubbery binder and is free from a rubbery binder. The upper layer region includes a second active material, a second non-rubbery binder, and a rubbery binder. The rubbery binder is a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (H-NBR). Each of the first non-rubbery binder and the second non-rubbery binder includes a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer, and the weight ratio of the second non-rubbery binder to the rubbery binder in the upper layer region is 1:0.03-1:0.07.

Abstract: Provided is an irreversible additive contained in a cathode material for a secondary battery, wherein the irreversible additive being an oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and wherein the oxide has a monoclinic crystal structure, a cathode material including the same, and a secondary battery including the cathode material: Li2+aCu1?bMbO2+c??(1) in Formula 1, ?0.2?a?0.2, 0?b<0.5, 0?c?0.2, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mg, Pt, Al, Co, P, and B.

Abstract: Provided is an irreversible additive contained in a cathode material for a secondary battery, wherein the irreversible additive is an oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and wherein the oxide has a trigonal crystal structure, a cathode material including the same, and a secondary battery including the cathode material, Li2+aNi1?bMbO2+c ??(1) in Chemical Formula 1, ?0.2?a?0.2, 0?b?0.5, 0?c?0.2, and M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mg, Pt, Al, Co, P, and B.