US Patent Issued to SK On on April 7 for "Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,607, issued on April 7, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Soo Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gu Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Min Suk Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide particle that contains lithium and transition metals including an excess amount of nickel. The lithium composite oxide particle satisfies a predetermined XRD ...