US 12,191,451 B2
Electrolyte solution for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same
Yun Kyoung Kim, Daejeon (KR); Hee Tak Kim, Daejeon (KR); Doo Kyung Yang, Daejeon (KR); Hyungjun Noh, Daejeon (KR); and Hyunwon Chu, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR); and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/768,979
Filed by LG CHEM, LTD., Seoul (KR); and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/003918
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/212153, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0049928 (KR), filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0226254 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0568 (2010.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/0569 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 10/0568 (2013.01) [H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/0569 (2013.01); H01M 4/38 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0025 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0037 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lithium-sulfur battery comprising:
a positive electrode and a negative electrode arranged opposite to each other;
a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and
an electrolyte solution which is impregnated in the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator,
wherein the electrolyte solution has ion conductivity, and
wherein the electrolyte solution comprises:
a lithium polysulfide;
a non-aqueous solvent consisting of an ether solvent, which is a mixture of a linear ether and a cyclic ether, wherein the cyclic ether comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of dioxolane, methyldioxolane, dimethyldioxolane, vinyldioxolane, methoxydioxolane, ethylmethyldioxolane, dioxane, and trioxane; and
a lithium salt, wherein the lithium salt consists of LiBr,
wherein the concentration of the lithium salt is in a range of 1M to 4M,
wherein the electrolyte solution delays passivation by increasing the degree of dissociation of lithium sulfide so as to induce three-dimensional growth of the lithium sulfide on the positive electrode, and
wherein the electrolyte comprises dissolved lithium polysulfide that is obtained by the reaction of sulfur and lithium sulfide prior to the operation of the battery.