Secondary battery including silicon-based compound
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode including a current collector coated with a positive electrode mixture that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a current collector coated with a negative electrode mixture that includes a negative electrode active material; and an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the negative electrode includes a carbon-based material and a silicon-based compound, and the non-aqueous solvent includes cyclic carbonate and/or a linear solvent. The secondary battery exhibits superior lifespan characteristics and safety.
1. A secondary battery, comprising:
(i) a positive electrode comprising a current collector coated with a positive electrode mixture that comprises a positive electrode active material;
(ii) a negative electrode comprising a current collector coated with a negative electrode mixture that comprises a negative electrode active material,
wherein the negative electrode active material consists of a mixture of a carbon-based material and SiO; and
(iii) an electrolyte solution consisting of a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, vinylene carbonate (VC) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC),
wherein the non-aqueous solvent comprises cyclic carbonate and a linear solvent,
wherein the linear solvent comprises linear carbonate and linear ester,
wherein the linear ester comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of methyl propionate and ethyl propionate, and
wherein a content of the vinylene carbonate (VC) is 1.0% by weight or more and 4.0% by weight or less based on a total weight of the electrolyte solution, and a content of the fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) is 2% by weight or more and 7% by weight and less based on a total weight of the electrolyte solution.
2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based material is graphite.
3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based material and the SiO are mixed in a weight ratio of 80:20 to 99:1.
4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based material and the SiO are mixed in a weight ratio of 90:10 to 99:1.
5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic carbonate is one or more selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), and butylene carbonate (BC).
6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium secondary battery.
7. A device comprising at least one secondary battery according to claim 1 .