And Acyclic Carbonate Or Acyclic Carboxylic Acid Ester Solvent Patents (Class 429/332)
-
Publication number: 20150140445Abstract: [Problem] To provide: a method for stabilizing a solution that contains LiPF6 by increasing thermal stability of LiPF6 without changing the structure thereof; an electrolyte solution for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which has increased thermal stability; and a nonaqueous secondary battery which has increased thermal stability. [Solution] To have a solution containing LiPF6 contain a phosphoric acid ester amide represented by general formula (I) in such an amount that the molar ratio of the phosphoric acid ester amide relative to LiPF6 is 0.001-2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: TOSOH F-TECH, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Aoki, Hideyuki Mimura, Hisao Eguchi
-
Publication number: 20150140447Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising: an acrylate compound; a sulfinyl group-containing compound; an organic solvent; and an electrolyte salt. Also, disclosed is an electrode comprising a coating layer formed partially or totally on a surface thereof, the coating layer comprising: (i) a reduced form of an acrylate compound; and (ii) a reduced form of a sulfinyl group-containing compound. Further, disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein (i) the non-aqueous electrolyte is the aforementioned non-aqueous electrolyte; and/or (ii) the cathode and/or the anode is the aforementioned electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jeong-Ju Cho, Ho-Chun Lee, Su-Jin Yoon, Soo-Min Park
-
Publication number: 20150140448Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery with dramatically improved battery characteristics. A nonaqueous electrolyte solution battery prepared by using a nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising (I) an aromatic carboxylic acid ester compound represented by General Formula (1) below; and (II) specific compounds, is improved in charge-discharge characteristics at high current densities, durability performance during high-temperature storage and overcharge characteristics. (in General Formula (1), A1 is —R1 or —OR1, with R1 being an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group with 10 or fewer carbon atoms; A2 is an optionally substituted aryl group; each of j and k is independently 0 or an integer greater than 0, and at least one of j and k is an integer not less than 1; and when k?1, A1 is —OR1, while when k=0, A1 is —R1; and the case of j=1, k=0 is not allowed).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako Takiguchi, Masamichi Onuki, Shuhei Sawa
-
Publication number: 20150140446Abstract: This invention relates to electrolytic solutions and secondary batteries containing same. The electrolytic solutions contain lithium bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide and asymmetric borates, asymmetric phosphates and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: BASF CorporationInventor: Wentao Li
-
Patent number: 9029021Abstract: A method of charging and discharging a battery that includes an anode. The anode includes silicon and is capable of inserting and extracting lithium. At the time of charge, the potential of the anode vs. lithium metal as a reference potential is 0.04 V or more. At the time of discharge, the potential of the anode vs. lithium metal as a reference potential is 1.4 V or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tadahiko Kubota
-
Publication number: 20150125759Abstract: An energy storage device comprising: (A) an anode comprising graphite; and (B) an electrolyte composition comprising: (i) at least one carbonate solvent; (ii) an additive selected from CsPF6, RbPF6, Sr(PF6)2, Ba(PF6)2, or a mixture thereof; and (iii) a lithium salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Wu Xu, Hongfa Xiang, Jiguang Zhang, Ruiguo Cao
-
Publication number: 20150118575Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery including a negative electrode including a negative active material, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte solution including an additive, wherein the negative active material includes a Si-based material included in an amount of about 1 to about 70 wt % based on the total amount of the negative electrode, and the additive includes fluoroethylene carbonate and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. In the above Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C5 alkylene group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Tae-Hyun Bae, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Hyun Eom, Myung-Hoon Kim, Seung-Tae Lee, Ae-Ran Kim, Dong-Myung Choi, Ha-Rim Lee
-
Publication number: 20150104716Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a pyrrolidine derivative represented by Formula 1, wherein, in Formula 1, X is hydrogen, a formyl group or a salt thereof, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 hydroxyalkyl group, a C1-C20 aminoalkyl group, a C1-C20 thioalkyl group, or a C1-C20 cyanoalkyl group, and R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a thio group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, an amidino group, a hydrazine, a hydrazone, a formyl group or a salt thereof, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof, a phosphoric acid or a salt thereof, a C1-C20 hydroxyalkyl group, a C2-C20 heteroaryl group, or a C6-C20 aryl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Yoonsok Kang, Insun Park, Junyoung Mun, Minsik Park, Jinhwan Park, Byungjin Choi
-
