Patents by Inventor Mokwon Kim

Mokwon Kim 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: 20210242470
    Abstract: A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material includes: a porous electrically conductive framework substrate; and a coating layer disposed on a surface of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate, wherein the coating layer includes at least one of a lithium-containing metal oxide or a composite including a lithium-containing metal oxide, and wherein a porosity of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate is about 70 percent to about 99 percent, based on a total volume of the cathode, and an areal resistance of the porous electrically conductive framework substrate is about 0.01 milliohms per square centimeter to about 100 milliohms per square centimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Mokwon KIM, Jungock PARK, Hyunpyo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210242469
    Abstract: A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material, the cathode including: a porous film, wherein the porous film includes a metal oxide, and wherein a surface of the porous film has root mean square (RMS) roughness (Rq) of about 0.01 micrometer to about 1 micrometer, and a porosity of the porous film is about 50 volume percent to about 99 volume percent, based on a total volume of the porous film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hyunpyo LEE, Taeyoung KIM, Mokwon KIM, Wonsung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210226224
    Abstract: A cathode for an air battery includes a porous conductive material; and a base-resistant compound on a surface of the porous conductive material, the base-resistant compound having a 0 or positive Gibbs free energy at 2 V to 4.5 V vs Li/Li+ at a pH of about 7 to about 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Sangbok Ma, Mokwon Kim, Donghwa Seo
  • Patent number: 11056738
    Abstract: A metal-air battery including a cathode including a metal; an anode including a composite conductive material; a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode; and a vapor supplier configured to supply a vapor to the anode and the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mokwon Kim, Heungchan Lee, Sangbok Ma, Jungock Park, Hyunjin Kim, Wonsung Choi
  • Publication number: 20210194078
    Abstract: A lithium air battery including: a lithium air cell including a cathode configured to use oxygen as cathode active materials, an anode capable of storing and releasing lithium ions, and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode; and a water vapour supply unit including a basic metal compound and water, wherein the water vapour supply unit is configured to supply water to the cathode of the lithium air cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Wonsung CHOI, Mokwon KIM, Taeyoung KIM, Jungock PARK, Hyunpyo LEE, Kyounghwan CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210126240
    Abstract: A cathode for a metal-air battery, the cathode including a mixed conductor; and first pores having a size of about 1 micrometer (?m) or greater, wherein an amount of the first pores is about 30 volume percent (volume %) or greater, with respect to a total volume of pores in the cathode, and a total porosity of the cathode is about 50% or greater, based on a total volume of the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hyunpyo LEE, Mokwon KIM, Taeyoung KIM, Wonsung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210126283
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte-cathode assembly including a plurality of cathode layers spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and an electrolyte layer including an amorphous solid electrolyte and a crystalline solid electrolyte including a plurality of crystalline solid electrolyte particles, wherein the amorphous solid electrolyte is on a surface of a cathode layer of the plurality of cathode layers and the crystalline solid electrolyte is within the amorphous solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sungjin LIM, Huisu JEONG, Jin S. HEO, Kyounghwan KIM, Mokwon KIM, Hwiyeol PARK
  • Patent number: 10818932
    Abstract: A gas diffusion layer for a metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films that are arranged to be stacked, and the carbon nanotube thin films may include a plurality of first carbon nanotubes arranged in a predetermined direction. The gas diffusion layer for the metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged such that they cross each other by a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (“FCCVD”) method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dongjoon Lee, Chong rae Park, Yeonsu Jung, Young shik Cho, Minhoo Byeon, Hyukjae Kwon, Mokwon Kim, Joonhee Kim, Hyunjin Kim, Hyunpyo Lee, Heungchan Lee, Dongmin Im
  • Patent number: 10770768
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes an anode portion including a metal; a cathode portion including a porous layer, wherein the porous layer includes a reduced non-stacked graphene oxide; and an electrolyte disposed between the anode portion and the cathode portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Insun Jung, Hyukjae Kwon, Mokwon Kim, Junghwa Kim, Sunjung Byun, Daeun Yu, Dongjin Yun, Hyangsook Lee
  • Publication number: 20200220180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode, a lithium air battery including a cathode, and a method of preparing the lithium air battery. A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material, the cathode including: a lithium alloy represented by Formula 1 LixMy ??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is Pb, Sn, Mo, Hf, U, Nb, Th, Ta, Bi, Mg, Al, Si, Zn, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Pt, or Au, 0<x?10, 0<y?10, and 0<x/y<10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Wonsung CHOI, Hyunjin KIM, Kyounghwan CHOI, Mokwon KIM, Daiki MINAMI
  • Patent number: 10707495
