WO2016052944A1 - 양극 활물질 및 이의 제조방법 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
- Lithium secondary batteries have been widely used as power sources for portable devices since they emerged in 1991 as small, light and large capacity batteries. Recently, with the rapid development of electronics, telecommunications, and computer industry, camcorders, mobile phones, notebook PCs, etc. have emerged and are developing remarkably, and the demand for lithium secondary battery is increasing day by day as a power source to drive these portable electronic information communication devices. Doing.
- Lithium secondary batteries have a problem in that their lifespan drops rapidly as they are repeatedly charged and discharged. In particular, this problem is more serious at high temperatures. This is due to the phenomenon that the electrolyte is decomposed or the active material is deteriorated due to moisture or other influences inside the battery, and the internal resistance of the battery is increased.
- LiNiO 2 , LiMn 2 O 4 , LiFePO 4 , and Li (NixCoyMnz) O 2 may be mentioned as positive electrode active materials for lithium secondary batteries that are actively researched and developed.
- LiNiO 2 is not only difficult to synthesize, but also difficult to commercialize due to problems in thermal stability, while LiMn 2 O 4 has been commercialized in low-priced products, but Mn 3 + structural deformation (Jahn-Teller distortion) Due to the poor lifespan.
- LiFePO 4 has a low price and excellent safety and is currently being studied for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV; hybrid electric vehicle), but due to the low conductivity it is difficult to apply to other fields.
- HEV hybrid electric vehicle
- Li (NixCoyMnz) O 2 is the material that is currently attracting the most attention as an alternative positive electrode active material of LiCoO 2 .
- This material is cheaper than LiCoO 2 and has the advantage of being able to be used for high capacity and high voltage, but has disadvantages of poor rate characteristics and long life at high temperatures.
- a lot of researches have been conducted on a method of coating a metal oxide coating layer on a surface of a cathode active material.
- Korean Patent Publication No. 10-277796 discloses a technique of coating a metal oxide by coating a metal such as Mg, Al, Co, K, Na, Ca on the surface of the positive electrode active material and heat-treating in an oxidizing atmosphere. have.
- the first technical problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode active material which can improve the output characteristics and cycle characteristics of a secondary battery while having excellent conductivity and suppressing an interfacial reaction with an electrolyte solution.
- the second technical problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a method that can be economically and easily produced the positive electrode active material.
- the third technical problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
- the fourth technical problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.
- the present invention is lithium transition metal oxide particles; And conductive oxide particles, wherein the conductive oxide particles are formed of indium tin oxide (ITO) and antimony tin oxide (ATO). It provides a cathode active material comprising any one selected from the group or a mixture of two or more thereof.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- ATO antimony tin oxide
- the present invention also includes mixing and heat treating lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, according to one embodiment, wherein the conductive oxide particles are indium tin oxide (ITO), and antimony.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- ATO Antimony Tin Oxide
- the present invention provides a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
- the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.
- the positive electrode active material according to the embodiment of the present invention includes lithium transition metal oxide particles and specific conductive oxide particles having a single phase, and thus has excellent electronic conductivity, so that metal ions such as lithium ions are transferred to the lithium transition metal oxide particles. In addition to having excellent ion transfer capacity, it is possible to minimize the capacity reduction or output reduction of the secondary battery.
- the structural characteristics of the conductive oxide particles may have a shock absorbing effect during the positive electrode process, in particular, the press process, thereby minimizing the cracking of the positive electrode active material, thereby further improving the life characteristics when applied to the secondary battery. .
- nano-type oxide particles in the form of the precursor not in the form of a preliminary heat treatment of the nano-sized oxide particles on the outside, inside or outside and inside the lithium transition metal oxide By doing so, it is possible to economically manufacture the positive electrode active material easily.
- YSZ yttria stabilized zirconia
- DFT Discrete Fourier transformation
- YSZ yttria stabilized zirconia
- DFT Discrete Fourier transformation
- Example 3 is a result showing a scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrograph of Example 1 of the present invention.
- Example 4 is a result showing a scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrograph of Example 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 shows the results of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph of Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 6 shows the results of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph of Comparative Example 2.
- FIG. 7 shows the results of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph of Comparative Example 3.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing an XRD analysis result of transition metal oxide particles ITO included in the cathode active material of the present invention.
- FIG 10 is a graph showing an XRD analysis result of transition metal oxide particles ATO included in the positive electrode active material.
- a cathode active material is lithium transition metal oxide particles; And conductive oxide particles, wherein the conductive oxide particles are made of indium tin oxide (ITO) and antimony tin oxide (ATO). Any one selected from the group or mixtures of two or more thereof.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- ATO antimony tin oxide
- the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may include conductive oxide particles having a single phase peak when measured by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis.
- the positive electrode active material according to the embodiment of the present invention includes lithium transition metal oxide particles and specific conductive oxide particles having a single phase, and thus has excellent electronic conductivity, so that metal ions such as lithium ions are transferred to the lithium transition metal oxide particles. Not only does it have excellent ion transfer capacity, but also it can minimize the capacity reduction or output reduction of the secondary battery.
- the structural characteristics of the conductive oxide particles may have a shock absorbing effect during the positive electrode process, in particular, the press process, thereby minimizing the cracking of the positive electrode active material, thereby further improving the life characteristics when applied to the secondary battery. .
- the conductive oxide particles are made of ITO and ATO It may include any one selected from the group or two or more of these mixed oxides, preferably ATO alone or a mixed conductive oxide containing ATO.
- the content ratio of ITO and ATO may be in a weight ratio of 1: 0.01 to 1: 1, preferably in a ratio of 1: 0.1 to 1: 0.5.
