A compound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is represented by Formula 1. An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include the compound, and a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include the electrolyte.

An aqueous solution containing an alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, in which a total content of the alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and water is 98 mass % or more with respect to a total amount of the aqueous solution, and a pH is −3 to 10.

An aqueous solution containing an alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, in which a total content of the alkali metal bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and water is 98 mass % or more with respect to a total amount of the aqueous solution, and a pH is −3 to 10.

This application discloses a lithium-ion battery, and related battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator, and an electrolyte, where the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material, and the electrolyte includes an electrolyte lithium salt. The electrolyte lithium salt includes a first lithium salt, the first lithium salt is selected from fluorine-containing sulfonimide lithium salts, and the first lithium salt and the negative electrode plate satisfy the following relation (1). The lithium-ion battery of this application has high safety performance, long cycle life, and good high-temperature storage performance.

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An inorganic sulfide solid electrolyte having high air stability, and a preparation method and use thereof In the invention, some or all of P elements in a sulfide electrolyte are replaced with Sb elements, thereby providing an electrolyte having high air stability and ion mobility and applicable to an all-solid lithium secondary battery. The resulting inorganic sulfide electrolyte comprises the following materials: Li.sub.10M(P.sub.1-aSb.sub.a).sub.2S.sub.12, Li.sub.6(P.sub.1-aSb.sub.a)S.sub.5X and Li.sub.3(P.sub.1-aSb.sub.a)S.sub.4, where M is one or more of Ge, Si or Sn, X is one or more of F, Cl, Br or I, and 0.01≤a≤1.

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus that uses a brine from a well that is used to both generate electricity and recover valuable minerals present in the brine. The method and apparatus uses a hydrophobic membrane to separate water vapor from the brine to concentrate the brine that is then used to recover the minerals.

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus that uses a brine from a well that is used to both generate electricity and recover valuable minerals present in the brine. The method and apparatus uses a hydrophobic membrane to separate water vapor from the brine to concentrate the brine that is then used to recover the minerals.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a lithium halide compound, capable of industrially advantageously producing a lithium halide compound having a low water content, particularly lithium bromide and lithium iodide, at a high reaction efficiency without accompanying a step of directly removing water, and the method including mixing lithium sulfide, a halogen molecule of at least one of bromine and iodine, and a first solvent; and removing the first solvent, wherein the first solvent is a solvent that dissolves a lithium halide containing the same halogen element as the halogen molecule.

A sulfide solid electrolyte to be use in a lithium-ion secondary battery includes an argyrodite crystal structure represented by Li.sub.aPS.sub.bHa.sub.c (where 5≤a≤7, 4≤b≤6, and 0<c≤2, and Ha represents a halogen element), in which in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using a Cu-Kα ray, the argyrodite crystal structure has a peak A and a peak B, each having a full width at half maximum of 0.07° or more, within a range of 2θ=30.3°±0.5°, and a difference between diffraction angles (2θ) of the peak A and the peak B is 0.05° or more.

A method for the production of lithium oxide and the use of such lithium oxide is described herein. The method includes reacting lithium carbonate with elemental carbon or a carbon source forming elemental carbon under certain reaction conditions. The reaction may be carried out in containers whose product-contacting surfaces are corrosion resistant to the reactants and products. The lithium oxide obtained according to the method described herein can used for the production of pure lithium hydroxide solutions or for the production of glasses glass ceramics or crystalline ceramics, for example, lithium ion conductive ceramics.