IP Library Granted Patent US 11,456,493
Granted Patent B2
US 11,456,493 · App. 16/771,146 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Method for precisely analyzing degree of impregnation of electrolyte of electrode in cell

Inventors: Song Yi Han (Daejeon, KR); Young Deok Kim (Daejeon, KR); Dae Soo Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,456,493
App. No.
16/771,146
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for analyzing a degree of impregnation of an electrolyte of an electrode in a battery cell, the method comprising: a battery cell manufacturing step (S 1 ) of preparing a battery cell by injecting an electrolyte into a battery cell including an electrode to be evaluated; a step of charging/discharging the battery cell several times and obtaining a capacity-voltage profile for each cycle (S 2 ); a step of obtaining a differential capacity (dV/dQ) curve obtained by differentiating the capacitance-voltage profile for each cycle with respect to the capacity (S 3 ); and a step of, in the differential capacity curve, determining a cycle at which behavior becomes the same as a time point when impregnation is sufficiently performed (S 4 ).

Claims (12)

1. A method for analyzing an electrolyte impregnation degree of an electrode in a battery cell, the method comprising:

preparing a battery cell by injecting an electrolyte into the battery cell including an electrode to be evaluated;

Charging and discharging the battery cell more than one time and obtaining a capacity-voltage profile for each cycle; obtaining a differential capacity (dV/dQ) curve generated by differentiating the capacity-voltage profile for each cycle with respect to the capacity; and determining a cycle, at which a behavior of the capacity-voltage profile becomes the same as a behavior of the capacity-voltage profile of an immediately preceding cycle, as a time point when the impregnation has been sufficiently performed in the differential capacity curve.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the battery cell comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a pouch cell, a cylindrical cell, a square cell and a coin cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the battery cell comprises a half cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the battery cell comprises a full cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electrode is a negative electrode.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the negative electrode includes one or two active materials selected from the group consisting of artificial graphite and natural graphite.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the charging and discharging is performed under a condition of C-rate of 0.1C to 0.3C.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the charging and discharging is performed under a condition of C-rate of 0.15C to 0.25C.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of cycles is 1 to 10.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of cycles is 3 to 7.

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 Jun 9, 2020
From: HAN, SONG YI; KIM, YOUNG DEOK; KIM, DAE SOO
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052884/0914 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0092997 · Aug 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210167432A1 · Jun 3, 2021
Cited By (1)
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