Composition for gel polymer electrolyte and lithium secondary battery including gel polymer electrolyte formed therefrom

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023261260-A1
Application number	US-202118012216-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Sep 18, 2020
Publication date	Aug 17, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a polymerization initiator and a crosslinking agent, a gel polymer electrolyte formed by polymerizing the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to inhibit the evaporation of a non-aqueous organic solvent by using a crosslinking agent, and to inhibit ignition propagation upon the ignition of a cell.

First claim

1 . A composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, comprising:
a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; a polymerization initiator; at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a polymerizable monomer, oligomer and copolymer; and a compound represented by Chemical Formula in an amount of 10 vol % or more, based on a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent and the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, X is at least one halogen atom selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I, and n is an integer of 1-6.

2 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of fluorobenzene, chlorobenzene, bromobenzene, iodobenzene, difluorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, dibromobenzene, diiodobenzene, trifluorobenzene, trichlorobenzene, tribromobenzene, triiodobenzene, tetrafluorobenzene, tetrachlorobenzene, tetrabromobenzene, tetraiodobenzene, fluorochlorobenzene, fluorobromobenzene, fluoroiodobenzene, chlorobromobenzene, chloroiodobenzene and bromoiodobenzene.

3 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 in an amount of 10-30 vol % based on the total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent and the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.

4 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 2 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is fluorobezene, chlorobenzene, bromobenzene or iodobenzene.

5 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound has a polymerizable functional group selected from the group consisting of vinyl, epoxy, allyl and (meth)acryl groups, and is a compound converted into a gel phase through a polymerization or crosslinking.

6 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 300-100,000 g/mol.

7 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises the polymerizable compound an amount of 0.01-10 wt %, based on a total weight of the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte.

8 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of carbonates, esters and ethers.

9 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 8 , wherein the carbonate solvent is a mixed solvent of a linear carbonate with a cyclic carbonate.

10 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 9 , wherein the cyclic carbonate comprises any one selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 1,2-pentylene carbonate, 2,3-pentylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate and halides thereof, or a mixture of two or more thereof.

11 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 9 , wherein the linear carbonate comprises any one selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dipropyl carbonate (DPC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), methyl propyl carbonate (MPC), ethyl propyl carbonate (EPC) and halides thereof, or a mixture of two or more thereof.

12 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 8 , wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent comprises a mixed solvent of a cyclic carbonate with a linear ester.

13 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 12 , wherein the linear ester comprises any one selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate and butyl propionate, or a mixture of two or more thereof.

14 . The composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt comprises Li + , as a cation, and at least one selected from the group consisting of F − , Cl − , Br, I, NO 3 , N(CN) 2 , BF 4 , ClO 4 , AlO 4 , AlCl 4 , PF − , SbF − , AsF − , BF 2 C 2 O 4 , BC 4 O 8 − , (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 − , C 4 F 9 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 − , CF 3 (CF 2 ) 7 SO 3 − , CF 3 CO 2 , CH 3 CO 2 , SCN − and (CF 3 CF 2 SO 2 ) 2 N − , as an anion.

15 . A gel polymer electrolyte formed by polymerizing the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 .

16 . A lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and the gel polymer electrolyte according to claim 15 .

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jung-Hoon
• Kang Yong-Hee
• Ryu Ji-Hoon
• Yoon Yeo-Min
• Lee Jae-Won
• Jung Bum-Young

Classifications

• H01M2300/0037

  Mixture of solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0567

  characterised by the additives · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M10/052 Primary

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M10/0565 Primary

  Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type · CPC title