Patents by Inventor Ran Choi

Ran Choi 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: 20260237676
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an all-solid-state battery in which a lithium layer is formed during a charging process without the formation of a separate anode active material layer on an anode current collector in a battery manufacturing process is provided, the all-solid-state battery being capable of: further maximizing energy density without the inclusion of amorphous carbon between the anode current collector and a solid electrolyte layer, and preventing lithium dendrite from growing through gaps in the solid electrolyte layer according to the repetition of charging and discharging without the inclusion of amorphous carbon, thereby enabling the problem of shorting or capacity degradation to be solved and, furthermore, having excellent capacity retention during cycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Jeeho Yom, Ran Choi
  • Publication number: 20260229723
    Abstract: By bonding a lead tab of a specific material to electrode tabs with low welding energy, the problem of detachment of a negative electrode protective layer can be solved, and also, in an all-solid-state battery comprising the lead tab bonded to the electrode tabs, the electrolyte and lead tab do not contact each other thus not inducing a lithiation reaction, the lead tab for bonding to electrode tabs and all-solid-state battery comprising the lead tab bonded to the electrode tabs. The lead tab for bonding to electrode tabs forms a bonding portion by bonding with the electrode tabs of the electrode assembly for all-solid-state battery, in which the lead included in the bonding portion contains aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Jaegil LEE, Seunghe WOO, Dong Chan LEE, Ran CHOI
  • Publication number: 20260229492
    Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer, wherein the active material layer comprises carbon material particles, metal particles, and metal oxide particles, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the negative electrode, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Yi Jin JUNG, Min Sang SONG, Ran CHOI, Jeeho YOM
  • Publication number: 20250309243
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes the lithium-free negative electrode having two or more carbon materials with different particle sizes to increase the contact area with the solid electrolyte. The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer disposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a first carbon material; a second carbon material; and Ag; wherein the first carbon material and the second carbon material have different average particle sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Yoon Kim, Dakyung Han, Yi Jin Jung, Dong Chan Lee, Ran Choi, Sulcham Kim, Jeeho Yom
  • Publication number: 20250259996
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes the lithium-free negative electrode having two or more carbon materials with different particle sizes to increase the contact area with the solid electrolyte. The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer disposed between the solid electrolyte layer and the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a first carbon material; a second carbon material; and Ag; wherein the first carbon material and the second carbon material have different average particle sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Yoon Kim, Dakyung Han, Yi Jin Jung, Dong Chan Lee, Ran Choi, Sulcham Kim, Jeeho Yom
  • Publication number: 20250253323
    Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes one or more layers, and any one of the one or more layers of the negative electrode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount of 2 to 10 at %. A lithium-ion secondary battery containing the negative electrode and a method of making the negative electrode are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran Choi, Jeeho Yom, Suicham Kim, Dong Chan Lee, Dakyung Han, Yi Jin Jung, Na Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250253312
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that comprises a carbon material and Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Yoon Kim, Dakyung Han, Yi Jin Jung, Dong Chan Lee, Ran Choi, Sulcham Kim, Jeeho Yom
  • Publication number: 20250233134
    Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that comprises a carbon material and Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Yoon Kim, Dakyung Han, Yi Jin Jung, Dong Chan Lee, Ran Choi, Sulcham Kim, Jeeho Yom
  • Publication number: 20250226453
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an all-solid-state battery capable of suppressing a short phenomenon occurring at a lateral portion during battery operation by laminating each of the unit cells after isostatic pressurization is provided. The method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery includes the steps of a) sequentially laminating a solid electrolyte and a positive electrode on one side or both sides of a negative electrode to form a monocell or bicell; b) isostatically pressurizing the monocell or bicell; and c) laminating two or more of the isostatically pressurized monocells or bicells with a positive electrode current collector interposed therebetween, thereby contacting both sides of the interposed positive electrode current collector with the positive electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jaegil LEE, Seunghe WOO, Ran CHOI, Choonghyeon LEE, Jeongbeom LEE
  • Patent number: 12330143
    Abstract: A carrier-nanoparticle complex including: a carbon carrier; a polymer layer provided on a surface of the carbon carrier; and metal nanoparticles provided on the polymer layer, a catalyst including the same, an electrochemical cell or a fuel cell including the catalyst, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Wonkyun Lee, Sang Hoon Kim, Gyo Hyun Hwang, Jun Yeon Cho, Kwanghyun Kim, Ran Choi
  • Publication number: 20250132334
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an all-solid-state battery using lithium or a lithium alloy as an anode active material, the all-solid-state battery including: a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer, a coating layer, and an anode current collector, wherein the coating layer comprises an amorphous carbon, wherein the amorphous carbon comprises a nitrogen-containing amorphous carbon, and wherein a nitrogen amount (atomic %) included in the coating layer ranges from 0.5% to 7%. The all-solid-state battery according to the present disclosure may exhibit excellent capacity retention over cycles during high-rate charge and discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Ran CHOI, Jee Ho YOM