- the ATO may include any one or a mixture thereof of the compounds represented by the following Chemical Formulas 1 and 2.
- x is preferably 0.6 to 0.99
- y may be 0.001 to 0.2, more preferably 0.002 to 0.1.
- the ITO may include any one or a mixture thereof of the compounds represented by the following Chemical Formulas 3 and 4.
- a is preferably 0.6 to 0.99
- b may be 0.001 to 0.2, more preferably 0.002 to 0.1.
- the ITO used in the present invention is a material synthesized from indium oxide and tin oxide, and has high electrical conductivity and optical transparency at the same time, and has electrical characteristics with high transmittance and low electrical resistivity in the visible region. .
- the ATO is a tin oxide coated with antimony oxide, it is economical in terms of cost compared to the ITO, and has the advantage of excellent transparency and conductivity.
- the ATO may be present in the particles as Sb 3 + or Sb 5 +, and when present as Sb 3+ , may produce oxygen vacancy.
- the resulting oxygen deficiency can increase the ionic conductivity. That is, when the ionic conductivity and the electrical conductivity are formed together to be included in the particles outside, inside or outside and inside of the cathode active material, the rate characteristics and the output characteristics of the secondary battery may be improved.
- the cathode active material may include a conductive oxide having a single phase peak, that is, ATO or ITO, when measured by XRD.
- the conductive oxide included in the coating layer may mean that the oxide-specific structure is maintained in the cathode active material without phase separation even after heat treatment.
- the average particle diameter of the conductive oxide particles is 1 nm to 100 nm, preferably 5 nm to 80 nm, more preferably 10 nm to 60 nm It may be desirable.
- the cathode active material according to the first embodiment of the present invention may include lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, and the conductive oxide particles may be coated on an outer surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a coating layer.
- the coating layer is formed of a single layer of the conductive oxide particles, it may have a thickness of the coating layer of 1 nm to 100 nm the same or similar to the average particle diameter of the conductive oxide.
- the coating layer forms a multi-layer
- conductive oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm are formed in a single layer, and the thickness is preferably 5 nm to 80 nm, more preferably 10 nm to 60 nm.
- the cathode active material according to the second embodiment of the present invention may include lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, and the conductive oxide particles may be included in the lithium transition metal oxide particles.
- the positive electrode active material according to the embodiment of the present invention includes conductive oxide particles inside the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a composite with the lithium transition metal oxide particles, thereby preventing structural crystallization of the positive electrode active material to prevent structural stability and electrical Improve chemical properties.
- the conductive oxide particles have a concentration gradient that decreases from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles toward the inside, and is complexed with the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a composite. can do.
- the conductive oxide particles may have a content in the outer bulk of the lithium transition metal oxide particles at least 20% higher than the content in the inner bulk, wherein the inner bulk is As the center of the lithium transition metal oxide particles and the peripheral region thereof, it may mean a region containing 50% of the number of transition metal atoms of the entire particle.
- the conductive oxide particles may be included in the thickness range of 0.0001 to 80% of the particle radius from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles.
- the cathode active material according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, the conductive oxide particles are coated on the outer surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a coating layer, The lithium transition metal oxide particles may be included together with the lithium transition metal oxide particles.
- the conductive oxide particles have a concentration gradient that decreases from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles toward the inside thereof, and may be complexed with the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a composite.
- the conductive oxide particles may be included in an amount of 50 to 30000 ppm, preferably 100 to 20000 ppm with respect to the positive electrode active material as a whole.
- the average particle diameter of the cathode active material is preferably 3 to 30 ⁇ m.
- the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include composite particles.
- the composite particles may be included together with or separately from the conductive oxide particles on the outside, inside or outside and inside of the lithium transition metal oxide particles.
- the mixing (content) ratio of the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles may be a weight ratio of 1: 0.01 to 1: 1.5, preferably a weight ratio of 1: 0.1 to 1: 1.
- the structural advantages of the composite particles can be taken to the maximum, and thus the shock absorbing effect of the positive electrode active material can be maximized, so that the cracking effect can be reduced, and the output or capacity is reduced by preventing the relative conductivity decrease. Can be prevented.
- the composite particles are yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ ) , gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC), lanthanum strontium gallate magnesite (LSGM), Lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM), Ca doped zirconia, CaO-stabilized zirconia (CSZ), Sc doped zirconia (SSZ), and any one selected from the group consisting of Ni-YSZ, or a mixture of two or more thereof.
- the particles like the conductive oxide particles, have a single phase peak upon XRD measurement.
- the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes lithium transition metal oxide particles and specific conductive oxide particles having a single phase, in particular, conductive oxide particles and composite particles, thereby further minimizing capacity reduction or output reduction of a secondary battery.
- due to the structural characteristics of the composite particles may have a shock absorbing effect during the positive electrode process, in particular the pressing process can minimize the breakage of the positive electrode active material, thereby further improving the life characteristics when applied to the secondary battery.
- the YSZ is a yttria stabilized zirconia, and is a ceramic material made of yttria oxide (zirconia) added to zirconium oxide (zirconia) and stabilized at room temperature.
- a portion of Zr 4+ ions may be replaced with Y 3+ by adding yttria to zirconia. This is replaced by three O 2 ions instead of four O 2 ions, resulting in oxygen vacancy. Because of this oxygen deficiency, YSZ has O 2 -ion conductivity, and the higher the temperature, the better the conductivity. This feature can be useful in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) operating at high temperatures.
