Solvay Sa

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Jun J Liu

Mark Gerrit Roelofs

Kostantinos Kourtakis

Stephen E Burkhardt

Charles J Dubois

Xudong Chen

Sang-Hwan Kim

Samuel David Arthur

William L Holstein

Brian Levy-Polis

Disclosed herein are electrolyte compositions comprising: a) a first solvent comprising a cyclic carbonate; b) a second solvent comprising a non-fluorinated acyclic carbonate; c) at least one electrolyte component selected from: i) a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester; ii) a fluorinated acyclic carbonate; iii) a fluorinated acyclic ether; or iv) a mixture thereof; and d) an electrolyte salt; wherein the electrolyte component is present in the electrolyte composition in the range of from about 0.05 weight percent to about 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the first and second solvents.

Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising cyclic carbonate and non-fluorinated acyclic carbonate

Described herein are: An electrolyte composition comprising a) a fluorinated solvent for an electrolyte salt; b) an oxalate salt represented by the Formula LiPF(Ox), wherein Ox is an oxalate moiety and q is 1, 2 or 3; and c) optionally, at least one electrolyte salt. In some embodiments, the electrolyte composition comprises a mole ratio of Ox/P in the range of from 0.001 to 5. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.

Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising lithium oxalato phosphates

Described are electrolyte compositions comprising a fluorinated solvent, an organic carbonate, a sultone, and optionally a borate. The fluorinated solvent may be a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester, a fluorinated acyclic carbonate, a fluorinated acyclic ether, or mixtures thereof. The organic carbonate may be fluorinated or non-fluorinated. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.

Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising sultone and fluorinated solvent

Described herein are electrolyte compositions containing an organic carbonate, a fluorinated solvent, a cyclic sulfate, and at least one electrolyte salt. The cyclic sulfate can be represented by the formula: wherein each A is independently a hydrogen or an optionally fluorinated vinyl, allyl, acetylenic, propargyl, or C-Calkyl group. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.

Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising cyclic sulfates

Described are electrolyte compositions containing a non-fluorinated carbonate, a fluorinated solvent, a cyclic sulfate, at least one lithium borate salt selected from lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, or mixtures thereof, and at least one electrolyte salt. The cyclic sulfate can be represented by the formula: wherein each A is independently a hydrogen or an optionally fluorinated vinyl, allyl, acetylenic, propargyl, or C-Calkyl group. The electrolyte composition may further comprise a fluorinated cyclic carbonate. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.

Nonaqueous electrolyte compositions comprising cyclic sulfates and lithium borates

Electrolyte compositions containing a solvent mixture comprising 2,2,-difluoroethyl acetate and ethylene carbonate are described. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.

Fluorinated electrolyte compositions

A lithium ion battery that has a spinel cathode and a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester and/or a fluorinated acyclic carbonate solvent is described. The lithium ion battery operates at a high voltage (i.e. up to about 5 V) and has improved cycling performance at high temperature.

Lithium ion battery

A lithium ion battery cathode material, and an electrode prepared from such material, is described. The cathode material has a layered-spinel composite structure. The lithium ion battery operates at a high voltage (i.e. up to about 5 V) and has a desirably high cycling performance and rate capability.

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Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Jun J Liu