Patents by Inventor Hun-Gi Jung

Hun-Gi Jung 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: 20250062310
    Abstract: Provided are a prelithiation method of a silicon-based active material, the prelithiation method including step S1 of immersing the silicon-based active material in a prelithiation solution including an organic solvent and a lithium-hydrocarbon molecule complex, step S2 of obtaining a powder by washing the silicon-based active material with the organic solvent and drying the silicon-based active material, and step S3 of performing a heat treatment on the powder at a temperature of 400° C. to 800° C. in an inert gas atmosphere, and a silicon-based active material prelithiated by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jihyun HONG, Minah LEE, Jinkwan CHOI, Hun-Gi JUNG, Dong-Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20240421372
    Abstract: Provided are a regeneration solution of a spent secondary battery cathode material, the regeneration solution including p-type redox molecules, a solvent, and a lithium salt, in which the p-type redox molecules have a reduction potential that is higher than or equal to 1.55 volt (V) and lower than or equal to 3.7 V with respect to a reduction potential (vs Li/Li+) of lithium, a method of regenerating a cathode material and a regenerated cathode material using this, and a method of recycling the regeneration solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Min Ah LEE, Ji Hyun HONG, Hun Gi JUNG, Jin Kwan CHOI, Kyung Yoon CHUNG, Ui Chan HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240291024
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a composite solid electrolyte. The method includes step S10 of producing an oxide-based solid electrolyte membrane by electrospinning a mixture including an oxide-based solid electrolyte precursor and a polymer, step S20 of producing an oxide-based solid electrolyte support by removing the polymer inside the oxide-based solid electrolyte membrane, and step S30 of causing the oxide-based solid electrolyte support to be impregnated with a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using a sulfide-based solid electrolyte precursor solution including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte precursor and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hun-Gi JUNG, Kyung Yoon Chung, Seungho Yu, Minah Lee, Jimin Shim, Jungjin Park, Hyeon-Ji Shin, Jun Tae Kim, A-Yeon Kim, Hyeon Seong Oh, Minyoung Lee, Hee-Dae Lim
  • Patent number: 11837715
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite wherein NaCl nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed on reduced graphene oxide (rGO), a positive electrode active material including the same, a sodium secondary battery including the same, and a method for preparing the same. The positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure has a structure wherein NaCl nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed on rGO in a one-step process through chemical self-assembly. Therefore, the positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure exhibits superior electrochemical properties with high capacity because the small NaCl particles are dispersed uniformly and is economically favorable because the preparation process is simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon Chung, Ha Kyung Roh, Moeez Iqra, Eun Seong Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Won Young Chang
  • Patent number: 11837726
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cathode active material for a secondary battery, a cathode for a secondary battery including the same, a secondary battery including the cathode for a secondary battery and manufacturing methods thereof. More particularly, it is possible to obtain a secondary battery having excellent electrochemical characteristics by electrochemically inducing a structural phase change in the cathode active material of a secondary battery including NaCl as a cathode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Moeez Iqra, Ji-Young Kim, Jaeho Park, Hee-Dae Lim, Hun-Gi Jung, Won Young Chang, Minah Lee, Seungho Yu, Kyung Yoon Chung
  • Patent number: 11777136
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a cathode active material useful in a sodium ion secondary battery having high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. The method for preparing a cathode active material composed of Zrw-doped NaxLiyMzOa includes the steps of (A) doping LiyMzOa with Zrw to provide Zrw-doped LiyMzOa; and (B) dissociating Li ion from the Zrw-doped LiyMzOa and inserting Na ion thereto to provide the Zrw-doped NaxLiyMzOa, wherein M is selected from Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, Ru, and combinations thereof, and wherein 0.005<w<0.05, 0.8?x?0.85, 0.09?y?0.11, 7?x/y?10, 0.7?z?0.95, and 1.95?a?2.05. When the cathode active material is used for manufacturing a cathode for a sodium ion secondary battery, the battery can substitute for a conventional, expensive lithium ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon Chung, Dong Hyun Kim, Juhyeon Ahn, Jaeho Park, Ji-Young Kim, Min Kyung Cho, Byung Won Cho, Hun-Gi Jung, Minah Lee, Seungho Yu, Hyungseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11764428
