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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is negative electrode active material for lithium ion batteries and a method for manufacturing the same. The active material includes a crystalline carbon core; and an amorphous or turbostratic carbon shell evenly covering the crystalline carbon core, the carbon shell having a thickness of 10-2000 Å. The method includes the steps of chemically combining a crystalline carbon and an amorphous carbon precursor; removing remaining amorphous carbon precursor not reacted in the chemical combination; and heat-treating a chemical combination material of graphite and the amorphous carbon precursor obtained in the chemical combination.