Patents Assigned to ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11978891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, in which primary particles included in a secondary particle exhibit an aspect ratio gradient which gradually increases from the center of the secondary particle to the surface thereof, and a lithium secondary battery which uses a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Seung Hyun Choi, Yu Gyeong Chun
  • Publication number: 20240145692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material including an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, and capable of preventing the electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, from deteriorating due to lithium and manganese being present in excess in the lithium manganese-based oxide and reducing side reactions between the lithium manganese-based oxide and a liquid electrolyte during high-voltage operation by inducing the growth of a primary particle constituting the lithium manganese-based oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM
  • Publication number: 20240145771
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, the method including: providing a sulfide-based compound; adding the sulfide-based compound to a silicone oil, followed by milling; and drying the milled sulfide-based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: A Reum YANG, Hyunsu JUNG, Mi Jin KIM, Hyeon Woo BAEK, Hayoung JUNG, Jaechang SEOL
  • Publication number: 20240145694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material including an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, and capable of preventing the degradation of electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, caused by an excess of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide and reducing side reactions between the lithium manganese-based oxide and a liquid electrolyte during high-voltage operation through induction of the growth of primary particles constituting the lithium manganese-based oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Eun Hee PARK, Seong Kyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240145693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material including an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, which is able to prevent the degradation of the electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, caused by an excess of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide by inducing the growth of primary particles constituting the lithium manganese-based oxide, and prevent the lifetime deterioration of a lithium secondary battery by reducing side reactions between the lithium manganese-based oxide and a liquid electrolyte particularly during high-voltage operation, and at the same time, inhibiting or mitigating the release of a transition metal from the lithium manganese-based oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Eun Hee PARK, Seong Kyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240145677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material which is capable of improving the low energy density per unit volume of an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, preventing the degradation of electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, caused by an excess of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide, and particularly preventing the lifetime deterioration of a lithium secondary battery by inhibiting or mitigating the release of a transition metal from the lithium manganese-based oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Eun Hee PARK, Seong Kyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240145695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material for improving the low energy density per unit volume of an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Eun Hee PARK, Seong Kyun KIM
  • Patent number: 11973212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material including a first lithium composite oxide, which is a small particle, and a second lithium composite oxide, which is a large particle, these particles having different particle diameters, wherein the positive electrode active material makes it possible to prevent deterioration in electrochemical properties and stability thereof, which are generated due to non-uniform formation of a coating layer at least partially coating surfaces of the small and large particles, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae Park, Hyun Jong Yu, Moon Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20240136513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material including an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, and capable of preventing the degradation in electrochemical properties of a lithium secondary battery, including rate characteristics, caused by an excess of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide, and particularly reducing side reactions between the lithium manganese-based oxide and a liquid electrolyte during high-voltage operation, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Hye Bin KIM
  • Patent number: 11942635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that is able to solve a problem of increased resistance according to an increase in Ni content by forming a charge transport channel in a lithium composite oxide and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode containing the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Jun Won Suh, Jin Kyeong Yun, Jung Han Lee, Mi Hye Yun, Seung Woo Choi, Gwang Seok Choe, Ye Ri Jang, Joong Ho Bae
  • Publication number: 20240038988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle. a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Seung Woo CHOI, Jun Won SUH, Jin Kyeong YUN, Jung Han LEE, Gwang Seok CHOE, Joong Ho BAE, Du Yeol KIM
  • Publication number: 20240030435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material which exhibits a predetermined peak intensity ratio and a predetermined voltage ratio in a graph illustrating the voltage (V) and the battery capacity (Q) at the 3rd cycle and having an X axis indicating the voltage (V) and a Y axis indicating a value (dQ/dV) obtained by differentiating the battery capacity (Q) with respect to the voltage (V) when charging/discharging is performed under predetermined conditions, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae PARK, Hyun Jong YU, Moon Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230411605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that has increased efficiency in the diffusion of lithium ions and/or charges and increased structural stability by locally forming regions with different concentrations of an arbitrary transition metal in a primary particle, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Su JO, Moon Ho CHOI, Jun Won SUH, Bo Hyun KONG
  • Patent number: 11837725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Seung Woo Choi, Jun Won Suh, Jin Kyeong Yun, Jung Han Lee, Gwang Seok Choe, Joong Ho Bae, Du Yeol Kim
  • Patent number: 11811060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material which exhibits a predetermined peak intensity ratio and a predetermined voltage ratio in a graph illustrating the voltage (V) and the battery capacity (Q) at the 3rd cycle and having an X axis indicating the voltage (V) and a Y axis indicating a value (dQ/dV) obtained by differentiating the battery capacity (Q) with respect to the voltage (V) when charging/discharging is performed under predetermined conditions, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae Park, Hyun Jong Yu, Moon Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20230290943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery using a waste positive electrode active material, and more particularly, to a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery using a waste positive electrode active material, which can improve electrochemical properties and stability by controlling the specific surface area of the waste positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hwan PARK, Moon Ho CHOI, Jong Seok PARK, Jong Hwan PARK
  • Publication number: 20230282822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material which has the structural stability of a lithium composite oxide constituting a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium composite oxide constituting the positive electrode active material according to the present invention is able to reduce the surface area and grain boundary of secondary particles having a side reaction with an electrolyte solution, thereby improving high-temperature stability and reducing gas generation caused by the positive electrode active material, and the structural stability of the lithium composite oxide may be improved using a cation-mixing layer covering the surface of a primary particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Hyun Jong YU, Jung Bae PARK
  • Publication number: 20230268497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material, which includes an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide, which is a solid solution with a phase belonging to a C2/m space group and a phase belonging to an R3-m space group and in which stability degradation caused by excessive amounts of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide is mitigated and/or prevented because there are regions with different proportions of the phase belonging to the C2/m space group and the phase belonging to the R3-m space group in the lithium manganese-based oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, A Reum YANG, Gyun Joong KIM, Kyung Min LIM, Hye Bin KIM
  • Publication number: 20230261181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material including a first lithium composite oxide as a small particle and a second lithium composite oxide as a large particle, which improves the transport ability of lithium ions by controlling the morphology or crystal structure of the small particle included in the positive electrode active material, and further alleviates or prevents the early deterioration or shortened lifetime of the bimodal-type positive electrode active material, caused by the small particle, by increasing the particle stability of the small particle, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Gyeong CHUN, Yong Hwan GWON, Jong Seung SHIN, Moon Ho CHOI, Yoon Young CHOI, Ji Won KIM, Sang Hyeok KIM
  • Publication number: 20230261179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material which includes an overlithiated lithium manganese-based oxide including at least lithium, nickel, manganese and a doping metal, and in which the degradation in stability caused by excessive amounts of lithium and manganese in the lithium manganese-based oxide is mitigated and/or prevented by controlling the concentration of a transition metal in the lithium manganese-based oxide for each region, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, A Reum YANG, Gyun Joong KIM, Kyung Min LIM, Hye Bin KIM