IP Library Granted Patent US 7,241,534
Granted Patent B2
US 7,241,534 · App. 10/474,333 · Granted Jul 10, 2007

Lithium polymer secondary cell

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Patent No.
US 7,241,534
App. No.
10/474,333
Granted
Jul 10, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium polymer secondary battery comprising: a negative electrode including a carbonaceous material, as an active material, obtainable by attaching or covering an amorphous carbon on the surface of graphite particle; an electrolyte layer; and a positive electrode having at least a metal oxide containing lithium as an active material, wherein the electrolyte layer comprising: a polymer containing a unit derived from vinylene carbonate; an organic solvent; and lithium salt.

Claims (9)

1. A lithium polymer secondary battery comprising: a negative electrode including a carbonaceous material, as an active material, obtainable by attaching or covering an amorphous carbon on the surface of graphite particle; an electrolyte layer; and a positive electrode having at least a metal oxide containing lithium as an active material, wherein the electrolyte layer comprising: a polymer containing a unit derived from vinylene carbonate; an organic solvent; and lithium salt,

said polymer comprising a crosslinked polymer of the vinylene carbonate and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic ester having a polyether segment to form a crosslinked structure.

2. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the polymer is obtained by polymerizing monomers containing vinylene carbonate in the range of from 50 to 30 wt % relative to a total weight of the monomers for obtaining the polymer.

3. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which a weight ratio of the polymer in the electrolyte layer and the electrolytic solution obtained by dissolving the lithium salt in the organic solvent is in the range of from 15/85 to 2/98.

4. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the metal oxide containing lithium is LiCoO 2 , LiNiO 2 , LiMn 2 O 4 or LiNi 1−x M x O 2 , wherein M indicates a transition metal element.

5. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the organic solvent is incorporated at least one 1,3-dimethoxybutane or 1,4-dimethoxybutane.

6. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the polymer comprises a crosslinked polymer of trifunctional polyol (meth)acrylic acid ester.

7. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the polymer is prepared by irradiation with ultraviolet beam in the presence of the positive electrode or the negative electrode.

8. A lithium polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 , in which the specific surface area of the carbonaceous material is the range of from 1 to 5 m 2 /g.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2013
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: LG CHEM LTD.
Reel/Frame 031600/0094 →