  • Publication number: 20240405220
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium-sulfur battery having a high energy density, which is capable of utilizing 80% or more of the theoretical discharging capacity, 1,675 mAh/g, of sulfur by using SSE (sparingly solvating electrolyte) electrolyte system (discharging capacity: ˜1,600 mAh/gs) rather than the existing catholyte electrolyte system (discharging capacity: ˜1,200 mAh/gs) and by not using a nitrile-based solvent, and also is capable of implementing an excellent life performance by using a positive electrode carbon material having high specific surface area. The lithium-sulfur battery comprises an electrolyte including a first solvent containing a fluorine-based ether compound, a second solvent containing a glyme-based compound, and a lithium salt; and a positive electrode including an active material containing sulfur and a carbon material, and the carbon material includes two or more carbon materials having different average pore sizes from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Intae PARK, Yonghwi Kim, Ran Choi, Changhoon Lee, Hyunsoo Lee, Myeongjun Song, Seonghyo Park
  • Patent number: 12057587
    Abstract: A method for preparing a support for an electrode catalyst including forming first and second polymer layers having charges different from each other on a surface of a carbon support and carbonizing the result, wherein the polymers included in the first and the second polymer layers are an aromatic compound including a heteroatom, and the first or the second polymer includes a pyridine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Wonkyun Lee, Sang Hoon Kim, Gyo Hyun Hwang, Jun Yeon Cho, Kwanghyun Kim, Ran Choi
  • Publication number: 20240234687
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery, including a sulfur-carbon composite as a positive electrode active material. The sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbonaceous material having a high specific surface area, and the total pore volume in the carbonaceous material and a volume of pores having a specific diameter are controlled to specific ranges. Also disclosed is a lithium-sulfur battery using the sulfur-carbon composite. The lithium-sulfur battery shows reduced initial irreversible capacity and improved output characteristics and life characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: In-Tae PARK, Yong-Hwi KIM, Seong-Hyo PARK, Myeong-Jun SONG, Hyun-Soo LEE, Ran CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240234685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising Mo6S8 treated with a base as an additive for a positive electrode active material layer, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ran CHOI, Kwonnam SOHN
  • Publication number: 20240178438
    Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery with improved lifetime performance is provided. The lithium-sulfur battery comprises an electrolyte including a first solvent containing fluorine-based ether compounds, a second solvent containing a glyme-based compound, and a lithium salt containing lithium bis (pentafluoroethanesulfonyl) imide; and a positive electrode including an active material containing sulfur and carbon material, and can utilize 80% or more of the theory discharging capacity of sulfur and can operate for a long life, by using an electrolyte system of SSE excluding nitrile solvents and at the same time applying a carbon material with a high specific surface area to the positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Seonghyo PARK, Changhoon LEE, Intae PARK, Ran CHOI, Hyunsoo LEE, Yonghwi KIM, Myeongjun SONG
  • Publication number: 20240150178
    Abstract: A porous carbon material, a method for preparing the same, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same are provided. The porous carbon material has a specific surface area of 200 to 1,700 m2/g and impurities therefrom are removed through pre-treatment using microwaves. The porous carbon material, when applied to the positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery, improves the charging overvoltage problem of the lithium-sulfur battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Myeongjun Song, Intae Park, Ran Choi, Hyunsoo Lee, Yonghwi Kim, Seonghyo Park, Seungbo Yang
  • Publication number: 20240145673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery. The positive electrode includes a sulfur-carbon composite as a positive electrode active material. The sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbonaceous material having a high porosity and high specific surface area. Therefore, when the sulfur-carbon composite is applied to a battery, the battery shows a reduced initial irreversible capacity and improved output characteristics and life characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: In-Tae PARK, Yong-Hwi KIM, Seong-Hyo PARK, Myeong-Jun SONG, Hyun-Soo LEE, Ran CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240136502
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery, including a sulfur-carbon composite as a positive electrode active material. The sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbonaceous material having a high specific surface area, and the total pore volume in the carbonaceous material and a volume of pores having a specific diameter are controlled to specific ranges. Also disclosed is a lithium-sulfur battery using the sulfur-carbon composite. The lithium-sulfur battery shows reduced initial irreversible capacity and improved output characteristics and life characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: In-Tae PARK, Yong-Hwi KIM, Seong-Hyo PARK, Myeong-Jun SONG, Hyun-Soo LEE, Ran CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240113297
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery is provided. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material comprising a first and second sulfur-carbon composites respectively comprising a first and a second carbonaceous materials having a different specific surface area and pore volume from each other, and provides reduced initial irreversible capacity and improved output characteristics and life characteristics of a secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: In-Tae PARK, Yong-Hwi KIM, Seong-Hyo PARK, Myeong-Jun SONG, Hyun-Soo LEE, Ran CHOI