Plural Organic Solvents (i.e., Solvent Mixture) Patents (Class 429/326)
  • Publication number: 20120202122
    Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, the positive electrode including a lithium manganese oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1a or 1b, and an electrolyte, the electrolyte including an alkylsilyl phosphate represented by the following Chemical Formula 2:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Su-Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20120202121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a electrolyte solution, particularly useful for lithium batteries that includes succinonitrile and a co-solvent that has improved conductivity and, in turn, better battery performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engin. & Manufact. N.A.(TEMA)
    Inventor: Monique Nathalie RICHARD
  • Publication number: 20120202124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery. The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. Either the cathode or the anode or both include metal oxide coating layers on electrode active material particles forming the electrode or a metal oxide coating layer on the surface of an electrode layer formed on a current collector. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains an ionizable lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a dinitrile compound having a specific structure. In the lithium secondary battery, degradation of the electrode is prevented and side reactions of the electrolyte solution are inhibited. Therefore, the lithium secondary battery exhibits excellent cycle life and output performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Jong-Ho JEON, Doo-Kyung Yang, Sung-Hoon Yu, Min-Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20120196191
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery. The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer coated on at least one surface of the porous substrate and including a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains an ionizable lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a dinitrile compound having a specific structure. The lithium secondary battery is very safe without side reactions of the electrolyte solution. Therefore, the lithium secondary battery exhibits excellent cycle life and output performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jong-Ho JEON, Doo-Kyung Yang, Sung-Hoon Yu, Min-Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20120189919
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, which contains a sulfonate compound having a specific structure in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and an electrochemical device containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution is excellent in the effect of improving the storage property of primary batteries and improving the cycle property of secondary batteries in use thereof at high temperatures and the low-temperature property thereof after high-temperature cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Kazuyuki Kawabe
  • Patent number: 8216725
    Abstract: Electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries and battery packs includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and an additive. The additive includes two or more members selected from the group consisting of substances A, B and C, wherein A includes one or more fused ring compounds and fused heterocyclic compounds, B includes an alkoxy aromatic compound, and C includes halogenated borane-based salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi Gao, JiangMin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120171577
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution including: a magnesium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an anion receptor, wherein the anion receptor comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulae 1 and 2 below: where A, m, p1, P2, P3, q1, RA, Ra, R1 through R6, and Ry are the same as described in the detailed description section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Sang-ho Park, Myung-dong Cho, Young-min Choi, Seok-soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120171578
    Abstract: The battery includes an electrolyte activating one or more cathodes and one or more anodes. The electrolyte includes one or more salts in a solvent. The solvent includes one or more organic solvents and one or more silanes and/or one or more siloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Zhengcheng Zhang, Phuong-Nghi Karen Lam, Mikito Nagata, Hisashi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20120171576
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an electrolyte additive is provided. The electrolyte additive is a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer formed by reacting Compound (A) and Compound (B). Compound (A) is a monomer having a reactive terminal functional group. Compound (B) is a heterocyclic amino aromatic derivative as an initiator. A molar ratio of Compound (A) to Compound (B) is from 10:1 to 1:10. A lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte is further provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte of this disclosure has a higher decomposition voltage than a conventional non-aqueous electrolyte, such that the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Li-Duan Tsai, Yueh-Wei Lin, Jason Fang, Cheng-Liang Cheng, Jing-Pin Pan, Tsung-Hsiung Wang
  • Publication number: 20120171579
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an electrolyte additive is provided. The electrolyte additive is a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer formed by reacting Compound (A) and Compound (B). Compound (A) is a monomer having a reactive terminal functional group. Compound (B) is a heterocyclic amino aromatic derivative as an initiator. A molar ratio of Compound (A) to Compound (B) is from 10:1 to 1:10. A lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte is further provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte of this disclosure has a higher decomposition voltage than a conventional non-aqueous electrolyte, such that the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Li-Duan Tsai, Yueh-Wei Lin, Chia-Chen Fang, Cheng-Liang Cheng, Jing-Pin Pan, Tsung-Hsiung Wang
