IP Library Granted Patent US 12,418,020
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,020 · App. 17/793,630 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Porous carbon material having core-shell structure, preparation method thereof, sulfur-carbon composite comprising same, and lithium secondary battery

Inventors: Yochan Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Kwonnam Sohn (Daejeon, KR); Changhoon Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
H01M4/364C01B32/318C01B32/348H01M4/366H01M4/38H01M4/587C01P2002/85C01P2004/03C01P2004/82C01P2006/12C01P2006/40H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12,418,020
App. No.
17/793,630
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a porous carbon material having a core-shell structure, which comprises a core comprising a structure formed by stacking carbon sheets, and a shell comprising carbon surrounding the core, and a preparation method thereof, a sulfur-carbon composite comprising the same, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.

Claims (22)

1. A porous carbon material having a core-shell structure, comprising:

a core having a structure of stacked carbon sheets; and

a shell comprising carbon surrounding the core,

wherein the porous carbon material includes irregular pores,

wherein an average diameter of the irregular pores is in a range of 1 to 1000 nm and a porosity is in the range of 10 to 90% of the total volume of the porous carbon material, and

wherein the porous carbon material has a specific surface area of 300 m 2 /g to 2000 m 2 /g.

2. The porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon sheet is a graphene sheet.

3. The porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 2 , wherein the stacked structure of the carbon sheets is a hierarchical porous structure.

4. The porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 1 , wherein the core-shell structure is a heat-treated product in which a carbon precursor having a melting point of 130 to 350° C. is penetrated into the inside of one or more template particles selected from basic zinc carbonazate (BZC), zinc (II) metal-organic frameworks, and porous structure ZnO.

5. The porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 4 , wherein the carbon precursor is at least one selected from the group consisting of glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose, starch and tannic acid.

6. The porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 4 , wherein the core includes the heat-treated carbon precursor, and the shell includes the heat-treated template.

7. A method for preparing a porous carbon material having a core-shell structure comprising the steps of:

a) mixing a carbon precursor having a melting point of 130 to 350° C. and at least one particle selected from the group consisting of basic zinc carbonazate (BZC), zinc (II) metal-organic frameworks, and porous structure ZnO as a template;

b) penetrating the carbon precursor into the template by heating the mixture to 120 to 350° C.;

c) forming a core-shell shape while removing the template by heating the structure formed by penetration of the carbon precursor into the template to 600 to 900° C.; and

d) heating the structure having the core-shell shape to 800 to 1500° C. to vaporize and remove zinc impurities.

8. The method for preparing the porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 7 , wherein the carbon precursor is at least one selected from the group consisting of glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose, starch, and tannic acid.

9. The method for preparing the porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 7 , wherein the carbon precursor and the template are mixed in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:10.

10. The method for preparing the porous carbon material having the core-shell structure according to claim 7 , wherein the preparation of the porous carbon material having the core-shell structure is performed in a one-pot method.

11. A sulfur-carbon composite comprising the porous carbon material having the core-shell structure of claim 1 and a sulfur component.

12. A lithium secondary battery comprising the sulfur-carbon composite of claim 11 .

13. The sulfur-carbon composite according to claim 12 , wherein a weight ratio of the sulfur component and the porous carbon material is 9:1 to 7:3.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: JEONG, YOCHAN; SOHN, KWONNAM; LEE, CHANGHOON
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060539/0445 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0138507 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230058900A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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