US Patent Issued to SK On on Sept. 1 for "Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,783, issued on Sept. 1, 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 Yeong Bin Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Kook Hyun Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Jun Kweon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a single particle shape, and a first coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle. The f...