Abstract: An active material for a rechargeable lithium battery is provided with a non-carbon-based material on which nanofiber-shaped carbon having an oxygen-included functional group is grown. The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery has good conductivity and cycle life characteristics.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode including a positive active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; a negative electrode including a negative active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a lithium-containing metal compound that is inactive for water, and can intercalate lithium during at least discharge. The rechargeable lithium battery has an irreversible capacity during a first charge and discharge, and has no problems such dendrite, electrolyte decomposition, or dissolution of a negative current collector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a lithium nickel-based positive active material; a negative electrode including a negative active material; an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a separator including a polymer substrate and a hydroxide compound-containing coating layer disposed on the polymer substrate.

Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a horn coupled to an ultrasonic wave oscillator. The horn performs ultrasonic welding by respectively disposing a negative electrode tab and a positive electrode tab on a negative electrode lead and a positive electrode lead of a rechargeable battery while pressure is applied. The horn includes a negative electrode horn and a positive electrode horn that respectively press the negative electrode tab and the positive electrode tab. The negative and positive electrode horns are integrally provided in a body and have pressing patterns of different shapes.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer on the current collector and including an amorphous silicon oxide represented by SiOx (0.95<x<1.7), and an SEI layer on the active material layer and including about 70 area % or more of protrusion parts having a size of about 5 nm to 300 nm during charging of the battery.

Abstract: Negative active materials for rechargeable lithium batteries are provided. One negative active material includes a metal matrix, and an intermetallic compound including a Si active metal and an additive metal dispersed in the metal matrix. The additive metal may be Ca, Mg, Na, K, Sr, Rb, Ba, Cs, or a combination thereof. The metal matrix may comprise Cu and Al. The negative active material may comprise a X(aM-bSi)—Y(cCu-dAl) material, where X is from about 30 to about 70 wt %, Y is from about 30 to about 70 wt %, X+Y is 100 wt %, a+b is 100 wt %, a is from about 20 to 80 wt %, b is from about 20 to 80 wt %, c+d is 100 wt %, c is from about 80 to about 95 wt %, d is from about 5 to about 20 wt %, and M may be Ca, Mg, Na, K, Sr, Rb, Ba, Cs, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Negative active materials and rechargeable lithium batteries including the negative active materials are provided. The negative active material includes an intermetallic compound of Si and a metal, and a metal matrix including Cu and Al. The negative active material may provide a rechargeable lithium battery having high capacity and excellent cycle-life and cell efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode for rechargeable lithium batteries includes a current collector, a porous active material layer having a metal-based active material disposed on the current collector, and a high-strength binder layer on the porous active material layer. The high-strength binder layer has a strength ranging from 5 to 70 MPa. The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery according to the present invention can improve cycle-life characteristics by suppressing volume expansion and reactions of an electrolyte at the electrode surface.

Abstract: Negative active materials, negative electrodes, and rechargeable lithium batteries are provided. A negative electrode according to one embodiment includes a non-carbon-based active material, a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure, and a high-strength polymer binder. The negative active material may include a non-carbon-based material and a coating layer on the non-carbon-based material. The coating layer includes a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure and a high-strength polymer binder. A rechargeable lithium battery including the negative electrode or negative active material has good cycle life characteristics and high capacity.

Abstract: Negative active materials, negative electrodes, and rechargeable lithium batteries are provided. A negative electrode according to one embodiment includes a non-carbon-based active material, a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure, and a high-strength polymer binder. The negative active material may include a non-carbon-based material and a coating layer on the non-carbon-based material. The coating layer includes a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure and a high-strength polymer binder. A rechargeable lithium battery including the negative electrode or negative active material has good cycle life characteristics and high capacity.

Abstract: In one aspect, a negative active material for a lithium secondary battery including silicon oxide represented by a chemical formula SiOx (1.1<x<1.5) and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the negative active material is provided. The silicon oxide may be amorphous silicon oxide.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer on the current collector and including an amorphous silicon oxide represented by SiOx (0.95<x<1.7), and an SEI layer on the active material layer and including about 70 area % or more of protrusion parts having a size of about 5 nm to 300 nm during charging of the battery.

Abstract: Provided are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, which includes a first silicon oxide (SiOx) and a second silicon oxide (SiOx) with a particle diameter differing from the one of the first silicon oxide (SiOx), a negative electrode including the negative active material, and a method of manufacturing the negative electrode, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative electrode. The first silicon oxide (SiOx) and second silicon oxide (SiOx) have a particle distribution peak area ratio ranging from 3 to 8.

Abstract: An negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a nano-composite including a Si phase, a SiO2 phase, and a metal oxide phase of formulation MyO, where M is a metal with an oxidation number x, a free energy of oxygen-bond formation ranging from ?900 kJ/mol to ?2000 kJ/mol, x, and x·y=2. The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery according to the present invention can improve initial capacity, initial efficiency, and cycle-life characteristics by suppressing its initial irreversible reaction.

Abstract: The negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a current collector and a negative active material layer disposed on the current collector. The negative active material layer includes a metal-based negative active material and sheet-shaped graphite and has porosity of 20 to 80 volume %. The negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery can improve cell characteristics by inhibiting volume change and stress due to active material particle bombardment during charge and discharge, and by decreasing electrode resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a lithium nickel-based positive active material; a negative electrode including a negative active material; an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a separator including a polymer substrate and a hydroxide compound-containing coating layer disposed on the polymer substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a lithium nickel-based positive active material; a negative electrode including a negative active material; an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a separator including a polymer substrate and a hydroxide compound-containing coating layer disposed on the polymer substrate.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a compound represented by the following Formula 1: Li1+xTi1?x?yMyO2+z??(1) wherein, in the above Formula 1, 0.01?x?0.5, 0?y?0.3, ?0.2?z?0.2, and M is an element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Ag, Sn, Ge, Si, Al, and combinations thereof. The negative active material has high capacity and excellent cycle-life characteristics, and particularly, can provide a rechargeable lithium battery having high capacity at high-rate charge and discharge.

Abstract: Negative active materials, negative electrodes, and rechargeable lithium batteries are provided. A negative electrode according to one embodiment includes a non-carbon-based active material, a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure, and a high-strength polymer binder. The negative active material may include a non-carbon-based material and a coating layer on the non-carbon-based material. The coating layer includes a lithium salt having an oxalatoborate structure and a high-strength polymer binder. A rechargeable lithium battery including the negative electrode or negative active material has good cycle life characteristics and high capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material, an electrolyte including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a separator including a polymer substrate and a ceramic-containing coating layer on the polymer substrate. The ceramic-containing coating layer has a porosity at or between about 50% and about 90%, and a thickness at or between about 2 ?m and about 6 ?m. The rechargeable lithium battery has a capacity per volume of more than or equal to about 700 Wh/l.