IP Library Granted Patent US 11,437,647
Granted Patent B2
US 11,437,647 · App. 16/596,813 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Electrolyte for secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same

Inventors: In Haeng Cho (Daejeon, KR); Hyo Shin Kwak (Daejeon, KR); Dai In Park (Daejeon, KR); Jin Haek Yang (Daejeon, KR); Joo Hyun Lee (Daejeon, KR); Myoung Lae Kim (Daejeon, KR); Sung Yon Oh (Daejeon, KR); Su Hee Han (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
H01M10/0567H01M10/052H01M10/0569H01M2300/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,437,647
App. No.
16/596,813
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an electrolyte for a secondary battery including a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent, and a bisfluorophosphite multicyclic compound, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte.

Claims (24)

1. An electrolyte for a secondary battery, comprising:

a lithium salt;

a nonaqueous organic solvent; and

a bisfluorophosphite multicyclic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein

W is

L is a single bond or methylene; and

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

2. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein W is

and L is a single bond or methylene.

3. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the bisfluorophosphite multicyclic compound is a bisfluorophosphite multicyclic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 or Chemical Formula 3:

4. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the bisfluorophosphite multicyclic compound is comprised at 0.1 to 5.0 wt %, based on a total weight of the electrolyte.

5. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , further comprising: one or two or more additives selected from the group consisting of an oxalatoborate-based compound, an oxalatophosphate-based compound, a fluorine-substituted carbonate-based compound, a vinylidene carbonate-based compound, and a sulfinyl group-containing compound.

6. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 5 , further comprising: any one or two or more additives selected from the group consisting of lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate, lithium difluoro bis(oxalato)phosphate, fluoroethylene carbonate, difluoroethylene carbonate, fluorodimethyl carbonate, fluoroethyl methyl carbonate, vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene carbonate, dimethyl sulfone, diethyl sulfone, ethyl methyl sulfone, methyl vinyl sulfone, divinyl sulfone, ethylene sulfite, methyl ethylene sulfite, ethyl ethylene sulfite, 4,5-dimethyl ethylene sulfite, 4,5-diethyl ethylene sulfite, propylene sulfite, 4,5-dimethyl propylene sulfite, 4,5-diethyl propylene sulfite, 4,6-dimethyl propylene sulfite, 4,6-diethyl propylene sulfite, 1,3-butylene glycol sulfite, methyl methanesulfonate, ethyl methanesulfonate, methyl ethanesulfonate, propyl methanesulfonate, methyl propanesulfonate, ethyl propanesulfonate, vinyl methanesulfonate, allyl methanesulfonate, vinyl benzene sulfonate, allyl prop-2-ene sulfonate, ethane sultone, 1,3-propane sultone, 1,4-butane sultone, ethene sultone, 1,3-propene sultone, 3-fluoro-1,3-propane sultone, 1,4-butene sultone, ethylene sulfate, propylene sulfate, 2,3-butylene sulfate, 1,3-propylene sulfate, and 1,3-butylene sulfate.

7. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the additive is comprised at 0.1 to 5.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the electrolyte.

8. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of cyclic carbonate-based solvents, linear carbonate-based solvents, and mixed solvents thereof.

9. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 8 , wherein the cyclic carbonate is selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene 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.

10. The electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 8 , wherein the nonaqueous organic solvent has a mixed volume ratio of the linear carbonate solvent to the cyclic carbonate solvent of 1:1 to 9:1.

11. 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 ) (wherein x and y are independently of each other a natural number), LiCl, LiI, and LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 .

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

13. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode, an anode, and the electrolyte for a secondary battery of claim 1 .

14. The lithium secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the cathode includes a composite metal oxide of at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, manganese, and nickel with lithium as a cathode active material.

15. The lithium secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein the cathode active material is a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-based composite oxide.

16. The lithium secondary battery of claim 15 , wherein the lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese-based composite oxide is Li x (Ni a Co b Mn c )O 2 (0.5<x<1.3, 0<a<1, 0<b<1, 0<c<1, and a+b+c=1), Li x (Ni a Co b Mn c )O 4 (0.5<x<1.3, 0<a<2, 0<b<2, 0<c<2, and a+b+c=2), or a mixture thereof.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: CHO, IN HAENG; KWAK, HYO SHIN; PARK, DAI IN; YANG, JIN HAEK; LEE, JOO HYUN; KIM, MYOUNG LAE; OH, SUNG YON; HAN, SU HEE
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051334/0185 →