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Granted Patent B2
US 11,646,442 · App. 16/955,211 · Granted May 9, 2023

Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including same

Inventors: Sol Ji Park (Daejeon, KR); Kyoung Ho Ahn (Daejeon, KR); Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jun Hyeok Han (Daejeon, KR)
H01M10/056C08K3/22H01M10/0525C08K2003/2206C08K2003/2237C08K2201/001H01M2300/0068H01M2300/0082H01M2300/0085H01M2300/0091
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Patent No.
US 11,646,442
App. No.
16/955,211
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the electrolyte including a polymer, and one or more selected from the group consisting of an inorganic solid electrolyte particle and a ferrodielectric, wherein the polymer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a polymer represented by Formula 1 and a polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 2.

Claims (24)

1. An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:

a polymer; and

one or more selected from the group consisting of an inorganic solid electrolyte particle and a ferrodielectric, wherein the polymer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a polymer represented by Formula 1 below and a polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 2 below:

in Formula 1 above, R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are each independently hydrogen or —CH 2 —CH═CH 2 , wherein at least one of the R 1 , R 2 , or R 3 is —CH 2 —CH═CH 2 , and a, b, and c are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000,

in Formula 2 above, R a to R d are each independently an element selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, and I, R e to R h are each independently one selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, and *—OR 0 SO 3 − M + , and at least one of the R e to R h is *—OR 0 SO 3 − M + , wherein R 0 is —CH(CF 3 )CF 2 — or —CF(CF 3 ) and M + is one selected from the group consisting of H + , Li + , Na + , and K + , and m and n are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000.

2. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polymer represented by Formula 1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of polymers represented by Formulas 1a to 1c:

in Formula 1a above, a1, b1, and c1 are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000,

in Formula 1b above, a2, b2, and c2 are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000,

in Formula 1c above, a3, b3, and c3 are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000.

3. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the repeating unit represented by Formula 2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by Formula 2a and Formula 2b:

in Formula 2a above, m1 and n1 are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000, and R 0 is —CH(CF 3 )CF 2 — or —CF(CF 3 ),

in Formula 2b above, m2 and n2 are each independently an integer of 1 to 10,000, and R 0 is —CH(CF 3 )CF 2 — or —CF(CF 3 ).

4. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein in Formula 2a and Formula 2b, a molar ratio of m1:n1 and a molar ratio of m2:n2 are 1:1 to 10:1, respectively.

5. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein in Formula 2a and Formula 2b, R 0 is —CH(CF 3 )CF 2 .

6. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polymer represented by Formula 1 is cross-linked using one or more curing agents selected from the group consisting of a photo-curing agent and a thermal curing agent.

7. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein, in the repeating unit represented by Formula 2, R 0 is CH(CF 3 )CF 2 .

8. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte is a solid electrolyte or a gel electrolyte.

9. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte particle comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, La, Zr, O, Ti, Al, Ge, P, W, Nb, Te, Ln, Si, Nd, N, S, Ba, Ga, In, F, Cl, Br, I, As, Se, Sb, Sn, and Ru.

10. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the ferrodielectric comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, La, O, Ti, Ge, P, Nb, Te, Ba, K, H, D, Ta, Bi, Pb, Rb and As.

11. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the one or more selected from the group consisting of the inorganic solid electrolyte particle and the ferrodielectric is included in an amount of 10 parts by weight to 900 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer.

12. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 .

13. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polymer represented by Formula 1 has a weight molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 g/mol to 1,000,000 g/mol.

14. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the polymer represented by Formula 2 has a weight molecular weight (Mw) of 5,000 g/mol to 2,000,000 g/mol.

15. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein in Formula 2, a molar ratio of m:n is 1:1 to 10:1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: PARK, SOL JI; AHN, KYOUNG HO; LEE, CHUL HAENG; HAN, JUN HYEOK
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052989/0203 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0046274 · Apr 20, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0046275 · Apr 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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