Electrode structure and all-solid secondary battery including the same
Provided are an electrode structure and an all-solid secondary battery including the electrode structure, the electrode structure including a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the cathode layer including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, the anode layer including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on at least one surface of the anode current collector, and the solid electrolyte having a margin of about 2% or less of a width of the solid electrolyte layer, at two ends in a width direction, and an insulating layer having a storage elastic modulus (E′) of greater than about 4.0 GPa being at two sides integrally surrounding the cathode layer, the anode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer.
1 . An electrode structure comprising:
a cathode layer;
an anode layer; and
a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer,
wherein the cathode layer comprises a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on at least one surface of the cathode current collector,
the anode layer comprises an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on at least one surface of the anode current collector, and
the solid electrolyte layer has a margin that is about 2% or less of a width of the solid electrolyte layer, at two ends in a width direction,
wherein an insulating layer having a storage elastic modulus (E′) of greater than about 4.0 GPa is at two sides integrally surrounding the cathode layer, the anode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer,
wherein the solid electrolyte layer protrudes further into the insulating layer than the cathode layer and the anode layer, and
wherein the solid electrolyte layer does not protrude into the insulating layer more than about 2% of the width of the solid electrolyte layer at the two ends in the width direction.
2 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer has a loss tangent (tan δ) of less than about 0.5.
3 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer has a resistivity of about 1×10 6 ohm-cm or greater.
4 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer is at least one layer.
5 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises a polymer or a composite of a polymer and an inorganic material.
6 . The electrode structure of claim 5 , wherein the polymer comprises a fluorine-based polymer, a cellulose-based polymer, an epoxy-based resin, or a combination thereof.
7 . The electrode structure of claim 5 , wherein a volume ratio of the polymer in the composite of the polymer and the inorganic material is about 50 vol % or greater based on 100 vol % of a total composition forming the composite.
8 . The electrode structure of claim 5 , wherein the inorganic material comprises a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, or a combination thereof.
9 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein a mixture density of the cathode active material layer is about 3.0 g/cc or greater.
10 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material layer comprises a sulfide-based solid electrolyte.
11 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer comprises at least one selected from a carbonaceous anode active material and a metal or metalloid anode active material.
12 . The electrode structure of claim 11 , wherein the carbonaceous anode active material comprises at least one selected from amorphous carbon and crystalline carbon.
13 . The electrode structure of claim 11 , wherein the metal or metalloid anode active material comprises at least one selected from gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), silicon (Si), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), bismuth (Bi), tin (Sn), and zinc (Zn).
14 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte layer comprises at least one selected from Li 7−x PS 6−x Cl x , Li 7−x PS 6−x Br x , and Li 7−x PS 6−x I x , wherein 0≤x≤2.
15 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein a peel strength of the solid electrolyte layer to the cathode layer or the anode layer is about 0.2 gf/mm or greater.
16 . The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrode structure has a jelly-roll form or a stack form.
17 . An all-solid secondary battery comprising the electrode structure of claim 1 .