Patents by Inventor Byung-Chun Park

Byung-Chun Park has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210313573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a primary particle having a monolithic structure that includes a lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 below, wherein the primary particle has an average particle size (D50) of 2 ?m to 20 ?m and a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 0.15 m2/g to 0.5 m2/g, and wherein the positive electrode active material has a rolling density of 3.0 g/cc or higher under a pressure of 2 tonĀ·f: LiaNi1-x-yCoxM1yM3zM2wO2??[Formula 1] in Formula 1, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al and Mn, M2 is any one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti, Mg, Ta, and Nb, M3 is any one or two or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Mo, and Cr, and 1.0?a?1.5, 0?x?0.5, 0?y?0.5, 0.005?z?0.01, 0?w?0.04, 0<x+y?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Wang Mo Jung, Seong Hoon Kang, Ju Kyung Shin, Sang Min Park, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 11121357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, which includes a core including a lithium composite metal oxide, and a surface treatment layer which is disposed on the core and includes an amorphous oxide containing a lithium (Li) oxide, a boron (B) oxide, and an aluminum (Al) oxide, wherein an amount of a lithium by-product present on a surface of the positive electrode active material is less than 0.55 wt % based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material, and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Ji Hye Kim, Tae Gu Yoo, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park
  • Patent number: 11101462
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, a positive electrode for a secondary battery, and a secondary battery including the same, the positive electrode active material including a first lithium-nickel oxide particle having an average particle size (D50) of more than 8 ?m to 20 ?m or less, and a second lithium-nickel oxide particle having an average particle size (D50) of 8 ?m or less, wherein the first lithium-nickel oxide particle has a particle strength of 100 MPa to 250 MPa, the second lithium-nickel oxide particle has a particle strength of 50 MPa to 100 MPa, a ratio r of the strength of the first lithium-nickel oxide particle to the strength of the second lithium-nickel oxide particle satisfies Equation 1 set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sin Young Park, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, So Ra Baek
  • Patent number: 11081694
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a primary particle having a monolithic structure that includes a lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 below, wherein the primary particle has an average particle size (D50) of 2 ?m to 20 ?m and a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 0.15 m2/g to 1.9 m2/g, and a secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Wang Mo Jung, Seong Hoon Kang, Ju Kyung Shin, Sang Min Park, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10910641
    Abstract: A method for positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a precursor by reacting a nickel raw material, a cobalt raw material and an M1 raw material; forming a first surface-treated layer including an oxide of Formula 2 below, on a surface of a core including a lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 below, by mixing the precursor with a lithium raw material and an M3 raw material, firing the resultant mixture; and forming a second surface-treated layer including a lithium compound of Formula 3 below, on the core with the first surface-treated layer formed thereon, LiaNi1?x?yCoxM1yM3zM2wO2??[Formula 1] LimM4O(m+n)/2??[Formula 2] LipM5qAr??[Formula 3] wherein, in Formulae 1 to 3, A, M1 to M5, a, x, y, z, w, m, n, p, and q are the same as those defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ju Kyung Shin, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ji Hoon Ryu, Sang Min Park, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10903489
    Abstract: Disclosed are a precursor for preparation of a lithium composite transition metal oxide, a method for preparing the same and a lithium composite transition metal oxide obtained from the same. More particularly, the transition metal precursor which has a composition represented by Formula 1 below and is prepared in an aqueous transition metal solution, mixed with a transition metal-containing salt, including an alkaline material, the method for preparing the same and the lithium composite transition metal oxide obtained from the same are disclosed. MnaMb(OH1-x)2-yAy??(1) wherein M is at least one selected form the group consisting of Ni, Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and Period II transition metals; A is at least one selected form the group consisting of anions of PO4, BO3, CO3, F and NO3, and 0.5?a?1.0; 0?b?0.5; a+b=1; 0<x<1.0; and 0?y?0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Sun Sik Shin, Byung Chun Park, Hye Lim Jeon, Bo Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 10873104
