Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
View Patent ↗A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material having an olivine structure, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member of sulfone compounds represented by the following formulae (1) and (2). wherein R1 represents C m H 2m-n1 X n2 ; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2m; R2 represents C j H 2j-k1 Z k2 ; Z represents a halogen; j represents an integer of from 2 to 7; and each of k1 and k2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2j.
1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein:
the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material selected from the group consisting of: a lithium iron phosphate compound (LiFePO 4 ), and an exotic atom-containing lithium iron complex phosphate compound having a formula LiFe x M 1-x PO 4 , wherein M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of: cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, aluminum, vanadium and titanium; and 0<x<1,
the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member of sulfone compounds selected from the group consisting of the following Compounds 1 to 3:
the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material composed mainly of carbon, and
a content of the sulfone compound in the nonaqueous electrolyte ranges from 0.1 to 0.8% by mass relative to the nonaqueous electrolyte.
2. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one member of sulfone compounds is Compound 1.
3. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the positive electrode active material is coated with a coating layer containing a coating compound selected from the group consisting of: a metal oxide and a phosphate compound, the coating compound having a different composition from the positive electrode active material.
4. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein:
the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material selected from the group consisting of: a lithium iron phosphate compound (LiFePO 4 ) and an exotic atom-containing lithium iron complex phosphate compound having a formula LiFe x M 1-x PO 4 , wherein M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of: cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, aluminum, vanadium and titanium; and 0<x<1,
the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member of sulfone compounds represented by the following formula (1):
wherein R1 represents C m H 2m-n1 X n2 ; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of from 2 to 7; and each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2m, and
the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material composed mainly of carbon.