Abstract: The present invention relates to positive electrode active material particles and a secondary battery including the same and provides positive electrode active material particles comprising: a core including a first lithium transition metal oxide; and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell has a form in which metal oxide particles are embedded in a second lithium transition metal oxide, and at least a part of the metal oxide particles is present by being exposed at a surface of the shell. The positive electrode active material particles according to the present invention prevent a transition metal and an electrolyte from causing a side reaction by exposing a part of a metal oxide, having low reactivity, at a surface of the active materials, thereby improving safety and lifespan. As the electrical conductivity of the active materials becomes lower, excellent stability can be maintained even at high temperature and in battery-breakdown situations.

Abstract: In the present invention is provided a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a core including a lithium composite metal oxide, and a surface treatment layer positioned on the surface of the core, and the surface treatment layer includes a porous coordination polymer in which a central metal ion is coordinate-bonded with an organic ligand such that high electrode density may be exhibited when an electrode is manufactured, and consequently, battery properties may be significantly enhanced. Also provided are a positive electrode, which is for a secondary battery and includes the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a core, a shell disposed to surround the core, and a buffer layer which is disposed between the core and the shell and includes pores and a three-dimensional network structure connecting the core and the shell, wherein the core, the shell, and the three-dimensional network structure of the buffer layer each independently includes a polycrystalline lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 including a plurality of grains, and the grains have an average grain diameter of 50 nm to 150 nm.

Abstract: Provided are lithium transition metal composite particle including a lithium transition metal oxide particle, a metal-doped layer formed by doping the lithium transition metal oxide particle, and LiF formed on the lithium transition metal oxide particle including the metal-doped layer, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the lithium transition metal composite particles.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, in which, since the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-metal oxide having high-temperature stability and a metal oxide on a surface of a particle and a surface side in the particle, there is no concern about gas generation, because the occurrence of cracks on the surface of the active material is prevented during charge and discharge, and high-temperature storage stability and life characteristics may be improved when the positive electrode active material is used in the battery, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which is capable of preventing the degeneration of a positive electrode active material and the generation of a gas during operating a battery due to humidity, by including a surface treatment layer of an amorphous glass including an alkali metal oxide and an alkaline earth metal oxide on the surface of a core including a lithium composite metal oxide and by decreasing humidity reactivity, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material including lithium transition metal phosphate particles, wherein the lithium transition metal phosphate particles include a first secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more first primary particles, and a second secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more second primary particles in the first secondary particle, and a method of preparing the same. Since the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may include first primary particles and second primary particles having different average particle diameters, the exfoliation of the cathode active material from a cathode collector may be minimized and performance characteristics, such as high output characteristics and an increase in available capacity, of a secondary battery may be further improved. In addition, since the first secondary particles are porous, the secondary particles are collapsed and fractured due to rolling when used in a cathode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, which includes a core, a shell disposed to surround the core, and a buffer layer which is disposed between the core and the shell and includes pores and a three-dimensional network structure connecting the core and the shell, wherein, the core, the shell, and the three-dimensional network structure of the buffer layer each independently include a lithium nickel manganese cobalt-based composite metal oxide and at least one metallic element of the nickel, the manganese, and the cobalt has a concentration gradient that gradually changes in any one region of the core, the shell, and the entire positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrothermal synthesis device for continuously preparing an inorganic slurry using a hydrothermal method. The hydrothermal synthesis device includes a mixer to mix at least one precursor solution for preparing an inorganic material, injected via at least one supply tube, to prepare an intermediate slurry, a connection tube provided at a side of the mixer, continuously discharging the prepared intermediate slurry to a reactor, and having an inner surface contacting a precursor solution mixture on which abrasive polishing has been performed, and the reactor performing hydrothermal reaction of the intermediate slurry supplied from the connection tube by receiving a liquid stream heated to supercritical or subcritical conditions using a heat exchanger and connected to the connection tube into which the intermediate slurry prepared from the mixer is introduced and to at least one injection tube into which the heated liquid stream is injected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrothermal synthesis device for continuously preparing an inorganic slurry using a hydrothermal method. The hydrothermal synthesis device includes a mixer to mix at least one precursor solution for preparing an inorganic material, injected via at least one supply tube, to prepare an intermediate slurry, a connection tube provided at a side of the mixer, continuously discharging the prepared intermediate slurry to a reactor, and having a hydrophobic coating on an inner surface of a portion thereof adjacent to the reactor, and the reactor performing hydrothermal reaction of the intermediate slurry supplied from the connection tube by receiving a liquid stream heated to supercritical or subcritical conditions using a heat exchanger and connected to the connection tube into which the intermediate slurry prepared from the mixer is introduced and to at least one injection tube into which the heated liquid stream is injected.

