IP Library Granted Patent US 11,670,766
Granted Patent B2
US 11,670,766 · App. 16/468,874 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, method for preparing same, and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Sang Cheol Nam (Seoul, KR); Jae Won Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Jong Il Park (Pohang-si, KR); Jae Myung Lee (Pohang-si, KR); Geun Gyung Park (Gwangju, KR)
Assignees: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
H01M4/505C01G53/50H01M4/131H01M4/525H01M10/0525C01P2002/52C01P2002/60C01P2002/72C01P2002/76C01P2002/85C01P2006/40H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,670,766
App. No.
16/468,874
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide and doping metals doped in the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, wherein the doping metals includes at least two kinds and the average oxidation number of the doping metals is greater than 3.5.

Claims (14)

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

a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1:

Li a (Ni x Co y Mn 1-x-y ) b (M 1 Z M 2 1-z ) c O 2   [Chemical Formula 1]

wherein, 0.95≤a≤1.1, 0<b<1, 0<c<0.02, 0.5≤x<1, 0≤y≤0.2, and 0.65≤z<0.83; doping metals (M 1 and M 2 ) are doped to a lithium cation site in the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, and M 1 is aluminum (Al) and M 2 is molybdenum (Mo); and

an average oxidation number of the doping metals Al and Mo is in a range of 3.5 to 5, wherein the oxidation number of Al is +3 and the oxidation number of Mo is +6.

2. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the x is greater than or equal to 0.8.

3. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the c is greater than or equal to about 0.015.

4. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material for a secondary battery has an a-axis lattice parameter of 2.865 Å to 2.874 Å.

5. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material for a secondary battery has a c-axis lattice parameter of 14.180 Å to 14.214 Å.

6. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material for a secondary battery has c-axis lattice parameter/a-axis lattice parameter of 4.945 to 4.950.

7. A lithium secondary battery comprising

a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode active material of claim 1 ;

a negative electrode overlapped therewith; and

a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 063697 FRAME 0030. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 8, 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 063939/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
To: POSCO FUTURE M CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063697/0030 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2019
From: NAM, SANG CHEOL; LEE, JAE WON; PARK, JONG IL; LEE, JAE MYUNG; PARK, GEUN GYUNG
To: POSCO; RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 049447/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0168830 · Dec 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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