Lithium secondary battery having improved lifespan characteristics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9472830-B2
Application number	US-201414560139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Jun 18, 2013
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery having improved lifespan characteristics. More particularly, a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator interposed between the cathode and anode, and an electrolyte, wherein the anode comprises lithium titanium oxide (LTO) as an anode active material, the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt; a non-aqueous-based solvent; and (a) a phosphate compound which can prevent gas generation during high-temperature storage, (b) a sulfonate compound which can reduce discharge resistance by forming a low-resistance SEI layer, or a mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b), is disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator interposed between the cathode and anode, and an electrolyte,
wherein the anode comprises lithium titanium oxide (LTO) as an anode active material, and
the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt; a non-aqueous-based solvent; and a mixture of (a) a phosphate compound which can prevent gas generation during high-temperature storage, and (b) a sulfonate compound which can reduce discharge resistance by forming a low-resistance SEI layer,
wherein the mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b) comprises the compound (a) and the compound (b) in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:5,
wherein the sulfonate compound is a cyclic hetero compound represented by Formula 2 below:

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein operating potential of the secondary battery is 1.2 to 1.8 V.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b) partially or entirely forms a passivation layer comprising a chemical reaction product of the compound(s) by being reduced at a battery operating potential over an anode surface.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the passivation layer is a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b) is comprised in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % based on a total weight of an electrolyte.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b) is comprised in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % based on a total weight of an electrolyte.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphate compound is represented by Formula 1 below:

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each independently are a halogen, a C 1 to C 10 alkyl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen, a C 2 to C 10 alkenyl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen or a C 1 to C 10 alkoxy group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen, or at least two of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are connected to each other to form an oxalate group.

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the phosphate compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate, lithium tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate), and lithium tris(oxalato)phosphate.

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte further comprises at least one compound selected form the group consisting of a lactam-based compound in which an electron withdrawing group is substituted, a silazane-based compound, a silyl amide-based compound, a sultone-based compound, a siloxane-based compound comprising at least one unsaturated group, and a vinylidene carbonate-based compound.

10. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is selected form the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, chloroborane lithium, lower aliphatic carboxylic acid lithium, lithium tetraphenyl borate, imides, and mixtures thereof.

11. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous-based solvent is selected form the group consisting of a carbonate-based solvent, an ester-based solvent, an ether-based solvent, a ketone-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, an aprotic solvent, and a mixture thereof.

12. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the non-aqueous-based solvent is a mixture of linear carbonate and cyclic carbonate.

13. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the LTO is represented by Formula 3 below:
Li x Ti y O 4   (3)

wherein 0.5<x<3 and 1<y<2.5.

14. A battery module comprising the lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 as a unit battery.

15. A battery pack comprising the battery module according to claim 14 .

16. A device comprising the battery pack according to claim 15 .

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the device is an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or a system for storing power.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Kyoung Ho
• Lee Chul Haeng
• Lee Jung Hoon
• Yang Doo Kyung
• Lim Young Min

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title