IP Library Granted Patent US 8,142,936
Granted Patent B2
US 8,142,936 · App. 10/588,481 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,142,936
App. No.
10/588,481
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing new additives and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, an electrolyte compound, a first additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, and a second additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, which is higher in oxidation initiation potential than the first additive, and deposits oxidative products or form a polymer film, in oxidation, as well as a lithium secondary battery including the same. The present invention can provide a lithium secondary battery excellent in both the battery performance and the battery safety in overcharge by the combined use of the first additive and the second battery as additives to the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.

Claims (13)

1. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising the following components:

i) a lithium salt;

ii) an electrolyte solvent;

iii) a first additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of 4.2-5.3 V; and

iv) a second additive compound with an oxidation initiation voltage of 4.2-5.3 V, which is higher in oxidation initiation potential than the first additive, and which deposits oxidative products or forms a polymer film, in oxidation, and

wherein the first additive and the second additive are respectively vinylbenzene and ethylbenzene; toluene and t-butylbenzene; mesitylene and bromoethylbenzene; or furan and fluorobiphenyl.

2. The nonaqueous electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the content of the first additive is 0.1-2% by weight, and the content of the second additive is 0.5-5% by weight.

3. A lithium secondary battery comprising the following components:

a) a cathode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions;

b) an anode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions;

c) a porous separator; and

d) the nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 .

4. The lithium secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein the content of the first additive compound is 0.1-2% by weight, and the content of the second additive compound is 0.5-5% by weight.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2006
From: AHN, SOON HO; LEE, JAE HYUN; CHO, JEONG JU; LEE, HO CHUN; SON, MI YOUNG; KIM, HYEONG JIN; LEE, HAN HO
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018173/0482 →