US 7,452,635 B2
Rechargeable lithium battery and method of fabricating same
Takitaro Yamaguchi, Yokohama (Japan); Ryuichi Shimizu, Yokohama (Japan); and Cheol-Soo Jung, Ohsan (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/582,624.
Application 11/582624 is a division of application No. 10/293114, filed on Nov. 13, 2002, granted, now 7,141,335.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-369366 (JP), filed on Dec. 03, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2007/0037062 A1, Feb. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. H01M 6/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 429—317  [429/246; 429/188; 429/306; 429/231.95; 427/58] 7 Claims
 
1. A rechargeable lithium battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte comprising an electrolytic organic solution comprising a polyacrylate compound present in an amount ranging from about 0.001 to about 5 wt %,
wherein the surface of the negative electrode is coated with an organic layer of the polyacrylate compound during charge of the battery and the polyacrylate compound includes six acrylic groups.