Patents by Inventor You-Kyong Seo

You-Kyong Seo 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: 20230411600
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor, a method of preparing the same, and positive electrode active material prepared from the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a positive electrode active material precursor includes a spherical secondary particle formed by aggregation of primary particles and includes a core portion composed of randomly oriented primary particles, a first shell portion which is formed on the first core portion and composed of the primary particles having a (001) plane oriented in a direction from a center of the secondary particle toward a surface thereof, and a second shell portion which is formed on the first shell portion and composed of randomly oriented primary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hoo Jeong, Myung Gi Jeong, Jin Wook Ju, Jong Hyun Shim, You Kyong Seo, Ye Hyeon Gu
  • Publication number: 20230312366
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor is capable of achieving a positive electrode active material in the form of a single particle even by a heat treatment at a low temperature. A positive electrode active material precursor has the composition represented by Formula 1 described in the present specification and includes a composite transition metal in the form of a single particle. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor and a method of preparing a positive electrode active material using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hoo Jeong, Myung Gi Jeong, Jin Wook Ju, You Kyong Seo, Jong Hyun Shim, Ye Hyeon Gu
  • Publication number: 20230295007
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a method for preparing the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises heating a mixed solution to combust the mixed solution into a powder, wherein the mixed solution includes a first fuel, a second fuel, a metal raw material, and water, and heat treating the powder wherein the first fuel is least one first fuel selected from the group consisting of urea, glycine, carbohydrazide, oxalyldihydrazide, and hexamethylenetetramine, the second fuel is at least one second fuel selected from the group consisting of citric acid, oxalic acid, sucrose, glucose, and acetylacetone, and the metal raw material includes a lithium raw material, a nickel raw material, a cobalt raw material, and a manganese raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Shim, Myung Gi Jeong, You Kyong Seo, Ye Hyeon Gu, Jin Hoo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230278887
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material; includes a first step of preparing a sintered product by mixing a positive electrode active material precursor and a lithium-containing raw material and sintering the mixture, a second step of preparing a lithium transition metal oxide having a coating layer including a lithium chelate compound formed thereon by washing the sintered product using a washing solution, in which a coating layer precursor including a chelate anion is included, and drying the sintered product, and a third step of preparing a lithium transition metal oxide having a coating layer including a Li-M-O solid solution formed thereon by performing a heat treatment on the lithium transition metal oxide having the coating layer including the lithium chelate compound formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: You Kyong Seo, Ye Hyeon Gu, Jong Hyun Shim, Jin Hoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 9302258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex and a method for manufacturing same, the complex comprising: at least one crystalline hybrid nanoporous material powder, in which a metal ion, or a metal ion cluster to which oxygen is bound, and an organic ligand, or the organic ligand and a negative ion ligand are in a coordinate covalent bond; and at least one organic polymer additive, or at least one organic polymer additive and an inorganic additive, wherein the shape of the complex is spherical or pseudo-spherical, the size of the complex is 0.1 to 100 mm, a total volume of pores is 5 or more volume % based on the sum of a total volume of nanoporous material having a size of at most 10 nm and a total volume of pores having a size of at least 0.1 ?m, and wherein a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the complex as at least 83% of a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the nanoporous material powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jong-San Chang, U-Hwang Lee, Young Kyu Hwang, Dong Won Hwang, You-Kyong Seo, Ji Sun Lee, Ji Woong Yoon, Kyu Eun Shim
  • Patent number: 9175025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous organic-inorganic hybrid, which comprises gelling a reaction mixture containing a metal precursor, a water-soluble additive and water or water-containing organic solvent at a gelling temperature of 30° C.˜100° C. to obtain an organogel-containing solution having a viscosity of 2 to 50,000 (cps), subsequently ageing the solution at said gelling temperature under stirring; and subsequently heating the organogel-containing solution at a temperature between said gelling temperature and 250° C. to crystallize the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: U-Hwang Lee, Jong-San Chang, Young Kyu Hwang, You-Kyong Seo, Christian Serre, Patricia Horcajada Cortes, Hubert Chevreau, Florence Ragon, Thomas Devic
  • Publication number: 20140287235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex and a method for manufacturing same, the complex comprising: at least one crystalline hybrid nanoporous material powder, in which a metal ion, or a metal ion cluster to which oxygen is bound, and an organic ligand, or the organic ligand and a negative ion ligand are in a coordinate covalent bond; and at least one organic polymer additive, or at least one organic polymer additive and an inorganic additive, wherein the shape of the complex is spherical or pseudo-spherical, the size of the complex is 0.1 to 100 mm, a total volume of pores is 5 or more volume % based on the sum of a total volume of nanoporous material having a size of at most 10 nm and a total volume of pores having a size of at least 0.1 ?m, and wherein a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the complex as at least 83% of a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the nanoporous material powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jong-San Chang, U-Hwang Lee, Young Kyu Hwang, Dong Won Hwang, You-Kyong Seo, Ji Sun Lee, Ji Woong Yoon, Kyu Eun Shim
  • Publication number: 20140200361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous organic-inorganic hybrid, which comprises gelling a reaction mixture containing a metal precursor, a water-soluble additive and water or water-containing organic solvent at a gelling temperature of 30° C.˜100° C. to obtain an organogel-containing solution having a viscosity of 2 to 50,000 (cps), subsequently ageing the solution at said gelling temperature under stirring; and subsequently heating the organogel-containing solution at a temperature between said gelling temperature and 250° C. to crystallize the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: U-Hwang Lee, Jong-San Chang, Young Kyu Hwang, You-Kyong Seo, Christian Serre, Patricia Horcajada, Hubert Chevreau, Florence Ragon, Thomas Devic
  • Patent number: 8507399
    Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Young Kyu Hwang, Jong-San Chang, You-Kyong Seo, Dong Won Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120289399
    Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Young Kyu HWANG, Jong-San CHANG, You-Kyong SEO, Dong Won HWANG
  • Patent number: 8252950
    Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kora Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Young Kyu Hwang, Jong-San Chang, You-Kyong Seo, Dong Won Hwang
  • Publication number: 20110118490
    Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Young Kyu HWANG, Jong-San Chang, You-Kyong Seo, Dong Won Hwang