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Electrolyte additives for lithium-ion batteries under high-voltage operation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1600235

A non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery comprises a lithium salt and an additive in an organic solvent. The additive comprises a di-substituted malonate silyl ester compound, in which the hydrogens of the malonate methylene group are replaced by substituents R1 (e.g., alkyl) and X (e.g., halogen). Each of the carboxylic acid groups of the malonate are esterified by a monovalent silyl group such as —Si(R4)3; or the two carboxylic acid groups are esterified by a single divalent silylene group such as —Si(R5)2— to form a ring therewith. Each R4 and R5 independently is alkyl, phenyl, or alkoxy; and each substituted-alkyl comprises an alkyl moiety substituted with one or more group selected from alkenyl, alkynyl, hydroxy, halogen, alkoxy, carboxylic acid, carboxylic ester, carboxylic amide, phenyl, sulfonic acid, and phosphonic acid.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
10,461,364
Application Number:
15/492,260
OSTI ID:
1600235
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Improving the High Voltage Cycling of Li[Ni 0.42 Mn 0.42 Co 0.16 ]O 2 (NMC442)/Graphite Pouch Cells Using Electrolyte Additives journal January 2014
Structural Changes and Thermal Stability of Charged LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 Cathode Materials Studied by Combined In Situ Time-Resolved XRD and Mass Spectroscopy journal December 2014
A stable fluorinated and alkylated lithium malonatoborate salt for lithium ion battery application journal January 2015
Why is tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite effective as an additive for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries? journal January 2015
New promising lithium malonatoborate salts for high voltage lithium ion batteries journal January 2017

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