IP Library Granted Patent US 9,263,767
Granted Patent B2
US 9,263,767 · App. 14/235,370 · Granted Feb 16, 2016

Electrolyte solution for electrochemical devices

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Patent No.
US 9,263,767
App. No.
14/235,370
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrochemical device having an electrolytic solution having high current density and high oxidation resistance, as well as high safety, where dissolution and deposition of magnesium progress repeatedly and stably. The present invention relates to the electrolytic solution for an electrochemical device comprising (1) the supporting electrolyte composed of a magnesium salt and (2) at least one or more kinds of the compound represented by the following general formula [2], as well as the electrochemical device comprising said electrolytic solution, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator.

Claims (32)

1. An electrolytic solution for an electrochemical device comprising

(1) a supporting electrolyte comprising a magnesium salt and

(2) at least one or more kinds of the compounds represented by the following general formula [2]:

wherein l, m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2;

R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers or a halogenoalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers;

R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, a halogenoalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers or a hydroxyl group;

R 7 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 12 carbon numbers, an aryloxy group having 6 to 10 carbon numbers, an aryloxy group having 6 to 10 carbon numbers which has a halogen atom as substituent, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 4 carbon numbers, a hydroxyalkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon numbers, an alkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkylcarbonyloxy group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkenylcarbonyloxy group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkylsulfonyl group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, an alkylsilyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, an alkylthio group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, an arylcarbonyl group having 7 to 11 carbon numbers, an arylcarbonyloxy group having 7 to 11 carbon numbers, an aryloxycarbonyl group having 7 to 11 carbon numbers, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an arylalkenyloxy group having 8 to 13 carbon numbers, an alkylsulfonyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, a hydroxyaralkyloxy group having 7 to 12 carbon numbers, a hydroxyaryl group having 6 to 10 carbon numbers, a hydroxyaryloxy group having 6 to 10 carbon numbers, a hydroxyalkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxyarylalkyloxy group having 8 to 16 carbon numbers, an alkoxyaryl group having 7 to 13 carbon numbers, an alkoxyaryloxy group having 7 to 13 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkenyl group having 3 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkylcarbonyloxy group having 3 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkenylcarbonyloxy group having 4 to 8 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkyloxycarbonyl group having 3 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxyalkylcarbonyl group having 3 to 7 carbon numbers,

a phosphono group represented by the following general formula [3]:

wherein R 8 and R 9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers,

an amide group represented by the following general formula [4]:

wherein R 10 and R 11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers,

a carbamide group represented by the following general formula [5]:

wherein R 12 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, R 13 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon numbers,

the group represented by the following general formula [6]:

O—R 14 p OR 15   [6]

wherein p represents an integer of 1 to 6, R 14 each independently represents an alkylene group or a halogenoalkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon numbers when p is 2 to 5, R 15 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, or a halogenoalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers,

a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, an amino group, an amino group having an alkyl group which has 1 to 6 carbon numbers as substituent, a cyano group, a thiol group, a monocyclic heterocyclic group, a group derived from cyclic acetal, a group derived from cyclic carbonate, or a group derived from cyclic carboxylate, or a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon numbers, which has an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon numbers, an amino group or a hydroxyl group as substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon numbers, a monocyclic heterocyclic group, a group derived from cyclic acetal, a group derived from cyclic carbonate or a group derived from cyclic carboxylate.

2. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

3. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently a hydrogen atom.

4. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein R 7 is an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon numbers, an alkylcarbonyloxy group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 4 carbon numbers, a hydroxyalkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon numbers, an alkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 7 carbon numbers, the group represented by the general formula [3], the group represented by the general formula [6], a hydroxyl group or a cyano group.

5. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein n is 0.

6. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting electrolyte is comprising at least one kind of magnesium salt represented by the following general formula [1]:

Mg X q   [1]

wherein Mg represents a magnesium ion, q represents 1 or 2, and

when q is 1, X represents oxide ion(O 2− ), sulfide ion(S 2− ), sulfate ion(SO 4 2− ), monohydrogen phosphate ion(HPO 4 2− ), or carbonate ion(CO 3 2− ), which is a divalent anion,

and when q is 2, X represents a perfluoroalkane sulfonate ion having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, a bis(perfluoroalkanesulfonyl)imide ion represented by the following general formula [7]:

wherein k represents an integer of 1 to 4, F represents a fluorine atom,

a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ion, an alkane sulfonate ion having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, an arene sulfonate ion having 6 to 10 carbon numbers, a perfluoroalkane carboxylate ion having 2 to 5 carbon numbers, an alkane carboxylate ion having 2 to 5 carbon numbers, an arene carboxylate ion having 7 to 11 carbon numbers, an alkoxide ion having 1 to 4 carbon numbers, a permanganate ion, a perchlorate ion, a tetraphenylborate ion, a tetrafluoroborate ion, a hexafluorophosphate ion, a hexafluoroarsenate ion, a nitrate ion, a dihydrogen phosphate ion, a hydrogen sulfate ion, a hydrogen carbonate ion, a hydrogen sulfide ion, a hydroxide ion(OH − ), a thiocyanate ion, a cyanide ion(CN − ), a fluoride ion(F − ), a chloride ion(Cl − ), a bromide ion(Br − ), an iodide ion(I − ), or a hydride ion(H − ), which is a monovalent anion.

7. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein concentration of the supporting electrolyte is 0.1 to 5.0 mol/L.

8. The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , further comprising (3) solvent.

9. The electrolytic solution according to claim 8 , wherein the solvent comprises dimethoxyethane, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, propylene carbonate, acetonitrile, butyrolactone, ethanol, ethyl acetate, propionitrile, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate, or tetraethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate.

10. An electrochemical device comprising the electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , positive electrode, negative electrode and separator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM WAKO PURE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046697/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2014
From: WATAHIKI, TSUTOMU; KIYOSU, TAKAHIRO; OKAMOTO, KUNIAKI
To: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032055/0095 →