  • Publication number: 20120164519
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery capable of improving safety and reliability of the lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the electrolyte. The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of the present embodiments comprises a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, flame retarding materials of fluoroalkyl ether and phosphazene, and a solvent comprising at least one ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bora LEE, Yongbeom Lee, Sinyoung Park, Sunyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20120164542
    Abstract: To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices which has high lithium salt solubility, high conductivity and excellent cycle characteristics, and a storage battery device wherein such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is used. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices, which comprises a specific lithium salt (A) and a solvent (B) containing a hydrofluoroether (b1) represented by CF3CH2OCF2CF2H and a carbonate type solvent (b2), wherein the content of the hydrofluoroether (b1) is from 1 to 30 vol % based on the total amount i.e. 100 vol % of the solvent (B); and a storage battery device wherein such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for storage battery devices is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Masao IWAYA
  • Publication number: 20120164541
    Abstract: A lithium-free, anion based charge transport electrochemical system that uses fluoride ion transporting electrolytes, including ionic liquids, with and without various additives to improve performance, is described. The fluoride ion transporting electrolyte can be wholly or partly an ionic liquid that is typically liquid at temperatures less than 200 degrees Celsius. In other embodiments, electrolytes that remain liquid at less than 100 degrees Celsius are useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Contour Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabelle Darolles, Cedric M. Weiss, Maksudul M. Alam, Arunkumar Tiruvannamalai, Simon Christopher Jones
  • Patent number: 8192874
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery using a cathode containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide and an anode containing graphitized carbon, characterized in that an ammonium compound capable of providing ammonium ions is added to a non-aqueous electrolyte. Therefore, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having improved high-temperature performance by reducing decreases of residual capacity and recovery capacity resulting from high-temperature storage of the battery, via addition of such an ammonium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo ik Jo, Jisang Yu, Byungchul Choi, Changjoo Han
  • Publication number: 20120135313
    Abstract: The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane can be linked to four of the first substituents. Alternately, the silane can be linked to the one or more first substituents and one or more second substituents that each exclude both a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a cyclic carbonate moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Robert C. West, Khalil Amine, Zhengcheng Zhang, Qingzheng Wang, Nicholas A.A. Rossi, Sang Young Yoon, Hiroshi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 8187744
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is produced using a non-aqueous electrolyte including: a non-aqueous solvent that primarily contains a solvent mixture of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate and includes a fluorine-substituted ether having a divalent group represented by a formula: —CFX—CH(CH3)—O—, where X is a hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, in a molecule thereof; and a lithium salt that is dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolyte has favorable wettability towards a polyolefin separator, and improves the cycle characteristics and the load characteristics of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Matsui, Tetsuo Nanno, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 8173305
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte separator system comprising an ionic liquid, a conductive salt and a ceramic separator, and the use of the electrolyte separator system according to the invention in electrochemical energy storage systems, in particular of lithium metal and lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Holzapfel, Petr Novák, Carsten Jost, Anna Prodi-Schwab, Volker Hennige, Christian Hying
  • Patent number: 8173297
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving at least one of high-temperature storage characteristics and high-temperature cycle characteristics is provided. A battery includes a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution, and a separator arranged between the cathode and the anode is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes an acyl halide such as succinyl chloride or succinyl fluoride as well as a solvent and an electrolyte salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Masayuki Ihara, Tadahiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8173298
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive comprising a) a compound represented by the following Formula (1), and b) a compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfone-based compound, a poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, a polymer of poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, and a mixture thereof: wherein R1 is a C1 to C10 alkyl, a C1 to C10 alkoxy, or a C6 to C10 aryl, and preferably a methyl, ethyl, or methoxy, X is a halogen, and m and n are integers ranging from 1 to 5, where m+n is less than or equal to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Kim, Ha-Young Lee, Sang-Hoon Choy, Ho-Sung Kim, Hyeong-Gon Noh
  • Publication number: 20120107697
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium ion battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt. The non-aqueous organic solvent includes a flame-retardant solvent and a carbonate-based solvent. The flame-retardant solvent includes an ionic liquid including a fluorinated cation and a phosphorus-based solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Sae-Weon Roh, Man-Seok Han, Sung-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120107696
