Patents by Inventor Chi Ho Jo

Chi Ho Jo 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).

  • Patent number: 11377367
    Abstract: Provided is a cobalt precursor for preparing a lithium cobalt oxide of a layered structure which is included in a positive electrode active material, wherein the cobalt precursor is cobalt oxyhydroxide (CoM?OOH) doped with, as dopants, magnesium (Mg) and M? different from the magnesium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11342557
    Abstract: A surface of a LiCoO2-based positive electrode active material to have a rock salt crystal structure is provided. Specifically, a positive electrode active material for a lithium rechargeable battery is provided, including: a core particle containing lithium cobalt oxide doped with aluminum (Al); and a coating layer positioned on a surface of the core particle and containing a cobalt(Co)-based compound having a rock salt crystal structure. A method of producing the positive electrode active material is also provided using a solid-phase method. The positive electrode active material can be applied to a positive electrode, lithium rechargeable battery, battery module, battery pack, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Seul Ki Kim, Wang Mo Jung, Gi Beom Han
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220052322
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the sulfide-based all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode active material coated with a lithium niobate precursor, which is manufactured by a polyol process having low production cost, such that it improves safety and increases capacity of the sulfide-based all-solid-state battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Wang Mo Jung, Hye Seung Chung, Hyuk In Moon, Ying Shirley Meng
  • Publication number: 20220052309
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery, and a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery manufactured thereby, wherein the battery includes a surface heat-treated positive electrode active material, which is simply performed by heating a positive electrode active material at 400° C. to 600° C. in an inert gas state, as a low-cost method of uniformly treating the surface of a positive electrode active material such that the positive electrode active material does not react with a sulfide-based solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Wang Mo Jung, Hyuk In Moon, Ying Shirley Meng
  • Publication number: 20220045320
    Abstract: A method for preparing a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared thereby are provided. The method includes a first step of reacting a coating precursor preparation solution including a metal solution containing metal ions included in a coating layer and a chelating agent to prepare a coating precursor, which is a complex in which the metal ions and the chelating agent are combined, and a second step of dry-mixing particles having a specific composition and the coating precursor, followed by firing the mixture to form a coating layer having a specific composition on surfaces of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Wang Mo Jung, Hyeseung Chung, Ying Shirley Meng
  • Patent number: 11183691
    Abstract: Provided are a metal element-doped positive electrode active material for a high voltage and a preparation method thereof. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium cobalt oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a metal element (M) incorporated into the lithium cobalt oxide in an amount of 0.2 parts by weight to 1 part by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the metal element (M) does not form a chemical bond with the elements of the lithium cobalt oxide, and wherein the layered crystal structure in maintained at a positive electrode potential of more than 4.5 V (based on Li potential) when fully charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11165059
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide particles, wherein the lithium titanium oxide particles have a Na content of 50 ppm-300 ppm, a K content of 500 ppm-2400 ppm and a crystallite size of 100-200 nm, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Bin Park, Ji-Young Park, Bo-Ram Lee, Chi-Ho Jo, Jung-Min Han, Hyuck Hur, Wang-Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20210296647
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the active material including a dopant and having a crystalline structure in which metal oxide layers (MO layers) including metals and oxygen and reversible lithium layers are repeatedly stacked, wherein in a lattice configured by oxygen atoms of the MO layers adjacent to each other, the dopant time of charge, thereby forming a lithium trap and/or lithium dumbbell structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Bin Park, Young Uk Park, Ji Young Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Young Cheol Choi, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11114654
    Abstract: Disclosed are a negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide particles, wherein the lithium titanium oxide particles have an average particle diameter (D50) of 0.5-9 ?m, a specific surface area of 3-7 m2/g, and a pellet density of 1.7 g/cc or more under a pressure of 64 MPa, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Ram Lee, Sung-Bin Park, Ji-Young Park, Chi-Ho Jo, Jung-Min Han, Hyuck Hur, Wang-Mo Jung
  • 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: 11081695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the active material including a dopant and having a crystalline structure in which metal oxide layers (MO layers) including metals and oxygen and reversible lithium layers are repeatedly stacked, wherein in a lattice configured by oxygen atoms of the MO layers adjacent to each other, the dopant time of charge, thereby forming a lithium trap and/or lithium dumbbell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Sung Bin Park, Young Uk Park, Ji Young Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Young Cheol Choi, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20210226210
    Abstract: The present invention provided a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including lithium cobalt oxide particles. The lithium cobalt oxide particles include lithium deficient lithium cobalt oxide having Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1, belongs to an Fd-3m space group, and having a cubic crystal structure, in surface of the particle and in a region corresponding to a distance from 0% to less than 100% from the surface of the particle relative to a distance (r) from the surface to the center of the particle. In the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention, the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium at the surface of a particle may be easy, and the output property and rate characteristic may be improved when applied to a battery. Accordingly, good life property and the minimization of gas generation amount may be attained even with large sized positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Ji Hoon Ryu, Min Suk Kang, Sun Sik Shin, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11056682
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material particle including a core that includes lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a shell that is located on the surface of the core and includes lithium cobalt phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein the shell has a tetrahedral phase: LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy??(1) wherein M is at least one of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb, or Ni, A is oxygen-substitutional halogen, and 0.95?a?1.05, 0?x?0.2, 0?y?0.2, and 0?x+y?0.2, LibCoPO4??(2) wherein 0?b?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Younguk Park, Chi Ho Jo, Bo Ram Lee, Sungbin Park, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11038159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium cobalt oxide having a core-shell structure, wherein the lithium cobalt-doped oxide of the core and the lithium cobalt-doped oxide of the shell include each independently three kinds of dopants and satisfy specific conditions, a method for producing the same, and a positive electrode and a secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Jungmin Han, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • 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: 10998548
    Abstract: The present invention provided a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including lithium cobalt oxide particles. The lithium cobalt oxide particles include lithium deficient lithium cobalt oxide having Li/Co molar ratio of less than 1, belongs to an Fd-3m space group, and having a cubic crystal structure, in surface of the particle and in a region corresponding to a distance from 0% to less than 100% from the surface of the particle relative to a distance (r) from the surface to the center of the particle. In the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention, the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium at the surface of a particle may be easy, and the output property and rate characteristic may be improved when applied to a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Ji Hoon Ryu, Min Suk Kang, Sun Sik Shin, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10930931
    Abstract: Provided are positive electrode active material particles for a secondary battery which include a lithium cobalt oxide, a coating layer including element A and formed on a surface of particles of the lithium cobalt oxide, and a dopant containing element B which is substituted in the lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the element A and the element B are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg), zirconium (Zr), barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), and molybdenum (Mo), and a molar ratio of the element A in the coating layer:the element B of the dopant is greater than 1:1 to 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Bo Ram Lee, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Young Uk Park, Wang Mo Jung