Patents by Inventor Kyoung Ho AHN
Kyoung Ho AHN 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).
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Publication number: 20250253395Abstract: Provided is a gel polymer electrolyte including a matrix polymer including an oligomer containing a fluorine-substituted polyether unit and at least one acrylate unit at the end thereof. The gel polymer electrolyte increases a degree of freedom of Li ions through the immobilization and stabilization of anions to realize an effect of reducing the resistance of a battery, thereby realizing high lithium-ion conductivity. In addition, the matrix polymer structure in the gel polymer electrolyte provides enhanced high-temperature durability, and thus allows the manufacture of a lithium secondary battery having improved high-voltage high-temperature stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung-Ho Ahn, Sol-Ji Park, Won-Kyung Shin, Won-Tae Lee, Jae-Won Lee, Jung-Hoon Lee, Jun-Hyeok Han, Chul-Haeng Lee
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Patent number: 12374719Abstract: The present invention discloses a copolymer for a polymer electrolyte, and a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery which include the same. Specifically, the present invention discloses a copolymer for a polymer electrolyte, which includes a fluorine-based polymer main chain and a unit derived from an acrylate-based monomer or an acrylate-based polymer containing an ion conductive functional group grafted to the fluorine-based polymer main chain, and a gel polymer electrolyte in which lithium ion transfer capability is improved by including the same. Also, the present invention may prepare a lithium secondary battery with enhanced high-temperature safety by including the gel polymer electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sol Ji Park, Su Jeong Kim, Jeong Ae Yoon, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Sung Soo Yoon
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Publication number: 20250233124Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material comprising lithium iron phosphate particles, and the positive electrode has a loading amount of 450 mg/25 cm2 to 740 mg/25 cm2, and the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the organic solvent includes ethylene carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate, and the dimethyl carbonate is included in 5 vol % to 75 vol % in the organic solvent, and the additive contains vinylene carbonate, and the weight ratio of the vinylene carbonate to the dimethyl carbonate is greater than 0 to 0.2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Hyeok Han, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong, Yoon Seok Ko
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Patent number: 12362383Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes: preparing a working electrode including a metal thin film; preparing a composition for forming a first solid electrolyte layer including an additive including at least one salt selected from salts represented by Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 5 and a glyme-based solvent; fabricating a half-cell including the working electrode, a counter electrode, a reference electrode, and the composition for forming a first solid electrolyte layer; forming a first solid electrolyte layer on the working electrode by operating the half-cell; and separating the working electrode on which the first solid electrolyte layer has been formed, and a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery manufactured by the above-described method.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Sol Ji Park, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jun Hyeok Han
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Patent number: 12355059Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrode for a lithium secondary battery which includes forming a first electrolyte layer by immersing an electrode current collector in a composition for forming the first electrolyte layer and applying a current, and forming a second electrolyte layer by immersing the electrode current collector having the first electrolyte layer formed thereon in a composition for forming the second electrolyte layer and applying a current, wherein one of the composition for forming the first electrolyte layer and the composition for forming the second electrolyte layer is a composition for forming an organic electrolyte layer, and another one is a composition for forming an inorganic electrolyte layer, and the composition for forming an inorganic electrolyte layer includes a compound represented by Formula 1.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sol Ji Park, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jun Hyeok Han, Chul Haeng Lee
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Publication number: 20250210714Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material includes lithium iron phosphate particles. A loading amount of the positive electrode is about 450 mg/25 cm2 to 740 mg/25 cm2. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive. The additive includes at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulas 1 to 3 below. The additive is included in the non-aqueous electrolyte in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to 3 wt %. wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and m are as defined above.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Yoon Seok Ko, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jun Hyeok Han, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong, Tae Yeong Im, Soo Min Suh
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Publication number: 20250201921Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery including a phosphonium salt-based ionic liquid as an additive. The present disclosure may also provide a lithium secondary battery having excellent flame retardancy and high-temperature stability while suppressing resistance at low temperatures by applying the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho AHN, Won Tae LEE, You Kyeong JEONG, Min Jung KIM, Won Kyung SHIN, Chul Haeng LEE
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Patent number: 12278335Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer electrolyte for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and to a polymer electrolyte for a secondary battery, which includes a first polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, and a second polymer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group or an oligomer thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Sol Ji Park, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jun Hyeok Han
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Patent number: 12278337Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte composition including a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; a compound represented by a specific formula; and a perfluoropolyether oligomer, a gel polymer electrolyte including a polymer network which is formed by a polymerization reaction of the electrolyte composition, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Won Kyung Shin, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Min Jung Kim, Won Tae Lee, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
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Publication number: 20250006996Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode, and a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode; and an electrolyte composition with which the electrode assembly is impregnated. The anode is provided on at least one side of an anode collector, and has an anode active layer including, as an active anode material, a lithium metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below. The electrolyte composition contains a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, the non-aqueous organic solvent containing, based on the total weight of the non-aqueous organic solvent, 60% by weight or more of a cyclic ester-based solvent represented by Formula 2 below.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: You Kyeong Jeong, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jun Hyeok Han, Young Ho Oh, Yoon Seok Ko, Tae Yeong Im
