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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Lg Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Dong-Sub Jung, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun-Chul Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Chang-Ju Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-Wook Woo, Daejeon, KR;
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A negative electrode active material, including: a graphite core; a first carbon coating layer on the graphite core; and a second carbon coating layer on the first carbon coating layer, wherein a crystallinity of the second carbon coating layer is lower than a crystallinity of the first carbon coating layer, or the second carbon coating layer includes hard carbon and the first carbon coating layer includes soft carbon. A negative electrode including the negative electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same are also disclosed.