IP Library Granted Patent US 8,426,065
Granted Patent B2
US 8,426,065 · App. 13/142,463 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Anode active material for secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 8,426,065
App. No.
13/142,463
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an anode active material including: a crystalline phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy; and an amorphous phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy, wherein the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase.

Claims (16)

1. An anode active material comprising:

a crystalline phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy; and

an amorphous phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy,

wherein the amorphous phase is included in an amount more than 30 wt %, and

the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase.

2. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the metal of the Si-metal alloy is one or more element selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Lu, Hf, Ta and lanthanides.

3. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metals of the alloys are the same.

4. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises one metal species.

5. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises two metal species.

6. The anode active material according to claim 4 , wherein the metal is a metal selected from a group consisting of Co, Ni, Mn and Ti.

7. The anode active material according to claim 5 , wherein the two metals comprise a metal selected from a group consisting of Ti and Zr and a metal selected from a group consisting of Co, Ni and Fe.

8. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises one or more metal selected from rare earth elements and a metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe.

9. An electrode comprising the anode active material according to claim 1 .

10. An electrode comprising the anode active material according to claim 1 and a carbonaceous anode active material.

11. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode according to claim 9 .

12. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode according to claim 10 .

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 Aug 9, 2011
From: KIM, KI TAE; KIM, JE YOUNG; JUNG, DONG SUB; HONG, SEUNG TAE; CHOI, YOUNG SUN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026733/0001 →