Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100330430 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WITH HIGH ENERGY DENSITY - The present invention relates to electrodes for a lithium secondary battery with a high energy density and a secondary battery with a high energy density using the same. A negative electrode includes a material which can be alloyed with lithium alloy. A positive electrode is made of a transition metal oxide which can reversibly intercalate or deintercalate lithium. Here, the entire reversible lithium storage capacity of the positive electrode is greater than the capacity of lithium dischargeable from the positive electrode. Further, the present invention relates to electrodes for a lithium secondary battery in which metal lithium is coated on a negative electrode, a positive electrode, or both, a method of manufacturing the electrodes, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrodes. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention is excellent in safety because metal lithium does not remain after being activated and excellent in a capacity per unit weight. | 12-30-2010 |
20110189577 | BIPOLAR ELECTRODE/SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY, BIPOLAR BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a bipolar electrode/separator assembly including a bipolar electrode-adhesive film assembly including a bipolar electrode holding active materials, having different polarities, on central portions of top and bottom surfaces of a collector, respectively, and adhesive films on both top and bottom surfaces of the collector with respect to at least two of four edge surfaces of the collector on which electrode layers are not coated in the bipolar electrode, and a separator stacked on one or both top and bottom surfaces of the bipolar electrode-adhesive film assembly, wherein the collector and the separator are directly bonded by the adhesive film to thereby seal the bipolar electrode. A bipolar battery including the bipolar electrode/separator assembly and methods of manufacturing the same are also disclosed. A battery having desired capacity and voltage is provided by electrically connecting such bipolar electrode/separator assemblies either in series or in parallel according to usage. | 08-04-2011 |
20110311869 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WITH HIGH CAPACITY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A high capacity lithium secondary battery includes a lithium manganese oxide having a layered structure exhibiting a great irreversible capacity in the event of overcharging at a high voltage and a spinel-based lithium manganese oxide. Because it is activated at a high voltage of 4.45 V or higher based on a positive electrode potential, additional lithium for utilizing a 3V range of the spinel-based lithium manganese oxide can be provided and an even profile in the entire SOC area can be obtained. Because the lithium secondary battery includes the mixed positive electrode active material including the spinel-based lithium manganese oxide and the lithium manganese oxide having a layered structure, and is charged at a high voltage, its stability can be improved. Also, the high capacity battery having a large available SOC area and improved stability without causing an output shortage due to a rapid voltage drop in the SOC area can be implemented. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311872 | POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ELEVATION OF OUTPUT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A lithium secondary battery having improved output characteristics is provided. A high voltage mixed positive electrode active material has an even profile without causing a rapid voltage drop over the entire SOC area by improving a rapid voltage drop phenomenon occurring due to the difference between the operation voltages of mixed lithium transition metal oxides, and improves output characteristics at a low voltage. The lithium secondary battery includes the mixed positive electrode active material. In particular, the lithium secondary battery can sufficiently satisfy the required conditions such as output characteristics, capacity, stability, and the like, when it is used as a power source of a midsize or large device such as an electric vehicle. | 12-22-2011 |
20120007028 | POLYMER-SILICON COMPOSITE PARTICLES, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND ANODE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to polymer-silicon composite particles using silicon having high energy density, a method of making the same, an anode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The silicon having high energy density is used as an anode active material to provide a lithium secondary battery having large capacity. Silicon-polymer composite particles having a metal plated on the surface thereof are provided to solve the problem that silicon has low electrical conductivity and a method of preparing the same is provided to produce an electrode having improved electrical conductivity. Furthermore, silicon-polymer composite particles having a metal coated on the surface thereof through electroless plating are prepared and an electrode is formed using the silicon-polymer composite particles. | 01-12-2012 |
20120070742 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WITH HIGH ENERGY DENSITY - The present invention relates to electrodes for a lithium secondary battery with a high energy density and a secondary battery with a high energy density using the same. A negative electrode includes a material which can be alloyed with lithium alloy. A positive electrode is made of a transition metal oxide which can reversibly intercalate or deintercalate lithium. Here, the entire reversible lithium storage capacity of the positive electrode is greater than the capacity of lithium dischargeable from the positive electrode. | 03-22-2012 |
