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公开(公告)号:US20210005877A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-07
申请号:US16976884
申请日:2019-02-25
Applicant: UMICORE , UMICORE KOREA LTD.
Inventor: Dae-Hyun KIM , Jens PAULSEN , Shinichi KUMAKURA , YuRi LEE , Liang ZHU , TaeHyeon YANG
Abstract: A bimodal lithium transition metal oxide based powder mixture comprising a first and a second lithium transition metal oxide based powder. The first powder comprises a material A having a layered crystal structure comprising the elements Li, a transition metal based composition M and oxygen and has a particle size distribution with a span
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公开(公告)号:US10833328B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-10
申请号:US15317161
申请日:2015-06-01
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: Maxime Blangero , Da-In Choi , WooRam Cho , JiHye Kim
IPC: H01M4/525 , H01M4/505 , C01G53/00 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/1391 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/131 , H01M4/02
Abstract: A powderous positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, the material having the general formula Li1+x[Ni1−a−b−cMaM′bM″c]1−xO2−z; M being either one or more elements of the group Mn, Zr and Ti, M′ being either one or more elements of the group Al, B and Co, M″ being a dopant different from M and M′, x, a, b and c being expressed in mol with −0.02≤x≤0.02, 0≤c≤0.05, 0.10≤(a+b)≤0.65 and 0≤z≤0.05; and wherein the powderous material is characterized by having a BET value ≤0.37 m2/g, a Dmax
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公开(公告)号:US20200321609A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16753429
申请日:2018-09-12
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: Stijn PUT , Daniël NELIS , Jean-Sébastien BRIDEL , Jeong-Rae KIM
IPC: H01M4/36 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/38 , H01M10/0567 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/134 , H01M4/587
Abstract: A lithium ion battery comprising a negative electrode and an electrolyte, whereby the negative electrode comprises composite particles, whereby the composite particles comprise silicon-based domains, whereby the composite particles comprise a matrix material in which the silicon-based domains are embedded, whereby the composite particles and the electrolyte have an interface, whereby at this interface there is a SEI layer, characterized in that the SEI layer comprises one or more compounds having carbon-carbon chemical bonds and the SEI layer comprises one or more compounds having carbon-oxygen chemical bonds, whereby a ratio, defined as the area of a first peak divided by the area of a second peak, is at least 1.30, whereby the first peak and second peak are peaks in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement of the SEI, whereby the first peak represents C—C chemical bonds and whereby the second peak represents C—O chemical bonds.
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公开(公告)号:US10756344B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US15757016
申请日:2016-08-25
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: Jens Paulsen , JiHye Kim , Jin-Doo Oh , Jing Zhang
Abstract: A crystalline precursor compound is described for manufacturing a lithium transition metal based oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the precursor having a general formula Li1−a ((Niz(Ni1/2 Mn1/2)y Cox)1−k Ak)1+a O2, wherein x+y+z=1, 0.1≤x≤0.4, 0.25≤z≤0.55, A is a dopant, 0≤k≤0.1, and 0.04≤a≤0.50, wherein the precursor has a crystalline size L expressed in nm, with 77−(67*z)≤L≤97−(67*z). Also a method is described for manufacturing a positive electrode material having a general formula Li1−a′ ((Niz (Ni1/2 Mn1/2)y Cox)1−k Ak)1−a′ O2, wherein x+y+z=1, 0.1≤x≤0.4, 0.25≤z≤0.55, A is a dopant, 0≤k≤0.1, and 0.01≤a′≤0.10 by sintering the crystalline precursor compound in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature T between 800 and 1000° C., for a time t between 6 and 36 hrs.
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公开(公告)号:US20200024153A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16488717
申请日:2018-02-07
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: Dae-Hyun KIM , Jens PAULSEN , JinDoo OH , Maxime BLANGERO
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound having a malachite-rosasite mineral structure, comprising the steps of: —providing an first aqueous solution comprising a source of Co, —providing a second aqueous solution comprising Na2CO3, —mixing both solutions in a precipitation reactor at a temperature above 70° C., thereby precipitating a cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound whilst evacuating from the reactor any CO2 formed by the precipitation reaction, wherein the residence time of the compound in the reactor is between 1 and 4 hours, and—recovering the cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound. The cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound is used as a precursor of a lithium cobalt based oxide usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium ion batteries.
