Non-aqueous electrolyte, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438195-B2
Application number	US-202217872361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2022
Priority date	Jul 29, 2021
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt; an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein the invention can control moisture in the lithium secondary battery in which the non-aqueous electrolyte is used, suppress by-product formation according to moisture control, and improve the durability of the solid electrolyte layer, thereby improving the durability thereof,

wherein L 1 and L 2 are each independently a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte comprising:
a lithium salt;
an organic solvent; and
a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein

in Chemical Formula 1, L 1 and L 2 are each independently a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and
R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,
provided when L 1 and L 2 are both a single bond, R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1A, wherein

in Chemical Formula 1A, R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 comprises a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2B,

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is comprised in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 7 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is comprised in an amount of 1.5 wt % to 3.5 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt comprises at least one of LiPF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiSbF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiCIO 4 , LiN(C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 , LIN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , CF 3 SO 3 L 1 , LiC(CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 , LiC 4 BO 8 , LiTFSI, or LiFSI.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 .

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is comprised at a concentration of 0.5 M to 5 M in the non-aqueous electrolyte.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises at least one of a linear carbonate or a cyclic carbonate.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises at least one additive of vinylene carbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, propane sultone, succinonitrile, adiponitrile, ethylene sulfate, propene sultone, fluoroethylene carbonate, LiPO 2 F 2 , lithium difluorooxalatoborate (LiODFB), lithium bis-(oxalato) borate (LiBOB), 3-trimethoxysilanyl-propyl-N-aniline (TMSPa), or tris (trimethylsilyl) phosphite (TMSPi).

11. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 10 , wherein the additive is vinylene carbonate.

12. The non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 10 , wherein the additive is included in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 15 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

13. A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode;
a positive electrode facing the negative electrode;
a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and
the non-aqueous electrolyte of claim 1 .

14. The lithium secondary battery of claim 12 , wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector,
the positive electrode active material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, and
the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium composite transition metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 5:
Li 1+x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d )O 2   [Chemical Formula 5]

wherein in Chemical Formula 5,
M is one or more selected from the group consisting of W, Cu, Fe, V, Cr, Ti, Zr, Zn, Al, In, Ta, Y, La, Sr, Ga, Sc, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Nb, Mg, B, and Mo,
1+x, a, b, c and d are each independent atomic fractions of the elements, and
0≤x≤0.2, 0.50≤a<1, 0<b≤0.25, 0<c≤0.25, 0≤d≤0.1, a+b+c+d=1.

15. The lithium secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein a, b, c, and d of Chemical Formula 5 are 0.80≤a≤0.95, 0.025≤b≤0.15, 0.025≤c≤0.15, and 0≤d≤0.05, respectively.

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

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, L 1 and L 2 are each independently a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, provided when L 1 and L 2 are both a single bond, R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode current collector
the positive electrode active material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, and
the positive electrode active material consists of a lithium composite transition metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 5:
Li 1+x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d )O 2   [Chemical Formula 5]

in Chemical Formula 5,
M is one or more selected from the group consisting of W, Cu, Fe, V, Cr, Ti, Zr, Zn, Al, In, Ta, Y, La, Sr, Ga, Sc, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Nb, Mg, B, and Mo,
1+x, a, b, c and d are each independent atomic fractions of the elements, and
0≤x≤0.2, 0.50≤a<1, 0<b≤0.25, 0<c≤0.25, 0≤d≤0.1, a+b+c+d=1.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Jeong Woo
• Lee Chul Haeng
• An Yu Ha
• Park Sung Guk

Classifications

• H01M2300/0028

  characterised by the solvent · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0567 Primary

  characterised by the additives · CPC title

• H01M10/0525 Primary

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