US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on Feb. 18 for "Cathode active material for rechargeable lithium battery comprising coating layer comprising lithium fluoride and metal fluoride and method for manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,787, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Cathode active material for rechargeable lithium battery comprising coating layer comprising lithium fluoride and metal fluoride and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Soohyeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jongmin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a nickel-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to 60 mol % relative to a total amount of metal excluding lithium and a coating layer on the sur...