| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090224201 | Process of making cathode material containing Ni-based lithium transition metal oxide - The present invention provides for a process of making a Ni-based lithium transition metal oxide cathode active materials used in lithium ion secondary batteries. The cathode active materials are substantially free of Li | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090325057 | Lithium Secondary Battery and Method for Producing the Same - Disclosed is a method for producing a lithium secondary battery, the method comprising the steps of: (a) distributing or scattering insulating powder partially or totally onto a surface of at least one of a cathode, an anode and a separator; (b) forming an electrode assembly by using the cathode, the anode and the separator; and (c) introducing the electrode assembly into a casing and sealing the casing. A lithium secondary battery obtained from the method is also disclosed. The method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery, including a step of scattering insulating powder partially or totally onto the surface of a separator or the surface of at least one electrode facing to the separator, significantly reduces generation of an internal short circuit between both electrodes caused by internal or external factors during the assemblage of a battery and generation of low-voltage defects, and thus significantly improves yield of desired batteries. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100148115 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, in particular, including a lithium transition metal oxide with a layered crystalline structure in which the transition metal includes a transition metal mixture of Ni, Mn and Co, and an average oxidation number of all transition metals other than lithium is more than +3, and specific conditions represented by the following formulae (1) and (2), 1.1| 06-17-2010 | |
| 20100187471 | COMPOSITE PRECURSOR FOR ALUMINUM-CONTAINING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL OXIDE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a powdery composite precursor, which comprises a core of a lithium transition metal oxide, and an aluminum hydroxide-based precipitate layer coated on the surface of the core, and a process to prepare the composite precursor. The preparation process comprises the formation of a water based slurry by dispersing lithium transition metal oxide powder in water, and a precipitation reaction of an aluminum salt solution with a base solution where the lithium transition metal particles act as seed particles, whereby a mechanically stable precipitate layer of homogeneous thickness can be achieved. The composite precursor can be converted into aluminum-containing, e.g., aluminum-doped, lithium transition metal oxide suitable for a cathode active material of lithium rechargeable battery by heat treatment. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100233540 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE HAVING OLIVINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Provided is an olivine-type lithium iron phosphate composed of secondary particles having a mean particle diameter (D | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100239909 | CATHODE MIX CONTAINING HAVING IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY DENSITY OF ELECTRODE - Provided is a cathode mix for lithium secondary batteries, comprising a cathode active material having a composition represented by the following Formula I: LiFe(P | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100261060 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE HAVING OLIVINE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE SAME - Provided is an olivine-type lithium iron phosphate having a composition represented by Formula I, comprising 0.1 to 5% by weight of Li | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100264363 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL POWDER WITH SIZE DEPENDENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO PREPARE THE SAME - The present invention relates to a powderous electrode active material of lithium transition metal oxide Li | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100297510 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WITH IMPROVED CELL CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed herein is a lithium secondary cell including 20 to 100 wt. % of lithium transition metal oxide represented by a formula of Li | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110062378 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel oxide has a nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals and is coated with a polymer having a melting point of 80 to 300° C. at a surface thereof. A lithium secondary battery having the disclosed cathode active material has advantages of not deteriorating electrical conductivity while maintaining high temperature stability, so as to efficiently provide high charge capacity. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110065000 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including lithium transition metal oxide, where the lithium transition metal oxide is coated with carbon particles and a polymer resin at a surface thereof, and the polymer resin is a substance inactivated by an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and an organic solvent and has a melting point of at least 80° C. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110065003 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide has a nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals and is coated with a conductive polymer at a surface thereof. A lithium secondary battery having the disclosed cathode active material has advantages of not deteriorating electrical conductivity while enhancing high temperature stability, so as to efficiently provide high charge capacity. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110070501 | ADDITIVE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT TO IMPROVE SAFETY - Disclosed herein is an additive for improvement in safety of an electrochemical device, including an inner core and an outer coating layer, wherein the inner core is formed using a volume-expandable material fused at more than a predetermined temperature while the outer coating layer is formed using a conductive material with higher conductivity than that of the inner core and covers an outer face of the inner core. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110079752 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is an electrode active material comprising a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide (LiMO | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110081564 | BATTERY SYSTEM CONTAINING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL-CONTAINING CAPSULES IN INTERIOR CONFIGURATION THEREOF - Provided is a battery system in which an interior part of a battery structure includes particles (phase-change particles) containing materials (phase-change materials) having a high latent heat of phase change at a specific temperature, contained in a capsule made of an inert material. The battery system in accordance with the present invention can prolong a service life of the battery by inhibiting temperature elevation inside the battery under normal operating conditions without substantial effects on size, shape and performance of the battery, and further, can inhibit the risk of explosion resulting from a sharp increase in temperature inside the battery under abnormal operating conditions, thereby contributing to battery safety. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110081578 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide has nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals and is coated with an ion-conductive solid compound at a surface thereof. A lithium secondary battery having the disclosed cathode active material has advantages of not deteriorating electrical conductivity while maintaining high temperature stability, so as to efficiently provide high charge capacity. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110086274 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein an ion-conductive solid compound and conductive carbon are applied to a surface of the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide. A lithium secondary battery having the disclosed cathode active material has improved rate properties and high temperature stability, in turn embodying excellent cell performance. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110089367 | PRECURSOR FOR PREPARATION OF LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL OXIDE - Provided is a precursor for the preparation of a lithium transition metal oxide that is used for the preparation of a lithium transition metal oxide as a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, through a reaction with a lithium-containing compound, wherein the precursor contains two or more transition metals, and sulfate ion (SO | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110114873 | MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE - Provided is a lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I of Li | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110114874 | METHOD OF PREPARING MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE - Provided is a method for preparing a lithium mixed transition metal oxide, comprising subjecting Li | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110117662 | MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE - Provided is a cathode active material containing a Ni-based lithium mixed transition metal oxide. More specifically, the cathode active material comprises the lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I of Li | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110135972 | HIGH POWER SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM COMPRISING ASYMMETRIC CHARGED CELLS - Disclosed herein is a battery system including two or more kinds of cell lines having different charge and discharge characteristics, wherein each cell line includes one or more battery cells connected in series with each other. In the battery system according to the present invention, the battery cells of at least one cell line exhibit a high-rate charge characteristic, whereas the battery cells of at least another cell line exhibit a high-rate discharge characteristic. Consequently, the high-rate charge and discharge characteristics are improved, and the balance between the charge and discharge characteristics is maintained, whereby the battery system according to the present invention is used as a power source having a high power. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110140036 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material which is lithium transition metal oxide having an α-NaFeO | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110151328 | CATHODE MATERIALS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided is a cathode active material composed of lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel oxide contains nickel in an amount of 40% or higher, based on the total weight of transition metals, and the cathode active material comprises a first coating layer provided on the surface thereof and a second coating layer provided on the surface of the first coating layer, wherein the first coating layer is composed of a non-reactive material selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrides, sulfides and mixtures or complexes thereof and the second coating layer is composed of a carbon-based material. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110165463 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a cathode active material based on lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel oxide has a nickel content of at least 40% among overall transition metals and is coated with a compound not reacting with an electrolyte (“non-reactive material”), which is selected from a group consisting of oxides, nitrides, sulfides and a mixture or combination thereof not reacting with an electrolyte, as well as a carbon material, at a surface of the lithium nickel oxide. | 07-07-2011 |