Patents by Inventor Min Kyu You

Min Kyu You 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: 10868285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery cell including: an electrode assembly configured of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separation membrane; and a battery case in which a sealing surplus part is formed at an external circumference in a state that the electrode assembly is built in a receiving unit, wherein the battery case is formed of a sheet-shaped structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an electrode terminal of the sheet-shaped structure is protruded through one side sealing surplus part of the battery case, and the electrode terminal is in contact with one surface or the other surface opposite to the one surface of the sealing surplus part in a state that the electrode terminal is bent in the first surface direction or the second surface direction of the battery case at the protrude part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin, Hong Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20200343537
    Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material and a positive electrode active material prepared by the method are provided. The method includes dry-mixing and then heat treating a lithium cobalt oxide particle represented by Formula 1 and one or more lithium metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum oxide, lithium zirconium oxide, and lithium titanium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10784539
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly, including two or more positive electrode plates and two or more negative electrode plates laminated with each of separators interposed therebetween, wherein both side end portions of the electrode assembly are bent together in the same direction by a curvature radius (R) satisfying the following Equation 1: S[{1/ln(x/y)}*t]=R??1 wherein t is an average thickness (mm) of the laminated electrode assembly, x is a horizontal length of the electrode assembly, and y is a vertical length of the electrode assembly, and S is a constant of 10 or more, and ln(x/y)?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sung Joong Kang, Eun Kyung Mok, In Sung Uhm
  • Patent number: 10763507
    Abstract: The present invention provides a precursor for the production of a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery comprising: a core composed of transition metal hydroxides including nickel(Ni) and manganese(Mn) and further including anions other than hydroxyl groups(OH), or transition metal hydroxides including nickel(Ni), manganese(Mn) and cobalt(Co) and further including anions other than hydroxyl groups(OH); and a shell composed of transition metal hydroxides including cobalt(Co) and further including anions other than hydroxyl groups(OH), and a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery produced using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin
  • Publication number: 20200259172
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material is provided. The lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material includes a core portion including a lithium cobalt-based oxide represented by Formula 1 and a shell portion including a lithium cobalt-based oxide represented by Formula 2, wherein the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material includes 2500 ppm or more, preferably 3000 ppm or more of a doping element M based on the total weight of the positive electrode active material. An inflection point does not appear in a voltage profile measured during charging/discharging a secondary battery including the lithium cobalt-based positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 10741872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery having a core-shell structure which comprises: a core composed of lithium transition metal oxides including nickel(Ni), manganese(Mn) and cobalt(Co); and a shell composed of lithium transition metal oxides including cobalt(Co), wherein an inorganic material layer is further formed by coating on the surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin, Hong Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20200251731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery which includes primary particles of Co3O4 or Co0OH, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 pm or more, and a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which includes particles of a lithium cobalt-based oxide, wherein the primary particle contains a doping element in an amount of 2,500 ppm or more, and has an average particle diameter (D50) of 15 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20200220173
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material being a lithium cobalt-based oxide includes a doping element M. A lithium cobalt-based oxide particle containing the doping element M in an amount of 3,000 ppm or more, wherein in a bulk portion corresponding to 90% of a core side among the radius from a core of the particle to a surface thereof, the doping element M in the lithium cobalt-based oxide particle is contained at a constant concentration, and in a surface portion from the surface of the particle to 100 nm in a core direction, the doping element M is contained at a concentration equal to or higher than that in the bulk portion and has a concentration in which the concentration thereof is gradient gradually decreased in the core direction from the surface of the particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Min Kyu You, Sung Bin Park, Hyuck Hur, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20200083522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide, wherein the lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide is represented by the following 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; wherein a coating layer containing 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, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi Beom Han, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 10581071
    Abstract: The present invention provides a precursor for the production of positive electrode active material for a secondary battery comprising: a core containing transition metal hydroxides comprising nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), or transition metal hydroxides comprising nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) and cobalt (Co); and a shell containing transition metal hydroxides comprising cobalt (Co), and a positive electrode active material produced using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin, Hong Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20200058928