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium-air battery including a redox mediator in an electrolyte and having a protective layer on an anode, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lithium-air battery includes an anode including a lithium metal, a protective layer positioned on the anode and including lithium fluoride (LiF), a cathode, and an electrolyte positioned between the protective layer and the cathode. Particularly, the electrolyte includes a halogen ion (X?) which is a redox mediator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Gwang Seok Oh, Kyoung Han Ryu, Young Suk Cho, Won Keun Kim, Hun Gi Jung, Seung Ho Yu, Min Ah Lee, Hee Dae Lim, Min Gi Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230178709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a delithiation solution and a method for forming an anode active material or an anode using the same. By chemically extracting reactive lithium from a high-capacity anode active material or anode, which has high initial coulombic efficiency due to high lithium content but exhibits decreased stability in dry air or in a solvent for preparation of a slurry, stability can be improve and initial coulombic efficiency can be maintained high. In addition, the method for forming an anode active material or an anode according to the present disclosure can greatly reduce the cost and time required for delivery after production of a lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Minah LEE, Jihyun HONG, Hun-Gi JUNG, Jin Kwan CHOI
  • Patent number: 11575149
    Abstract: A method for preparing a solid electrolyte for an all-solid state battery, may include obtaining a slurry by dispersing a first raw material comprising lithium sulfide; and a second raw material selected from the group consisting of silicon sulfide, phosphorus sulfide, germanium sulfide, boron sulfide, and a combination thereof in a solvent; and drying the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae Min Lim, Ju Yeong Seong, Yong Jun Jang, Hun Gi Jung, Hyoung Chul Kim, Eu Deum Jung, Bin Na Yoon
  • Patent number: 11562108
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation including connecting, by a user, to a client accessible to a server, inputting information of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte to be analyzed to the client, transmitting, by the client, the information to the server, implementing, by the server, generation of a three-dimensional structure in which anion clusters and lithium ions are disposed, based on the transmitted information, feeding back, by the server, an implementation result to the client, and displaying, by the client, the feedback result. In addition, properties of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, which cannot be observed by experimentation, can be analyzed based on lithium, ion conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung chul Kim, Byung Kook Kim, Hae Weon Lee, Jong Ho Lee, Ji Won Son, Hun Gi Jung, Ji Su Kim, Sung Jun Choi, Eu Deum Jung
  • Publication number: 20220302528
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium-air battery including a redox mediator in an electrolyte and having a protective layer on an anode, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lithium-air battery includes an anode including a lithium metal, a protective layer positioned on the anode and including lithium fluoride (LiF), a cathode, and an electrolyte positioned between the protective layer and the cathode. Particularly, the electrolyte includes a halogen ion (X?) which is a redox mediator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Gwang Seok Oh, Kyoung Han Ryu, Young Suk Cho, Won Keun Kim, Hun Gi Jung, Seung Ho Yu, Min Ah Lee, Hee Dae Lim, Min Gi Jeong
  • Patent number: 11411219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calcined carbon material for a magnesium battery anode. The calcined carbon material includes catalytic carbon nanotemplates having a network structure in which nanofibers are entangled three-dimensionally. The calcined carbon material can be used as a magnesium battery anode material. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the calcined carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hee-Dae Lim, Si Hyoung Oh, Hun-Gi Jung, Minah Lee, Hyungseok Kim, Sang Ok Kim, Young Soo Yun
  • Publication number: 20220181604
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite wherein NaCl nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed on reduced graphene oxide (rGO), a positive electrode active material including the same, a sodium secondary battery including the same, and a method for preparing the same. The positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure has a structure wherein NaCl nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed on rGO in a one-step process through chemical self-assembly. Therefore, the positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure exhibits superior electrochemical properties with high capacity because the small NaCl particles are dispersed uniformly and is economically favorable because the preparation process is simple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon CHUNG, Ha Kyung ROH, Moeez IQRA, Eun Seong KIM, Hun-Gi JUNG, Won Young CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220166056
