US Patent Issued to SK On on Jan. 13 for "Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,605, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jae Ho Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kook Hyun Han (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 exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium metal oxide particle core part and an organic compound coating layer which includes a functional group containing a sulfur atom. The cathod...