Secondary battery electrolyte solution, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack, and electrical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025246681-A1
Application number	US-202519180787-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 16, 2025
Priority date	Dec 23, 2022
Publication date	Jul 31, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrolyte solution includes an electrolyte salt, a solvent, and a polyether. A secondary battery includes the electrolyte solution. A method for preparing a secondary battery electrolyte solution includes adding an additive and a cyclic ether compound into a composition containing an electrolyte salt and a solvent, and performing in-situ polymerization for at least 24 hours to obtain the secondary battery electrolyte solution. The additive is a Lewis acid or a Lewis acid precursor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A secondary battery electrolyte solution, comprising an electrolyte salt, a solvent, and a polyether.

2 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises lithium ions, and a mass percent of the lithium ions is 0.05% to 0.46% based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution.

3 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percent of the polyether is 10% to 70% based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution.

4 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the polyether is generated by in-situ polymerization from a cyclic ether compound in the electrolyte solution as initiated by a Lewis acid.

5 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 4 , wherein the Lewis acid is derived from an additive in the electrolyte solution, the additive comprises one or more of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium perchlorate, or lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, and optionally, the additive is one or two of lithium hexafluorophosphate or lithium tetrafluoroborate.

6 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 5 , wherein, based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution, a mass percent of the added additive is 1% to 10%, and optionally 2% to 6%.

7 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 4 , wherein the cyclic ether compound comprises one or more of 1,3-dioxolane, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, 1,4-butanediol glycidyl ether, 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane, tetrahydrofuran, methyltetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, or tetrahydropyran, and optionally one or more of 1,3-dioxolane, tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, or tetrahydropyran.

8 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent comprises a chain ether compound.

9 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent comprises one or more of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, or ethylene glycol dibutyl ether.

10 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 4 , wherein, based on a total volume of the solvent in the electrolyte solution, a volume content of the added cyclic ether compound is ⅕ to 5, and optionally ⅓ to 3.

11 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte salt comprises at least one of a first sodium salt or a second sodium salt; the first sodium salt comprises one or more of sodium hexafluorophosphate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, sodium hexafluoroarsenate, or sodium trifluoroacetate; and an anion structure of the second sodium salt comprises at least one of structures represented by Formula I and Formula II:

wherein
R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each independently are fluorine or a C 1 to C 6 fluoroalkyl.

12 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 11 , wherein, based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution, a mass percent of the first sodium salt in the electrolyte solution is 2% to 40%.

13 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 11 , wherein the second sodium salt comprises one or more of sodium triflate, sodium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, or sodium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide.

14 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 11 , wherein, based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution, a mass percent of the second sodium salt in the electrolyte solution is 1% to 10%.

15 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity of the electrolyte solution at 25° C. is less than 1300 mPa·s.

16 . A secondary battery, comprising the electrolyte solution according to claim 1 .

17 . A method for preparing a secondary battery electrolyte solution, comprising:
adding an additive and a cyclic ether compound into a composition containing an electrolyte salt and a solvent, wherein the additive is a Lewis acid or a Lewis acid precursor; and performing in-situ polymerization for at least 24 hours to obtain the secondary battery electrolyte solution.

18 . The preparation method according to claim 17 , wherein the additive comprises one or more of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium perchlorate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, aluminum chloride, or aluminum triflate, and optionally, the additive is one or two of lithium hexafluorophosphate or lithium tetrafluoroborate.

19 . The preparation method according to claim 17 , wherein, based on a total mass of the electrolyte solution, a mass percent of the added additive is 1% to 10%, and optionally 2% to 6%.

20 . The preparation method according to claim 17 , wherein the cyclic ether compound comprises one or more of 1,3-dioxolane, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, 1,4-butanediol glycidyl ether, 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane, tetrahydrofuran, methyltetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, or tetrahydropyran, and optionally one or more of 1,3-dioxolane, tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, or tetrahydropyran.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xiaolong
• Zhang Xinxin
• Guo Bingkun
• Liu Ben
• Yao Shikang
• Zhou Qicheng
• Lan Jiadian

Classifications

• H01M2300/0025

  Organic electrolyte · CPC title

• H01M2300/0082

  Organic polymers · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/054

  Accumulators with insertion or intercalation of metals other than lithium, e.g. with magnesium or aluminium · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title