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US 12,573,610 · App. 16/960,674 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, method of producing the same and lithium secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Oh Byong Chae (Daejeon, KR); Sang Wook Woo (Daejeon, KR); Je Young Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M4/139H01M4/366H01M4/485H01M10/0525H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,573,610
App. No.
16/960,674
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, a method of producing the negative electrode, a method of producing a pre-lithiated negative electrode by pre-lithiation of the negative electrode, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. The negative electrode can increase the capacity of a battery and improve the electrochemical performance by securing the initial reversibility of the negative electrode by pre-lithiation, and allow lithium ions to be diffused into the negative electrode active material layer during pre-lithiation without being lost.

Claims (14)

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

a negative electrode current collector;

a first negative electrode active material layer on a surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprising a first negative electrode active material; and

a second negative electrode active material layer on a surface of the first negative electrode active material layer and comprising a second negative electrode active material, and an inorganic coating layer,

wherein the second negative electrode active material is lithiated graphene,

wherein the second negative electrode active material is in the form of a powder,

wherein the inorganic coating layer is formed on a surface of the lithiated graphene,

wherein lithium is present in the second negative electrode active material,

wherein the first negative electrode active material comprises a negative electrode active material comprising a carbon-based material and a silicon-based material,

wherein the first negative electrode active material layer comprises the carbon-based material and the silicon-based material in a weight ratio of 99:1 to 50:50,

wherein the inorganic coating layer comprises LiF, and

wherein the inorganic coating layer is configured to inhibit oxidation of the lithiated graphene.

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

3 . The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic coating layer is directly formed on a surface of the lithiated graphene.

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 Jul 9, 2020
From: CHAE, OH BYONG; WOO, SANG WOOK; KIM, JE YOUNG
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053160/0211 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0038716 · Apr 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200335769A1 · Oct 22, 2020
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