NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME

An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in secondary batteries of excellent low-temperature discharge characteristics and/or cycle characteristics, and secondary batteries using such nonaqueous electrolytic solutions. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery that comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of storing and releasing metal ions, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains the following (A) and (B): (A) a compound that does not have an aliphatic substituent having an unsaturated bond but has a Si-Si bond; (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a carbonate ester having an unsaturated bond, a compound represented by the following general formula (1), a compound having a S=O group, a compound having an NCO group, monofluorophosphate, difluorophosphate, fluorosulfonate, and an imide salt,