Publication number: 20150099191Abstract: A homologous series of cyclic carbonate or propylene carbonate (PC) analogue solvents with increasing length of linear alkyl substitutes were synthesized and used as co-solvents with PC for graphite based lithium ion half cells. A graphite anode reaches a capacity around 310 mAh/g in PC and its analogue co-solvents with 99.95% Coulombic efficiency. Cyclic carbonate co-solvents with longer alkyl chains are able to prevent exfoliation of graphite when used as co-solvents with PC. The cyclic carbonate co-solvents of PC compete for solvation of Li ion with PC solvent, delaying PC co-intercalation. Reduction products of PC on graphite surfaces via single-electron path form a stable Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI), which allows the reversible cycling of graphite.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Gao Liu, Hui Zhao, Sang-Jae Park
-
Publication number: 20150099192Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing, in an aprotic solvent: an electrolyte; a particular nitrile compound; and a flame retardant composed of a particular phosphate compound or a phosphazene compound, in which the nitrile compound is contained in an amount of 0.1 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flame retardant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshihiko YAWATA, Ikuo KINOSHITA
-
Patent number: 8993177Abstract: Desirable electrolyte compositions are described that are suitable for high voltage lithium ion batteries with a rated charge voltage at least about 4.45 volts. The electrolyte compositions can comprise ethylene carbonate and solvent composition selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, methyl ethyl carbonate, ?-butyrolactone, ?-valerolactone or a combination thereof. The electrolyte can further comprise a stabilization additive. The electrolytes can be effectively used with lithium rich positive electrode active materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Envia Systems, Inc.Inventors: Shabab Amiruddin, Herman Lopez
-
Publication number: 20150084604Abstract: An improved lithium-sulfur battery containing a surface-functionalized carbonaceous material. The presence of the surface-functionalized carbonaceous material generates weak chemical bonds between the functional groups of the surface-functionalized carbonaceous material and the functional groups of the polysulfides, which prevents the polysulfide migration to the battery anode, thereby providing a battery with relatively high energy density and good partial discharge efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ramanathan THILLAIYAN, Wujun FU, Mario DESTEPHEN, Greg MILLER, Ernest NDZEBET, Umamaheswari JANAKIRAMAN
-
Publication number: 20150086880Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery having improved lifespan characteristics. More particularly, a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode, a separator interposed between the cathode and anode, and an electrolyte, wherein the anode comprises lithium titanium oxide (LTO) as an anode active material, the electrolyte comprises a lithium salt; a non-aqueous-based solvent; and (a) a phosphate compound which can prevent gas generation during high-temperature storage, (b) a sulfonate compound which can reduce discharge resistance by forming a low-resistance SEI layer, or a mixture of the compound (a) and the compound (b), is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jung Hoon Lee, Doo Kyung Yang, Young Min Lim
-
Publication number: 20150086878Abstract: The present invention provides non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an ester-based compound having a branched-chain alkyl group and an ester-based compound having a straight-chain alkyl group; and a lithium secondary battery using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hoon YU, Doo-Kyung YANG, Jong-Ho JEON, Min-Jung JOU
-
Publication number: 20150086877Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrolyte solution for forming, for example, a secondary battery having excellent oxidation resistance and high-temperature storage characteristics; an electrochemical device such as a lithium-ion secondary battery that contains the electrolyte solution; and a module that contains the electrochemical device. The present invention provides an electrolyte solution containing a solvent and an electrolyte salt, wherein the solvent contains a fluorine-containing compound (A) represented by formula (1) shown below in an amount of 0.01 to 20% by mass, and a fluorine-containing compound (B) represented by formula (2) shown below in an amount of 10 to 80% by mass: Rf1OCOOR??(1) wherein Rf1 is a C1-C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group, and R is a C1-C4 non-fluorinated alkyl group, and Rf2OCOORf3??(2) wherein Rf2 and Rf3 are the same or different, and each is a C1-C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeaki Yamazaki, Hideo Sakata, Mayuko Taeda, Meiten Koh, Aoi Nakazono, Michiru Kagawa, Akiyoshi Yamauchi
-
Publication number: 20150086876Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electrolyte solution for forming, for example, a secondary battery having excellent oxidation resistance and high voltage cycle characteristics; an electrochemical device such as a lithium-ion secondary battery that contains the electrolyte solution; and a module that contains the electrochemical device. The present invention provides an electrolyte solution containing a solvent and an electrolyte salt, wherein the solvent contains a fluorine-containing compound (A) represented by formula (1) shown below, and a fluorine-containing compound (B) represented by formula (2) shown below: Rf1OCOOR??(1) wherein Rf1 is a C1-C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group, and R is a C1-C4 non-fluorinated alkyl group, and Rf2OCOORf3??(2) wherein Rf2 and Rf3 are the same or different, and each is a C1-C4 fluorine-containing alkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Mayuko Taeda, Meiten Koh, Aoi Nakazono, Michiru Kagawa, Akiyoshi Yamauchi
-
