Abstract: Cathodes and lithium secondary batteries including the cathodes are disclosed. In some implementations, a cathode may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the cathode current collector and including cathode active material particles such that the cathode active material layer satisfies a specific equation. The cathode active material particles may include lithium metal oxide particles that include nickel, and may have a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less with respect to all elements except for lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprising a positive electrode current collector, a first positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and including a first positive electrode active material and a binder, and a second positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the first positive electrode mixture layer and including a second positive electrode active material and a binder. A nickel content of the second positive electrode active material is 80% by weight or less of a nickel content of the first positive electrode active material. By providing a secondary battery including a positive electrode of a multi-layer structure that includes positive electrode active materials having different contents of nickel, a secondary battery capable of improving high-temperature characteristics while maintaining energy density may be provided.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode includes a cathode current collector; a carbon layer including a binder, and carbon; and an active material layer, and the electrolyte includes lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) and lithium bis (fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI). The secondary battery according to the present invention may have improved high-temperature and low-temperature properties, and may inhibit corrosion of a cathode to have increased life.

Abstract: Lithium secondary batteries for improving life span and resistance properties are disclosed. In an aspect, a cathode composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode active material that includes a first cathode active material particle having a secondary particle shape and a second cathode active material particle having a single particle shape, and a conductive material including a linear-type conductive material.

Abstract: An anode for a secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer including a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially stacked from a surface of the anode current collector. Each of the first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material as an anode active material, and a carbon nanotube as a conductive material. A content of the silicon-based active material in the second anode active material layer is greater than a content of the silicon-based active material in the first anode active material layer. A Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the second anode active material layer is smaller than a Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including: a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and carbon nanotubes, placed on the current collector, wherein the carbon nanotubes have ID/IG of 0.10 or less, the ID/IG being a ratio of a peak intensity of a D band divided by a peak intensity of a G band in a Raman spectrum.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing an apparatus and a control method for a battery management system (BMS) that may operate in an optimal charging temperature range to suppress deterioration of battery cells during rapid charging of a secondary battery that requires a high charging current.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anode for a secondary battery, which includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer which is formed on the anode current collector, and includes a silicon-based active material and a conductive material including single-walled carbon nanotubes. The single-walled carbon nanotube has a Raman R value (a D band peak intensity (Id)/a G band peak intensity (Ig)) of 0.01 to 0.1.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed thereon, the anode active material layer including an acryl-based binder, a cathode facing the anode, an anode tab electrically connected to the anode, and a cathode tab electrically connected to the cathode. A content of the acryl-based binder and a distance between the cathode tab and the anode tab satisfies a predetermined relation to provide the lithium secondary battery having improved mechanical stability and battery performance.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a lithium secondary battery including anode active material layers which have a multi-layered structure and include carbon-based active materials having different contents from each other, thereby improving mechanical stability and battery performance.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprising a positive electrode current collector, a first positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and including a first positive electrode active material and a binder, and a second positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the first positive electrode mixture layer and including a second positive electrode active material and a binder. A nickel content of the second positive electrode active material is 80% by weight or less of a nickel content of the first positive electrode active material. By providing a secondary battery including a positive electrode of a multi-layer structure that includes positive electrode active materials having different contents of nickel, a secondary battery capable of improving high-temperature characteristics while maintaining energy density may be provided.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing an apparatus and a control method for a battery management system (BMS) that may operate in an optimal charging temperature range to suppress deterioration of battery cells during rapid charging of a secondary battery that requires a high charging current.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode includes a cathode current collector; a carbon layer including a binder, and carbon; and an active material layer, and the electrolyte includes lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI). The secondary battery according to the present invention may have improved high-temperature and low-temperature properties, and may inhibit corrosion of a cathode to have increased life.

Abstract: Provided is a battery, and more particularly, a battery in which a cutting unit is formed in a seating groove so that the cutting unit and a sub battery module do not contact each other in a normal operation state, such that the battery may be stably driven, and a pouch of the sub battery module may be cut by the cutting unit only in an abnormal operation state such as over-charging, over-discharging, exposure to a high temperature, an electric short circuit, or the like, to prevent ignition or explosion in advance, such that safety may be improved.

Abstract: A battery comprises: a battery cell; and tabs configured as one pair of an anode tab and a cathode tab and included in the battery cell. At least one of the anode tab and the cathode tab is configured in such a way that a welding region exposed outside the battery cell and a reaction region positioned in the battery cell are formed of different metals and are joined to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anode mixture including an anode active material, a binder and a metal oxide filler having a particle diameter of 200 nm to 200 ?m, which can provide a high-density anode with improved electrolyte impregnation property in an electrode, excellent cycle property and high-temperature storage property, and high capacity density per volume, as well as an anode for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery capable of preventing metal-plating and curling, the secondary battery including: at least one anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer coated on the anode current collector; at least one cathode including a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer coated on one surface of the cathode current collector, which faces the anode, and an outermost coating layer coated on the other surface of the cathode current collector, which does not face the anode, the outermost coating layer being formed by coating an anode active material, an inorganic particle, or a mixture thereof; and at least one separator positioned between the cathode and the anode.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode includes a cathode current collector; a carbon layer including a binder, and carbon; and an active material layer, and the electrolyte includes lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI). The secondary battery according to the present invention may have improved high-temperature and low-temperature properties, and may inhibit corrosion of a cathode to have increased life.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anode for secondary battery in which an anode current collector; a buffer layer; and an active material layer are stacked sequentially. The buffer layer of the present invention has a smaller volume change during charge and discharge than the active material layer, and separation of the active material layer from the buffer layer is prevented.