US Patent Issued to SK On on Dec. 30 for "Cathode active material precursor and lithium secondary battery utilizing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,468, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material precursor and lithium secondary battery utilizing same" was invented by Mi Jung Noh (Daejeon, South Korea), Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Bok Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Wook Ha (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material precursor according to embodiments of the present invention includes nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) and includes an excess amount of Ni. A101/A001 is 1 or more and I101/I001 is 1 or more. A101 is a peak area of (101) plane, and A001 is a peak area of (001) plane by ...