IP Library Granted Patent US 12,431,497
Granted Patent B2
US 12,431,497 · App. 17/641,277 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Globular carbon-based anode active material, method for manufacturing same, and anode and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Hyun-Chul Kim (Daejeon, KR); Sang-Wook Woo (Daejeon, KR); Chang-Ju Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M4/587C01B32/21H01M4/0471H01M4/133H01M4/1393C01P2004/32C01P2004/61C01P2006/12C01P2006/14H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,431,497
App. No.
17/641,277
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for preparing a spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material, including the steps of: mixing scaly graphite, solid pitch and liquid pitch to form a mixture, and spheronizing the mixture to prepare spheronized granulated particles; firing the spheronized granulated particles; carrying out carbon coating of the fired spheronized granulated particles to form carbon-coated spheronized granulated particles; heat treating the carbon-coated spheronized granulated particles; and disintegrating the heat treated carbon-coated spheronized granulated particles.

Claims (11)

1. A spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material having a specific surface area of from 1.0 m 2 /g to 2.5 m 2 /g and a total pore volume of from 0.7e −2 cm 3 /g to 1.8e −2 cm 3 /g, wherein pores having a size of 24 nm or more in the spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material have a specific surface area of 0.2 m 2 /g to 0.6 m 2 /g.

2. The spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the specific surface area of the spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material ranges from 1.0 m 2 /g to 2.0 m 2 /g.

3. The spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the total pore volume ranges from 0.8e −2 cm 3 /g to 1.4e −2 cm 3 /g.

4. The spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the specific surface area of the pores having the size of 24 nm or more in the negative electrode active material ranges from 0.3 m 2 /g to 0.5 m 2 /g.

5. The spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , having an average particle diameter of 10 μm to 20 μm.

6. The spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , having a sphericity of 0.82 to 0.98.

7. A negative electrode, comprising:

a current collector, and

a negative electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the current collector,

wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises the spheronized carbonaceous negative electrode active material as defined in claim 1 .

8. A lithium secondary battery comprising the negative electrode as defined in claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2022
From: KIM, HYUN-CHUL; WOO, SANG-WOOK; LEE, CHANG-JU
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059200/0065 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0123398 · Oct 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220285686A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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