Non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery using the same

• US 6,379,846 B1
• Filed: 03/14/2000
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Taketsugu, Terahara, Atsushi, Nakane, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Brouillette, Gabrielle
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLS, MONIQUE M
• Application Number:
  US09/525,225
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• Field of Search: 429/231.95, 429/324, 429/325, 429/344, 429/188, 429/340, 252/62.2
• US Class Current: 429/344
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/052 Li-accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0567 characterised by the additives
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/505 of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/168 by additives
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous solvent is obtained by adding a phosphoric acid compound prepared by substituting at least one hydrogen atom in phosphoric acid or polyphosphoric acid with a group represented by the general formula [1]:

wherein, X represents Si, Ge or Sn atom, and each of R¹ to R³ independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms.

Claims

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous solvent is obtained by adding a phosphoric acid compound prepared by substituting at least one hydrogen atom in phosphoric acid or polyphosphoric acid with a group represented by the general formula [1 ]:

wherein, X represents Si, Ge or Sn atom, and each of R¹ to R³ independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms.

2. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains a phosphoric acid compound prepared by substituting at least one hydrogen atom in phosphoric acid or polyphosphoric acid with a group represented by the general formula [1] according to claim 1.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein X represents Si atom in the general formula [1].

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the group represented by the general formula [1] is a trimethylsilyl group.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the phosphoric acid compound is a phosphate compound represented by the general formula [2]:

wherein, each of R⁴ to R⁶ independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a alkyl halide group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl halide group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or a group represented by the general formula [1], and at least one of R⁴ to R⁶ is a group represented by the general formula [1].

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 5, wherein the phosphate compound represented by the general formula [2] is tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphate.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the non-aqueous solvent comprises any one or more of dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, ethyl propyl carbonate, methyl butyl carbonate, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the amount of the phosphoric acid compound is from 0.01 to 40 vol % based on 100 vol % of the whole non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

9. A lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode which can be doped or undoped with a lithium ion, an anode comprising a lithium metal or lithium alloy, or an anode which can be doped or undoped with a lithium ion, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a separator, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution according to claim 1 or 2.

10. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein the cathode which can be doped or undoped with a lithium ion comprises a lithium composite oxide containing at least one of manganese, iron, cobalt or nickel.

11. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 10, wherein the lithium composite oxide contains manganese and has a spinel type crystal structure.

12. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein the anode which can be doped or de-doped with a lithium ion comprises at least one carbon material selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite and coke.

13. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein a sum of the water content introduced into the battery from a separator and sheet electrodes and the water content of non-aqueous electrolyte solution poured into the battery is from 30 to 800 weight ppm based on the amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution poured into the battery.

14. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein a sum of the water content introduced into the battery from a separator, sheet electrodes and resin Parts and the water content of non-aqueous electrolyte solution poured into the battery is from 30 to 800 weight ppm based on the amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution poured into the battery.