IP Library Granted Patent US 7,083,878
Granted Patent B2
US 7,083,878 · App. 11/026,398 · Granted Aug 1, 2006

Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 7,083,878
App. No.
11/026,398
Granted
Aug 1, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide such a battery that has a high capacity, is excellent in storage characteristics, cycle characteristics and continuous charging characteristics, and is small in gas generation amount, whereby size reduction and improvement in performance of a lithium secondary battery can be attained. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same, wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF 4 and/or a compound represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF 6 , and the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises (1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate, (2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate, (2-2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and (3) vinylene carbonate.

Claims (46)

1. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same,

wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF 4 and/or a compound represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF 6 , and

the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises:

(1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate,

(2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate,

(2-2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and

(3) vinylene carbonate:

(In the formula, R represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a fluorine atom, provided that the alkylene chain except for a side chain has 12 or less carbon atoms).

2. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution contains LiBF 4 and/or a compound represented by the following formula (1) in a concentration of from 0.001 to 0.3 mole/L.

3. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein a total amount of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, the symmetric linear carbonate, the asymmetric linear carbonate and vinylene carbonate in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution except for the lithium salt is 80% by weight or more.

4. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of vinylene carbonate in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution except for the lithium salt is from 0.01 to 8% by weight.

5. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the symmetric carbonate is selected from dimethyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate, and the asymmetric carbonate is selected from ethylmethyl carbonate.

6. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of a total amount of ethylene carbonate (1) and a total amount of the symmetric linear carbonate (2-1) and the asymmetric linear carbonate (2-2) is from 10/90 to 70/30.

7. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous solvent further comprises an aromatic compound selected from biphenyl, an alkylbiphenyl, terphenyl, a partially hydrogenated product of terphenyl, cyclohexylbenzene, t-butylbenzene, t-amylbenzene, diphenyl ether and dibenzofuran.

8. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution further comprises, as the lithium salt, one selected from LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiN(C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 and LiCF 3 SO 3 in a concentration of from 0.001 to 0.2 mole/L.

9. A lithium secondary battery characterized by comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 .

10. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein the positive electrode contains, as an active substance, a lithium-transition metal complex oxide selected from a lithium-cobalt oxide, a lithium-nickel oxide and a lithium-manganese oxide, or a complex oxide obtained by substituting a part of the transition metal of the complex oxide by another metal.

11. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same,

wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L and LiBF 4 in a concentration of from 0.001 to 0.3 mole/L, and

the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises:

(1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate,

(2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate,

(2- 2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and

(3) vinylene carbonate.

12. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 11 , wherein LiBF 4 is contained in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF 6 .

13. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same, wherein the electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.5 to 2.5 mole/L and a lithium salt represented by the following formula (1) in a concentration of from 0.001 to 0.3 mole/L:

(In the formula, R represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a fluorine atom, provided that the alkylene chain except for a side chain has 12 or less carbon atoms).

14. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 13 , wherein the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises:

(1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate,

(2-1) a symmetric linear carbonate,

(2-2) an asymmetric linear carbonate, and

(3) vinylene carbonate.

15. A lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution,

wherein the negative electrode contains, as an active substance, a carbonaceous substance, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution mainly comprises a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same and contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF 4 and/or a lithium salt represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF 6 , and

the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises:

(1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate,

(2) a linear carbonate, and

(3) vinylene carbonate:

(In the formula, R represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a fluorine atom, provided that the alkylene chain except for a side chain has 12 or less carbon atoms).

16. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a negative electrode containing a carbonaceous substance as an active substance capable of occluding and releasing lithium, a positive electrode containing an active substance capable of occluding and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution mainly comprising a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the same,

wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains, as the lithium salt, LiPF 6 in a concentration of from 0.2 to 2 mole/L, and LiBF 4 and/or a lithium salt represented by the following formula (1) in a molar ratio of from 0.005 to 0.4 with respect to LiPF 6 , and

the nonaqueous solvent mainly comprises:

(1) ethylene carbonate and/or propylene carbonate,

(2) a linear carbonate, and

(3) vinylene carbonate:

(In the formula, R represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a fluorine atom, provided that the alkylene chain except for a side chain has 12 or less carbon atoms).

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MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
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From: KOTATO, MINORU; KINOSHITA, SHINICHI; SHIMA, KUNIHISA
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