Patents by Inventor Jinhua He

Jinhua He 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: 20240097124
    Abstract: A positive active material comprising active material bulk particles and a coating layer of an oxide containing N element is disclosed, wherein the surface of the active material bulk particle is doped with M element to form a doped layer, and the content of the M element is 400 ppm to 3000 ppm, and the content of the M element gradually decreases from the outer surface of active material bulk particles towards the core direction; wherein the content of the N element in the coating layer is 100 ppm to 2000 ppm; wherein the average content of the N element per unit volume of the coating layer is greater than the average content of the M element per unit volume of the doped layer; wherein the M element and the N element are each independently selected from one or more of Mg, Ca, Ce, Ti, Zr, Al, Zn, and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Changyin JI, Liangbin LIU
  • Publication number: 20240088376
    Abstract: Provided are a layered oxide and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode sheet, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electrical apparatus. The layered oxide includes an oxide with the general formula NaxMnyAaQbCcO2, where A is one or two of Fe and Ni; Q is one or more of transition metal elements containing 3d or 4d orbital electrons except Fe and Ni; C is one or two of Al and B, 0.66<x?1, 0.2?y?0.6, 0.3?a?0.6, 0<b?0.2, 0<c?0.1, and 1?b/c?100. The A element undergoes valence changes to provide charge compensation in a charge and discharge process, thereby improving the specific capacity of the layered oxide; the Q element and oxygen form a hybrid orbital, inhibiting irreversible oxygen losses and structure collapse of oxygen under a high voltage; the C element has a high ionic potential so as to effectively inhibit oxygen losses; and 1?b/c?100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Zibin Liang, Yuhao Wang, Wenguang Lin, Xinxin Zhang, Jinhua He
  • Publication number: 20240030426
    Abstract: Provided are a positive active material for use in a sodium-ion battery, a method for preparing same, a positive electrode plate containing same, a sodium-ion battery, and an electrical device. The method for preparing a positive active material for use in a sodium-ion battery includes the following steps: mixing a positive active material for use in a sodium-ion battery with, and causing the positive active material to react with, a washing solution at a temperature of T1, and filtering and drying a product of the reaction to obtain a washed positive active material for use in a sodium-ion battery, where the washing solution is deionized water or an acidic solution with a pH value lower than 7.0, and 0° C.?T1<20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Yuhao Wang, Wenguang Lin, Zibin Liang, Shunli He, Jinhua He
  • Patent number: 11760657
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Publication number: 20230238518
    Abstract: A layered-oxide positive electrode active material may have a molecular formula of NaxMnaFebNicMdNeO2-?Qf, where a doping element M is selected from at least one of Cu, Li, Ti, Zr, K, Sb, Nb, Mg, Ca, Mo, Zn, Cr, W, Bi, Sn, Ge, or Al, a doping element N is selected from at least one of Si, P, B, S, or Se, a doping element Q is selected from at least one of F, Cl, or N, 0.66?x?1, 0<a?0.70, 0<b?0.70, 0<c?0.23, 0?d<0.30, 0?e?0.30, 0?f?0.30, 0???0.30, a+b+c+d+e=1, 0<e+f?0.30, 0<(e+f)/a?0.30, 0.20?d+e+f?0.30, and (b+c)/a?1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zibin LIANG, Qiang LI, Yuhao WANG, Xinxin ZHANG, Jinhua HE
  • Publication number: 20230202864
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Publication number: 20230119115
    Abstract: This application provides a positive-electrode active material and a manufacturing method thereof. The positive-electrode active material includes a positive-electrode active material matrix and a coating layer, and the coating layer coats a surface of the positive-electrode active material matrix. The positive-electrode active material matrix is Li1+a[NixCoyMnzMb]O2, where 0 < x < 1, 0 ? y < 0.3, 0 ? z < 0.3, 0 < a < 0.2, 0 < b < 0.2, x + y + z + b = 1, and preferably, 0.8 ? x < 1. The element M is selected from more than one of Mg, Ca, Sb, Ce, Ti, Zr, Al, Zn, and B, and the coating layer contains a cobalt-containing compound, an aluminum-containing compound, and a boron-containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jinhua HE, Qi WU, Jingpeng FAN, Qiang CHEN, Yuxiang ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11613474
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R 3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220407059
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery. The positive electrode active material includes bulk particles and an element M1-containing oxide coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the bulk particles. The bulk particle includes a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide. Bulk phases of the bulk particles are uniformly doped with element M2. A surface layer of the bulk particle is an exterior doped layer doped with element M3. Element M1 and element M3 are each independently selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ce, Ti, Zr, Zn, Y, and B, and element M2 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Patent number: 11527752
    Abstract: This application provides a positive active material and a preparation method thereof, an electrochemical battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The positive active material includes an inner core and a coating layer, where the coating layer coats a surface of the inner core. The inner core is selected from a ternary material with a molecular formula of Li1+a[NixCoyMnzMbM?c]O2?dYd, where distribution of each of the doping elements M, M?, and Y in the inner core meets the following condition: there is a reduced mass concentration gradient from an outer side of the inner core to a center of the inner core. The positive active material herein features high gram capacity, high structural stability, and high thermal stability, so that the electrochemical battery has excellent cycle performance and storage performance and high initial discharge gram capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Changyin Ji
  • Patent number: 11444349
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery to alleviate the impact on the main body of the battery and for improving the safety performance of the battery. The battery comprises a package case and a circuit board, wherein the package case forms a first surface and a buffer member is arranged between the circuit board and the first surface. In the present application, the buffer member between the circuit board and the first surface may alleviate the force received on the first surface, thereby alleviating the impact on the electrode assembly of the battery, avoiding the damage of the positive and negative electrode plates and the short circuit caused by the contact between the positive and negative electrodes, and improving the safety of battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jiaxin An, Jinhua He, Wei Gao, Jinhui Chen, Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 11417883
