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US 12,489,145 · App. 17/919,488 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Electrolyte and lithium secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Yunjung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Suenghoon Han (Daejeon, KR); Kihyun Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M10/0569H01M10/052H01M10/0568H01M2300/0037
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Patent No.
US 12,489,145
App. No.
17/919,488
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The electrolyte solution comprises a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound containing one or more double bonds and any one of an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; a second solvent comprising at least one of an ether-based compound, an ester-based compound, an amide-based compound, or a carbonate-based compound; a lithium salt; zirconium oxynitrate; and lithium nitrate.

Claims (18)

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

a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound containing one or more double bonds and any one of an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom;

a second solvent comprising at least one of an ether-based compound, an ester-based compound, an amide-based compound, or a carbonate-based compound;

a lithium salt;

zirconium oxynitrate; and

lithium nitrate,

wherein the lithium nitrate and the zirconium oxynitrate are contained in an amount of 2 to 8 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the electrolyte solution,

wherein the content ratio of the lithium nitrate to the zirconium oxynitrate is 15:1 to 3:1 by weight, and

wherein the lithium salt comprises LiFSI ((SO 2 F) 2 NLi), and does not comprise LiTFSI ((CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi).

2 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt further comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiC 4 BO 8 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, (C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, LiFSI ((SO 2 F) 2 NLi), (CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 CLi, lithium chloroborane, lithium carboxylate of short-chain aliphatic carboxylic acid having 4 or less carbon atoms, lithium tetraphenyl borate, and lithium imide.

3 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the lithium salt in the electrolyte solution is 0.2 to 2.0 M.

4 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the heterocyclic compound is a 3 to 15 membered heterocyclic compound unsubstituted or substituted by at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a halogen group, a nitro group, an amine group, and a sulfonyl group, or a multi-cyclic compound of at least one of a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms and a heterocyclic compound.

5 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the heterocyclic compound is selected from the group consisting of furan, 2-methylfuran, 3-methylfuran, 2-ethylfuran, 2-propylfuran, 2-butylfuran, 2,3-dimethylfuran, 2,4-dimethylfuran, 2,5-dimethylfuran, pyran, 2-methylpyran, 3-methylpyran, 4-methylpyran, benzofuran, 2-(2-nitrovinyl) furan, thiophene, 2-methylthiophene, 2-ethylthiophene, 2-propylthiophene, 2-butylthiophene, 2,3-dimethylthiophene, 2,4-dimethylthiophene, and 2,5-dimethylthiophene.

6 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the second solvent comprises at least one ether-based compound selected from the group consisting of dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, dipropylether, methylethylether, methylpropylether, ethylpropylether, dimethoxyethane, diethoxyethane, methoxyethoxyethane, diethylene glycol dimethylether, diethylene glycol diethylether, diethylene glycol methylethylether, triethylene glycol dimethylether, triethylene glycol diethylether, triethylene glycol methylethylether, tetraethylene glycol dimethylether, tetraethylene glycol diethylether, tetraethylene glycol methylethylether, polyethylene glycol dimethylether, polyethylene glycol diethylether, and polyethylene glycol methylethylether.

7 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of lanthanum nitrate, potassium nitrate, cesium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, barium nitrate, lithium nitrite, potassium nitrite, and cesium nitrite.

8 . The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises 2-methylfuran as the first solvent, dimethoxyethane as the second solvent, LiFSI as the lithium salt, the zirconium oxynitrate, and the lithium nitrate.

9 . A lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and the electrolyte solution according to claim 1 .

10 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein the lithium secondary battery is a lithium-sulfur battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: KIM, YUNJUNG; HAN, SUENGHOON; KIM, KIHYUN
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0140155 · Oct 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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