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公开(公告)号:US20200006762A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-02
申请号:US16487525
申请日:2018-02-14
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: Areum PARK , JiHye KIM , Song-Yi HAN , Jens Martin PAULSEN , Kyung-Tae LEE , Randy De Palma
IPC: H01M4/505 , C01G53/00 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/525
Abstract: A crystalline precursor compound for manufacturing a lithium transition metal based oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the precursor having a general formula Li1−a((Niz(Ni1/2 Mn1/2)yCox)1−k Ak)1+aO2, wherein x+y+z=1, 0.1≤x≤0.4, 0.25≤z≤0.52, A is a dopant, 0≤k≤0.1, and 0.03≤a≤0.35, wherein the precursor has a crystalline size L expressed in nm, with 15≤L≤36. Also a method is described for manufacturing a positive electrode material having a general formula Li1+a′M′1−a−O2, with M′=(Niz(Ni1/2 Mn1/2)yCOx)1−k Ak, wherein x+y+z=1. 0.1≤x≤0.4, 0.25≤z≤0.52, A is a dopant, 0≤k≤0.1, and 0.01≤a′≤0.10, by sintering the lithium deficient precursor powder mixed with either one of LiOH, LiOH.H2O, in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature between 800 and 1000° C., for a time between 6 and 36 hrs.
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公开(公告)号:US10193151B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-29
申请号:US14650979
申请日:2013-11-27
Applicant: UMICORE , UMICORE KOREA LTD.
Inventor: Jens Paulsen , HyeYun Yang
Abstract: A positive electrode for a rechargeable battery comprising at least 95% active cathode material with an electrode loading of at least 6 mg/cm2, and preferably at least 10 mg/cm2, and an electrode porosity of less than 2%, and preferably less than 1%. The active cathode material may comprise a bimodal composition wherein at least 70% consists of a first lithium cobalt based oxide powder having an average particle size (D50) of at least 25 μm and a BET value
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公开(公告)号:US10193134B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-29
申请号:US14770536
申请日:2014-02-24
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd. , Tokyo University of Science Foundation
Inventor: Jens Paulsen , Shinichi Komaba , Ryo Hara , Naoaki Yabuuchi , Masataka Kajiyama
Abstract: A sodium transition metal cathode material for a rechargeable sodium battery having a P2 layered bronze crystal structure, comprising at least 55 mol % manganese, wherein the manganese valence state is at least 3.75. The material undergoes a structural transformation to a secondary cathode material by extraction of sodium during the 1st charge of a rechargeable sodium battery comprising the sodium cathode material. The material has either a composition NaxMO2 where M=Mn1-y-zLiyAz where z
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公开(公告)号:US20190020019A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-17
申请号:US16018898
申请日:2018-06-26
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: JiHye Kim , Jens Paulsen , AReum Park , Dae-Hyun Kim , Hee-Sung Gil
Abstract: The invention provides a positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries, comprising a lithium transition metal-based oxide powder having a general formula Li1+a((Niz(Ni0.5Mn0.5)y Cox)1−kAk)1−aO2, wherein A is a dopant, with −0.025≤a≤0.025, 0.18≤x≤0.22, 0.42≤z≤0.52, 1.075
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公开(公告)号:US10173896B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-08
申请号:US15503123
申请日:2014-08-13
Applicant: Umicore , Umicore Korea Ltd.
Inventor: DaeHyun Kim , Jens Paulsen , Jing Zhang
Abstract: An olivine cathode material having the formula LiaFe1−x−y−zMnxD(y+z)(PO4)c, wherein a, c, x, y and z represent molar amounts, wherein D=Mg and/or Cr, wherein y represent the amount of Mg and z represents the amount of Cr, wherein 1.04
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