# US 12,191,442 B2 · Electrochemical device and electronic device including same

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- Number: US 12,191,442 B2
- Document ID: US12191442B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/320,077
- Filed: 2023-05-18
- Published: 2023-09-14
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-18
- Assignees: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
- Applicants: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
- Inventors: Kefei Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191442B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 4/133: Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/362: {Composites}
- H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon}
- H01M 4/583: Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals
- H01M 4/60: of organic compounds
- H01M 4/622: {being polymers}
- H01M 10/0567: characterised by the additives
- H01M 10/0568: characterised by the solutes
- H01M 10/0569: characterised by the solvents
- H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area}
- H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes}
- H01M 2300/0028: characterised by the solvent
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

This application relates to an electrochemical device and an electronic device including the same. In particular, this application provides an electrochemical device, including a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution, where the anode includes a carbon material and hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose, and the electrolytic solution includes propionate. The electrochemical device of this application has excellent cycle, storage and low-temperature performance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrochemical device, comprising: a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution; wherein
the anode comprises a carbon material and hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose, the carbon material having at least one of natural graphite or artificial graphite, and the hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose sodium and hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose lithium, and an alkyl group in the hydroxyalkyl methylcellulose has 1-8 carbon atoms;
the electrolytic solution comprises propionate, wherein the propionate is a compound of Formula 1:
wherein,
R1 is ethyl or haloethyl, and
R2 is alkyl or haloalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms;
the electrolytic solution further comprises an additive;
a content of the additive is about 0.01% to about 15% based on a total weight of the electrolytic solution;
the additive comprises a fluorocarbonate; and the fluorocarbonate comprises fluoroethylene carbonate; and
the additive further comprises a compound having 2-4 cyano groups, and the compound having 2-4 cyano groups comprises at least one of adiponitrile or 1,2,3-tris(2-cyanoethoxy) propane.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a specific surface area of the carbon material is less than or equal to 3 m2/g.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carbon material is the artificial graphite, and the specific surface area of the artificial graphite is less than or equal to 3 m2/g.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the anode further comprises one or more of a silicon material, a silicon-carbon composite material, a silicon-oxygen material, an alloy material or a lithium-containing metal composite oxide material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the fluorocarbonate has the formula C═O(OR1)(OR2), wherein R1 and R2 are each selected from alkyl or haloalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is selected from fluoroalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms; and R1 and R2 form a 5- to 7-membered ring along with the atoms to which R1 and R2 are connected.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the fluorocarbonate further comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of cis 4,4-difluoroethylene carbonate, trans 4,4-difluoroethylene carbonate, 4,5-difluoroethylene carbonate, 4-fluoro-4-methylethylene carbonate, 4-fluoro-5-methylethylene carbonate, methyl trifluoromethyl carbonate, methyl trifluoroethyl carbonate and ethyl trifluoroethyl carbonate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein a content of the propionate is about 1.5 to about 30 times that of the additive based on the total weight of the electrolyte.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the electrolytic solution further comprises one selected from the group consisting of LiPF6, LiBF4, LiPO2F2, LiSbF6, LiAsF6, LiC4F9SO3, LiClO4, LiB(C2O4)2 and LiN(CxF2x+1SO2)(CyF2y+1SO2), wherein x and y are integers in the range of 1-5.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electrochemical device according to claim 8, wherein the electrolytic solution comprises LiPO2F2.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the electrolytic solution further comprises a non-aqueous solvent; the non-aqueous solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyclic carbonate, a chained carbonate, a cyclic carboxylate, a chained carboxylate, a cyclic ether, a chained ether, a phosphorus-containing organic solvent, a sulfur-containing organic solvent and an aromatic fluorine-containing solvent.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the compound having 2-4 cyano groups further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, 1,5-dicyanopentane, 1,6-dicyanohexane, tetramethyl succinonitrile, 2-methylglutaronitrile, 2,4-dimethylglutaronitrile, 2,2,4,4-tetramethylglutaronitrile, 1,4-dicyanopentane, 1,4-dicyanopentane, 1,2-dicyanobenzene, 1,3-dicyanobenzene, 1,4-dicyanobenzene, ethylene glycol bis(propionitrile)ether, 3,5-dioxa-pimelonitrile, 1,4-bis(cyanoethoxy)butane, diethylene glycol bis(2-cyanoethyl) ether, triethylene glycol bis(2-cyanoethyl) ether, tetraethylene glycol bis(2-cyanoethyl) ether, 1,3-bis(2-cyanoethoxy)propane, 1,4-bis(2-cyanoethoxy)butane, 1,5-bis(2-cyanoethoxy)pentane, ethylene glycol bis(4-cyanobutyl) ether, 1,4-dicyano-2-butene, 1,4-dicyano-2-methyl-2-butene, 1,4-dicyano-2-ethyl-2-butene, 1,4-dicyano-2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, 1,4-dicyano-2,3-diethyl-2-butene, 1,6-dicyano-3-hexene, 1,6-dicyano-2-methyl-3-hexene, 1,3,5-pentanetricarbonitrile, 1,2,3-propanetricarbonitrile, 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile, 1,2,6-hexanetricarbonitrile, 1,2,4-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)butane, 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)ethane, 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)propane, 3-methyl-1,3,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane, 1,2,7-tris(cyanoethoxy)heptane, 1,2,6-tris(cyanoethoxy)hexane and 1,2,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device according to claim 1, wherein the propionate further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of methyl propionate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, butyl propionate, amyl propionate, methyl halopropionate, ethyl halopropionate, propyl halopropionate, butyl halopropionate and amyl halopropionate; and wherein a halo group in the methyl halopropionate, ethyl halopropionate, propyl halopropionate, butyl halopropionate and amyl halopropionate is selected from one or more of a fluoro group (—F), a chloro group (—Cl), a bromo group (—Br) or an iodo group (—I).

### Claim 13 (depends on 2)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the specific surface area of the carbon material is in a range of 1.5 m2/g to 2 m2/g.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ratio of a content of the propionate to a content of the fluorocarbonate in the electrolytic solution is in a range of 3 to 10.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a content of the propionate in the electrolytic solution is in a range of 10 wt % to 50 wt %.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The electrochemical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additive further comprises one selected from the group consisting of carbon-carbon double bond-containing ethylene carbonate, a sulfur-oxygen double bond-containing compound, a cyclic carboxylate, a cyclic phosphoric anhydride, a carboxylic anhydride, a sulfonic anhydride and a carboxylic sulfonic anhydride.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

An electronic device, comprising the electrochemical device of claim 1.