Lithium secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401063-B2
Application number	US-202217942381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2022
Priority date	Sep 14, 2021
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by the following Formula 1, and has an excellent effect of scavenging decomposition products generated from the lithium salt, and thus, may improve overall performance of the battery:wherein in Formula 1,A is a C1 to C5 alkyl group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material;
a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and
a non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising:
a lithium salt;
an organic solvent; and
a compound represented by Formula 1:

wherein in Formula 1,
A is a C1 to C5 alkyl group.

2. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein in Formula 1, A is a C1 to C4 alkyl group.

3. The lithium secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein in Formula 1, A is a C1 to C3 alkyl group.

4. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 is a compound represented by Formula 1a:

5. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 is included in an amount of 0.5 wt % to 6.0 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

6. The lithium secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 is included in an amount of 0.5 wt % to 5.0 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

7. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of LiBF 4 , LiClO 4 , LiAlO 4 , LiAlCl 4 , LiPF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiBOB (LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 ), LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiTFSI (LiN(SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 ), LiFSI(LiN(SO 2 F) 2 ), LiCH 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiCH 3 CO 2 , and LiBETI (LiN (SO 2 CF 2 CF 3 ) 2 ).

8. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises a cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent, a linear carbonate-based organic solvent, or a combination thereof.

9. The lithium secondary battery of claim 8 , wherein the cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 1,2-pentylene carbonate, 2,3-pentylene carbonate, and vinylene carbonate.

10. The lithium secondary battery of claim 8 , wherein the linear carbonate-based organic solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dipropyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate (EMC), methylpropyl carbonate, and ethylpropyl carbonate.

11. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises a cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent, and a linear carbonate-based organic solvent.

12. The lithium secondary battery of claim 11 , wherein the cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent, and the linear carbonate-based organic solvent are included in a ratio of 1:9 to 5:5.

13. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution further comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a halogen-substituted or unsubstituted carbonate-based compound, a sultone-based compound, a sulfate-based compound, a phosphate-based or phosphite-based compound, a borate-based compound, a nitrile-based compound, an amine-based compound, a silane-based compound, and a lithium salt-based compound different from the lithium salt.

14. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), and aluminum (Al), and lithium.

15. The lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises at least one of a carbon-based negative electrode active material or a silicon-based negative electrode active material.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Jeong Woo
• Kim Ha Eun
• Lee Chul Haeng

Classifications

• H01M4/483

  for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title

• H01M4/364

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/525

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title