The disclosure relates to metal phosphorothioates, batteries comprising metal phosphorothioate, cells comprising metal phosphorothioate, and methods of making thereof.

A positive electrode active material having a crystal structure that is unlikely to be broken by repeated charging and discharging is provided. A positive electrode active material with high charge and discharge capacity is provided. A positive electrode active material including lithium, cobalt, nickel, magnesium, and oxygen, in which the a-axis lattice constant of an outermost surface layer of the positive electrode active material is larger than the a-axis lattice constant of an inner portion and in which the c-axis lattice constant of the outermost surface layer is larger than the c-axis lattice constant of the inner portion. A rate of change between the a-axis lattice constant of the outermost surface layer and the a-axis lattice constant of the inner portion is preferably larger than 0 and less than or equal to 0.12, and a rate of change between the c-axis lattice constant of the outermost surface layer and the c-axis lattice constant of the inner portion is preferably larger than 0 and less than or equal to 0.18.

Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; and a first functional layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the first functional layer includes plate-like polyolefin particles having an average diameter of 1 μm to 8 μm, and the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a flame retardant, or has a stacked structure including a positive electrode active material layer and a second functional layer including a flame retardant.

The present invention provides a silicon-silicon composite oxide-carbon composite, a method for preparing same, and a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising same. More particularly, the silicon-silicon composite oxide-carbon composite of the present invention has a core-shell structure wherein the core comprises silicon, a silicon oxide compound, and magnesium silicate, and the shell comprises a carbon layer. In addition, by having a specific range of span values through the adjustment of particle size distribution of the composite, when used as a negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, the composite can improve not only the capacity of the secondary battery but also the cycle characteristics and initial efficiency thereof.

A positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material and disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a first positive electrode active material having a compressive strength of 400 MPa or more, and a second positive electrode active material having a compressive strength of 250 MPa or less. When the positive electrode mixture layer is divided into a first region and a second region having the same thickness, the first positive electrode active material is contained more in the first region than in the second region, and the second positive electrode active material is contained more in the second region than in the first region.

The present invention relates to a battery cell with improved safety and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly including a positive electrode (200) and a negative electrode (300) located so as to be opposite each other in the state in which a separator (400) is interposed therebetween is received in a cell case (100), wherein the positive electrode (200) includes a positive electrode plate (210) and a positive electrode active material layer (220) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the positive electrode plate (210), the negative electrode (300) includes a negative electrode plate (310) and a negative electrode active material layer (320) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the negative electrode plate (310), the positive electrode active material layer (220) includes a first flat portion (221) and a first inclined portion (222) provided at each of opposite sides of the first flat portion (221), and the negative electrode active material layer (320) includes a second flat portion (321) and a second inclined portion (322) provided at each of opposite sides of the second flat portion (321) and a method of manufacturing the same.

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.cM.sub.dO.sub.2, where 0.05≤a≤0.6; 0.01≤b≤0.5; 0.1≤c≤0.9; zero (0)≤d≤0.3; b+c+d=1 or a+b+c+d=1; and M represents an additional metal, such as W, Mo, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Fe, Al, Mg, Si, or a combination thereof.

Provided is a lithium-containing oxide precursor solution for coating an electrode active material that is capable of improving the coverage of a coating layer that is formed by applying the lithium-containing oxide precursor solution to the surface of powder of the electrode active material and king it, and that is easy to handle in a normal atmosphere because a solution composed mainly of water is used as a solvent. The lithium-containing oxide precursor solution for coating an electrode active material includes Li in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 5.0 mass % or less, at least one element selected from Nb, F, Fe, P, Ta, V, Ge, B, Al, Ti, Si, W, Zr, Mo, S, Cl, Br, and I in an amount of 0.05 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less, and water in an amount of 60 mass % or more and 98.4 mass % or less. The value of absorbance of the solution at a wavelength of 660 nm is 0.1 or less, and the value of surface energy thereof is 72 mN/m or less.

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of lithium battery cathode materials, and discloses a preparation method of multiple carbon-coated high-compaction lithium iron manganese phosphate, comprising the following steps: (1) synthesizing a carbon and vanadium co-doped ferromanganese phosphate precursor through a co-precipitation method, sintering, and removing crystal water to obtain an anhydrous ferromanganese phosphate precursor; (2) adding lithium phosphate, a supplemental phosphorus source, an organic carbon source, a dopant and deionized water, and performing ball milling, wet sanding, spray drying and sintering to obtain an intermediate material; and (3) adding deionized water and the organic carbon source, then performing ball milling, sanding, spray drying, sintering and air jet pulverization to obtain multiple carbon-coated high-compaction lithium iron manganese phosphate.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to carbon materials for battery electrodes and methods for preparing such carbon materials. More specifically, embodiments relate to coated nano-ordered carbon particles and methods for coating a carbon film onto carbonaceous particles to produce the coated nano-ordered carbon particles which can be used as an anode material within a rechargeable battery, such as a sodium-ion battery, other types of batteries. In one or more embodiments, a method for producing coated nano-ordered carbon particles is provided and includes exposing a carbon-containing material to an expanding agent to produce expanded carbonaceous particles during an expanding process, heating the expanded carbonaceous particles during an annealing process, and depositing a carbon film on the nano-ordered carbon particles to produce coated nano-ordered carbon particles during a carbon coating process.