The invention, belonging to the technical field of lithium ion secondary battery, particularly relates to an electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising a non-aqueous solvent, lithium salts and additives, wherein the additives comprise a fluorinated cyclotriphosphazene derivative of formula (I), R1 represents aromatic group or aromatic group containing halogen substituent group, R2 represents alkyl, alkylene or halogen substituted alkyl, alkylene, R3 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkyloxy, halogenated alkyl groups or halogenated alkyloxy, and the fluorinated cyclotriphosphazene derivative accounts for 0.1-20 wt% of the total weight of the electrolyte. Compared with the prior art, by using the fire resistance function of fluorinated cyclotriphosphazene derivative, the decomposition of the electrolyte on the anode surface can be effectively prevented, the decomposition and gas generation of the electrolyte are reduced, and the high temperature storage thickness expansion ratio of the battery is greatly reduced. In addition, the invention further discloses a lithium ion secondary battery containing the electrolyte.