Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Su Yeon Lee

Eun Kyung Kim

Su Min Lee

Sun Young Shin

Oh Byong Chae

Ye Ri Kim

Seung Hae Hwang

Eun Jung Lee

Young Min Choi

Beyong Hwan Ryu

Seo Young Jeon

Sun Ho Jeong

Lilin Piao

Tae Gon Kim

Su-Min Lee

Chang Ju Lee

Ye Jin Jo

Yeong Hui Seo

Sang Jin Oh

A negative electrode pre-lithiation method comprising the steps of: manufacturing a negative electrode by forming, on a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material. Then, manufacturing a pre-lithiation cell, which comprises the negative electrode and a lithium metal counter electrode, and impregnating the pre-lithiation cell with a pre-lithiation solution; and charging the pre-lithiation cell with a constant voltage to form a pre-lithiated negative electrode. The pre-lithiation solution comprises 3 vol % to 30 vol % of an organic carbonate compound substituted with halogen.

Negative electrode pre-lithiation method

A method of manufacturing a negative electrode wherein, in the pre-lithiation of a negative electrode structure including a negative electrode active material layer formed therein through electrochemical charging in a roll-to-roll manner, the negative electrode active material layer is divided into a central part and a side part. The charge current applied to the central part is higher than the charge current applied to the side part. In addition, in the method of manufacturing the negative electrode a pre-lithiation section is divided into a first section and a second section, the central part is electrochemically charged in the first section, the side part is electrochemically charged in the second section, and the central part and the side part are alternately electrochemically charged in one or more cycles.

Method of manufacturing negative electrode

An apparatus for pre-lithiating a negative electrode includes a pre-lithiation reactor having a pre-lithiation solution accommodated therein, a high-pressure chamber surrounding the pre-lithiation reactor, wherein an internal air pressure of the high-pressure chamber is configured to exceed atmospheric pressure, at least one lithium metal counter electrode disposed in the pre-lithiation solution, the lithium metal counter electrode being disposed to face a negative electrode receivable in the pre-lithiation solution in a state that the lithium metal counter electrode is spaced apart from the negative electrode by a predetermined interval, and a charge and discharge unit being connectable to the negative electrode and the lithium metal counter electrode to provide a circuit.

Apparatus for pre-lithiation of negative electrode and method for pre-lithiation of negative electrode

Disclosed is a method of preparing a negative electrode which includes the steps of: forming a cell by sequentially stacking a preliminary negative electrode, a separator, and a lithium metal, immersing the cell in an electrolyte solution comprising a lithium salt and a solvent; applying a current after the cell is immersed in the electrolyte solution containing the lithium salt and the solvent, separating the preliminary negative electrode from the cell after removing the cell immersed in the electrolyte solution from the electrolyte solution, washing the separated preliminary negative electrode, performing a first drying on the washed preliminary negative electrode at room temperature, and performing a second drying on the first dried preliminary negative electrode at a temperature ranging from 30° C. to 70° C. in a vacuum state.

Method of preparing negative electrode

The present invention relates to a composite negative electrode material for a secondary battery, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the same, and particularly to a composite negative electrode material for a secondary battery, which includes a graphene sheet, and two or more coating layers formed on both sides of the graphene sheet, wherein the two or more coating layers include at least one polymer coating layer and at least one pitch coating layer, and the graphene sheet and the two or more coating layers are included in a weight ratio of greater than 1:greater than 0.01 to less than 0.1, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the same.

Composite negative electrode material for secondary battery, and negative electrode and lithium secondary battery including the same

The present invention relates to: a paste composition including ceramic particles surface-functionalized with an amine group and a maleic anhydride-grafted elastomer; and a preparation method therefor and, to: a paste composition enabling ceramic particles to have a high content and be highly dispersed, thereby enabling the composition to have a high generation capacity when a device is manufactured; and a preparation method therefor.

Paste composition and preparation method therefor

A negative electrode according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a first particle and a second particle, the first particle includes a first core including artificial graphite; and a first shell disposed on the first core, said first shell including an oxide of the artificial graphite, wherein a sphericity of the first particle measured through a particle shape analyzer is from 0.94 to 0.98, the second particle is artificial graphite having sphericity measured through the particle shape analyzer of 0.70 to 0.92, and a weight ratio of the first particle and the second particle is from 1:1 to 1:9.

Negative electrode and method for preparing negative electrode

An ink composition for photonic sintering and a method or producing the ink composition, the ink composition includes: metal nanoparticles comprising a first metal satisfying interaction formula 1; an organic non-aqueous binder; and a non-aqueous solvent. Interaction formula 1 is A1/A2&#x2264;0.2, where A1/A2 is a ratio, in the x-ray photoelectron spectrum on the surface of the first metal, in which first metal 2p3/2 peak area of the oxide of the first metal (A1) is divided by first metal 2p3/2 peak area of the first metal (A2).

Ink composition for photonic sintering and method for producing same

The present invention relates to a negative electrode and a secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a negative electrode which includes a negative electrode active material layer including first active material particles each in the form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are agglomerated; and second active material particles, wherein the second active material particles have an average particle size (D) equal to or less than an average particle size (D) of the primary particles, the first active material particle is artificial graphite, and the second active material particle is a graphite-based particle, and a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack including the same.

Negative electrode, and secondary battery, battery module, and battery pack including the same

The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for secondary batteries, and a negative electrode, an electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same. The negative electrode active material includes polyhedral crystalline carbon, a first surface treatment layer disposed on a surface of the crystalline carbon and including amorphous carbon or oxidized crystalline carbon, and a second surface treatment layer disposed on a surface of the first surface treatment layer and including a polyacrylic acid ester copolymer, thereby improving output characteristics of batteries based on increased mobility of electrons resulting from surface-to-surface contact between active materials, controlling reactivity with an electrolyte, and enhancing high-temperature storage performance of batteries.

Anode active material for secondary battery, and anode, electrode assembly and secondary battery comprising the same

Metal nanoparticles according to the present invention have at least a bimodal size distribution in which the ratio obtained by dividing the area of a first peak, which has the smallest median size on the basis of the median size of peaks in the size distribution of the metal nanoparticles, by the total area of all peaks constituting the size distribution meets 0.4-0.8, and are capped with a capping layer containing an organic acid.

Metal nanoparticles, and preparation method therefor

The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material, and a method of manufacturing the same. The negative electrode active material includes a low crystalline artificial graphite and an amorphous carbon coating layer formed on the low crystalline artificial graphite, wherein an interplanar spacing dof (002) plane is in a range of greater than 0.338 nm to less than 0.3396 nm, as measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD). When the negative electrode active material according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention is used for lithium secondary batteries, a more stable SEI layer can be formed during reacting with an electrolyte solution, thereby improving initial efficiency and reversible capacity of the lithium secondary battery.

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Su Yeon Lee