Lithium Secondary Battery Having Improved Low And High Temperature Properties
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery having improved high-temperature properties and, more particularly, to a lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode containing a cathode mixture layer formed on a cathode current collector; an anode containing an anode mixture layer formed on an anode current collector; a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by chemical formula 1 as a first additive, wherein the cathode mixture layer has a loading capacity of 3.7 mAh/? to 10 mAh/?, the lithium salt ranges in concentration from 1.5M to 3M, the organic solvent is a mixture solvent containing a cyclic carbonate organic solvent and linear carbonate organic solvent, and the compound represented by chemical formula 1 is contained in an amount of 0.1wt% to 5wt% on the basis of the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.
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LG Chem Research Park, 188, Munji-ro
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34122
2. OH, Jeong Woo
LG Chem Research Park, 188, Munji-ro
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34122
3. LEE, Chul Haeng
LG Chem Research Park, 188, Munji-ro
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34122
4. AHN, Kyoung Ho
LG Chem Research Park, 188, Munji-ro
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34122
5. SHIN, Won Kyung
LG Chem Research Park, 188, Munji-ro
Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34122
Specification
0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent
Application Nos. 2018-0065518, filed on June 7, 2018, and
10 2019-0066923, filed on June 5, 2019, in the Korean
Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is
incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to a lithium secondary
15 battery having improved low-temperature resistance
characteristics and improved storage characteristics, life
characteristics, and capacity characteristics at high
temperature.
BACKGROUND ART
20 [0003] There is a need to develop technology for efficiently
storing and utilizing electrical energy as personal IT
devices and computer networks are developed with the
development of information society and the accompanying
dependency of society as a whole on the electrical energy is
25 increased.
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[0004] Among the technologies developed for this purpose, a
technology based on secondary batteries is the most suitable
technology for various applications. Since a secondary
battery may be miniaturized to be applicable to a personal IT
5 device and may be applied to an electric vehicle and a power
storage device, there emerges an interest in the secondary
battery. Among these secondary battery technologies, lithium
ion batteries, which are battery systems having the
theoretically highest energy density, are in the spotlight,
10 and are currently being used in various devices.
[0005] Unlike the early days when lithium metal was directly
used in an electrode, the lithium ion battery has been
realized as a system in which a transition metal oxide
material containing lithium is used as a positive electrode
15 material, and a carbon-based material, such as graphite, and
an alloy-based material, such as silicon, are used as a
negative electrode material
[0006] The lithium ion battery is substantially composed of
four materials such as a positive electrode formed of a
20 transition metal oxide containing lithium, a negative
electrode capable of storing lithium, an electrolyte solution
as a medium for transferring lithium ions, and a separator.
[0007] In line with the recent demand for secondary
batteries with high capacity/high energy density, there is a
25 need to develop a secondary battery in which life
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characteristics and capacity characteristics are improved by
improving an increase in resistance and a decrease in
capacity during storage or charge and discharge at high
temperature and preventing electrochemical decomposition at
5 an electrode interface while maximizing energy storage
capacity.
[0008] Prior Art Document
[0009] Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication No.
10 2005-276844
[0010] Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication No.
2003-197264
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL PROBLEM
15 [0011] An aspect of the present invention provides a lithium
secondary battery in which low-temperature resistance
characteristics are improved and degradation of charge and
discharge characteristics at high temperature and life
characteristics and capacity characteristics even after high20 temperature storage may be prevented by including a positive
electrode containing a highly loaded positive electrode
material mixture layer and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution
containing a high concentration lithium salt.
