Lithium secondary battery of high energy with improved energy property

1. A high-energy lithium secondary battery comprising:

a cathode comprising, as cathode active materials, a first cathode active material represented by Formula (1)

Li x (Ni v Mn w Co y M z )O 2-t A t   (1)

wherein 0.8<x≦1.3, 0≦v≦0.9, 0≦w≦0.9, 0≦y≦0.9, 0≦z≦0.9, x+v+w+y+z=2, and 0≦t≦0.2; M denotes at least one metal or transition metal cation having an oxidation number of +2 to +4;

and A is a monovalent or divalent anion,

and having a layered structure; and

a second cathode active material represented by Formula (2)

Li a Mn 2-b M′ b O 4-c A′ c   (2)

wherein 0.8<a≦1.3, 0≦b≦0.5, and 0≦c≦0.3; M′ denotes at least one metal or transition metal cation having an oxidation number of +2 to +4; and A′ is a monovalent or divalent anion,

and having a spinel structure,

wherein an amount of the first cathode active material is between 40 and 100 wt % based on a total weight of the first and second cathode active materials;

an anode comprising amorphous carbon having a capacity of 300 mAh/g or more, wherein the amorphous carbon is a mixture of a first carbon having a specific surface area with respect to capacity of 0.01 to 0.031 m 2 /mAh and a second carbon having a specific surface area with respect to capacity of 0.0035 to 0.017 m 2 /mAh, wherein the first carbon has a powder conductivity of 15 S/cm to less than 100 S/cm at a powder density of 1.0 to 1.2 g/cc, and wherein the second carbon has a powder conductivity of 30 S/cm to less than 100 S/cm at a powder density of 1.4 to 1.6 g/cc;

and a separator.

2. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first cathode active material has an average particle diameter with respect to capacity of 0.03 to 0.1 μm/mAh.

3. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first cathode active material has a powder conductivity of 1×10 −3 S/cm to less than 10×10 −3 S/cm at a powder density of 2.65 to 2.85 g/cc.

4. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second cathode active material has an average particle diameter with respect to capacity of 0.1 to 0.2 μm/mAh.

5. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second cathode active material has a powder conductivity of 1×10 −5 S/cm to less than 10×10 −5 S/cm at a powder density of 2.65 to 2.85 g/cc.

6. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, in Formula 1, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, and Ti and, in Formula 2, M′ is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Al, Mg, and Ti.

7. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, in Formulas 1 and 2, A and A′ are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of halogens, S, and N.

8. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium secondary battery has a capacity with respect to volume of 0.05 to 0.09 Ah/cm 3 and an energy with respect to volume of 0.2 to 0.4 Wh/cm 3 .

9. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator is an organic-inorganic composite separator.

10. A battery module comprising the lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 as a unit battery.

11. An electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle comprising the battery module according to claim 10 .

12. A power storage device comprising the battery module according to claim 10 .

13. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first carbon to the second carbon is in the range of 1:9 to 9:1.

14. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the first cathode active material is in the range of 50 wt % to 90 wt % based on the total weight of the first cathode active material and the second cathode active material.

15. The high-energy lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the second cathode active material is in the range of 10 wt % to 50 wt % based on the total weight of the first cathode active material and the second cathode active material.