IP Library Granted Patent US 11,502,289
Granted Patent B2
US 11,502,289 · App. 16/646,080 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Carbon-sulfur composite, preparation method therefor, and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Eunkyung Cho (Daejeon, KR); Suenghoon Han (Daejeon, KR); Myeong Jun Song (Incheon, KR); Il To Kim (Seoul, KR); Kwonnam Sohn (Daejeon, KR); Doo Kyung Yang (Daejeon, KR); Jiwon Kim (Seoul, KR); Moo Whan Shin (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.; INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
H01M4/364C01B32/05H01M4/38H01M4/587H01M4/60H01M10/0525C01P2004/03C01P2006/12C01P2006/14C01P2006/40H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,502,289
App. No.
16/646,080
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbonized metal-organic framework (MOF); and a sulfur compound introduced to at least a part of an outside surface and an inside of the carbonized metal-organic framework, wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework has a specific surface area of 1000 m 2 /g to 4000 m 2 /g, and the carbonized metal-organic framework has a pore volume of 0.1 cc/g to 10 cc/g, and a method for preparing the same.

Claims (22)

1. A carbon-sulfur composite comprising:

a carbonized metal-organic framework; and

a sulfur compound introduced to at least a part of an outside surface and an inside of the carbonized metal-organic framework,

wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework has a specific surface area of 2,000 m 2 /g to 2,500 m 2 /g according to BET analysis,

the carbonized metal-organic framework has a pore volume of 2.2 cc/g to 3.0 cc/g; and

the metal-organic framework comprises a structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

[M x (L) y ]

wherein M is one or more metal selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), scandium (Sc), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), vanadium (V), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), gallium (Ga) and indium (In);

L is one or more organic metal ligand selected from the group consisting of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC), 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxlate (BTC), 1,1′-biphenyl-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarboxylate (BPTC) and 2-(N, N, N′, N′-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (TCBTDA); and

x is an integer of 2 to 6, and y is an integer of 2 to 12.

2. The carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 , wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework and the sulfur compound are present in a weight ratio of 9:1 to 1:9.

3. A method for preparing the carbon-sulfur composite according to claim 1 , comprising:

(a) preparing a carbonized metal-organic framework by carbonizing a metal-organic framework at a temperature of 1000° C. to 2000° C.; and

(b) preparing a carbon-sulfur composite by mixing the carbonized metal-organic framework of (a) with a sulfur compound.

4. The method for preparing a carbon-sulfur composite of claim 3 , wherein, in (a), the metal-organic framework is carbonized at 1000° C. to 1,500° C.

5. The method for preparing a carbon-sulfur composite of claim 3 , wherein, in (b), the carbonized metal-organic framework and the sulfur compound are mixed in a weight ratio of 9:1 to 1:9.

6. A positive electrode comprising the carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 .

7. The positive electrode of claim 6 , which is suitable for a lithium-sulfur battery.

8. A lithium secondary battery comprising:

the positive electrode of claim 6 ;

a negative electrode; and

an electrolyte.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058037/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2020
From: CHO, EUNKYUNG; HAN, SUENGHOON; SONG, MYEONG JUN; KIM, IL TO; SOHN, KWONNAM; YANG, DOO KYUNG; KIM, JIWON; SHIN, MOO WHAN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.; INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 052088/0455 →