TECHNICAL SOLUTION
25 [0012] According to an aspect of the present invention,
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there is provided a lithium secondary battery including:
[0013] a positive electrode including a positive electrode
material mixture layer formed on a positive electrode
collector;
5 [0014] a negative electrode including a negative electrode
material mixture layer formed on a negative electrode
collector;
[0015] a separator disposed between the positive electrode
and the negative electrode; and
10 [0016] a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a
lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented
by Formula 1 as a first additive,
[0017] wherein the positive electrode material mixture layer
has a loading capacity of 3.7 mAh/cm2 to 10 mAh/cm2,
15 [0018] the lithium salt has a concentration of 1.5 M to 3 M,
[0019] the organic solvent is a mixed solvent including a
cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent and a linear
carbonate-based organic solvent, and
[0020] the compound represented by Formula 1 is included in
20 an amount of 0.1 wt% to 5 wt% based on a total weight of the
non-aqueous electrolyte solution:
[0021] [Formula 1]
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[0022] wherein, in Formula 1,
[0023] R1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine, or -R1’-
O-, wherein R1’ is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon
5 atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
[0024] R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine, or –R2’-
O-, wherein R2’ is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon
atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
10 [0025] R3 is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
[0026] R4 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic
hydrocarbon group,
[0027] Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl
15 group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,
[0028] o, p, q, and r are the numbers of repeating units,
[0029] o is an integer of 1 to 5,
[0030] p is an integer of 1 to 10,
[0031] r is an integer of 1 to 5,
20 [0032] q is an integer of 1 to 15, and
[0033] b and c are each independently an integer of 1 to 3.
[0034] In the lithium secondary battery of the present
invention, the positive electrode material mixture layer may
25 have a loading capacity of 4 mAh/cm2 to 8 mAh/cm2, for
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example, 4 mAh/cm2 to 6 mAh/cm2.
[0035] Also, in the lithium secondary battery of the present
invention, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution may include a
lithium salt having a concentration of 2 M to 2.5 M.
5 [0036] The organic solvent in the non-aqueous electrolyte
solution is a mixed solvent including a cyclic carbonatebased organic solvent and a linear carbonate-based organic
solvent, wherein the cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent
and the linear carbonate-based organic solvent may be
10 included in a volume ratio of 0.5:9.5 to 2:8.
[0037] Furthermore, in the compound represented by Formula 1
as the first additive included in the non-aqueous electrolyte
solution, R1 may be -R1’-O-, wherein R1’ is an alkylene group
having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which is substituted with fluorine,
15 R2 may be –R2’-O-, wherein R2’ is an alkylene group having 1
to 3 carbon atoms which is substituted with fluorine, and R3
may be an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which is
unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine.
[0038] Specifically, the compound represented by Formula 1,
20 as the first additive, may be a compound represented by
Formula 1a below.
[0039] [Formula 1a]
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[0040] In Formula 1a,
[0041] p1 and q1 are the numbers of repeating units,
[0042] p1 is an integer of 1 to 10, and
5 [0043] q1 is an integer of 1 to 5.
[0044] The first additive may be included in an amount of
0.1 wt% to 3 wt%, for example, 0.1 wt% to 1 wt% based on the
total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
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[0045] The lithium secondary battery may have a capacity
retention of 82% or more after the lithium secondary battery
is charged at a rate of 0.33 C to 4.25 V under a constant
current-constant voltage (CC-CV) condition, stored at 60°C
15 for 6 weeks, and discharged at a rate of 0.33 C to 2.5 V
under a CC condition.
[0046] Also, the lithium secondary battery may have a
capacity retention of 83% or more which is measured after 150
cycles are performed in which charging at a rate of 0.33 C to
20 4.25 V under a CC-CV condition at a high temperature (45°C)
and discharging at a rate of 0.1 C to 2.5 V under a CC
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condition are set as one cycle.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS
[0047] A lithium secondary battery of the present invention
may secure high capacity by including a positive electrode
5 containing a highly loaded positive electrode material
mixture layer with a loading capacity of 3.7 mAh/cm2 or more.
Also, the lithium secondary battery of the present invention
may improve an effect of the movement of lithium ions and
wetting of a non-aqueous electrolyte solution to the
10 electrode by including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution
containing a high concentration lithium salt and an acrylatebased compound having a specific structure as an additive,
and, since decomposition of a solvent at high temperature and
the resulting side reaction may be prevented by reducing an
15 amount of free solvent due to coordination bonds between the
organic solvent and Li+ in the battery, storage
characteristics, life characteristics, and capacity
characteristics after storage or charge and discharge at high
temperature as well as low-temperature resistance
20 characteristics may be improved.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0048] The following drawings attached to the specification
illustrate preferred examples of the present invention by
example, and serve to enable technical concepts of the
25 present invention to be further understood together with
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detailed description of the invention given below, and
therefore the present invention should not be interpreted
only with matters in such drawings.
