Patents by Inventor Younguk Park

Younguk Park 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: 11967714
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material in the form of a single particle and a lithium secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material thereof are provided. The positive electrode active material has a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide single particle. The single particle has a plurality of crystal grains. An average particle size (D50) of the single particle is from 3.5 ?m to 8 ?m. The single particle includes a metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gu Yoo, Younguk Park, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11909045
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of positive electrode active materials in the form of single particles, and a method of preparing each of them, are provided. The single particles of the exemplary embodiments include single particles of a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide, having a plurality of crystal grains, each having a size of 180 nm to 300 nm, as analyzed by a Cu K? X-ray (X-r?). The single particles include a metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof. One embodiment includes a surface coating. The total content of the metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof and the metal of the metal oxide coated on the surface thereof is controlled in the range of 2500 ppm to 6000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gu Yoo, Younguk Park, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Publication number: 20230352678
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material in the form of a single particle and a lithium secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material thereof are provided. The positive electrode active material has a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide single particle. The single particle has a plurality of crystal grains. An average particle size (D50) of the single particle is from 3.5 ?m to 8 ?m. The single particle includes a metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gu Yoo, Younguk Park, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11600820
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    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
  • Patent number: 11594727
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of positive electrode active materials in the form of single particles, and a method of preparing each of them, are provided. The single particles of the exemplary embodiments include single particles of a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide, having a plurality of crystal grains, each having a size of 180 nm to 300 nm, as analyzed by a Cu K? X-ray (X-r?). The single particles include a metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof. One embodiment includes a surface coating. The total content of the metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof and the metal of the metal oxide coated on the surface thereof is controlled in the range of 2500 ppm to 6000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tae Gu Yoo, Younguk Park, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11424447
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is provided having a secondary particle formed by agglomerating a plurality of polycrystalline primary particles including a lithium composite metal oxide of Chemical Formula 1, wherein an average crystallite size of the primary particle is 180 to 400 nm, a particle size D50 of the primary particle is 1.5 to 3?m, and the primary particle is doped or surface-coated with at least one element M selected from the group consisting Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, Y, Sr, and B in an amount of 3,800 to 7,000 ppm: Lia(NixMnyCozAw)O2+b ??[Chemical Formula 1].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Younguk Park, Tae Gu Yoo, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Patent number: 11183691
    Abstract: Provided are a metal element-doped positive electrode active material for a high voltage and a preparation method thereof. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium cobalt oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a metal element (M) incorporated into the lithium cobalt oxide in an amount of 0.2 parts by weight to 1 part by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the metal element (M) does not form a chemical bond with the elements of the lithium cobalt oxide, and wherein the layered crystal structure in maintained at a positive electrode potential of more than 4.5 V (based on Li potential) when fully charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11056682
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material particle including a core that includes lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a shell that is located on the surface of the core and includes lithium cobalt phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein the shell has a tetrahedral phase: LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy??(1) wherein M is at least one of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb, or Ni, A is oxygen-substitutional halogen, and 0.95?a?1.05, 0?x?0.2, 0?y?0.2, and 0?x+y?0.2, LibCoPO4??(2) wherein 0?b?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Younguk Park, Chi Ho Jo, Bo Ram Lee, Sungbin Park, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20210159488
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode for a lithium secondary battery, wherein an anode material layer is formed on at least one surface of an anode current collector, and the anode material layer includes large-particle graphite, a small-particle silicon-based material, and fine-particle graphite, and satisfies the following conditions 1 to 3: [Condition 1] Average diameter D50 of the large-particle graphite (D1): 1 to 50 ?m [Condition 2] Average diameter D50 of the small-particle silicon-based material (D2): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1 [Condition 3] Average diameter D50 of the fine-particle graphite (D3): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1, or 0.155D2 to 0.414D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Junghyun CHOI, Hyeon Min SONG, Joo Hwan SUNG, Han Sol PARK, Minsu CHO, Sunghae PARK, Jingoo KWAK, Younguk PARK, Sue Jin KIM, Jinsu JANG