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: at least one positive electrode layer, which is configured for using oxygen as an active material and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a gas diffusion layer on the first surface of the positive electrode layer and including a plurality of carbon fibers; an electrolyte layer on the second surface of the positive electrode layer; and a negative electrode metal layer on the electrolyte layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a plurality of grooves, and wherein portions of the plurality of carbon fibers are in the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungock Park, Mokwon Kim, Joonhee Kim, Dongmin Im
  • Publication number: 20200212451
    Abstract: A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material comprising a conductive layer including an electronic conductor, wherein the conductive layer is free of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hyunjin Kim, Wonsung Choi, Mokwon Kim, Seongheon Kim, Dongmin Im, Kyounghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10693148
    Abstract: A cathode includes: a porous carbon structure including a carbon nanostructure, wherein the porous carbon structure includes small-diameter pores having an average diameter of about 25 nanometers to about 200 nanometers, and large-diameter pores having an average diameter of greater than 200 nanometers to about 1.6 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjin Kim, Hyunpyo Lee, Mokwon Kim, Dongmin Im
  • Publication number: 20200153067
    Abstract: A metal-air battery including a cathode including a metal; an anode including a composite conductive material; a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode; and a vapor supplier configured to supply a vapor to the anode and the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mokwon KIM, Heungchan LEE, Sangbok MA, Jungock PARK, Hyunjin KIM, Wonsung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200152994
    Abstract: A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material, the cathode including: a cathode mixed conductor; and an additive disposed on the cathode mixed conductor and having a boiling temperature of about 200° C. or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jungock Park, Dongjoon Lee, Mokwon Kim, Hwiyeol Park, Heungchan Lee
  • Patent number: 10637073
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a metal-air battery, the positive electrode including: a first layer disposed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane or a separator and including a first carbon material, a first electrolyte, and a first binder having an affinity with the first electrolyte; and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second carbon material, a second electrolyte, and a second binder having an affinity with the second electrolyte, wherein the first carbon material is different from the second carbon material, the first carbon material has a Brunauer Emmett Teller specific surface area which is greater than a Brunauer Emmett Teller specific surface area of the second carbon material, and wherein an amount of the first binder may be about 1.5 times to about 3 times greater than an amount of the second binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungock Park, Mokwon Kim, Joonhee Kim, Kyounghwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20200112054
    Abstract: A composite cathode including: a cathode conductor layer including a mixed conductor; and a cathode junction layer adjacent to the cathode conductor layer, the cathode junction layer including a solid electrolyte, wherein the mixed conductor has a lithium-ion conductivity and an electrical conductivity, and wherein the solid electrolyte has a lithium-ion conductivity. In addition, the present disclosure provides a lithium-air battery including the composite cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dongjoon LEE, Mokwon KIM, Sangbok MA, Jungock PARK, Heungchan LEE
  • Publication number: 20190382525
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, a1, a2, and a11 in Formula 1 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Dongjoon LEE, Jeremiah A. JOHNSON, Mingjun HUANG, Shuting FENG, Wenxu ZHANG, Hyukjae KWON, Mokwon KIM, Taeyoung KIM, Yang SHAO-HORN, Livia GIORDANO
  • Patent number: 10381697
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-air battery including a cathode having an air path. The metal-air battery includes a plurality of folded cells stacked in a direction, and each of the folded cells includes: an anode having a U-shape defined by first and second portions separated from and parallel to each other, and a side portion which connects the first and the second portions to each other; an anode protection film arranged on an inner surface of the anode; and a first cathode and a second cathode on the anode protection film, the first cathode and the second cathode arranged facing each other between the first portion and the second portion of the anode. The first cathode and the second cathode each includes a base which contacts the anode protection film, and a plurality of protrusion units extended from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjin Kim, Mokwon Kim, Joonhee Kim, Hyunpyo Lee, Dongmin Im
  • Publication number: 20190198887
    Abstract: A gas diffusion layer for a metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films that are arranged to be stacked, and the carbon nanotube thin films may include a plurality of first carbon nanotubes arranged in a predetermined direction. The gas diffusion layer for the metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged such that they cross each other by a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (“FCCVD”) method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Dongjoon Lee, Chong rae Park, Yeonsu Jung, Young shik Cho, Minhoo Byeon, Hyukjae Kwon, Mokwon Kim, Joonhee Kim, Hyunjin Kim, Hyunpyo Lee, Heungchan Lee, Dongmin Im