Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a sheet-form electrode for a secondary battery, comprising a current collector; an electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the current collector; a conductive layer formed on the electrode active material layer and comprising a conductive material and a binder; and a first porous supporting layer formed on the conductive layer. The sheet-form electrode for a secondary battery according to the present disclosure has supporting layers on at least one surfaces thereof to exhibit surprisingly improved flexibility and prevent the release of the electrode active material layer from a current collector even if intense external forces are applied to the electrode, thereby preventing the decrease of battery capacity and improving the cycle life characteristic of the battery.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a cable-type secondary battery comprising at least one inner electrode layer including an inner electrode active material formed on a surface of an inner current collector having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending in a lengthwise direction, a separation layer formed to surround the inner electrode layer, and an outer electrode layer formed to surround the separation layer and including an outer electrode active material formed on a surface of an outer current collector, and the cable-type secondary battery further comprises a first connection terminal that is electrically connected to the outer current collector and formed at one end of the cable-type secondary battery, and a second connection terminal that is electrically connected to the inner current collector and formed at the other end of the cable-type secondary battery.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a cable-type secondary battery capable of wireless charge. The cable-type secondary battery according to the present invention can be applied in a wireless charging method, thereby being conveniently charged as compared with conventional batteries which are charged with wires, and has a charging coil configured in a wound form, which can overcome the problem of local charge caused by the shape of conventional cable-type batteries. Also, the charging coil is formed in a packaging to act as a reinforcement material, thereby enhancing the mechanical property of the cable-type secondary battery.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising: a core for supplying lithium ions, which comprises an electrolyte; an inner electrode, comprising an open-structured inner current collector surrounding the outer surface of the core, and an inner electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the inner current collector; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and an outer electrode surrounding the outer surface of the separation layer and comprising an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector.The core disposed in the inner electrode having an open structure, from which the electrolyte of the core for supplying lithium ions can be easily penetrated into an electrode active material, thereby facilitating the supply and exchange of lithium ions.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an anode active material including: a crystalline phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy; and an amorphous phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy, wherein the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase.
Abstract:
A cable-type secondary battery, includes an electrode assembly including first and second polarity electrodes with a thin and long shape, each having a current collector whose cross-section perpendicular to its longitudinal direction is a circular, asymmetrical oval or polygonal shape, an electrode active material applied onto the surface of the current collector, and a separator or an electrolyte layer interposed between the electrodes; and a cover member surrounding the electrode assembly, wherein the cable-type secondary battery is provided with a first polarity terminal and a second polarity terminal connected to the first polarity electrode and the second polarity electrode, respectively, at the first end of the cable-type secondary battery; a housing cap configured to fix the first and second polarity terminals and cover the first end of the cable-type secondary battery; and a length-adjustable coupling unit at a second end of the cable-type secondary battery.
Abstract:
A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including silicon oxide particles, wherein the silicon oxide has a full width at half maximum peak ranging between 2 and 6 in a particle size distribution and the silicon oxide particles have an average particle size (D50) of 1 μm to 20 μm, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The negative electrode active material according to the disclosure has outstanding life performance and output performance.
Abstract:
A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is formed by steps of coating a negative electrode mixture slurry including spheroidized natural graphite particles as a negative electrode active material on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector, followed by drying and pressing the negative electrode mixture slurry on the at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector. The spheroidized natural graphite particles include a plurality of pores. The negative electrode active material layer has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of the negative electrode active material layer after the pressing is larger than a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode active material layer before pressing. A difference in the BET specific surface area before and after pressing ranges from 0.9 m2/g to 1.2 m2/g.
Abstract:
A negative electrode which satisfies a need for high energy density while allowing high-speed charging of a battery. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also provided. The negative electrode includes: a first negative electrode active material having a first core including a silicon oxide-based composite and a carbon coating layer covering the first core including a silicon oxide-based composite; and a second negative electrode active material having a second core including an artificial graphite and a carbon coating layer covering the second core.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a first material including a carbon material, a second material of a nanostructure formed on the first material, the second material including at least one selected from a metal and a metalloid capable of reversibly alloying with lithium, and a third material present on a surface of at least one of the first material and the second material to control a side reaction with an electrolyte solution, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery having the electrode.