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US 12,341,160 · App. 16/792,990 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

All-solid-state battery and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Ryuto Sakamoto (Okazaki, JP); Kazuhiro Suzuki (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M10/0585H01M4/663H01M4/667
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Patent No.
US 12,341,160
App. No.
16/792,990
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An all-solid-state battery includes two or more stacked battery units stacked together and having a monopolar structure. The stacked battery unit includes a first current collector layer, a first active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active substance layer, a second current collector layer, a second active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a first active substance layer, and a first current collector layer, which are stacked in this order. The first current collector layer and the first active substance layer that are stacked adjacently are bonded together with an adhesive.

Claims (41)

1. An all-solid-state battery, comprising two or more stacked battery units having a monopolar structure, wherein

each of the stacked battery units includes a first current collector layer, a first active substance layer, a first solid electrolyte layer, a second active substance layer, a second current collector layer, another second active substance layer, a second solid electrolyte layer, a third active substance layer, and a third current collector layer, which are stacked in this order,

an adhesive is applied to the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer, the adhesive being provided between a surface of the first current collector layer and a surface of the first active substance layer in a stacking direction, the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer being provided adjacently to each other, and

the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer that are stacked adjacently are bonded together with the adhesive;

wherein the all-solid-state battery is bound at a binding pressure of 1.0 MPa or lower in a stacking direction of the stacked battery units;

wherein an application amount of the adhesive is 0.1 uL/cm 2 or less with respect to an area of the first current collector layer or the first active substance layer,

wherein the thickness of the adhesive is 5% or less of an electrode thickness of the all-solid-state battery;

wherein the third current collector layer and a first current collector layer of an adjacent stacked battery unit are stacked adjacently, and the first current collector layer has a coating layer including conductive carbon and the adhesive on both sides of the first current collector layer, and the adhesive is provided between the third current collector layer and the first current collector layer of the adjacent stacked battery unit; and

wherein in at least one of the two or more stacked battery units, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a thickness of a set of layers of the stacked battery unit including the first active substance layer through the third active substance layer is 10 um or more at 16 measurement points determined symmetrically and evenly on the stacked body.

2. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector layer has the coating layer including conductive carbon and the adhesive on both sides of the first current collector layer.

3. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the all-solid-state battery is bound at a binding pressure of 0.7 MPa or lower in a stacking direction of the stacked battery units.

4. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the all-solid-state battery is bound at a binding pressure of 0.2 MPa or lower in a stacking direction of the stacked battery units.

5. The all-solid-state battery of claim 1 , wherein a portion where the adhesive is applied is an L-shape at each corner of a portion of the first current collector layer to be stacked.

6. The all-solid-state battery of claim 1 , wherein the difference is 100 um or less.

7. The all-solid-state battery of claim 1 , wherein the difference is 80 um or less.

8. The all-solid-state battery of claim 1 , wherein the difference is 50 um or less.

9. The all-solid-state battery of claim 1 , wherein a proportion of the difference is 0.15% or more and 5.0% or less with respect to the maximum value of the stacked body.

10. An all-solid-state battery, comprising two or more stacked battery units having a monopolar structure, wherein

each of the stacked battery units includes a first current collector layer, a first active substance layer, a first solid electrolyte layer, a second active substance layer, a second current collector layer, another second active substance layer, a second solid electrolyte layer, a third active substance layer, and a second current collector layer, which are stacked in this order,

an adhesive is applied to the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer, and is provided between the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer which are adjacently provided each other, and

the first current collector layer and the first active substance layer that are stacked adjacently are bonded together with the adhesive;

wherein the all-solid-state battery is bound at a binding pressure of 1.0 MPa or lower in a stacking direction of the stacked battery units;

wherein the first current collector layer and a first current collector layer of an adjacent stacked battery unit are stacked adjacently, and the first current collector layer has a coating layer including conductive carbon and the adhesive on both sides of the first current collector layer; and

wherein in at least one of the two or more stacked battery units, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a thickness of a set of layers of the stacked battery unit including the first active substance layer through the third active substance layer is 10 um or more at 16 measurement points determined symmetrically and evenly on the stacked body.

11. The all-solid-state battery of claim 10 , wherein the difference is 100 um or less.

12. The all-solid-state battery of claim 10 , wherein a proportion of the difference is 0.15% or more and 5.0% or less with respect to the maximum value of the stacked body.

13. A method for manufacturing the all-solid-state battery of claim 10 including two or more stacked battery units having a monopolar structure,

each of the stacked battery units including a first current collector layer, a first active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active substance layer, a second current collector layer, a second active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a first active substance layer, and a first current collector layer, which are stacked in this order,

the method comprising:

(a) providing a stacked body excluding the first current collector layers from each of the stacked battery units;

(b) obtaining each of the stacked battery units by bonding the first current collector layers to respective end faces of the stacked body in its stacking direction with adhesives; and

(c) stacking the two or more stacked battery units together.

14. A method for manufacturing the all-solid-state battery of claim 1 including two or more stacked battery units having a monopolar structure,

each of the stacked battery units including a first current collector layer, a first active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active substance layer, a second current collector layer, a second active substance layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a first active substance layer, and a first current collector layer, which are stacked in this order,

the method comprising:

(a) providing a stacked body excluding the first current collector layers from each of the stacked battery units;

(b) obtaining each of the stacked battery units by bonding the first current collector layers to respective end faces of the stacked body in its stacking direction with adhesives; and

(c) stacking the two or more stacked battery units together.

15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising binding the all-solid-state battery at a binding pressure of 1.0 MPa or lower in a stacking direction of the stacked battery units.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein conductive carbon is coated on one side of the first current collector layer or both sides of the first current collector layer.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, in at least one of the two or more stacked battery units, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a thickness of the stacked body is 10 μm or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2020
From: SAKAMOTO, RYUTO; SUZUKI, KAZUHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051950/0170 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-037606 · Mar 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200280102A1 · Sep 3, 2020
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