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US 12,519,101 · App. 18/624,445 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Ceria-carbon-sulfur composite, method for preparing same, and positive electrode and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same

Inventors: Seungbo Yang (Daejeon, KR); Kwonnam Sohn (Daejeon, KR); Jun Hyuk Moon (Seoul, KR); Doo Kyung Yang (Daejeon, KR); Donghee Gueon (Seoul, KR); Jeong Tae Hwang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.; SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
H01M4/364H01M4/0416H01M4/0471H01M4/362H01M4/38H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12,519,101
App. No.
18/624,445
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ceria-carbon-sulfur (CeO 2 —C—S) composite including a ceria-carbon (CeO 2 —C) composite in which cylindrical carbon materials having ceria (CeO 2 ) particles bonded to surfaces thereof are entangled and interconnected to each other in three dimensions; and sulfur introduced into at least a portion of an outer surface and an inside of the ceria-carbon composite, a method for preparing the same, and positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.

Claims (18)

1 . A method for preparing a ceria-carbon-sulfur composite, comprising steps of:

(a) preparing a dispersion in which template particles and cylindrical carbon materials are mixed;

(b) spray-drying the dispersion to prepare template particle-carbon composites;

(c) heat-treating the template particle-carbon composites to prepare carbon agglomerates having a hierarchical porosity structure;

(d) preparing a mixed solution of the carbon agglomerates and cerium precursors;

(e) preparing a ceria-carbon composite through a hydrothermal reaction by heating the mixed solution and then adding an acid; and

(f) impregnating the ceria-carbon composite with sulfur to prepare the ceria-carbon-sulfur composite,

wherein a porosity of the ceria-carbon composite is 10% to 60%, and a total BET specific surface area of the ceria-carbon composite is 50 m 2 /g to 700 m 2 /g,

wherein the ceria-carbon composite comprising cylindrical carbon materials are entangled with each other and interconnected in three dimensions, and a carbon agglomerate having a hierarchical porosity structure composed of aligned pores, and a ceria particle is bonded to the surface of a cylindrical carbon material of carbon agglomerate, and

wherein the ceria particles maintain the hierarchical porosity in the carbon agglomerate without blocking it.

2 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical carbon materials and template particles in step (a) are mixed in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:5.

3 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 , wherein the heat-treating in the step (c) is performed at a temperature of 600° C. to 1200° C. in an inert atmosphere.

4 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 , wherein the hydrothermal reaction of step (e) is carried out at a temperature of 70° C. to 150° C. and an acid is added while maintaining said temperature.

5 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur composite of claim 1 , wherein the acid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, 6-aminohexanoic acid, nitric acid, and acetic acid.

6 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur of claim 1 , wherein the pores of ceria-carbon composite are macropores having a diameter of 300 nm to 800 nm.

7 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur of claim 1 , wherein an average diameter of the ceria-carbon composite is 3 μm to 10 μm.

8 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the ceria particles ranges from 10 nm to 30 nm.

9 . The method for preparing the ceria-carbon-sulfur of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical carbon material comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube, a graphite nanofiber, a carbon nanofiber, and an activated carbon fiber.

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