Patents by Inventor Wen Xiu Wang

Wen Xiu Wang 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: 12176533
    Abstract: In one arrangement, the present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material including a nickel-cobalt-manganese-based lithium transition metal oxide which contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium, wherein the nickel-cobalt-manganese-based lithium transition metal oxide is doped with doping element M1 (where the doping element M1 is a metallic element including Al) and doping element M2 (where the doping element M2 is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, La, Ti, Zn, B, W, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ru, Cu, Cd, Ag, Y, Sc, Ga, In, As, Sb, Pt, Au, and Si), where the doping element M1 can be in an amount of 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm, and the doping element M1 and the doping element M2 are included in a weight ratio of 50:50 to 99:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Xiu Wang, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, So Ra Baek, Eun Sol Lho
  • Patent number: 12046750
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a lithium composite transition metal oxide particle including nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) and including at least one of manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle includes 60 mol % or greater of the nickel (Ni) in all metals excluding lithium, a doping element is doped on the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle, and the particle intensity of the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle is 210 MPa to 290 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sol Lho, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, So Ra Baek, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20230378432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Xiu Wang, Do-Hwa Jung, Do-Yeon Kwon, Min-Gyu Kim, Sung-Hwan Kim, Tae-In Kim, Tae-Gyun Noh, Sung-Bin Park, Seung-Hark Park
  • Publication number: 20230095804
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese and having a nickel content for 60 mol % or more, based on metals (M) excluding lithium, and is in the form of single particles having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m, wherein a 100-nm region extending from the surface toward the center of a single particle has crystal structures of a Fd3M and a Fm3m space group, and a phase ratio is 0.2 to 0.7, which is a ratio of a first portion of a maximum straight length of the 100-nm region occupied by the crystal structure of the Fd3M space group to a second portion occupied by the crystal structure of the Fm3m space group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Eun Sol Lho, Sung Bin Park, Seul Ki Kim, Wen Xiu Wang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20230034497
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material, method of making the same, and positive electrode and lithium secondary battery include the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material in a form of single particles, includes a lithium transition metal oxide having nickel (Ni) in an amount greater than 50 mol % based on a total number of moles of transition metals excluding lithium, wherein a single particle has a region of 50 nm or less from a surface of the single particle along a center direction, and wherein a structure belonging to space group FD3-M and a structure belonging to space group Fm3m are formed in the region, and wherein a generation rate of fine powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or less is in a range of 5% to 30% when the positive electrode active material is rolled at 650 kgf/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Eun Sol Lho, Sung Bin Park, Seul Ki Kim, Wen Xiu Wang, Joong Yeop Do, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11532807
    Abstract: A spinel-structured lithium manganese-based positive electrode active material includes a lithium manganese oxide represented by Formula 1, and a coating layer which is disposed on a surface of the lithium manganese oxide and includes at least one coating element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, tungsten, boron, fluorine, phosphorus, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, calcium, zinc, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, strontium, antimony, bismuth, silicon, and sulfur, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material, Li1+aMn2?bM1bO4?cAc??[Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, M1 is at least one metallic element including lithium (Li), A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, and sulfur, 0?a?0.2, 0<b?0.5, and 0?c?0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, Eun Sol Lho, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20220336806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode material including a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material being single particle types and lithium composite transition metal oxides including nickel, cobalt, and manganese and having a nickel content accounting for 60 mol % or more of total metals except for lithium, wherein the first positive electrode active material has a mean particle diameter (D50) of 3 ?m or less and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium to the metals (M) except for lithium of 1.10 to 1.20, and the second positive electrode active material has a mean particle diameter (D50) of greater than 3 ?m and a molar ratio (Li/M) of lithium to the metals (M) except for lithium of 1.00 to 1.13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sol Lho, Sang Min Park, Sung Bin Park, Seul Ki Kim, Wen Xiu Wang, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20220246925