- SOFCs solid oxide fuel cells
- the LSGM is a lanthanum-strontium-gallium-magnesium oxide (LaSrGaMg), and thus has a high ion conductivity, and thus is capable of lowering an operating temperature of a solid oxide fuel cell.
- LaSrGaMg lanthanum-strontium-gallium-magnesium oxide
- GDC is geria doped with gadolinium (Gd), for example, Gd 0 . 1 Ce 0 . 9 O 1 . 95 , and has a high ion conductivity like LSGM.
- Gd gadolinium
- LSM has a manganese-based perovskite structure, for example, LaSrMnO or La (1-x) Sr x MnO 3 (0.01 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.30) perovskite structure, and has almost ion conductivity. No electronic conductivity.
- SSZ is (ZrO 2) 1- 2x (Sc 2 O 3) X, (ZrO 2) 1 - 2x (Sc 2 O 3) x - z (Y 2 O 3) z , or (Zr0 2) 1-2x -z (Sc 2 O 3 ) x (CeO 2 ) z (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.25) (0 ⁇ z ⁇ 0.l).
- CSZ may be calcium doped zirconia or calcia stabilized zirconia, and the addition of calcia may improve the thermal stability of zirconia.
- the CSZ is a mixed state of a cubic crystal structure and a tetragonal crystal structure.
- the tetragonal crystal structure changes to a cubic crystal structure when the temperature rises, and changes to a tetragonal crystal structure when the temperature decreases. In this process, the expansion and contraction of the volume may be repeated.
- the composite particles YSZ, GDC, LSGM, LSM, CSZ, SSZ and Ni-YSZ are characterized in that they have a single phase.
- the composite particles may be any one selected from the group consisting of YSZ, CSZ and SSZ, or a mixture of two or more thereof, which are zirconia-based.
- the YSZ may be Zr (1-x) Y x O 2 -x / 2, 0.01 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.30, preferably 0.03 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.20.
- SSZ is preferably a (ZrO 2) 1- 2x (Sc 2 O 3) X, (ZrO 2) 1 - 2x (Sc 2 O 3) x - z (Y 2 O 3) z , or (Zr0 2) 1-2x-z (Sc 2 O 3 ) x (CeO 2 ) z (0.01 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.2) (0.01 ⁇ z ⁇ 0.l).
- the CSZ preferably includes CSZ having a CaO content of 2% to 17% by weight relative to the total weight of the CSZ.
- the positive electrode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes lithium transition metal oxide particles, conductive oxide particles, and composite particles, wherein the composite particles are together with the conductive oxide particles or outside, inside, or respectively of the lithium transition metal oxide particles. It can be included inside and outside.
- the composite particle when the composite particle is YSZ and includes YSZ on the outer surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, Y may enter the Zr site to form a single phase first, and the positive electrode active material structure may be superseded.
- oxygen deficiency may occur inside the structure, thereby creating a large amount of empty space on the surface of the positive electrode active material.
- FIG. 1 and 2 illustrate lithium in a composite particle YSZ (yttria stabilized zirconia ) optimized by YSZ (yttria stabilized zirconia ) included in a cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention through structural optimization of Discrete Fourier transformation (DFT ) .
- DFT Discrete Fourier transformation
- lithium ion conductivity may be very high when a path having oxygen deficiency is connected, and when the cathode active material including the composite particle YSZ is applied to a secondary battery due to such oxygen deficiency, capacity reduction or output reduction may be minimized.
- the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an oxide including one or more elements of Ca, Nb, W, Mg, Ti, B, Mo, and Zr in the coating layer.
- An oxide including at least one element of Ca, Nb, W, Mg, Ti, B, Mo, and Zr may be included in an amount of 50 ppm to 30000 ppm in the coating layer.
- the lithium transition metal oxide particles may include a compound of formula (5):
- M ′ is any one selected from the group consisting of Sb, Sn, In, Y, Zr, La, Sr, Ga, Mg, Mn, Ca, Sc and Ni, or a mixed element of two or more thereof, preferably Is any one selected from the group consisting of Y, Zr, and Ni or a mixed element of two or more thereof,
- M ′′ is one or more elements of Ca, Nb, W, Mg, Ti, B, Mo, Sc and Zr,
- M ' is any one selected from the group consisting of Sb, Sn, In, Zr, Y, Zr, Ca, Sc and Ni or It is preferable to include two or more of these mixed elements, and s and v may have a concentration gradient decreasing from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles to the inside.
- a when a is greater than 0.09, in particular, a is greater than or equal to 0.2, when the oxides having different effects of coating conductive oxide particles and composite particles (for example, YSZ) on lithium transition metal particles are coated with another oxide (for example, ZrO 2 ) In comparison, the difference in lifespan characteristics may be less than about 10%.
- a when a is less than or equal to 0.09, especially a is 0, the effect of coating the composite particles on lithium transition metal particles is 30% to 70% longer than that of other oxides. The difference can be significant.
- the BET specific surface area of the cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention is preferably 0.1 m 2 / g to 10 m 2 / g.
- the output characteristics of the secondary battery may be degraded.
- the specific surface area of the positive electrode active material may be measured by a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method.
- BET Brunauer-Emmett-Teller
- it can be measured by BET 6-point method by nitrogen gas adsorption distribution method using a porosimetry analyzer (Bell Japan Inc, Belsorp-II mini).
- the present invention provides a method for producing the positive electrode active material.
- the method of manufacturing a cathode active material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes mixing and heat treating lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, and the conductive oxide particles are indium tin oxide (ITO) and antimony tin.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- ATO Antimony Tin Oxide
- the cathode active material including any one selected from the group or a mixture of two or more thereof, may include conductive oxide particles having a single phase peak when measured by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis.