Publication number: 20150086879Abstract: An anode in which an anode active material layer is arranged on an anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region in contact with an electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film, to thereby improve the chemical stability of the anode and the charge-discharge efficiency. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Kenichi Kawase, Tadahiko Kubota, Hideki Nakai, Takakazu Hirose
-
Patent number: 8986570Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery constituted by a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese complex oxide with a lamellar structure, the method including: (1) a step of preparing a starting source material for producing the complex oxide including a lithium supply source, a nickel supply source, a cobalt supply source, and a manganese supply source; (2) a step of pre-firing the starting source material by heating at a pre-firing temperature that has been set to a temperature lower than 800° C. and higher than a melting temperature of the lithium supply source; and (3) a step of firing the pre-fired material obtained in the pre-firing step by raising a temperature to a temperature range higher than the pre-firing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Nagai, Hidekazu Hiratsuka
-
Publication number: 20150079482Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte for a Li storage battery comprising a compound that can improve safety of a storage battery without causing the degradation in performances thereof and a Li storage battery comprising the electrolyte. The electrolyte comprises at least 1,1-diphenylethane the Li storage battery comprises the electrolyte. Particularly preferably provided are an electrolyte for a Li storage battery comprising 1,1-diphenylethane, a cyclic carbonate (e.g., ethylene carbonate), a chain carbonate (e.g., dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl or ethylmethyl carbonate) and a Li salt and a Li storage battery comprising such an electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Atsuo Omaru, Takeshi Nishizawa
-
Patent number: 8980481Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent and additives. The additives include: 1 to 10% by weight of a mixture of a particular halogenated cyclic carbonate and a compound containing a vinylene or vinyl group; and 0.1 to 9% by weight of a nitrile compound having a C2-C12 alkoxyalkyl group. A lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is also disclosed. The lithium secondary battery is protected from catching fire when overcharged and is prevented from swelling during storage at high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Yeon-Suk Hong, Jae-Seung Oh, Ji-Won Park, Byoung-Bae Lee, Dong-Su Kim, Hyo-Jin Lee
-
Patent number: 8980482Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-ion secondary battery with excellent high-temperature storage characteristics. The lithium-ion secondary battery provided by the present invention has positive and negative electrodes capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, and an electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt as a supporting salt in an organic solvent. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains not only the lithium salt, but also at least one type of dicarboxylic acid as additive A; and at least one type of additive selected from vinylene carbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, ethylene sulfite, and fluoroethylene carbonate as additive B.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koji Takahata
-
Publication number: 20150072247Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium battery, a lithium battery including the electrolyte, and a method of preparing the electrolyte for a lithium battery. The electrolyte for a lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent; and about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt % of lithium nitrate (LiNO3) based on a total weight of the non-aqueous organic solvent. By using the electrolyte for a lithium battery, lifespan cycle properties of the lithium battery may be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: In-Haeng Cho, Ha-Rim Lee, Sang-Hoon Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Jung-Hyun Nam
-
Patent number: 8968938Abstract: Disclosed are a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and a solvent, the electrolyte containing, based on the weight of the electrolyte, 10-40 wt % of a compound of Formula 1 or its decomposition product, and 1-40 wt % of an aliphatic nitrile compound, as well as an electrochemical device comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte. Also disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising: a cathode having a complex formed between the surface of a cathode active material and an aliphatic nitrile compound; and an anode having formed thereon a coating layer containing a decomposition product of the compound of Formula 1. Moreover, disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising: a cathode having a complex formed between the surface of a cathode active material and an aliphatic nitrile compound; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing the compound of Formula 1 or its decomposition product.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Young Soo Kim, Soon Ho Ahn, Joon Sung Bae, Cha Hun Ku, Soo Hyun Ha, Duk Hyun Ryu, Sei Lin Yoon
-
Patent number: 8962754Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte and a lithium ion battery with reduced temporal variations in battery characteristics from initial values are provided. A mixed solution is prepared by dissolving a lithium salt such as LiPF6 in a nonaqueous solvent such as ethylene carbonate. Allylboronate ester and siloxane are mixed with the mixed solution. The content of the allylboronate ester is 1 wt % or less. The content of the siloxane is 2 wt % or less. 2-Allyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane is used as the allylboronate ester. At least one kind selected from hexamethyldisiloxane and 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane is used as the siloxane.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Haruna, Shingo Itoh
