IP Library Granted Patent US 10,923,715
Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,715 · App. 16/212,255 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Anode active material for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery containing the same

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Patent No.
US 10,923,715
App. No.
16/212,255
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The present invention provides an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery including: a carbon based particle; a first carbon coating layer positioned on the carbon based particle and including pores; a silicon coating layer positioned on the pores and/or a pore-free surface of the first carbon coating layer; and second carbon coating layer positioned on the silicon coating layer, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same.

Claims (15)

1. An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the anode active material comprising:

a carbon based particle;

a first carbon coating layer positioned on the carbon based particle and including pores;

a silicon coating layer positioned on the pores and/or a pore-free surface of the first carbon coating layer; and

a second carbon coating layer positioned on the silicon coating layer.

2. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein the first carbon coating layer includes the pores in the inside and a surface thereof.

3. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein an average pore size of the pores of the first carbon coating layer is 30 nm or more to 900 nm or less.

4. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material satisfies the following Equation 1:

0.005≤ D a /D b ≤0.02  [Equation 1]

in Equation 1, D a is the average pore size of the pores of the first carbon coating layer, and D b is the average particle size of the carbon based particles.

5. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon based particle is relatively nonporous compared to the first carbon coating layer and wherein a specific surface area when the first carbon coating layer is formed on the carbon based particle is increased by over 43% as compared to a specific surface area of only the carbon based particle due to the pores of the first carbon coating layer.

6. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the silicon coating layer is 10 nm or more to 100 nm or less.

7. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon coating layer is formed by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method.

8. The anode active material of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material contains 30 wt % or more to 80 wt % or less of the carbon based particle, 5 wt % or more to 30 wt % or less of the first carbon coating layer, 5 wt % or more to 40 wt % or less of the silicon coating layer, and 5 wt % or more to 30 wt % or less of the second carbon coating layer based on a total weight of the anode active material.

9. A lithium secondary battery comprising the anode active material of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2018
From: LEE, JEE HEE; KIM, JOON SUP; KIM, NAM HYUNG; SON, YEONG UK; LEE, YOON KWANG; CHO, JAE PHIL
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
Reel/Frame 047697/0697 →