Provided is an electrode material which is suitable for use as a material for forming electrodes for use in lithium ion secondary batteries, etc. and which makes it possible to heighten the rate characteristics of batteries. The electrode material is characterized by comprising a polymer having, in a side chain, a fluoflavin skeleton such as that shown by the formula and an inorganic active material, the polymer being contained in an amount of 1 mass % or less with respect to the solid components.

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A negative electrode comprises a negative electrode collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer, and a second negative electrode mixture layer the ratio of the void fraction (S2) among the graphite particles in the second negative electrode mixture layer to the void fraction (S1) among the graphite particles in the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely S2/S1 is from 1.1 to 2.0: and the ratio of the packing density (D2) of the second negative electrode mixture layer to the packing density (D1) of the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely D2/D1 is from 0.9 to 1.1. A separator has a first surface that is in contact with a positive electrode and a second surface that is in contact with the negative electrode; and the contact angle of the first surface with ethylene carbonate is smaller than the contact angle of the second surface with ethylene carbonate.

Disclosed is a secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive comprises a fluorinated compound that accounts for 5-20% of the total mass of the electrolyte, and a polynitrile compound that accounts for 0.2-4% of the total mass of the electrolyte and a sulfate compound that accounts for 0.3-5% of the total mass of the electrolyte; and the negative electrode has a compacted density of not less than 1.55 g/cm3. When the secondary battery is used, the battery can still have both a high temperature characteristic and a low temperature charging ability under the conditions of a higher negative electrode density, thereby having market application prospects, and overcoming the problem of the performance of existing secondary batteries deteriorating when the compacted density of a negative electrode is improved.

The present disclosure relates to a lithium-replenishing material, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-replenishing material comprises metal lithium particles and conductive material, and the conductive material includes a built-in segment embedded in metal lithium particles and an exposed segment external to metal lithium particles; the electrical conductivity of the conductive material is greater than 100 s/cm. The lithium-replenishing material of the present disclosure can accomplish the electron conduction between the metal lithium particles and the anode active material through the conductive material, which increases the channel of electron conduction, and at the same time facilitates the transport of lithium ions, and improves the efficiency of lithium-replenishing significantly by rapid intercalation process of lithium ions, thereby resulting in inhibiting the formation of isolated lithium effectively and avoiding the formation of dendrites piercing the battery separator and causing potential safety hazards.

A method for generating hydrogen and making graphenic carbon particles is disclosed comprising introducing an inert carrier gas and a hydrocarbon precursor material comprising a material capable of forming a two-carbon-fragment species and/or methane into a thermal zone, heating the hydrocarbon precursor material in the thermal zone to decompose the hydrocarbon precursor material and form the hydrogen and the graphenic carbon particles, and contacting the gaseous stream with a quench stream. Graphenic carbon particles having an average aspect ratio greater than 3:1, a B.E.T. specific surface area of from 70 to 1000 square meters per gram, and a Raman spectroscopy 2D/G peak ratio of at least 1:1.

A cathode for an all-solid-state battery includes a conductive material wherein the conductive material includes a carbon-based material and a metal fluoride disposed on the surface of the carbon-based material, and a method of manufacturing the same. The cathode for an all-solid-state battery includes a cathode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a conductive material, wherein the conductive material includes a carbon-based material and a metal fluoride disposed on a surface of the carbon-based material.

A solid secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative active material layer between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte, the negative active material layer includes a particulate carbon and a negative active material that forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, a content of the negative active material per unit area of the negative active material layer is about 0.01 milligram per square centimeter or to about 1 milligram per square centimeter, and a film strength of the negative active material layer is about 50 megapascals to about 250 megapascals.

Disclosed herein are aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries and cathodic materials for preparing the same. The cathodic material of these batteries comprises a redox-active triangular phenanthrenequinone-based macrocycle.

A method for manufacturing a novel electrode is provided. The method includes the steps of applying, to a current collector, a mixture comprising an active material, a conductive additive comprising a graphene compound, a binder, and a dispersion medium; performing a drying treatment on the mixture; performing a heat treatment on the mixture at a temperature higher than a temperature of the drying treatment; reducing the graphene compound in the mixture by a chemical reaction using a reducing agent; and performing a thermal reduction treatment on the mixture at a temperature higher than the temperature of the heat treatment.

Provided are an additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including same, and a lithium secondary battery. The details of Chemical Formula 1 are as described in the specification.