SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE
A secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electric device. The secondary battery includes a cathode piece and a non-aqueous electrolyte, in which, the cathode piece includes a cathode active material, and the cathode active material has a chemical formula represented by Li a A x Mn 1-y B y P 1-z C z O 4-n D n ; the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a first lithium salt and a first additive, optionally, the first lithium salt is one or more selected from the group consisting of LiN(C m F 2m+1 SO 2 )(C n F 2n+1 SO 2 ) and Li(FSO 2 ) 2 N, m and n represent positive integers; the first additive includes one or more of a compound represented by Formula 1. Using the cathode active material and/or a combination of the cathode active material and the non-aqueous electrolyte improves the rate performance, cycle performance, and high temperature stability of the lithium manganese phosphate secondary battery.
1 . A secondary battery, comprising a cathode piece and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein,
the cathode piece comprises a cathode active material, and the cathode active material has a chemical formula represented by Li a A x Mn 1-y B y P 1-z C z O 4-n D n ,
wherein, A comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zn, Al, Na, K, Mg, Nb, Mo, and W;
B comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Fe, Ni, Mg, Co, Ga, Sn, Sb, Nb, and Ge;
C comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of B (boron), S, Si and N;
D comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of S, F, Cl, and Br;
a is selected from a range of 0.9 to 1.1; x is selected from a range of 0.001 to 0.1; the y is selected from a range of 0.001 to 0.5; z is selected from a range of 0.001 to 0.1; the n is selected from 0.001 to a range of 0.1; and the cathode active material is electrically neutral;
the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a first lithium salt and a first additive;
the first lithium salt comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of LiN(C m F 2m+1 SO 2 )(C n F 2n+1 SO 2 ) and Li(FSO 2 ) 2 N, m and n represent positive integers;
the first additive comprises one or more of a compound represented by Formula 1,
R 1 represents any one of a C 2 -C 10 alkylene, a C 2 -C 10 heteroalkylene, a C 6 -C 18 arylene, a C 2 -C 18 heteroarylene, a C 3 -C 18 alicyclylene, a C 3 -C 18 heteroalicyclylene, which are substituted by one or more R a or are unsubstituted; and
R a comprises one or more selected from a halogen atom, —CN, —NCO, —OH, —COOH, —SOOH, a —COOR b , a C 2 -C 10 alkyl, a C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, a C 2 -C 10 alkynyl, a C 2 -C 10 oxaalkyl, and R b is any one selected from C 1 -C 10 alkyls.
2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein R 1 represents any one of a C 2 -C 10 alkylene, a C 2 -C 10 oxaalkylene, a C 2 -C 10 azaalkylene, phenylene, naphthylene, anthrylene, cyclobutylene, cyclopentylene, cyclohexylene, biphenylene, methylenediphenylene, which are substituted by one or more R a or are unsubstituted; and/or,
the R a comprises one or more selected from a halogen atoms, —CN, and a C 2 -C 3 alkyl; and/or
a number of the R a in the compound represented by Formula 1 is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first additive comprises one or more of the following compounds:
4 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, m and n each independently represent 1, 2 or 3; and/or
the first lithium salt is any one selected from LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 and Li(FSO 2 ) 2 N, and the first additive is any one selected from the following compounds:
5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte,
a content of the first lithium salt is W1 wt. %, W1 is between 0.1 and 48; and
a content of the first additive is W2 wt. %, W2 is between 0.01 and 20.
6 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises a second lithium salt; and the second lithium salt comprises one or more selected from lithium difluorophosphate, lithium difluorodioxalate phosphate, lithium difluorooxalate borate, lithium bisoxalate borate, LiPF 6 , and LiBF 4 .
7 . The secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein, based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, a content of the second lithium salt is W3 wt. %, W3 is between 0.01 and 20.
8 . The secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein, (W2+W3)/W1 is defined as N, and N is between 0.01 and 5.
9 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises a second additive; and the second additive comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a cyclic carbonate compound containing an unsaturated bond, a halogen-substituted saturated cyclic carbonate compound, a sulfate compound, a sulfite compound, a sultone compound, a disulfonic acid compound, a nitrile compound, an aromatic compound, a phosphazene compound, a cyclic anhydride compound, a phosphorous acid ester compound, a phosphate ester compound, a borate ester compound.
10 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises an organic solvent, wherein
the organic solvent comprises one or more of a cyclic carbonate compound, a chain carbonate compound, a carboxylate compound.
11 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the A, the C, and the D are each independently any one element within the above respective ranges, and the B is at least two elements of within a range thereof.
12 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein,
the x is selected from a range of between 0.001 and 0.005;
the y is selected from a range of between 0.01 and 0.5;
the z is selected from a range of between 0.001 and 0.005; and/or,
the n is selected from a range of between 0.001 and 0.005.
13 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, (1-y):y is within a range of between 1 and 4, optionally within a range of between 1.5 and 3, and a:x is within a range of between 9 and 1100.
14 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the cathode active material has a lattice change rate of less than 8%.
15 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the cathode active material has a concentration of Li/Mn antisite defect of less than 2%, optionally less than 0.5%.
16 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the cathode active material has a surface oxygen valence state of less than −1.82.
17 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, the cathode active material has a compacted density at 3 T of higher than 2.0 g/cm.
18 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein, a surface of the cathode active material is coated with carbon.
19 . A battery module comprising a secondary battery, wherein, the secondary battery is the secondary battery according to claim 1 .
20 . A battery pack, comprising a battery module, wherein, the battery module is the battery module according to claim 19 .
21 . An electric device, comprising at least one of a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack, wherein, the secondary battery is the secondary battery according to claim 1 .