    Abstract: An electrode active material mainly includes an organic compound having, in a structural unit thereof, a conjugated diamine structure represented by the general formula (I), and an electrolyte includes a carbonate ester compound represented by the general formula (II). In the formulae, R1 to R4 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, or the like, whereas X1 to X4 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. A secondary battery is achieved which has a high energy density and thus produces a high output, and has favorable cycle characteristics with a small capacity degradation even in the case of repeating charge and discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Sato, Satoshi Shigematsu, Koichi Watanabe, Yozo Miura, Takuya Koizumi
  • Patent number: 8168334
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent and a solute dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte further contains a chain phosphoric acid ester and at least one imide salt represented by the formula (1): where R1 and R2 each independently represent CnX2n+1, X represents a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, and n is an integer equal to or greater than 1, and the amount of the chain phosphoric acid ester is 50 to 20000 ppm relative to the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Nakanishi, Hizuru Koshina
  • Patent number: 8168325
    Abstract: A lithium based electrochemical cell system includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; an electrolyte; and a degassing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Yoo-Eup Hyung, Donald R. Vissers, Khalil Amine
  • Patent number: 8163427
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution is advantageously used in preparation of a lithium secondary battery excellent in cycle characteristics. In the non-aqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery, an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution further contains a vinylene carbonate compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, and an alkyne compound in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Takaaki Kuwata
  • Patent number: 8163426
    Abstract: An additive for an electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, the additive including a polysiloxane-based compound represented by Formula 1 below: In formula 1 R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, l, m, n, o and p are as described in the detailed description of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-sik Hwang, Young-gyoon Ryu, Seok-soo Lee, Dong-joon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120094191
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the anode includes an aqueous binder, and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains (a) a cyclic anhydride or a derivative thereof; and (b) any one anion receptor selected from the group consisting of a borane compound, a borate compound and mixtures thereof. According to the present invention, a stable SEI film is formed on the anode, and the life characteristics of the battery are improved by controlling the LiF content in the SEI film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Jin Yoon, Sung-Hoon Yu, Jong-Ho Jeon
  • Patent number: 8158285
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solvent for batteries, which comprises fluoroethylene carbonate and linear ester solvent. Also, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises fluoroethylene carbonate and linear ester solvent. The inventive electrolyte solvent can improve the battery safety without deteriorating the battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Yung Im, Ki Young Lee, Joon Sung Bae, Young Taek An
  • Patent number: 8153307
    Abstract: A battery is disclosed. The battery includes an electrolyte activating one or more anodes and one or more cathodes. The electrolyte includes one or more salts dissolved in a solvent. The solvent includes one or more first siloxanes and/or one or more first silanes. Each of the first siloxanes and/or first silanes have one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety. The solvent also includes one or more second siloxanes and/or one or more second silanes. Each of the second siloxanes and/or second silanes have one or more second substituents that each include a carbonate moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Quallion LLC
    Inventors: Manabu Tanaka, Sang Young Yoon, Hiroshi Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20120082872
    Abstract: Spiro ammonium salts as an additive for electrolytes in electric current producing cells, in particular electric current producing cells comprising a Li-based anode, are provided. In some embodiments, the electric current producing cell comprises a cathode, a Li-based anode, and at least one electrolyte wherein the electrolyte contains at least one spiro ammonium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: BASF SE, Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Rudiger Schmidt, Daher Michael Badine, Xiao Steimle, Helmut Moehwald, Igor Kovalev, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik
  • Patent number: 8142936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing new additives and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, an electrolyte compound, a first additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, and a second additive compound with an oxidation initiation potential of more than 4.2 V, which is higher in oxidation initiation potential than the first additive, and deposits oxidative products or form a polymer film, in oxidation, as well as a lithium secondary battery including the same. The present invention can provide a lithium secondary battery excellent in both the battery performance and the battery safety in overcharge by the combined use of the first additive and the second battery as additives to the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Ho Ahn, Jae Hyun Lee, Jeong Ju Cho, Ho Chun Lee, Mi Young Son, Hyeong Jin Kim, Han Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8133614
