Liquid electrolyte for fluoride ion battery and fluoride ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10305145-B2
Application number	US-201515124220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

The problem to be solved is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery which allows a larger capacity of the battery. Solving the problem by providing a liquid electrolyte for a fluoride ion battery including a fluoride salt and a solvent to dissolve the fluoride salt, characterized in that the solvent is an aromatic material having an aromatic cation and an anion, and a molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is more than 1.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluoride ion battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein
the electrolyte layer comprises a liquid electrolyte,
the liquid electrolyte comprises a fluoride salt and a solvent to dissolve the fluoride salt,
the solvent contains at least an aromatic material having an aromatic cation and an anion,
a molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is more than 1,
the cathode active material is an active material which is defluoridated during discharge, and
the anode active material is an active material which is fluoridated during discharge.

2. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic material is an ionic liquid.

3. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic cation is a cation represented by the following general formula:

in the formula, R 1 to R 6 being each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group or a fluoroalkyl group.

4. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anion of the aromatic material is bisfluorosulfonylamide(FSA)anion.

5. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of F(HF)x-anion to all anions existing in the liquid electrolyte is 0.5 mol % or less, including 0 mol %.

6. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoride salt has F − anion.

7. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoride salt has a complex cation.

8. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein the complex cation is selected from the group consisting of an alkylammonium cation, an alkylphosphonium cation and an alkylsulfonium cation.

9. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoride salt is present in a concentration of 0.4 mol % to 45 mol % in the liquid electrolyte.

10. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoride salt is present in a concentration of 0.7 mol % to 10 mol % in the liquid electrolyte.

11. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is 5 or more and no more than 200.

12. The fluoride ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the aromatic cation to a fluoride ion is 10 or more and no more than 200.

Assignees

• Nakamoto Hirofumi
• Ogumi Zempachi
• Yamaki Jun Ichi
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Univ Kyoto

Inventors

• Nakamoto Hirofumi
• Ogumi Zempachi
• Yamaki Jun-Ichi

Classifications

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M2300/0045

  Room temperature molten salts comprising at least one organic ion · CPC title

• H01M4/582

  Halogenides · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/0568 Primary

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title