Abstract:
A nonaqueous solvent that includes an ionic liquid and has at least one of the following characteristics: high lithium ion conductivity, high lithium ion conductivity in a low temperature environment, high heat resistance, a wide available temperature range, a low freezing point (melting point), low viscosity, and the like. The nonaqueous solvent includes an ionic liquid and a fluorinated solvent. The ionic liquid contains an alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation which has a substituent and a counter anion to the alicyclic quaternary ammonium cation which has the substituent.