The present exemplary embodiments relates to a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. An exemplary embodiment may provide a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising current collector and a negative active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector, and comprising a lithium metal layer, wherein the negative active material layer comprising the lithium metal layer, comprises a coating layer positioned on the current collector and comprising a metal seed, and a lithium metal layer positioned on the coating layer.

A negative electrode and a lithium-sulfur battery comprising the same are provided. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector and a protective layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and contains graphene.

An electrode for a secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrode for a secondary battery includes an electrode current collector; and an active material layer disposed on the electrode current collector, wherein the active material layer is prepared by coating an electrode slurry onto the electrode current collector, wherein the electrode slurry is an aqueous solution containing an anode active material, a conductive material, a surfactant and a binder is coated onto the electrode current collector, and wherein the binder comprises a water-soluble polymer.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to flexible substrate fabrication. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to methods for flexible substrate fabrication which can be used to improve the life of lithium-ion batteries. In one or more embodiments, a method of fabricating alloy anodes includes forming an alloy anode using a planar flow melt spinning process including solidifying a molten material over a quenching surface of a rotating casting drum and performing a pre-lithiation surface treatment on the alloy anode.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to flexible substrate fabrication. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to methods for flexible substrate fabrication which can be used to improve the life of lithium-ion batteries. In one or more embodiments, a method of fabricating alloy anodes includes forming an alloy anode using a planar flow melt spinning process including solidifying a molten material over a quenching surface of a rotating casting drum and performing a pre-lithiation surface treatment on the alloy anode.

A lithium electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium electrode has a surface oxide layer with a controlled thickness and surface roughness. The lithium electrode may be used as a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, for example, a lithium-sulfur secondary battery. A lithium-sulfur battery including the lithium electrode has an enhanced lifetime due to suppression of side reactions with polysulfide.

A lithium electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium electrode has a surface oxide layer with a controlled thickness and surface roughness. The lithium electrode may be used as a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, for example, a lithium-sulfur secondary battery. A lithium-sulfur battery including the lithium electrode has an enhanced lifetime due to suppression of side reactions with polysulfide.

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a negative electrode active material layer formed on a negative electrode collector, and a coating layer formed on the negative electrode active material layer and which includes lithium metal and metal oxide, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the negative electrode.

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a negative electrode active material layer formed on a negative electrode collector, and a coating layer formed on the negative electrode active material layer and which includes lithium metal and metal oxide, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the negative electrode.

In an aspect, a Li-ion cell may comprise a densified electrode exhibiting an areal capacity loading of more than about 4 mAh/cm.sup.2. For example, the densified electrode may a first electrode part arranged on a current collector and a second electrode part on top of the first electrode part, the second electrode part of the at least one densified electrode having a higher porosity than the first electrode part of the at least one densified electrode. In some designs, the densified electrode may be fabricated by densifying electrode layers via a pressure roller while maintaining a contacting part of the pressure roller at a temperature that is less than a temperature of the second electrode part. In some designs, the applied pressure is a time-varying (e.g., frequency modulated) pressure. In some designs, a drying time for a slurry to produce the densified electrode may range from around 1-120 seconds.