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode, a cathode comprising a blank cut from a free-standing sheet of a silver vanadium oxide mixture contacted to a current collector. The active material has having a relatively lower surface area and an electrolyte activating the anode and the cathode is described. By optimizing the cathode active material surface area in a SVO-containing cell, the magnitude of the passivating film growth at the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) and its relative impermeability to lithium ion diffusion is reduced. Therefore, by using a cathode of an active material in a range of from about 0.2 m2/gram to about 2.6 m2/gram, and preferably from about 1.6 m2/gram to about 2.4 m2/gram, it is possible to eliminate or significantly reduce undesirable irreversible Rdc growth and voltage delay in the cell and to extend its useful life in an implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Gan, Joseph Lehnes, Robert S. Rubino, Esther S. Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8119292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte and a separator, wherein the anode comprises an anode active material having a specific surface area of 3 m2/g or less, and the electrolyte comprises 0.1˜6 parts by weight of a propane sultone-based compound based on 100 parts by weight of the electrolyte. The lithium secondary battery solves the problem of performance degradation caused by the use of an increased amount of a propane sultone-based compound required to form a SEI film on the surface of an anode upon the first charge cycle. Also, the lithium secondary battery can provide improved cycle characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Chun Lee, Tae Yoon Park, Yong Su Choi, Soo Jin Yoon, Hong Kyu Park, Hyun Min Jung, Jeong Ae Ahn
  • Publication number: 20120034531
    Abstract: A secondary battery capable of safely improving a battery performance is provided. An electrolyte with which a separator 13 is impregnated contains an alkyl sulfone and a low-polar solvent (a solvent having a relative permittivity of 20 or less) together with an aluminum salt. The alkyl sulfone facilitates the redox reaction of aluminum, and further reduces the reactivity of the electrolyte. Additionally, the low-polar solvent suppresses the block of the redox reaction of aluminum. In charge and discharge, it becomes easy to electrochemically efficiently precipitate and dissolve aluminum, and further to inhibit the corrosion of a metallic exterior package member or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yui Senda, Kenta Yamamoto, Yuri Nakayama, Reina Ito
  • Patent number: 8101297
    Abstract: An organic electrolytic solution including a lithium salt; an organic solvent including a high dielectric solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an additive compound containing an electron withdrawing group and hydrocarbon-based substituents. A lithium battery using the organic electrolytic solution can have improved cycle characteristics and cycle life through preventing decomposition of the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-soo Lee, Dong-joon Lee, Young-gyoon Ryu
  • Patent number: 8101303
    Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; a negative electrode including a negative active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and an electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt. The positive electrode has a positive active mass density of 3.65 g/cc or more, and the lithium salt includes lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), and a lithium imide-based compound. The rechargeable lithium battery has high capacity, excellent cycle-life, and reliability at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeom-Soo Kim, Jin-Bum Kim, Yong-Chul Park, Duck-Chul Hwang, Jong-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8097368
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent and lithium salt as an electrolyte, and wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains chain fluorinated carboxylic acid ester represented by the formula CH3COOCH2CH3-xFx (wherein x is 2 or 3) and a film forming chemical decomposed in the range of +1.0 to 3.0 V based on an equilibrium potential between metal lithium and lithium ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Chiga, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ryo Mogi, Osamu Omae, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8092942
    Abstract: Novel multifunctional sulfone/fluorinated ester compounds are described. These compounds may be useful as non-aqueous electrolyte solvents, specialty solvents, and starting materials and intermediates for synthesis of dyes, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Xudong Chen, William L. Holstein
  • Publication number: 20110318653
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material particle and a compound containing a rare earth element and a carbonate, the compound having a particle size of 1 to 100 nm and being adhered to a surface of the positive electrode active material particle. The ratio of the compound relative to the positive electrode active material particle is 0.005% to 0.4% by mass on a rare earth element basis. The positive electrode active material particle is composed of a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Takeshi Ogasawa
  • Publication number: 20110300453
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and further comprises: a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by general formula (Ia) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower. (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an ether linkage. The total number of carbon atoms of R11 and R12 is between 3 and 18, and the total number of oxygen atoms contained in R11 and R12 is between 1 and 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru KOTATO, Kunihisa Shima, Shinichi Kinoshita, Asao Kominato, Takashi Fujii, Teppei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110300452
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an electrolyte additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery. In Chemical Formula 1, Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are independently aromatic organic groups, and X is a halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: TECHNO SEMICHEM CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na-Rae Park, Jin-Sung Kim, Su-Hee Han, Jin-Hyunk Lim, Mi-Hyeun Oh, Eun-Gi Shim
