Lithium secondary battery, battery pack and electronic device including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573614-B2
Application number	US-202318540744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2023
Priority date	Dec 16, 2022
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed are a lithium secondary battery, a battery pack and an electronic device. The lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium transition metal compound comprising nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium transition metal compound comprises a form of single particles having at least one of a single primary particle or an aggregate of 2 or more and 30 or less of primary particles, wherein the single particles comprise crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound therein, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a silicon carbon composite having Si crystal grains therein, and wherein the size of the Si crystal grains of the silicon carbon composite is 10% or less of the size of the crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lithium secondary battery, comprising:
a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium transition metal compound comprising nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium transition metal compound comprises a form of single particles having at least one of a single primary particle or an aggregate of 2 or more and 30 or less of primary particles, wherein the single particles comprise crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound therein, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a silicon carbon composite having Si crystal grains therein, wherein the size of the Si crystal grains of the silicon carbon composite is 1.3% to 9.1% of the size of the crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound, wherein the size of the Si crystal grains of the silicon carbon composite is 0.1 nm or more and 20 nm or less, and wherein the primary particles have an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm to 2.8 μm.

2 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the single particles have a particle strength of 100 to 300 MPa when rolled with a force of 650 kgf/cm 2 .

3 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the size of the crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound is 100 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

4 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium transition metal compound further comprises a form of secondary particles which is an aggregate of more than 30 primary particles.

5 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the secondary particles have an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 20 μm or less.

6 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material further comprises graphite.

7 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 6 , wherein the graphite comprises a natural graphite, an artificial graphite, or a combination thereof.

8 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 6 , wherein the graphite comprises an artificial graphite and a natural graphite, and a weight ratio of the artificial graphite to the natural graphite is 50:50 to 90:10.

9 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 6 , the graphite has an average particle diameter of 10 μm to 20 μm.

10 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 6 , wherein an average particle diameter of the silicon carbon composite is smaller than an average particle diameter of the graphite.

11 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the single particles have an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 12 μm or less.

12 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the silicon carbon composite has an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

13 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the single particles is smaller than an average particle diameter of the silicon carbon composite.

14 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:
the single particles are comprised in an amount of 15 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode active material, and the silicon carbon composite is comprised in an amount of 3 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode active material.

15 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium transition metal compound comprises 80 mol % or more and less than 100 mol % of nickel among the metals except for lithium.

16 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein:
the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material layer comprising the positive electrode active material, the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material layer comprising the negative electrode active material, and the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer have a thickness of 10 μm or more and 500 μm or less, respectively.

17 . A battery pack, comprising:
a lithium secondary battery, wherein the lithium secondary battery comprises: a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium transition metal compound comprising nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium transition metal compound comprises a form of single particles having at least one of a single primary particle or an aggregate of 2 or more and 30 or less of primary particles, wherein the single particles comprise crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound therein, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a silicon carbon composite having Si crystal grains therein, wherein the size of the Si crystal grains of the silicon carbon composite is 1.3% to 9.1% of the size of the crystal grains of the lithium transition metal compound, wherein the size of the Si crystal grains of the silicon carbon composite is 0.1 nm or more and 20 nm or less, and wherein the primary particles have an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm to 2.8 μm.

18 . An electronic device, comprising:
the lithium secondary battery of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Heo Bumgi
• Shin Sun Young
• Lee Sang Wook
• Lee Yong Ju

Classifications

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• H01M4/525

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/133

  Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title