Lithium secondary battery and method for producing same
The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery using a lithium transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material. The lithium secondary battery is constituted with a negative electrode on and/or around which a cyclic silazane-based compound and/or a reaction product thereof are present. The cyclic silazane-based compound comprises a Si—N bond in the ring constituting the cyclic silazane-based compound and also has at least one vinyl group.
1. A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode comprising a lithium transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode; and
a coating derived from a cyclic silazane-based compound, the coating being precipitated out on the surface of the negative electrode, wherein
the cyclic silazane-based compound comprises a Si—N bond in the ring constituting the cyclic silazane-based compound and also has at least one vinyl group.
2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic silazane-based compound is a vinyl group-containing cyclic silazane represented by a formula (1):
(in the formula (1), R1 and R2 are either the same or different with each being an organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and at least either R1 or R2 includes a vinyl group; R3 is a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and n is an integer between 2 and 10).
3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material has an upper operating voltage limit of 4.35 V or higher relative to lithium metal.
4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a spinel lithium transition metal composite oxide comprising Li and also Ni and Mn as transition metals.
5. A method for producing a lithium secondary battery, the method comprising:
obtaining a positive electrode comprising a lithium transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode,
obtaining a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a cyclic silazane-based compound, and
supplying the non-aqueous electrolyte obtained to an electrode body comprising the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein
the cyclic silazane-based compound comprises a Si—N bond in the ring constituting the cyclic silazane-based compound and has at least one vinyl group.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the cyclic silazane-based compound is a vinyl group-containing cyclic silazane represented by a formula (1):
(in the formula (1), R1 and R2 are either the same or different with each being an organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and at least either R1 or R2 includes a vinyl group; R3 is a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and n is an integer between 2 and 10).
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a positive electrode active material having an upper operating voltage limit of 4.35 V or higher relative to lithium metal.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a spinel lithium transition metal composite oxide comprising Li and also Ni and Mn as transition metals.
9. A vehicle equipped with the lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 .
10. A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode comprising a lithium transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte comprising a cyclic silazane-based compound, wherein
the cyclic silazane-based compound comprises a Si—N bond in the ring constituting the cyclic silazane-based compound and also has at least one vinyl group.