Abstract: Cathodes and lithium secondary batteries including the cathodes are disclosed. In some implementations, a cathode may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the cathode current collector and including cathode active material particles such that the cathode active material layer satisfies a specific equation. The cathode active material particles may include lithium metal oxide particles that include nickel, and may have a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less with respect to all elements except for lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: Cathodes and secondary batteries including the cathodes are disclosed. In an embodiment, a cathode includes: a cathode current collector, a first cathode active material disposed on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, and including a first cathode active material; and a second cathode active material layer disposed on the first cathode active material layer, and including a second cathode active material different from the first cathode active material, wherein a Raman peak intensity ratio of the first cathode active material layer is smaller than a Raman peak intensity ratio of the second cathode active material layer.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material with a controlled specific surface area, a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode containing the same, can have a density of the positive electrode active material being optimized by controlling the sintering conditions and composition of the positive electrode active material, thus maximizing the output characteristics of an all-solid-state battery containing the same. The positive electrode active material can include a lithium composite oxide enabling intercalation or deintercalation of lithium, wherein in the lithium composite oxide, a ratio (Sm/Sc) of a measured specific surface area (Sm) based on a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method to a calculated specific surface area (Sc) based on a particle size distribution (PSD) analysis result is in a first range of 2.0 to 3.3.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes an anode active material and an anode binder. The anode active material includes a plurality of composite particles, each of the composite particles include a silicon-based active material particle, and a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the silicon-based active material particle. A relative standard deviation of thickness values of the SEI layer of the composite particles, which are measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) from 9 different composite particles among the plurality of composite particles after repeating 100 cycles of charging and discharging is 20% or less.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a cathode current collector, a first cathode active material layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, and includes a first cathode active material having a single particle form and a point-like conductive material, and a second cathode active material layer which is disposed on the first cathode active material layer, and includes a second cathode active material having a single particle form and a linear conductive material, wherein the second cathode active material has an average particle diameter (D50) of 3 ?m to 4 ?m.

Abstract: A display device can include a backlight unit, a display panel disposed on the backlight unit and including a first display area and a second display area, and a first sensor and a second sensor disposed under the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate having a first light guide portion disposed under the first display area and a second light guide portion disposed under the second display area, a light source configured to radiate light to the light guide plate, and a first reflector disposed on the second light guide portion. The first reflector transmits light emitted from the first sensor and reflects light emitted from the second sensor.

Abstract: A battery cell of the present disclosure includes an electrode assembly in which an electrode including a flag and a separator are wound, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the can, and a current collector disposed between the cap plate and the electrode assembly and in contact with the flag, the can, and the cap plate, respectively.

Abstract: A test cell assembly can include a reference electrode. The reference electrode can be connected to the outside of an all-solid-state battery and two or more reference electrodes can be provided so as to be rotatable and linearly movable, so it is possible to switch electrode modes and replace a deteriorated reference electrode without disassembling the all-solid-state battery.

Abstract: An embodiment composite cathode active material includes a core part configured to enable intercalation and deintercalation of lithium and a shell part configured to cover surfaces of the core part and including an alkali metal oxide, wherein the alkali metal oxide includes a substituent element substituted for a part of an alkali metal and having a greater oxidation number than the alkali metal.

Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary negative electrode battery including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector and including a silicon-based active material, a first graphite-based active material, and a linear conductive material; and a second negative electrode active material layer disposed on the first negative electrode active material layer and including a second graphite-based active material. The first graphite-based active material has a carbon coating layer on at least a part of a surface. Also provided is a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), strontium (Sr) and sulfur (S). A mole fraction of nickel based on the total number of moles of nickel, cobalt and manganese in the lithium-transition metal oxide is 0.9 or more. A molar ratio of cobalt relative to manganese in the lithium-transition metal oxide is in a range from 0.9 to 1.5. A molar ratio of strontium (Sr) relative to sulfur (S) in the lithium-transition metal oxide is greater than 0, and 4 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high energy density lithium secondary battery having significantly improved high-temperature storage characteristics and lifespan characteristics, which are problematic when a silicon-based negative electrode active material is applied. Specifically, a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode facing the positive electrode and including a silicon-based negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous organic solvent including a di-fluoro-based organic solvent and a lithium salt, wherein a content of the di-fluoro-based organic solvent is 5 to 20 vol % with respect to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: An anode for a secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer including a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially stacked from a surface of the anode current collector. Each of the first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material as an anode active material, and a carbon nanotube as a conductive material. A content of the silicon-based active material in the second anode active material layer is greater than a content of the silicon-based active material in the first anode active material layer. A Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the second anode active material layer is smaller than a Raman R value of the carbon nanotube included in the first anode active material layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a lithium secondary battery including anode active material layers which have a multi-layered structure and include carbon-based active materials having different contents from each other, thereby improving mechanical stability and battery performance.

Abstract: An anode active material composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based anode active material and a silicon-based anode active material, wherein the carbon-based anode active material has an orientation (I004/I110, here, I004 is a peak intensity of the (004) plane when measuring X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the carbon-based anode active material, and I110 is a peak intensity of the (110) plane when measuring XRD of the carbon-based anode active material) of 2.85 or less measured by XRD.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first data fan-out line disposed on the substrate, a first data line disposed on the first data fan-out line and comprising a repair area overlapping the first data fan-out line, a color filter disposed on the first data line and overlapping the repair area, and a connection electrode disposed in the repair area and being in direct contact with the first data fan-out line and the first data line.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dual modulator of mGluR5 and 5-HT2AR (5-HT2A receptor), and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a compound which acts as modulator of mGluR5 and an antagonist of 5-HT2AR at the same time, and use thereof as therapeutic agent for pain.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material that includes a lithium metal oxide, an anode facing the cathode and including an anode electrode active material that includes a graphite-based active material and a silicon-carbon composite, and an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt and an organic solvent, the lithium salt including lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) and the organic solvent including an acetate-based solvent. A content of the silicon-carbon composite is in a range from 5 wt % to 12 wt % based on a total weight of the anode active material.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, a second anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector and including a second anode active material that includes a graphite-based active material and composite particles, and a first anode active material layer disposed between the anode current collector and the second anode active material layer and including a first anode active material that includes a graphite-based active material and does not include the composite particles. Each of the composite particles includes a carbon-based particle including pores, a silicon-containing coating layer disposed on an inside of the pores of the carbon-based particle or on a surface of the carbon-based particle, and a surface oxide layer disposed on the silicon-containing coating layer and including a silicon oxide.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dual modulator of mGluR5 and 5-HT2AR (5-HT2A receptor), and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a compound which acts as modulator of mGluR5 and an antagonist of 5-HT2AR at the same time, and use thereof as therapeutic agent for pain.