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Lithium-sulfur secondary battery

Disclosed is a lithium-sulfur secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a solvent, the solvent includes a nitrile-based solvent, a fluorinated ether-based solvent, and a disulfide-based solvent in a specific volume ratio, and thus for the positive electrode that satisfies the specific conditions of high loading and low porosity, the initial discharging capacity and average discharging voltage of the lithium-sulfur secondary battery containing the electrolyte solution may be improved.

Patent

Brief

Patent brief

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Novelty

Thermal shutdown separators is reinforced by front-page matches on separator, porosity.

Uses

EV packs, Battery modules, Rechargeable cells

Assignee

LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Habin Chung, Kwonnam Sohn, Changhun Park, Minsu Kim

Domain

Mobility / storage

Plain-English summary

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Solution

lithium-sulfur secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt and a solvent, the solvent includes a nitrile-based solvent, a fluorinated ether-based solvent, and a disulfide-based solvent in a specific volume ratio, and thus for the positive electrode that satisfies the specific conditions of high loading and low porosity, the initial discharging capacity and average discharging voltage of the lithium-sulfur secondary battery containing the electrolyte solution may be improved.

Key novelty

Thermal shutdown separators is reinforced by front-page matches on separator, porosity.

Applications

EV packsBattery modulesRechargeable cells

Relevant search intents

separatorporosity

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