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a secondary particle that includes a primary particle having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the rectangular parallelepiped having at least one portion of vertices and edges formed in a round shape that is convex outward, wherein 1% to 40% of a total surface area of the secondary particle has open porosity, and the primary particle includes a lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 herein so that intercalation and deintercalation of lithium are facilitated, elution of an active material-constituting metal element is suppressed, and excellent structural stability is exhibited, thereby decreasing resistance and improving output and lifespan characteristics when applied to a battery, and a secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ju Kyung Shin, Ji Hoon Ryu, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10862156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a core, a shell disposed to surround the core, and a buffer layer which is disposed between the core and the shell and includes pores and a three-dimensional network structure connecting the core and the shell, wherein the core, the shell, and the three-dimensional network structure of the buffer layer each independently includes a polycrystalline lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 including a plurality of grains, and the grains have an average grain diameter of 50 nm to 150 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Wook Lee, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ju Kyung Shin, Ji Hoon Ryu, Sang Min Park
  • Publication number: 20200381719
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a center portion including a first lithium transition metal oxide with an average composition represented by Formula 1, Li1+a1(Nib1Coc1Mnd1Ale1M1f1)O2??[Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, ?0.1?a1?0.2, 0.8?b1<1.0, 0<c1?0.2, 0<d1?0.1, 0<e1?0.05, 0?f1?0.05, b1/c1?25, and b1/d1?20, and M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, and W, and a surface portion including a second lithium transition metal oxide with an average composition represented by Formula 2, Li1+a2(Nib2Coc2Mnd2Ale2M1f2)O2??[Formula 2] wherein, in Formula 2, ?0.1?a2?0.2, 0.6?b2?0.95, 0<c2?0.2, 0<d2?0.1, 0<e2?0.05, 0?f2?0.05, b2/c2<13, and b2/d2?3, and M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Ji Hye Kim, Jung Min Han, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10854870
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery including preparing a first transition metal-containing solution including a nickel raw material, a cobalt raw material, and a manganese raw material and a second transition metal-containing solution including a nickel raw material, a cobalt raw material, and a manganese raw material in a concentration different from that of the first transition metal-containing solution; preparing a reaction solution, in which nickel manganese cobalt-based composite metal hydroxide particles are formed, by adding an ammonium cation-containing complexing agent and a basic compound as well as the second transition metal-containing solution to the first transition metal-containing solution and performing a co-precipitation reaction in a pH range of 11 to 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Wook Lee, Wang Mo Jung, Seong Hoon Kang, Byung Chun Park, Ju Kyung Shin, Sang Min Park
  • Patent number: 10818916
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which may exhibit excellent capacity and life characteristics when used in the battery by including a core, and a surface treatment layer disposed on a surface of the core, wherein the core is a secondary particle including a plurality of primary particles, the primary particles include a polycrystalline lithium composite metal oxide of Formula 1 having an average grain diameter of 50 nm to 200 nm, and the surface treatment layer includes a lithium oxide including lithium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of boron (B), tungsten (W), hafnium (Hf), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo), silicon (Si), tin (Sn), and zirconium (Zr), and a secondary battery including the same, LiaNi1-x-yCoxM1yM3zM2wO2??[Formula 1] (in Formula 1, M1, M2, M3, a, x, y, z, and w are the same as those defined in the specification).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Kyung Shin, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ji Hoon Ryu, Sang Min Park, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10811676
    Abstract: Provided is a precursor of transition metal oxide represented by chemical formula 1 below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Suk Shin, Byung-Chun Park, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10763497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material including a lithium composite metal oxide particle represented by Formula 1 below, and a secondary battery including the same. LiaNi1?x?yCoxM1yM2zM3wO2??[Formula 1] In Formula 1, M1 is a metal element whose surface energy (?Esurf) calculated by Equation 1 below is ?0.5 eV or higher, M2 is a metal element whose surface energy (?Esurf) calculated by Equation 1 below is ?1.5 eV or higher and less than ?0.5 eV, M3 is a metal element whose surface energy (?Esurf) calculated by Equation 1 below is less than ?1.5 eV, and 1.0?a?1.5, 0<x?0.5, 0<z?0.05, 0.002?w?0.1, 0<x+y?0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Wang Mo Jung, Young Cheol Choi, Ju Kyung Shin, Sang Min Park, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10720634
