The invention provides electrolyte compositions including a metal cation, an ionic liquid, and a chelator that coordinates the metal cation. The electrolyte compositions are advantageous as they exhibit increased ion transference, and thus increased total conductivity, relative to a pure ionic liquid electrolyte that coordinates the metal cation. The invention provides a general strategy to control the cation-anion dynamics that govern ionic liquid performance. Electrolytes of the invention may be useful for any suitable purpose, e.g., in primary and secondary batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells.

The invention provides electrolyte compositions including a metal cation, an ionic liquid, and a chelator that coordinates the metal cation. The electrolyte compositions are advantageous as they exhibit increased ion transference, and thus increased total conductivity, relative to a pure ionic liquid electrolyte that coordinates the metal cation. The invention provides a general strategy to control the cation-anion dynamics that govern ionic liquid performance. Electrolytes of the invention may be useful for any suitable purpose, e.g., in primary and secondary batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells.

The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery comprising a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound containing one or more double bonds and at the same time, containing any one of an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom; a second solvent comprising at least one of an ether-based compound, an ester-based compound, an amide-based compound, and a carbonate-based compound; lithium salt; lithium nitrate; and borate-based lithium salt, and a lithium-sulfur battery comprising the same.

The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery comprising a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound containing one or more double bonds and at the same time, containing any one of an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom; a second solvent comprising at least one of an ether-based compound, an ester-based compound, an amide-based compound, and a carbonate-based compound; lithium salt; lithium nitrate; and borate-based lithium salt, and a lithium-sulfur battery comprising the same.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a negative electrode having: a negative electrode collector: a first negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode collector; and a second negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer. Each of the first negative electrode mixture layer and the second negative electrode mixture layer contains graphite particles. The ratio (S2/S1) of the inter-particle porosity (S2) of the graphite particles in the second negative electrode mixture layer to the inter-particle porosity (S1) of the graphite particles in the first negative electrode mixture layer is 1.1-2.0. The ratio (D2/D1) of the filling density (D2) of the second negative electrode mixture layer to the filling density (D1) of the first negative electrode mixture layer is 0.9-1.1.

The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery containing tellurium as an additive for a positive electrode and bis (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)ether as an additive for an electrolyte solution, which has an effect of improving the lifetime characteristic of the lithium secondary battery.

The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery containing tellurium as an additive for a positive electrode and bis (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)ether as an additive for an electrolyte solution, which has an effect of improving the lifetime characteristic of the lithium secondary battery.

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void ratio of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void ratio of 8-20%. When the negative electrode active material layer is divided in half in the thickness direction, the region of the half to the side of the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than the region of the half to the side of the negative electrode current collector.

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void ratio of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void ratio of 8-20%. When the negative electrode active material layer is divided in half in the thickness direction, the region of the half to the side of the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than the region of the half to the side of the negative electrode current collector.

The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The negative electrode has a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void rate of 5% or below. The graphite particles B have an internal void rate of 8 to 20%. When the negative electrode active material layer is halved in the thickness direction, a region on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.