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US 10,069,165 · App. 14/960,879 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion battery

Inventors: Janis Doelle (Yuseong-Gu, KR); Mirko Herrmann (Wolfsburg, DE)
Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
H01M10/0567H01M2/02H01M2/0202H01M2/0237H01M4/134H01M4/364H01M4/386H01M4/587H01M10/0525H01M10/0568H01M2300/0025H01M2300/0034H01M2300/0037
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Patent No.
US 10,069,165
App. No.
14/960,879
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery, and also the use of a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component and lithium nitrate for improving the cycle stability and/or for increasing the performance of a lithium-ion battery.

Claims (27)

1. An electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion battery with at least one cathode and at least one anode, the electrolyte composition comprising:

at least one aprotic nonaqueous solvent;

one fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component; and

at least two lithium salts,

wherein one of the lithium salts is lithium nitrate, which is present in a quantity from 0.05% to 20% by weight relative to a total weight of the electrolyte composition,

wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component is present in a quantity from 5% to 12% by weight relative to the total weight of the electrolyte composition,

wherein the anode is a silicon anode or a silicon/carbon composite anode, and wherein the electrolyte composition contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide as an additional lithium salt.

2. The electrolyte composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component is fluoroethylene carbonate.

3. A lithium-ion battery comprising:

a casing;

a battery core having at least one cathode and at least one anode, wherein the anode is a silicon anode or a silicon/carbon composite anode; and

an electrolyte composition according to claim 1 .

4. The electrolyte composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component and lithium nitrate improve a cycle stability of a lithium-ion battery.

5. The electrolyte composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component and lithium nitrate increase a performance of a lithium-ion battery.

6. The electrolyte composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component and lithium nitrate form a surface layer on the anode.

7. The electrolyte composition according to claim 6 , further comprising vinylene carbonate.

8. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 3 , wherein the battery core further comprises at least one separator element.

9. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one separator element has a microporous structure.

10. The electrolyte composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one aprotic nonaqueous solvent is propylene carbonate (PC), ethylene carbonate (EC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), tetrahydrofuran (THF), 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME), 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2Me-THF), vinylene carbonate (VC), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), acetonitrile, or ethyl acetate, or a combination thereof.

11. An electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion battery with at least one cathode and at least one anode, the electrolyte composition comprising:

at least one aprotic nonaqueous solvent;

one fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component; and

at least two lithium salts,

wherein one of the lithium salts is lithium nitrate,

wherein the fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate component is present in a quantity from 5% to 12% by weight relative to the total weight of the electrolyte composition,

wherein the anode is a silicon anode or a silicon/carbon composite anode, and

wherein the electrolyte composition contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide as an additional lithium salt.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2016
From: DOELLE, JANIS; HERRMANN, MIRKO
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 039337/0454 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 210 631 · Jun 7, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2014061709 · Jun 5, 2014
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