Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which includes an inner region that is a region from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to R/2, and an outer region that is a region from R/2 to the surface of the positive electrode active material particle, wherein R is a distance from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to the surface thereof. The positive electrode active material further includes 25% to 80% of crystallites C with respect to a total number of crystallites in the outer region. The crystallites C have a high crystallite long-axis orientation degree of 0.5 to 1 and a low crystallite c-axis orientation degree less than 0.5. Thus, the positive electrode active material has high capacity characteristics and a small amount of gas generated.

Abstract: A display includes: a display panel; and a panel bottom sheet disposed below the display panel, the panel bottom sheet including: a first heat dissipation layer; a second heat dissipation layer over the first heat dissipation layer, including a first opening formed completely through the second heat dissipation layer in a thickness direction; a heat dissipation coupling interlayer between the first heat dissipation layer and the second heat dissipation layer, and a heat dissipation substrate on the second heat dissipation layer.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which includes an inner region that is a region from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to R/2; and an outer region that is a region from R/2 to the surface of the positive electrode active material particle, wherein R is a distance from the center of the positive electrode active material particle to the surface thereof. The positive electrode active material further includes 30% to 80% of crystallites A with respect to a total number of crystallites in the outer region of the positive electrode active material, the crystallites A having high crystallite long-axis orientation degree and crystallite c-axis orientation degree. Thus, the positive electrode active material can achieve excellent capacity characteristics and service life characteristics.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material which includes a first step of preparing a cake including a lithium transition metal oxide having a lithium borate compound formed on a surface thereof by mixing a positive electrode active material precursor having a specific composition, a lithium-containing raw material, and a boron-containing raw material and sintering the mixture, and a second step of grinding the cake and washing the ground cake to prepare a lithium transition metal oxide having the lithium borate compound removed therefrom. The method reduces the problems of breaking lithium transition metal oxide during the post processing steps by reduction in cake strength and change in the strength over time, thereby providing a positive electrode active material having improved quality.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol% or greater based on a total number of moles of transition metals in the lithium transition metal oxide, and in the form of a secondary particle which is an aggregate of primary particles. The positive active material satisfies Equation (1) : -0.021x + 4.0 ? y ? -0.021x + 5.5, wherein x is a crystal grain size (nm) of the positive electrode active material, and y is a crystal grain aspect ratio of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode material, which includes a positive electrode active material, and a coating layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode active material, wherein the coating layer has a form in which polyimide is dispersed and distributed in an island shape, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material includes washing a lithium transition metal oxide with a washing solution, and solid-phase mixing the washed lithium transition metal oxide and a metal phosphate compound having a melting point of 500° C. or lower, followed by performing heat treatment to form a coating layer on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium composite transition metal oxide powder having a layered structure and a nickel content accounting for 50 atm % to 75 atm % of total transition metals, and wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide powder undergoes a 3% or less change in lithium-oxygen (Li—O) interlayer spacing (i.e., LiO6 slab thickness) in a state-of-charge (SOC) range of 58% to 86%.