Polymer electrolyte having multi-layer structure, and all-solid battery comprising same
A polymer electrolyte for an all-solid battery, having a multi-layer structure is provided. An embodiment of the polymer electrolyte is a polymer electrolyte having a multi-layer structure, which includes a first polymer electrolyte layer and a second polymer electrolyte layer, where the EO:Li molar ratio of a poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)-based polymer and a lithium salt is different between the first and second polymer electrolyte layers is provided. A solid polymer electrolyte of the present invention in the all-solid battery substantially reduces the interfacial resistance with lithium and the discharge overvoltage, resulting in a sufficient discharge capacity, which improves output characteristics and energy density.
1. An all-solid battery, comprising:
a negative electrode;
a positive electrode; and
a polymer electrolyte with a multi-layer structure, comprising:
a first polymer electrolyte layer having a molar ratio of EO:Li of poly (ethylene oxide)-based polymer and lithium salt of 1:1 to 7:1; and
a second polymer electrolyte layer having a molar ratio of EO:Li of poly (ethylene oxide)-based polymer and lithium salt of 8:1 to 30:1,
wherein a stacking order in the all-solid battery is the negative electrode, the first polymer electrolyte layer, the second polymer layer and the positive electrode.
2. The all-solid battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first polymer electrolyte layer is 1 to 5 μm.
3. The all-solid battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second polymer electrolyte layer is 5 to 50 μm.
4. The all-solid battery according to claim 1 , wherein the weight average molecular weight of the poly (ethylene oxide)-based polymer is 1,000,000 to 8,000,000.
5. The all-solid battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt comprises one selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, LiSCN, LiC(CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, (FSO 2 ) 2 NLi, chloroborane lithium, lithium lower aliphatic carboxylate, lithium tetraphenylborate, lithium imide and combinations thereof.
6. The all-solid battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second polymer electrolyte layer is crosslinked by a crosslinking monomer to form semi-interpenetrating polymer networks.
7. The all-solid battery according to claim 6 , wherein the crosslinking monomer comprises —(CH 2 —CH 2 —O)— repeating units.
8. The all-solid battery according to claim 7 , wherein the crosslinking monomer contains from two to eight alkylenic unsaturated bonds at terminals.
9. The all-solid battery according to claim 6 , wherein the crosslinking monomer is contained in an amount of 5 to 50 wt. % relative to the poly (ethylene oxide)-based polymer and lithium salt.