  • Patent number: 8067119
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode including an active material absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, a negative electrode including an active material absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The separator includes a material containing a substituent group with electron-withdrawing property. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent and a solute dissolved therein, and the non-aqueous solvent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing aromatic solvent, a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonic acid ester, and a fluorine-containing cyclic carboxylic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Deguchi, Tooru Matsui, Hiroshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 8062796
    Abstract: Organic electrolytic solutions are provided. One solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent including a first solvent having high permittivity and a second solvent having a low boiling point, and a phosphate compound. By using the phosphate based compound, the organic electrolytic solution and the lithium battery including the organic electrolytic solution are flame resistant and have excellent charge/discharge properties. As a result, the lithium battery is highly stable and reliable and has good charge/discharge efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-gu Yoon, Seok-gwang Doo, Seung-sik Hwang, Kyu-sung Park, Nina K. Gusarova, Boris A. Trofimov
  • Publication number: 20110281178
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte and a lithium-ion secondary battery using the same, wherein a mixture of a cyclic carbonate, a chain carbonate, a first phosphoric acid ester wherein bonding between carbons is a single bond, and a second phosphoric acid ester wherein bonding between carbons contains a double bond is used as the nonaqueous electrolyte. It is desirable that the first phosphoric acid ester is a trimethyl phosphate. In addition, it is desirable that the second phosphoric acid ester is a dimethylisopropenyl phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Kazushige Kohno
  • Patent number: 8053108
    Abstract: An organic electrolytic solution comprising a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the organic electrolytic solution comprises a compound of Formula 1 and at least one selected from compounds of Formulas 2 through 5: wherein R1 a C1˜C10 alkoxy group, wherein R2 and R3 are independently unsubstituted C1˜C5 alkyl group or C1˜C5 alkyl group substituted with halogen atom, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-Yeon Lee, Hyo-Sug Lee
  • Patent number: 8053109
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a high initial capacity and excels in cycle characteristics and storage characteristics even when charged until the potential of the positive electrode active material exceeds as high as 4.3V versus lithium. The non-aqueous electrolyte of the secondary battery contains both 1,3-dioxane and a sulfonic acid ester compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iwanaga, Noriko Yamashita, Koji Abe, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8034489
    Abstract: Organic electrolyte solutions and lithium batteries using the same are provided. The organic electrolyte solutions use a silane compound that prevents crack formation caused by volumetric changes in the anode active material during battery charging/discharging. This improves charge/discharge characteristics, thereby also improving stability, reliability, and charge/discharge efficiency of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Sang-kook Mah, Jae-young Choi, Seok-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 8034491
    Abstract: An organic electrolytic solution is provided. The electrolytic solution comprises a lithium salt, an organic solvent comprising a first solvent having a high dielectric constant and a second solvent having a low boiling point, and a surfactant having a hydrophilic segment with two ends, each end being connected to a hydrophobic segment. The organic electrolytic solution effectively prevents the electrolytic solution from contacting the anode of the lithium battery to thereby suppress a side reaction on the surface of the anode. This enhances charge/discharge efficiency, lifespan and reliability of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Eun-sung Lee, Jae-young Choi, Seok-soo Lee, Su-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8029934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that experiences a small degree of temporal change from the initial battery properties over the long term storage period of the battery. Specifically, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery, in which a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium and a negative electrode capable of storing and releasing lithium are formed via an electrolyte, wherein: the electrolyte comprises a cyclic solvent and a chain-type solvent and contains a compound having a boron-oxygen bond (B—O) and a carbon-carbon double bond (C?C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Eiji Hoshi, Kazushige Kohno
  • Publication number: 20110229770
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution for a rechargeable lithium battery, including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive including fluoroethylene carbonate, a vinyl-containing carbonate, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C10 cyclic sulfate, and a nitrile-based compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R may be a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Hee-Sun Yun, Yong-Beom Lee, Kwang-Jo Cheong, Soo-Mi Eo
  • Publication number: 20110229771
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte which contains a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein is provided. Also provided is a lithium secondary battery employing the nonaqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi ONUKI, Minoru Kotato, Isao Konno, Shinichi Kinoshita, Noriko Shima