IP Library Granted Patent US 10,333,170
Granted Patent B2
US 10,333,170 · App. 15/010,582 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and method for producing sulfide solid electrolyte material

Inventor: Yuki Kato (Gotemba, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M10/0562H01B1/10H01M10/052H01M2300/0068
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Patent No.
US 10,333,170
App. No.
15/010,582
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity. In the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of Li x Si y P z S 1-x-y-z-w X w (0.37≤x≤0.40, 0.054≤y≤0.078, 0.05≤z≤0.07, 0≤w≤0.05, and X is at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I), characterized in that the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a crystal phase A having a peak at a position of 2θ=29.58°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a crystal phase B having a peak at a position of 2θ=30.12°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, or slightly has the crystal phase B.

Claims (39)

1. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of:

Li x Si y P z S 1-x-y-z-w Cl w

where:

0.3697≤x≤0.4048,

0.0539≤y≤0.0781,

0.0521≤z≤0.0702, and

0≤w≤0.05,

wherein:

the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a crystal phase A having a peak at a position of 2θ=20.18°±1.00° and 29.58°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, and

the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a crystal phase B having a peak at a position of 2θ=15.60°±1.00° and 30.12°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, or

in a case where the sulfide solid electrolyte material has the crystal phase B, when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±1.00° is designated as I A and a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=30.12°±1.00° is designated as I B , a value of I B /I A is 0.6 or less.

2. A battery comprising:

a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material;

an anode active material layer containing an anode active material; and

an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer,

wherein at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer, and the electrolyte layer comprises the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 .

3. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein:

0.3802≤x≤0.4012,

0.054≤y≤0.078,

0.0521≤z≤0.0667, and

0.0126≤w≤0.05.

4. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a composition of

Li x Si y P z S 1-x-y-z-w Br w ,

where:

0.3862≤x≤0.3916,

0.0687≤y≤0.0776,

0.0505≤z≤0.0576, and

0.0126≤w≤0.0253,

wherein

the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a crystal phase A having a peak at a position of 2θ=20.18°±1.00° and 29.58°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, and

the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a crystal phase B having a peak at a position of 2θ=15.60°±1.00° and 30.12°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray.

5. A battery comprising:

a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material;

an anode active material layer containing an anode active material; and

an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer,

wherein at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer, and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 4 .

6. A method for producing the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 4 , the method comprising:

synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling while using a raw material composition containing a constitutional component of the sulfide solid electrolyte material; and

heating the amorphized ion conductive material to obtain the sulfide solid electrolyte material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2016
From: KATO, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-035418 · Feb 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160248119A1 · Aug 25, 2016