Articles and methods including composite layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. In some embodiments, the composite layers comprise a polymeric material and a plurality of particles.

An electrochemical cell is provided which includes a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte separator, and an anode current collector located on the anode. The anode is a three-dimensional (3D) porous anode including ionically conducting electrolyte strands and pores which extend through the anode from the anode current collector to the electrolyte separator. The anode also includes electronically conducting networks extending on sidewall surfaces of the pores from the anode current collector to the electrolyte separator.

The method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first step for adding an alkaline solution having a tungsten compound dissolved therein to a lithium-metal composite oxide powder represented by general formula Li.sub.zNi.sub.1-x-yCo.sub.xM.sub.yO.sub.2 (where 0≤x≤0.1, 0≤y≤0.1, and 0.97≤z≤1.20 are satisfied, and M is at least one type of element selected from among Mn, W, Mg, Mo, Nb, Ti, Si, and Al), and mixing same; and a second step for heating the mixture of the alkaline solution and the lithium-metal composite oxide powder at 100-600° C., wherein the amount of the alkaline solution to be added in the first step is 0.1-10 mass % with respect to the amount of the lithium-metal composite oxide powder.

The invention relates to a positive plate for a lithium battery, preparation method thereof and use in semi-solid state battery. The positive plate for a lithium battery comprises a current collector and an active material layer arranged on a surface of the current collector; and the active material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, a binder, an oxide solid-state electrolyte and a polymer obtained by in-situ polymerization. The oxide solid-state electrolyte and polymer are evenly distributed in the active material layer; wherein the oxide solid-state electrolyte can effectively improve the safety performance of the positive plate; and the polymer obtained by in situ polymerization can effectively improve the contact between the oxide solid-state electrolyte and the material in the positive plate, thereby reducing the impedance of the positive plate and improving the electrochemical performance of the positive plate. The combination of the oxide solid-state electrolyte and polymer in the present application enables the positive plate of the present application to possess excellent electrochemical performance, in addition to excellent safety performance.

Suppression of the destruction of particles of positive electrode active material due to the pressing pressure at the time of producing a positive electrode which constitutes an all-solid battery such as an all-solid lithium-ion secondary battery is achieved with a positive electrode active material, thereby inhibiting decrease in a battery capacity. In the positive electrode which contains the positive electrode active material layer containing the positive electrode active material consisting of secondary particles and a solid electrolyte, the average particle diameter of the secondary particles is controlled into 4.9 μm or less, the average particle diameter of the primary particles which constitute the secondary particles is controlled into 1.2 μm or more, and the average particle diameter of the primary particles of the solid electrolyte is controlled into 0.8 μm or less.

Provides an aqueous binder composition for a secondary battery electrode, comprising a copolymer and a dispersion medium, wherein the copolymer comprises a structural unit (a), a structural unit (b), and a structural unit (c). The binder composition disclosed herein has improved binding capability. In addition, battery cells comprising electrodes prepared using the binder composition disclosed herein exhibits exceptional electrochemical performance.

Provided are a paste for a secondary battery, and method of producing the same, with which it is possible to produce an electrode that can reduce internal resistance of a secondary battery and that can cause the secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The paste for a secondary battery contains a conductive additive, a polymer, and a dispersion medium. The conductive additive includes one or more carbon nanotubes having a surface base content of not less than 0.01 mmol/g and not more than 0.10 mmol/g and a ratio of surface acid content relative to the surface base content of not less than 0.1 and not more than 1.0.

A method for manufacturing a negative electrode, including the steps of preparing a negative electrode slurry including low-expansion natural graphite, a binder polymer, a conductive material and a dispersion medium; applying the negative electrode slurry to at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector, drying the coated negative electrode slurry, to form a preliminary negative electrode having a preliminary negative electrode active material layer; and pressing the preliminary negative electrode to obtain the negative electrode having a finished negative electrode active material layer. A difference between the specific surface area of the preliminary negative electrode active material layer before pressing and that of the finished negative electrode active material layer after pressing is 0.5 m.sup.2/g to 1.0 m.sup.2/g. A negative electrode obtained by the method and a secondary battery including the negative electrode are also disclosed.

Lithium secondary batteries for improving life span and resistance properties are disclosed. In an aspect, a cathode composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode active material that includes a first cathode active material particle having a secondary particle shape and a second cathode active material particle having a single particle shape, and a conductive material including a linear-type conductive material.

A solid-state composite electrode includes active electrode particles, ionically conductive particles, and electrically conductive particles. Each of the ionically conductive particles is at least partially coated with an isolation material that inhibits inter-diffusion of the ionically conductive particles with the active electrode particles. A battery cell includes a first current collector, a solid electrolyte layer, a first solid-state composite electrode having ionically conductive particles coated with an isolation material and positioned between the first current collector and the solid electrolyte layer, a second current collector, and a second electrode positioned between the solid electrolyte layer and the second current collector. A method of forming a solid-state composite electrode includes mixing together active electrode particles and electrically conductive particles with ionically conductive particles that are each at least partially coated with an isolation material. The mixture is formed into a film via tape-casting, and sintered at a temperature greater than 600° C.