- the composite particles may be further added during the mixing.
- the composite particles are selected from the group consisting of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ ) , gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC), LaSrGaMg (LSGM), La (1-x) Sr x MnO 3 ), LSM (CSZ, SSZ and Ni-YSZ). It may include any one or a mixture of two or more thereof.
- the conductive oxide particles preferably include ATO or mixed particles of ATO and ITO, the composite particles are any one selected from the group consisting of YSZ, CSZ and SSZ, or It is preferred to include two or more mixtures.
- the cathode active material may more preferably include ATO as lithium transition metal oxide particles and conductive oxide particles, and YSZ as composite particles.
- the mixing (content) ratio of ATO and YSZ is in a weight ratio of 1: 0.01 to 1: 1.5, preferably 1: 0.1 to 1: 1. It may be a weight ratio.
- the heat treatment may be performed for 4 hours to 24 hours in the temperature range of 100 to 1200 °C.
- the heat treatment for example, when performing a heat treatment in the temperature range of 200 to 800, preferably 300 to 600, by the heat treatment to form a coating layer on the outer surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles Can be.
- a coating layer is formed on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles, the coating layer includes the conductive oxide particles, or the conductive oxide particles and composite particles, the conductive oxide Particles and composite particles can obtain a positive electrode active material having a single phase peak at the time of XRD measurement.
- the conductive oxide particles, or a portion of the conductive oxide particles and composite particles may be included in the lithium transition metal oxide, in this case, the The conductive oxide particles, or the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles have a concentration gradient that gradually decreases from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles to the inside thereof, and are included in the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles and inside the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a lithium transition. It can be complexed with metal oxide particles to form a composite.
- nano dispersion when forming an outer coating layer on the lithium transition metal oxide particles, for example, when coating by spray spray rotating at high speed, nano dispersion is possible so that the coating layer is well coated with a single layer coating. Can be done.
- the thickness of the coating layer formed on the lithium transition metal oxide particles may vary depending on the amount of the conductive oxide particles. Therefore, when the amount of the conductive oxide particles exceeds the range, the coating layer may be formed of a single particle of the conductive oxide. Since it is formed as a multilayer rather than a layer, it may be undesirable in terms of output and internal resistance.
- the conductive oxide particles, or conductive oxide particles and inside the lithium transition metal oxide particles by the heat treatment and A positive electrode active material containing composite particles can be obtained.
- the conductive oxide particles, or the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles have a concentration gradient that decreases from the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles to the inside, and may be complexed with the lithium transition metal oxide particles to form a composite.
- the conductive oxide particles, or the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles may be present in the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles, for example, up to about 500 nm or more.
- conductive oxide particles, or conductive oxide particles and composite particles may be present on the outer surface of the lithium transition metal oxide even when the heat treatment is performed in the temperature range of 600 to 1200 ° C.
- the transition metal oxide particles include the lithium transition metal composite oxide particles of the formula (1), s and v are the inside of the lithium transition metal oxide particles on the surface You may have a concentration gradient that goes down to:
- the average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the conductive oxide particles, or conductive oxide particles and composite particles used as a surface modifier is 1 nm to 100 nm, preferably It is preferred that they are 5 nm to 80 nm, more preferably 10 nm to 60 nm.
- the average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the conductive oxide particles, or the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles may be defined as the particle size at 50% of the particle size distribution.
- the average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the particles according to an embodiment of the present invention can be measured using, for example, a laser diffraction method.
- the laser diffraction method can measure the particle diameter of several mm from the submicron region, and high reproducibility and high resolution can be obtained.
- the method for measuring the average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the ATO after dispersing the ATO in a solution, it is introduced into a commercially available laser diffraction particle size measuring apparatus (for example, Microtrac MT 3000) to generate ultrasonic waves of about 28 kHz. after examining the output 60 W, it is possible to calculate the average particle diameter (D 50) of from 50% based on the particle size distribution of the measuring device.
- a commercially available laser diffraction particle size measuring apparatus for example, Microtrac MT 3000
- the surface modifier may be used in an amount of 50 to 30000 ppm, preferably in an amount of 100 to 20000 ppm, more preferably in an amount of 400 to 10000 ppm.
- a dry mixing method or a wet mixing method may be used for the mixing.
- the dry mixing method may be performed using a mixing method using a shaker, a mortar grinder mixing method and a mixing method using a mechanical milling method.
- a mechanical milling method may be desirable in forming a uniform coating layer.
- the mixing method by the shaker may be performed by mixing the lithium transition metal oxide particles with the surface modifier by shaking several times.
- the mortar grinder mixing method is a method of uniformly mixing the lithium transition metal oxide particles and the surface modifier using the mortar.
- the mechanical milling method is, for example, roll mill (ball-mill), ball mill (ball-mill), high energy ball mill (high energy ball mill), planetary mill (planetary mill), stirred ball mill (stirred ball mill, Using a vibrating mill or a jet-mill, the lithium transition metal oxide particles and the surface modifier can be mixed by mechanical friction, for example, by rotating at a rotational speed of 100 rpm to 1000 rpm Compressive stress can be applied.
- the nanosol wet mixing method in consideration of the dry mixing method or the uniformity of the coating.
- the nanosol wet mixing method for example, by adding a solvent and a dispersant to a purified inorganic precursor and stirred to form a colloidal inorganic nanosol, and then to the nanosol Surface modifiers and lithium transition metal oxide particles may be added to perform lithium oxide surface treatment.
- the nanosol wet mixing method has an advantage of improving the uniformity of the coating.
