US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on May 20 for "Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,834, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same" was invented by Sung Chul Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Chul Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Il Hong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), In Sung Uhm (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byoung Hyo Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a spinel crystal structure, and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the coating ...