Lithium secondary battery
View Patent ↗The object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery of high output. According to the present invention, there is provided a lithium secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode which reversibly intercalate and deintercalate lithium and an electrolyte containing an ion conductive material and an electrolytic salt, where said electrolyte contains an electrolytic salt and a boron-containing compound represented by the following formula (1) or a polymer thereof, or a copolymer of the compounds of the following formulas (2) and (3).
1. A lithium secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode which reversibly intercalate and deintercalate lithium, the negative electrode containing amorphous carbon, and an electrolyte containing an ion conductive material and an electrolytic salt, where the ion conductive material comprises a polymerizable composition which contains a boron-containing compound represented by the following formula (2) and a boron-containing compound represented by the following formula (3):
wherein B represents a boron atom; Z 4 , Z 5 and Z 6 each represent an organic group having an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group or a hydrocarbon group of 1-10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one of Z 4 , Z 5 and Z 6 is said organic group having an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each represent a hydrocarbon group of 1-10 carbon atoms; AO represents an oxyalkylene group of 1-6 carbon atoms; and each of p, q, r, α, β and γ is more than 0 and less than 4, provided that each of the sum p+q+r and the sum α+β+γ is 1 or more.
2. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the compound of the formula (2) and the compound of the formula (3) [(molar number of the compound of the formula (3))/( molar number of the compound of the formula (2))] is 0.1 to 9.
3. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the electrolyte contains a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition.
4. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the electrolytic salt is selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiAsF 6 , LiI, LiBr, LiSCN, Li 2 B 10 Cl 10 and LiCF 3 CO 2 .
5. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein said molar ratio is 0.5 to 4.
6. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein said molar ratio is 1-2.5.
7. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte contains a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition.
8. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic salt is selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiAsF 6 , LiI, LiBr, LiSCN, Li 2 B 10 Cl 10 and LiCF 3 CO 2 .
9. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein each of the compounds represented by the formula (2) and by the formula (3) has a molecular weight of 300-1000.
10. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein each of the compounds represented by the formula (2) and by the formula (3) has a molecular weight of 500-800.
11. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the number of carbon atoms in AO is 1-4.
12. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein all of Z 4 , Z 5 and Z 6 are organic groups having an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group.
13. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein p, q, r, α, β and γ are each 1-3; and p+q+r and α+β+γ are each equal to 3-9.
14. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable composition consists essentially of said boron-containing compound represented by the formula (2) and said boron-containing compound represented by the formula (3).
15. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable composition consists of said boron-containing compound represented by the formula (2) and said boron-containing compound represented by the formula (3).
16. A lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode contains a laminar lithium compound.