Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Eun-Ju Lee

Hyun-Min Kim

Hyo-Jung Yoon

Young-Eun Choi

Yoon-Jung Bae

So-Young Kim

Ki-Won Sung

Soo-Ji Hwang

Ji-Eun Lee

Han-Ho Lee

Min-Kyung Kim

Sei-Woon Oh

Jong-Heon Seol

Myung-Ki Lee

Sun-Hwak Woo

Yong-Jun Kim

Jin-Hyuk Min

Jong-Seok Jeong

Disclosed is a method of predicting cycle life of a secondary battery comprising a carbon-based hybrid negative electrode, including: measuring a lattice d-spacing of a carbon based negative electrode active material of a target carbon-based hybrid negative electrode using an X-ray diffractometer during charging/discharging of a target secondary battery, and plotting a graph of changes in lattice d-spacing value as a function of charge/discharge capacity (X axis); calculating a target slope difference corresponding to a difference in slope value changed with respect to an inflection point of the graph during discharging in the plotted graph; comparing the target slope difference with a reference slope difference; and predicting if the cycle life of the target secondary battery is improved compared to the reference secondary battery from a result of the comparison.

Method of predicting cycle life of secondary battery comprising carbon based hybrid negative electrode

A battery management system according to the present disclosure includes a swelling detector including at least one sensor configured to detect a swelling status of a battery cell; and a control circuit configured to generate first time-series data of the swelling status repeatedly detected during a charging procedure included in a charge/discharge cycle of the battery cell. The control circuit is configured to determine a first change amount of the swelling status in the charging procedure from the first time-series data. The control circuit is configured to determine whether the battery cell is shorted internally based on the first change amount.

Battery management system, battery pack, electric vehicle and battery management method

A method of quantitatively analyzing a carbon based hybrid negative electrode including the steps of preparing a secondary battery including a carbon based hybrid negative electrode, where the carbon based hybrid negative electrode comprises a carbon based negative electrode active material and a non-carbon based negative electrode active material, measuring a lattice d-spacing of the carbon based negative electrode active material in the carbon based hybrid negative electrode during charging/discharging of the secondary battery using an X-ray diffractometer and then plotting a graph of a change in lattice d-spacing value as a function of charge/discharge capacity, detecting an inflection point of a slope of the graph during discharging; and then, quantifying capacity contribution of the carbon based negative electrode active material and the non-carbon based negative electrode active material in the total discharge capacity of the secondary battery by the inflection point of the slope of the graph.

Quantitative analysis method of carbon based hybrid negative electrode

A battery management system includes a displacement sensor configured to detect a displacement of a cell group including a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to record the displacement of the cell group at a predetermined time interval for a first diagnosis period from a first time point to a second time point during charging of the cell group. The control unit is configured to determine a first displacement curve from a history of the displacement over the first diagnosis period. The control unit is configured to determine whether the plurality of battery cells is nonuniformly degraded based on the first displacement curve.

Battery management system, battery pack, and battery management method

A negative electrode including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a first carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on a surface of the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material and carbon nanotubes. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also disclosed.

Negative electrode and secondary battery including the same

The present disclosure relates to a battery management apparatus and method, which sets a degraded SOC region based on a SOC-based voltage difference between a charging voltage and a discharging voltage according to a SOC of a battery and estimates a degree of degradation of the battery based on the voltage difference in the set degraded SOC region.

Battery management apparatus and method

An apparatus and method are provided for forming a pouch case with improved forming quality and minimized surface contact between the forming apparatus and the pouch case in the forming process to form a pouch cup. The apparatus includes a mold on which a pouch case with a plate shape can be placed, wherein the mold bulges upwards, a chamber open at bottom to the pouch case and the mold, the chamber having an inner space in which the mold can be received by lift-up of the mold or lift-down of the chamber, wherein the chamber is seated on an edge portion of the pouch case, and the chamber is equipped with a fluid input valve at top and a fluid output valve at bottom, and a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid via the fluid input valve to carry out pressure forming of the pouch case.

Apparatus and method for forming pouch case for secondary battery

An anode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode, and a LiF-based coating layer formed with LiF-based particles on a surface of the anode. The LiF-based coating layer has a thickness of 0.05 to 1 &#x3bc;m. The anode allows the LiF-based coating layer created by side reaction of LiPFduring a battery charging/discharging process to be relatively uniformly formed on the anode surface, thereby elongating the life cycle of a lithium ion secondary battery.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Eun-Ju Lee