[0049] FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating the results of 2C
5 discharge capacity evaluation of lithium secondary batteries
according to Experimental Example 2 of the present invention.
MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0050] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described
in more detail.
10 [0051] It will be understood that words or terms used in the
specification and claims shall not be interpreted as the
meaning defined in commonly used dictionaries. It will be
further understood that the words or terms should be
interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their
15 meaning in the context of the relevant art and the technical
idea of the invention, based on the principle that an
inventor may properly define the meaning of the words or
terms to best explain the invention.
[0052] For example, in this specification, it will be
20 further understood that the terms “include,” “comprise,” or
"have" specify the presence of stated features, numbers,
steps, elements, or combinations thereof, but do not preclude
the presence or addition of one or more other features,
numbers, steps, elements, or combinations thereof.
25 [0053] Also, the expressions “a” and “b” in the description
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of “a to b carbon atoms” in the specification each denote the
number of carbon atoms included in a specific functional
group. That is, the functional group may include “a” to “b”
carbon atoms. For example, the expression “alkylene group
5 having 1 to 5 carbon atoms” denotes an alkylene group
including 1 to 5 carbon atoms, that is, -CH2-, -CH2CH2-, -
CH2CH2CH2-, -CH2(CH2)CH-, -CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2-, and -CH(CH2)CH2CH2-.
[0054] Furthermore, in this specification, the expression
“alkylene group” denotes a branched or unbranched aliphatic
10 hydrocarbon group or a functional group in the form in which
one hydrogen atom is removed from a carbon atom located at
both ends of the aliphatic hydrocarbon group. In an
embodiment, the alkylene group may be substituted or
unsubstituted. The alkylene group may include a methylene
15 group, an ethylene group, a propylene group, an isopropylene
group, a butylene group, an isobutylene group, a tertbutylene group, a pentylene group, and a 3-pentylene group,
but the alkylene group is not limited thereto, and each of
which may be optionally substituted in other embodiments.
20 [0055] Also, unless otherwise defined in the specification,
the expression “substitution” denotes that at least one
hydrogen bonded to carbon is substituted with another element
such as fluorine.
[0056] Furthermore, a unit of “loading capacity” in this
25 specification is mAh/cm2.
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[0057] That is, the loading capacity denotes a discharge
capacity per unit area which is measured using a half-cell
that includes a positive electrode including a positive
electrode active material. Specifically, after a half-cell
5 is prepared by using a positive electrode active material
such as Li(Ni0.6Mn0.2Co0.2)O2 or Li(Ni0.8Mn0.1Co0.1)O2, the loading
capacity may be calculated by substituting discharge capacity,
which is obtained by charging the half-cell at a rate of 0.1
C to 4.25 V at 25°C under a constant current-constant voltage
10 (CC-CV) condition and discharging the half-cell at a rate of
0.1 C to 2.5 V under a CC condition, into the following
Equation.
[0058] [Equation] Loading capacity (mAh/cm2) = [discharge
capacity × true density of positive electrode active
15 material] × thickness of positive electrode active material
layer
[0059] As a result of significant amount of research
conducted to improve overall performance after high20 temperature storage of a lithium secondary battery, the
present inventors have found that, in a case in which a
positive electrode containing a highly loaded positive
electrode material mixture layer and a non-aqueous
electrolyte solution containing a high concentration lithium
25 salt and a specific additive are included, high capacity may
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be secured, an effect of the movement of lithium ions may be
improved, wetting of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution to
the electrode may be simultaneously improved, and a
performance degradation caused by decomposition of a solvent
5 at high temperature and the resulting side reaction may be
improved by reducing an amount of free solvent due to
coordination bonds between the solvent and Li+ in the battery,
thereby leading to the completion of the present invention.
10 [0060] Lithium Secondary Battery
[0061] Hereinafter, a lithium secondary battery according to
the present invention will be described in more detail.
