Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a coating element and lithium-nickel metal oxide particles. A coating area defined as (AC/ANi)*100 1 is 25% or more. AC is an area of a region where a content of the coating element is 1.6 wt % or more based on a total weight of the lithium-nickel metal oxide particles in a quantitative map (Q-map) image obtained through a scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and ANi is an area of a region where nickel is present in the Q-map image obtained through the SEM-EDS.

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: The cathode active material according to exemplary embodiments includes lithium metal oxide particle including a layered crystal structure and a cubic crystal structure, wherein the lithium metal oxide particle contains 80 mol % or more of nickel based on a total number of moles of all elements except for lithium and oxygen, and the lithium metal oxide particle includes the cubic crystal structure only in a region having a thickness of less than 200 nm from a surface thereof when analyzing a crystal structure thereof by a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal oxide particle containing phosphorus introduced into the particle, and a coating formed on at least a portion of a surface of the lithium-transition metal oxide particle. The coating includes a phosphorus-containing compound. A content of phosphorus introduced into the lithium-transition metal oxide particle is in a range from 15 wt % to 30 wt % based on a sum of a weight of phosphorus introduced into the lithium-transition metal oxide particle and a weight of phosphorus contained in the coating.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material layer that includes a plurality of lithium metal oxide particles, each lithium metal oxide particle having a form of a secondary particle including a plurality of aggregated primary particles, an anode facing the cathode, and an electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes a compound represented by a specific chemical formula. The plurality of primary particles include rod-shape particles having an aspect ratio of 1.5 to 5. The rod-shape particles have a major axis oriented in a direction from a center of the lithium metal oxide particle to a surface of the lithium metal oxide particle.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a single particle shape, and a first coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle. The first coating layer includes a La—Zr—O compound. Life-span and capacity properties are improved by a combination of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having the single particle shape and the first coating layer formed thereon.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a single particle shape, and a first coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle. The first coating layer includes a Sr—Zr—O compound. Life-span and capacity properties are improved by a combination of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having the single particle shape and the first coating layer formed thereon.

Abstract: The cathode active material according to exemplary embodiments includes lithium metal oxide particle including a layered crystal structure and a cubic crystal structure, wherein the lithium metal oxide particle contains 80 mol % or more of nickel based on a total number of moles of all elements except for lithium and oxygen, and the lithium metal oxide particle includes the cubic crystal structure only in a region having a thickness of less than 200 nm from a surface thereof when analyzing a crystal structure thereof by a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.