Non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401061-B2
Application number	US-202117766629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	Jun 22, 2020
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A non-aqueous electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. The non-aqueous electrolyte may be used in a high-voltage battery to achieve excellent life characteristics. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a compound represented by Formula 1, and a compound represented by Formula 2, wherein, when an amount of the compound represented by Formula 1 is X wt % and an amount of the compound represented by Formula 2 is Y wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, X and Y satisfy X+Y≤5 and X≤Y,

CN—R 1 —CN  [Formula 1]
R 1 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group

n is an integer of 1 or 2, and R 2 is hydrogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy group.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte, comprising:
an organic solvent;
a lithium salt;
a compound represented by Formula 1; and
a compound represented by Formula 2,
wherein, when an amount of the compound represented by Formula 1 is X wt % and an amount of the compound represented by Formula 2 is Y wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, X+Y≤5 and X≤Y, and
wherein non-aqueous electrolyte does not comprise lithium difluorophosphate,
CN—R 1 —CN  [Formula 1]

wherein, in Formula 1, R 1 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms which includes at least one double bond,

wherein, in Formula 2, n is an integer of 1 or 2, and R 2 is hydrogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 is 1,4-dicyano-2-butene.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 2 is 2-acetoxy-1,3-propanesultone.

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 2 is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the compound represented by Formula 1 to the compound represented by Formula 2 is 1:1 to 1:3.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , further comprising a compound represented by Formula 3,

wherein, in Formula 3, a, b, c, and d are each independently an integer of 1 to 5.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 3 is hexane tri-cyanide.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 3 is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 3 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises:
0.5 wt % to 3 wt % of the compound represented by Formula 1;
0.5 wt % to 3 wt % of the compound represented by Formula 2; and
0.5 wt % to 3 wt % of the compound represented by Formula 3 based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

11. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises a cyclic carbonate-based solvent and a propionate-based solvent.

12. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 11 , wherein the organic solvent comprises the cyclic carbonate-based solvent and the propionate-based solvent in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 50:50.

13. A lithium secondary battery, comprising:
an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly includes at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and at least one separator disposed between the at least one positive electrode and the at least one negative electrode; and
the non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 .

14. The lithium secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the lithium secondary battery is operated at a voltage of 4.45 V or higher.

15. The lithium secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the electrode assembly is a stack and folding type electrode assembly in which unit cells are wound by a long continuous separation film.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jung Min
• Lim Young Min
• Yeom Chul Eun
• Lee Chul Haeng

Classifications

• H01M2300/0051

  Carbonates · CPC title

• H01M2300/0037

  Mixture of solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0587

  of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title