The invention relates to improved particulate lithium nickel oxide materials which are useful as cathode materials in lithium secondary batteries. The invention also provides processes for preparing such lithium nickel oxide materials, and electrodes and cells comprising the materials.

The invention relates to improved particulate lithium nickel oxide materials which are useful as cathode materials in lithium secondary batteries, and methods of treating them.

The present invention relates to a lithium metal complex oxide and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a lithium metal complex oxide mixed with a metal compound for a lithium reaction, stirred and heat-treated to allow residual lithium and a metal compound for reducing lithium (or a metal compound for lithium reduction) to react with each other on a surface to form a product, which is included in the lithium metal complex oxide, in which the content of Ni.sup.3+ is higher than the content of Ni.sup.2+ and a ratio of Ni.sup.3+/Ni.sup.2+ is 1.5 or greater so that life characteristics and capacity characteristics are improved, while residual lithium is reduced, and a preparation method thereof.

A positive electrode material for a lithium ion battery and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery, relating to the technical field of secondary batteries. The positive electrode material comprises a high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material is formed by agglomerating multiple primary grains, and the primary grains are distributed in a divergent shape along the diameter direction of the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the aspect ratio L/R of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 3, and the radial distribution ratio of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 60%. The lithium ion battery containing the positive electrode material has high capacity and greatly improved particle strength.

This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries contains: a lithium transition metal composite oxide having secondary particles, each of which is formed of aggregated primary particles; and a surface modification compound which is present on at least the surfaces of the secondary particles, while containing at least one of Ca and Sr. The lithium transition metal composite oxide contains 70% by mole or more of Ni relative to the total number of moles of the metal elements excluding Li; and the total amount of Ca and Sr in the surface modification compound is 0.5% by mole or less relative to the total number of moles of the metal elements excluding Li in the lithium transition metal composite oxide.

A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains a lithium metal composite oxide having secondary particles formed by the aggregation of primary particles, wherein W is present on the surface and inside of the secondary particles of the lithium metal composite oxide. The amount of W present on the surface of the secondary particles of the lithium metal composite oxide represented by general formula LiαNiaCobAlcMdWeOβ (in the formula, 0.9≤α≤1.2, 0.8≤a≤0.96, 0<b≤0.10, 0<c≤0.10, 0≤d≤0.1, 0.0003≤e/(a+b+c+d+e)≤0.002, 1.9≤β≤2.1, a+b+c+d=1, and M is at least one element selected from among Mn, Fe, Ti, Si, Nb, Zr, Mo, and Zn) is 25-45% of the total amount of W present on the surface and inside of the secondary particles of the lithium metal composite oxide.

The present invention pertains to: a positive electrode active material precursor containing first secondary particle composed of an aggregate of a plurality of first primary particles, the positive electrode active material precursor including a first center portion represented by chemical formula 1 and a first surface portion represented by chemical formula 2, wherein the thickness of the first surface portion is 2-20% of the average radius of the positive electrode active material precursor; and a positive electrode active material containing the positive electrode active material precursor.

A method of recovering an active material from a positive electrode scrap and reusing the active material is provided. The method of reusing a positive electrode active material includes (a) thermally treating a positive electrode scrap comprising an active material layer on a current collector in air for thermal decomposition of a binder and a conductive material in the active material layer, to separate the current collector from the active material layer, and collecting an active material in the active material layer; (b) washing the active material collected from the step (a) with a cleaning solution; and (c) annealing the active material washed from the step (b) with an addition of a lithium precursor to obtain a reusable active material, wherein a molar ratio of lithium to other metals in the active material after the thermal treatment step (a) or a molar ratio of lithium to other metals in the active material after the washing step (b) has a decreased range of 20% or less when compared with a molar ratio of lithium to other metals in the positive electrode scrap before the thermal treatment step (a).

The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide having improved stability and electrical characteristics as a positive electrode material by inhibiting an interfacial side reaction in the lithium composite oxide and improving the stability of a crystal structure and ion conductivity, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

A nickel-based active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the nickel-based active material, and a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including the nickel-based active material, the nickel-based active material comprising a secondary particle having an outer portion with a radially arranged structure and an inner portion with an irregular porous structure, wherein the inner portion of the secondary particle has a larger pore size than the outer portion of the secondary particle.