Positive Electrode Active Material, and Positive Electrode and Lithium Secondary Battery Which Include the Positive Electrode Active Material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022045322-A1
Application number	US-201917297823-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Feb 10, 2022
Grant date	—

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.

First claim

1 . A positive electrode active material comprising 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 M 1 , where the doping element M 1 is a metallic element including aluminum (Al), and doping element M 2 , where the doping element M 2 is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of magnesium (Mg), lanthanum (La), titanium (Ti), zinc (Zn), boron (B), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), ruthenium (Ru), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), silver (Ag), yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), gallium (Ga), indium (In), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), and silicon (Si)), the nickel-cobalt-manganese-based lithium transition metal oxide comprises the doping element M 1 in an amount of 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm, and the doping element M 1 and the doping element M 2 are included in a weight ratio of 50:50 to 99:1.

2 . The positive electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the lithium transition metal oxide is represented by Formula 1:
Li 1+a [Ni x Co y Mn z M 1 w M 2 v ]O 2   [Formula 1]
wherein, in Formula 1, M 1 is a metallic element including Al, M 2 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, and 0≤a≤0.3, 0.60≤x<1, 0<y<0.35, 0<z<0.35, 0<w≤0.01, and 0<v≤0.005.

3 . The positive electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein M 2 is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, La, and Ti.

4 . The positive electrode active material of claim 2 , wherein, in Formula 1, w≥v, and 1≤w/v≤15.

5 . The positive electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material satisfies Equation 1:
1.0≤(A1/A0)≤1.8  [Equation 1]
wherein A1 is an amount of lithium carbonate present on a surface of the positive electrode active material which is measured after the positive electrode active material is left standing for 1 day in an environment with a relative humidity (RH) of 60% and a temperature of 25° C., and A0 is an initial amount of lithium carbonate present on the surface of the positive electrode active material which is measured before the positive electrode active material is left standing.

6 . The positive electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein a total amount of a lithium by-product including at least one of lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, which is present on the surface of the positive electrode active material after the positive electrode active material is left standing for 1 day in the environment with a relative humidity (RH) of 60% and a temperature of 25° C., is 0.5 part by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

7 . The positive electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material has an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of 8 μm to 15 μm.

8 . A positive electrode comprising a positive electrode collector, and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises the positive electrode active material of claim 1 .

9 . A lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode of claim 8 .

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Wen Xiu
• Jung Wang Mo
• Kang Min Suk
• Lee Sang Wook
• Baek So Ra
• Lho Eun Sol

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/38

  of elements or alloys · CPC title

• C01P2004/61

  Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer · CPC title