20120217452 | MIXED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED POWER CHARACTERISTICS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a mixed cathode active material including lithium manganese oxide expressed as Chemical Formula 1 and a stoichiometric spinel structure Li | 08-30-2012 |
20120244432 | MIXED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED POWER CHARACTERISTICS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a mixed cathode active material including layered structure lithium manganese oxide expressed as Chemical Formula 1 and a second cathode active material having a plateau voltage profile in a range of 2.5 V to 3.3 V, and a lithium secondary battery including the mixed cathode active material. The mixed cathode active material and the lithium secondary battery including the same may have improved safety and simultaneously, may be used in an operating device requiring the foregoing battery by widening a state of charge (SOC) range able to maintain power more than a required value by allowing the second cathode active material to complement low power in a low SOC range. | 09-27-2012 |
20130022872 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING EXCELLENT CHARGE-DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS AT 3V REGION AS WELL AS 4V REGION - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material including a lithium manganese oxide, in which the lithium manganese oxide has a spinel structure with a predetermined constitutional composition represented by Formula 1 described in the detailed description, wherein a conductive material is applied to the surface of lithium manganese oxide particles, so as to exhibit charge-discharge properties in the range of 2.5 to 3.5V as well as in the 4V region. | 01-24-2013 |
20130065118 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material for a secondary battery, which includes a combination of one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 1, one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 2, and one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 3, | 03-14-2013 |
20130183588 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WITH HIGH CAPACITY AND IMPROVED CONDUCTIVITY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a cathode active material including a lithium manganese-based oxide. The lithium manganese-based oxide has a spinel structure, exhibits core-shell phase transition by which phase transition of a crystal structure occurs from a cubic structure to a tetragonal structure in a direction from the surface of particles to the center of the particles during discharging to the 3V region, and includes a conductive material at the shell to improve electrical conductivity of the tetragonal structure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130221283 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR IMPROVING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a positive electrode active material for improving an output and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Particularly, graphite and conductive carbon which have shapes and sizes different from each other, may be simultaneously coated on a mixed positive electrode material of a 3-component system lithium-containing metal oxide having a layered structure and expressed as following Chemical Formula 1 and LiFePO | 08-29-2013 |
20130224585 | HIGH-CAPACITY CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a cathode active material including lithium manganese-based oxide, wherein the lithium manganese-based oxide has a layered crystal structure, has a content of manganese (Mn) greater than contents of other transition metal(s), includes 1 mole or more of lithium (Li) with respect to 1 mole of lithium transition metal oxide, has a plateau potential range in which lithium deintercalation as well as oxygen release occurs during initial charging in a high voltage range of 4.4 V or more, has domains included in the layered crystal structure exhibiting electrochemical activity due to a structural change in a potential range of 3.5 V or less after the initial charging, and includes conductive materials for improving electrical conductivity of the lithium manganese-based oxide in a potential range of 3.5 V or less after the initial charging. | 08-29-2013 |
20130280610 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPOSITE ELECTRODE FOR IMPROVING OUTPUT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Provided is a composite electrode for a lithium secondary battery for improving output and a lithium secondary battery including the composite electrode, in which, in a composite electrode having two or more active materials mixed therein, an active material having a small particle size is included in the composite electrode by being coagulated and secondarily granulated so as to allow mixed active material particles to have a uniform size, and thus, electrical conductivity is improved to have high output characteristics. | 10-24-2013 |
20130335030 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials. | 12-19-2013 |
