IP Library Granted Patent US 8,029,934
Granted Patent B2
US 8,029,934 · App. 11/782,008 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Lithium secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 8,029,934
App. No.
11/782,008
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a battery that experiences a small degree of temporal change from the initial battery properties over the long term storage period of the battery. Specifically, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery, in which a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium and a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium are formed via an electrolyte, wherein: the electrolyte comprises a cyclic solvent and a chain-type solvent and contains a compound having a boron-oxygen bond (B—O) and a carbon-carbon double bond (C═C).

Claims (9)

1. A lithium secondary battery, in which a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium and a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium are formed via an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte contains a compound having a boron-oxygen bond and a carbon-carbon double bond and being 0.5% by weight or more with respect to the electrolyte, the compound being represented by chemical formula (2)

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte contains a cyclic solvent and a chain-type solvent and the cyclic solvent is 50% by weight or less with respect to the chain-type solvent.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an anode active material is contained in the negative electrode, and the anode active material is a carbon material having a degree of crystallinity in its peripheral part lower than that in its internal part.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the carbon material is graphite.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the compound is contained in the electrolyte such that it is between 0.5% and 2.0% by weight with respect to the electrolyte.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte contains vinylene carbonate.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the cyclic solvent is ethylene carbonate and the chain-type solvent is one or more of ethyl methyl carbonate and dimethyl carbonate.

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte contains the compound and vinylene carbonate, the total amount of the compound and the vinylene carbonate being 2.0% by weight or less with respect to the electrolyte.

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the decomposition potential on the negative electrode of the compound is higher than that of the electrolyte.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2020
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051842/0485 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 7, 2020
From: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
To: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 051889/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033582/0955 →