Patent Application
20120171576
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 99146602, filed Dec. 29, 2010. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte that improves the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current, and to a lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte.
The current portable electronic devices are almost absolutely dependent on rechargeable lithium secondary battery as their power. This demand drives people to continuously endeavor to various researches to increase the specific capacity and the specific energy, prolong the serving life, and improve the safety.
The safety problem of the lithium secondary battery mainly comes from the raised internal temperature of the battery, including improper heating, overcharge, and short circuit due to contact of the positive electrode material and the negative electrode material. When the internal temperature of the battery is continuously raised and cannot be inhibited, the separator film for separating the positive electrode material and the negative electrode material will be melted and broken, thus resulting in large short-circuit current, and then the battery will get hot at an accelerated rate. When the temperature of the battery is raised to 180° C., decomposition of the electrolyte and the positive electrode material occurs, a large amount of heat is generate and a large amount of gas is emitted, thus causing fire, combustion, explosion, and other dangers.
It can be seen that, the safety of the lithium secondary battery is associated with the reaction temperature of the electrolyte and the positive electrode material and the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte. The higher the reaction temperature of the electrolyte and the positive electrode material is (representing that the high-temperature tolerance is higher), the higher the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte is (representing that the overcharge tolerance is higher), and the better the safety of the lithium secondary battery is. Therefore, to ensure the safe use of the consumer, a non-aqueous electrolyte capable of improving the safety of the lithium secondary battery is deeply desired.
Accordingly, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte are introduced herein, in which a protective film is formed on a positive electrode surface upon overcharge, so as to improve the safety of the lithium secondary battery.
A non-aqueous electrolyte is introduced herein, which includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an electrolyte additive. The electrolyte additive is a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer formed by reacting Compound (A) and Compound (B). Compound (A) is a monomer with 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 is further introduced herein, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator film, and the above-mentioned non-aqueous electrolyte.
Based on the above, the non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure contains the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer as an electrolyte additive, such that the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte is increased, and the reaction temperature of the electrolyte and the positive electrode material is raised, while the reaction heat is decreased. Thus, the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current is improved, and the safe use of the consumer is accordingly ensured.
In order to make the features and advantages of the present invention clearer and more understandable, the following embodiments are illustrated in detail with reference to the appended drawings.
Several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below to further describe the disclosure in details.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide further understanding, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
The disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte, so as to improve the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current. Hereinafter, an electrolyte additive, the non-aqueous electrolyte, and the lithium secondary battery and preparation methods thereof are described respectively.
The electrolyte additive of the disclosure is a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer formed by reacting Compound (A) and Compound (B). Compound (A) is a monomer with 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
Compound (B) is represented by one of Formula (I) to Formula (9):
wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, dimethylamino, or —NH2; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, halo, or —NH2.
In an embodiment, examples of Compound (B) are as shown in Table 1.
In another embodiment, Compound (B) may also be an imidazole derivative or a pyrrole derivative.
In an embodiment, Compound (A) is a maleimide monomer, represented by one of Formula (10) to Formula (13):
wherein n is an integer of 0 to 4; R6 is —RCH2R′—, —RNH2R—, —C(O)CH2—, —R′OR″OR′—, —CH2OCH2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —O—O—, —S—, —S—S—, —S(O)—, —CH2S(O)CH2—, —(O)S(O)—, —C6H5—, —CH2(C6H5)CH2—, —CH2(C6H5)(O)—, phenylene, biphenylene, substituted phenylene, or substituted biphenylene, R is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl, R′ is C1-4 alkyl, and R″ is C1-4 alkyl; R7 is —RCH2—, —C(O)—, —C(CH3)2—, —O—, —O—O—, —S—, —S—S—, —(O)S(O)—, or —S(O)—; and R8 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, or N-methoxy carbonyl.
Examples of the maleimide monomer are as shown in Table 2.
In another embodiment, Compound (A) may also be poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, bis[[4-[(vinyloxy)methyl]cyclohexyl]methyl]isophthalate, or triallyl trimellitate.
Next, a synthesis method of the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of the disclosure is described. Firstly, Compound (A) is dissolved in a solvent, to form a mixture solution. Then, Compound (B) is added into the mixture solution in batches, and thermally polymerized by heating. The molar ratio of Compound (A) to Compound (B) is, for example, from 10:1 to 1:10, or from 1:1 to 5:1.