- the present invention provides a cathode including the cathode active material.
- the positive electrode can be prepared by conventional methods known in the art.
- a positive electrode may be prepared by mixing and stirring a solvent, a binder, a conductive agent, and a dispersant in a positive electrode active material, if necessary, and then applying the coating (coating) to a current collector of a metal material, compressing it, and drying the same. have.
- the porous anode since it is resistant to the toughness of the porous particles of the positive electrode active material, it is particularly preferably included in the porous anode.
- the current collector of the metal material is a metal having high conductivity, and any metal can be used as long as the slurry of the positive electrode active material is a metal that can be easily adhered.
- Non-limiting examples of the positive electrode current collector include a foil made of aluminum, nickel, or a combination thereof.
- the solvent for forming the positive electrode includes an organic solvent such as NMP (N-methyl pyrrolidone), DMF (dimethyl formamide), acetone, dimethyl acetamide or water, and these solvents alone or in combination of two or more. Can be mixed and used. The amount of the solvent used is sufficient to dissolve and disperse the positive electrode active material, the binder, and the conductive agent in consideration of the coating thickness of the slurry and the production yield.
- NMP N-methyl pyrrolidone
- DMF dimethyl formamide
- acetone dimethyl acetamide or water
- the binder may be polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (PVDF-co-HFP), polyvinylidene fluoride (polyvinylidenefluoride), polyacrylonitrile, polymethylmethacrylate, Polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), starch, hydroxypropyl cellulose, regenerated cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, tetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylic acid, ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM), Sulfonated EPDM, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), fluorine rubber, poly acrylic acid and polymers in which hydrogen thereof is replaced with Li, Na or Ca, or the like, or Various kinds of binder polymers such as various copolymers can be used.
- PVDF-co-HFP polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer
- the conductive agent is not particularly limited as long as it has conductivity without causing chemical change in the battery.
- Examples of the conductive agent include graphite such as natural graphite and artificial graphite; Carbon blacks such as carbon black, acetylene black, Ketjen black, channel black, farnes black, lamp black and thermal black; Conductive fibers such as carbon fibers and metal fibers; Conductive tubes such as carbon nanotubes; Metal powders such as fluorocarbon, aluminum and nickel powders; Conductive whiskers such as zinc oxide and potassium titanate; Conductive metal oxides such as titanium oxide; Conductive materials such as polyphenylene derivatives and the like can be used.
- the dispersant may be an aqueous dispersant or an organic dispersant such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
- the present invention provides a secondary battery including a separator interposed between the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
- a carbon material lithium metal, silicon, tin, or the like, in which lithium ions may be occluded and released, may be used.
- a carbon material may be used, and as the carbon material, both low crystalline carbon and high crystalline carbon may be used.
- Soft crystalline carbon and hard carbon are typical low crystalline carbon, and high crystalline carbon is natural graphite, Kish graphite, pyrolytic carbon, liquid crystal pitch carbon fiber.
- High temperature calcined carbon such as (mesophase pitch based carbon fiber), meso-carbon microbeads, Mesophase pitches and petroleum or coal tar pitch derived cokes.
- the negative electrode current collector is generally made to a thickness of 3 ⁇ m to 500 ⁇ m.
- a negative electrode current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has conductivity without causing chemical change in the battery.
- the surface of copper, stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium, calcined carbon, copper or stainless steel Surface-treated with carbon, nickel, titanium, silver, and the like, and aluminum-cadmium alloys may be used.
- fine concavities and convexities may be formed on the surface to enhance the bonding strength of the negative electrode active material, and may be used in various forms such as a film, a sheet, a foil, a net, a porous body, a foam, and a nonwoven fabric.
- the binder and the conductive agent used in the negative electrode can be used as can be commonly used in the art as the positive electrode.
- the negative electrode may prepare a negative electrode by mixing and stirring the negative electrode active material and the additives to prepare a negative electrode active material slurry, and then applying the same to a current collector and compressing the negative electrode.
- the separator may be a conventional porous polymer film conventionally used as a separator, for example, polyolefin such as ethylene homopolymer, propylene homopolymer, ethylene-butene copolymer, ethylene-hexene copolymer and ethylene-methacrylate copolymer
- the porous polymer film made of the polymer may be used alone or by laminating them, or a conventional porous nonwoven fabric, for example, a non-woven fabric made of high melting point glass fiber, polyethylene terephthalate fiber, or the like may be used. It is not.
- the lithium salt which can be included as an electrolyte used in the present invention can be used without limitation, those which are commonly used in a lithium secondary battery electrolyte, such as the lithium salt, the anion is F -, Cl -, Br -, I -, NO 3 -, N (CN) 2 -, BF 4 -, ClO 4 -, PF 6 -, (CF 3) 2 PF 4 -, (CF 3) 3 PF 3 -, (CF 3) 4 PF 2 -, (CF 3) 5 PF -, (CF 3) 6 P -, CF 3 SO 3 -, CF 3 CF 2 SO 3 -, (CF 3 SO 2) 2 N -, (FSO 2) 2 N -, CF 3 CF 2 (CF 3) 2 CO -, (CF 3 SO 2) 2 CH -, (SF 5) 3 C -, (CF 3 SO 2) 3 C -, CF 3 (CF 2) 7 SO 3 -, CF 3 CO 2 - may be any one
- Examples of the electrolyte used in the present invention include an organic liquid electrolyte, an inorganic liquid electrolyte, a solid polymer electrolyte, a gel polymer electrolyte, a solid inorganic electrolyte, a molten inorganic electrolyte, and the like, which can be used in manufacturing a lithium secondary battery. no.
