Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous electrolyte battery using the same
View Patent ↗An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which R 1 to R 5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 6 and R 7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R 1 to R 7 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of R 1 to R 5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in R 1 to R 7 is 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.
1. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution, comprising:
an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution further comprising an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I):
wherein:
R 1 to R 5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;
R 6 and R 7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R 1 to R 7 may be bonded together to form a ring; and
Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B):
(A) at least one of R 1 to R 5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms,
(B) the total number of carbon atoms in R 1 to R 7 is 3 to 20.
2. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein two of R 1 , R 6 and R 7 in Formula (I) are bonded together to form a ring.
3. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 2 , wherein R 1 and R 6 in Formula (I) are bonded together to form a ring.
4. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 3 , wherein the aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) is 1-phenyl-1,3,3-trimethylindane.
5. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 2 , wherein R 6 and R 7 in Formula (I) are bonded together to form a ring.
6. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 5 , wherein the aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) is 1,1-diphenylcyclohexane, 1,1-diphenylcyclopentane, or 1,1-diphenyl-4-methylcyclohexane.
7. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of R 1 to R 5 in Formula (I) is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
8. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises the aromatic compound of Formula (I) in an amount of 0.001 mass % to 10 mass %.
9. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises two or more kinds of electrolytes.
10. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 9 , wherein the two or more kinds of electrolytes include at least one compound selected from the group consisting of monofluorophosphate salts, difluorophosphate salts, borate salts, oxalate salts, and fluorosulfonate salts.
11. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 10 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises 0.001 mass % to 20 mass % of the at least one compound selected from the group consisting of monofluorophosphate salts, difluorophospbate salts, borate salts, oxalate salts, and fluorosulfonate salts.
12. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fluorine-comprising cyclic carbonates, sulfur-comprising organic compounds, phosphorus-comprising organic compounds, cyano group-comprising organic compounds, isocyanate group-comprising organic compounds, silicon-comprising compounds, aromatic compounds other than those of Formula (I), cyclic carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, fluorine-free carboxylate esters, cyclic ethers, and isocyanurate skeleton-comprising compounds.
13. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , further comprising:
from 0.001 mass % to 20 mass % of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fluorine-comprising cyclic carbonates, sulfur-comprising organic compounds, phosphorus-comprising organic compounds, cyano group-comprising organic compounds, isocyanate group-comprising organic compounds, silicon-comprising compounds, aromatic compounds other than those of Formula (I), cyclic carbonates having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, fluorine-free carboxylate esters, cyclic ethers, and isocyanurate skeleton-comprising compounds.
14. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, comprising: a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium ions, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution according to claim 1 .