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a positive electrode for a secondary battery, the method including applying a composition for forming a positive electrode on a positive electrode current collector to form a positive electrode mixture layer, and rolling the positive electrode mixture layer such that the elongation of the positive electrode current collector is less than 1%, to produce a positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ji Hoon Ryu, Jung Min Han
  • Patent number: 10714742
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material including lithium transition metal phosphate particles, including a first secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more first primary particles, and a second secondary particle formed by agglomeration of two or more second primary particles in the first secondary particle, and a method of preparing the same. Since the cathode active material may include first and second primary particles having different average particle diameters, the exfoliation of the cathode active material from a cathode collector may be minimized and performance characteristics, such as high output characteristics and an increase in available capacity, of a secondary battery may be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Wang Mo Jung, Sang Seung Oh, Byung Chun Park, Sung Bin Park
  • Patent number: 10658656
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high voltage cathode active material and a method for preparing the same. The cathode active material includes particles of a spinel-type compound having a composition represented by Formula (1) and a carbon-based material present on surfaces of the particles of the spinel-type compound: Li1+aMxMn2?xO4?zAz??(1) where ?0.1?a?0.1, 0.3?x?0.8 and 0?z?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Seong Hoon Kang, Minsuk Kang, Wang Mo Jung, Ho Suk Shin, Sang Min Park, Geungi Min
  • Patent number: 10629906
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1: LiwNiIIx1NiIIIx2MnyCozFdO2-d??<Chemical Formula 1> where x1+x2+y+z=1, 0.4?x1+x2?0.9, 0<y?0.6 and 0<z?0.6, 0.9?w?1.3, and 0<d?0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Sung Bin Park, Wang Mo Jung, Sang Seung Oh, Byung Chun Park
  • Patent number: 10622617
    Abstract: In the present invention is provided a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a core including a lithium composite metal oxide, and a surface treatment layer positioned on the surface of the core, and the surface treatment layer includes a porous coordination polymer in which a central metal ion is coordinate-bonded with an organic ligand such that high electrode density may be exhibited when an electrode is manufactured, and consequently, battery properties may be significantly enhanced. Also provided are a positive electrode, which is for a secondary battery and includes the positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sin Young Park, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, So Ra Baek
  • Publication number: 20200028168
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes a lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the positive electrode active material has three peaks in a differential graph (ERC curve) obtained by differentiating a pH value against an amount of acid (HCl) added, which is obtained by pH titration of 10 g of the lithium transition metal oxide using 0.5 M HCl, wherein a y-axis (dpH/dml) value of a first peak at the smallest x-axis value among the three peaks is ?1.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Seong Ju, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Joo Hong Jin, Ju Kyung Shin, Ji Hye Kim, So Ra Baek, Tae Gu Yoo
  • Patent number: 10535873
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same, which includes a core; a shell located to surround the core; and a buffer layer located between the core and the shell, and including a three-dimensional network structure connecting the core and the shell and a pore. The decomposition of the active material may be minimized by a rolling process in the manufacture of an electrode by controlling the specific surface area, average particle diameter and porosity of the active material particles as well as the specific structure, the reactivity with an electrolyte solution may be maximized, and the output and lifespan characteristics of the secondary battery may be improved since the particles forming the shell have crystal structure with orientation which facilitates intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Wook Lee, Wang Mo Jung, Byung Chun Park, Ju Kyung Shin, Sang Min Park, Min Suk Kang