Abstract:
A composite membrane including an organic membrane including a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of ion conductive inorganic material particles in the through holes, wherein a contact angle of the composite membrane or the ion conductive inorganic material particles is about 30° to about 90°.
Abstract:
An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material, wherein the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes a binder and an anode active material that does not include an alkali metal, wherein the binder includes a polymer main chain and a polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer, and wherein the polymer main chain includes polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer has at least one repeating unit linked to the polymer main chain.
Abstract:
An anode, a lithium battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the anode. The anode includes a current collector; a first anode layer disposed on the current collector; a second anode layer disposed on the first anode layer; and an inorganic protection layer disposed on the second anode layer, wherein an oxidation/reduction potential of the first anode layer and an oxidation/reduction potential of the second anode layer are different from each other.
Abstract:
A negative electrolyte for a lithium metal battery, the negative electrolyte including: a non-aqueous solvent comprising an ether solvent; a lithium salt having a concentration of about 1 molar to about 6 molar in the non-aqueous solvent; and a crosslinked product of a polymerizable oligomer, wherein the negative electrolyte has a gel or solid form.
Abstract:
A negative electrode for a metal battery, the negative electrode a metal substrate; and a protective layer disposed directly on at least a portion of the metal substrate, wherein the protective layer comprises an ion-conductive oligomer, wherein the ion-conductive oligomer comprises an ion-conductive structural unit in at least one of a main chain and a side chain of the an ion-conductive oligomer, and at least two hydrogen-bond-forming functional groups at different ends of the ion-conductive oligomer, and wherein the protective layer has a thickness of 5 micrometers or less.
Abstract:
A metal air battery includes a first battery cell module which generates electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen, a second battery cell module in fluid-communication with the first battery cell module and which generates electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen, and an air purifier in fluid-communication with the second battery cell module, where the air purifier purifies external air to supply first purified air to the second battery cell module, and the second battery cell module supplies second purified air generated by the oxidation of the metal and the reduction of the oxygen to the first battery cell module
Abstract:
A polymer electrolyte for a lithium battery, the polymer electrolyte comprising a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, X1 to X6, Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, m, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description of the present specification.
Abstract:
An anodeless lithium metal battery includes: a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on the cathode current collector; an anode current collector on the cathode; and a composite electrolyte between the cathode and the anode current collector, wherein the composite electrolyte includes a first liquid electrolyte and at least one of lithium metal or a lithium metal alloy.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes: an anode including a metal; a cathode spaced apart from the anode; and a separator between the anode and the cathode, wherein the cathode includes a first cathode layer including a first conductive material, and a second cathode layer disposed on the first cathode layer, the second cathode layer including a second conductive material, and wherein the first cathode layer provides a metal ion conduction path and the second cathode layer provides an electron transfer path.
Abstract:
A solid electrolyte including an inorganic lithium ion conductive film and a porous layer on a surface of the inorganic lithium ion conductive film, wherein the porous layer includes a first porous layer and a second porous layer, and the second porous layer is disposed between the inorganic lithium ion conductive film and the first porous layer, and wherein the first porous layer has a size greater which is than a pore size of the second porous layer.