A method for producing an electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery is provided, the method includes: mixing a compound containing lithium, a compound containing nickel, and barium titanate to obtain a mixture; heat-treating the mixture to obtain a first composition containing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide; preparing an electrode composition containing the first composition, a conductive aid, and a binder; and applying and compressing the electrode composition on a current collector to form an active material layer with a density of from 2.4 g/cm3 to 3.6 g/cm3 on the current collector.

An anode for an energy storage device may include a current collector. The current collector may include a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer may include a doped oxide or zinc oxide. In addition, the anode may include a continuous porous lithium storage layer overlaying the metal oxide layer. The continuous porous lithium storage layer may include a total content of silicon, germanium, or a combination thereof, of at least 40 atomic %.

Other Metals are uniformly doped in a sodium transition metal oxide particle to obtain a cathode active material. As a result, it is possible to improve the battery performance by improving the physical properties of the material itself and stabilizing the structure during the charge/discharge process as well as electrochemical properties.

Provided are an anode active material for secondary battery which includes porous iron oxide nanoparticles, a manufacturing method thereof, and a secondary battery including the same. The anode active material for secondary battery of the present disclosure minimizes a volume change of iron oxide caused by intercalation and deintercalation of lithium even during consecutive charges and discharges and thus can improve the capacity and lifespan characteristics of a secondary battery employing the anode active material. Further, the manufacturing method of an anode active material for secondary battery makes it possible to manufacture an anode active material for secondary battery including iron oxide nanoparticles in an environmentally friendly and simple manner and thus makes it possible to mass-produce the anode active material.

The present invention generally relates to a method for preparing metal oxide nanosheets. In a preferred embodiment, graphene oxide (GO) or graphite oxide is employed as a template or structure directing agent for the formation of the metal oxide nanosheets, wherein the template is mixed with metal oxide precursor to form a metal oxide precursor-bonded template. Subsequently, the metal oxide precursor-bonded template is calcined to form the metal oxide nanosheets. The present invention also relates to a lithium-ion battery anode comprising the metal oxide nanosheets. In a further preferred embodiment, the battery anode may comprising reduced template, which is reduced graphene oxide (rGO) or reduced graphite oxide.

An electrode-separator assembly is provided that can drastically facilitate assembly of a LDH separator-equipped nickel-zinc battery without the work, structure, or components for the complete separation of a positive-electrode chamber from a negative-electrode chamber. The electrode-separator assembly includes a positive-electrode plate, a negative-electrode plate, a layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator for separation of the positive-electrode plate from the negative-electrode plate, and a resin frame having an opening to which the LDH separator and the positive-electrode plate are fitted or joined. The positive-electrode plate has a smaller face than the negative-electrode plate. The negative-electrode plate has a clearance area that does not overlap with the positive-electrode plate over a predetermined width from the outer peripheral edge of the negative-electrode plate. The peripheral end faces of the LDH separator, and a segment of the separator adjacent to the positive-electrode plate and corresponding to the clearance area, are covered with the resin frame.

A method for preparing an iron oxyhydroxynitrate, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the iron oxyhydroxynitrate prepared therefrom, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The positive electrode for the lithium secondary battery containing the iron oxyhydroxynitrate includes the iron oxyhydroxynitrate represented by the following Formula 1:
FeO(NO.sub.3).sub.x(OH).sub.1-x, wherein 0<x<1.  [Formula 1]

Disclosed is a modified iron oxyhydroxynitrate including iron oxyhydroxynitrate and hydrogen phosphate ions adsorbed on a surface thereof. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the same, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the modified iron oxyhydroxynitrate as a positive electrode additive, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

A method of making an anode for use in an energy storage device includes providing a current collector having an electrically conductive layer and a metal oxide layer overlaying over the electrically conductive layer. The metal oxide layer has an average thickness of at least 0.01 μm. A continuous porous lithium storage layer is deposited onto the metal oxide layer by a CVD process. The anode is thermally treated after deposition of the continuous porous lithium storage layer is complete and prior to battery assembly. The thermal treatment includes heating the anode to a temperature in a range of 100° C. to 600° C. for a time period in a range of 0.1 min to 120 min. The anode may be incorporated into a lithium ion battery along with a cathode. The cathode may include sulfur or selenium and the anode may be prelithiated.

A cathode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium metal oxide particle having a secondary particle structure in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, a first coating portion formed on at least a portion of a surface of the lithium metal oxide particle, the first coating portion including a first metal, and a second coating portion formed on at least a portion of an interface between the primary particles, the second coating portion including a second metal. A secondary battery including the cathode active material is provided.