Lithium Battery Electrolyte Additive for Stable SEI and Li Salt Solubility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lithium secondary battery electrolytes face challenges such as low solubility of Li salt, decomposition of Li salt at the anode, generation of CO2 gas, and reduced oxidation stability, leading to decreased battery reliability and output.
Innovation Solution
A novel compound represented by Formula 1, which includes boron or phosphorus as a key element, is used as an additive in the electrolyte, enhancing solubility and forming a stable film on the electrode surface to reduce internal resistance and volatile substance generation, thereby improving battery performance and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional low-molecular compounds are used as electrolyte additives, then synthesis is simpler, but vaporization occurs during synthesis leading to decreased yield and increased costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the molecular weight parameter from low-molecular to high-molecular compounds, which prevents vaporization during synthesis while maintaining ease of manufacture. This parameter change resolves the contradiction by eliminating the vaporization issue that causes yield loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite structures with specific functional groups (boron or phosphorus-containing groups combined with other electroactive groups) to create compounds that maintain synthetic feasibility while preventing vaporization. The composite nature of these compounds provides both ease of manufacture and high synthesis yield.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional electrolyte compounds are used, then manufacturing is easier, but oxidation stability deteriorates leading to reduced reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters by introducing specific boron or phosphorus-containing functional groups with defined molecular structures. These parameter changes enhance oxidation stability while maintaining manufacturing ease through well-established synthesis routes for these functional groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs readily available starting materials and conventional synthesis methods for creating the high-molecular compounds, making the manufacturing process economically viable and technically straightforward despite the enhanced molecular complexity required for oxidation stability.
3Quantity of substance
If conventional electrolyte compounds are used, then internal resistance is lower (improving capacity), but safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the molecular weight and structural parameters of the electrolyte additives, creating high-molecular compounds that form more stable protective films on electrodes. This maintains low internal resistance for high capacity while improving safety through enhanced thermal and chemical stability of the compound structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The high-molecular boron or phosphorus-containing compounds act as intermediary substances that form stable interfacial films between electrodes and electrolyte. These films mediate the interaction, allowing efficient ion transport (maintaining capacity) while preventing harmful reactions (improving safety).
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The compound improves the lithium secondary battery's solubility, reliability, and high-temperature stability, allowing for high output characteristics and large charge/discharge capacities even at high C-rates, while suppressing the generation of volatile substances and maintaining battery thickness.
Implementation Method 1
forming a stable film on the electrode surface
Implementation Method 2
enhancing solubility
Data Source
AI summary
A compound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is represented by Formula 1. An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include the compound, and a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include the electrolyte.


