Patents by Inventor Gyeong-jae Heo

Gyeong-jae Heo 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11643337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Seung Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20230067781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium metal complex oxide and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a lithium metal complex oxide mixed with a metal compound for a lithium reaction, stirred and heat-treated to allow residual lithium and a metal compound for reducing lithium (or a metal compound for lithium reduction) to react with each other on a surface to form a product, which is included in the lithium metal complex oxide, in which the content of Ni3+ is higher than the content of Ni2+ and a ratio of Ni3+/Ni2+ is 1.5 or greater so that life characteristics and capacity characteristics are improved, while residual lithium is reduced, and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Jong Hwan PARK, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Yonghwan GWON, Young Nam PARK, Eun Byeol HYEONG
  • Patent number: 11581522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Seung Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20220411282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material comprising an overlithiated layered oxide (OLO) and, more specifically, to a positive electrode active material comprising: an OLO represented by chemical formula 1 below; and an amorphous free oxide coating layer of an amorphous free oxide on the surface of the OLO represented by chemical formula 1. [Chemical formula 1] Li2MnO3.(1-r)LiaNixCoyMnzM11-(x+y+z)O2 (wherein, in chemical formula 1, 0<r?0.6, 0<a?1, 0?x?1, 0?y<1, 0?z<1, and 0<x+y+z?1, and M1 is at least any one selected from Na, K, Mg, Al, Fe, Cr, Y, Sn, Ti, B, P, Zr, Ru, Nb, W, Ba, Sr, La, Ga, Mg, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Fe, Al, Ta, Mo, Sc, V, Zn, Cu, In, S, B, Ge, Si, and Bi).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Seung Hyun CHOI, A Reum YANG, Ju Kyoung KANG
  • Publication number: 20220388864
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: an overlithiated layered oxide represented by chemical formula 1 below; and an ion-conductive coating layer on the overlithiated layered oxide represented by chemical formula 1: [chemical formula 1] rLi2MnO3ยท(1-r)LiaNixCoyMnzM11?(x+y+z)O2 (in chemical formula 1, 0<r?0.6, 0<a?1, 0?x?1, 0?y<1, 0?z<1, and 0<x+y+z<1, and M1 is at least one selected from among Na, K, Mg, Al, Fe, Cr, Y, Sn, Ti, B, P, Zr, Ru, Nb, W, Ba, Sr, La, Ga, Mg, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Fe, Al, Ta, Mo, Sc, V, Zn, Cu, In, S, B, Ge, Si, and Bi).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220393153
    Abstract: The present invention comprises, in lithium composite oxide particles, an overlithiated oxide having a layered crystal structure and represented by chemical formula 1 below, and comprises a lithium manganese oxide represented by chemical formula 2 below outside the lithium composite oxide particles, wherein the overlithiated oxide included in the particles and the lithium manganese oxide included outside the particles have different Li/IM values. [Chemical formula 1] rLi2MnO3.(1-r)LiaNixCoyMnzM11-(x+y+z)O2 (wherein, in chemical formula 1, 0<r?0.6, 0<a?1, 0?x?1, 0?y<1, 0?z<1, and 0<x+y+z?1, and M1 is at least any one selected from Na, K, Mg, Al, Fe, Cr, Y, Sn, Ti, B, P, Zr, Ru, Nb, W, Ba, Sr, La, Ga, Mg, Gd, Sin, Ca, Ce, Fe, Al, Ta, Mo, Se, Zn, Nb, Cu, in, S, B, and Bi) [Chemical formula 2] LibMnpOq (wherein, in chemical formula 2, 0.1?b/p?2.5 and 0<q?15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11508960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium metal complex oxide and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a lithium metal complex oxide mixed with a metal compound for a lithium reaction, stirred and heat-treated to allow residual lithium and a metal compound for reducing lithium (or a metal compound for lithium reduction) to react with each other on a surface to form a product, which is included in the lithium metal complex oxide, in which the content of Ni3+ is higher than the content of Ni2+ and a ratio of Ni3+/Ni2+ is 1.5 or greater so that life characteristics and capacity characteristics are improved, while residual lithium is reduced, and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Jong Hwan Park, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Yonghwan Gwon, Young Nam Park, Eun Byeol Hyeong
  • Publication number: 20210309537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210288309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11078089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Seung Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11063247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Seung Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210119208
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, a method for preparing the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries includes an overlithiated layered oxide (OLO), and the overlithiated layered oxide includes primary particles having a size in a range of 300 nm to 10 ?m in an amount ranging from 50 to 100% by volume with respect to the total overlithiated layered oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Seung Hyun CHOI, A Reum YANG, Ju Kyoung KANG
  • Publication number: 20210057731
    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: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI, Yu Gyeong CHUN
  • Patent number: 10862119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material for a secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a lithium composite oxide including a secondary particle formed as primary particles cohere, in which a manganese (Mn) oxide is present in the periphery of the primary particles, a concentration of an Mn oxide in the primary particle has a concentration gradient from the center of the primary particle to a surface of the particle, a concentration of an Mn oxide in the secondary particle has a concentration gradient from a surface of the secondary particle to the center thereof, and a lithium ion migration path is formed in the primary particle, and a preparation method thereof. A secondary battery including the cathode active material for a secondary battery may have high safety, while exhibiting high capacity and high output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Jong Hwan Park, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Kyoung Jun Lee, Jung Bae Park, Seung Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20200083531
    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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Jung bae PARK, Eun byeol HYEONG
  • Publication number: 20200062613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200067072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200067083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ho CHOI, Gyeong Jae HEO, Hyun Jong YU, Seung Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190157672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium metal complex oxide and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a lithium metal complex oxide mixed with a metal compound for a lithium reaction, stirred and heat-treated to allow residual lithium and a metal compound for reducing lithium (or a metal compound for lithium reduction) to react with each other on a surface to form a product, which is included in the lithium metal complex oxide, in which the content of Ni3+ is higher than the content of Ni2+ and a ratio of Ni3+/Ni2+ is 1.5 or greater so that life characteristics and capacity characteristics are improved, while residual lithium is reduced, and a preparation method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Moon Ho Choi, Jong Hwan Park, Gyeong Jae Heo, Hyun Jong Yu, Yonghwan Gwon, Young Nam Park, Eun Byeol Hyeong