Solid electrolyte material and lithium battery
A main object of the present invention is to provide a Li—La—Zr—O-based solid electrolyte material having favorable denseness. The present invention solves the problem by providing a solid electrolyte material including Li, La, Zr, Al, Si and O, having a garnet structure, and being a sintered body.
1. A solid electrolyte material comprising Li, La, Zr, Al, Si and O, having a garnet structure, and being a sintered body: wherein a ratio (Al/Si) of a content (% by weight) of the Al to a content (% by weight) of the Si is within a range of 0.61 to 11.9, and wherein the content of Al in the solid electrolyte material is within a range of 0.1 to 2.2 percent by weight, and the content of Si in the solid electrolyte material is within a range of 0.005 to 1.00 percent by weight.
2. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the Li, the La and the Zr is Li:La:Zr=7:3:2 on a molar basis.
3. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein Li ion conductance is 2.0×10 −4 S/cm or more.
4. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio (Al/Si) of the content of the Al to the content of the Si is within a range of 4.6 to 11.9.
5. A lithium battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer;
wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 .
6. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Al is within a range of 0.1 to 1.67 percent by weight, and the content of Si is within a range of 0.005 to 0.43 percent by weight.
7. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 4 , wherein the content of AI is within a range of 0.1 to 1.67 percent by weight, and the content of Si is within a range of 0.005 to 0.43 percent by weight.