Electrolyte for rechargeable lithium battery including additives, and rechargeable lithium battery including the same

1. An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising:

a non-aqueous organic solvent;

a lithium salt; and

an electrolyte additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein, Ar 1 and Ar 2 are the same or different, and are independently aromatic organic groups, and X is a halogen, wherein the electrolyte additive is included at 0.1 to 3 wt % based on the total amount of electrolyte.

2. The electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery of claim 1 , wherein X is an element selected from a group consisting of fluorine (F) and chlorine (Cl).

3. The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein X is chlorine (Cl).

4. The electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte additive comprises a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2:

5. A rechargeable lithium battery, comprising:

a positive electrode comprising a positive active material;

a negative electrode comprising a negative active material; and

an electrolyte comprising a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; and an electrolyte additive comprising a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein, Ar 1 and Ar 2 are the same or different, and are independently aromatic organic groups, and X is a halogen, wherein the electrolyte additive is included at 0.1 to 3 wt % based on the total amount of electrolyte.

6. The rechargeable lithium battery of claim 5 , wherein X is chlorine (Cl).

7. The rechargeable lithium battery of claim 5 , wherein the electrolyte additive comprises a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2:

8. The rechargeable lithium battery of claim 5 , wherein the electrolyte further comprises a vinylene carbonate-based compound, an ethylene carbonate-based compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 3, or a combination thereof:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 3, R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, a halogen, a cyano group (CN), a nitro group (NO 2 ), and a C1 to C5 fluoroalkyl group, provided that both R 1 and R 2 are not hydrogen.

9. The rechargeable lithium battery of claim 5 , wherein the positive active material is selected from compounds represented by the following Chemical Formulas:

Li a A 1-b X b D 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0≦b≦0.5); Li a A 1-b X b O 2-c D c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, and 0≦c≦0.05); Li a E 1-b X b O 2-c D c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5 and 0≦c≦0.05); Li a E 2-b X b O 4-c D c (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5 and 0≦c≦0.05); Li a Ni 1-b-c 2Co b X c D α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α<2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Co b X c O 2-α T α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α<2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Co b X c O 2-α T 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α<2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c D α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α≦2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c O 2-α T α (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α<2); Li a Ni 1-b-c Mn b X c O 2-α T 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦0.05, and 0<α<2); Li a Ni b E c G d O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.9, 0≦c≦0.5, and 0.001≦d≦0.1); Li a Ni b Co w10 c Mn d G e O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8, 0≦b≦0.9, 0≦c≦0.5, 0≦d≦0.5, and 0. 001≦e≦0.1); Li a NiG b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a CoG b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a MnG b O 2 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a Mn 2 G b O 4 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0.001≦b≦0.1); Li a MnG b PO 4 (0.90≦a≦1.8 and 0.001≦b≦0.1); QO 2 ; QS 2 ; LiQS 2 ; V 2 O 5 ; LiV 2 O 5 ; LiZO 2 ; LiNiVO 4 ; Li (3-f) J 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (0≦f≦2); Li (3-f) Fe 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (0≦f≦2); and LiFePO 4 ,

wherein, in the above Chemical Formulae, A is selected from a group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, and a combination thereof; X is selected from a group consisting of Al, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, Fe, Mg, Sr, V, a rare earth element, and a combination thereof; D is selected from a group consisting of O, F, S, P, and a combination thereof; E is selected from a group consisting of Co, Mn, and a combination thereof; T is selected from a group consisting of F, S, P, and a combination thereof; G is selected from a group consisting of Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Mg, La, Ce, Sr, V, and a combination thereof; Q is selected from a group consisting of Ti, Mo, Mn, and a combination thereof; Z is selected from a group consisting of Cr, V, Fe, Sc, Y, and a combination thereof; and J is selected from a group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, and a combination thereof.

10. The rechargeable lithium battery of claim 5 , wherein the positive active material comprises a lithium nickel cobalt manganese-based oxide.

11. The battery of claim 5 , wherein X is chlorine (Cl).