Patents Assigned to ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 12087946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material which makes it possible to improve the electrochemical properties and stability of a positive electrode active material including a lithium composite oxide by adjusting the direction of a concentration gradient of a metal element of the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gwang Seok Choi, Moon Ho Choi, Jun Won Suh, Jin Kyeong Yun, Jung Han Lee, Seung Woo Choi, Joong Ho Bae, Du Yeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20240282919
    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 particle, which is a small particle, and a second lithium composite oxide particle, 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae PARK, Hyun Jong YU, Moon Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 12057577
    Abstract: A lithium complex oxide and method of manufacturing the same, more particularly, a lithium complex oxide effective in improving the characteristics of capacity, resistance, and lifetime with reduced residual lithium and with different interplanar distances of crystalline structure between a primary particle locating in an internal part of secondary particle and a primary particle locating on the surface part of the secondary particle, and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Jong Seung Shin, Dong Hee Kim, Suk Yong Jeon, Hyun Jong Yu, Kyoung Jun Lee, Young Nam Park
  • Publication number: 20240234706
    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 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ra Na LIM, Hyun Su JUNG, Kyung Min LIM, Hye Bin KIM
  • Publication number: 20240234693
    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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI, Yu Gyeong CHUN
  • Publication number: 20240186506
    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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: 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: 20240186502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide having improved stability and electrical characteristics as a positive electrode material by inhibiting an interfacial side reaction in the lithium composite oxide and improving the stability of a crystal structure and ion conductivity, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Hyun Jong YU, Chang Woo LEE, Yu Kyung CHUN
  • Patent number: 11996559
    Abstract: A lithium complex oxide includes a mixture of first particles of n1 (n1>40) aggregated primary particles and second particles of n2 (n2?20) aggregated primary particles, the lithium complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having FWHM (deg., 2?) of 104 peak in XRD, defined by a hexagonal lattice having R-3m space group, in a range of Formula 1: LiaNixCoyMnzM1-x-y-zO2,??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is selected from: B, Ba, Ce, Cr, F, Mg, Al, Cr, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Si, Y, Nb, Ga, Sn, Mo, W, P, Sr, and any combination thereof, 0.9?a?1.3, 0.6?x?1.0, 0.0?y?=0.4, 0.0?z?0.4, and 0.0?1-x-y-z?0.4, ?0.025?FWHM(104)?{0.04+(xfirst particle?0.6)×0.25}?0.025,??[Formula 1] where FWHM(104) is represented by Formula 2, FWHM(104)={(FWHMChemical Formula 1 powder(104)?0.1×mass ratio of second particles)/mass ratio of first particles}?FWHMSi powder (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Han Lee, Seung Woo Choi, Moon Ho Choi, Jun Won Suh, Jin Kyeong Yun, Mi Hye Yun, Kwang Seok Choi, Joong Ho Bae, Jin Oh Son
  • Patent number: 11990616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The positive electrode active material according to the present invention reduces the specific surface area and grain boundary of a secondary particle in which a side reaction with an electrolyte solution occurs to improve the high-temperature stability of the positive electrode active material and reduce gas generation caused by the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Jung bae Park, Eun byeol Hyeong
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 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: 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
  • 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