Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of an interface between the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer is about 1 micrometer or less, and a relative density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 80% or more.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector; a first anode active material layer in contact with the anode current collector and comprising a first metal; a second anode active material layer disposed between the first anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer and comprising a carbon-containing active material; and a contact layer between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and disposed such that the contact layer prevents contact between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the contact layer comprises a second metal, and has a thickness less than a thickness of the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a stacked all-solid-state secondary battery in which a plurality of battery units in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are sequentially stacked are stacked along the stacking direction, wherein a buffer layer formed between the adjacent battery units.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector; a first anode active material layer in contact with the anode current collector and comprising a first metal; a second anode active material layer disposed between the first anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer and comprising a carbon-containing active material; and a contact layer between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and disposed such that the contact layer prevents contact between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the contact layer comprises a second metal, and has a thickness less than a thickness of the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector; a first anode active material layer in contact with the anode current collector and comprising a first metal; a second anode active material layer disposed between the first anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer and comprising a carbon-containing active material; and a contact layer between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and disposed such that the contact layer prevents contact between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the contact layer comprises a second metal, and has a thickness less than a thickness of the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: A material for a negative electrode active material layer, an all-solid-state rechargeable battery, and a charging method thereof, the material including amorphous carbon, a first element that forms an alloy or compound with lithium by an electrochemical reaction, and a second element that does not form an alloy or compound with lithium by an electrochemical reaction, wherein the second element is an element belonging to the fourth period and Groups 3 to 11 of the periodic table.

Abstract: An all-solid-state rechargeable battery including a positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a plate-shaped positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer on the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode layer includes an endothermic material that absorbs heat by a decomposition reaction, and a content of the endothermic material in the positive electrode layer is greater than or equal to about 1 part by weight and less than or equal to about 30 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode active material layer.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, comprising: a cell comprising a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material comprising at least one of lithium metal and a lithium-containing alloy, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein a ratio of volume density to true density of the positive electrode active material layer is about 0.6 or greater, wherein a ratio of volume density to true density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 0.6 or greater, and wherein an average pressure applied to opposite sides of the solid electrolyte layer in a fully discharged state is greater than 0 megapascals and 7.5 megapascals or less.

Abstract: An anode for an all solid-state secondary battery, the anode including an anode collector, and coating lithium distribution layer disposed on the anode collector, wherein the lithium distribution layer includes a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium.

Abstract: An anode for an all solid-state secondary battery, the anode including an anode collector, and coating lithium distribution layer disposed on the anode collector, wherein the lithium distribution layer includes a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector; a first anode active material layer in contact with the anode current collector and comprising a first metal; a second anode active material layer disposed between the first anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer and comprising a carbon-containing active material; and a contact layer between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and disposed such that the contact layer prevents contact between the second anode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the contact layer comprises a second metal, and has a thickness less than a thickness of the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of an interface between the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer is about 1 micrometer or less, and a relative density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 80% or more.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of an interface between the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer is about 1 micrometer or less, and a relative density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 80% or more.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a sulfide solid electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material particle and a coating film including an oxide including lithium (Li) and zirconium (Zr) on a surface of the positive active material particle.

Abstract: A solid-state battery including a cathode, an anode, and a solid-state electrolyte layer including a solid-state electrolyte, wherein the solid-state electrolyte layer is disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode includes an anode active material, a first binder, and a second binder, the first binder is inactive to the solid-state electrolyte, the second binder has a tensile modulus greater than a tensile modulus of the first binder, and the second binder has a binding force which is greater than a binding force of the first binder.

Abstract: A cathode active material including a first composite oxide represented by Formula (1): xV2O5.Li3PO4??(1) wherein, in Formula 1, x satisfies 2<x?10.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery, comprising: a cell comprising a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material comprising at least one of lithium metal and a lithium-containing alloy, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, wherein a ratio of volume density to true density of the positive electrode active material layer is about 0.6 or greater, wherein a ratio of volume density to true density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 0.6 or greater, and wherein an average pressure applied to opposite sides of the solid electrolyte layer in a fully discharged state is greater than 0 megapascals and 7.5 megapascals or less.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a sulfide solid electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material particle and a coating film including an oxide including lithium (Li) and zirconium (Zr) on a surface of the positive active material particle.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery including a cathode layer, an anode layer including an anode active material and a coating including a metal element, wherein the coating is disposed on the anode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the coating has an electrochemical reaction potential with lithium that is greater than an electrochemical reaction potential of the anode active material with lithium.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide solid electrolyte between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of an interface between the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer is about 1 micrometer or less, and a relative density of the solid electrolyte layer is about 80% or more.