Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery employing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016190650-A1
Application number	US-201514982873-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an organic fluorinated ether compound represented by Formula 1:
R 1 —O—CF 2 —CHF—R 2   Formula 1
wherein, in Formula 1, R 1 is a C3-C10 alkyl group or a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, and R 2 is fluorine, a C1-C10 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C10 fluorinated alkyl group, or a C3-C10 fluorinated cycloalkyl group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising:
a lithium salt; an organic solvent, and an organic fluorinated ether compound represented by Formula 1:
R 1 —O—CF 2 —CHF—R 2   Formula 1

wherein, in Formula 1, R 1 is a C3-C10 alkyl group or a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group; and R 2 is fluorine, a C1-C10 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C10 fluorinated alkyl group, or a C3-C10 fluorinated cycloalkyl group.

2 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the organic fluorinated ether compound comprises at least one compound selected from compounds represented by Formulae 2 to 10:
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF 2   Formula 2
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF 2   Formula 3
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF 2   Formula 4
(CH 3 ) 3 —C—CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF 2   Formula 5
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF 2   Formula 6
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF—CH 3   Formula 7
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF—CH 2 —CH 3   Formula 8
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF—CH 2 —CH 3   Formula 9
CH 3 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CF 2 —CHF—CH 2 —CH 3 .  Formula 10

3 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the organic fluorinated ether compound has a boiling point of about 60° C. or greater.

4 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the amount of the organic fluorinated ether compound is from about 5 percent by weight to about 70 percent by weight based on a total weight of the electrolyte.

5 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein an anion of the lithium salt comprises F − , Cl − , Br − , I − , NO 3 − , N(CN) 2 − , BF 4 − , ClO 4 − , PF 6 − , (CF 3 ) 2 PF 4 − , (CF 3 ) 3 PF 3 − , (CF 3 ) 4 PF 2 − , (CF 3 ) 5 PF − , (CF 3 ) 6 P − , CF 3 SO 3 − , CF 3 CF 2 SO 3 − , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 N − , (FSO 2 ) 2 N − , CF 3 CF 2 (CF 3 ) 2 CO − , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 CH − , (SF 5 ) 3 C − , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 C − , CF 3 (CF 2 ) 7 SO 3 − , CF 3 CO 2 − , CH 3 CO 2 − SCN − , (CF 3 CF 2 SO 2 ) 2 N − , or a combination thereof.

6 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises an ether solvent, an ester solvent, an amide solvent, a linear carbonate solvent, a cyclic carbonate solvent, or a combination thereof.

7 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte further comprises an additive to form a solid electrolyte interface membrane, the additive comprising vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, a cyclic sulfite, a saturated sultone, an unsaturated sultone, an acyclic sulfone, or a combination thereof.

8 . The electrolyte of claim 6 , wherein the ether solvent comprises dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, dipropyl ether, methylethyl ether, methyl propyl ether, ethyl propyl ether, or a combination thereof.

9 . The electrolyte of claim 6 , wherein the ester solvent comprises methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, γ-butyrolactone, γ-valerolactone, γ-caprolactone, σ-valerolactone, ε-caprolactone, or a combination thereof.

10 . The electrolyte of claim 6 , wherein the amide solvent comprises N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, or a combination thereof.

11 . The electrolyte of claim 6 , wherein the linear carbonate solvent comprises dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, a halide thereof, or a combination thereof.

12 . The electrolyte of claim 6 , wherein the cyclic carbonate solvent comprises ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 1,2-pentylene carbonate, 2,3-pentylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, a halide thereof, or a combination thereof.

13 . The electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the cyclic sulfite is ethylene sulfite, methyl ethylene sulfite, ethyl ethylene sulfite, 4,5-dimethyl ethylene sulfite, 4,5-diethyl ethylene sulfite, propylene sulfite, 4,5-dimethyl propylene sulfite, 4,5-diethyl propylene sulfite, 4,6-dimethyl propylene sulfite, 4,6-diethyl propylene sulfite, 1,3-butylene glycol sulfite, or a combination thereof.

14 . The electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the saturated sultone is 1,3-propane sultone, 1,4-butane sultone, or a combination thereof.

15 . The electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the unsaturated sultone is ethene sultone, 1,3-propene sultone, 1,4-butene sultone, 1-methyl-1,3-propene sultone, or a combination thereof.

16 . The electrolyte of claim 8 , wherein the acyclic sulfone is divinyl sulfone, dimethyl sulfone, diethyl sulfone, methylethyl sulfone, methylvinyl sulfone, or a combination thereof.

17 . The electrolyte of claim 8 , wherein an amount of the additive to form a solid electrolyte interface membrane is from about 0.01 parts by weight to about 10 parts by weight based on a total weight of the electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery.

18 . The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the lithium salt is from about 0.6 moles per liter to about 2.0 moles per liter.

19 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a cathode; an anode; and the electrolyte according to claim 1 , disposed between the cathode and the anode.

20 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 19 , further comprising a film disposed on a surface of the anode, wherein the film comprises an organic fluorinated ether compound represented by Formula 1.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Jinah
• Kim Dongyoung
• Park Hosang
• Kang Yoonsok
• Cho Jungjoo

Classifications

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M2300/0025

  Organic electrolyte · CPC title

• H01M10/0567 Primary

  characterised by the additives · CPC title