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Granted Patent B2
US 9,680,181 · App. 14/249,999 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Solid polymer electrolyte composition and lithium secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Hee-Woo Rhee (Seoul, KR); Jungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Eun Bee Kim (Suncheon-si, KR); Kwang Min Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
H01M10/0565C08L83/04H01M10/052C08G77/00C08G77/045C08G77/14H01M2220/30H01M2300/0082
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Patent No.
US 9,680,181
App. No.
14/249,999
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a solid polymer electrolyte composition including a polymer matrix, an organic solvent, and an additive agent containing polyhedral silsesquioxane, and also provides a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Claims (31)

1. A solid polymer electrolyte composition, comprising:

a polymer matrix having a molecular weight of about 8,000,000;

a lithium salt;

an organic solvent; and

an additive containing a polyhedral silsesquioxane represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein Chemical Formula 1, each of R 1 to R 8 independently represents CH 2 CH 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) m OCH 3 , and m represents a value of from 4 to 44, and

wherein a molar ratio between the ethylene oxide included in the polymer electrolyte composition and lithium from the lithium salt is 12:1.

2. The solid polymer electrolyte composition of claim 1 ,

wherein the average number of repetiting units of ethylene oxide included in R 1 to R 8 in Chemical Formula 1 is in the range of from about 4 to about 44.

3. The solid polymer electrolyte composition of claim 1 ,

wherein a content of the polyhedral silsesquioxane is in the range of from about 5 wt % to about 50 wt % with respect to a total weight of the solid polymer electrolyte composition.

4. The solid polymer electrolyte composition of claim 1 ,

wherein the polymer matrix includes a member selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene oxide), poly(acrylonitrile), poly(vinyl chloride), poly(vinylidene fluoride), poly(methyl methacrylate), polysiloxane, polyphosphazene, and combinations thereof.

5. The solid polymer electrolyte composition of claim 1 ,

wherein the organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of carbonates, esters, ethers, ketones, nitriles, and combinations thereof.

6. The solid polymer electrolyte composition of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt includes a member selected from the group consisting of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium perchlorate, lithium chloride, lithium triflate, lithium hexafluoroarsenate, lithium sulfide , lithium sulfate, lithium phosphate, lithium citrate, lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium bis(nonafluorosulfonyl)methane, lithium difluoro bisoxalato phosphate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)amide, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, lithium tris(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)methide, and combinations thereof.

7. A lithium secondary battery, comprising:

a solid polymer electrolyte composition according to claim 1 ;

a cathode; and

an anode.

8. The lithium secondary battery of claim 7 ,

wherein the cathode includes a member selected from the group consisting of LiMn 2 O 4 , LiNi 2 O 4 , LiTi 2 O 4 , LiTiS 2 , LiCoO 2 , LiNiO 2 , LiMnO 2 , Li 2 MnO 3 , LiFePO 4 , LiFePO 4 LiFePO 4 F, LiMnPO 4 , LiCoPO 4 , LiNiPO 4 , and combinations thereof.

9. The lithium secondary battery of claim 7 ,

wherein the anode includes a member selected from the group consisting of graphite, graphene, carbon fired at a low temperature, fired cokes, vanadium oxide, lithium vanadium oxide, lithium germanium oxide, lithium titanate oxide, silicon, silica, lithium silicide, and combinations thereof.

10. A polymer electrolyte composition, comprising:

a polymer matrix having a molecular weight of about 8,000,000;

a lithium salt;

an organic solvent; and

an additive containing a polyhedral silsesquioxane represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein Chemical Formula 1, each of R 1 to R 8 independently represents CH 2 CH 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) m OCH 3 , and m represents a value of 4 or 13; and,

wherein a molar ratio between the ethylene oxide included in the polymer electrolyte composition and lithium from the lithium salt is 12:1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2014
From: RHEE, HEE-WOO; LEE, JUNGMIN; KIM, EUN BEE; KIM, KWANG MIN
To: SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0022690 · Feb 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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