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes mixing a positive electrode active material precursor, a lithium source material, a first firing additive, a second firing additive, and a third firing additive a to form a mixture, wherein the positive electrode active material precursor contains nickel, cobalt, and manganese and has a nickel content of 60 mol % or more relative to a total molar amount of metals in the positive electrode active material precursor, and performing primary firing of the mixture to form a lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the first firing additive is a lithium-containing compound, the second firing additive is a carbonate ion-containing compound, and the third firing additive is a boron-containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sol Lho, Sang Min Park, Wang Mo Jung, Sung Bin Park, Seul Ki Kim, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Patent number: 11258056
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode material including a spinel-structured lithium manganese-based first positive electrode active material and a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt-based second positive electrode active material, wherein the first positive electrode active material includes a lithium manganese oxide represented by Formula 1 and a coating layer which is disposed on a surface of the lithium manganese oxide, the second positive electrode active material is represented by Formula 2, and an average particle diameter of the second positive electrode active material is greater than an average particle diameter of the first positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode material: Li1+aMn2?bM1bO4?cAc??[Formula 1] Li1+x[NiyCozMnwM2v]O2?pBp??[Formula 2]
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, Eun Sol Lho, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20220052331
    Abstract: A method of preparing an octahedral-structured lithium manganese-based positive electrode active material includes mixing a manganese raw material, a raw material including doping element M1, wherein the doping element M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Li, Zn, B, W, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ru, Cu, Cd, Ag, Y, Sc, Ga, In, As, Sb, Pt, Au, and Si, and a lithium raw material and sintering the mixture in an oxygen atmosphere to prepare a lithium manganese oxide having an octahedral structure and doped with the doping element M1, wherein the sintering includes performing first sintering at 400° C. to 700° C. for 3 hours to 10 hours and performing second sintering at 700° C. to 900° C. for 10 hours to 20 hours. Also provided is an octahedral-structured lithium manganese-based positive electrode active material prepared by the above preparation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sol Lho, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, So Ra Baek, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20220045322
    Abstract: In one arrangement, the present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material including a nickel-cobalt-manganese-based lithium transition metal oxide which contains nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of metals excluding lithium, wherein the nickel-cobalt-manganese-based lithium transition metal oxide is doped with doping element M1 (where the doping element M1 is a metallic element including Al) and doping element M2 (where the doping element M2 is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, La, Ti, Zn, B, W, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ru, Cu, Cd, Ag, Y, Sc, Ga, In, As, Sb, Pt, Au, and Si), where the doping element M1 can be in an amount of 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm, and the doping element M1 and the doping element M2 are included in a weight ratio of 50:50 to 99:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Xiu Wang, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, So Ra Baek, Eun Sol Lho
  • Publication number: 20220020983
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a lithium composite transition metal oxide particle including nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) and including at least one of manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle includes 60 mol % or greater of the nickel (Ni) in all metals excluding lithium, a doping element is doped on the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle, and the particle intensity of the lithium composite transition metal oxide particle is 210 MPa to 290 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sol Lho, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, So Ra Baek, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20200119341
    Abstract: A spinel-structured lithium manganese-based positive electrode active material includes a lithium manganese oxide represented by Formula 1, and a coating layer which is disposed on a surface of the lithium manganese oxide and includes at least one coating element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, tungsten, boron, fluorine, phosphorus, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, calcium, zinc, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, strontium, antimony, bismuth, silicon, and sulfur, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material, Li1+aMn2?bM1bO4?cAc ??[Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, M1 is at least one metallic element including lithium (Li), A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, and sulfur, 0?a?0.2, 0<b?0.5, and 0?c?0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, Eun Sol Lho, Wen Xiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20200083524
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode material including a spinel-structured lithium manganese-based first positive electrode active material and a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt-based second positive electrode active material, wherein the first positive electrode active material includes a lithium manganese oxide represented by Formula 1 and a coating layer which is disposed on a surface of the lithium manganese oxide, the second positive electrode active material is represented by Formula 2, and an average particle diameter of the second positive electrode active material is greater than an average particle diameter of the first positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode material: Li1+aMn2-bM1bO4-cAc??[Formula 1] Li1+x[NiyCozMnwM2v]O2-pBp??[Formula 2]
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Wang Mo Jung, Min Suk Kang, Sang Wook Lee, Eun Sol Lho, Wen Xiu Wang