ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY

摘要

Disclosed is an electrode active material comprising: a core layer capable of repeating lithium intercalation/deintercalation; an amorphous carbon layer; and a crystalline carbon layer, successively, wherein the crystalline carbon layer comprises sheet-like carbon layer units and partially or totally comprises multilayer sheet-like carbon layer units. A secondary battery comprising the same electrode active material is also disclosed. The electrode active material can inhibit variations in volume of the core layer that may occur during repeated charge/discharge cycles, by virtue of the interstitial volumes formed by the multilayer sheet-like carbon layer units in the crystalline carbon layer. Therefore, the battery using the electrode active material can provide improved cycle life characteristics.