- the external shape of the lithium secondary battery of the present invention is not particularly limited, but may be cylindrical, square, pouch type, or coin type using a can.
- the lithium secondary battery according to the present invention may not only be used in a battery cell used as a power source for a small device, but also preferably used as a unit battery in a medium-large battery module including a plurality of battery cells.
- Preferred examples of the medium-to-large device include, but are not limited to, electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and electric power storage systems.
- the mixed solution was added to MPO5 (Multi-Purpose, Japan Coke Co., Ltd.), spray coated and dried for 10 minutes, and then dried in an oven for more than 12 hours at 130. After drying, 400 in a kiln After the heat treatment for 10 hours at, induced and sieved to obtain a positive electrode active material.
- MPO5 Multi-Purpose, Japan Coke Co., Ltd.
- the positive electrode mixture slurry was applied to a thin film of aluminum (Al), which is a positive electrode current collector having a thickness of about 20 ⁇ m, dried to prepare a positive electrode, and then subjected to roll press to prepare a positive electrode.
- Al aluminum
- a negative electrode active material slurry 96.3% by weight of carbon powder as a negative electrode active material, 1.0% by weight of super-p as a conductive material, and 1.5% by weight and 1.2% by weight of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) as a binder were added to NMP as a solvent.
- SBR styrene butadiene rubber
- CMC carboxymethylcellulose
- LiPF 6 was added to a nonaqueous electrolyte solvent prepared by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate in a volume ratio of 30:70 as an electrolyte to prepare a 1 M LiPF 6 nonaqueous electrolyte.
- the positive electrode and the negative electrode thus prepared were interposed with a mixed separator of polyethylene and polypropylene, followed by fabrication of a polymer battery in a conventional manner, followed by pouring the prepared non-aqueous electrolyte to complete the production of a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 2 Except for using ITO instead of ATO in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 2 Except that ATO and ITO were mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 1 instead of ATO in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 2 Except that ATO and YSZ were mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 1 instead of ATO in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 2 Except for using ATO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 instead of ATO in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- a positive active material and a lithium secondary battery were obtained in the same manner as in Example 6, except that ATO and YSZ were mixed at a weight ratio of 1: 1 in place of ATO.
- Example 6 Except for using ITO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 instead of ATO in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 6 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 2 Except that the heat treatment was performed at 900 for 6 hours, the same method as in Example 1 was carried out LiNi 0 . 78 Mn 0 . 11 Co 0 . A positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery containing ATO inside and outside of 11 O 2 were obtained.
- Example 2 Except that ATO was not added in Example 1, it was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain a positive electrode active material.
- LiNi 0 . 78 Mn 0 . 11 Co 0 . Li 1 instead of 11 O 2 (Li / M 1) . 2 Ni 0 . 8 Mn 0 . 1 Co 0 . 1 O 2
- Li / M 1.2
- compositions of the positive electrode active materials of Examples 1 to 9 and Comparative Examples 1 to 7 are summarized in Table 1 below:
- Example 1 ATO 10 nm 10 nm (single layer)
- Example 2 ITO 10 nm 10 nm (single layer) Comparative Example 1
- ITO 10 nm 40 nm (multilayer) Comparative Example 3 TiO 2 10 nm 10 nm (single layer) Comparative Example 4 none 0 0 0
- the coating layer when the conductive oxide coating layer is included on the lithium transition metal oxide particles according to the embodiment of the present invention, the coating layer has a single thickness of 10 nm similar to the average particle diameter of the conductive oxide. It can be seen that it forms a layer.
- the thickness of the coating layer forms a multilayer of 40 nm, which is about 4 times the average particle diameter of the conductive oxide particles.
- Measuring zone and step angle / measuring time Measuring zone and step angle / measuring time:
- the lithium secondary batteries obtained in Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4 were charged until the constant current (CC) of 4.2 to 45V at 1C, followed by charging to a constant voltage (CV) of 4.2V. The first charge was performed until the current became 0.05 mAh. After leaving for 20 minutes, and then discharged to a constant current of 2C until 3.0V, it was repeated in 1 to 5 cycles.
- CC constant current
- CV constant voltage
- Comparative Example 4 in which the coating layer of the conductive oxide is not formed on the lithium transition metal oxide, it can be seen that it is significantly reduced by about 23% compared to Examples 1 and 2 of the present invention.
- Example 4 Except for mixing ATO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 in Example 4, except that the mixture in a weight ratio of 1: 0.01, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- ATO and YSZ in Example 4 was mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 0.1, instead of mixing in a weight ratio of 1: 1, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 4 Except for mixing ATO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 in Example 4, except for mixing in a weight ratio of 1: 0.5, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- ATO and YSZ in Example 4 was mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 1.5, instead of mixing in a weight ratio of 1: 1, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 4 Except for mixing ATO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 in Example 4, except that the mixture in a weight ratio of 1: 0.005, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 4 except that ATO and YSZ were mixed at a weight ratio of 1: 2, instead of mixing at a weight ratio of 1: 1, the positive active material and the lithium secondary battery were obtained in the same manner as in Example 4.
- Example 4 1: 1 100 93.5 89.2
- Example 10 1: 0.01 100 90.1 86.3
- Example 11 1: 0.1 100 92.5 88.3
- Example 12 1: 0.5 100 93.3 89.8
- Example 13 1: 1.5 100 93.2 89.1
- Comparative Example 8 1: 0.005 100 89.5 85.1 Comparative Example 9 1: 2 97 93.3 89.1
- Example 3 except that ATO and ITO were mixed at a weight ratio of 1: 0.01, instead of mixing at a weight ratio of 1: 1, the same procedure as in Example 3 was performed to obtain a cathode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 3 except that ATO and ITO were mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 0.1 instead of mixing in a weight ratio of 1: 1, the positive active material and the lithium secondary battery were obtained in the same manner as in Example 3.
