A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.

A lithium secondary battery is provided that has high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. This lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a separator or a solid electrolyte; a negative electrode that is free of a negative electrode active material; and optionally, an electrolytic solution, wherein charging and discharging are performed by depositing lithium metal on the surface of the negative electrode and electrolytically dissolving the deposited lithium, and the lithium secondary battery includes an additive that inhibits anisotropic crystal growth of the lithium metal by being codeposited with the lithium metal during charging.

A zinc based rechargeable redox static energy storage device includes a cathode including a carbon material—binder composition and an anode including carbon material—Zinc material—binder composition both infused with an eutectic electrolyte comprising one or more inorganic transition metal salt(s) of zinc, one or more Metal hydroxide(s) and eutectic solvent comprising derivative(s) of methanesulfonic acid, ammonium salt(s) and hydrogen bond donor(s); a separator separating the cathode and anode so that the ion exchange carries in between the cathode and anode through ionic permeability; and current collector connected with the cathode and anode respectively.

Disclosed are an electrolyte suitable for a lithium-ion battery of a silicon-carbon system and a lithium-ion battery. The electrolyte provided in the present disclosure includes an organic solvent, an additive, and a lithium salt, where the additive includes lithium trifluoromethyl triethyl borate, prop-1-ene-1,3-sultone, and fluoroethylene carbonate. The combined use of the additive may significantly prolong the cycle life of a silicon-carbon battery, and enables the silicon-carbon battery to have both high-temperature/low-temperature performance and safety performance, so that the silicon-carbon battery is enabled to be more suitable for large-scale commercial production.

An electrolyte solution containing: a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein R.sup.101 to R.sup.103 are each independently a C1-C5 organic group optionally containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a hetero atom and an unsaturated bond, and R.sup.101 to R.sup.103 form no ring.

A secondary battery includes outer package members each having flexibility and a battery device. The outer package members each include a thermal-fusion-bonding layer. The battery device is contained in an inside of the outer package members, and includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The outer package members are sealed at a thermal-fusion-bonding part. The thermal-fusion-bonding part is formed by the thermal-fusion-bonding layers being thermal-fusion-bonded to each other. The thermal-fusion-bonding layer includes polypropylene. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent includes a chain carboxylic acid ester. The thermal-fusion-bonding layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 25 μm and less than or equal to 60 μm. The thermal-fusion-bonding part has a length of greater than or equal to 160 mm and less than or equal to 650 mm. The thermal-fusion-bonding part has a width of greater than or equal to 3 mm and less than or equal to 6 mm. A dimensional ratio defined by the thickness of the thermal-fusion-bonding layer, the length of the thermal-fusion-bonding part, and the width of the thermal-fusion-bonding part satisfies a condition represented by Expression (1). A drawn amount of the outer package members is less than or equal to 7.8 mm. A content of the chain carboxylic acid ester in the solvent is greater than or equal to 30 vol % and less than or equal to 60 vol %.

0.16≤(T×L)/W≤0.32   (1)

Where:
(T×L)/W is the dimensional ratio;
T is the thickness (cm) of the thermal-fusion-bonding layer;
L is the length (cm) of the thermal-fusion-bonding part; and
W is the width (cm) of the thermal-fusion-bonding part.

The present technology relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, including: a lithium salt; an organic solvent; a first additive; and second additive, in which the first additive is a compound represented by chemical formula 1, and the second additive is a compound represented by chemical formula 2, and a lithium secondary battery including the same:

##STR00001## R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 and L are described herein.

An electrolytic solution comprising N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide or di(fluorosulfonyl)imide, from which a residual solvent that affects the properties of the electrolyte solution material is reduced, is provided. A method for producing an electrolyte solution material containing fluorosulfonyl imide salt represented by the following general formula (1) and an electrolyte solution preparation solvent comprises decompressing and/or heating a solution containing the fluorosulfonyl imide salt and the electrolyte solution preparation solvent to volatilize a production solvent for the fluorosulfonyl imide salt. ##STR00001##
In general formula (1), R.sub.1 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents an alkali metal ion.

A lithium battery is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1, and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive, wherein the additive is a mixed additive which includes lithium difluorophosphate, tetravinylsilane, and a sultone compound in a weight ratio of 1:0.05:0.1 to 1:1:1.5:
Li(Ni.sub.aCo.sub.bMn.sub.c)O.sub.2  [Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, 0.65<a≤0.9, 0.05≤b<0.2, 0.05≤c<0.2, and a+b+c=1.

A composite electrolyte includes: a positively charged particle, a particle that is positively charged by having a coordinate bond with a cation, or a combination thereof; and a lithium salt.