Abstract: Provided are a Si/C composite, in which carbon (C) is dispersed in an atomic state in a silicon (Si) particle, and a method of preparing the Si/C composite. Since the Si/C composite of the present invention is used as an anode active material, electrical conductivity may be further improved and volume expansion may be minimized. Thus, life characteristics of a lithium secondary battery may be improved.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material of the present invention includes lithium cobalt oxide particles; and a surface treatment layer positioned on a surface of the lithium cobalt oxide particle, and the lithium cobalt oxide particle includes lithium deficient lithium cobalt oxide having a Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1, included in an Fd-3m space group, and having a cubic-type crystal structure, in a surface side of the particle. The surface treatment layer includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of transition metals and elements in group 13.

Abstract: The present invention provided a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including lithium cobalt oxide particles. The lithium cobalt oxide particles include lithium deficient lithium cobalt oxide having Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1, belongs to an Fd-3m space group, and having a cubic crystal structure, in surface of the particle and in a region corresponding to a distance from 0% to less than 100% from the surface of the particle relative to a distance (r) from the surface to the center of the particle. In the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention, the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium at the surface of a particle may be easy, and the output property and rate characteristic may be improved when applied to a battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a core including first lithium cobalt oxide, and a surface modifying layer positioned on a surface of the core. The surface modifying layer includes a lithium compound discontinuously distributed on the surface of the core, and second lithium cobalt oxide distributed while making a contact with or adjacent to the lithium compound, with a Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1. The positive electrode active material according to the present invention forms a lithium deficient structure in the positive electrode active material of lithium cobalt oxide and changes two-dimensional lithium transport path into three-dimensional path. The transport rate of lithium ions may increase when applied to a battery, thereby illustrating improved capacity and rate characteristic without decreasing initial capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium manganese (Mn)-based oxide including Mn as an essential transition metal and having a layered crystal structure, in which the amount of Mn is greater than that of other transition metal(s), the lithium manganese-based oxide exhibits flat level section characteristics in which release of oxygen occurs together with lithium deintercalation during first charging in a high voltage range of 4.4 V or higher, and at least one of a transition metal layer including Mn and an oxygen layer is substituted or doped with a pillar element.

Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing iron oxide nanoparticles, iron oxide nanoparticles prepared thereby, and an anode material including the iron oxide nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and the positive electrode active material includes lithium cobalt oxide particles. The lithium cobalt oxide particles include lithium cobalt oxide having a Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1 in the particles. Good rate property and life property may be obtained without worrying on the deterioration of initial capacity property.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a core including first lithium cobalt oxide, and a surface modifying layer positioned on a surface of the core. The surface modifying layer includes a lithium compound discontinuously distributed on the surface of the core, and second lithium cobalt oxide distributed while making a contact with or adjacent to the lithium compound, with a Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1. The positive electrode active material according to the present invention forms a lithium deficient structure in the positive electrode active material of lithium cobalt oxide and changes two-dimensional lithium transport path into three-dimensional path. The transport rate of lithium ions may increase when applied to a battery, thereby illustrating improved capacity and rate characteristic without decreasing initial capacity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method for preparing the same and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the positive electrode active material includes a core including a first lithium complex metal oxide, and a shell located surrounding the core and including a second lithium complex metal oxide, and further includes a buffer layer located between the core and the shell, wherein the buffer layer includes a pore, and a three-dimensional network structure of a third lithium complex metal oxide which is connecting the core and the shell, and accordingly, minimizing destruction of the active material caused by a rolling process during the electrode preparation, and maximizing reactivity with an electrolyte liquid.

Abstract: A hollow silicon-based particle including silicon (Si) or silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x<2) particle including a hollow core part therein, wherein a size of the hollow core part is from 5 nm to 45 ?m, and a novel preparation method thereof are provided. Hollow is formed in the silicon-based particle, and volume expansion to the inward/outward of the silicon-based particle may be induced. Thus, the volume expansion of the silicon-based particle to the outward may be decreased, and the capacity properties and the life characteristics of a lithium secondary battery may be improved. According to the novel preparation method of the hollow silicon-based particle of the present invention, mass production is possible, producing rate is faster when compared to a common chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method or a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method, and the preparation method of the present invention is favorable when considering processes and safety.