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Publication number: 20240405270Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including a gel polymer electrolyte formed therefrom, and particularly, to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, which includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent including a glyme-based solvent, an oligomer represented by Formula 1 and having a polymerizable substituent, and a polymerization initiator, and a lithium secondary battery including a gel polymer electrolyte prepared by polymerization of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sol Ji PARK, Kyoung Ho AHN, Jun Hyeok HAN, Chul Haeng LEE
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Publication number: 20240396085Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of the present disclosure may include a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an oligomer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 1 and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 2. Also, the lithium secondary battery of the present disclosure may improve cycle characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics by including the above non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Jun Hyeok HAN, Kyoung Ho AHN, Won Kyung SHIN, Young Ho OH, Chul Haeng LEE
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Publication number: 20240380006Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a gel polymer electrolyte composition, a secondary battery including the same, and a manufacturing method of a secondary battery, and has an advantage of increasing process efficiency by reducing the curing time of a gel polymer electrolyte while preventing leakage of an electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Won Kyung SHIN, Won Tae LEE, Young Ho OH, Chul Haeng LEE, Kyoung Ho AHN
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Publication number: 20240339618Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a gel polymer electrolyte formed by polymerizing an oligomer, wherein one or more electrodes selected from the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an electrode current collector, an electrode active material layer formed on the electrode current collector, and a coating layer formed on the electrode active material layer and including a first binder, and the first binder is bonded to the gel polymer electrolyte, or a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a gel polymer electrolyte formed by polymerizing an oligomer, wherein an electrode active material layer of one or more electrodes selected from the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a seconType: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Won Kyung Shin, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee
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Patent number: 12095084Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lithium battery includes a positive electrode having a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-based electrode active material wherein nickel has a content of 80 mol % or greater, relative to the other transition metals, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt, the lithium salt being contained in a concentration of 1.8 M to 5 M, and wherein the lithium salt includes LiPF6 and a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Won Kyung Shin, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jeong Woo Oh, Min Jung Kim
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Publication number: 20240304874Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode comprising a carbon material as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material of Formula 2, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; a first additive represented by Formula 1; and a second additive which is at least one selected from the group consisting of vinylene carbonate and vinylethylene carbonate is described, in Formulas 1 and 2, all the variables are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Young Ho Oh, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Kyung Shin, Won Tae Lee, Chul Haeng Lee, Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, You Kyeong Jeong
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Patent number: 12068456Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclose herein. The electrolyte composition has improved high temperature safety. In some embodiments, the electrolyte composition includes an additive including a compound represented by Formula 1. Each R1 is independently a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or each R2 is independently a double or triple bond including 2 carbon atoms, each R3 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 10. The additive may reinforce an SEI layer on the surface of an electrode, thereby having advantages of improved storage and lifetime characteristics at a high temperature and a decreased amount of gas generated in the battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Tae Lee, Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Won Kyung Shin, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
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Patent number: 12062756Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery, the composition including: an oligomer represented by Formula 1, an additive, a polymerization initiator, a lithium salt, and a non-aqueous solvent. The additive includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an imide-based compound, a compound having a Si—N-based bond, a nitrile-based compound, a phosphate-based compound, and a borate-based compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jung Hoon Lee
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Publication number: 20240213534Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a novel non-aqueous electrolyte additive and a lithium secondary battery including the same, wherein the additive for the non-aqueous electrolyte additive can form a film on the surface of the electrode during the activation of the rechargeable battery to prevent a large amount of gas from being generated under high temperature conditions by including an ionic compound represented by Formula 1, and can prevent metal ions from eluting from the electrode to cause a decrease in the OCV and a decrease in the capacity retention rate of the cell, thereby effectively improving the durability, performance and high temperature safety of the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: You Kyeong JEONG, Kyoung Ho AHN, Jun Hyeok HAN, Won Kyung SHIN, Won Tae LEE, Su Hyeon JI, Young Ho OH
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Publication number: 20240213531Abstract: The present disclosure aims at providing a gel polymer electrolyte which has a great effect of inhibiting leakage of an organic solvent by confining the organic solvent in a three-dimensional polymer network and has oxidation stability, flame retardancy, thermal stability, and excellent lithium ion conductivity. In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a gel polymer electrolyte including a cross-linked polymer having a thiol-ene structure, wherein the thiol-ene structure is formed by a click reaction of a thiol group of a thiol compound containing at least four reactive thiol groups per molecule and an acrylic group of a fluorinated polyether diacrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicants: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Kyoung Ho AHN, Dong Won KIM, Won Tae LEE, Bo Ra JEONG, Da Ae LIM, Chul Haeng LEE, You Kyeong JEONG