Abstract:
A binder includes a cross-linked product of at least a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein the cross-linked product is cross-linked by at least two ester bonds; the first polymer includes polyimide, polyamic acid, a copolymer thereof, or a combination thereof, wherein the first polymer includes a structural unit including an alkali metal and a structural unit including at least one hydroxyl functional group; the second polymer includes poly(acrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid), a copolymer thereof, or a combination thereof; and the third polymer includes polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide, a copolymer thereof, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
A topological quantum framework includes a plurality of one-dimensional nanostructures disposed in different directions and connected to each other, wherein a one-dimensional nanostructure of the plurality of one-dimensional nanostructures includes a first composition including a metal capable of incorporating and deincorporating lithium, and wherein the topological quantum framework is porous.
Abstract:
A composite anode active material includes a composite medium, the composite medium including a first medium block including a metal nanostructure capable of intercalation or deintercalation of lithium and a conductive medium disposed on the metal nanostructure; and a second medium block, disposed adjacent to the first medium block and including a medium which is free of the metal nanostructure.
Abstract:
A secondary particle-type electrode active material including: at least one pore; and a shell surrounding the at least one pore, wherein the shell includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer including a first carbonaceous material, and the second layer including a composite and disposed on the first layer, wherein the composite includes a silicon material and a second carbonaceous material. Also, an electrode and a secondary battery include the electrode active material.
Abstract:
A composite anode active material, the composite including: a metal particle; a carbon-containing material, and a garnet-type lithium ion conductor, wherein an amount of the garnet-type lithium ion conductor is greater than 1 part by weight and less than 5 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the metal particle, the carbon-containing material, and the garnet-type lithium ion conductor.
Abstract:
A binder including a metal salt of a graft copolymer, which is a polymerization product of polyvinyl alcohol, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and a polymerizable monomer having a long-chain alkyl group.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring a deformation stiffness of an article includes a force measuring means configured to measure a force generated in a thickness direction of the article; a thickness measuring means configured to measure a thickness of the article; and a data processor configured to differentiate force with respect to thickness to calculate the deformation stiffness of the article, wherein each of the force and the thickness are a result of a volume change of the article.
Abstract:
A negative active material including an active material core; and a polymer layer disposed on a surface of the active material core, wherein the polymer layer includes a third polymer including a cross-linked product of a first polymer and a second polymer, wherein the first polymer is at least one of polyamic acid, polyimide, or a combination thereof, and includes a first functional group; and the second polymer is water-soluble and includes a second functional group, and wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are cross-linked by an ester bond that is formed through at least one reaction starting from the first functional group and the second functional group, and at least one of the first polymer and the second polymer further includes a halogen group.
Abstract:
Battery housing structures and battery apparatuses including the same are provided. A battery housing structure may include a case including an accommodation region in which a battery unit is accommodated, and an elastic member assembly provided in the case and configured to apply a pressure to the battery unit accommodated in the accommodation region. The elastic member assembly may include at least one first elastic member having an elastic coefficient that increases when a displacement increases and at least one second elastic member having an elastic coefficient that decreases when a displacement increases. The at least one first elastic member and the at least one second elastic member may have different structures or may be arranged in different directions.
Abstract:
A complex for anode active material, the complex including: a conductive framework having a spherical skein shape; and metal particles dispersed in the conductive framework. Also an anode including the complex, a lithium secondary battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the complex.