    Abstract: Provided are a lithium-argyrodite ionic superconductor containing a halogen element and a method for preparing the same, wherein an argyrodite-type crystal structure can be maintained and lithium ion conductivity can be greatly improved by combining specific elements at a specific molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung Chul KIM, Byung Kook KIM, Jong Ho LEE, Ji Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, HO IL JI, Sung Eun YANG, Sang Baek PARK, Hun Gi JUNG, Sung Soo SHIN, Ji Su KIM, Eu Deum JUNG
  • Patent number: 11329314
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sulfide-based solid electrolyte imparted with improved lithium ion conductivity and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, disclosed is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte containing a lithium element (Li), a phosphorus element (P), a sulfur element (S) and a halogen element (X), and including a crystal phase of an argyrodite crystal structure, wherein a molar ratio (X/P) of the halogen element (X) to the phosphorus element (P) is higher than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung chul Kim, Byung Kook Kim, Hun Gi Jung, Kyung Yoon Chung, Jong Ho Lee, Hae Weon Lee, Ji Won Son, Eu Deum Jung, Ji Su Kim, Sung Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210167386
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calcined carbon material for a magnesium battery anode. The calcined carbon material includes catalytic carbon nanotemplates having a network structure in which nanofibers are entangled three-dimensionally. The calcined carbon material can be used as a magnesium battery anode material. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the calcined carbon material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hee-Dae LIM, Si Hyoung OH, Hun-Gi JUNG, Minah LEE, Hyungseok KIM, Sang Ok KIM, Young Soo YUN
  • Publication number: 20210151756
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cathode active material for a secondary battery, a cathode for a secondary battery including the same, a secondary battery including the cathode for a secondary battery and manufacturing methods thereof. More particularly, it is possible to obtain a secondary battery having excellent electrochemical characteristics by electrochemically inducing a structural phase change in the cathode active material of a secondary battery including NaCl as a cathode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Moeez IQRA, Ji-Young KIM, Jaeho PARK, Hee-Dae LIM, Hun-Gi JUNG, Won Young CHANG, Minah LEE, Seungho YU, Kyung Yoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20210075053
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery having high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics, and a method for preparing the same. The cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery shows high reversible capacity and excellent cycle characteristics, when it is applied to a secondary battery. Therefore, when the cathode active material is used for manufacturing a cathode for a sodium ion secondary battery and the cathode is applied to a sodium ion secondary battery, the battery can substitute for the conventional expensive lithium ion secondary battery and can be applied to various industrial fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon CHUNG, Dong Hyun KIM, Juhyeon AHN, Jaeho PARK, Ji-Young KIM, Min Kyung CHO, Byung Won CHO, Hun-Gi JUNG, Minah LEE, Seungho YU, Hyungseok KIM
  • Publication number: 20200358131
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sulfide-based solid electrolyte imparted with improved lithium ion conductivity and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, disclosed is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte containing a lithium element (Li), a phosphorus element (P), a sulfur element (S) and a halogen element (X), and including a crystal phase of an argyrodite crystal structure, wherein a molar ratio (X/P) of the halogen element (X) to the phosphorus element (P) is higher than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hyoung chul KIM, Byung Kook KIM, Hun Gi JUNG, Kyung Yoon CHUNG, Jong Ho LEE, Hae Weon LEE, Ji Won SON, Eu Deum JUNG, Ji Su KIM, Sung Jun CHOI
  • Patent number: 10818922
    Abstract: An anode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery, a sodium ion secondary battery including an anode active material, and an electric device including the sodium ion secondary battery are disclosed. The anode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery includes a cobalt tin spinel oxide represented by Co2.4Sn0.6O4. The sodium ion secondary battery includes an anode made of an anode active material composed of a cobalt tin spinel oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 below: Co2+xSn1-xO4,??Chemical Formula 1 where x is a real number satisfying 0?x?0.9; an electrolyte; and a cathode. The sodium ion secondary battery has high capacity characteristics. The electric device including the sodium ion secondary battery includes an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and an electric power storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon Chung, Hun-Gi Jung, Ji-Young Kim, Ghulam Ali, Mobinul Islam, Sang Ok Kim, Hyungseok Kim