Disclosed are an anode material for lithium secondary batteries, the anode material including an Si-based anode active material and a film layer formed as a double self-assembled monolayer as the result of an amino trimethoxy silane (ATS) SAM precursor and a fluoro ethylene carbonate (FEC) SAM precursor being sequentially bonded to the surface of the Si-based anode active material, and method of manufacturing the same.

A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery including a pre-lithiated negative electrode. A composite of lithium and a negative electrode active material is formed through a lamination process which is a process of manufacturing a battery. In the case of the lithium secondary battery to which the negative electrode having the composite formed by lithium and the negative electrode active material is applied, when the battery starts to operate, the negative electrode active material is pre-lithiated, and thus the charging/discharging process proceeds in the state where the lithium alloy is already formed on the negative electrode, thereby showing an effect of reducing initial irreversible phases.

A negative electrode active material including a core, an intermediate layer on a surface of the core, and a shell layer on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the core includes a silicon oxide of SiO.sub.x (0<x<2); the intermediate layer includes a lithium silicate, the shell layer includes lithium fluoride (LiF) and the intermediate layer is present in an amount of 5 wt %-15 wt % based on a total weight of the negative electrode active material. Also, a method for preparing the negative electrode active material, and a negative electrode and lithium secondary battery including the same. The negative electrode active material provides excellent initial efficiency and life characteristics.

Disclosed is a negative electrode active material which includes: secondary particles having a plurality of primary particles which include a silicon oxide composite including i) Si, ii) a silicon oxide represented by SiO.sub.x (0<x≤2), and iii) a metal silicate containing Si and M, wherein M is at least one of Li and Mg; and a first carbon coating layer disposed partially or totally on the surfaces of the primary particles to interconnect and fix the primary particles; and a second carbon coating layer disposed on the surfaces of the secondary particles, wherein the second carbon coating layer has higher crystallinity as compared to the first carbon coating layer, and the primary particles have an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of 0.1-3.5 μm. A negative electrode including the negative electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode are also disclosed.

An electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery and method of forming the same, the electrode material including composite particles, each composite particle including: a primary particle including an electrochemically active material; and an envelope disposed on the surface of the primary particle. The envelope includes turbostratic carbon having a Raman spectrum having: a D band having a peak intensity (I.sub.D) at wave number between 1330 cm.sup.-1 and 1360 cW.sup.-1; a G band having a peak intensity (I.sub.G) at wave number between 1530 cm.sup.-1 and 1580 cm.sup.-1; and a 2D band having a peak intensity (I.sub.2D) at wave number between 2650 cm.sup.-1 and 2750 cm.sup.-1. In one embodiment, a ratio of I.sub.D/I.sub.G ranges from greater than zero to about 1.1, and a ratio of 1.sub.2D/I.sub.G ranges from about 0.4 to about 2.

This positive electrode for secondary batteries is provided with a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode mixture layer that is arranged on the positive electrode collector. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active material that contains a lithium-transition metal composite oxide and carbon fibers each having an outermost peripheral diameter of 20 nm or less; the lithium-transition metal composite oxide contains 80% by mole or more of Ni relative to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li; an alkaline earth metal element is present on the particle surfaces of the oxide; and the content of the carbon fibers relative to the total amount of the positive electrode active material is from 0.01% by mass to 1.0% by mass.

A lithium oxide coated with carbon, wherein the carbon contains co-continuous fibrous carbon having a three-dimensional network structure in which carbon is branched.

An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer including a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially disposed on a surface of the anode current collector. Each of the first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes a silicon-based active material. A ratio of a content of the silicon-based active material in the second anode active material layer relative to a content of the silicon-based active material in the first anode active material layer among a total content of the silicon-based active material included in the anode active material layer is 1.25 or more, and less than 5.

A composite particulate for a lithium battery, wherein said composite particulate has a diameter from 10 nm to 50 μm and comprises one or more than one anode active material particles that are dispersed in a high-elasticity polymer matrix or encapsulated by a high-elasticity polymer shell, wherein the high-elasticity polymer matrix or shell has a recoverable elastic tensile strain no less than 5%, when measured without an additive or reinforcement dispersed therein, and a lithium ion conductivity no less than 10.sup.−6 S/cm at room temperature and wherein the high-elasticity polymer comprises a crosslinked polymer network of chains selected from the group consisting of Poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, Poly (ethylene glycol)methyl ether acrylate, Polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (PEGDE), Poly(propylene glycol) dimethacrylate, Poly(propylene glycol) diacrylate, chemically substituted versions thereof, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.

A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5≤x≤1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1:
Formula 1: 3C<A.