Abstract: An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes an electrode current collector, an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector and including electrode active material particles, and a lithium salt-containing coating formed on at least portions of surfaces of the electrode active material particles or at least a portion of the surface of the electrode active material layer. The electrode for a lithium secondary battery may have a predetermined surface roughness.

Abstract: Lithium secondary batteries are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lithium secondary battery includes an anode including an anode active material that includes carbon-based active material particles including carbon, the carbon-based active material particles having a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 3.0 m2/g to 5.0 m2/g and an average particle diameter (D50) of 5?m to 7.5 ?m, a cathode facing the anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that includes a propionate-based organic solvent including propionate and a lithium salt. A content of the propionate-based organic solvent relative to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent is 55 vol % or more.

Abstract: Provided is a fabrication method of an electrode for a secondary battery including coating an electrode slurry containing an electrode active material and a binder on a current collector; drying the current collector on which the electrode slurry is coated to form an electrode active material layer; and surface-treating the electrode active material layer formed on the current collector to remove a binder layer on a surface of the electrode active material layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a reinforcement learning device and method using a conditional episode configuration. The present invention imparts conditions on individual decision making, and terminates an episode if the imparted conditions are not met, thereby maximizing the total sum of rewards reflecting the current values. Accordingly, reinforcement learning can be easily applied even to problems using a non-continuous state.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes: an electrode current collector; an electrode active material layer which is formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector, and includes electrode active material; and a polymer coating which is formed on the electrode active material or the electrode active material layer, and includes polyvinyl alcohol. The polyvinyl alcohol may have an IR spectral peak intensity ratio within a predetermined range. Accordingly, a secondary battery, in which a side reaction between the active material and the electrolyte may be prevented, and structural stability and cycle characteristics are improved, is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds effective as modulators Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds for the modulation of AhR, or prevention or treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition associated with AhR activity, as an active ingredient, and thus, can be useful as a medication for the prevention or treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition associated with AhR activity, in particular, cancer, cancerous condition, tumor, fibrotic disease, condition with dysregulated immune responses, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds effective as modulators Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds for the modulation of AhR, or prevention or treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition associated with AhR activity, as an active ingredient, and thus, can be useful as a medication for the prevention or treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition associated with AhR activity, in particular, cancer, cancerous condition, tumor, fibrotic disease, condition with dysregulated immune responses, etc.

Abstract: An image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion element, a floating diffusion (FD) region, and a transfer gate. The photoelectric conversion element is disposed in a substrate, and generates photocharges in response to incident light. The floating diffusion (FD) region is disposed over the photoelectric conversion element, and stores the photocharges generated by the photoelectric conversion element. The transfer gate transfer the photocharges generated by the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion (FD) region in response to a transmission signal. The transfer gate includes a horizontal gate disposed over the photoelectric conversion element, and a vertical gate coupled to the horizontal gate. The vertical gate is positioned at a side of the photoelectric conversion element, and surrounds the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: An image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion element, a floating diffusion (FD) region, and a transfer gate. The photoelectric conversion element is disposed in a substrate, and generates photocharges in response to incident light. The floating diffusion (FD) region is disposed over the photoelectric conversion element, and stores the photocharges generated by the photoelectric conversion element. The transfer gate transfer the photocharges generated by the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion (FD) region in response to a transmission signal. The transfer gate includes a horizontal gate disposed over the photoelectric conversion element, and a vertical gate coupled to the horizontal gate. The vertical gate is positioned at a side of the photoelectric conversion element, and surrounds the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a core particle, a polymer coating formed on a surface of the core particle, and conductive particles formed on the polymer coating. The conductive particles have an average particle diameter greater than a thickness of the polymer coating. The anode active material and a secondary battery having improved stability and reduced resistance are provided using the polymer coating and the conductive particles.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a current collector, and an anode active material layer coated on the current collector. The anode active material layer includes an anode active material that includes natural graphite particles, and has an electrode density of 1.50 g/cc or more. An XRD orientation index defined as I(004)/I(110) is 8 or less, I(004) is a peak intensity corresponding to a (004) plane of the anode active material obtained by an XRD measurement from the anode active material layer, and I(110) is a peak intensity corresponding to a (110) plane of the anode active material obtained by the XRD measurement from the anode active material layer.

Abstract: An electrode and a method of manufacturing the electrode are provided. The electrode includes an electrode current collector and an electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the electrode current collector. The electrode active material layer has a thickness of 200 ?m or more, and when the electrode active material layer is divided into three portions of a surface layer portion, a middle layer portion, and a lower layer portion in a thickness direction, a difference in porosity between the surface layer portion and the lower layer portion by XRM analysis is 10% or less.

Abstract: The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode which includes a cathode active material layer including a cathode current collector, a cathode tab protruding from one end thereof in a longitudinal direction of the cathode current collector, a second cathode portion disposed spaced apart from the cathode tab on the cathode current collector, and a first cathode portion disposed adjacent to the cathode tab on the cathode current collector and having an electrode density higher than that of the second cathode portion, and an anode disposed to face the cathode. Life-span characteristics of the lithium secondary battery may be improved by controlling the electrode density in the peripheral part of the cathode tab.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a core particle, a polymer coating formed on a surface of the core particle, and conductive particles formed on the polymer coating. The conductive particles have an average particle diameter greater than a thickness of the polymer coating. The anode active material and a secondary battery having improved stability and reduced resistance are provided using the polymer coating and the conductive particles.

Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include: a substrate including a photoelectric conversion layer configured to generate photocharges corresponding to the intensity of incident light; a plurality of doping regions disposed along a migration path of the photocharges and doped with dopants in different doping concentrations; and a gate dielectric layer disposed over the substrate and having a gate dielectric layer portion overlapping the plurality of doping regions, the gate dielectric layer portion having a varying thickness that increases along the migration path of the photocharges.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery may include carbon-based particles and a first coating layer coupled to at least a portion of the surface of the carbon-based particles and including an inorganic material. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention provides an anode active material including a second coating layer which includes lithium titanic acid and is coupled to the surface of the carbon-based particles or at least a portion of a surface of the first coating layer.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery including a carbon-based active material. The negative electrode active material satisfies the following Relational Expression 1, [Relational Expression 1] 0.1?(Dp?DT)/sphericity?0.28 where Dp is a pellet density (g/cm3) of the carbon-based active material, DT is a tap density (g/cm3) of the carbon-based active material, and the sphericity is a sphericity of a particle of the carbon-based active material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, a negative electrode, and a lithium ion secondary battery including the same. In the present disclosure, a crown ether-based host material which is a compound allowing selective coordination bonding with a lithium ion and having a similar cavity size to ions is included in the negative electrode active material, thereby suppressing lithium precipitation on the surface of the negative electrode active material to improve high rate charge/discharge characteristics of the battery, and also the crown ether-based host material solution is coated on the negative electrode active material layer of the battery to facilitate migration of lithium ions at high rate to improve an insertion/extraction speed of lithium ions during charge/discharge of the battery.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first particles serving as a core active material and second particles attached on surfaces of the first particles. A weight of the second particles based on 100 weight parts of a total weight of the first particles and the second particles satisfies a predetermined relation. A secondary battery including the anode active material is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a fabrication method of an electrode for a secondary battery including coating an electrode slurry containing an electrode active material and a binder on a current collector; drying the current collector on which the electrode slurry is coated to form an electrode active material layer; and surface-treating the electrode active material layer formed on the current collector to remove a binder layer on a surface of the electrode active material layer.