A battery is provided. The battery provides improved battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics. A battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution, wherein the anode contains a carbon material, the electrolytic solution contains propylene carbonate and 4-fluoroethylene carbonate, and the content of 4-fluoroethylene carbonate is from about 0.0027 g to about 0.056 g per about 1 g of the carbon material.
1. A battery comprising:
a cathode;
an anode; and
an electrolytic solution, wherein the anode contains a carbon material, the electrolytic solution obtained by dissolving LiPF 6 as an electrolyte salt into a mixed solvent of propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate and 4-fluoroethylene carbonate, wherein 4-fluoroethylene carbonate is present in an amount from about 0.0027 g to about 0.056 g per about 1 g of the carbon material, wherein an area density of the anode is about 18.0 mg/cm 2 or less, and wherein a volume ratio of propylene carbonate to ethylene carbonate is between about 3:7 and about 7:3.
2. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material is selected from the group consisting of graphite, graphitizable carbon, non-graphitizable carbon and combinations thereof.
3. A battery according to claim 2 , wherein the graphite has a true density of about 2.10 g/cm 3 or more, and a face distance of face (002) is less than about 0.340 nm.
4. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode includes a lithium cobalt complex oxide.
5. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode and the anode are wound with a separator therebetween.