The present invention relates to an
electrolyte suitable for
lithium primary batteries. In order to solve the problems of poor safety performance, high-rate
discharge performance and
discharge performance of electrolytes for conventional
lithium primary batteries under high temperature, the
electrolyte according to the present invention includes an
electrolyte lithium salt, an additive and an
organic solvent, where the electrolyte lithium salt includes one or more of lithium
trifluoromethanesulfonate, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)
imide, lithium
difluorophosphate and lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate; the additive includes one or more of 2-trimethylsilylethyl2-cyanoacetate, diphenyldimethoxysilane and citraconic anhydride; and the
organic solvent includes a
carbonate solvent and an glycol
ether solvent. Through the selection and combination of the electrolyte lithium salt, the additive and the
solvent, the electrolyte can meet the requirement of normal-temperature
discharge when applied in lithium primary batteries, so that lithium primary batteries can have normal-and-high-temperature performance, high-rate discharge performance and safety performance, and therefore, lithium primary batteries can be better popularized and applied.