Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

Sung-June Youn

Yang-Kook Sun

Hyung-Joo Noh

In the positive electrode active material according to the inventive concept, A positive active material for lithium secondary battery comprises a particle comprising M1, M2, and Li, wherein the particle comprises a center, a surface, and an intermediate portion between the center and the surface, wherein M1 and M2 are selected from transition metal and are different each other, and wherein concentrations of M1 and M2 have continuous concentration gradients from the center to the intermediate portion.

Positive electrode active material and secondary battery comprising the same

The inventive concepts relate to a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, relate to a positive electrode active material which includes a first concentration gradient portion, a second concentration gradient portion, and a first concentration maintained portion. The first and second concentration gradient portions have gradients of concentrations of nickel, manganese, and cobalt in the direction from the center to the surface, and the first concentration maintained portion has constant concentrations of nickel, manganese, and cobalt between the first concentration gradient portion and the second concentration gradient portion.

Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium composite oxide and a lithium composite oxide prepared thereby and, more specifically, to: a method for preparing a lithium composite oxide, capable of preparing a lithium-ion secondary battery with high capacity by adjusting the amount of a basic solution added according to the nickel content during the preparation of a lithium composite oxide through a co-precipitation reaction, thereby adjusting the pH of the reactor, and thus improving the particle density and increasing the tap density, and a lithium composite oxide prepared thereby.

Method for preparing transition metal composite oxide, transition metal composite oxide prepared thereby, and lithium composite oxide prepared using same

Embodiments of the inventive concepts described herein relate to a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, relate to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery having a new structure which includes a core portion having gradients of concentrations of nickel, manganese, and cobalt in a direction from a center to a surface and in which each of the concentration gradients of nickel, manganese, and cobalt has at least one vertex in the core portion.

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Busan, South Korea

Sung-June Youn