Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive for improving safety and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and more particularly to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that can improve cycle life and safety properties of a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte comprising non-ionic surfactant and a lithium ion battery using the same, and more particularly, to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium ion battery comprising a fluorine-based non-ionic surfactant. The lithium ion battery prepared according to the present invention uses an electrolyte comprising a fluorine-based non-ionic surfactant that is substituted with various functional groups at the end group as represented by Formula 1, which can improve an interfacial property between an electrolyte and electrodes and impedance properties and exhibits a high capacity and excellent charge/discharge properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium ion battery, more particularly to a new electrolyte and a lithium ion battery which comprises the same using an anode including graphitized carbon and a cathode including lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The present invention provides a compound of 4-carbomethoxymethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-one or 4-carboethoxymethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one represented by formula (1) which comprises both a cyclic ring carbonate structure and a linear carbonate structure, a lithium-containing electrolyte which includes the compound of formula (1), and a lithium ion battery which includes the electrolyte using the anode including graphitized carbon and the cathode including lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The lithium ion battery of the present invention fabricated by using the new compound has high electric capacity because of the graphitized carbon, and superior charge-discharge cyclic life characteristic and low temperature performance.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte lithium secondary battery that includes: a carbon capable of intercalating and de-intercalating lithium ion as an anode; a lithium containing material that can reversibly intercalate and de-intercalate lithium ion as a cathode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including trans-4,5, dialkyl-1,3- dioxolane-2-one substantially free of cis-4,5-dialkyl-1,3-dioxolane-2-one and a lithium salt.

Abstract: A superconducting magnesium diboride (MgB2) thin film having c-axial orientation and a method and apparatus for fabricating the same are provided. The fabrication method includes forming a boron thin film on a substrate and thermally processing the substrate on which the boron thin film is formed along with a magnesium source and cooling the resulting structure. The superconducting magnesium diboride thin film can be used in a variety of electronic devices employing superconducting thin films, such as precision medical diagnosis equipment using superconducting quantum interface devices (SQUIDs) capable of sensing weak magnetic fields, microwave communications equipment used for satellite communications, and Josephson devices. Computer systems with 100 times greater computing speed can be implemented with the superconducting magnesium diboride thin film.