    Abstract: The present application discloses positive electrode active material, preparation method thereof, positive electrode plate, lithium-ion secondary battery and battery module, pack, and apparatus. The positive electrode active material includes a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide satisfying a chemical formula Li1+a[NixCoyMnzMb]O2, in the formula, M is a doping element at transition metal site, 0.5?x<1, 0?y<0.3, 0?z<0.3, ?0.1?a<0.2, 0<b<0.3, x+y+z+b=1, wherein the positive electrode active material has a layered crystal structure and belongs to space group R3m; under the condition that the positive electrode active material is in 78% delithiation state, at least part of the doping elements M have a chemical valence of +3 or more, and surface oxygen of the positive electrode active material has an average valence state of VO satisfying ?2.0?VO??1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi Dou, Chunhua Hu, Yao Jiang, Qi Wu, Jinhua He, Bin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220185699
    Abstract: This application relates to a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a lithium-ion secondary battery and related battery module, battery pack, and apparatus. The positive electrode active material of this application includes a composite oxide of lithium, boron, and a transition metal element, where the transition metal element includes element nickel, and a molar ratio of element nickel to element lithium ranges from 0.55 to 0.95; the positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by primary particles; at least 50% of the primary particles in the secondary particle are arranged radially; in the outermost layer of the secondary particle, 70% or more of the primary particles each have at least two parallel sides; and in a cross section through the center of the secondary particle, 60% or more of the primary particles each have at least two parallel sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qi WU, Changyin JI, Jinhua HE, Liangbin LIU, Jing SUN
  • Publication number: 20220185697
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack and apparatus related thereto. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles are a lithium transition metal oxide, and a transition metal site of the lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel and a doping element; and a Young's modulus E of the primary particles satisfies 175 GPa?E?220 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185695
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes matrix particles and a coating layer covering an exterior surface of the matrix particle, where the matrix particle includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, and the coating layer includes an oxide of element M1; the matrix particle is doped with element M2 and element M3, element M2 in the matrix particle is uniformly distributed, and element M3 in the matrix particle has a decreasing concentration from the exterior surface to a core of the matrix particle; and element M1 and element M3 are each independently selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ba, Ti, Zr, Zn, and B, and element M2 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185696
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R3m; a transition metal layer of the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element, and the local mass concentration of the doping element in particles of the positive electrode active material has a relative deviation of 20% or less; and in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum of the positive electrode active material in a 78% delithiation state, an initial exothermic temperature of a main exothermic peak is 200° C. or more, and an integral area of the main exothermic peak is 100 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220185698
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and apparatus containing the lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles include a layered nickel-containing lithium composite oxide, and the nickel-containing lithium composite oxide includes a doping element; and when the positive electrode active material is charged from an 11% delithiated state to a 78% delithiated state at a rate of 0.1C, a lattice of the primary particles has a maximum shrinkage rate satisfying ?amax?3.00% in an a-axis direction, and a maximum swelling rate satisfying ?cmax?3.02% in a c-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220181675
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material, including bulk particles and a coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the bulk particles, where the bulk particle includes a lithium composite oxide that contains element nickel and a doping element M1, and the coating layer includes an oxide of element M2. When the positive electrode active material is in a 11% delithiated state, average valences of element M1 and M2 are ?1 and ?1, respectively; when the positive electrode active material is in a 78% delithiated state, average valences of element M1 and M2 are ?2 and ?2, respectively; and ?2>?1, ?1=?2. Element M1 includes one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Se, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W, and element M2 is selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Zr, Zn, Y, and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220177328
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery are disclosed. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide. In the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the number of moles of nickel accounts for 50% to 95% of the total number of moles of nickel, cobalt, and manganese. The lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure with a space group R3m. The lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide includes a doping element. When the positive electrode active material is in a 78% delithiated state, the doping element has two or more different valence states, and the amount of doping element in a highest valence state accounts for 40% to 90% of the total amount of doping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG
  • Publication number: 20220181622
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive electrode active material, including secondary particles and a coating layer applied on an exterior surface of each of the secondary particles, where the secondary particle includes a lithium transition metal oxide that contains a doping element M1, the coating layer includes an oxide of element M2, M1 is selected from one or more of Si, Ti, Cr, Mo, V, Ge, Se, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Pd, Sb, Te, Ce, and W, and M2 is selected from one or more of Mg, Al, Ca, Ce, Ti, Zr, Zn, Y, and B; a relative deviation of local mass concentration of element M1 in the secondary particle is less than 20%; and the secondary particle from the core to the exterior surface of the particle includes a plurality of layers of primary particles arranged along radial direction of the secondary particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushi DOU, Chunhua HU, Yao JIANG, Qi WU, Jinhua HE, Bin DENG