Carbon nanotube, conductive material dispersion including the same, and method for manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery using the same

A method for manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, the method comprising:

• preparing a carbon nanotube;
• mixing the carbon nanotube, an electrode active material, and a binder to manufacture an electrode slurry;
• and
• coating the electrode slurry on an electrode current collector to form an electrode including an electrode active material layer formed on the electrode current collector,
• wherein the carbon nanotube has:
• a mesopore diameter distribution in the range of about 1.7 nm to about 300 nm as measured by a Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) method, wherein a peak top mesopore diameter “A” in the distribution satisfies 30 nm≤A≤40 nm;
• a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the distribution in the range of about 40 nm to about 55 nm;
• and
• a specific surface area of about 500 m2/g or less as measured by a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method.