Method for preparing lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery prepared therefrom

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9979051-B2
Application number	US-201414516739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2013
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a lithium secondary battery by bringing a first cell using a first cathode active material of formula (I)

Li(Li x M y−y′ M′ y′ )O 2−z A z   (I)
wherein, x, y, y′, and z satisfy 0<x<0.5, 0.6<y<1.1, 0≤y′<0.2, and 0≤z<0.2, M is any one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Cu, Zn, and Ti, M′ is any one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg and B; and A is any one selected from the group consisting of F, S and N

and a second cell using a second cathode active material being generally used into activation under different voltage conditions, and then electrically connecting the first cell and the second cell in the step of assembling unit cells; and a lithium secondary battery prepared from the method. According to the present disclosure, a lithium secondary battery can be prepared by bringing a first cell using a first cathode active material of formula (I) and a second cell using a second cathode active material being generally used into activation under different voltage conditions, and then electrically connecting the first cell and the second cell in the step of assembling unit cells, thereby achieving high capacity from the first cell and life performance improvement from the second cell in balance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
(S1) bringing a first cell comprising a first cathode active material of formula (I) into activation under voltage conditions ranging from 4.3 V to 4.8V, and bringing a second cell comprising a second cathode active material into activation under voltage conditions of 4.3 V or less, wherein the activation voltages for the first cell and the second cell are different; and
(S2) after completing the activation of the first and second cells, electrically connecting the first cell and the second cell in parallel or series:
Li(Li x M y−y′ M′ y′ )O 2−z A z   (I)

wherein, x, y, y′, and z satisfy 0<x<0.5, 0.6<y<1.1, 0≤y′<0.2, and 0≤z<0.2,
M is any one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Cu, Zn, and Ti,
M′ is any one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg and B; and
A is any one selected from the group consisting of F, S and N.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the second cathode active material is at least one of of LiNiO 2 , LiCoO 2 , LiMn 2 O 4 , LiFePO 4 , LiNi x Co x−1 O 2 (1≤x≤2), LiNi 1−x−y Co x Mn y O 2 (0≤x≤0.5, 0≤y≤0.5), or a mixture thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step (S1) further comprises removing gases in the first and second cells, under same or different conditions for each of the first cell and the second cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step (S1) further comprises aging of the first and second cells under same or different conditions for each of the first cell and the second cell.

5. A lithium secondary battery prepared from the method of claim 1 .

6. The lithium secondary battery of claim 5 , which is operated at 4.3V or less.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Su Rim
• Oh Song-Taek
• Choi Jung-Seok
• Lee Hyeok-Moo
• Park Ji-Hye

Classifications

• H01M10/52

  Removing gases inside the secondary cell, e.g. by absorption (vent plugs or other mechanical arrangements for facilitating escape of gases H01M50/30) · CPC title

• H01M4/5825

  Oxygenated metallic salts or polyanionic structures, e.g. borates, phosphates, silicates, olivines · 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

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/0447

  of complete cells or cells stacks · CPC title