Patents by Inventor Min Kyu You

Min Kyu You 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: 20240120459
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material having a high ratio of charge and discharge capacity at a charge end voltage of 4.1 V to 4.175 V to charge and discharge capacity at a charge end voltage of 4.2 V to 4.275 V and having an excellent initial charge and discharge capacity is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sun Sik Shin, Joo Hong Jin, June Woo Lee, Ji A Shin, Min Joo Park
  • Patent number: 11837719
    Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared by the method are provided. The method includes dry-mixing and then heat treating a lithium cobalt oxide particle represented by Formula 1 and one or more lithium metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum oxide, lithium zirconium oxide, and lithium titanium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11611077
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material being a lithium cobalt-based oxide includes a doping element M. A lithium cobalt-based oxide particle containing the doping element M in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, wherein in a bulk portion corresponding to 90% of a core side among the radius from a core of the particle to a surface thereof, the doping element M in the lithium cobalt-based oxide particle is contained at a constant concentration, and in a surface portion from the surface of the particle to 100 nm in a core direction, the doping element M is contained at a concentration equal to or higher than that in the bulk portion and has a concentration in which the concentration thereof is gradient gradually decreased in the core direction from the surface of the particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11611076
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery which includes primary particles of Co3O4 or CoOOH, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 ?m or more, and a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes particles of a lithium cobalt-based oxide, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 2,500 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11600820
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material contains a lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide, wherein the lithium manganese-based oxide has a composition of the following chemical formula (1), and wherein a lithium ion conductive glass-ceramic solid electrolyte layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of thio-LISICON(thio-lithium super ionic conductor), LISICON(lithium super ionic conductor), Li2S—SiS2—Li4SiO4, and Li2S—SiS2—P2S5—Lil is formed on the surface of the lithium manganese-based oxide particle: Li1?xMyMn1?x?yO2?zQz??(1) wherein, 0<x?0.2, 0<y?0.2, and 0?z?0.5; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Ga, In, Ru, Zn, Zr, Nb, Sn, Mo, Sr, Sb, W, Ti and Bi; and Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, N, F, S and Cl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Gi Beom Han, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Inseong Ju, Hyuck Hur, Younguk Park, Tae Gu Yoo
  • Patent number: 11476456
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is provided. The lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material includes a core portion including a lithium cobalt-based oxide represented by Formula 1 and a shell portion including a lithium cobalt-based oxide represented by Formula 2, wherein the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material includes 2500 ppm or more, preferably 3000 ppm or more of a doping element M based on the total weight of the positive electrode active material. An inflection point does not appear in a voltage profile measured during charging/discharging a secondary battery including the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11329286
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is provide, which includes sodium and calcium, wherein the total amount of the sodium and calcium is 150 ppm to 500 ppm based on the total weight of the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material. A method for preparing the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Bin Park, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20220140320
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes: a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of a positive electrode current collector, including two types of positive electrode active materials with different average particle diameters (D50), a conductive material, and a binder; and a carbon nanotube coating layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode active material layer, including carbon nanotubes and a binder: The two types of positive electrode active materials include first positive electrode active material particles which have an average particle diameter (D50) of 8 ?m to 20 ?m and second positive electrode active material particles in the form of a single particle which have a smaller average particle diameter (D50) than the average particle diameter (D50) of the first positive electrode active material particles, and the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon nanotube coating layer are formed in a thickness ratio of 90:10 to 99:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hong Jin, Min Kyu You, Sun Sik Shin, Kyung Lok Lee, Ji A Shin
  • Publication number: 20220131155
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes: a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of a positive electrode current collector, including two types of positive electrode active materials with different average particle diameters (D50), a conductive material, and a binder; and a carbon-based coating layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode active material layer. The two types of positive electrode active materials are each represented by Chemical Formula 1 below. The carbon-based coating layer includes a sphere-type conductive material and a binder, where the binder is included in an amount of 5 parts by weight or more and less than 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the carbon-based coating layer. Li1+aNixCoyMzO2 ??[Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, 0?a?0.5, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1, and M is at least one of Mn and Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hong Jin, Min Kyu You, Sun Sik Shin, Kyung Lok Lee, Ji A Shin
  • Publication number: 20220119273
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material includes mixing a lithium raw material with a high nickel-containing transition metal hydroxide containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of the transition metal hydroxide and sintering the mixture to prepare a positive electrode active material, wherein the sintering includes a sintering step of heat-treating at 700° C. to 900° C. for 8 hours to 12 hours, a cooling step of cooling to room temperature, and an aging step of having a holding time when a temperature reaches a specific point during the cooling step. A positive electrode active material which is prepared by the method and has a reduced moisture content, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji A Shin, Kyung Lok Lee, Min Kyu You, Sang Soon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220102731
