Modified ionic liquids containing cyclic phosphorus moiety
The present disclosure is directed to a phosphorus-modified ionic liquid compound, the synthesis thereof and an electrochemical cell electrolyte containing the cyclic phosphorus-modified ionic liquid compound.
1. An ionic liquid compound, comprising:
an anion; and
a cation attached to a cyclic phosphorus moiety according to the formula A or B:
wherein:
CAT + is a pyrrolidinium, piperdinium, azepanium, onium, imidazolium, pyridine or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring having 1 to 3 heteroatoms as ring members including nitrogen, oxygen, silicon or sulfur;
R and R 1 are independently a hydrogen, C 1 -C 8 alkyl, perfluoro alkyls, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryl, alkynyl, alkylsiloxy, phenyl, benzyl, silyl, thioether, sulfoxide, azo, amino or silane group, wherein any of the carbon or hydrogen atoms therein are optionally further substituted with a halide, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryl, alkynyl, alkylsiloxy, phenyl, benzyl, silyl, thioether, sulfoxide, azo, amino or silane;
X is (a) a linker, including a C 1 -C 8 alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, alkyleneoxy, ester, carbonyl, phenyl, thioether, sulfoxide, azo or aryl group, wherein any of the carbon or hydrogen atoms therein are optionally further substituted with a halide; (b) O or S; or (c) O or S attached to the linker; and
A − is an anion, including halides, nitrates, phosphates, imides, borates, aluminates, arsenides, cyanides, thiocyanates, nitrites, benzoates, carbonates, chlorates, chlorites, chromates, sulfates, sulfites, silicates, thiosulfates, chalcogenides, pnictogenides, crystallogenides, oxalates, acetates, formates or hydroxides.
2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the anion comprises a halide, aluminates, arsenides, cyanides, thiocyanates, nitrites, benzoates, chlorates, chlorites, chromates, sulfates, sulfites, silicates, thiosulfates, oxalates, acetates, formates, hydroxides, nitrate, phosphate, imide, or borate.
3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the onium is sulfonium or phosphonium.
4. An electrical energy storage device electrolyte comprising:
a) an aprotic organic solvent system;
b) a metal salt;
c) a passivating additive; and
d) an ionic liquid compound according to claim 1 .
5. The electrolyte of claim 4 , wherein the anion comprises a halide, aluminates, arsenides, cyanides, thiocyanates, nitrites, benzoates, chlorates, chlorites, chromates, sulfates, sulfites, silicates, thiosulfates, oxalates, acetates, formates, hydroxides, nitrate, phosphate, imide, or borate.
6. The electrolyte of claim 4 , wherein the aprotic organic solvent comprises open-chain or cyclic carbonates, carboxylic acid esters, nitrites, ethers, sulfones, ketones, lactones, dioxolanes, glymes, crown ethers, siloxanes, phosphoric acid esters, phosphites, mono- or polyphosphazenes or mixtures thereof.
7. The electrolyte of claim 4 , wherein the metal salt comprises an alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt.
8. The electrolyte of claim 7 , wherein the cation of the alkali metal salt comprises lithium or sodium.
9. The electrolyte of claim 4 , wherein the cation of the metal salt comprises aluminum or magnesium.
10. The electrolyte of claim 4 , wherein the passivating additive comprises sulfur-containing compounds, phosphorus-containing compounds, boron-containing compounds, silicon-containing compounds, fluorine-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, compounds containing at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, carboxylic acid anhydrides or the mixtures thereof.