-
Patent number: 8962192Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that can provide a battery that is low in gas generation, has a large capacity, and is excellent in storage characteristics and cycle characteristics contains an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent dissolving the electrolyte and further contains 0.001 vol % or more and less than 1 vol % of a compound represented by Formula (1) in the nonaqueous solvent. Alternatively, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains 0.001 vol % or more and less than 5 vol % of a compound represented by Formula (1) in the nonaqueous solvent and further contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of cyclic carbonate compounds having carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, cyclic carbonate compounds having fluorine atoms, monofluorophosphates, and difluorophosphates. In Formula (1), R1 to R3 each independently represent an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by a halogen atom; and n represents an integer of 0 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
-
Publication number: 20150050561Abstract: A lithium ion cell includes a cathode including a cathode active material having an operating voltage of 4.6 volts or greater; an anode including an anode material and a lithium additive including a lithium metal foil, lithium alloy, or an organolithium material; a separator; and an electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: UChicago Argonne, LLCInventors: Zhengcheng Zhang, Libo Hu, Khalil Amine, Christopher S. Johnson
-
Publication number: 20150050562Abstract: The present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution prepared by dissolving an electrolyte salt in a nonaqueous solvent and an energy storage device, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes LiPF2(—OC(?O)—C(?O)O—)2 and at least one kind of a compound having a carbon-carbon triple bond represented by the following general formula (I): (wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with a halogen atom; and R3 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group. X represents a hydrogen atom or —CR1R2—OS(?O)2—R3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Abe, Masahide Kondo
-
Publication number: 20150044573Abstract: The invention relates to lithium 1-trifluoromethoxy-1,2,2,2-tetra-fluoroethanesulphonate, the use of lithium 1-trifluoromethoxy-1,2,2,2-tetra-fluoroethanesulphonate as electrolyte salt in lithium-based energy stores and also ionic liquids comprising 1-trifluoro-methoxy-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulphonate as anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Martin Winter, Stefano Passerini, Katja Vlasov, Nataliya Kalinovich, Christian Schreiner Schreiner, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Ansgar Romek Müller, Rene Schmitz, Tanja Schedlbauer, Alexandra Lex-Balducci, Miriam Kunze
-
Patent number: 8945769Abstract: An electricity storage device including a positive electrode 31, a negative electrode 32, and an electrolytic solution 29 located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode 31 and the negative electrode 32 contains an electricity storage material containing a polymerization product having a tetrachalcogenofulvalene structure in a repeat unit of a main chain.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Yu Ohtsuka, Takakazu Yamamoto, Takahisa Shimizu, Takayuki Sasaki, Tomoaki Yanagida
-
Patent number: 8945774Abstract: The present invention claims the addition of vinylene carbonate (VC) and optionally also fluoroethylene carbonate to the electrolyte of lithium ion cells having a structural silicon composite anode, i.e. an anode containing fibers or particles of silicon. The additive significantly improves the cycling performance of the cells. A VC content in the range 3.5-8 wt % based on the weight of the electrolyte has been found to be optimum.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nexeon Ltd.Inventors: Fazlil Coowar, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam, Michael Jonathan Lain
-
Patent number: 8945776Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a silylborate-based compound, an anhydride component, and a non-aqueous organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-Ahn Kim, Mi-Hyeun Oh, Na-Rae Won, Sung-Hoon Kim
-
Patent number: 8940443Abstract: An electrolyte comprising an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a polymer additive comprised of repeating vinyl units joined to one or more heterocyclic amine moieties is described. The heterocyclic amine contains five to ten ring atoms, inclusive. An electrochemical cell is also disclosed. The preferred cell comprises a negative electrode which intercalates with lithium, a positive electrode comprising an electrode active material which intercalates with lithium, and the electrolyte of the present invention activating the negative and the positive electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.Inventor: Chi-Kyun Park
-
Publication number: 20150024282Abstract: In an aspect, a lithium secondary battery including a compound as disclosed and described herein; and an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Ha-Rim Lee, Sang-Hoon Kim, In-Haeng Cho
-
