Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode material, a method for its preparation, an electrode comprising the electrode material and a battery comprising the same. The electrode material comprises a binder comprising a water-soluble conductive polymer and a water-soluble polymer, and an active material.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector. The active material layer includes an active material, a binder and a water-soluble polymer. The binder is a copolymer of (metha)acrylic acid and (metha)acrylic alkylester, and an amorphous polypropylene homopolymer or an amorphous copolymer of propylene and a C2 to C8 olefin.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method for making the negative active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including a carbonaceous material, which is capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and particles of a metal or a metal compound or mixtures thereof, distributed in the carbonaceous material, the metal or the metal compound being capable of forming an alloy with lithium during electrochemical charging and discharging.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery is provided. The negative active material includes a core and a carbon shell formed around the core. The core includes a crystalline carbon, an amorphous carbon or a mixture thereof, and the carbon shell includes an amorphous carbon with a metal selected from a transition metal, a semi-metal, an alkali metal or an alkali earth metal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material for a lithium rechargeable battery which includes an aggregate of Si porous particles, wherein the porous particles are formed with a plurality of voids therein, wherein the voids have an average diameter of between 1 nm and 10 &mgr;m, and the aggregate has an average particle size of between 1 &mgr;m and 100 &mgr;m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including ultra-fine particles comprising an element which is capable of alloying with lithium. The particles have a diameter of 1 nm to 200 nm, a Raman shift of 480 cm−1 to 520 cm−1 measured by Raman Spectroscopy, and a full width at half-maximum of 10 cm−1 to 30 cm−1.

Abstract: A negative active material of a rechargeable lithium battery includes a crystalline carbon core having an intensity ratio Ra I(1360)/I(1580) of a Raman Spectroscopy peak intensity I(1360) at a (1360) plane to an Raman Spectroscopy peak intensity I(1580) at a (1580) plane of 0.01 to 0.45 and a shell with a turbostratic or half-onion ring structure coated on the core, the shell including crystalline micro-particles and a semi-crystalline carbon, the shell having an intensity ratio Ra I(1360)/I(1580) of a Raman Spectroscopy peak intensity I(1360) at a (1360) plane to a Raman Spectroscopy peak intensity I(1580) at a (1580) plane of 0.46 to 1.5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbonaceous material comprising a graphite particle having a 002 plane interval d002 of less than 0.337 nm as measured by the X-ray wide angle diffraction method; a complex particle disposed and distributed in the vicinity of the surface of the graphite particle, the complex particle comprising silicon and carbon and having a particle size smaller than that of the graphite particle; and an amorphous carbon layer with a plane interval d002 of more than 0.37 nm, the amorphous carbon layer being a polymer layer and being coated on the graphite particle and the complex particle, wherein the complex particle comprises a Si particulate, a conductive carbon material disposed and distributed in the vicinity of the surface of the Si particulate, and a rigid carbon material layer coated on the Si particulate and the conductive carbon material, the Si particulate being composed of a crystalline Si phase.

Abstract: A negative active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a graphite-like carbon material having an intensity ratio I(110)/I(002) of an X-ray diffraction peak intensity I(002) at a (002) plane to an X-ray diffraction peak intensity I(110) at a (110) plane of less than 0.2. The negative active material prepared by dissolving a coar tar pitch or a petroleum pitch in an organic solvent to remove insoluble components therefrom, heat-treating the pitch at a temperature in the range of 400 to 450° C. for 4 hours or more under an inert atmosphere to thereby produce at least 50 weight percent of mesophase particles based on the pitch, coking the pitch including mesophase particles, carbonizing the coked pitch, pulverizing the carbonized pitch; and graphitizing the pulverized pitch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery which is prepared by mixing graphite powder with a binder. The negative electrode comprises graphite with an intensity ratio I(110)/I(002) of 0.5 or more wherein I(002) is an X-ray diffraction peak intensity I(002) at a (002) plane and I(110) is an X-ray diffraction peak intensity I(110) at a (110) plane The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery has enhanced discharge capacity and cycle life characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material slurry composition for a rechargeable lithium battery. The negative active material slurry composition includes a negative active material, a compound and an organic solvent. The compound includes transition metals, alkaline metals, alkaline earth metals and semi-metals. The negative active material slurry composition has long cycle life owing to the compound.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector. The active material layer includes an active material, a binder and a water-soluble polymer. The binder is a copolymer of (metha)acrylic acid and (metha)acrylic alkylester, and an amorphous polypropylene homopolymer or an amorphous copolymer of propylene and a C2 to C8 olefin.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode material, a method for its preparation, an electrode comprising the electrode material and a battery comprising the same. The electrode material comprises a binder comprising a water-soluble conductive polymer and a water-soluble polymer, and an active material.

