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US 12,401,065 · App. 17/770,108 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Suenghoon Han (Daejeon, KR); Eui Tae Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jaegil Lee (Daejeon, KR); Kyungsik Hong (Daejeon, KR); Seonghyo Park (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M10/0569H01M10/0567H01M10/0568H01M10/36H01M2300/0037
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Patent No.
US 12,401,065
App. No.
17/770,108
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, including a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound having at least one double bond, and any one of an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom; a second solvent including at least one of an ether-containing compound, an ester-containing compound, an amide-containing compound, and a carbonate-containing compound; a lithium salt; lanthanum nitrate; and an additive including lithium nitrate.

Claims (18)

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

a first solvent comprising 2-methylfuran;

a second solvent comprising dimethoxyethane;

a lithium salt comprising LiFSI((SO 2 F) 2 NLi);

lanthanum nitrate;

and an additive comprising lithium nitrate,

wherein the electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery does not contain LiTFSI ((CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi),

wherein the electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery does not contain 1,3-dioxolane (DOL),

wherein a total content of the additive and lanthanum nitrate is 2% to 8% by weight relative to a total weight of the electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery,

and wherein a content ratio of the additive and lanthanum nitrate is 1 to 4:4 to 1 as a weight ratio.

2. The electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the additive further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of potassium nitrate, cesium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, barium nitrate, lithium nitrite, potassium nitrite and cesium nitrite.

3. A lithium secondary battery, comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode;

a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and

the electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery of claim 1 .

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the lithium secondary battery is a lithium-sulfur battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: HAN, SUENGHOON; KIM, EUI TAE; LEE, JAEGIL; HONG, KYUNGSIK; PARK, SEONGHYO
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059636/0346 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0046363 · Apr 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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