Publication number: 20150024283Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte for secondary batteries which is capable of maintaining excellent discharge characteristics even at low temperatures. The non-aqueous electrolyte for secondary batteries includes a non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent includes a cyclic carbonate, a chain carbonate, a fluoroarene, and a carboxylic acid ester. The cyclic carbonate includes ethylene carbonate. The non-aqueous solvent has a cyclic carbonate content MCI of 4.7 to 90 mass %, an ethylene carbonate content MEC of 4.7 to 37 mass %, a chain carbonate content MCH of 8 to 80 mass %, a fluoroarene content MFA of 1 to 25 mass %, and a carboxylic acid ester content MCAE of 1 to 80 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Masaki Deguchi
-
Patent number: 8936882Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte composition for a lithium or lithium-ion battery comprising a lithium salt in a liquid carrier comprising (a) a linear alkyl carbonate solvent, a cyclic alkyl carbonate solvent, or a combination thereof, and (b) a glycerol carbonate derivative compound of Formula (I): wherein X is selected from O, O(CO)O, S, N, P, P(?O), B, and Si; n is 1 when X is O, O(CO)O, or S; n is 2 when x is N, P, P(?O), or B; n is 3 when X is Si; and each R independently is selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, acyl, heteroaryl, a 5-member ring heterocyclic group, a 5-member ring heterocycle-substituted methyl group, trialkylsilyl, and any of the foregoing substituted with one or more fluoro substituents, provided that R is acyl only when X is O, S, or N, and R is not alkyl when X is O(CO)O.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLCInventors: Daniel P. Abraham, Gang Cheng
-
Patent number: 8936880Abstract: A cylindrical lithium secondary battery includes an anode and a cathode, capable of occluding or emitting lithium ions; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a CID (Current Interrupt Device) for intercepting electric current and lowering inner pressure when the inner pressure of the secondary battery is increased. The cylindrical lithium secondary battery may ensure the safety of the battery with respect to overcharging and also at the same time prevent the problem wherein the CID is activated too early, such that the battery stops its operation when the battery is used in a high-temperature environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Mi-Young Son, Jeong-Ju Cho, Ho-Chun Lee, Jong-Ho Jeon
-
Publication number: 20150017515Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery which includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolyte includes 1 to 60 wt % of a cyclic carbonate and 40 to 99 wt % of a linear solvent based on a total weight of the non-aqueous solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jong Ho Jeon, Yoo Seok Kim, Doo Kyung Yang, Shulkee Kim
-
Publication number: 20150017552Abstract: An electrolyte comprising an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a polymer additive comprised of repeating vinyl units joined to one or more heterocyclic amine moieties is described. The heterocyclic amine contains five to ten ring atoms, inclusive. An electrochemical cell is also disclosed. The preferred cell comprises a negative electrode which intercalates with lithium, a positive electrode comprising an electrode active material which intercalates with lithium, and the electrolyte of the present invention activating the negative and the positive electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Chi-Kyun Park
-
Patent number: 8927158Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative-electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having a nonaqueous solvent dissolving a solute. The negative-electrode active material includes powdered silicon and/or a silicon alloy, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes additives composed of at least one fluorinated lithium phosphate selected from the group consisting of lithium monofluorophosphate, lithium difluorophosphate, and lithium trifluorophosphate and a diisocyanate compound, and the nonaqueous solvent includes a chain carbonate compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Yamamoto, Kouhei Tuduki, Taizou Sunano, Maruo Kamino, Youichi Ohashi, Minoru Kotato
-
Patent number: 8927159Abstract: The present invention provides non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an ester-based compound having a branched-chain alkyl group and an ester-based compound having a straight-chain alkyl group; and a lithium secondary battery using the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Hoon Yu, Doo-Kyung Yang, Jong-Ho Jeon, Min-Jung Jou
-
Publication number: 20150004475Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery which includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the non-aqueous solvent includes a cyclic carbonate and a linear solvent, wherein an amount of the cyclic carbonate in the non-aqueous solvent is in the range of 1 wt % to 30 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous solvent and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jong Ho JEON, Yoo Seok KIM, Doo Kyung YANG, Shulkee KIM
-
Patent number: 8920981Abstract: There is provided in one embodiment of the invention an electrolyte for use in a lithium ion electrochemical cell. The electrolyte comprises a mixture of an ethylene carbonate (EC), an ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), an ester cosolvent, and a lithium salt. The ester cosolvent comprises methyl propionate (MP), ethyl propionate (EP), methyl butyrate (MB), ethyl butyrate (EB), propyl butyrate (PB), or butyl butyrate (BB). The electrochemical cell operates in a temperature range of from about ?60 degrees Celsius to about 60 degrees Celsius. In another embodiment there is provided a lithium ion electrochemical cell using the electrolyte of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Marshall C. Smart, Ratnakumar V. Bugga