- Example 3 except that ATO and ITO were mixed in a weight ratio of 1: 0.5, instead of mixing in a weight ratio of 1: 1, the positive active material and the lithium secondary battery were obtained in the same manner as in Example 4.
- Example 3 Except for mixing ATO and YSZ in a weight ratio of 1: 1 in Example 3, except that the mixture in a weight ratio of 1: 0.005, was carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- Example 3 except that ATO and YSZ were mixed at a weight ratio of 1: 2, instead of mixing at a weight ratio of 1: 1, the same procedure as in Example 4 was performed to obtain a cathode active material and a lithium secondary battery.
- ITO ATO Initial Capacity Relative % Capacity after 30 cycles % Capacity after 50 cycles
- Example 3 1 100 91.4 87.6
- Example 14 1: 0.01 100 90.2 86.1
- Example 15 1: 0.1 100 90.5 86.2
- Example 16 1: 0.5 100 91.0 87.1
- Comparative Example 10 1: 0.005 100 90.1 86.0 Comparative Example 11 1: 2 98 91.1 87.5
- the conductive oxide particles and the composite particles in a ratio of 1: 0.01 to 1: 1, and furthermore, to obtain a better effect, the ratio is 1: 0.1 to It was confirmed that mixing at a ratio of 1: 1 is good.
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Description
외부/내부 | L/M | 전도성 산화물 | 복합 입자(YSZ) | |
실시예 1 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ATO | X |
실시예 2 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ITO | X |
실시예 3 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ATO 및 ITO | X |
실시예 4 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ATO | O |
실시예 5 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ITO | O |
실시예 6 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1.05 | ATO 및 ITO | X |
실시예 7 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1.05 | ATO | O |
실시예 8 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1.05 | ITO | O |
실시예 9 | 내부/외부(단일층, 10nm)) | L/M =1 | ATO | X |
비교예 1 | 외부(다층, 40nm) | L/M =1 | ATO | X |
비교예 2 | 외부(다층, 40nm) | L/M =1 | ITO | X |
비교예 3 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | TiO2 | X |
비교예 4 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | X | X |
비교예 5 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ATO | X |
비교예 6 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | ATO | X |
비교예 7 | 외부(단일층, 10nm) | L/M =1 | TiO2 | X |
산화물 코팅층 | 전도성 산화물의 평균 입경 (nm) | 코팅층 두께(단일층/다층) | |
실시예 1 | ATO | 10 nm | 10 nm (단일층) |
실시예 2 | ITO | 10 nm | 10 nm (단일층) |
비교예 1 | ATO | 10 nm | 40 nm (다층) |
비교예 2 | ITO | 10 nm | 40 nm (다층) |
비교예 3 | TiO2 | 10 nm | 10 nm (단일층) |
비교예 4 | 없음 | 0 | 0 |
ATO:YSZ | 초기용량 상대화 | 30사이클 후 용량(%) | 50사이클 후 용량(%) | |
실시예 4 | 1:1 | 100 | 93.5 | 89.2 |
실시예 10 | 1:0.01 | 100 | 90.1 | 86.3 |
실시예 11 | 1:0.1 | 100 | 92.5 | 88.3 |
실시예 12 | 1:0.5 | 100 | 93.3 | 89.8 |
실시예 13 | 1:1.5 | 100 | 93.2 | 89.1 |
비교예 8 | 1:0.005 | 100 | 89.5 | 85.1 |
비교예 9 | 1:2 | 97 | 93.3 | 89.1 |
ITO:ATO | 초기용량 상대화 | 30사이클 후 용량(%) | 50사이클 후 용량(%) | |
실시예 3 | 1:1 | 100 | 91.4 | 87.6 |
실시예 14 | 1:0.01 | 100 | 90.2 | 86.1 |
실시예 15 | 1:0.1 | 100 | 90.5 | 86.2 |
실시예 16 | 1:0.5 | 100 | 91.0 | 87.1 |
비교예 10 | 1:0.005 | 100 | 90.1 | 86.0 |
비교예 11 | 1:2 | 98 | 91.1 | 87.5 |
Claims (31)
- 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자; 전도성 산화물 입자; 및 복합 입자;를 포함하고,상기 전도성 산화물 입자는 안티몬 주석 산화물(ATO; Antimony tin oxide)을 포함하거나, 인듐 주석 산화물(ITO; Indium tin oxide) 및 안티몬 주석 산화물(ATO; Antimony tin oxide)의 혼합물을 포함하며,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는, X-레이 회절 (X-Ray Diffraction; XRD) 분석 측정시 단일상 피크를 갖는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자의 혼합 중량비는 1:0.01 내지 1:1.5인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 외부 표면에 상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자를 포함하는 코팅층이 형성된 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 내부에 포함되어,리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면에서 내부로 갈수록 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자의 농도가 감소하는 농도구배를 가지며, 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자가 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자와 복합화 된 복합체인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제4항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 외부 벌크에서의 농도가 내부 벌크에서의 농도에 비해 20% 이상 더 높으며,상기 내부 벌크는 상기 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 중심과 그 주변 영역으로서, 입자 전체의 전이금속 원자 수의 50%를 포함하고 있는 영역인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제4항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면으로부터 내부 방향으로 입자 반경의 0.0001 내지 80%의 두께 범위로 포함되는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 