IP Library Granted Patent US 12,100,799
Granted Patent B2
US 12,100,799 · App. 17/058,375 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Solid electrolyte, electrode mixture, solid electrolyte layer, and all-solid-state battery

Inventors: Taizo Morinaka (Ageo, JP); Shigeki Nakayama (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
H01M10/0562H01M4/62H01M10/0525H01M2300/0068
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Patent No.
US 12,100,799
App. No.
17/058,375
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid electrolyte contains aluminum in an amount of 100 to 1000 ppm, inclusive, on a mass basis, and has lithium ion conductivity. It is preferable that aluminum is derived from an oxide of aluminum. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte is a sulfide solid electrolyte containing a lithium element, a phosphorus element, and a sulfur element. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte has an argyrodite-type crystal structure. It is also preferable that the solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 4.0 mS/cm or greater.

Claims (19)

1. A sulfide solid electrolyte a lithium ion conductive material having an argyrodite-type crystal structure and containing a lithium element, a phosphorus element, and a sulfur element, and

an aluminum compound,

wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte contains aluminum in an amount of 100 to 1000 ppm by mass,

wherein the aluminum compound comprises an oxide,

wherein a cumulative volume particle diameter D50 at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % of the lithium ion conductive material is 0.1 μm or greater and 20 μm or less, as measured through particle size distribution analysis using a laser diffraction and scattering method,

wherein the oxide comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , AlO and Al 2 O,

wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a lithium ion conductivity of 4.2 mS/cm or greater,

wherein the oxide is Al 2 O 3 having a crystal structure of α-alumina, and

wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte contains aluminum in an amount of 180 to 710 ppm by mass.

2. An electrode mixture containing the sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 and an active material.

3. A solid electrolyte layer containing the sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 .

4. An all-solid-state battery containing the sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 .

5. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , further comprising a halogen element.

6. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 5 , wherein the halogen element is at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chloride, bromide and iodine.

7. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 5 , wherein a molar ratio of the halogen element to said lithium ion conductive material is in a range of 0.4 to 2.2.

8. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein a cumulative volume particle diameter D50 at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % of the lithium ion conductive material is 0.1 μm or greater and 10 μm or less, as measured through particle size distribution analysis using a laser diffraction and scattering method.

9. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein a cumulative volume particle diameter D50 at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % of the lithium ion conductive material is 0.5 μm or greater and 10 am or less, as measured through particle size distribution analysis using a laser diffraction and scattering method.

10. The sulfide solid electrolyte according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lithium ion conductive material has a compositional formula Li 7-a-2b PS 6-a-b X a , wherein X represents at least one of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, a is from 0.7 to 1.6, and b satisfies −a+0.9≤b.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED
To: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075357/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: MORINAKA, TAIZO; NAKAYAMA, SHIGEKI
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054459/0114 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-216812 · Nov 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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