Abstract:
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including same, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a core and a surface layer formed on the surface of the core, the core comprising a first crystalline structure, the surface layer comprising a first crystalline structure and a second crystalline structure different from the first crystalline structure, the first crystalline structure being present more than the second crystalline structure in the surface layer.
Abstract:
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. The positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery may include a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: Li1+x1Co1-x2-x3-x4M1x2M2x3M3x4O2. Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, 0 0.01; M1 may be selected from Mg, Na, Ca, and a combination thereof; M2 may be selected from Al, B, Fe, and a combination thereof; and M3 may be selected from Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Ni, Cu, Ag, Zn, Si, Sn, N, P, S, F, Cl, and a combination thereof.
Abstract:
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a core having a layered structure; and a surface layer on at least one portion of the surface of the core and including an oxide, wherein the oxide includes at least one first element and at least one second element each selected from Ti, Zr, F, Mg, Al, P, and a combination thereof, the first element and the second element being different from one another, the first element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.01 mol % to about 0.2 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material, and the second element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.02 mol % to about 0.5 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the positive active material.
Abstract:
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a core having a layered structure; and a surface layer on at least one portion of the surface of the core and including an oxide, wherein the oxide includes at least one first element and at least one second element each selected from Ti, Zr, F, Mg, Al, P, and a combination thereof, the first element and the second element being different from one another, the first element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.01 mol % to about 0.2 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material, and the second element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.02 mol % to about 0.5 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the positive active material.
Abstract:
A cathode active material including at least two agglomerates of primary particles and a cathode and a lithium secondary battery containing the same are disclosed. In the cathode active material, a secondary particle includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide, an average particle diameter of each primary particle is in a range from about 2 to about 3 μm, and an average particle diameter of the secondary particle is in a range from about 5 to about 8 μm.
Abstract:
A positive active material for use in a positive electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium cobalt oxide including a secondary particle having an average particle diameter of about 15 μm to about 25 μm, wherein the secondary particle includes a plurality of primary particles having an average particle diameter of about 2 μm to about 10 μm, and the positive active material has a pellet density of greater than or equal to about 3.80 g/cm3. A method of manufacturing the positive active material includes heat-treating a cobalt-containing compound at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 900° C. to form a cobalt oxide comprising Co3O4 and CoO, and reacting the cobalt oxide with a lithium compound to prepare the lithium cobalt oxide.
Abstract:
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are disclosed. The positive active material includes a core including a lithium intercalation compound and a crystalline coating compound on a surface of the core and including a crystalline aluminum hydroxide, a crystalline aluminum oxyhydroxide, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
Provided are a positive active material, a lithium battery including the positive active material, and a method of manufacturing the positive active material. The positive active material includes a lithium molybdate composite having a core-shell structure. The lithium molybdate composite acts as a sacrificial positive electrode in a positive electrode of a battery. The positive active material is able to increase charge capacity of a lithium battery, and accordingly is able to improve lifetime properties of a lithium battery.