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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431535-B2
Application number	US-202217800697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2022
Priority date	Jan 28, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, which may form a robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), and a lithium secondary battery in which battery performance is improved by including the same. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery may include an oligomer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 1 and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 2 as the first additive, and may include at least one selected from the group consisting of a nitrile-based compound, a lithium salt compound, and a cyclic carbonate compound as the second additive.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, comprising
a lithium salt;
a non-aqueous organic solvent;
a first additive including an oligomer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 1 and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 2; and
a second additive including at least one selected from the group consisting of a nitrile-based compound, a lithium salt compound, and a cyclic carbonate compound,
wherein the Formulae 1 and 2 are:

wherein, in the Formula 1,
R′ is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and
R 1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or —(R 2 ) o O(R 3 ) p —, wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, o is an integer of 1 to 3, and p is an integer of 0 to 3,

wherein, in the Formula 2,
R″ is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,
R 4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and
R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms,
wherein the lithium salt is at least one selected from LiPF 6 , LiFSI, and LiTFSI,
wherein the lithium salt compound is at least one selected from LiBF 4 , lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium difluorophosphate, or lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate,
the cyclic carbonate compound is at least one selected from vinylene carbonate (VC), vinylethylene carbonate (VEC), or fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), and
the nitrile-based compound comprises at least one selected from succinonitrile, adiponitrile, dicyanobutene, ethylene glycol bis(propionitrile)ether, hexanetricarbonitrile, acetonitrile, propionitrile, butyronitrile, valeronitrile, caprylonitrile, heptanenitrile, cyclopentane carbonitrile, cyclohexane carbonitrile, 2-fluorobenzonitrile, 4-fluorobenzonitrile, difluorobenzonitrile, trifluorobenzonitrile, phenylacetonitrile, 2-fluorophenylacetonitrile, or 4-fluorophenylacetonitrile.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the oligomer comprises an oligomer represented by Formula 3:

wherein, in the Formula 3,
R′ and R″ are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,
R 1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or —(R 2 ) o O(R 3 ) p —, wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, o is an integer of 1 to 3, and p is an integer of 0 to 3,
R 4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and
a molar ratio of n:m is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein R′ and R″ are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms,
R 1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or —(R 2 ) o O(R 3 ) p —, wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, o is an integer of 1 to 3, and p is an integer of 0 to 3,
R 4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and
the molar ratio of n:m is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1.

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein R′ and R″ are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms,
R 1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or —(R 2 ) o O(R 3 ) p —, wherein R 2 and R 3 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, o is an integer of 1 to 3, and p is an integer of 0 to 3,
R 4 is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
R 5 is an aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and
the molar ratio of n:m is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the molar ratio of n:m is in a range of 20:80 to 90:10.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the oligomer represented by Formula 3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of oligomers represented by Formulae 3A to 3F:

wherein, in the Formula 3A,
a molar ratio of n1:m1 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1,

wherein, in the Formula 3B,
a molar ratio of n2:m2 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1,

wherein, in the Formula 3C,
a molar ratio of n3:m3 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1,

wherein, in the Formula 3D,
a molar ratio of n4:m4 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1,

wherein, in the Formula 3E,
a molar ratio of n5:m5 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1,

wherein, in the Formula 3F,
a molar ratio of n6:m6 is in a range of 1:99 to 99:1.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the oligomer is present in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the oligomer to the nitrile-based compound is in a range of 1:0.01 to 1:100.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the oligomer to the lithium salt compound is in a range of 1:0.01 to 1:100.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the oligomer to the cyclic carbonate compound is in a range of 1:0.001 to 1:150.

11. A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material;
a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and
the non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 .

12. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 , and the non-aqueous organic solvent includes ethylene carbonate, propylene carb

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Ji Su Hyeon
• Lee Chul Haeng
• Ahn Kyoung Ho
• Kim Min Jung
• Park Sol Ji
• Han Jun Hyeok
• Shin Won Kyung
• Lee Won Tae

Classifications

• H01M2300/0025

  Organic electrolyte · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M50/46

  Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their combination with electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M2300/0042

  Four or more solvents · CPC title