Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolytic solution for lithium secondary batteries capable of improving lifespan characteristics of a lithium secondary battery under a high voltage condition and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt, a solvent, and a functional additive, and the functional additive includes a high-voltage additive including a first high-voltage additive, perfluoro-15-crown-5-ether, represented by [Formula 1] and a second high-voltage additive, fluoroethylene carbonate, represented by [Formula 2].

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolytic solution for lithium secondary batteries capable of improving lifespan characteristics of a lithium secondary battery under a high voltage condition and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolytic solution may includes a lithium salt, a solvent, and a functional additive. In particular, the functional additive includes a high-voltage additive including a first high-voltage additive, e.g., hexafluoroglutaric anhydride, and a second high-voltage additive, e.g., fluoroethylene carbonate.

Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. The battery module includes a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells; a case assembly accommodating the battery cell assembly; the case assembly including a top case positioned on the battery cell assembly; and a bus bar assembly including a bus bar unit electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells, a connection frame connected to the bus bar unit and positioned under the top case, and an expansion sheet positioned between the connection frame and the top case. When a heat is applied to the expansion sheet and a temperature of the expansion sheet is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the expansion sheet expands toward the top case.

Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane-electrode assembly and a manufacturing method therefor, in which an electrode is modularized into a degradation-susceptible portion and the remaining portion so as to be conveniently repaired by replacing the degraded module, thereby enabling the reduction of time and costs for maintenance and repair. The membrane-electrode assembly of the present invention comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte membrane between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first electrode comprises first and second electrode modules which are separable from each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the core portion, in which a total content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is 5 to 12 mol %, and the content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is adjusted to be within a predetermined range. In the cathode active material precursor and the cathode active material for a secondary battery prepared using the same according to the present invention, optimal capacity of a lithium secondary battery may be increased by adjusting the cobalt content in the particles of the cathode active material, and life characteristics may be enhanced by improving stability.

Abstract: A pyridine-based compound containing an isoxazoline ring represented by Formula 1 or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof can be used as a herbicide. A method of preparing the pyridine-based compound containing an isoxazoline ring represented by Formula 1 includes reacting a compound represented by Formula 2 with a compound represented by Formula 3.

Abstract: Provided are an ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound with 2,6-difluorobenzyloxymethyl represented by Formula 1, or a racemate or enantiomer thereof, a herbicide including the ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound, or the racemate or enantiomer thereof as an active ingredient, and a method of selectively controlling grass weed comprising treating with the ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound, or the racemate or enantiomer thereof before or after the grass weed emerges.

Abstract: Provided are an ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound with 2,6-difluorobenzyloxymethyl represented by Formula 1, or a racemate or enantiomer thereof, a herbicide including the ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound, or the racemate or enantiomer thereof as an active ingredient, and a method of selectively controlling grass weed comprising treating with the ortho-substituted phenylisoxazoline-based compound, or the racemate or enantiomer thereof before or after the grass weed emerges.

Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device may include an integrated circuit substrate, and a multi-bit memory cell on the integrated circuit substrate. The multi-bit memory cell may be configured to store a first bit of data by changing a first characteristic of the multi-bit memory cell and to store a second bit of data by changing a second characteristic of the multi-bit memory cell. Moreover, the first and second characteristics may be different. Related methods are also discussed.