IP Library Granted Patent US 8,758,939
Granted Patent B2
US 8,758,939 · App. 13/845,916 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Anode active material for secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 8,758,939
App. No.
13/845,916
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
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 a metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from a 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, 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 of the alloys 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 of the alloys comprises two metal species.

6. The anode active material according to claim 4 , wherein the metal species 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 metal species 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 of the alloys comprises one or more metal selected from rare earth elements, and a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, and Fe.

9. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous phase is included in an amount more than 30 wt %.

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

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

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

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

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 Dec 17, 2013
From: KIM, KI TAE; KIM, JE YOUNG; JUNG, DONG SUB; HONG, SEUNG TAE; CHOI, YOUNG SUN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032081/0532 →