The solvent includes γ-butyrolactone (GBL), ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), N-methylpyrollidone (NMP), and other high-polarity solvents, and is capable of providing high dissolution ability, which is beneficial to the thermal polymerization of the reactants. Moreover, the application scope of the mixture solution is widened by the flexible variation of the solid content.
Compound (B) may be added in 2-30 equivalent batches or non-equivalent batches, or in 4-16 batches; an adding time interval may be 5 minutes to 6 hours, or 15 minutes to 2 hours; and the reaction may be performed at a temperature of 60-150° C., or 120-140° C. Furthermore, reaction time refers to a time that the reaction lasts after Compound (B) is completely added, and may be 0.5 hour to 48 hours, or 1 hour to 24 hours.
That is to say, Compound (B) is gradually added, in batches at a time interval (multiple times, e.g. twice or more times), into the mixture solution of Compound (A)/solvent system at the reaction temperature for thermal polymerization, so that gelation or a network structure generated by over reaction caused by adding of Compound (B) completely at one time can be avoided.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer synthesized in the disclosure can be stored at room temperature (or higher) for a long time, and the viscosity thereof will not change drastically after unsealing. Furthermore, the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of the disclosure has part of the reactive functional groups remained, thus being beneficial to the subsequent processing, and optionally, the unreacted functional groups may be facilitated to react by heating or applying a voltage. In an embodiment, the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer is re-induced to react at a temperature of 160-200° C., to convert the monomer into the polymer completely.
Hereinafter, multiple synthesis examples are illustrated to verify the efficacy of the disclosure.
Firstly, oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in EC/PC in an amount of 3%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 130° C. for 8 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 1. The molar ratio of 3% oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide to 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline was 2:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 1 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) peak time of 20.5 min, as shown in
Firstly, 4,4′-diphenylmethane bismaleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in GBL in an amount of 5%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 100° C. for 15 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 2. The molar ratio of 5% 4,4′-diphenylmethane bismaleimide to 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline was 2:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 2 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 22.4 min and a PDI of 1.2, as shown in
Firstly, oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in NMP in an amount of 3%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 150° C. for 3 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 3. The molar ratio of 3% oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide to 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline was 4:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 3 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 22.6 min and a PDI of 1.2, as shown in
Firstly, 4,4′-diphenylmethane bismaleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in NMP in an amount of 3%, to form a mixture solution. Next, imidazole (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 130° C. for 8 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 4. The molar ratio of 3% 4,4′-diphenylmethane bismaleimide to imidazole was 4:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 4 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 22.8 min and a PDI of 1.3, as shown in
Firstly, 1,6′-bismaleimide-(2,2,4-trimethyl)hexane (Compound (A)) was dissolved in GBL in an amount of 3%, to form a mixture solution. Next, pyridazine (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 100° C. for 12 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 5. The molar ratio of 3% 1,6′-bismaleimide-(2,2,4-trimethyl)hexane to pyridazine was 2:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 5 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 22.2 min and a PDI of 1.5, as shown in
Firstly, 2,2′-bis[4-(4-maleimidophenoxy)phenyl]propane (Compound (A)) was dissolved in GBL in an amount of 3%, to form a mixture solution. Next, pyridine (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 60° C. for 24 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 6. The molar ratio of 3% 2,2′-bis[4-(4-maleimidophenoxy)phenyl]propane to pyridine was 4:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 6 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 19 min and a PDI of 1.2, as shown in
Firstly, oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in EC/PC in an amount of 5%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5,-triazine (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 130° C. for 12 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 7. The molar ratio of 5% oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide to 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5,-triazine was 2:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 7 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 20.1 min and a PDI of 1.1, as shown in
Firstly, oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide (Compound (A)) was dissolved in GBL in an amount of 5%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 60° C. for 24 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 8. The molar ratio of 5% oligomer of phenylmethane maleimide to 2,4-dimethyl-2-imidazoline was 10:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 8 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 20.5 min and a PDI of 1.5, as shown in
Firstly, 2,2′-bis[4-(4-maleimidophenoxy)phenyl]propane (Compound (A)) was dissolved in GBL in an amount of 5%, to form a mixture solution. Next, 4-tert-butylpyridine (Compound (B)) was added into the mixture solution in batches, for thermal polymerization at 60° C. for 24 hours, so as to obtain a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 9. The molar ratio of 5% 2,2′-bis[4-(4-maleimidophenoxy)phenyl]propane to 4-tert-butylpyridine was 4:1.
The meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 9 was a narrow polydispersity polymer having a GPC peak time of 20 min and a PDI of 1.5, as shown in
Table 3 summaries synthesis conditions and experimental results of Examples 1-9.
Furthermore, GPC stability test and viscosity stability test were also performed on the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 3, as shown in
In the above embodiments, Compound (B) is described with a heterocyclic amino aromatic derivative as a nucleophilic initiator as an example; however, the disclosure is not limited thereto. Persons of ordinary skill in the art should appreciate that, Compound (B) may also be a tertiary amine or a secondary amine, which is reacted with Compound (A) (that is, a monomer with a reactive terminal functional group), to generate a meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer.
Based on the above, the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of the disclosure may be stored at room temperature (or a temperature higher than room temperature) for a long time (e.g. at least one month), while maintaining the stable viscosity and particle size distribution. Furthermore, the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer has part of the functional groups remained, which is beneficial to the subsequent processing, and optionally, the unreacted function groups may be facilitated to react by heating or applying a voltage.
Hereinafter, by using the characteristic that the terminal reactive functional group will react when a voltage is applied, the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer is used as an additive of the electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, to form a protective film on a positive electrode surface during overcharge, so as to improve the safety of the lithium secondary battery.
The non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure contains a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and the electrolyte additive as described above, in which the electrolyte additive accounts for 0.01 to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.
The lithium salt includes LiPF6, LiClO4, LiBF4, LiSO3CF3, LiN(SO2CF3)2, LiN(SO2CF2CF3)2, LiTFSI, LiAsF6, LiSbF6, LiAlCl4, LiGaCl4, LiNO3, LiC(SO2CF3)3, LiSCN, LiO3SCF2CF3, LiC6F5SO3, LiO2CCF3, LiSO3F, LiB(C6H5)4, LiB(C2O4)2, or a combination thereof. The concentration of the lithium salt is 0.5 to 1.5 mol/L (M).
In an embodiment, the organic solvent includes ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), butylene carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, acid anhydrides, N-methylpyrrolidone, N-methyl acetamide, N-methyl formamide, dimethyl formamide, γ-butyrolactone, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl sulfite, 1,2-diethoxyethane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-dibutoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, propylene oxide, sulfites, sulfates, phosplonates, or a derivative thereof.
In another embodiment, the organic solvent includes a carbonate, an ester, an ether, a ketone, or a combination thereof. The ester is selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl butyrate, ethyl butyrate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, and propyl acetate (PA). The carbonate includes EC, PC, diethyl carbonate (DEC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), vinylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, or a combination thereof.
As the non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure has the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer added as electrolyte additive, the non-aqueous electrolyte has an oxidation potential and a decomposition potential. In particular, the oxidation potential of the non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure is, for example, ranging from 4.5 V to 5 V, and at this time, the terminal reactive functional group of the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer as the electrolyte additive reacts with a positive electrode material due to the applied voltage, and thus a protective film is formed on the positive electrode surface. Due to the protective film, the decomposition potential (also referred to as high-voltage resistant potential or oxidation resistant potential) of the non-aqueous electrolyte is increased to a range between 5 V and 6 V, or between 5.5 V and 6 V.
The method for preparing the non-aqueous electrolyte includes the following steps. Several organic solvents are mixed at a specific weight ratio, to form a mixture solution. Next, a lithium salt is added into the mixture solution at a specific concentration. Then, the electrolyte additive as described above is added, in which the electrolyte additive accounts for 0.01 to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.
The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator film, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The preparation of the non-aqueous electrolyte is as described above, and will not be repeated herein.