  • Publication number: 20210151744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode for a lithium secondary battery, wherein an anode material layer is formed on at least one surface of an anode current collector, and the anode material layer includes large-particle graphite, a small-particle silicon-based material, fine-particle graphite, and carbon nanotube, and satisfies the following conditions 1 to 3: [Condition 1] Average diameter D50 of the large-particle graphite (D1): 1 to 50 ?m [Condition 2] Average diameter D50 of the small-particle silicon-based material (D2): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1 [Condition 3] Average diameter D50 of the fine-particle graphite (D3): 0.155D1 to 0.414D1, or 0.155D2 to 0.414D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Junghyun CHOI, Hyeon Min SONG, Joo Hwan SUNG, Han Sol PARK, Minsu CHO, Sunghae PARK, Jingoo KWAK, Younguk PARK, Sue Jin KIM, Jinsu JANG
  • Publication number: 20200295367
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of positive electrode active materials in the form of single particles, and a method of preparing each of them, are provided. The single particles of the exemplary embodiments include The single particles are single particles of a nickel-based lithium composite metal oxide, having a plurality of crystal grains, each having a size of 180 nm to 300 nm, as analyzed by a Cu K? X-ray (X-r?5). The single particles include a metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof. One embodiment includes a surface coating. The total content of the metal doped in the crystal lattice thereof and the metal of the metal oxide coated on the surface thereof is controlled in the range of 2500 ppm to 6000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gu Yoo, Younguk Park, Jintae Hwang, Wang Mo Jung, Sungbin Park
  • Publication number: 20200161650
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being a secondary particle formed by agglomerating a plurality of polycrystalline primary particles including a lithium composite metal oxide of Chemical Formula 1, wherein an average crystallite size of the primary particle is 180 to 400 nm, an average particle size D50 of the primary particle is 1.5 to 3 ?m, and the primary particle is doped or surface-coated with at least one element M selected from the group consisting Al, Ti, Mg, Zr, Y, Sr, and B in an amount of 3,800 to 7,000 ppm: Lia(NixMnyCozAw)O2+b ??[Chemical Formula 1] in Chemical Formula 1, A, b, x, y, z, and w are the same as defined in the present specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Younguk PARK, Tae Gu YOO, Jintae HWANG, Wang Mo JUNG, Sungbin PARK
  • Patent number: 10559824
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material particle for a secondary battery, including a core part containing lithium cobalt oxide; and a shell part that is located on the surface of the core part and contains lithium-deficient cobalt oxide which is deficient in lithium because a molar ratio of lithium to cobalt is 0.9 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Bo Ram Lee, Hyuck Hur, 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: 20190312260
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material particle including a core that includes lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a shell that is located on the surface of the core and includes lithium cobalt phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, wherein the shell has a tetrahedral phase: LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy??(1) wherein M is at least one of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb, and or Ni, A is oxygen-substitutional halogen, and 0.95?a?1.05, 0?x?0.2, 0?y?0.2, and 0?x+y?0.2, LibCoPO4??(2) wherein 0?b?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Younguk Park, Chi Ho Jo, Bo Ram Lee, Sungbin Park, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20190221845
    Abstract: Provided are a metal element-doped positive electrode active material for a high voltage and a preparation method thereof. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium cobalt oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a metal element (M) incorporated into the lithium cobalt oxide in an amount of 0.2 parts by weight to 1 part by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the lithium cobalt oxide, wherein the metal element (M) does not form a chemical bond with the elements of the lithium cobalt oxide, and wherein the layered crystal structure in maintained at a positive electrode potential of more than 4.5 V (based on Li potential) when fully charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Jiyoung Park, Bo Ram Lee, Chi Ho Jo, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20180062173
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material particle for a secondary battery, including a core part containing lithium cobalt oxide; and a shell part that is located on the surface of the core part and contains lithium-deficient cobalt oxide which is deficient in lithium because a molar ratio of lithium to cobalt is 0.9 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Jo, Sungbin Park, Younguk Park, Bo Ram Lee, Hyuck Hur, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 9508159
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for constructing image database, including: an image input unit for receiving an image; and a building identification unit configured to map the image to a three-dimensional map based on photographing information of the image, to project direction vectors toward respective locations of the image that are mapped to the three-dimensional map from a photographing position of the image, and to distinguish buildings from the image based on whether the respective direction vectors collide or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: KAKAO CORP.
    Inventors: Keetae Kim, Won Jo Jung, Younguk Park
  • Publication number: 20150235383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for constructing image database, including: an image input unit for receiving an image; and a building identification unit configured to map the image to a three-dimensional map based on photographing information of the image, to project direction vectors toward respective locations of the image that are mapped to the three-dimensional map from a photographing position of the image, and to distinguish buildings from the image based on whether the respective direction vectors collide or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Keetae Kim, Won Jo Jung, Younguk Park