Abstract: In a method for recovering a lithium precursor from a lithium secondary battery, an electrode powder is prepared from a lithium secondary battery. A calcium compound is mixed with the electrode powder to prepare a cathode active material mixture. The cathode active material mixture is reductively treated to form a preliminary precursor mixture. A lithium precursor is recovered from the preliminary precursor mixture. Accordingly, the lithium precursor is obtained with high purity without a complicated leaching process and an additional process resulting from a wet-based process using an acidic solution.

Abstract: A positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a conductive material. The conductive material includes a linear conductive material. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn). The lithium composite transition metal oxide is in the form of a single particle. The positive electrode active material has an average particle diameter (D50) of 2 ?m to 10 ?m. The positive electrode satisfies a specific equation for a BET specific surface area and an amount of the positive electrode active material and the linear conductive material.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, both of which are lithium composite transition metal oxides containing transition metals. The first positive electrode active material has a larger average particle size (D50) than the second positive electrode active material, wherein a ratio (Li/Me)1 of the mole number of lithium with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the first positive electrode active material is more than 1 to 1.5 or less, and a ratio (Li/Me)2 of the mole number of lithium (Li) with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the second positive electrode active material is 0.9 to 1. The second positive electrode active material has a crystallite size of 180 nm or more.

Abstract: A electronic device and method for providing store payment service are provided. An electronic device for providing store payment service comprising a processor; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory, when executed, causes the processor to identify first tracking data of the tracking data corresponding to a first time period including the trigger time point, identify a user candidate group for at least some of the at least one user based on the first tracking data, calculate a first reliability for each of the at least some users included in the user candidate group, identify that a user related to the trigger is a first user based on the first reliability, and store instructions for performing an update related to the trigger for a virtual shopping cart of the first user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated circuit for processing biosignals, a biosignal processing apparatus, and a biosignal processing system, and the integrated circuit includes: a digital conversion unit for converting an analog biosignal input through a biosignal input terminal into digital biodata; and an AI block for processing a plurality of biodatas converted through the digital conversion unit according to an artificial intelligence processing flow, and outputting a result data according to processing of the plurality of biodatas.

Abstract: The invention of the present application relates to a use of an antibody binding specifically to ECL-2 of claudin 3 and functional fragments thereof in cancer cell detection, diagnosis, imaging, and application to cancer treatment (anticancer use of the antibody itself, and application to ADC and CAR-expression cells (particularly immune cells)), an antibody that includes a characteristic CDR sequence exerting a remarkable effect in such uses, and a functional fragment thereof.

Abstract: In an auxiliary battery power control apparatus and method to use external electrical equipment during parking, the auxiliary battery power control apparatus includes a usage condition setting unit configured to receive and store usage condition information related to use of an auxiliary battery of a vehicle. The auxiliary battery power control apparatus further includes a usage state determining unit configured to detect an available power capacity of the auxiliary battery and generate auxiliary battery usage state information for an external electronic device according to the usage condition information and the available power capacity, when the external electronic device is connected to the auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery power control apparatus further includes a notification message providing unit configured to provide a notification message to a driver of the vehicle according to the auxiliary battery usage state information.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, both of which are lithium composite transition metal oxides containing transition metals. The first positive electrode active material has a larger average particle size (D50) than the second positive electrode active material, wherein a ratio (Li/Me)1 of the mole number of lithium with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the first positive electrode active material is more than 1 to 1.5 or less, and a ratio (Li/Me)2 of the mole number of lithium (Li) with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the second positive electrode active material is 0.9 to 1. The second positive electrode active material has a crystallite size of 180 nm or more.

Abstract: A cathode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery includes nickel and at least one metal except for nickel. The cathode active material precursor includes primary particles having a major axis length of 500 nm or less and an aspect ratio in a range from 1.0 to 3.0. A volume ratio of micropores having a pore diameter of 2 nm or less relative to a total pore volume is 1.4% or less.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), and at least one particle growth-promoting element selected from the group consisting of strontium (Sr), zirconium (Zr), magnesium (Mg), yttrium (Y), and aluminum (Al). The lithium composite transition metal oxide includes the nickel (Ni) in an amount of 65 mol % or more and the manganese (Mn) in an amount of 5 mol % or more based on a total amount of transition metals, and the positive active material has a single particle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a secondary battery, the method including forming a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material on a positive electrode current collector, and forming a metal oxide coating layer on the positive electrode mixture layer by atomic layer deposition, wherein the positive electrode active material includes lithium composite transition metal oxide particles and a boron-containing coating layer formed on the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles, and the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles include nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the nickel (Ni) is 60 mol % or greater of all metals excluding lithium.

Abstract: A an electrode having an improved safety,including: a current collector including a main body and an electrode tab formed at one side of the main body; a conductive coating layer which is formed on at least one surface of the current collector and includes a conducting polymer of which resistance increases when a temperature rises; and an electrode mixture layer which is formed on the conductive coating layer. Herein, the conductive coating layer is formed on a region including both the main body and the electrode tab.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide and a coating element M3-containing coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, wherein M3 comprises at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, or Co, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide is doped with a doping element M2, wherein M2 includes at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, or B, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the total amount of the doping element M2 and the coating element M3 is in a range of 4,580 ppm to 9,120 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing an electrode assembly capable of improving life characteristics and rapid charging performance by minimizing a space between a folding separator and an electrode. The method of preparing the electrode assembly includes disposing a plurality of unit cells on a first surface of a folding separator, fixing the unit cells on the first surface of the folding separator, providing a binder composition to at least one end portion of a second surface of the folding separator, and stacking the unit cells by folding the folding separator.

Abstract: A method for producing a high-nickel positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same is provided. The method includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or greater among transition metals, washing the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and mixing the washed lithium composite transition metal oxide with an aluminum raw material and heat treating the mixture at a temperature of 650° C. to 690° C. to obtain a positive electrode active material having a surface portion doped with aluminum.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for an electrochemical device comprising an electrode current collector, a conductive polymer layer that is located on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and an electrode active material layer that is located on an upper surface of the conductive polymer layer and includes an electrode active material and a binder polymer, wherein the conductive polymer layer includes a poly(thiophene)-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein R1 to R4, m and n are describe herein.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle includes a core that contains lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy and a shell that is coated on the surface of the core and contains composite metal oxide of a metal with an oxidation number of +2 and a metal with an oxidation number of +3. In particular, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb and Ni. A is oxygen-substitutional halogen and 1.00?a?1.05, 0?x?0.05, and 0?y?0.001.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, which is doped with doping element M2, wherein M2 includes at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, or B, and contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the doping element M2 is included in an amount of 3,580 ppm to 7,620 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared by the method are provided. The method includes dry-mixing and then heat treating a lithium cobalt oxide particle represented by Formula 1 and one or more lithium metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum oxide, lithium zirconium oxide, and lithium titanium oxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a binder.