IP Library Granted Patent US 10,468,720
Granted Patent B2
US 10,468,720 · App. 14/849,119 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery employing the same

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Patent No.
US 10,468,720
App. No.
14/849,119
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.

Claims (11)

1. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte salt and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the electrolyte salt, wherein the nonaqueous solvent comprises:

(A) a cyclic sulfone compound in an amount of 10-70% by volume, based on a total volume of the nonaqueous solvent;

(B) compound having a coefficient of viscosity at 25° C. of 1.5 mPa·s or lower in an amount of 30-90% by volume, based on a total volume of the nonaqueous solvent; and

(C) at least one carbonate comprising an unsaturated bond selected from the group consisting of a vinylene carbonate and a vinylethylene carbonate,

wherein the at least one carbonate (C) comprising an unsaturated bond is present in an amount from 0.01-8% by mass, based on a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.

2. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic sulfone compound (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfolane and a sulfolane derivative.

3. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the compound (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an acyclic carbonate, an acyclic carboxylic acid ester, an acyclic ether, and a cyclic ether.

4. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 3 , wherein the compound (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a dimethyl carbonate, a diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl acetate, methyl propionate, methyl butyrate, and 1,2-dimethoxyethane.

5. A nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery comprising:

a negative electrode and a positive electrode, which are capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions; and

the nonaqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPLIT ASSIGNEE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054678 FRAME: 0763. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055304/0658 →
SPLIT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 10, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054678/0763 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →