Lg Chem, Ltd

Sangbaek Ryu

Hyang Mok Lee

Kiwoong Kim

Heegyoung Kang

Eunyoung Goh

Seungeun Choi

Sooryoung Kim

Byungjin Choi

Jinsoo Lee

Suengeun Choi

Youngkwang Yun

Eungyoung Goh

Disclosed is a cathode material comprising a mixture of an oxide powder (a) defined herein and an oxide powder (b) selected from the group consisting of an oxide powder (b1) defined herein and an oxide powder (b2) defined herein and a combination thereof wherein a mix ratio of the two oxide powders (oxide powder (a):oxide powder (b)) is 50:50 to 90:10. The cathode material uses a combination of an oxide powder (a) and 50% or less of an oxide powder (b) which can exert high capacity, high cycle stability, superior storage stability and high-temperature stability, thus advantageously exhibiting high energy density and realizing high capacity batteries.

Cathode materials having high energy density and lithium second battery containing the same

Provided is a method for fabrication of a jelly-roll type electrode assembly having a cathode/separation membrane/anode laminate structure, including: (a) coating both sides of a porous substrate with organic/inorganic composite layers, each of which includes inorganic particles and an organic polymer as a binder, so as to fabricate a composite membrane; and (b) inserting one end of a sheet laminate comprising a cathode sheet and an anode sheet as well as the composite membrane into a mandrel, winding the sheet laminate around the mandrel, and then, removing the mandrel, wherein the organic/inorganic composite layer includes microfine pores capable of moderating a variation in volume during charge/discharge of a secondary battery and an interfacial friction coefficient between the composite membrane and the mandrel is not more than 0.28.

Preparation process for preventing deformation of jelly-roll type electrode assembly

Disclosed is a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, a membrane and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode contains a mixture of a first cathode material defined herein and a second cathode material selected from the group consisting of a second-(a) cathode material defined herein and a second-(b) cathode material defined herein, and a combination thereof, wherein a mix ratio of the two cathode materials (first cathode material:second cathode material) is 50:50 to 90:10, and the membrane is an organic/inorganic composite porous membrane including (a) a polyolefin-based membrane substrate and (b) an active layer in which one or more areas selected from the group consisting of the surface of the substrate and a portion of pores of the substrate are coated with a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, wherein the active layer has a structure in which the inorganic particles are interconnected and fixed through a binder polymer and porous structures are formed by the interstitial volume between the inorganic particles.

Lithium secondary battery containing cathode materials having high energy density and organic/inorganic composite porous membrane

Disclosed is a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, a membrane and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode contains a mixture of a first cathode material defined herein and a second cathode material selected from the group consisting of a second-(a) cathode material defined herein and a second-(b) cathode material defined herein, and a combination thereof, wherein a mix ratio of the two cathode materials (first cathode material: second cathode material) is 50:50 to 90:10, and the membrane is an organic/inorganic composite porous membrane including (a) a polyolefin-based membrane substrate and (b) an active layer in which one or more areas selected from the group consisting of the surface of the substrate and a portion of pores of the substrate are coated with a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, wherein the active layer has a structure in which the inorganic particles are interconnected and fixed through a binder polymer and porous structures are formed by the interstitial volume between the inorganic particles.

Cathode materials having high energy density and lithium secondary battery containing the same

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