Patent ID: 9172086
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A cathode comprising: a current collector; and a cathode active material composition disposed on a surface of the current collector, the cathode active material composition comprising a conducting agent, a binder, and a cathode active material, wherein the cathode active material comprises a first lithium compound selected from the group consisting of LiCoO wherein 0.1≦x≦2.3, 0≦y≦0.3, and 0.7≦z≦1.1, and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), magnesium (Mg), niobium (Nb), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), titanium (Ti), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), potassium (K), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), silicon (Si), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), tin (Sn), vanadium (V), boron (B), phosphorus (P), selenium (Se), bismuth (Bi), arsenic (As), zirconium (Zr), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), strontium (Sr), vanadium (V), scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), and a rare-earth element, and mixtures thereof, wherein the second lithium compound comprises a metal oxide coating layer, and the metal oxide coating layer comprises at least one metal oxide selected from compounds represented by Formulae 1 through 4 below: wherein M″′ is at least one selected from the group consisting of barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), cadmium (Cd), silver (Ag), and lithium (Li); a is a number from about 0.5 to about 1.5; and b is a number from about 0.3 to about 3.0, wherein M′ is at least one selected from the group consisting of barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), cadmium (Cd), silver (Ag), and lithium (Li); c is a number from about 0.5 to about 1.5; and d is a number from about 0.3 to about 3.0, wherein M″ is at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), calcium (Ca), and lithium (Li); and e is a number from about 0.5 to about 2.5,