Electrolyte solution and lithium ion secondary battery using the same

1. An electrolyte solution comprising a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte, a compound represented by formula (1) and/or (2) shown below, and an additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule:

Rf 1 -R 1 —X 1 -L 1 -R 2   (1)

Rf 1 -R 1 —X 1 -L 1 -R 3 -L 2 -X 2 —R 4 -Rf 2   (2)

wherein in the formula (1) and the formula (2),

each of Rf 1 and Rf 2 independently represents a perfluoroalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms;

each of R 1 and R 4 independently represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;

each of X 1 and X 2 independently represents a divalent functional group selected from the group consisting of an ether group, a sulfide group, a sulfoxide group, a sulfone group, an ester group, a divalent amido group, and a divalent urethane group;

each of L 1 and L 2 independently represents an oxycycloalkylene group which may be substituted with an alkyl group or a halogen atom, or a divalent oxyaromatic group which may be substituted with an alkyl group or a halogen atom;

R 2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be substituted with an alkyl group or a halogen atom (excluding a fluorine atom), a fluoroalkyl group which may be substituted with an alkyl group or a halogen atom (excluding a fluorine atom), an aryl group or a fluoroaryl group, or a monovalent group in which one or more of the alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl and fluoroaryl groups are bonded with one or more of divalent groups corresponding to the alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, or fluoroaryl groups; and

R 3 represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms which may have one or more oxygen and/or sulfur atoms on the main chain and which may be substituted with an alkyl group.

2. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein each of the Rf 1 and the Rf 2 is independently a perfluoroalkyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms.

3. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein each of the L 1 and the L 2 is independently a divalent oxyaromatic group.

4. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein each of the X 1 and the X 2 is independently a sulfone group or an ether group.

5. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the X 1 and the X 2 are a sulfone group.

6. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is one or more selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid compounds, reducing phosphorus compounds, fluorine-substituted alkyl ethers, fluorine-containing amides, fluorine-substituted hydrocarbons, fluorine-containing esters, fluorine-containing carbonates, fluorine-containing phosphate (phosphite) esters, fluorine-containing phosphate (phosphite) salts, fluorine-containing polymers, and phosphazene compounds.

7. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is an additive having an amount of fluorine atoms satisfying the condition represented by the following expression (18):

( N F )/( N F +N H )≧0.5  (18)

wherein N F indicates the number of fluorine atoms per molecule of the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule; and N H indicates the number of hydrogen atoms per molecule of the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule.

8. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is one or more selected from the group consisting of reducing phosphorus compounds, fluorine-substituted alkyl ethers, fluorine-containing amides, and phosphazene compounds.

9. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is a reducing phosphorus compound.

10. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is a compound having a fluorine atom and a phosphorus atom in the molecule.

11. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte is a lithium salt.

12. The electrolyte solution according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution is a gelatinized electrolyte solution.

13. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:

an electrolyte solution according to claim 1 ;

a positive electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions, as a positive electrode active substance; and

a negative electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions and metallic lithium, as a negative electrode active substance.

14. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the positive electrode comprises a lithium-containing compound as the positive electrode active substance.

15. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the negative electrode comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of metallic lithium, carbon materials, materials containing an element capable of forming an alloy with lithium, and lithium-containing compounds, as the negative electrode active substance.

16. The electrolyte solution according to claim 2 , wherein each of the X 1 and the X 2 is independently a sulfone group or an ether group.

17. The electrolyte solution according to claim 2 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is an additive having an amount of fluorine atoms satisfying the condition represented by the following expression (18):

( N F )/( N F +N H )≧0.5  (18)

wherein N F indicates the number of fluorine atoms per molecule of the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule; and N H indicates the number of hydrogen atoms per molecule of the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule.

18. The electrolyte solution according to claim 16 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is one or more selected from the group consisting of reducing phosphorus compounds, fluorine-substituted alkyl ethers, fluorine-containing amides, and phosphazene compounds.

19. The electrolyte solution according to claim 16 , wherein the additive having a fluorine atom and/or a phosphorus atom in the molecule is a reducing phosphorus compound.

20. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:

an electrolyte solution according to claim 16 ;

a positive electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions, as a positive electrode active substance; and

a negative electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions and metallic lithium, as a negative electrode active substance.

21. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:

an electrolyte solution according to claim 18 ;

a positive electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions, as a positive electrode active substance; and

a negative electrode comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of materials capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions and metallic lithium, as a negative electrode active substance.