Electrolyte and electrochemical device using the same

Abstract

An electrolyte including an imidazolium salt compound and a pyridine compound. The electrolyte, includes a compound of Formula I and a compound of Formula II: where R1 is selected from halo, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C12 cycloalkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted C6-C12 aryl; and R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 are each independently selected from H, halo, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C12 alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C12 cycloalkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted C6-C12 aryl; when substituted, the substituent is halo or cyano. The electrolyte has high stability and can significantly improve the cycle performance and high-temperature storage performance of electrochemical devices.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.