US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on Oct. 20 for "Lithium secondary battery with inhibited exsolution of transition metal" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,924, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium secondary battery with inhibited exsolution of transition metal" was invented by Jun Hyeok Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Hyeon Ji (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyoung Ho Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Kyung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Tae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and You Kyeong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium secondary battery includes Li6CoO4 containing excess lithium, or the like as an irreversible additive in a positive elec...