New patent application published for: ELECTRODE SLURRY, ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK

Disclosed is an electrode slurry, an electrode including the same, a lithium secondary battery, and a battery pack. The electrode can ensure battery characteristics while preventing thermal runaway. The electrode slurry includes an electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, a solvent for forming a slurry, and a flame-retardant material, in which the flame-retardant material has a solubility of less than 10 mg/cc in a carbonate-containing solvent at 20 °C and includes a specific type of compound.