A positive electrode slurry is formed by dissolving a positive electrode active substance, a conductive additive, and a binder in N-methyl-2-pyrollidone (NMP) respectively in the amounts of 80-95%, 3-15% and 3-10%. Next, the positive electrode slurry is uniformly coated on a 300 m-long, 35 cm-wide, and 20 μm-thick aluminium foil roll. After drying, the positive electrode roll is compacted by rolling and cut into strips, and finally dried under vacuum at 110° C. for 4 hours. The positive electrode active substance may be lithiated oxide, lithiated sulfide, lithiated selenide, and lithiated telluride of vanadium, titanium, chromium, copper, molybdenum, niobium, iron, nickel, cobalt and manganese, or a mixture thereof. The conductive additive may be carbon black, graphite, acetylene black, nickel powder, aluminum powder, titanium powder and stainless steel powder, and a mixture thereof. The binder may be a fluorine-containing resin binder, for example, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), Teflon, styrene-butadiene rubber, polyamide resin, melamine resin, and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) binder.
A negative electrode slurry is formed by dissolving a negative electrode active substance having a diameter of 1-30 μm and a binder in N-methyl-2-pyrollidone (NMP) respectively in the amounts of 90% and 3-10%. After stirring uniformly, the negative electrode slurry is coated on a 300 m-long, 35 cm-wide, and 10 μm-thick aluminium foil roll. The formed negative electrode roll is compacted by rolling and cut into strips, and similarly dried under vacuum drying at 110° C. for 4 hours. The negative electrode active substance may be mesophase carbon micro beads (MCMB), vapor grown carbon fiber (VGCF), carbon nano tubes (CNT), coke, carbon black, graphite, acetylene black, carbon fiber, glassy carbon, lithium alloy, or a mixture thereof. The metal-based negative electrode may be made of Al, Zn, Bi, Cd, Sb, Si, Pb, Sn, Li3FeN2, Li2.6Co0.4N, Li2.6Cu0.4N, or a combination thereof. The negative plate may be further made of a metal oxide such as SnO, SnO2, GeO, GeO2, In2O, In2O3, PbO, PbO2, Pb2O3, Pb3O4, AgO, Ag2O, Ag2O3, Sb2O3, Sb2O4, Sb2O5, SiO, ZnO, CoO, NiO, FeO, TiO2, Li3Ti5O12, or a combination thereof. The binder may be a fluorine-containing resin binder, for example, PVDF, Teflon, styrene-butadiene rubber, polyamide resin, melamine resin, and CMC binder.
The separator film is a polypropylene/polyethylene/propylene (PP/PE/PP) triple-layer film of 15-20 μm thick.
The method for preparing the lithium secondary battery includes winding the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator film together, and compacting by rolling, and then placing into a rectangular housing of aluminium foil bag having a size of 38 mm×3.5 mm×62 mm, and finally, injecting the non-aqueous electrolyte as described above.
Hereinafter, multiple examples and comparative examples are described to verify the efficacy of the disclosure. The fabricated lithium half cell or lithium cell is subjected to the following tests: composition voltage test, capacitance-voltage test, charge and discharge cycle test, and thermal power test.
Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) includes continuously testing a current passing through a battery or an electrode, and recording the variation of the potential over time. Herein, the decomposition voltage of the non-aqueous electrolyte is measured with an AUTOLAB at a scanning rate of 0.5 mv/s at a voltage between 3 V and 6 V.
Capacity-voltage (C-V) curve describes the relation between the voltage and the capacitance of the battery during charge and discharge. In the first to the fifth cycle, the battery is charged and discharged respectively at a rate of 0.1 C(C-rate, charge rate), 0.2 C, 0.5 C, 1 C, and 2 C, to measure the capacitance. In the test, charging with a constant current (CC) is performed first, and then charging with a constant voltage (CV) of 4.2 V is performed, and a cut-off current is one twentieth of the CC.
In a cycling mode of charging at 0.2 C and discharging at 1 C, the variation of the capacitance of the battery after multiple charges and discharges is recorded.
The sample is taken from part of the positive electrode surface of the battery after being fully charged at 4.2 V and measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) for the peak temperature (Tpeak) and the heat release (ΔH).