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a flexible electrode, including the steps of: (i) coating a porous current collector having a plurality of pores with an active material slurry having a solid content of 30-50% and drying the active material slurry to form an active material coating layer; (ii) coating an active material slurry having a solid content of 30-50% on the active material coating layer formed from the preceding step and drying the active material slurry to form an additional active material coating layer; and (iii) repeating step (ii) n times (1?n?5) to form multiple active material coating layers, thereby forming an electrode active material layer in the pores and on the surface of the porous current collector in a non-press mode. A flexible electrode obtained from the method and a lithium secondary battery including the flexible electrode are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Ryoun Kim, Min-Kyu You, In-Sung Uhm
  • Publication number: 20200020946
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuck Hur, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sung Bin Park, Jin Tae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20200020942
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material contains a lithium-rich lithium manganese-based oxide, wherein the lithium manganese-based oxide has a composition of the following chemical formula (1), and wherein a lithium ion conductive glass-ceramic solid electrolyte layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of thio-LISICON(thio-lithium super ionic conductor), LISICON(lithium super ionic conductor), Li2S—SiS2—Li4SiO4, and Li2S—SiS2—P2S5—Lil is formed on the surface of the lithium manganese-based oxide particle: Li1?xMyMn1?x?yO2?zQz ??(1) wherein, 0<x?0.2, 0<y?0.2, and 0?z?0.5; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Ga, In, Ru, Zn, Zr, Nb, Sn, Mo, Sr, Sb, W, Ti and Bi; and Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, N, F, S and Cl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi Beom Han, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Min Kyu You, Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Inseong Ju, Hyuck Hur, Younguk Park, Tae Gu Yoo
  • Publication number: 20190221881
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery including (S1) providing a battery frame including a battery casing, the battery casing including a first side and a second side, the first side including a three-dimensional porous positive electrode current collector and the second side including a three-dimensional porous negative electrode current collector; (S2) introducing a positive electrode active material to the pores formed in the positive electrode current collector, and introducing a negative electrode active material to the pores formed in the negative electrode current collector; and (S3) pressing the battery casing to deform the battery casing into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu YOU, Sung-Joong KANG, Ju-Ryoun KIM, In-Sung UHM
  • Publication number: 20190027755
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery, characterized in that a carbon nanotube sheet is provided on one surface or both surfaces of a current collector, and an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material is applied on the carbon nanotube sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, In Sung Uhm, Eun Kyung Mok
  • Publication number: 20180337408
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery in which two or more unit electrodes are laminated in a state of being in close contact with each other, and mutually adjacent unit electrodes are electrically connected through an electrode mixture, wherein in each of the unit electrodes, the electrode mixture containing an electrode active material is introduced into pores of a unit current collector with a three-dimensional network structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Mok, Min Kyu You, In Sung Uhm
  • Publication number: 20180301760
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly, including two or more positive electrode plates and two or more negative electrode plates laminated with each of separators interposed therebetween, wherein both side end portions of the electrode assembly are bent together in the same direction by a curvature radius (R) satisfying the following Equation 1: S[{1/ln(x/y)}*t]=R??1 wherein t is an average thickness (mm) of the laminated electrode assembly, x is a horizontal length of the electrode assembly, and y is a vertical length of the electrode assembly, and S is a constant of 10 or more, and ln(x/y)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sung Joong Kang, Eun Kyung Mok, In Sung Uhm
  • Publication number: 20180287103
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly having a one directionally spiral-wound structure with a separator sheet interposed between a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet, wherein the electrode assembly has a horizontal length (x) equal to or more than three times a vertical length (y), and both side end portions of the electrode assembly are bent together in the same direction by a curvature radius (R) satisfying the following Equation 1: S[{1/ln(x/y)}*t]=R??1 wherein t is an average thickness (mm) of the spiral-wound electrode assembly, x is the horizontal length of the electrode assembly, and y is the vertical length of the electrode assembly, and S is a constant of 8 or more, and ln(x/y)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sung Joong Kang, Ji Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20180241073
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery having a core-shell structure which comprises: a core composed of lithium transition metal oxides including nickel(Ni), manganese(Mn) and cobalt(Co); and a shell composed of lithium transition metal oxides including cobalt(Co), wherein an inorganic material layer is further formed by coating on the surface of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Ho Suk Shin, Hong Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20180241015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery cell including: an electrode assembly configured of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separation membrane; and a battery case in which a sealing surplus part is formed at an external circumference in a state that the electrode assembly is built in a receiving unit, wherein the battery case is formed of a sheet-shaped structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an electrode terminal of the sheet-shaped structure is protruded through one side sealing surplus part of the battery case, and the electrode terminal is in contact with one surface or the other surface opposite to the one surface of the sealing surplus part in a state that the electrode terminal is bent in the first surface direction or the second surface direction of the battery case at the protrude part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Kyu YOU, Ho Suk SHIN, Hong Kyu PARK