Abstract: A composite cathode active material including an overlithiated metal oxide having a layered structure, a material having an olivine structure, and one or more of: an inorganic material, and nitrogen atoms doped in the material having an olivine structure. The inorganic material includes a nitride or carbide of a non-transition metal. The composite cathode active material may be included in a cathode, and the cathode may be included in a lithium battery.

Abstract: An electrode active material includes a core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a surface treatment layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core, wherein the surface treatment layer includes a lithium-free oxide having a spinel structure, and an intensity of an X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to impurity phase of the lithium-free oxide, when measured using Cu—K? radiation, is at a noise level of an X-ray diffraction spectrum or less.

Abstract: A lithium titanium oxide spinel having a ratio of FWHM1/FWHM2 at a spinning rate of about 5 kHz to about 50 kHz of about 1.70 or less, wherein FWHM1 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the lithium titanium oxide, FWHM2 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of a lithium chloride standard reagent, and FWHM1 and FWHM2 are measured at the same spinning rate.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery that include the composite cathode active material, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound having an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including at least one selected from the group of a metal carbonitride and a carbonitride.

Abstract: A composite nitride, a method of preparing the composite nitride, an electrode active material including the composite nitride, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode, the composite nitride including a core material including a bronze-phase titanium oxide; and a nitrogen atom doped on at least part of the core material.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium rechargeable battery, the anode active material including: a base material which is alloyable with lithium and a metal nitride disposed on the base material.

Abstract: A lithium titanium oxide spinel having a ratio of FWHM1/FWHM2 at a spinning rate of about 5 kHz to about 50 kHz of about 1.70 or less, wherein FWHM1 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the lithium titanium oxide, FWHM2 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of a lithium chloride standard reagent, and FWHM1 and FWHM2 are measured at the same spinning rate.

Abstract: A composite, method of manufacturing the composite, negative electrode active material including the composite, negative electrode including the negative electrode active material, and lithium secondary battery including the same, the composite including a lithium titanium oxide, and a bronze phase titanium oxide.

Abstract: An electrode active material includes a core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a surface treatment layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core, wherein the surface treatment layer includes a lithium-free oxide having a spinel structure, and an intensity of an X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to impurity phase of the lithium-free oxide, when measured using Cu—K? radiation, is at a noise level of an X-ray diffraction spectrum or less.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery that include the composite cathode active material, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound having an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including at least one selected from the group of a metal carbonitride and a carbonitride.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material including an overlithiated metal oxide having a layered structure, a material having an olivine structure, and one or more of: an inorganic material, and nitrogen atoms doped in the material having an olivine structure. The inorganic material includes a nitride or carbide of a non-transition metal. The composite cathode active material may be included in a cathode, and the cathode may be included in a lithium battery.