Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery containing the same

1. An electrolyte for a secondary battery comprising:

a lithium salt;

a non-aqueous organic solvent; and

a cyclic sulfate compound represented by

the following Chemical Formula 2, 3, 4 or 5:

wherein, in the Chemical Formulas, m is an integer of 1 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and p is an integer of 0 to 6.

2. The electrolyte for a second battery of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic sulfate compound represented by Chemical Formula 3 is selected from compounds having the following structures:

3. The electrolyte for a second battery of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic sulfate compound represented by Chemical Formula 4 is selected from compounds having the following structures:

4. The electrolyte for a second battery of claim 1 , further comprising a cyclic sulfite compound represented by Chemical Formula 6:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 6,

W is

L is a single bond or methylene; and

m is an integer of 1 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and p is an integer of 0 to 6.

5. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the cyclic sulfite compound represented by Chemical Formula 6 is represented by the following Chemical Formula 7, 8, 9 or 10:

wherein, in the Chemical Formulas, m is an integer of 1 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and p is an integer of 0 to 6.

6. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the cyclic sulfite compound represented by Chemical Formula 8 is selected from compounds having the following structures:

7. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the cyclic sulfite compound represented by Chemical Formula 9 is selected from compounds having the following structures:

8. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic sulfate compound is contained at a content of 0.1 to 5.0 wt % based on a total weight of the electrolyte.

9. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the cyclic sulfite compound is contained at a content of 0.001 to 20 mol % based on a total mole of the cyclic sulfate compound and the cyclic sulfite compound.

10. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , further comprising one or two or more additives selected from the group consisting of oxalatoborate based compounds, carbonate based compounds substituted with fluorine, vinylidene carbonate based compounds, and compounds containing a sulfinyl group.

11. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 10 , further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiFOB), lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiBOB), fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), vinylene carbonate (VC), vinylethylene carbonate (VEC), divinyl sulfone, ethylene sulfite, propylene sulfite, diallyl sulfonate, ethane sultone, propane sultone (PS), butane sultone, ethene sultone, butene sultone, and propene sultone (PRS).

12. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein the additive is contained at a content of 0.1 to 5.0 wt % based on a total weight of the electrolyte.

13. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent is selected from cyclic carbonate based solvents, linear carbonate based solvents, and a mixed solvent thereof.

14. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the cyclic carbonate is selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, and a mixture thereof, and the linear carbonate is selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, methyl isopropyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, and a mixture thereof.

15. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent is a mixed solvent in which the linear carbonate solvent and the cyclic carbonate solvent are mixed at a mixed volume ratio of 1:1 to 9:1.

16. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiClO 4 , LiSbF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiN(SO 2 C 2 F 5 ) 2 , LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiN(SO 3 C 2 F 5 ) 2 , LiN(SO 2 F) 2 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiC 4 F 9 SO 3 , LiC 6 H 5 SO 3 , LiSCN, LiAlO 2 , LiAlCl 4 , LiN(C x F 2x+1 SO 2 )(C y F 2y+1 SO 2 ) (here, x and y are natural numbers), LiCl, LiI, and LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 .

17. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is contained at a concentration of 0.1 to 2.0 M.

18. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 .