Secondary Battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025279421-A1
Application number	US-202218704274-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	Dec 21, 2021
Publication date	Sep 4, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium cobalt-based oxide particles and a metal with which the lithium cobalt-based oxide particles are doped or coated. The metal includes aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti), and zirconium (Zr). The metal includes titanium (Ti) and zirconium (Zr) in an amount of 300 ppm to 1,500 ppm with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material, the metal includes aluminum (Al) in an amount of 3,000 ppm to 7,000 ppm with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material, and the negative electrode includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material.

First claim

1 . A secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material comprising lithium cobalt-based oxide particles and a metal with which the lithium cobalt-based oxide particles are doped or coated, the metal comprises aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti), and zirconium (Zr), the metal comprises titanium (Ti) and zirconium (Zr) in an amount of 300 ppm to 1,500 ppm with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material, the metal comprises aluminum (Al) in an amount of 3,000 ppm to 7,000 ppm with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material, and the negative electrode comprises a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material.

2 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery has an energy density of 800 Wh/L or more.

3 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the carbon-based active material and the silicon-based active material is 83:17 to 99:1.

4 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based active material comprises at least one of artificial graphite, natural graphite, hard carbon, soft carbon, carbon black, graphene, orand fibrous carbon.

5 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material comprises a silicon-based compound represented by SiO x , wherein 0≤x<2.

6 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and
the negative electrode active material layer comprises a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material.

7 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is formed of a plurality of particles, and
the plurality of particles have a bimodal structure of large particles and small particles.

8 . The secondary battery of claim 7 , wherein the large particles have an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of 10 μm to 25 μm, and
the small particles have an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of 1 μm to 7 μm.

9 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the titanium (Ti) and the zirconium (Zr) is 0.5:1 to 18:1.

10 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the aluminum (Al) relative to a total weight of the titanium (Ti) and the zirconium (Zr) is 4 to 8.

11 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the metal comprises magnesium (Mg) in an amount of 800 ppm to 2,000 ppm with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material.

12 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode has a loading amount of 3.5 mAh/cm 2 to 7.5 mAh/cm 2 .

13 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode has a loading amount of 4 mAh/cm 2 to 8 mAh/cm 2 .

14 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt and an organic solvent, and
the organic solvent comprises cyclic carbonate, linear ester, and halogen-containing cyclic carbonate.

15 . The secondary battery of claim 14 , wherein the organic solvent comprises the cyclic carbonate in an amount of 10 wt % to 50 wt %, the linear ester in an amount of 30 wt % to 80 wt %, and the halogen-containing cyclic carbonate in an amount of 5 wt % to 30 wt %.

16 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material includes the titanium and the zirconium in an amount of 500 ppm to 1,200 ppm with respect to the weight of the positive electrode active material.

17 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the metal includes the titanium in an amount of 250 ppm to 1,000 ppm with respect to the weight of the positive electrode active material.

18 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the metal includes the zirconium in an amount of 40 ppm to 500 ppm with respect to the weight of the positive electrode active material.

19 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the magnesium to a total weight of the titanium and the zirconium is 1.2 to 4.5.

20 . The secondary battery of claim 7 , wherein a weight ratio of the large particles to the small particles is 1:1 to 15:1.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Ye Lin
• Jo Mi Ru
• Park Sung Bin
• Jeong Seung Hwan

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/052 Primary

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M2300/004

  Three solvents · CPC title