IP Library Patent Application 17511384
Patent Application
App. No. 17/511,384

ELECTROLYTE, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH LITHIUM-ION BATTERY

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Patent No.
US None
App. No.
17/511,384
Filed
Oct 26, 2021
Art Unit
1729
USPC
429/326
Abstract

This application provides an electrolyte, a lithium-ion battery, and an apparatus containing the lithium-ion battery. The electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive. The additive includes a sulfur-containing compound and lithium difluorophosphate, and a reduction potential of the sulfur-containing compound is higher than a reduction potential of lithium difluorophosphate. Because the reduction potential of the sulfur-containing compound is higher than the reduction potential of lithium difluorophosphate, the sulfur-containing compound can form a low-impedance SEI film on a surface of a negative electrode prior to lithium difluorophosphate, allowing more lithium difluorophosphate to form a passivation film with good thermostability on a surface of a positive electrode, so that the lithium-ion battery has good high-temperature storage performance and cycling performance, without suffering performance deterioration such as lithium precipitation.

Claims (22)

1 . An electrolyte, comprising:

a lithium salt;

an organic solvent; and

an additive;

wherein

the additive comprises a sulfur-containing compound and lithium difluorophosphate; and

a reduction potential of the sulfur-containing compound is higher than a reduction potential of lithium difluorophosphate.

2 . The electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the sulfur-containing compound is selected from one or more of sulfur hexafluoride, sulfuryl fluoride, sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, carbon disulfide, dimethyl sulfide, and methyl ethyl sulfide.

3 . The electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein mass of the sulfur-containing compound accounts for 0.1% to 8% of total mass of the electrolyte.

4 . The electrolyte according to claim 3 , wherein the mass of the sulfur-containing compound accounts for 0.5% to 5% of the total mass of the electrolyte.

5 . The electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein mass of lithium difluorophosphate accounts for 0.1% to 5% of the total mass of the electrolyte.

6 . The electrolyte according to claim 5 , wherein the mass of lithium difluorophosphate accounts for 0.1% to 3% of the total mass of the electrolyte.

7 . A lithium-ion battery, comprising:

a positive electrode plate, comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode membrane disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive electrode active material;

a negative electrode plate, comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode membrane disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and that comprising a negative electrode active material;

a separator; and

an electrolyte;

wherein

the electrolyte is the electrolyte according to claim 1 .

8 . The lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein the positive electrode active material is selected from one or more of a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, a lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide, and a compound obtained by adding another transition metal or non-transition metal to the foregoing compounds.

9 . The lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein the negative electrode active material is selected from one or more of soft carbon, hard carbon, artificial graphite, natural graphite, a silicon-based material, a tin-based material, and lithium titanate.

10 . An apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises the lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2022
From: LIANG, CHENGDU; FU, CHENGHUA; CHEN, PEIPEI; JIANG, BIN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060689/0298 →