A lithium ion battery is provided that includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator comprising a material having a melt temperature of greater than 150° C.; and an electrolyte including an organic solvent and a lithium salt. A method for sterilizing a lithium ion battery is also provided that includes: providing a lithium ion battery (particularly one as described herein); either charging or discharging the battery to a state of charge (SOC) of 20% to 100%; and steam sterilizing the battery to form a sterilized lithium ion battery.

This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a carboxylic acid ester and lithium bisoxalato borate. The concentration of the carboxylic acid ester is not less than 0.01% by volume but less than 10% by volume relative to the volume of the nonaqueous solvent. In addition, the concentration of the lithium bisoxalato borate is not less than 0.01 M but less than 0.2 M.

Provided are a bissulfonate compound, a preparation method therefor, an electrolytic solution and an energy storage device. The bissulfonate compound has a structure of (I) and is applied as an additive to an energy storage device, so that a stable SEI film can be formed on a surface of an anode of the energy storage device, and the decomposition of a solvent in the electrolytic solution can be suppressed. As the stable SEI film can be formed on the surface of the anode, lithium ions can be smoothly embedded and disembedded at a low temperature, thereby improving the low-temperature performance of the energy storage device. Furthermore, a sulfonate group in the bissulfonate compound can coordinate with transition metal ions to form a complex, so that the surface of the positive electrode is passivated, the dissolution of the metal ions of the positive electrode is suppressed, and the decomposition effect of the solvent by an active substance in a high oxidation state is reduced, thereby improving the electrochemical performance of the energy storage device under a high temperature condition. In an energy storage device, the bissulfonate compound can inhibit the increase of the direct current internal resistance, and improve the high temperature performance and the low-temperature performance of the energy storage device.

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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.

The invention relates to an electrolyte, which is provided for an alkali-sulfur battery (e.g. for a Li—S battery). The electrolyte contains a non-polar, acyclic and non-fluorinated ether, a polar aprotic organic solvent, and a conducting salt for an alkali-sulfur battery. It has been found that, when such an electrolyte is used in an alkali-sulfur battery, a high-capacity, a low overvoltage, a high cycle stability, and a high Coulomb efficiency can be achieved in the alkali-sulfur battery and, in addition, as compared with an alkali-sulfur battery which contains a fluorinated ether in the electrolyte, a considerably improved gravimetric energy density is obtained. The invention further relates to a battery comprising the electrolyte according to the invention and to uses of the electrolyte according to the invention.

Electrolyte materials for use in electrochemical cells, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods of making such materials and cells, are generally described. In some embodiments, the materials, processes, and uses described herein relate to electrochemical cells comprising sulfur and lithium such as, for example, lithium sulfur batteries.

The present invention pertains to an anode-less lithium ion battery comprising a) a cathode comprising a cathode current collector and a cathode electro-active material on the cathode current collector; b) an anode current collector; c) a liquid electrolyte composition between the a) cathode and the b) anode current collector; and d) a separator, wherein the c) liquid electrolyte composition comprises i) at least 70% by volume (vol %) of a solvent mixture with respect to the total volume of the electrolyte composition, comprising at least one fluorinated ether compound and at least one non-fluorinated ether compound, and ii) at least one lithium salt.

A lithium-ion cell includes a ribbon-shaped electrode-separator assembly having an anode, a separator, and a cathode in a sequence anode/separator/cathode. The anode has a ribbon-shaped anode current collector having a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, and two ends, wherein the anode current collector has a strip-shaped main region loaded with a layer of negative electrode material and a free edge strip extending along the first longitudinal edge that is not loaded with the electrode material. The cathode has a ribbon-shaped cathode current collector, wherein the cathode current collector has a strip-shaped main region loaded with a layer of positive electrode material and a free edge strip extending along the first longitudinal edge that is not loaded with the electrode material. The negative electrode material containing the at least one active material in a range of from 20 wt % to 90 wt %.

Provided is an electrode, including: a collector; and an active material layer formed on the collector, wherein the active material layer contains sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile and a lithium-titanium oxide, wherein an average secondary particle diameter of the sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile is larger than an average secondary particle diameter of the lithium-titanium oxide, and wherein a content of the sulfur-modified polyacrylonitrile in the active material layer is from 5 mass % to 85 mass %, and a content of the lithium-titanium oxide in the active material layer is from 5 mass % to 85 mass %.

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.