IP Library Granted Patent US 12,500,273
Granted Patent B2
US 12,500,273 · App. 18/072,720 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Electrolytic solution, secondary battery, and power consumption apparatus

Inventors: Lei Huang (Fujian, CN); Changlong Han (Fujian, CN); Zeli Wu (Fujian, CN); Cuiping Zhang (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M10/0569H01M4/5825H01M10/0567H01M10/0568H01M2004/028H01M2300/0037H01M2300/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,500,273
App. No.
18/072,720
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides an electrolytic solution, a secondary battery, and a power consumption apparatus. The electrolytic solution may include a solvent and an additive; the solvent may include a compound of formula I, and a mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent may be 35% or more; in formula I, R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from any one of a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 chain alkyl group, and a C2-C3 alkenyl group; and the additive may include a compound of formula II, and in formula II, R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are each independently selected from any one of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a phenyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 chain alkyl group, a C3-C6 cyclic alkyl group, and a C2-C6 alkenyl group.

Claims (33)

1 . An electrolytic solution, comprising a solvent and an additive,

wherein the solvent comprises a compound of formula I, and a mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent is 35% or more,

wherein R 1 , and R 2 are each independently selected from any one of a hydrogen atom, a C1-C3 chain alkyl group, and a C2-C3 alkenyl group;

the additive comprises a compound of formula II,

wherein R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are each independently selected from any one of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a phenyl group, a cyano group, a C1-C6 chain alkyl group, a C3-C6 cyclic alkyl group, and a C2-C6 alkenyl group,

wherein the electrolytic solution satisfies 11≤a/b≤35,

wherein a is the mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent, and

b is a mass percentage of the compound of formula II in the electrolytic solution.

2 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent is 40%-70%.

3 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percentage of the compound of formula II in the electrolytic solution is 9% or less.

4 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 3 , wherein the mass percentage of the compound of formula II in the electrolytic solution is 3%-5%.

5 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula I comprises at least one selected from methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate.

6 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula II comprises at least one of biphenyl, fluorobenzene and cyclohexylbenzene.

7 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution comprises an electrolyte salt, and the electrolyte salt comprises a compound of formula III, and a molar percentage of the compound of formula III in the electrolyte salt is 10% or more,

wherein R 6 and R 7 are each independently an F atom or a fluoroalkyl group, R 6 and R 7 can also be linked to form a cycle.

8 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 7 , wherein the compound of formula III comprises at least one selected from lithium bisfluorosulfonimide and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide.

9 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent further comprises a carbonate, and a mass percentage of the carbonate in the solvent is 30% or more.

10 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 9 , wherein the mass percentage of the carbonate in the solvent is 35%-65%.

11 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent further comprises ethylene carbonate, and a mass percentage of the ethylene carbonate in the solvent is 30% or more.

12 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive further comprises at least one selected from vinylene carbonate (VC), fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), vinyl sulfate (DTD), 1,3-propane sultone (PS), lithium difluorobisoxalate phosphate (LiDFOP), lithium difluoro (oxalato) borate (LiDFOB), and lithium bis(oxalato) borate (LiBOB).

13 . A secondary battery, comprising the electrolytic solution according to claim 1 .

14 . The secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the secondary battery comprises a positive electrode sheet, the positive electrode sheet comprises a positive electrode film layer, the positive electrode film layer comprises a positive active material, and the positive active material comprises an olivine-structured lithium-containing phosphate.

15 . The secondary battery according to claim 14 , wherein the secondary battery makes true 1 g/1000 m 2 ≤L≤5 g/1000 m 2 ,

L=M1/[M2×B×(a+c)]*1000,

M1 is mass of the compound of formula II with a unit of g,

M2 is mass of the positive active material with a unit of g,

B is a specific surface area of the positive active material with a unit of m 2 /g,

a is a mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent, and

c is a molar percentage of the compound of formula III in the electrolyte salt.

16 . The secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein 8 m 2 /g≤B≤16 m 2 /g.

17 . The secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the single-faced positive electrode film layer is 0.08 mm or more.

18 . A power consumption apparatus comprising the secondary battery according to claim 13 .

19 . The electrolytic solution according to claim 1 , wherein the mass percentage of the compound of formula I in the solvent is 60% or more.

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 Dec 1, 2022
From: HUANG, LEI; HAN, CHANGLONG; WU, ZELI; ZHANG, CUIPING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061934/0590 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021124097 · Oct 15, 2021
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