Nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery
A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode and the negative electrode occlude and discharge lithium irons. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains an additive and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The additive includes an organic solvent having a donor number of 18 to 24. A content of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is 0% to 2.0% of a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
1. A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery comprising:
a positive electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions, the positive electrode containing an olivine-type iron phosphate;
a negative electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an additive to generate solvation of the lithium ions and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to fix and stabilize solvated lithium ions, the additive including an organic solvent having a donor number of 18 to 24, a content of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon being greater than 0% and equal to or less than 2.0% of a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte; wherein
the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of an oxalate complex and an oxalate derivative complex.
2. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the additive is 1.2% to 15.4% of the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
3. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has an electron affinity lower than that of a graphite.
4. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has a negative electron affinity.
5. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a content of the additive is 1.2% to 15.4% of the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,
the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has an electron affinity lower than that of a graphite, and
the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of an oxalate complex and an oxalate derivative complex.
6. A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery comprising:
a positive electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions, the positive electrode containing an olivine-type iron phosphate;
a negative electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte consisting essentially of an additive to generate solvation of the lithium ions, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon to fix and stabilize solvated lithium ions, at least one of an oxalate complex and an oxalate derivative complex, and LiPF 6 , wherein
the additive includes an organic solvent having a donor number of 18 to 24,
a content of the additive is equal to or greater than 1.2% and equal to or less than 15.4% of a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,
a content of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is equal to or greater than 0.1% and equal to or less than 2.0% of the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,
the organic solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, and 1,2-dimethoxyethane,
the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is at least one selected from the group consisting of naphthalene, fluorene, azulene, acenaphthylene, biphenylene, pyrene, tetracene, and benzanthracene, and
the at least one of the oxalate complex and the oxalate derivative complex is at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium bis(oxalate) borate, lithium difluoro(oxalate) borate, lithium difluorobis(oxalate) phosphate, and lithium bis(oxalate)borate.
7. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 6 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an oxalate complex.
8. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 6 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an oxalate derivative complex.
9. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an oxalate complex.
10. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an oxalate derivative complex.
11. A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery comprising:
a positive electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions, the positive electrode containing an olivine-type iron phosphate;
a negative electrode occluding and discharging lithium ions; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an additive to generate solvation of the lithium ions and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, which remains in the nonaqueous electrolyte without being decomposed to fix and stabilize solvated lithium ions by generating a complex of lithium solvation and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, the additive including an organic solvent having a donor number of 18 to 24, a content of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon being greater than 0% and equal to or less than 2.0% of a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
12. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery of claim 11 wherein the complex includes at least one of an oxalate complex and an oxalate derivative complex.
13. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 11 , wherein a content of the additive is 1.2% to 15.4% of the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
14. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 11 , wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has an electron affinity lower than that of a graphite.
15. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 11 , wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has a negative electron affinity.
16. The nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery according to claim 11 , wherein
a content of the additive is 1.2% to 15.4% of the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,
the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon has an electron affinity lower than that of a graphite, and
the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of an oxalate complex and an oxalate derivative complex.