Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide which includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese and contains 60 mol % or more of the nickel among all metals except lithium, adding a moisture absorbent and the lithium composite transition metal oxide into an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor, and adding a coating metal precursor into the atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor and forming a metal oxide coating layer on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide by atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a mixture of microparticles having a predetermined average particle size (D50) and macroparticles having a larger average particle size (D50) than the microparticles. The microparticles have the average particle size (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m and are at least one selected from the group consisting of particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of primary macroparticles having an average particle size (D50) of 1 ?m or more, particles having a carbon material coating layer on all or part of a surface of secondary particles formed by agglomeration of the primary macroparticles, and a mixture thereof. The macroparticles are secondary particles having an average particle size (D50) of 5 to 20 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary microparticles having a smaller average particle size (D50) than the primary macroparticles.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode collector, a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and includes a first positive electrode active material, and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer and includes a second positive electrode active material. The first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material include a lithium nickel-cobalt-based oxide in which an amount of nickel among total metallic components excluding lithium is 80 atm % or more, the first positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of 18 or more, and the second positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of less than 18.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising lithium transition metal oxide particles having a core-shell structure which includes a core portion and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core portion. Wherein, the average crystallite size of the core portion is smaller than an average crystallite size of the shell portion and an amount of nickel among total transition metals included in the core portion and the shell portion is 80 atm % or more. A positive electrode active material, which suppresses decomposition of an electrolyte solution and occurrence of micro cracks of the positive electrode active material during charge and discharge by forming an average crystallite size of a core portion of the high-nickel positive electrode active material smaller than an average crystallite size of a shell portion, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating a target component, the apparatus including a temperature controller configured to modulate temperature of an object, a measurer configured to measure a spectrum for each temperature of the object that changes based on the modulation, and a processor configured to obtain effective optical pathlength vectors corresponding to a temperature change based on the spectrum for each temperature of the object, obtain a representative effective optical pathlength based on the obtained effective optical pathlength vectors, and obtain a target component estimation model based on the obtained representative effective optical pathlength.

Abstract: A plasma display and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The plasma display includes a scan electrode, a scan integrated circuit, and a voltage supply unit. The scan integrated circuit applies a scan voltage and a non-scan voltage to the scan electrode during an address period. The voltage supply unit gradually decreases a voltage at the scan electrode to a first voltage during a reset period and supplies the scan voltage to the first terminal during the address period. The voltage supply unit includes a voltage generator that is connected to the first terminal to generate a second voltage by using the scan voltage during the reset period, and a first capacitor that is connected to the voltage generator, the first terminal, and a power source input terminal of the scan integrated circuit, and uses the second voltage supplied from the voltage generator to drive the scan integrated circuit.