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Definitions

• the present invention relates to an electrolyte having an eutectic mixture and an electrochemical device containing the same.
• electrolytes are used for electrochemical devices, frequently used recently, such as lithium secondary batteries, electrolytic condensers, electric double- layer capacitors, electrochromic display devices, and dye-sensitized solar cells that are currently studied in various ways for further usage, and the importance on electrolytes is increased day by day.
• the most frequently used electrolytes are non-aqueous electrolytes obtained by dissolving ionizable salts such as lithium salt in organic solvents such as ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethoxy ethane, ⁇ -butyrolactone (GBL), N,N-dimethyl formamide, tetrahydrofurane and acetonitrile.
• organic solvents such as ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethoxy ethane, ⁇ -butyrolactone (GBL), N,N-dimethyl formamide, tetrahydrofurane and acetonitrile.
• the organic solvents used for such a non- aqueous electrolyte exhibit easy leakage due to low viscosity and they may be vaporized due to very strong volatility. Also, these organic solvents exhibit strong flammability. Accordingly, an electrochemical device having such an organic solvent shows problems in durability and stability.
• Publication No. 10-2007-85575 disclose eutectic mixtures of lithium and amide compound such as acetamide, urea, methylurea, caprolactam, valerolactam, trifluo- roacetamide, carbamate and formamide, expressed as predetermined chemistry figures, as an electrolyte.
• amide compound such as acetamide, urea, methylurea, caprolactam, valerolactam, trifluo- roacetamide, carbamate and formamide, expressed as predetermined chemistry figures, as an electrolyte.
• Such eutectic mixtures exhibit high thermal and chemical stabilities as well as relatively wide electrochemical window, so they solve the problems such as evaporation or ignition of electrolyte caused by the usage of the existing organic solvents.
• an electrolyte which includes an eutectic mixture composed of: (a) a hetero cyclic compound expressed by the following chemistry figure 1; and (b) an ionizable lithium salt,
• Rl is hydrogen or any one selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkylamine group, alkenyl group, aryl group and alaryl group, which has 1 to 10 carbons,
• R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons
• A, B and D are independently carbon or nitrogen
• n is an integer of 1 to 5.
• the hetero cyclic compound is preferably any one selected from the group consisting of imidazole, pyrazole, triazole, pyrimidine, 4-isopropylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, ethoxypyridine and N- ethylimidazole.
• an anion of the lithium salt may be any one selected from the group consisting of F “ , Cl “ , Br, P, NO 3 “ , N(CN) 2 “ , BF 4 “ , ClO 4 " , PF 6 -, (CFs) 2 PF 4 -, (CFs) 3 PF 3 -, (CFs) 4 PF 2 -, (CF 3 ) 5 PP, (CFs) 6 P-, CF 3 SO 3 , CF 3 CF 2 SO 3 , (CF 3 SOz) 2 N-, (FSO 2 ) 2 N-, CF 3 CF 2 (CFs) 2 CO , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 CH , (SF 5 ) 3 C , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 C , CF 3 (CF 2 ) 7 SO 3 , CF 3 CO 2 -, CH 3 CO 2 ,SCN and (CF 3 CF 2 SO 2 ) 2 N , for examples
• the eutectic mixture preferably contains the hetero cyclic compound and the lithium salt at a mole ratio of 1-8: 1.
• the eutectic mixture in case the electrolyte is a liquid electrolyte, the eutectic mixture may be included with the content of 50 to 100 weight%, based on the entire weight of the electrolyte.
• the electrolyte of the present invention may be usefully applied to electrochemical devices such as lithium secondary batteries.
• the new eutectic mixture included in an electrolyte according to the present invention exhibits inherent characteristics of an eutectic mixture such as excellent thermal stability and excellent chemical stability, thereby improving the problems such as evaporation, ignition and side reaction of an electrolyte caused by the usage of existing organic solvents.
• FIG. 1 is a graph showing an electrochemical window of an imidazole-LiTFSI eutectic mixture according to an example 1 of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a graph showing an electrochemical window of an acetamide-LiTFSI eutectic mixture according to a comparative example 1. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
• An electrolyte according to the present invention includes an eutectic mixture composed of (a) a hetero cyclic compound expressed by the following chemistry figure 1 ; and (b) an ionizable lithium salt.
