Lithium ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025266446-A1
Application number	US-202519186953-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 23, 2025
Priority date	Jan 19, 2022
Publication date	Aug 21, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lithium ion battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode material layer, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material comprises Li x Ni y Co z M 1-y-z O 2 , M is at least one element selected from Mn and Al, the positive electrode active material is doped or coated with an element E, the element E is selected from one or more of Ba, Zn, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Si, Sn, B, Co, and P, a potential range of the positive electrode active material with respect to lithium metal is ≥4.25V; the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a solvent, an electrolyte salt and an additive, the additive comprises a compound represented by structural formula 1:

and the lithium ion battery meets the following requirements: 0.1≤(H/T)×M/1000≤10; and 80≤H≤150, 0.005≤T≤0.8, 0.05≤M≤3.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lithium ion battery, comprising a positive electrode containing a positive electrode material layer, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material comprises LiNi y Co z Mn 1-y-z O 2 , and 0.5≤y≤0.8, 0≤z≤0.2, 0.1≤1−y−z≤0.3, the positive electrode active material is doped or coated with an element E, the element E is selected from one or more of Ba, Zn, Ti, Mg, Zr, W, Y, Si, Sn, B, Co, and P, and potential range of the positive electrode active material with respect to lithium metal is ≥4.25V;
the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a solvent, an electrolyte salt and an additive, the additive comprises a compound represented by structural formula 1;

wherein n is 0 or 1, A is selected from C or O, X is selected from

 R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from H,

 R 1 and R 2 are not both selected from H, and X, R 1 and R 2 contain at least one sulfur atom;
the lithium ion battery meets the following requirements:
0.1≤( H/T )× M/ 1000≤10; and

80≤ H≤ 140,0.005≤ T≤ 0.8,0.05≤ M≤ 3;

wherein H is a thickness of the positive electrode material layer, in μm;
T is a percentage mass content of the element E in the positive electrode material layer, in %;
M is a percentage mass content of the compound represented by structure formula 1 in the non-aqueous electrolyte, in %,
the compound represented by structural formula 1 is selected from one or more of the following compounds:

2 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the potential range of the positive electrode active material with respect to lithium metal is 4.25V˜4.6V.

3 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium ion battery meets the following requirements:
0.5≤( H/T )× M/ 1000≤6.

4 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the thickness H of the positive electrode material layer is 90˜120 μm.

5 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the percentage mass content T of the element E in the positive electrode material layer is 0.01%˜0.2%.

6 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the percentage mass content M of the compound represented by structural formula 1 in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 0.1%˜1%.

7 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material comprises one or more selected from LiNi 0.5 Co 0.2 Mn 0.3 O 2 , LiNi 0.6 Co 0.2 Mn 0.2 O 2 , LiNi 0.7 Co 0.1 Mn 0.2 O 2 , LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 , or LiNi 0.75 Mn 0.25 O 2 .

8 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte salt is selected from at least one of LiPF 6 , LiBOB, LIDFOB, LIDFOP, LiPO 2 F 2 , LiBF 4 , LiSbF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiN(SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 , LiN(SO 2 C 2 F 5 ) 2 , LiC(SO 2 CF 3 ) 3 , LiN(SO 2 F) 2 , LiClO 4 , LiAlCl 4 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , Li 2 B 10 Cl 10 and lithium salt of lower aliphatic carboxylic acid.

9 . The lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises a supplemental additive, the supplemental additive comprises at least one of cyclic sulfuric acid ester compound, sultone compound, cyclic carbonate ester compound, phosphate ester compound, borate ester compound, and nitrile compound.

10 . The lithium ion battery of claim 9 , wherein an addition amount of the supplemental additive is 0.01%˜30% based on the total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte being 100%.

11 . The lithium ion battery of claim 9 , wherein the cyclic sulfuric acid ester compound is selected from at least one of ethylene sulfate, propylene sulfate, or methyl ethylene sulfate;
the sultone compound is selected from at least one of methylmethylene disulfonate, 1,3-propanesultone, 1,4-butane sultone, or 1,3-propylene sultone; the cyclic carbonate ester compound is selected from at least one of vinylethylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate or a compound represented by structure formula 2,

in structural formula 2, R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 and R 26 are each independently selected from one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and a C1-C5 group;
the phosphate ester compound is selected from at least one of tris (trimethylsilyl) phosphate and a compound represented by structural formula 3:

in structural formula 3, R 31 , R 32 and R 32 are each independently selected from a C1-C5 saturated hydrocarbon group, a C1-C5 unsaturated hydrocarbon group, a C1-C5 halogenated hydrocarbon group and —Si(C m H 2m+1 ) 3 , m is a natural number of 1˜3, and at least one of R 31 , R 32 and R 33 is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group;
the borate ester compound is selected from tris (trimethylsilyl) borate;
the nitrile compound is selected from one or more of butanedinitrile, glutaronitrile, ethylene glycol bis (propionitrile) rther, hexanetricarbonitrile, adiponitrile, pimelic dinitrile, hexamethylene dicyanide, azelaic dinitrile and sebacic dinitrile.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qian Yunxian
• Hu Shiguang
• Deng Yonghong
• Li Hongmei
• Xiang Xiaoxia

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/366

  as layered products · CPC title

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title