US Patent Issued to SK ON on Nov. 4 for "Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,206, issued on Nov. 4, 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 Sang Bok Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyo Shin Kwak (Daejeon, South Korea) and Myoung Lae Kim (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 metal oxide particle, and an organic poly-phosphate or an organic poly-phosphonate formed on at least portion of a surface of the lithium metal oxide particle. Chemical stability of the lithium meta...