-
Publication number: 20140377667Abstract: The invention relates to lithium-2-methoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulfonate, to the use thereof as conductive salt in lithium-based energy accumulators, and ionic liquids comprising 2-methoxy-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethanesulfonate as an anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicants: JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN gGMBH, WESTFALISCHE WILHELMS UNIVERSITAT MUNSTERInventors: Gerd-Volker Roschenthaler, Martin Winter, Katja Vlasov, Nataliya Kalinovich, Christian Schreiner, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Romek Ansgar Muller, Rene Schmitz, Alexandra Lex-Balducci, Miriam Kunze
-
Publication number: 20140377668Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution prepared by dissolving an electrolyte salt in a nonaqueous solvent and an energy storage device are provided, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one kind of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): (wherein each of R1 to R10 independently represents hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or a C1 to C4 alkyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom may be substituted with halogen atom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto
-
Publication number: 20140356733Abstract: Provided are an additive for a lithium battery electrolyte, wherein the additive is an ethylene carbonate based compound represented by the following Formula 1 or 2, an organic electrolyte solution including the additive, and a lithium battery including the organic electrolyte solution: in the above Formulae, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently a non-polar functional group or a polar functional group, the polar functional group including a heteroatom belonging to groups 13 to 16 of the periodic table of elements, and one or more of R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the polar functional groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makhmut Khasanov, Woo-Cheol Shin, Vladimir Egorov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Denis Chernyshov, Sang-Hoon Kim, Ha-Rim Lee, In-Haeng Cho, Alexey Tereshchenko
-
Publication number: 20140349198Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, which includes a non-aqueous organic solvent including propylene carbonate (PC) and an ester-based solvent, and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), and a lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. According to the non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present invention, since a robust solid electrolyte interface (SEI) may be formed on an anode during initial charge of a lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution, high-temperature cycle characteristics and capacity characteristics after high-temperature storage as well as low-temperature, room temperature, and high-temperature output characteristics may be simultaneously improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Young Min Lim, Chul Haeng Lee, Doo Kyung Yang, Shul Kee Kim
-
Publication number: 20140342242Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution and a lithium battery using the same are disclosed. The organic electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solution, a thiophene-based compound and a nitrile-based compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir Egorov, Woo-Cheol Shin, Jung-Yi Yu, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
-
Publication number: 20140342243Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second additive represented by Chemical Formula 2 is disclosed. A rechargeable lithium battery including the electrolyte is also disclosed. The structures and definitions of the Chemical Formulae 1 and 2 are the same as described in the detailed description.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun-Il Park, Young-Kee Kim, Sumihito Ishida
-
Patent number: 8889302Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which forms a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery having high capacity and excellent storage characteristics at high temperatures, while sufficiently enhancing safety at the time of overcharge, and a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery using the same. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution has an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent with (A) a compound of formula (2): wherein R7 is an optionally halogenated and/or phenylated alkyl group comprising 1-12 carbon atoms, R8 to R12 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally halogenated ether or alkyl group comprising 1-12 carbon atoms, and at least one of R8 to R12 is an optionally halogenated alkyl group comprising 2-12 carbon atoms; and/or (B) a carboxylic acid ester with a phenyl group substituted by at least one alkyl group (having 4 or more carbon atoms) that is optionally substituted.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yumiko Nakagawa, Minoru Kotato, Daisuke Noda, Shinichi Kinoshita
-
Patent number: 8883344Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery having flame retardancy, low negative electrode interfacial resistance, and excellent high temperature properties and life characteristics, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention may include a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, fluorinated ether or phosphazene, and a resistance-improving additive represented as the following chemical formula (1): FSO2—R1—SO2F??[Chemical Formula 1] wherein R1 is a C1-C12 hydrocarbon unsubstituted or substituted with at least one fluorine.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sinyoung Park, Yongbeom Lee, Sunyoung Kim, Bora Lee