[0062] The lithium secondary battery according to an
embodiment of the present invention includes:
15 [0063] a positive electrode including a positive electrode
material mixture layer formed on a positive electrode
collector;
[0064] a negative electrode including a negative electrode
material mixture layer formed on a negative electrode
20 collector;
[0065] a separator disposed between the positive electrode
and the negative electrode; and
[0066] a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a
lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented
25 by the following Formula 1 as a first additive,
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[0067] wherein the positive electrode material mixture layer
has a loading capacity of 3.7 mAh/cm2 to 10 mAh/cm2,
[0068] the lithium salt has a concentration of 1.5 M to 3 M,
[0069] the organic solvent is a mixed solvent including a
5 cyclic carbonate-based organic solvent and a linear
carbonate-based organic solvent, and
[0070] the compound represented by Formula 1 may be included
in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 5 wt% based on a total weight of
the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
10 [0071] [Formula 1]
[0072] In Formula 1,
[0073] R1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine, or -R1’-
15 O-, wherein R1’ is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon
atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
[0074] R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine, or –R2’-
O-, wherein R2’ is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon
20 atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
[0075] R3 is an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms
which is unsubstituted or substituted with fluorine,
[0076] R4 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic
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hydrocarbon group,
[0077] Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl
group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,
[0078] o, p, q, and r are the numbers of repeating units,
5 [0079] o is an integer of 1 to 5,
[0080] p is an integer of 1 to 10,
[0081] r is an integer of 1 to 5,
[0082] q is an integer of 1 to 15, and
[0083] b and c are each independently an integer of 1 to 3.
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[0084] In this case, the lithium secondary battery according
to the present invention may be a high-voltage lithium
secondary battery which is operated at a high voltage of 4.2
V or more.
15 [0085] That is, the lithium secondary battery including the
positive electrode and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution
of the present invention exhibits excellent thermal stability
when stored at room temperature and high temperature after
charged at a high voltage of 4.2 V or more. Specifically,
20 the lithium secondary battery may have a capacity retention
of 80% or more and a resistance increase rate of 16% or less
even after it is charged at a voltage of 4.2 V or more and
then stored at 60°C for 6 weeks or more, and may have a
capacity retention of 85% or more even after it is charged at
25 a voltage of 2.5 V to 4.2 V or more and then subjected to 150
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cycles.
[0086] (1) Positive Electrode
[0087] First, in the lithium secondary battery according to
5 the embodiment of the present invention, the positive
electrode may be prepared by a conventional method and used.
[0088] That is, the positive electrode includes a positive
electrode collector and a positive electrode material mixture
layer formed on the positive electrode collector, and, in
10 this case, the positive electrode material mixture layer may
be prepared by coating the positive electrode collector with
a positive electrode slurry including a positive electrode
active material as well as selectively a binder, a conductive
agent, and a solvent, and then drying and rolling the coated
15 positive electrode collector.
[0089] In this case, it is desirable that the positive
electrode material mixture layer formed on the positive
electrode collector is formed to have a loading capacity of
3.7 mAh/cm2 or more in order to prepare a positive electrode
20 in which high capacity per unit area is secured.
Specifically, the loading capacity of the positive electrode
material mixture layer may be in a range of 3.7 mAh/cm2 to 10
mAh/cm2, particularly 4 mAh/cm2 to 8 mAh/cm2, and more
particularly 4 mAh/cm2 to 6 mAh/cm2.
25 [0090] In this case, if the loading capacity is less than
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3.7 mAh/cm2, it is difficult to ensure high capacity, and, if
the loading capacity is greater than 10 mAh/cm2, cycle
characteristics may be degraded while a non-uniform reaction
is intensified at a surface of the electrode due to an
5 increase in thickness of the electrode.
[0091] The positive electrode collector is not particularly
limited so long as it has conductivity without causing
adverse chemical changes in the battery, and, for example,
10 stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium, fired carbon, or
aluminum or stainless steel that is surface-treated with one
of carbon, nickel, titanium, silver, or the like may be used.
[0092] The positive electrode active material is a compound
capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating
15 lithium, wherein the positive electrode active material may
specifically include a lithium composite metal oxide
including lithium and at least one metal such as cobalt,
manganese, nickel, or aluminum. Specifically, the lithium
composite metal oxide may include lithium-manganese-based
20 oxide (e.g., LiMnO2, LiMn2O4, etc.), lithium-cobalt-based
oxide (e.g., LiCoO2, etc.), lithium-nickel-based oxide (e.g.,
LiNiO2, etc.), lithium-nickel-manganese-based oxide (e.g.,
LiNi1-YMnYO2 (where 0
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