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lithium secondary battery includes: a battery case having an interior region, a separator, wherein the separator divides the interior region into a first region and a second region, a positive electrode formed in the first region and including a positive electrode active material and positive electrode current collector particles; and a negative electrode formed in the second region and including a negative electrode active material and negative electrode current collector particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Kyung Lok Lee, Ji A Shin, Sang Soon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220098054
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a positive electrode active material precursor containing 60 mol % or more of nickel (Ni) among total metals, mixing the positive electrode active material precursor and a lithium raw material source and performing primary pre-sintering in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a pre-sintered product, and performing secondary main sintering on the pre-sintered product in an air atmosphere to form a lithium transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Lok Lee, Ji A Shin, Min Kyu You, Sang Soon Choi
  • Patent number: 11258054
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material contains a lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide represented by chemical formula (1), Li1+aNixCoyMnzMvO2?bAb??(1) wherein, 0<a?0.2, 0<x?0.4, 0<y?0.4, 0.5?z?0.9, 0?v?0.2, a+x+y+z+v=1, and 0?b?0.5; M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Zr, Zn, Ti, Mg, Ga, In, Ru, Nb, and Sn; and A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of P, N, F, S and Cl; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide, wherein the coating layer contains a lithium-deficient transition metal oxide in a lithium-deficient state having a molar ratio of lithium to transition metal of less than 1 is formed on the surface of the lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide, and wherein the content of the coating layer is 1% to 10% by weight based on the total weight of the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Gi Beom Han, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11196038
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a flexible electrode, including the steps of: (i) coating a porous current collector having a plurality of pores with an active material slurry having a solid content of 30-50% and drying the active material slurry to form an active material coating layer; (ii) coating an active material slurry having a solid content of 30-50% on the active material coating layer formed from the preceding step and drying the active material slurry to form an additional active material coating layer; and (iii) repeating step (ii) n times (1?n?5) to form multiple active material coating layers, thereby forming an electrode active material layer in the pores and on the surface of the porous current collector in a non-press mode. A flexible electrode obtained from the method and a lithium secondary battery including the flexible electrode are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ju-Ryoun Kim, Min-Kyu You, In-Sung Uhm
  • Patent number: 11171336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery, characterized in that a carbon nanotube sheet is provided on one surface or both surfaces of a current collector, and an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material is applied on the carbon nanotube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, In Sung Uhm, Eun Kyung Mok
  • Patent number: 11031595
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material in which a lithium cobalt oxide is doped with a doping element including a metallic element and a halide element, wherein the positive electrode active material is represented by Formula 1 and satisfies Equation 1, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery, either of which include the positive electrode active material: Li(Co1-x-y-zM1xM2yM3z)O2-aHa??[Formula 1] (2x+3y+4z?a)/(x+y+z+a)<2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hyuck Hur, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sung Bin Park, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20210151752
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is provide, which includes sodium and calcium, wherein the total amount of the sodium and calcium is 150 ppm to 500 ppm based on the total weight of the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material. A method for preparing the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Bin Park, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10868285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery cell including: an electrode assembly configured of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separation membrane; and a battery case in which a sealing surplus part is formed at an external circumference in a state that the electrode assembly is built in a receiving unit, wherein the battery case is formed of a sheet-shaped structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an electrode terminal of the sheet-shaped structure is protruded through one side sealing surplus part of the battery case, and the electrode terminal is in contact with one surface or the other surface opposite to the one surface of the sealing surplus part in a state that the electrode terminal is bent in the first surface direction or the second surface direction of the battery case at the protrude part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin, Hong Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20200343537
    Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared by the method are provided. The method includes dry-mixing and then heat treating a lithium cobalt oxide particle represented by Formula 1 and one or more lithium metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum oxide, lithium zirconium oxide, and lithium titanium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10784539
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly, including two or more positive electrode plates and two or more negative electrode plates laminated with each of separators interposed therebetween, wherein both side end portions of the electrode assembly are bent together in the same direction by a curvature radius (R) satisfying the following Equation 1: S[{1/ln(x/y)}*t]=R??1 wherein t is an average thickness (mm) of the laminated electrode assembly, x is a horizontal length of the electrode assembly, and y is a vertical length of the electrode assembly, and S is a constant of 10 or more, and ln(x/y)?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sung Joong Kang, Eun Kyung Mok, In Sung Uhm