외부 표면에 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자를 포함하는 코팅층이 형성되고,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 내부에 포함되어, 표면에서 내부로 갈수록 감소하는 농도구배를 가지며, 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자와 복합화 된 복합체인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자는 양극 활물질 전체에 대해 50 내지 30000 ppm의 양으로 포함되는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제3항 또는 제7항에 있어서,상기 코팅층은 Ca, Nb, W, Mg, Ti, B, Mo, Sc 및 Zr 중 하나 이상의 원소를 함유하는 산화물을 더 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제3항 또는 제7항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자는 평균 입경이 1 nm 내지 100 nm인 것을 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 복합 입자는 YSZ(yttria stabilized zirconia), GDC(gadolinia-doped ceria), LSGM(lanthanum strontium gallate magnesite), LSM(lanthanum strontium manganite), CSZ(Ca doped zirconia or Calcia stabilized zirconia), SSZ(Sc doped zirconia) 및 Ni-YSZ로 이루어진 군으로부터 선택되는 어느 하나 또는 이들 중 2종 이상의 혼합물을 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제11항에 있어서,상기 YSZ는 이트륨(Y) 원소의 양에 비례하여 산소 결핍(oxygen vacancy)이 존재하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제11항에 있어서,상기 YSZ는 Zr(1-x)YxO2 -x/2 (0.01≤x≤0.30)인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제11항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물 입자는 ATO를 포함하고, 복합 입자는 YSZ를 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 전도성 산화물이 인듐 주석 산화물 및 안티몬 주석 산화물의 혼합 산화물인 경우 1:0.01 내지 1:1의 중량비로 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 안티몬 주석 산화물은 하기 화학식 1 및 2로 표시되는 화합물 중 어느 하나 또는 이들의 혼합물을 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질:<화학식 1>(SnO2)x(Sb2O3)y상기 식에서, x 및 y는 x+y = 1, 0<y/x≤2, 0.6≤x≤0.99 및 0.001≤y≤0.2이다.<화학식 2>(SnO2)x(Sb2O5)y상기 식에서, x 및 y는 x+y = 1, 0<y/x≤2, 0.6≤x≤0.99 및 0.001≤y≤0.2이다.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 인듐 주석 산화물은 하기 화학식 3 및 4로 표시되는 화합물 중 어느 하나 또는 이들의 혼합물을 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질:<화학식 3>(InO2)a(Sb2O3)b상기 식에서, a 및 b는 a+b = 1, 0<b/a≤2, 0.6≤a≤0.99 및 0.001≤b≤0.2이다.<화학식 4>(InO2)a(Sb2O5)b상기 식에서, a 및 b는 a+b = 1, 0<b/a≤2, 0.6≤a≤0.99 및 0.001≤b≤0.2이다.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자는 하기 화학식 5의 화합물을 포함하는 것인 양극 활물질:<화학식 5>Li(1+a)Ni(1-b-c)Mn(b)Co(c) M'(s)M"(v)O2상기 식에서, M'는 Sb, Sn, In, Y, Zr, La, Sr, Ga, Mg, Mn, Ca, Sc 및 Ni로 이루어진 군으로부터 선택되는 어느 하나 또는 이들 중 2종 이상의 혼합 원소 또는 이들의 산화물을 포함하며,M"는 Ca, Nb, W, Mg, Ti, B, Mo, Sc 및 Zr 중 하나 이상의 원소 또는 이들의 산화물이고,a, b, c, s 및 v는 0≤a<0.2, 0≤b≤0.5, 0≤c≤0.5, 0≤s≤0.2, 0≤v≤0.2 이다.
- 제18항에 있어서,상기 화학식 5에 있어서, s 및 v는 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면에서 내부로 갈수록 감소하는 농도구배를 갖는 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 양극 활물질의 평균 입경은 3 ㎛ 내지 30 ㎛인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 양극 활물질은 0.5 내지 10 mN 의 압력 하에서 압축 강도가 10 내지 500 MPa인 것인 양극 활물질.
- 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자, 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자를 혼합하는 단계; 및 혼합된 입자들을 열처리하는 단계;를 포함하고,상기 전도성 산화물 입자는 안티몬 주석 산화물(ATO; Antimony tin oxide)을 포함하거나, 인듐 주석 산화물(ITO; Indium tin oxide) 및 안티몬 주석 산화물(ATO; Antimony tin oxide)의 혼합물을 포함하며,상기 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자는, X-레이 회절 (X-Ray Diffraction; XRD) 분석 측정시 단일상 피크를 갖는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제22항에 있어서,상기 혼합은 건식 혼합 또는 습식 혼합이고, 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면에 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자를 코팅하는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제23항에 있어서,상기 코팅층의 형성은 스프레이(spray) 분사 방식을 통해 이루어지는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제22항에 있어서,상기 열처리는 100 내지 1200의 온도 범위에서 수행되는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제22항에 있어서,상기 열처리는 200 내지 800의 온도 범위에서 수행되는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제26항에 있어서,상기 열처리에 의해 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자가 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면에서 단일층인 코팅층을 형성하는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제22항에 있어서,상기 열처리는 600 내지 1200의 온도 범위에서 수행되는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제28항에 있어서,상기 열처리에 의해 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자가 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 내부에 포함되어,리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자의 표면에서 내부로 갈수록 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자의 농도가 감소하는 농도구배를 가지며, 전도성 산화물 입자 및 복합 입자가 리튬 전이금속 산화물 입자와 복합화 되는 것인 양극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항의 양극 활물질을 포함하는 양극.
- 제30항의 양극을 포함하는 리튬 이차전지.
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