Abstract:
The present invention relates to a start button which is provided on one side of a vehicle to start the vehicle by a pressing operation thereof. the start button includes a case having an opened top surface and provided with an accommodation space therein, a cover member attached to the top surface to shield the opened top surface of the case from the outside and made of a transparent or translucent material to see the accommodation space, and a decorative unit disposed in the accommodation space of the case and constituted by any one of a loge, a letter, a trademark, a picture, and a figure or a combination of two or more thereof, and thus the interior of the vehicle can be upgraded to a high quality by providing the decorative portion on the vehicle start switch and pursuing external beauty.
Abstract:
A negative active material and a lithium battery including the negative active material. The negative active material includes a non-carbonaceous nanoparticle capable of doping or undoping lithium; and a crystalline carbonaceous nano-sheet, wherein at least one of the non-carbonaceous nanoparticle and the crystalline carbonaceous nano-sheet includes a first amorphous carbonaceous coating layer on its surface, and thus an electrical conductivity thereof is improved. In addition, a lithium battery including the negative active material has an improved efficiency and lifetime.
Abstract:
A negative electrode active material including mesoporous silica having mesopores filled with a metal and a lithium battery including the same.
Abstract:
A spherical primary particle of a lithium titanium oxide of which average diameter is in the range of about 1 to about 20 μm, a method of preparing the spherical primary particle of the lithium titanium oxide, and a lithium rechargeable battery including the spherical primary particle of the lithium titanium oxide.
Abstract:
A negative active material, an electrode including the same, and a lithium battery including the electrode. The negative active material has no volumetric expansion and has high solubility with respect to lithium. In addition, the negative active material is in the form of spherical particles, and thus does not require a separate granulating process. Moreover, the negative active material may enhance the capacity of a lithium battery.
Abstract:
A secondary battery includes a base material, an intermediate layer including a carbon material on the base material, and an active material layer on the intermediate layer. A secondary battery including an intermediate layer may improve adhesion between the base material and the active material layer, thereby reducing the risk of separation of the active material from the base material and improving the reliability and lifetime of the secondary battery.
Abstract:
A negative active material, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium battery including the negative active material are disclosed. The negative active material includes a silicon-based nanocore and a first amorphous carbonaceous coating layer that is formed of carbonized organic material and that is uniformly and continuously formed on a surface of the silicon-based nanocore, whereby irreversible capacity losses due to volumetric expansion/contraction caused when a lithium battery is charged and discharged are compensated and cycle lifetime characteristics are enhanced.
Abstract:
A negative electrode for a lithium battery includes an active material layer and a current collector. The active material layer has a plurality of crystal grains and the plurality of crystal grains include a plurality of pores. A first pore of the plurality of pores has a first length and a second length, the first length being the maximum length orthogonal to the current collector and the second length being the maximum length orthogonal to the first length, and the first length is greater than the second length.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide light emitting diode (LED) chips and a method of fabricating the same. An LED chip according to an exemplary embodiment includes a substrate; a light emitting structure arranged on the substrate, and an alternating lamination bottom structure arranged under the substrate. The alternating lamination bottom structure includes a plurality of dielectric pairs, each of the dielectric pairs including a first material layer having a first refractive index and a second material layer having a second refractive index, the first refractive index being greater than the second refractive index.
Abstract:
Provided are a negative active material, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium battery including the negative active material. The negative active material includes a carbonaceous core that has a sulfur content of about 10 ppm to 900 ppm; and an amorphous carbon layer continuously formed on a surface of the carbonaceous core, wherein the carbonaceous core has a crystalloid plate structure, and a crystallite size measured from a full width at half maximum of the peak with respect to the surface (002) of about 10 nm to about 45 nm in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the carbonaceous core. The lithium battery including a negative electrode including the negative active material has improved capacity characteristics and ring lifetime characteristics.