IP Library Granted Patent US 12,300,814
Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,814 · App. 18/383,050 · Granted May 13, 2025

Lithium ion secondary battery

Inventors: Zhiqiang Li (Ningde, CN); Changlong Han (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M4/505C01G53/50H01M4/525H01M10/0525H01M10/0567H01M10/0568H01M10/0569C01P2006/40H01M2004/021H01M2004/028H01M2300/0037
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Patent No.
US 12,300,814
App. No.
18/383,050
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a battery core and an electrolyte, wherein the battery core comprises a lithium-manganese-based positive electrode active material; the electrolyte comprises a solvent, a lithium salt and an additive comprising vinylene carbonate; and wherein the weight percentage q of the electrolyte based on the total weight of the positive electrode active material layer in the battery core, the weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte, the compaction density s of the negative electrode active material layer in the battery core and the weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material satisfies 0.05≤q·r·s/p≤6, wherein the units of q, r, and p are wt %, and the unit of s is g/cm 3 . The lithium ion secondary battery in this application has relatively high safety performance, cycle performance and storage performance.

Claims (86)

1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a battery core and an electrolyte, wherein:

the battery core comprises a negative electrode active material and a lithium-manganese-based positive electrode active material;

wherein the lithium-manganese-based positive electrode active material comprises first lithium-manganese-based positive electrode active material represented by chemical formula (1) and second lithium-manganese-based positive electrode active material represented by chemical formula (2),

Li 1+x Mn a Ni b M 1−a−b O 2−y A y   Chemical formula (1)

in the chemical formula (1), −0.1≤x≤0.2, 0<a<1, 0≤b<1, 0<a+b<1, 0≤y<0.2, and M is one or more of Co, Fe, Cr, Ti, Zn, V, Al, Zr and Ce; A comprises one or more of S, N, F, Cl, Br and I;

Li 1+z Mn c N 2−c O 4−d B d   Chemical formula (2)

in the chemical formula (2), −0.1≤z≤0.2, 0<c≤2, 0≤d<1, and N comprises one or more of Ni, Fe, Cr, Ti, Zn, V, Al, Mg, Zr and Ce, and B comprises one or more of S, N, F, Cl, Br and I;

the electrolyte comprises a solvent, a lithium salt and an additive, and the additive comprises vinylene carbonate; and

wherein weight percentage q of the electrolyte based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material layer in the battery core is from 50 wt % to 70 wt %, weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte is from 0.01 wt % to 3.5 wt %, compaction density s of negative electrode active material layer in the battery core is from 1.3 g/cm 3 to 1.65 g/cm 3 , and weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material is from 5 wt % to 50 wt %, and q, r, s, p satisfy formula (1):

0.05

q

·

r

·

s

p

6

Formula

(

1

)

in the formula (1), the units of q, r, and p are wt %, and the unit of s is g/cm 3 .

2. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the weight percentage q of the electrolyte based on the total weight of the positive electrode active material layer in the battery core, the weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte, the compaction density s of the negative electrode active material layer in the battery core and the weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material satisfies the formula (2):

0.25

q

·

r

·

s

p

5

Formula

(

2

)

in the formula (2), the units of q, r, and p are wt %, and the unit of s is g/cm 3 .

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein in the lithium ion secondary battery, ratio of number of vinylene carbonate molecules to number of manganese atoms is from 0.1:100 to 1.3:100.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte is from 0.01 wt % to 1.6 wt %.

5. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

the negative electrode active material layer in the battery core has a compaction density s of 1.5 g/cm 3 to 1.65 g/cm 3 ; and,

the positive electrode active material layer has a compaction density of from 3.4 g/cm 3 to 3.6 g/cm 3 .

6. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material is from 35 wt % to 50 wt %.

7. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein one-sided areal density Q of the negative electrode active material layer is from 90 g/m 2 to 140 g/m 2 .

8. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the one-sided areal density Q of the negative electrode active material layer is from 100 g/m 2 to 140 g/m 2 .

9. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein in the chemical formula (1), 0.8≤b<1.

10. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

weight ratio of second solvent to first solvent in the electrolyte is from 0 to 4; and wherein the first solvent is selected from one or more of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, and diethyl carbonate, and the second solvent is selected from one or more of dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, and methyl butyrate; and/or,

the lithium salt is selected from one or more of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium difluorooxalate borate, lithium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide, and lithium bisfluorosulfonimide.

11. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a battery core and an electrolyte, wherein:

the battery core comprises a negative electrode active material and a positive electrode active material;

wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a first material represented by chemical formula (1) and a second material represented by chemical formula (2),

Li 1+x Mn a Ni b CO 1−a−b O 2−y   chemical formula (1)

Li 1+z Mn 2 O 4   chemical formula (2)

wherein, in the chemical formula (1), −0.1≤x≤0.2, 0<a<1, 0.6≤b<1,0<a+b<1, 0≤y<0.2, in the chemical formula (2), −0.1≤z≤0.2,

wherein the electrolyte comprises vinylene carbonate,

wherein weight percentage q of the electrolyte based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material layer in the battery core is from 50 wt % to 70 wt %, weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte is from 0.01 wt % to 3.5 wt %, compaction density s of negative electrode active material layer in the battery core is from 1.3 g/cm 3 to 1.65 g/cm 3 and weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material is from 5 wt % to 50 wt %, and q, r, s, p satisfy formula (1):

0.05

q

·

r

·

s

p

6

Formula

(

1

)

in the formula (1), the units of q, r, and p are wt %, and the unit of s is g/cm 3 .

12. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte is from 0.01 wt % to 1.60 wt %.

13. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the weight percentage r of vinylene carbonate present in the electrolyte is from 0.01 wt % to 1.10 wt %.

14. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the weight percentage p of manganese element present in the positive electrode active material is from 35 wt % to 50 wt %.

15. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a compaction density of from 3.4 g/cm 3 to 3.6 g/cm 3 .

16. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein the compaction density s of the negative electrode active material layer is 1.4 g/cm 3 to 1.65 g/cm 3 .

17. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein in the lithium ion secondary battery, ratio of number of vinylene carbonate molecules to number of manganese atoms is from 0.1:100 to 1.3:100.

18. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein in the chemical formula (1), 0.8≤b<1.

19. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the one-sided areal density Q of the negative electrode active material layer is from 90 g/m 2 to 140 g/m 2 .

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 26, 2023
From: LI, ZHIQIANG; HAN, CHANGLONG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065949/0889 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811094862.X · Sep 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16768753
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