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Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,165 · App. 16/696,672 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Negative electrode active material, negative electrode including negative electrode active material, and secondary battery including negative electrode

Inventors: Jung Hyun Choi (Daejeon, KR); Yong Ju Lee (Daejeon, KR); Eun Kyung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Rae Hwan Jo (Daejeon, KR); Dong Hyuk Kim (Daejeon, KR); Il Geun Oh (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M4/587H01M4/366H01M4/485H01M4/623H01M10/0525
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Patent No.
US 12,034,165
App. No.
16/696,672
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode active material including silicon-based active material particles each including a core including SiO x , wherein 0≤x≤2, and a coating layer present on the core. Also, a negative electrode active material in which the coating layer is any one of a carbon coating layer or a polymer coating layer, and the coating layer includes a fluorinated material including at least one of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.

Claims (34)

1. A negative electrode active material comprising:

silicon-based active material particles comprising a core comprising SiO x , wherein 0≤x<2, and a coating layer present on the core,

wherein the coating layer comprises (a) carbon or a polymer, and (b) a fluorinated material,

wherein the fluorinated material is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %, based on a total weight of the coating layer, and

wherein the fluorinated material is LiF.

2. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the fluorinated material is spaced apart from the core.

3. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material particles are in the form of single particles, and

an average particle diameter (D50) of the silicon-based active material particles in the form of single particles is 0.1 μm to 50 μm.

4. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material particles are in the form of primary particles agglomerated with each other to form secondary particles.

5. The negative electrode active material of claim 4 , wherein an average particle diameter (D50) of the silicon-based active material particles which are in the form of primary particles is 0.5 μm to 20 μm.

6. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the core further comprises a metal compound,

wherein the metal compound comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide and a metal silicate.

7. The negative electrode active material of claim 6 , wherein the metal compound comprises the metal oxide, wherein the metal oxide comprises an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, Al, Ca and Ti.

8. The negative electrode active material of claim 6 , wherein the metal compound comprises the metal silicate, wherein the metal silicate comprises a silicate of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, Al, Ca and Ti.

9. The negative electrode active material of claim 6 , wherein the metal compound comprises the metal oxide, wherein the metal compound is present in an amount of 1 wt % to 60 wt %, based on a total weight of the core.

10. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material particles are in the form of primary particles agglomerated with each other to form secondary particles,

wherein the core further comprises a metal compound,

wherein the metal compound comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide and a metal silicate.

11. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the coating layer is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 50 wt %, based on a total weight of the silicon-based active material particle.

12. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the coating layer is the carbon coating layer, wherein the carbon coating layer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an amorphous carbon and a crystalline carbon.

13. The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , further comprising carbon-based active material particles.

14. A negative electrode comprising the negative electrode active material of claim 1 .

15. A secondary battery comprising:

the negative electrode of claim 14 ;

a positive electrode;

a separation membrane interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and

an electrolyte.

16. The negative electrode active material of claim 12 , wherein the amorphous carbon is a carbonized material carbide of an organic material selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, galactose, fructose, lactose, mannose, ribose, aldohexose or ketohexose carbides and a combination thereof.

17. A negative electrode active material comprising:

silicon-based active material particles comprising a core comprising SiO x and a metal compound, wherein 0≤x<2, and a coating layer present on the core,

wherein the coating layer comprises (a) carbon or a polymer, and (b) a fluorinated material,

wherein the metal compound comprises a metal silicate comprising a silicate of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ca and Ti,

wherein the fluorinated material is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %, based on a total weight of the coating layer, and

wherein the fluorinated material is LiF.

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 Nov 27, 2019
From: CHOI, JUNG HYUN; LEE, YONG JU; KIM, EUN KYUNG; JO, RAE HWAN; KIM, DONG HYUK; OH, IL GEUN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051134/0449 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0068981 · Jun 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2018001011 · Jan 23, 2018
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