Electrolyte, secondary battery, and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026024804-A1
Application number	US-202519343949-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 29, 2025
Priority date	Jul 7, 2023
Publication date	Jan 22, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A secondary battery, an electrolyte, and an electric apparatus. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate, an electrolyte, a separator, and a negative electrode current collector, where the electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolytic salt, and an additive; the non-aqueous solvent includes an ether organic solvent; the additive includes a first additive; and the first additive includes one or more of a phosphite additive or a borate additive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A secondary battery, comprising:
a positive electrode plate, an electrolyte, a separator, and a negative electrode current collector, wherein:
the electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolytic salt, and an additive;
the non-aqueous solvent comprises an ether organic solvent; and
the additive comprises a first additive, wherein the first additive comprises one or more of a phosphite additive or a borate additive.

2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is a sodium-ion secondary battery; optionally, the secondary battery is an anode-free sodium secondary battery; optionally, the negative electrode current collector comprises a conductive substrate and an optional conductive layer; the conductive layer is disposed on at least one side of the conductive substrate; the conductive substrate comprises any one of bare copper, an aluminum foil, an aluminum alloy foil, and an aluminum-based composite current collector; optionally, the conductive layer comprises a conductive agent and a binder; and further optionally, the conductive agent comprises graphite, graphene, carbon fiber, carbon black, carbon dots, soft carbon, hard carbon, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, or single-walled carbon nanotubes.

3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the ether organic solvent comprises one or more of ethylene glycol diethyl ether, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl methyl ether, ethylene glycol dibutyl ether, 1,3-dioxolane, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, or methyltetrahydrofuran; optionally, the ether organic solvent comprises ethylene glycol diethyl ether and/or diethylene glycol dimethyl ether; optionally, a mass percentage of ethylene glycol diethyl ether in the electrolyte is greater than or equal to 30%, optionally 40% to 65%; and optionally, a mass percentage of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether in the electrolyte is greater than or equal to 20%, optionally 25% to 40%.

4 . The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein in the electrolyte, the electrolytic salt comprises a first sodium salt and sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate; the first sodium salt comprises any one or more of sodium hexafluorophosphate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, or sodium hexafluoroarsenate; optionally, a mass percentage of sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate in the electrolyte is 2% to 10%; optionally, a mass percentage of the first sodium salt in the electrolyte is 3% to 40%, optionally 5% to 30%; and optionally, a mass ratio of sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate to diethylene glycol dimethyl ether is denoted as X, wherein 0.05≤X≤0.2, optionally 0.1≤X≤0.13.

5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphite additive comprises one or more of tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite, trimethyl phosphite, triethyl phosphite, tripropyl phosphite, tributyl phosphite, or triphenyl phosphite.

6 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the borate additive comprises any one or more of tris(trimethylsilyl) borate, trimethyl borate, triethyl borate, tripropyl borate, tributyl borate, or triphenyl borate.

7 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first additive comprises tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite and/or tris(trimethylsilyl) borate; and/or a mass percentage of the first additive in the electrolyte is 0.2% to 5%, optionally 0.2% to 3%.

8 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the additive further comprises a second additive, and the second additive comprises a C2-C7 fluorinated alkyl ether additive.

9 . The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the C2-C7 fluorinated alkyl ether additive comprises any one or more of 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl methyl ether, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl methyl ether, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether, bis-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) ether, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl ether, methyl nonafluorobutyl ether, bis-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl) ether, difluoromethyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-(fluoromethoxy) propane, 1,1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl difluoromethyl ether, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-methoxypropane, 1,1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl ethyl ether, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ethyl ether, 1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropyl methyl ether, ethyl perfluorobutyl ether, ethyl nonafluorobutyl ether, heptafluoropropyl 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether, 1,1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether, 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl difluoromethyl ether, or 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ethyl ether.

10 . The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein a mass percentage of the second additive in the electrolyte is 0.2% to 5%, optionally 0.2% to 2%.

11 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic salt comprises an electrolytic sodium salt; optionally, the electrolytic salt comprises one or more of sodium hexafluorophosphate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, sodium hexafluoroarsenate, sodium trifluoroacetate, sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate, or sodium tetraphenylborate; optionally, the electrolytic salt comprises a first sodium salt and sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate; the first sodium salt comprises any one or more of sodium hexafluorophosphate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, or sodium hexafluoroarsenate; optionally, a mass percentage of sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate in the electrolyte is 2% to 10%; and optionally, a mass percentage of the first sodium salt in the electrolyte is 3% to 40%, optionally 5% to 30%.

12 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material of the positive electrode plate is a layered metal oxide; and optionally, the positive electrode active material comprises one or more of oxides represented by a chemical formula Na x Mn a Q b O 2-c-d F c , wherein 0.5<x≤1, 0<a, 0<b, 0≤c≤0.2, −0.1≤d≤0.1, and Q comprises one or more of the following elements: Li, B, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Sb, La, Ce, Ta, W, and Bi.

13 . An electric apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

14 . An electrolyte, comprising a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolytic salt, and an additive, wherein the non-aqueous solvent comprises an ether organic solvent; and the additive comprises:
a first additive, wherein the first additive comprises one or more of a phosphite additive or a borate additive.

15 . The electrolyte according to claim 14 , wherein the ether organic solvent comprises one or more of ethylene glycol diethyl ether, ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl methyl ether, ethylene glycol dibutyl ether, 1,3-dioxolane, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, or methyltetrahydrofuran; optionally, the ether organic solvent comprises ethylene glycol diethyl ether and/or diethylene glycol dimethyl ether; optionally, a mass percentage of ethylene glycol diethyl ether in the electrolyte is greater than or equal to 30%, optionally 40% to 65%; and optionally, a mass percentage of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether in the electrolyte is greater than or equal to 20%, optionally 25% to 40%.

16 . The electrolyte according to claim 14 , wherein the phosphite additive comprises one or more of tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite, trimethyl phosphite, triethyl phosphite, tripropyl phosphite, tributyl phosphite, or triphenyl phosphite.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Kai
• Li Xiaolong
• Guo Bingkun
• Zhang Xinxin
• Chen Shigang
• Yao Shikang
• Liu Ben
• Zhou Qicheng
• Lan Jiadian

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M10/0567 Primary

  characterised by the additives · CPC title