Patent ID: 9077046
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electrolyte for use in an electrochemical cell, the electrolyte comprising: an electrolyte salt comprising at least one carbon atom and at least two fluoride atoms and is selected from the group consisting of: a fluorinated solvent being present at a concentration of between about 30% and 80% by weight excluding a weight of the electrolyte salt, wherein the fluorinated solvent has a general structure C a non-fluorinated solvent selected from the group consisting of an ester, an ether, and a carbonate wherein a weight ratio of the non-fluorinated solvents to the fluorinated solvent is less than 0.9, wherein the electrolyte is a one-phase solution at a temperature ranging from about −30° C. to about 80° C.