Triazole Phosphate Electrolyte Additive for Hot Lithium Batteries
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Solution Overview
Problem
Rechargeable lithium batteries face challenges in achieving high-temperature stability due to gas generation and resistance increase, particularly with high nickel-based positive electrode active materials and silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active materials.
Innovation Solution
Incorporation of an electrolyte additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, which includes an —OPO— functional group and a triazole group, stabilizes thermal decomposition products and reduces gas generation, enhancing high-temperature stability by minimizing side reactions and resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If high nickel-based positive electrode active materials and silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active materials are used to increase capacity, then battery capacity is improved, but gas generation and resistance increase at high temperatures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a fluorinated cyclic carbonate compound as an intermediary substance in the electrolyte that mediates between the high-capacity electrodes and the high-temperature environment. This compound preferentially decomposes to form a protective interface layer that prevents direct harmful interactions between the electrodes and electrolyte at high temperatures, thereby maintaining stability while preserving the high capacity benefits of the electrode materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the chemical composition parameters of the electrolyte by incorporating fluorinated cyclic carbonate compounds with specific molecular structures (containing F, C=O, and cyclic carbonate groups). This parameter change in the electrolyte composition alters the decomposition behavior and interface formation characteristics, enabling the system to maintain high-temperature stability without sacrificing the high capacity of the electrodes.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If conventional electrolyte additives are used to suppress gas generation, then gas generation is reduced, but resistance increases and high-temperature stability is not sufficiently improved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical structure parameters of the electrolyte additive by using fluorinated cyclic carbonate compounds instead of conventional additives. The fluorination and cyclic carbonate structure provide specific decomposition characteristics that simultaneously suppress gas generation and maintain low resistance at high temperatures, overcoming the limitations of conventional additives.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite protective interface layer through the decomposition of fluorinated cyclic carbonate compounds that combines multiple beneficial properties: gas suppression, resistance control, and thermal stability. This composite effect at the electrode-electrolyte interface achieves multiple functions simultaneously that conventional single-function additives cannot provide.
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 electrolyte additive significantly improves the high-temperature stability and lifetime of rechargeable lithium batteries by reducing gas generation and electrical resistance, especially when combined with high nickel-based positive electrodes and silicon-carbon composite negative electrodes.
Implementation Method 1
stabilizes thermal decomposition products and reduces gas generation
Implementation Method 2
stabilizes thermal decomposition products
Implementation Method 3
A lithium salt dissolved in a non-aqueous organic solvent is used as the electrolyte
Implementation Method 4
intercalation and deintercalation are possible
Implementation Method 5
generates electrical energy caused by oxidation and reduction reactions
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are compounds, electrolytes including the same, and rechargeable lithium batteries including the same. The electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive represented by Chemical Formula 1. A detailed description of Chemical Formula 1 is given in this disclosure.


