Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of manufacturing the same and rechargeable lithium battery using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9209482-B2
Application number	US-201113137554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2011
Priority date	Mar 10, 2011
Publication date	Dec 8, 2015
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015

Abstract

A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery using the same, the positive active material including a secondary particle formed of a plurality of primary particles, the primary particles being made of a metal compound capable of intercalating/deintercalating lithium; and a coating layer on a surface of the secondary particle in an island arrangement, the coating layer including a metal oxide, wherein the secondary particle includes pores formed by the primary particles, the pores including a surface pore on the surface of the secondary particle and an internal pore inside the secondary particle, and the metal oxide of the coating layer fills a portion of the surface pore of the secondary particle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the positive active material comprising:
a secondary particle formed of a plurality of primary particles, the primary particles being made of a metal compound capable of intercalating/deintercalating lithium; and
a coating layer on a surface of the secondary particle in an island arrangement having a varying distribution, the coating layer including a metal oxide,
wherein:
the secondary particle includes pores formed by the primary particles, the pores including a surface pore on the surface of the secondary particle and an internal pore inside the secondary particle,
the metal oxide of the coating layer fills a portion of the surface pore of the secondary particle,
the metal oxide of the coating layer fills a portion of the internal pore of the secondary particle in response to a vacuum treatment of a mixture of the secondary particle and a coating liquid, and
a metal of the metal oxide includes Li, Na, Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ba, Hf, La, or a mixture thereof.

2. The positive active material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal compound capable of intercalating/deintercalating lithium includes at least one of Li a Li a A 1-b X b D 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5); Li a A 1-b X b O 2-c T c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05); Li a E 1-b X b O 2-c D c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05); Li a E 2-b X b O 4-c T c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05); Li a Ni 1-b-c Co b X c D a (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Co b X c O 2-α T α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Co b X c O 2-α T 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c D α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c O 2-α T α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c O 2-α T 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, 0≦α≦2); Li a Ni b E c G d O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.9, 0≦c≦0.5, 0.001≦d≦0.1); Li a Ni b Co c Mn d G e O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.9, 0≦c≦0.5, 0≦d≦0.5, 0.001≦e≦0.1); Li a NiG b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a CoG b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a MnG′ b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a Mn 2 G b O 4 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a MnG′ b PO 4 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0.001≦b≦0.1); LiNiVO 4 ; and Li (3-f) J 2 (PO 4 ) 3 :
wherein A is Ni, Co, Mn, or combinations thereof; X is Al, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, Fe, Mg, Sr, V, a rare earth element, or combinations thereof; D is O, F, S, P, or combinations thereof; E is Co, Mn, Ni, or combinations thereof; T is F, S, P, or combinations thereof; G is Ni, Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Mg, La, Ce, Sr, V, or combinations thereof; G′ is Ni, Al, Cr, Fe, Mg, La, Ce, Sr, V, or combinations thereof; Q is Ti, Mo, Mn, Ni, or combinations thereof; Z is Cr, V, Fe, Sc, Y, Ni, or combinations thereof; and J is V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, or combinations thereof.

3. A rechargeable lithium battery, comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte,
wherein the positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive active material layer on the current collector, the positive active material layer including the positive active material as claimed in claim 1 .

4. The rechargeable lithium battery as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt.

5. The rechargeable lithium battery as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

6. The rechargeable lithium battery as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the separator is a single-layer or a multi-layer structure including at least one of polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyvinylidene fluoride.

7. The positive active material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide includes aluminum oxide.

Assignees

• Chu Hee-Young
• Moon Sung-Hwan
• Kim Jae-Hyuk
• Jeong Myung-Hwan
• Jeong Chang-Ui
• Choi Jong-Seo
• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chu Hee-Young
• Moon Sung-Hwan
• Kim Jae-Hyuk
• Jeong Myung-Hwan
• Jeong Chang-Ui
• Choi Jong-Seo

Classifications

• H01M4/0416

  involving impregnation with a solution, dispersion, paste or dry powder (H01M4/0438 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/056

  characterised by the materials used as electrolytes, e.g. mixed inorganic/organic electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M4/131 Primary

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

• H01M50/417

  Polyolefins · CPC title

• H01M50/426

  Fluorocarbon polymers · CPC title