Disclosed are an aluminum-coated precursor and a preparation method therefor. The aluminum coated precursor has a chemical formula of xMCO.sub.3(1-x).Al(OH).sub.3, wherein M is at least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and x is 0.995-0.999. The aluminum-coated precursor has the advantages of a controllable particle size and uniform particle size distribution, a high degree of sphericity, a smooth particle surface, a high tap density, not easily breaking, and an excellent electrochemical performance and energy density.

The application provides a porous carbon block material having high elasticity and high sealing, and provides a method for preparing the same. Particularly, the present application provides a porous carbon block material, wherein the porous carbon block material has a pore size in the range of from 3 nm to 100 nm, a porosity of from 50% to 87%, and the pores in the material are closed pores. In addition, the application provides a method for preparing the porous carbon block material according to the present application. The porous carbon block material according to the present application has small pore size, high porosity, and closed pores, and thus has high strength combined with high elasticity, high sealing property, and low density. Hence, the porous carbon block material according to the present application may be used as a sealing material.

A method of forming an improved calcined lithium metal oxide is provided wherein the metal comprises at least one of nickel, manganese and cobalt. The method comprises forming a first solution in a first reactor wherein the first solution comprises at least one first salt of at least one of lithium, nickel, manganese or cobalt in a first solvent. A second solution is formed wherein the second solution comprises a second salt of at least one of lithium, nickel, manganese or cobalt in a second solvent wherein the second salt is not present in the first solution. A gas in introduced into said first solution to form a gas saturated first solution. A second solution is added to the gas saturated first solution without bubbling to form a lithium metal salt. The lithium metal salt dried and calcined to form the calcined lithium metal oxide.

The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a high-voltage cathode material by body modification and regeneration of a waste lithium cobaltate material. The waste lithium cobaltate cathode material is calcined, and then measured; a lithium source, a magnesium source, nano-scale TiO.sub.2 and the waste lithium cobaltate cathode material powder are mixed to obtain a mixture, placed in a ball milling tank containing absolute ethanol, and the resulting mixture is ball milled, and then dried to obtain a mixed powder; the mixed powder is calcined to obtain a magnesium-titanium co-doped regenerated lithium cobaltate cathode material; the magnesium-titanium co-doped regenerated lithium cobaltate cathode material is added into a mixed solution obtained by ultrasonically mixing absolute ethanol with the aluminum source, and then heated and stirred continually until the solvent evaporates to obtain a residue; the residue is calcined to obtain an aluminum-coated magnesium-titanium co-doped regenerated lithium cobaltate cathode material.

A positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery, which is a secondary particle in which primary particles are aggregated, includes a core portion including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), and a shell portion surrounding a surface of the core portion and including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), and aluminum (Al), wherein the core portion and the shell portion has rod-shaped primary particles, and an average major axis length of the primary particles of the shell portion is smaller than an average major axis length of the primary particles of the core portion. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor, and a positive electrode active material prepared by using the positive electrode active material precursor are also provided.

A lithium transition metal oxide electrode including an additional metal is provided herein as well electrochemical cells including the lithium transition metal oxide electrode and methods of making the lithium transition metal oxide electrode. The lithium transition metal oxide electrode includes a first electroactive material including Li.sub.1+aNi.sub.bMn.sub.cCo.sub.dM.sub.eO.sub.2, where 0.05≤a≤0.5; 0.1≤b≤0.5; 0.3≤c≤0.8; 0≤d≤0.3; 0.001 ≤e≤0.1; a+b+c+d+e=1, and M represents an additional metal, such as W, Mo, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Fe, Al, or a combination thereof.

The present disclosure provides a cobalt-free lamellar cathode material and a method for preparing the cobalt-free lamellar cathode material, a cathode piece and a lithium ion battery. The cobalt-free lamellar cathode material comprises a LiNi.sub.xMn.sub.yO.sub.2 crystal, wherein x+y=1, 0.55≤x≤0.95, 0.05≤y≤0.45; and a lithium ion conductor, the lithium ion conductor being attached to at least part of a surface of the LiNi.sub.xMn.sub.yO.sub.2 crystal. The cobalt-free lamellar cathode material has the advantages of low cost, low surface impedance and good conductivity. Lithium ions have high diffusion velocity and electrochemical activity in the cobalt-free lamellar cathode material. A lithium ion battery manufactured by the cobalt-free lamellar cathode material has the advantages of high charge specific capacity, high discharge specific capacity, high first effect, good cycle performance and good rate capability.

A method for making an iron-based oxide magnetic powder includes adding raw material solution containing trivalent iron ions, or trivalent iron ions and ions of a metal element that partially substitutes Fe sites, and an alkaline aqueous solution for neutralizing the raw material solution to a reaction system to adjust the pH of the reaction system to 1.0 or higher and 3.0 or lower. Hydroxycarboxylic acid is added to the obtained reaction solution and thereafter the pH of the reaction system is neutralized to 7.0 or higher and 10.0 or lower. The obtained precipitate of a substituent metal element-containing iron oxyhydroxide is coated with silicon oxide and then heated, whereby an iron-based oxide magnetic powder is obtained with a reduced content of fine and coarse particles, a particle shape close to a perfect sphere, and particles of ε-iron oxide in which Fe sites are partially substituted by other metal elements.

Vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, substrates including the vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, and related methods of making vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix are described.

The present invention provides a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery which includes primary particles of Co.sub.3O.sub.4 or CoOOH, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of 15 μm or more, and a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes particles of a lithium cobalt-based oxide, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 2,500 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of 15 μm or more.