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for cyclic voltammograms (CV) test. The positive electrode of the battery was made of LiCoO2, the negative electrode was made of lithium metal, and the separator film was a PP/PE/PP triple-layer film. The electrolyte composition included LiPF6 dissolved in a mixture solvent of PC, EC, and DEC (weight ratio EC/PC/DEC=3/2/5) in an amount of 1.1 M, and 1.5 wt % of the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 1 as an electrolyte additive. The CV potential range was from 3 V to 5.2 V, the scanning rate was 0.1 my/s, the reference electrode was lithium metal, and continuous three times of scanning were performed from 3 V to 5.2 V, and then from 5.2 V to 3 V. As shown in
Two-coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for CV test. The battery positive electrode was made of LiCoO2, the negative electrode was made of lithium metal, and the separator film was PP/PE/PP triple-layer film. The electrolyte composition was LiPF6 dissolved in a mixture solvent of PC, EC, and DEC (weight ratio EC/PC/DEC=3/2/5) in an amount of 1.1 M, without adding an electrolyte additive. No oxidation potential peak was found through CV potential scanning. After disassembly, the surface topography of the positive electrode was observed with SEM. As shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for linear sweep voltage (LSV) test. The battery positive electrode was made of LiCoO2, the negative electrode was made of lithium metal, and the separator film was a PP/PE/PP triple-layer film. The electrolyte composition included LiPF6 dissolved in a mixture solvent of PC, EC, and DEC (weight ratio EC/PC/DEC=3/2/5) in an amount of 1.1 M, and 1.5 wt % of the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer of Example 1 as an electrolyte additive. The linear sweep potential range was from 3 V to 6 V, and the scanning rate was 0.5 mv/s. The decomposition potential of the electrolyte containing the additive of the disclosure was 5.7 V, as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for LSV test. The battery positive electrode was made of LiCoO2, the negative electrode was made of lithium metal, and the separator film was a PP/PE/PP triple-layer film. The electrolyte composition was LiPF6 dissolved in a mixture solvent of PC, EC, and DEC (weight ratio EC/PC/DEC=3/2/5) in an amount of 1.1 M, without adding an electrolyte additive. The linear sweep potential range was from 3 V to 6 V, and the scanning rate was 0.5 mv/s. The decomposition potential of the electrolyte without an additive was 4.6 V, as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for discharge capacitance tests at different charge and discharge rates, as shown in Table 4 and
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for discharge capacity tests at different charge and discharge rates, as shown in Table 4 and
With charging at 0.2 C as 100% baseline, at the discharge rate of 1 C, the capacitance of Example 12 was maintained at 88%, while the capacitance of Comparative Example 3 was merely maintained at 70%.
Two-coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
After the 30th cycle life of the battery, the capacitance of Example 13 was maintained at 98%, while the capacitance of Comparative Example 4 was merely maintained at 84%.
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
The test conditions of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 capacitance were as follows. After an activation procedure at 0.1 C, the battery was charged at a 0.2 C constant current to 4.9 V, and then discharged at 0.5 C to 3.5 V.
As shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at 50° C., as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at 50° C., as shown in
As shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for capacity test of battery cycle life at room temperature (25° C.), as shown in
As shown in
As shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for heat release test on the battery positive electrode, as shown in
Two coin batteries (size CR2032) were assembled for heat release test on the battery positive electrode, as shown in
After being fully charged at 4.2 V, the batteries were disassembled in a glove box filled with Ar, and 7-10 mg of positive electrode plate containing the electrolyte was placed in a sampler tray for thermal analysis which was tolerant to a pressure of 150 bar, for DSC test.
As shown in
In Examples 10-18 and Comparative Examples 1-8, merely part of the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymers formed in Examples 1-9 are used as the electrolyte additive for illustration; however, the disclosure is not limited thereto. Substantially, if the tests are repeated with the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymers of Examples 1-9, similar results will be obtained.
In view of the above, the non-aqueous electrolyte and the lithium secondary battery containing the non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure may improve the safety of the battery during overcharge or at high temperature caused by short-circuit current. The non-aqueous electrolyte of the disclosure contains the meta-stable state nitrogen-containing polymer as an electrolyte additive, such that the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte is up to 5.7 V, the reaction temperature of the electrolyte and the positive electrode is postponed by 15° C. or above, and the reaction heat is decreased by about 40%. Moreover, the high conductivity and low viscosity of the electrolyte at room temperature are maintained.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 99146602 | Dec 2010 | TW | national |
