IP Library Granted Patent US 10,115,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,115,968 · App. 14/442,023 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Lithium secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 10,115,968
App. No.
14/442,023
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention may improve the lifetime characteristics of a lithium secondary battery, and particularly, may provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution or cathode including a phosphate-based compound which may exhibit stable and excellent lifetime characteristics at high temperature and high voltage regardless of the moisture content or the presence of a pressing process of the electrode.

Claims (22)

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising:

a lithium salt;

an electrolyte solution solvent;

a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1,

where Y 1 and Y 2 are each independently silicon (Si) or tin (Sn),

R 1 to R 6 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 10 alkyl group, and

A is

where Y 3 is Si or Sn,

R 7 to R 9 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 10 alkyl group, and

n is between 2 and 4; and

a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2,

where R 10 to R 18 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 10 alkyl group,

wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 5 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and

the lithium salt is selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiSbF 6 , LiN(C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 , LiAlO 4 , LiAlCl 4 , LiSO 3 CF 3 , LiClO 4 , and any combination thereof.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 , wherein, in a case where n is 3 or 4 in A of Chemical Formula 1, A is formed by connecting phosphorus (P) of one repeating unit and oxygen (O) of another adjacent repeating unit to each other to form a linear chain, a cyclic chain, or both linear and cyclic chains.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is any one selected from the group consisting of compounds of (1) to (6), or a mixture of two or more thereof:

wherein Me represents CH 3 .

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 is tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphate (TMSPa).

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 , wherein a mixing ratio of the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 to the compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 is in a range of 1:0.1 to 1:2 as a weight ratio.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution solvent comprises linear carbonate, cyclic carbonate, ester, or a combination thereof.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 6 , wherein the linear carbonate comprises any one selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, methylpropyl carbonate, and ethylpropyl carbonate, or a mixture of two or more thereof; the cyclic carbonate comprises ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 1,2-pentylene carbonate, 2,3-pentylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, and a halide thereof, or a mixture of two or more thereof; and the ester comprises any one selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, ethyl propionate (EP), methyl propionate (MP), γ-butyrolactone, γ-valerolactone, γ-caprolactone, σ-valerolactone, and ε-caprolactone, or a mixture of two or more thereof.

8. A lithium secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte solution of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2015
From: YU, SUNG HOON; LEE, KYUNG MI; YANG, DOO KYUNG; KANG, YOO SUN; LEE, JUNG HOON
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035628/0031 →