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Granted Patent B2
US 12,537,188 · App. 17/786,888 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Positive electrode active material, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Ohmin Kwon (Incheon, KR); Kwon Young Choi (Seoul, KR); Sang Hyuk Lee (Incheon, KR); Jung Hoon Song (Gwacheon-si, KR); Jong Il Park (Pohang-si, KR); Sang Cheol Nam (Seoul, KR); Inchul Park (Incheon, KR); Geun Hwangbo (Incheon, KR)
Assignees: POSCO Holdings Inc.; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; POSCO FUTURE M CO., LTD.
H01M4/366C01G53/42H01M4/36H01M4/525H01M10/052C01P2002/52C01P2002/54C01P2004/03H01M2004/028H01M4/131H01M4/1391H01M4/505H01M4/62H01M10/0525Y02E60/10
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Patent No.
US 12,537,188
App. No.
17/786,888
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including lithium metal oxide particles; and a coating layer placed on at least a part of a surface of the lithium metal oxide particles, wherein the coating layer includes B, LiOH, Li 2 CO 3 , and Li 2 SO 4 .

Claims (19)

1 . A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising:

lithium metal oxide particles; and

a coating layer placed on at least a part of a surface of the lithium metal oxide particles,

wherein the coating layer includes B, LiOH, Li 2 CO 3 , and Li 2 SO 4 , and

wherein a content of Li 2 SO 4 is 10 ppm to 500 ppm, based on the entire positive electrode active material.

2 . The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:

a content of B is 10 ppm to 5000 ppm, based on the entire positive electrode active material.

3 . The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:

a content of LiOH is 10 ppm to 10,000 ppm, based on the entire positive electrode active material.

4 . The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:

a content of Li 2 CO 3 is 1000 ppm to 5000 ppm, based on the entire positive electrode active material.

5 . The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:

the Li 2 CO 3 comes from an internal reaction, without introducing a lithium raw material separately.

6 . The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:

a content of nickel of metals in the lithium metal oxide particles is 85 mol % or more.

7 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material of claim 1 ;

a negative electrode; and

a non-aqueous electrolyte.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2023
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; POSCO FUTURE M CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063779/0262 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded May 25, 2023
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 063787/0265 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: KWON, OHMIN; CHOI, KWON YOUNG; LEE, SANG HYUK; SONG, JUNG HOON; PARK, JONG IL; NAM, SANG CHEOL; PARK, INCHUL; HWANGBO, GEUN
To: POSCO; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 060240/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0172472 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230039543A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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