Cathode active material in particulate form with a mean particle diameter in the range from 2 to 16 .Math.m (D50), wherein the cathode active material has the composition Li.sub.1+xTM.sub.1-xO.sub.2 wherein x is in the range of from 0.1 to 0.2 and TM is a combination of elements according to general formula (I), (Ni.sub.aCo.sub.bMn.sub.c).sub.1-d-eM.sup.1.sub.dM.sup.2.sub.e where the variables are each defined as follows: a is in the range from 0.20 to 0.40, b is in the range of from zero to 0.15, c is in the range of from 0.50 to 0.75, d is in the range of from zero to 0.015, and e is in the range of from zero to 0.02, M.sup.1 is selected from Al, Ti, Zr, Mo, W, Fe, Nb, and Mg, M.sup.2 is selected from B and K, with a + b + c = 1.0 wherein said composite oxide has a specific surface (BET) in the range from 0.5 m.sup.2/gto 10 m.sup.2/gand a pressed density of at least 2.9 g/cm.sup.3, and wherein said cathode active material has an average primary particle diameter in the range of from 200 to 3,000 nm.

The present invention relates to an abrasive and a planarization method using the same, and more particularly, includes fumed silica. A BET specific surface area of the fumed silica is 200 m.sup.2/g to 450 m.sup.2/g, a shape of aggregates dispersed in the abrasive has an elongated shape or a round shape, and a ratio of the round shape of the aggregates is 50% to 90%.

Provided are a ferrite powder that suppresses decreases in saturation magnetization and decreases in filler filling ratio and also suppresses inhibition of resin curing, and a method for producing the same. A ferrite powder composed of spherical ferrite particles, wherein the ferrite powder contains iron (Fe) 54.0-70.0 mass % and manganese (Mn) 3.5-18.5 mass %, has an average volume particle size of 2.0-20.0 μm, and has a carbon content of 0.100 mass % or lower.

A cerium-zirconium-aluminum-based composite material, a cGPF catalyst and a preparation method thereof are provided. The cerium-zirconium-aluminum-based composite material adopts a stepwise precipitation method, firstly preparing an aluminum-based pre-treated material, then coprecipitating the aluminum-based pre-treated material with zirconium and cerium sol, and finally roasting at high temperature to obtain the cerium-zirconium-aluminum-based composite material. The cerium-zirconium-aluminum-based composite material has better compactness and higher density, and when it is used in cGPF catalyst, it occupies a smaller volume of pores on the catalyst carrier, such that cGPF catalyst has lower back pressure and better ash accumulation resistance, which is beneficial to large-scale application of cGPF catalyst.

The present disclosure relates to a novel staged-synthesis method for introduction of various metals in the structure of zeolite frameworks by isomorphous substitution. This new method is based on a hydrothermal synthesis in which the metal addition to the precursor suspensions (gel) is delayed. This so-called “staged-synthesis method” allows to obtain nanosized silanol highly homo- geneous crystalline zeolite structures with a control of the metal location.

An object of the present invention is to provide means for releasing oxygen at a temperature lower than conventional means in an exhaust gas purification catalyst. A Ce—Zr composite oxide is provided, which has a crystallite diameter of 6.5 nm or less and a BET specific surface area of 90 m.sup.2/g or more.

The present disclosure provides a porous carbon material having a core-shell structure, which comprises a core comprising a structure formed by stacking carbon sheets, and a shell comprising carbon surrounding the core, and a preparation method thereof, a sulfur-carbon composite comprising the same, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.

The present application provides a negative electrode material, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium ion battery. The negative electrode material comprises a first graphite core and a composite coating layer coated on the first graphite core. The composite coating layer comprises a second graphite inner layer formed on the surface of the first graphite core and an amorphous carbon outer layer formed on the surface of the second graphite inner layer. The second graphite inner layer is graphite microcrystal. The preparation method comprises: mixing the first graphite and the second graphite and performing the coating treatment to obtain the first graphite coated with the second graphite, wherein the second graphite is graphite microcrystals; and making the first graphite coated with the second graphite, coated with carbon, to obtain the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material provided in the present application utilizes the mutual cooperation between the second graphite inner layer and the amorphous carbon outer layer in the composite coating layer to make the negative electrode material have the high capacity, the low irreversible capacity, and the excellent power performance.

A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided.

Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally zirconium (Zr), an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.10, 0.80≤b≤0.88, 0.04≤c≤0.12, 0.04≤d≤0.10, 0≤e≤0.004, 0.003<f≤0.030, 0.001<g≤0.006, and b+c+d+e+f+g=1), and in the amount of substance ratio, (f+g)≤0.030 and f>g are satisfied.

A positive electrode active material includes lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles containing an additive element M1 and includes a coating layer formed of a metal composite oxide of Li and a metal element M2 on a part of a surface of the particles. The particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 μm, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m.sup.2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm.sup.3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g. For each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size within a range of 0.1 to 1.0 μm among the primary particles, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of M1 is 1.5 or less, and the amount of M2 is 0.1 to 1.5 atom % with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Mn, and Co contained in the composite oxide particles.