LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING AN ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

• Main Authors: KOH, Myongchun, CHUNG, Yeonji, JANG, Jihyun, PARK, Insun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.11.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery including an electrolyte additive and method of preparing the lithium secondary battery. A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material represented by Formula 1, and the electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and a sulfone compound represented by Formula 2. €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ Formula 1€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒLi x Ni y M 1-y O 2-z A z wherein, in Formula 1, 0.9‰¤x‰¤1.2, 0.7‰¤y‰¤0.98, 0‰¤z<0.2, M comprises Al, Mg, Mn, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr, Sb, W, Bi, or a combination thereof, and A is a monovalent anion, a divalent anion, or a combination thereof, and in Formula 2, R 1 and R 2 are each independently a halogen, an unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl group, or a C 1 -C 10 alkyl group substituted with a halogen, and a1 and a2 are each independently an integer from 0 to 5.