IP Library Granted Patent US 8,148,017
Granted Patent B2
US 8,148,017 · App. 12/159,820 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Electrochemical energy storage device

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Patent No.
US 8,148,017
App. No.
12/159,820
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrochemical energy storage device includes a negative electrode which contains a carbon material and has a negative electrode potential of 1.4 V or less relative to a lithium reference when being charged, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution prepared by dissolving a lithium salt, an ammonium salt, and at least one kind of fluorinated benzene selected among hexafluorobenzene, pentafluorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrafluorobenzene, 1,2,3,5-tetrafluorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene and 1,2,3-trifluorobenzene, in a non-aqueous solvent.

Claims (13)

1. An electrochemical energy storage device comprising:

a negative electrode which contains a carbon material and has a negative electrode potential of 1.4 V or less relative to a lithium reference when being charged; and

a non-aqueous electrolyte solution dissolving a lithium salt, an ammonium salt, and at least one kind of fluorinated benzene selected among hexafluorobenzene, pentafluorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrafluorobenzene, 1,2,3,5-tetrafluorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene and 1,2,3-trifluorobenzene, in a non-aqueous solvent,

wherein the ammonium salt is an ammonium salt containing a quaternary ammonium ion having a straight-chain alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms as a cation, and

a ratio of the content of the non-aqueous solvent to the total content of the lithium salt and the ammonium salt in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, (non-aqueous solvent/(lithium salt+ammonium salt)), is from 1/2 to 4/1 in terms of a molar ratio.

2. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material is at least one kind of carbon material selected from the group consisting of graphite and activated carbon.

3. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the cation of the ammonium salt is a quaternary ammonium ion having three methyl groups and a straight-chain alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms.

4. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the cation of the ammonium salt is a trimethylpropylammonium ion.

5. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the cation of the ammonium salt is a quaternary ammonium ion having a straight-chain alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and the non-aqueous solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, γ-butyrolactone, dimethyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dimethoxyethane, ethoxymethoxyethane, and diethoxyethane.

6. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is lithium tetrafluoroborate, the ammonium salt is trimethylpropylammonium tetrafluoroborate, and the non-aqueous solvent is ethylene carbonate.

7. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the content of the non-aqueous solvent to the total content of the lithium salt and the ammonium salt in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, (non-aqueous solvent/(lithium salt+ammonium salt)), is from 1/2 to 1/1 in terms of a molar ratio.

8. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the content of the lithium salt to the content of the ammonium salt in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, (lithium salt/ammonium salt), is from 1.0/0.6 to 0.6/1.0 in terms of a molar ratio.

9. The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the total content of the non-aqueous solvent, the lithium salt and the ammonium salt to the content of the fluorinated benzene in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, ((non-aqueous solvent+lithium salt+ammonium salt)/fluorinated benzene), is from 4/0.01 to 4/0.5 in terms of a molar ratio.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 13, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021832/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2008
From: MATSUI, TOORU; DEGUCHI, MASAKI; YOSHIZAWA, HIROSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021421/0130 →