Electrode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9799882-B2
Application number	US-201514671747-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2015
Priority date	Sep 16, 2010
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are an electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, comprising at least one selected from compounds represented by the following formula 1, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.

Li x Mo 4−y M y O 6−z A z   (1)
wherein 0≦x≦2, 0≦y≦0.5, 0≦z≦0.5, M is a metal or transition metal cation having an oxidation number of +2 to +4, and A is a negative monovalent or negative bivalent anion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cathode active material for secondary batteries comprising at least one selected from compounds having a function of being capable of deintercalation and intercalation of lithium ions, represented by the following formula 1:
Li x Mo 4−y M y O 6−z A z   (1)

wherein
0<x≦2;
0<y≦0.5;
0≦z≦0.5;
M is at least one selected from the group consisting of W, Nb, V, Al, Mg, Ti, Co, Ni and Mn; and
A is at least one selected from the group consisting of halogen, S and N.

2. The cathode active material according to claim 1 , wherein x satisfies 0<x≦1.

3. A cathode in which the cathode active material according to claim 1 is applied to a current collector.

4. A lithium secondary battery comprising the cathode according to claim 3 .

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 4 , the lithium secondary battery comprises an anode comprising carbon, metal composite oxides, a lithium metal, lithium alloys, silicon-based alloys, tin-based alloys, metal oxides, conductive polymers, or Li—Co—Ni based materials,
wherein the anode comprising carbon is non-graphitized carbon and graphitized carbon,
wherein the metal composite oxides is Li x Fe 2 O 3 (0≦x≦1), Li x WO 2 (0≦x≦1) or Sn x Me 1−x Me′ y O z (Me: Mn, Fe, Pb, Ge; Me′: Al, B, P, Si, Group I, II and III elements of the Periodic Table, halogen atoms; 0<x≦1; 1≦y≦3; and 1≦z≦8),
wherein the metal oxides is at least one selected from the group consisting of SnO, SnO 2 , PbO, PbO 2 , Pb 2 O 3 , Pb 3 O 4 , Sb 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 4 , Sb 2 O 5 , GeO, GeO 2 , Bi 2 O 3 , Bi 2 O 4 , and Bi 2 O 5 , or
wherein the conductive polymers is polyacetylene.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the anode comprises the carbon that is non-graphitized carbon and graphitized carbon.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the anode comprises the metal composite oxides that is Li x Fe 2 O 3 (0≦x≦1), Li x WO 2 (0≦x≦1) or Sn x Me 1−x Me′ y O z (Me: Mn, Fe, Pb, Ge; Me′: Al, B, P, Si, Group I, II and III elements of the Periodic Table, halogen atoms; 0<x≦1; 1≦y≦3; and 1≦z≦8).

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the anode comprises the metal oxides that is at least one selected from the group consisting of SnO, SnO 2 , PbO, PbO 2 , Pb 2 O 3 , Pb 3 O 4 , Sb 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 4 , Sb 2 O 5 , GeO, GeO 2 , Bi 2 O 3 , Bi 2 O 4 , and Bi 2 O 5 .

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the anode comprises the conductive polymers that is polyacetylene.

10. A battery module comprising the lithium secondary battery according to claim 4 as a unit battery.

11. A power storage device comprising the battery module according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Young Sun
• Hong Seung-Tae
• Kim Soojin
• Jung Younghwa

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

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• C01P2006/40

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• C01G39/00

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• H01M2220/20

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• H01M10/0525

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