Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Jin Tae Hwang

Wang Mo Jung

Sung Bin Park

Dong Hun Lee

Jung Min Han

Hyung Man Cho

Chi Ho Jo

Hyuck Hur

Min Kyu You

Tae Gu Yoo

Young Uk Park

Dong Hwi Kim

Dae Jin Lee

Hyeong Il Kim

Seul Ki Chae

Sang Min Park

Byung Chun Park

Sang Wook Lee

Seul Ki Kim

Eun Sol Lho

Hyeong Ii Kim

Su Yeon Oh

The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide includes the nickel (Ni) in an amount of 65 mol % or more and the manganese (Mn) in an amount of 5 mol % or more based on a total amount of transition metals, and wherein the electrode positive active material is composed of a single particle, having a crystallite size of 180 nm or more.

Positive electrode active material for secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the same

A positive electrode material and a method of producing thereof is provided. The positive electrode material having a bimodal particle diameter distribution and including large-diameter particles and small-diameter particles, wherein the small-diameter particle is a lithium composite transition metal oxide in the form of a single particle and containing a rock salt phase formed on a surface portion thereof.

Positive electrode material, producing method thereof, positive electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising the same

A positive electrode active material includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium, wherein cobalt is included in an amount of greater than 0 ppm to 6,000 ppm or less on a surface of the nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which includes the positive electrode active material are also provided.

Positive electrode active material, method of preparing the positive electrode active material, and positive electrode and lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material

A positive electrode active material includes a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide having a Ni content of 80 atm % or greater among transition metals except lithium, and in the form of a single particle or pseudo-single particle. The nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide has a coating layer positioned on the surface thereof, wherein the coating layer contains cobalt. The positive electrode active material also satisfies [Equation 1] 1≤XY/Z≤3, wherein X is the molar number (mol %) of Co in the coating layer based on 100 moles of the nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide, Y is the average particle diameter (μm) of nodules of the nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide, and Z is D(μm) of the positive electrode active material, wherein Z is from 5 μm to 12 μm.

Positive electrode active material and positive electrode including the same

A positive electrode material and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The positive electrode material having a bimodal particle size distribution which includes large-diameter particles and small-diameter particles having different average particle diameters (D), wherein the large-diameter particles are lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or more in all transition metals thereof, and the small-diameter particles are a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel, cobalt, and aluminum, having a nickel content of 80 atm % to 85 atm % in all transition metals, and having an atomic ratio of the cobalt to the aluminum (Co/Al) of 1.5 to 5.

Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery, and positive electrode and lithium secondary battery including same

A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide and a coating element M-containing coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, wherein Mcomprises at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, or Co, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide is doped with a doping element M, wherein Mincludes at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, or B, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the total amount of the doping element Mand the coating element Mis in a range of 4,580 ppm to 9,120 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and positive electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material

The present invention relates to an electrode of a double-layer structure including a different type of particulate active material having a different average particle diameter, and a secondary battery including the same, and according to the present invention, the mechanical strength and stability of the electrode increases, and the secondary battery to which they are applied exhibits excellent discharge capacity.

Secondary battery electrode including mixture layer of double layer structure containing active materials of different particle diameters, and method for manufacturing the same

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a secondary battery, the method including forming a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material on a positive electrode current collector, and forming a metal oxide coating layer on the positive electrode mixture layer by atomic layer deposition, wherein the positive electrode active material includes lithium composite transition metal oxide particles and a boron-containing coating layer formed on the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles, and the lithium composite transition metal oxide particles include nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the nickel (Ni) is 60 mol % or greater of all metals excluding lithium.

Positive electrode for secondary battery, method for manufacturing same, and lithium secondary battery including same

A method for producing a high-nickel positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same is provided. The method includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or greater among transition metals, washing the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and mixing the washed lithium composite transition metal oxide with an aluminum raw material and heat treating the mixture at a temperature of 650° C. to 690° C. to obtain a positive electrode active material having a surface portion doped with aluminum.

High-nickel positive electrode active material, producing method thereof, positive electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising the same

A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide which includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese and contains 60 mol % or more of the nickel among all metals except lithium, adding a moisture absorbent and the lithium composite transition metal oxide into an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor, and adding a coating metal precursor into the atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor and forming a metal oxide coating layer on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide by atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Method of preparing positive electrode active material for secondary battery

A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, which is doped with doping element M, wherein Mincludes at least one of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, or B, and contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the doping element Mis included in an amount of 3,580 ppm to 7,620 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

A method for preparing a lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared by the method are provided. The method includes dry-mixing and then heat treating a lithium cobalt oxide particle represented by Formula 1 and one or more lithium metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum oxide, lithium zirconium oxide, and lithium titanium oxide.

Lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material, preparation method thereof, positive electrode including same, and secondary battery including positive electrode

A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide, which is doped with doping element M, wherein Mis at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Sr, Co, F, Si, Na, Cu, Fe, Ca, S, and B, and contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has a single particle form, and includes a center portion having a layered structure and a surface portion having a rock-salt structure, and the doping element Mis included in an amount of 3,580 ppm to 7,620 ppm based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode material which includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, wherein the second positive electrode active material has an electrical conductivity of 0.1 &#x3bc;S/cm to 150 &#x3bc;S/cm, which is measured after the second positive electrode active material is prepared in the form of a pellet by compressing the second positive electrode active material at a rolling load of 400 kgf to 2,000 kgf, a method of preparing the positive electrode material, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode material.

Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and positive electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode material

A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material being a lithium cobalt-based oxide includes a doping element M. A lithium cobalt-based oxide particle containing the doping element M in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, wherein in a bulk portion corresponding to 90% of a core side among the radius from a core of the particle to a surface thereof, the doping element M in the lithium cobalt-based oxide particle is contained at a constant concentration, and in a surface portion from the surface of the particle to 100 nm in a core direction, the doping element M is contained at a concentration equal to or higher than that in the bulk portion and has a concentration in which the concentration thereof is gradient gradually decreased in the core direction from the surface of the particle.

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Jin Tae Hwang