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US 2010/0143791 A1Published application
Cathode active material, cathode including the cathode active material, and lithium battery including the cathode
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyu-sung PARK, Dong-min Im
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Abstract
A cathode active material, a cathode including the cathode active material, and a lithium battery including the cathode. The cathode active material includes a lithium composite oxide and a lithium titanium oxide, wherein the lithium titanium oxide includes titanium having an average oxidation number of 4-y (0<y<2). The lithium titanium oxide is reduced.
Claims20
A cathode active material comprising:
- a lithium composite oxide represented by Formula 1;
- and
- a lithium titanium oxide represented by Formula 2,
- wherein the lithium titanium oxide comprises titanium having an average oxidation number of 4-y, where 0<y<2:
- Li1+xMyM′1-yO2+z, [Formula 1]
- wherein M is Mn, Zr, Ti, Mo, Zn, or a combination thereof;
- M′ is Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, Fe, V, Al, Mg, Ti, Mo, Cu, Zr, B, or a combination thereof;
- −0.5<x<1;
- 0<y<1;
- and 0<z<1;
- and
- LiaTibMecOd, [Formula 2]
- wherein Me is Al, Zr, Mg, Sn, Si, Ce, Zn, Mo, or a combination thereof;
- 3<a<8;
- 4<b+c<7;b≧c;
- 0≦c<1;
- and 11<d<13.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.