摘要 |
Disclosed is a lithium battery including: a positive electrode including manganese dioxide as a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including at least one selected from lithium metal and a lithium alloy, as a negative electrode active material; a porous insulating member interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an organic electrolyte. The organic electrolyte contains 0.0008 to 1.2% by weight of an alkyl ester of an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid. The alkyl ester may be a C 1-6 alkyl ester of an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, such as a C 1- 4 alkyl 4-hydroxybutyrate. |