IP Library Granted Patent US 11,539,039
Granted Patent B2
US 11,539,039 · App. 16/310,534 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Oh Byong Chae (Daejeon, KR); Eun Kyung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Dong Sub Jung (Daejeon, KR); Sang Wook Woo (Daejeon, KR); Ju Ho Chung (Daejeon, KR); Hee Won Choi (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M4/133H01M4/0421H01M4/1393H01M4/366H01M10/0525H01M2004/027H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,539,039
App. No.
16/310,534
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, in which a LiF layer comprising amorphous LiF in an amount of 30 mol % or more is formed on a negative electrode active material layer comprising a carbon-based active material, a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and a preparation method thereof.

Claims (22)

1. A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising:

a negative electrode active material layer comprising a carbon-based active material;

a LiF layer which is formed on the negative electrode active material layer and comprises amorphous LiF in an amount of 70 mol % to 95 mol % based on a total number of moles of LiF included in the LiF layer; and

a metal oxide layer formed between the negative electrode active material layer and the LiF layer,

and wherein the LiF layer has a thickness of 100 nm to 1,000 nm.

2. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the LiF layer further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Li 2 O, Li 2 CO 3 , and LiOH.

3. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based active material comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of soft carbon, hard carbon, natural graphite, artificial graphite, Kish graphite, pyrolytic carbon, mesophase pitch based carbon fibers, meso-carbon microbeads, mesophase pitches, petroleum derived cokes, and coal tar pitch derived cokes.

4. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 ,

wherein the metal oxide layer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, chromium trioxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, magnesium oxide, zirconium dioxide, molybdenum trioxide, vanadium pentoxide, niobium pentoxide, iron oxide, manganese oxide, vanadium oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, and tantalum pentoxide.

5. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , further comprising a lithium compound layer formed on the LiF layer,

wherein the lithium compound layer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Li 2 O, Li 2 CO 3 , and LiOH.

6. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 ,

wherein the metal oxide layer has a thickness of 1 nm to 50 nm.

7. A preparation method of the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , the method comprising steps of:

(1) forming the negative electrode active material layer comprising the carbon-based active material on a negative electrode collector;

(2) forming the metal oxide layer on the negative electrode active material layer; and

(3) depositing the LiF layer on the metal oxide layer,

and wherein the LiF layer has a thickness of 100 nm to 1,000 nm.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the forming of the metal oxide layer is performed by drop coating, chemical vapor deposition, melting coating, electrodynamic coating, electrospraying, electrospinning, or dip coating.

9. A lithium secondary battery comprising the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 .

10. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the LiF layer is formed on the negative electrode active material layer by sputtering, E-Beam, physical vapor deposition (PVD) comprising evaporation or thermal evaporation, or chemical vapor deposition (CVD).

11. The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the LiF layer is formed on the negative electrode active material layer by physical vapor deposition (PVD) in a temperature range of 700° C. to 900° C.

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 18, 2018
From: CHAE, OH BYONG; KIM, EUN KYUNG; JUNG, DONG SUB; WOO, SANG WOOK; CHUNG, JU HO; CHOI, HEE WON
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047802/0722 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0010343 · Jan 23, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0007714 · Jan 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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