• Rl is hydrogen or any one selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkylamine group, alkenyl group, aryl group and alaryl group, which has 1 to 10 carbons,
• R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons
• A, B and D are independently carbon or nitrogen
• n is an integer of 1 to 5.
• the inventors formed an eutectic mixture using the hetero cyclic compound, mentioned above, together with a lithium salt.
• This eutectic mixture exhibits high thermal and chemical stabilities, which are inherent to eutectic mixtures such as an eutectic mixture of lithium salt and amide-based compound like methyl carbamate.
• the hetero cyclic compound of the eutectic mixture is preferably any one selected from the group consisting of imidazole, pyrazole, triazole, pyrimidine, 4-isopropylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, ethoxypyridine and N-ethylimidazole.
• imidazole, pyrazole or ethoxypyridine is used, a reduction potential of an electrochemical window is lowered, so the electrolyte may be more usefully utilized for electrochemical devices employing various anode materials.
• the lithium salt that configures the eutectic mixture together with the hetero cyclic compound is an ionizable lithium salt, which may be expressed as Li + X " .
• This lithium salt may have an anion such as F " , Cl-, Br, I -, NO 3 " , N(CN) 2 -, BF 4 , ClO 4 , PF 6 , (CFs) 2 PF 4 -, (CF 3 ) 3 PF 3 , (CFs) 4 PF 2 -, (CF 3 ) 5 PF , (CFs) 6 P-, CF 3 SO 3 -, CF 3 CF 2 SO 3 -, (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 N , (FSO 2 ) 2 N ,CF 3 CF 2 (CF 3 ) 2 CO , (CF 3 SO 2 ), CH-, (SFs) 3 C-, (CF 3 SOz) 3 C-, CF 3 (CFz) 7 SO 3 .
• the eutectic mixture has a melt temperature that may be varied depending on A, B, D, Rl and R2 of the chemistry figure 1, but preferably the eutectic mixture exists in a liquid state at a normal temperature (25 0 C). Also, the eutectic mixture preferably has a viscosity of 2000 cP or less, though not limited thereto.
• the eutectic mixture may be prepared in a common way well known in the art.
• the eutectic mixture may be obtained by mixing the hetero cyclic compound with a lithium salt at a normal temperature and reacting and then purifying the mixture at a suitable temperature not higher than 7O 0 C.
• the hetero cyclic compound and the lithium salt are preferably included at a mole ratio of 1-8:1, more preferably 1-6:1.
• the electrolyte of the present invention includes the eutectic mixture having lithium ions in itself, so lithium ion may not be separately added thereto though the electrolyte is applied to a lithium secondary battery.
• the electrolyte of the present invention may further include a salt such as lithium salt at a concentration of 0 to 1 M/ L, for example.
• a lithium salt having the same anion as that of the lithium salt included in the eutectic mixture in order to improve solubility in the electrolyte.
• the electrolyte of the present invention may use all kinds of electrolytes regardless of their forms, for example liquid electrolyte and solid or gel-type polymer electrolyte made of polymer itself.
• the eutectic mixture may be used in single or in combination with salt, organic solvent, additive and so on.
• the content of the eutectic mixture in the electrolyte is preferably 50 to 100 weight%, based on the entire weight of the electrolyte.
• the electrolyte of the present invention is a polymer electrolyte
• the electrolyte is a gel-type polymer electrolyte formed by polymerization of the eutectic compound and a precursor solution containing a monomer that may form a polymer by polymerization reaction, or the electrolyte is prepared as a polymer electrolyte where the eutectic mixture is impregnated in a solid or gel-type polymer.
• the gel-type polymer electrolyte according to one aspect of the present invention may be formed by polymerizing (i) the eutectic mixture expressed by the above chemistry figure 1 ; and (ii) a precursor solution containing a monomer that may form a polymer by polymerization.
• the monomer may use all kinds of monomers that may form a gel polymer together with the eutectic mixture while polymerization reaction progresses, and it may be a vinyl monomer, but not limited thereto.
• the vinyl monomer allows very easy polymerization when it is mixed with the eutectic mixture to form a gel polymer
• the vinyl monomer may be acrylonitrile, methylmethacrylate, methylacrylate, methacrylonitrile, methylstyrene, vinylester, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, acrylamide, tetrafluoroethylene, vinylacetate, methylviny Ike tone, ethylene, styrene, paramethoxystyrene and paracyanostyrene, or their mixtures.
• the precursor solution may additionally include common polymerization initiators or photo initiators.
