Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Un-Seok Kim

Hyung-Sun Kim

Byung-Won Cho

Sang-Cheol Nam

Won-Il Cho

Kyung-Suk Yun

Young-Soo Yoon

Seung-Won Lee

A method for fabricating carbon electrode coated with a porous metal film includes the steps of: positioning a roll of carbon material within a vacuum chamber; winding the carbon material off the roll at a certain speed, winding the carbon material on a different roll while coating a porous metal to a thickness of a few &angst;&tilde;a few &mgr;m on the carbon material between the two rolls from a metal evaporation source; and stabilizing the thusly coated carbon material under a vacuum. The coated porous metal film is of Li, Al, Sn, Bi, Si, Sb, Ni, Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Mo, W, Ag, Au, Pt, Ru, Ir, In or their alloys. Since the stable film is formed on the surface of the carbon material, when the thusly coated carbon material is use for forming a cathode electrode of a secondary battery, the reversibility and high rate charging and discharging characteristics of the carbon electrode can be improved. In addition, when a lithium-ion secondary battery is fabricated using the carbon electrode coated with lithium or a lithium alloy, the capacity degradation due to the irreversible capacity of the conventional carbon electrode appearing at the initial state of charging can be prevented, so that the capacity can be increased.

Carbon electrode coated with porous metal film, its fabrication method and lithium secondary battery using the same

A metal oxide electrode coated with a porous metal film, a metal oxide film or a carbon film, its fabrication method and a lithium-ion secondary battery using it are disclosed. The porous thin film of Li, Al, Sn, Bi, Si, Sb, Ni, Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Mo, W, Ag, Au, Pt, Ir, Ru, carbon or their alloys are coated to a few &angst;&tilde;a few &mgr;m, so as to remarkably improve the capacity of a battery, high rate charging and discharging characteristics and a durability characteristic. The method can be applied to a fabrication of every secondary battery.

Metal oxide electrode coated with porous metal film, porous metal oxide film or porous carbon film, its fabrication method, and lithium-ion secondary battery using it

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Un-Seok Kim