IP Library Granted Patent US 9,252,413
Granted Patent B2
US 9,252,413 · App. 14/094,265 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Lithium secondary battery

Inventors: Ji-Jun Hong (Seoul, KR); In-Beom Hwang (Seoul, KR); Sung-Tae Ko (Chungcheongnam-do, KR); Yoon-Jeong Heo (Chungcheongnam-do, KR)
Assignee: KOKAM CO., LTD.
H01M2/1686H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M4/485H01M4/587H01M10/0525Y02E60/122Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 9,252,413
App. No.
14/094,265
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery. More specifically, according to embodiments of the present invention the lithium battery, which includes a cathode, an anode, and a separate membrane inserted between the cathode and the anode, is characterized in that the separator membrane is a polyolefin porous membrane which has an aramid coating layer; and the cathode includes a lithium metal oxide cathode active material which has an olivine-type iron phosphate lithium coating layer, or the anode includes a carbon anode active material which has a spinel-type lithium titanium oxide coating layer. The lithium secondary battery in accordance with embodiments of the present invention has excellent basic electric performance and improved stability.

Claims (16)

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, and a separator membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode,

wherein the separator membrane is a polyolefin porous membrane having an aramid coating layer, and

wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material that is a lithium metal oxide having an olivine-type iron phosphate lithium coating layer, or the anode includes an anode active material that is a carbon material having a spinel-type lithium titanium oxide coating layer.

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polyolefin porous membrane has a thickness between 10 μm and 30 μm.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the aramid coating layer has a thickness between 2 μm and 10 μm.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the aramid is a para-aramid, a meta-aramid, or a mixture thereof.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator membrane has an air permeability of 400 sec/100 ml or less.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an air permeability of the separator membrane has a reduced value by 35% or less based on an air permeability of a polyolefin porous membrane.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator membrane has a breaking strength of 500 kgf/cm 2 or more.

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium metal oxide is any one selected from the group consisting of LiCoO 2 , LiNiO 2 , LiNiCoO 2 , LiNi x Co y Al z O 2 (0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1, x+y+z=1), LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2 (0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1, x+y+z=1), and LiMn 2 O4, or combinations thereof.

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the olivine-type iron phosphate lithium is 1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of lithium metal oxide.

10. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material further includes a metal oxide, a conductive carbon, or a mixture thereof in a shell.

11. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material is any one selected from the group consisting of soft carbon, hard carbon, natural graphite, Kish graphite, pyrolytic carbon, mesophase pitch based carbon fiber, meso-carbon microbeads, mesophase pitches, petroleum pitch derived cokes, and coal tar pitch derived cokes, or combinations thereof.

12. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the spinel-type lithium titanium oxide is 1.5 parts by weight to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of carbon material.

13. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material further includes a metal oxide, a conductive carbon, or a mixture thereof in a shell.

14. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material that is a lithium composite metal oxide having an olivine-type iron phosphate coating layer, and the anode includes an anode active material that is a carbon material having a lithium titanium oxide coating layer.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2025
From: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
To: SEBANG LITHIUM BATTERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072446/0166 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2023
From: KOKAM CO., LTD.
To: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063716/0705 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
To: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063120/0003 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: KOKAM CO., LTD.
To: KOKAM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062699/0390 →
CHANGE OF LEGAL ENTITY Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: KOKAM CO., LTD.
To: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 062699/0392 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: HONG, JI-JUN; HWANG, IN-BEOM; KO, SUNG-TAE; HEO, YOON-JEONG
To: KOKAM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031882/0074 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0051886 · May 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2012002334 · Mar 29, 2012
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