Abstract: A negative active material for a lithium secondary battery which is capable of improving packing density and has good high-rate charge/discharge and cycle life characteristics is provided. The negative active material includes a crystalline carbon core and an amorphous carbon shell. Alternatively, the negative active material includes secondary particles prepared by gathering at least one crystalline carbon primary particle. A surface of the secondary particles is coated with an amorphous carbon and the secondary particles has a substantially spherical form. The negative active material has two exothermic peak of the differential thermal analysis at 1000° C. or less. A lithium secondary battery using the negative active material can use propylene carbonate for an organic solvent of an electrolyte.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery. The negative active material includes graphitized coke having a graphitization catalyst element and non-flat artificial graphite. The negative active material for a lithium secondary battery has good electrolyte-immersibility due to the gap between the graphite particles from graphitized coke having a graphitization catalyst element, and non-flat artificial graphite. Therefore, the present invention may provide a lithium secondary battery which has good high-rate capacity and initial efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbonaceous material comprising a graphite particle having a 002 plane interval d002 of less than 0.337 nm as measured by the X-ray wide angle diffraction method; a complex particle disposed and distributed in the vicinity of the surface of the graphite particle, the complex particle comprising silicon and carbon and having a particle size smaller than that of the graphite particle; and an amorphous carbon layer with a plane interval d002 of more than 0.37 nm, the amorphous carbon layer being a polymer layer and being coated on the graphite particle and the complex particle, wherein the complex particle comprises a Si particulate, a conductive carbon material disposed and distributed in the vicinity of the surface of the Si particulate, and a rigid carbon material layer coated on the Si particulate and the conductive carbon material, the Si particulate being composed of a crystalline Si phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the negative active material comprises a crystalline or amorphous carbon core, a catalyst layer formed on the core, and carbon vapor growing fiber or carbon nanotubes. The negative active material not only forms a fine path between active materials but also improves conductivity between neighboring active materials so that a battery having improved high rate and cycle life characteristics can be provided, since carbon vapor growing fiber or carbon nanotubes are formed on a surface layer of the negative active material.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery having the high content of boron is provided. A mixed solution including a pitch, a boron compound and a solvent is prepared and the solvent is removed from the mixed solution to prepare mesophase pitch. The mesophase pitch is then carbonized and the carbonized material is graphitized to obtain the negative active material.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery which exhibits good discharge capacity and charge and discharge efficiency, and enables the use of all types of electrolytes. The active material includes a crystalline carbon core and a semi-crystalline carbon shell. The semi-crystalline carbon shell includes at least one element or a compound of at least two different types of elements, and has a turbostratic or half onion-sheath. The compound includes only element. The element serves graphitization catalyst and causes a change in a structure of surrounding carbon. In particular, the negative active material includes metal boride.

Abstract: A negative active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a crystalline graphite core and a carbon shell. The carbon shell includes at least one material selected from a transition metal, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an element of Group 3B of the Periodic table, an element of Group 4B, an element of Group 5B or a mixture thereof. The carbon shell is a turbostratic carbon layer, or am amorphous or crystalline carbon layer having different physical properties from the core. The negative active material can be used in a lithium secondary battery such that the battery has a large discharge capacity and a high charge/discharge efficiency.