Abstract: An example of the disclosure provides a composite material for a cathode active material and a method for manufacturing the same. A lithium secondary battery, including a high nickel cathode active material (NCM) and a composite material for a cathode active material in which the cathode active material surface is made of a lithium active material (positive electrode coating material), of the disclosure has the effect of improving the overall energy density by compensating for lithium consumed for forming a Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI) layer of a negative electrode during an initial charge reaction, and suppressing side reactions occurring between an electrolyte and the cathode active material surface through a change to a stable rock-salt crystal structure of a positive electrode coating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a negative active material, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative active material includes a core including a carbonaceous material; and a metal-including nitride on a surface of the core and having lower lithium adsorption energy and lower lithium ion diffusion energy than the core.

Abstract: A holographic display simulation device and a holographic display simulation method are provided. A holographic display simulation device includes a processor; and a memory including one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions are executed by the processor, and a holographic display is simulated by using at least one of a light source part model, a spatial light modulator model, and a display optical system model that respectively model a light source part, a spatial light modulator, and a display optical system of the holographic display.

Abstract: A negative active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material including a core including a carbon material; and a carbon nitride on a surface of the core, and the rechargeable lithium battery including a negative electrode including the negative active material; a positive electrode; and an electrolyte.

Abstract: A negative active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material, the negative active material includes a core including a carbon material; and a metal carbide on a surface of the core, wherein the metal of the metal carbide is Ti, Mo, Fe, Nb, Ta, W, or V.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an anode active material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery, comprising the steps of: preparing a carbon-based material; forming a precursor coating layer comprising Me and A (wherein A is O or S) on the surface of the carbon-based material; supplying a P precursor to the precursor coating layer of the carbon-based material; and converting at least a part of the precursor coating layer into a compound represented by Mex1Py1 (wherein x1>0 and y1>0) by the reaction of the precursor coating layer and the P precursor, thereby forming a phosphide coating layer, wherein Me is at least one type of the same metal element selected from among Mo, Ni, Fe, Co, Ti, V, Cr, Nb and Mn.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method for preparing the negative electrode active material is disclosed. The negative electrode active material includes a porous carbon coating layer self-bound to a surface of a carbonaceous material. The porous carbon coating later contains porous carbon particles, and thus shows reduced resistance during lithium-ion intercalation on the surface of the carbonaceous material and provides improved surface reactivity and structural stability. This provides improved high-rate charge characteristics, while causing no deterioration of charge/discharge efficiency and life characteristics, when being used as a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery. The self-bound amorphous carbon coating layer may optionally have a controlled pore structure through chemical etching.

Abstract: A holographic display simulation device and a holographic display simulation method are provided. A holographic display simulation device includes a processor; and a memory including one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions are executed by the processor, and a holographic display is simulated by using at least one of a light source part model, a spatial light modulator model, and a display optical system model that respectively model a light source part, a spatial light modulator, and a display optical system of the holographic display.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an anode active material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery, comprising the steps of: preparing a carbon-based material; forming a precursor coating layer comprising Me and A (wherein A is O or S) on the surface of the carbon-based material; supplying a P precursor to the precursor coating layer of the carbon-based material; and converting at least a part of the precursor coating layer into a compound represented by Mex1Py1 (wherein x1>0 and y1>0) by the reaction of the precursor coating layer and the P precursor, thereby forming a phosphide coating layer, wherein Me is at least one type of the same metal element selected from among Mo, Ni, Fe, Co, Ti, V, Cr, Nb and Mn.

Abstract: An apparatus for capturing a Fourier hologram splits a coherent light source into an object beam and a reference beam, sets a distance of a virtual focal plane of a subject, generates spherical wave field data propagated from a point source of the virtual focal plane to a central coordinate plane of a spatial light modulator, generates a spherical wave field on a space from the spherical wave field data and the reference beam by the spatial light modulator, synthesizes an object wave field generated by reflecting the object beam by the subject and the spherical wave field with each other so that an interference pattern is formed on the image sensor face, captures the interference pattern formed on the image sensor face, and then performs Fourier transformation to calculate an object wave field formed on the focal plane of the subject.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring a coherence of a light source of a holographic display through steps of: photographing an interference pattern generated by light output from the light source; obtaining an interference pattern feature information with respect to the interference pattern from an interference pattern image of the interference pattern; and measuring the coherence of the light source based on the interference pattern feature information, are provided.

Abstract: An air battery cathode including an organic-inorganic composite material including lyophobic nanopores, the organic-inorganic composite material including a porous metal oxide, and a lyophobic layer on a surface of a pore of the porous metal oxide and having a contact angle of greater than about 90°; and a binder. Also a lithium air battery including the cathode, and a method of manufacture the cathode.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a piperazine derivative represented by Formula 1 having an oxidation potential lower than an oxidation potential of the non-aqueous organic solvent by about 2 V to about 4 V: wherein, in Formula 1, X, Y, and R1 to R4 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A cathode and a battery including a cathode active material including a layer-structured material having a composition of xLi2MO3-(1-x)LiMeO2; and a metal oxide having a perovskite structure. The cathode active material may have improved structural stability by intermixing a metal oxide having a similar crystalline structure with the layer-structured material, and thus, life and capacity characteristics of a cathode and a lithium battery including the metal oxide may be improved.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer including a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.

Abstract: An apparatus for capturing a Fourier hologram splits a coherent light source into an object beam and a reference beam, sets a distance of a virtual focal plane of a subject, generates spherical wave field data propagated from a point source of the virtual focal plane to a central coordinate plane of a spatial light modulator, generates a spherical wave field on a space from the spherical wave field data and the reference beam by the spatial light modulator, synthesizes an object wave field generated by reflecting the object beam by the subject and the spherical wave field with each other so that an interference pattern is formed on the image sensor face, captures the interference pattern formed on the image sensor face, and then performs Fourier transformation to calculate an object wave field formed on the focal plane of the subject.