• the initiator is decomposed by heat or UV rays to form radicals, and then forms a gel polymer electrolyte by reacting with the monomer by free radical polymerization.
• the monomer may also be polymerized without using an initiator.
• the free radical polymerization goes through an initiation reaction by which temporary molecules or active sites with strong reactivity are formed, a propagation reaction by which a monomer is added to an activation chain terminal to form an active site at the end of the chain, a chain transfer reaction by which the active sites are transferred to other molecules, and a termination reaction by which the activation chain center is destroyed.
• Allowable thermal polymerization initiators may be organic peroxides or hydroperoxides such as benzoyl peroxide, acetyl peroxide, dilauryl peroxide, di-tert-butyl peroxide, cumyl hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide; azo compounds such as 2,2-azobis(2-cyanobutane), 2,2-azobis(methylbutyronitrile), AIBN (azobis(iso-butyronitrile) and AMVN (azobisdimethyl-valeronitrile); organic metals such as alkylated silvers; and so on, but not limitedly.
• organic peroxides or hydroperoxides such as benzoyl peroxide, acetyl peroxide, dilauryl peroxide, di-tert-butyl peroxide, cumyl hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide
• azo compounds such as 2,2-azobis(2-cyanobutane), 2,2-azobis(methylbutyronitrile), AIBN
• the photo initiator that forms radicals by light such as UV rays may be chloroacetophenone, diethoxy ace- tophenone (DEAP), l-phenyl-2-hydroxy-2-methyl propaneone (HMPP), 1 -hydroxy cy- clohexyl phenyl ketone, ⁇ -amino acetophenone, benzoin ether, benzyl dimethyl ketal, benzophenone, thioxanthone, 2-ethylanthraquinone (2-ETAQ) and so on.
• DEP diethoxy ace- tophenone
• HMPP l-phenyl-2-hydroxy-2-methyl propaneone
• ⁇ -amino acetophenone benzoin ether
• benzyl dimethyl ketal benzophenone
• benzophenone thioxanthone
• the precursor solution of the gel polymer electrolyte employed in the present invention may selectively contain other additives well known in the art.
• the above precursor solution is used to form a gel polymer electrolyte in a common way well known in the art.
• the gel polymer electrolyte is preferably prepared by means of in-situ polymerization reaction in an electrochemical device.
• the in-situ polymerization reaction may be conducted using heat or UV irradiation.
• a content ratio of the eutectic mixture and the monomer in the precursor solution is preferably controlled to 0.5-0.95:0.05-0.5.
• the degree of polymerization of the gel polymer may be adjusted depending on reaction factors such as polymerization time, polymerization temperature and amount of irradiated light, so the degree of polymerization is controlled such that polymer is not over-polymerized to shrink its volume without any leakage of electrolyte.
• Available polymers include polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylidene difluoride, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene oxide and polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate, which may be used in single or in mixture, but not limitedly. This method may be simplified using the above in-situ polymerization.
• solvents are not specially limited, but the solvent may be toluene, acetone, acetonitrile, THF and so on, but not limitedly. Also, the solvent may be eliminated in various ways such as heating, without special limitations.
• the electrolyte including an eutectic mixture according to the present invention may be applied to common electrochemical devices well known in the art, which need various electrochemical characteristics according to their usages.
• the electrochemical devices may be all kinds of primary batteries, secondary batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, electrochromic devices, electrolyte condensers, and capacitors, and they may be more specifically lithium secondary batteries, electric double-layer capacitors, dye-sensitized solar cells and electrochromic devices.
• Mode for the Invention may be all kinds of primary batteries, secondary batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, electrochromic devices, electrolyte condensers, and capacitors, and they may be more specifically lithium secondary batteries, electric double-layer capacitors, dye-sensitized solar cells and electrochromic devices.
• (2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) monomer and AMVN (azobisdimethyl-valeronitrile) as a thermal polymerization initiator were mixed at a weight ratio of 8:2:0.01 and polymerized for 1 hour at 55 0 C, thereby forming a gel polymer electrolyte.
• TAEI tris[2-(acryloyloxy) ethyl] isocyanurate
• MPEGM methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate
• Irgacure- 184 (Ciba) as a UV polymerization initiator were mixed at a weight% ratio of 50:0.5:50:10 was prepared, and then UV
• FIGs. 1 and 2 are graphs illustrating the electrochemical windows of the eutectic mixtures according to the example 1 and the comparative example 1.

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