Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Do-Yu Kim

Pilsang Yun

Hyunbeom Kim

Yong-Chul Park

Yongchan You

Gyeong-Jae Heo

Hyun-Deok Lee

Mi-Ran Song

Min-Ju Kim

Sangin Park

Jin-Hyoung Seo

Yong-Seon Kim

Hanseul Lee

Jongsan Im

An embodiment provides a positive active material precursor for a rechargeable lithium battery including: a nickel-based composite precursor including a secondary particle comprising a plurality of primary particles that are aggregated together, the nickel-based composite precursor having a central portion and a surface portion, and the central portion of the nickel-based composite precursor including a phosphate.

Positive active material precursor for rechargeable lithium battery, positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing the positive active material, and rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material

A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery is provided to include: mixing a first nickel-based composite hydroxide in a form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated and at least a portion of the primary particles have a radially arranged structure, a second lithium nickel-based composite oxide having a monolith structure, a lithium raw material, and a boron raw material; and performing heat-treatment.

Positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing the same, and rechargeable lithium battery

A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material including a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, the secondary particle having at least a portion of the primary particles radially arranged and comprising a lithium nickel-based composite oxide, and a boron coating layer on the surface of the secondary particle and including lithium borate; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrolyte including vinylene carbonate; and a case containing the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte.

Rechargeable lithium battery

Provided are a positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The positive electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium nickel-based composite oxide, wherein the positive electrode active material is in a form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated together and at least a portion of the primary particles are radially arranged, the secondary particle includes an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion of the secondary particle is a region from a center of the secondary particle to 50±5 length % of the total distance from the center to the surface of the secondary particle, and is a region in which primary particles and pores are irregularly arranged.

A rechargeable lithium battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrolyte including vinylene carbonate; and a case accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte. At least in a portion of an interior of the case has a coating portion containing lithium borate particles.

A positive active material and a lithium battery including the positive active material. The positive active material includes a large diameter active material and a small diameter active material, wherein the small diameter active material includes a Ni-based lithium-transition metal composite oxide and a coating layer including a Mn-containing compound on at least a portion of the surface thereof.

Positive active material and positive electrode and lithium battery including positive active material

A nickel composite hydroxide for a lithium secondary battery represented by Formula 1 below with a small compositional variation in M:NiCoMMn(OH)&#x2003;&#x2003;(1),where, in Formula 1, M is aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), or zinc (Zn), x is a number from 0 to 0.5, y is a number from 0.01 to 0.2, and z is a number from 0 to 0.5.

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Do-Yu Kim