20130335031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VOLTAGE OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating a voltage of a secondary battery which includes a cathode comprising a first cathode material and a second cathode material with different operating voltage ranges, an anode comprising an anode material and a separator for separating the cathode from the anode. The apparatus comprises a control unit configured to estimate a voltage of a secondary battery based on a circuit model including a first cathode material circuit, a second cathode material circuit and an anode material circuit, each circuit modeled to change its voltage according to State Of Charge (SOC) of the electrode material corresponding the circuit and a current flowing through the circuit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130337301 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VOLTAGE OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating a voltage of a secondary battery which includes a cathode comprising a first cathode material and a second cathode material with different operating voltage ranges, an anode comprising an anode material and a separator for separating the cathode from the anode. The apparatus comprises a control unit configured to estimate a voltage of a secondary battery based on a circuit model including a first cathode material circuit, a second cathode material circuit and an anode material circuit, each circuit modeled to change its voltage according to State Of Charge (SOC) of the electrode material corresponding the circuit and a current flowing through the circuit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342169 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VOLTAGE OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL - Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating a voltage of a secondary battery which includes a cathode comprising a first cathode material and a second cathode material with different operating voltage ranges, an anode comprising an anode material and a separator for separating the cathode from the anode. The apparatus comprises a control unit configured to estimate a voltage of a secondary battery based on a circuit model including a first cathode material circuit, a second cathode material circuit and an anode material circuit, each circuit modeled to change its voltage according to State Of Charge (SOC) of the electrode material corresponding the circuit and a current flowing through the circuit. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346000 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials. | 12-26-2013 |
20140132222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VOLTAGE OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING BLENDED MATERIAL IN ELECTRODE - Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating a voltage of a secondary battery which includes a cathode comprising a first cathode material and a second cathode material with different operating voltage ranges, an anode comprising an anode material and a separator for separating the cathode from the anode. The apparatus comprises a control unit configured to estimate a voltage of a secondary battery based on a circuit model including a first cathode material circuit, a second cathode material circuit and an anode material circuit, each circuit modeled to change its voltage according to State Of Charge (SOC) of the electrode material corresponding the circuit and a current flowing through the circuit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140231720 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED OUTPUT AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - A mixed positive electrode active material comprising a lithium manganese oxide represented by following [Chemical Formula 1] and a second positive electrode active material represented by following [Chemical Formula 2], and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140291588 | MIXED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED POWER CHARACTERISTICS AND SAFETY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a mixed cathode active material having improved power characteristics and safety, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mixed cathode active material which may assist power in a low SOC range to widen an available state of charge (SOC) range and may simultaneously provide improved safety by blending substituted LFP, in which operating voltage is adjusted by substituting a portion of iron (Fe) with other elements such as titanium (Ti), in order to prevent a rapid increase in resistance of manganese (Mn)-rich having high capacity but low operating voltage in a low SOC range (e.g., a SOC range of 10% to 40%), and a lithium secondary battery including the mixed cathode active material. | 10-02-2014 |
20150066407 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETER OF SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for estimating a parameter of a secondary battery. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to measure an open circuit voltage (OCV | 03-05-2015 |
20150072191 | BATTERY CELL OF IMPROVED COOLING EFFICIENCY - Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that at least one electrode assembly of a structure having a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode is mounted in a battery case, at least one heat dissipation member to dissipate heat generated in the electrode assembly during charge and discharge of the battery cell or upon occurrence of a short circuit is disposed in the electrode assembly and/or is in contact with an outer surface of the electrode assembly, and a portion of the heat dissipation member is exposed outward from the electrode assembly. | 03-12-2015 |
20150086812 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING BLENDED CATHODE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086817 | BATTERY PACK CAPABLE OF DISCHARGING GASES IN POUCH TYPE BATTERY CELL - The present invention relates to a battery pack capable of discharging gases in a pouch type battery cell when a gas pressure inside the pouch type battery cell is increased over a reference pressure, the battery pack including: a plurality of pouch type battery cells; a case comprising partitions suppressing the pouch type battery cells from expanding in a thickness direction thereof, wherein the pouch type battery cells are respectively held in spaces defined by the partitions; and a punching unit installed on the case to pierce a portion of surfaces of the pouch type battery cells , which is not supported by the partition, and having pin members of which number is equal to that of the pouch type battery cells. | 03-26-2015 |