This positive electrode active substance for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a lithium-transition metal composite oxide which has a crystal structure belonging to the space group Fm-3m and is represented by the compositional formula Li.sub.xMn.sub.yM.sub.aO.sub.bF.sub.c (in the formula: M is at least one type of metal element excluding Mn; x+y+a=b+c=2; 1<x≤1.35; 0.4≤y≤0.9; 0≤a≤0.2; and 1.3≤b≤1.8). In addition, the lattice constant a of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is 4.09-4.16.

There is provided a method for collecting and reusing an active material from positive electrode scrap. The method of reusing a positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes (a-1) immersing a positive electrode scrap comprising an active material layer on a current collector into a basic solution to separate the active material layer from the current collector, (a-2) thermally treating the active material layer in air for thermal decomposition of a binder and a conductive material in the active material layer, and collecting an active material in the active material layer, (b) washing the active material collected from the step (a-2) with a lithium compound solution which is basic in an aqueous solution and drying, and (c) annealing the active material washed from the step (b) with a lithium precursor to obtain a reusable active material.

A positive-electrode active material contains a lithium composite oxide containing at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, N, and S. The crystal structure of the lithium composite oxide belongs to a space group C2/m. An XRD pattern of the lithium composite oxide comprises a first peak within the first range of 44 degrees to 46 degrees of a diffraction angle 2θ and a second peak within the second range of 18 degrees to 20 degrees of the diffraction angle 2θ. The ratio of the second integrated intensity of the second peak to the first integrated intensity of the first peak is within a range of 0.05 to 0.90.

High surface area, high entropy oxides comprising multiple metal cations in a single-phase fluorite lattice material enables intrinsic catalytic activity without platinum group metals, tunable oxygen storage capacity, and thermal stability. These properties can be obtained through a facile sol-gel synthesis to provide a low-temperature route for production of phase-pure multi-cationic oxides. The resulting materials achieved significantly higher surface area and catalytic performance, taking advantage of all the properties endowed by the various cations in the composition.

The present invention comprises: an overlithiated layered oxide represented by chemical formula 1 below; and an ion-conductive coating layer on the overlithiated layered oxide represented by chemical formula 1: [chemical formula 1] .sub.rLi.sub.2MnO.sub.3.Math.(1-r)Li.sub.aNi.sub.xCo.sub.yMn.sub.zM1.sub.1−(x+y+z)O.sub.2 (in chemical formula 1, 0<r≤0.6, 0<a≤1, 0≤x≤1, 0≤y<1, 0≤z<1, and 0<x+y+z<1, and M1 is at least one selected from among Na, K, Mg, Al, Fe, Cr, Y, Sn, Ti, B, P, Zr, Ru, Nb, W, Ba, Sr, La, Ga, Mg, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Fe, Al, Ta, Mo, Sc, V, Zn, Cu, In, S, B, Ge, Si, and Bi).

A cathode composition for a lithium-ion cell or battery of the general formula: Li.sub.1+xMn.sub.1−xO.sub.2, wherein the composition is in the form of a single phase having a rock salt crystal structure such that an x-ray diffraction pattern of the composition has an absence of peaks below a 20 value of 35; and the value of x is greater than 0, and equal to or less than 0.3. The compound is also formulated into a positive electrode, or cathode, for use in an electrochemical cell.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of lithium ion battery, and discloses a Lithium-Manganese-rich material and a preparation method and a use thereof.

Regeneration of degraded cathode particles in lithium-ion batteries is achieved using a combination of hydrothermal treatment of cycled electrode particles followed by short thermal annealing. The methods provide for direct regeneration of Li-ion cathode materials including LiCoO.sub.2, LiMn.sub.2O.sub.4, LiFePO.sub.4, and Li.sub.xNi.sub.y Mn.sub.z Co.sub.1−y−zO.sub.2, in an economical and environmentally-friendly process.

This positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a lithium and transition metal composite oxide represented by the composition formula: Li.sub.xMn.sub.yNi.sub.xGe.sub.aM.sub.bO.sub.2-cF.sub.c (where, M is at least one elements selected from Ti, Co, Si, Al, Nb, W, Mo, P, Ca, Mg, Sb, Na, B, V, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sr, Zr, Ru, K, and Bi; 1.0<x≤1.2; 0.4≤0.8; 0≤z≤0.4; 0<a<0.01; 0<b<0.03; 0<c<0.1; and x+y+z+a+b≤2).

A cathode composition for a lithium-ion cell or battery of the general formula: Li.sub.1+xMn.sub.1−xO.sub.2, wherein the composition is in the form of a single phase having a rock salt crystal structure; and the value of x is greater than 0, and equal to or less than 0.3. The compound is also formulated into a positive electrode, or cathode, for use in an electrochemical cell.