Disclosed are a process and continuous system for producing LiPF.sub.6, and a prepared mixture crystal, composition, electrolyte solution and lithium ion battery containing LiPF.sub.6. During preparation, a first feed stream containing PF5 and a second feed stream containing LiF and HF are introduced into a first microchannel reactor, a gas part of a product in the first microchannel reactor is introduced into a second microchannel reactor to react with a third feed stream containing LiPF.sub.6, LiF and HF, and a liquid part of the product in the first microchannel reactor is subjected to crystallization and drying to obtain LiPF.sub.6. The LiPF.sub.6 has the advantages of a high purity, a uniform particle size, a high product quality stability, etc., and is suitable for use as a component of an electrolyte solution of a lithium ion battery.

Provided are an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte further includes a solid salt as an additive, wherein the solid salt contains one type of cation selected from ammonium-based cations and a thiocyanate anion (SCN.sup.−). According an embodiment, the lithium secondary battery may have improved life characteristics by providing the electrolyte containing the additive.

Provided are an electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and further quaternary ammonium hexafluorophosphate as a solid salt.

A lithium-ion battery with high safety is provided. A lithium-ion battery 20 includes an electrode group 6, an electrolyte, and a battery container 5 that contains the electrode group 6 and the electrolyte. The electrode group 6 is formed by stacking a positive electrode and a negative electrode via a separator. The positive electrode contains a composite oxide of lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt as a main positive active material. The negative electrode contains amorphous carbon as a main negative active material. The lithium-ion battery 20 has a discharge capacity of 20 Ah or more. The ratio (the value of Y/X) of a volume Y occupied by the electrolyte to a volume X of a void space in the battery container 5 is 0.65 or more.

The present invention provides a novel electrolyte solution capable of providing electrochemical devices having a high storage capacity retention. The electrolyte solution of the present invention contains a fluorinated phosphoric acid ester containing a non-fluorinated alkylene group having one or more carbon atoms as a linking group.

A method of producing lithium difluorophosphate, the method including: a step of obtaining a first raw material mixture by mixing lithium hexafluorophosphate, at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxide of phosphorus (A) and a lithium salt of a phosphoric acid (B), and a hydrocarbon solvent having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms; a step of obtaining a second raw material mixture by removing at least a part of the hydrocarbon solvent contained in the obtained first raw material mixture; and a step of producing a crude product containing lithium difluorophosphate by reacting the second raw material mixture.

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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A nickel based micro-structured material and methods are shown. In one example, the nickel based micro-structured material is used as an electrode in a battery, such as a lithium ion battery. One specific example shown includes NiO-decorated Ni nanowires with diameters around 30-150 nm derived from Ni wire backbone (around 2 m in diameter). In one specific example, The NiO nanowire foam can be manufactured with bio-friendly chemicals and low temperature processes without an templates, binders and conductive additives, which possesses the potential transferring from lab scale to industrial production.

A non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, a first organic solvent that is ethylene carbonate, a second organic solvent excluding ethylene carbonate, and an oligomer represented by Formula 1 wherein a concentration of the lithium salt is 1.2 M to 3.3 M, and, wherein the first organic solvent is included in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 12 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

A process for recovering lithium phosphate and lithium sulfate from a lithium-bearing solution, such as a brine or pregnant process liquor is described. The process includes adding phosphate to the lithium-bearing solution to precipitate lithium phosphate and then separating the resulting lithium phosphate precipitate from the solution. The separated lithium phosphate precipitate is then digested in sulphuric acid to produce a digestion mixture from which a lithium sulfate precipitate is separated. An alkali metal hydroxide is added to the separated solution to produce an alkali metal phosphate solution and this is recycled for use as phosphate in the first step of the process.