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US 12,288,845 · App. 17/708,180 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Phosphorus-free sulfide solid electrolyte

Inventors: Molin Zhou (Ningde, CN); Feng Gu (Ningde, CN); Xin Jiang (Ningde, CN); Leimin Xu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
H01M10/0562H01M10/054H01M2300/0068
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Patent No.
US 12,288,845
App. No.
17/708,180
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid electrolyte material having a general chemical formula of Li 2+x M 2+x M′ 1−x S 6 , where M is at least one of Al, Ga or In, M′ is at least one of Si or Ge, and 0<x≤0.5. The solid electrolyte material according to the application is simple in composition, contains no phosphorus sensitive to water, and has good Li+ conductivity at the same time.

Claims (12)

1. A solid electrolyte material, wherein a general chemical formula of the material is Li 2+x M 2+x M′ 1−x S 6 , where M is at least one of Al, Ga or In, M′ is at least one of Si or Ge, and 0<x≤0.5.

2. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein M is Al and M′ is Si.

3. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein lattice parameters thereof are about a=13.0±2.0 Å, b=8.0±2.0 Å, c=13.0±2.0 Å, α=90.0°±5°, β=110.0°±10°, and γ=90.0° 5°.

4. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein lattice parameters thereof are about a=12.0±1.0 Å, b=7.0±1.0 Å, c=12.0±1.0 Å, α=90.0°±5°, β=105°±5°, and γ=90.0°±5°.

5. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the material has diamond-like structural characteristics, coordination of M 3+ and M′ 4+ in a structure with S 2− forms tetrahedrons [MS 4 ] and [M′S 4 ], all corner-sharing tetrahedrons are connected, and Li + is filled in a gap between tetrahedrons.

6. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein diffraction peaks occur at about 14.5°±3°, 15.5°±3°, 17°±3°, 25.5°±3°, 31.5°±3°, or 53.0°±3° in an XRD spectrogram.

7. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein a Li + migration barrier thereof is no less than about 0.45 eV.

8. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein a PBE band gap thereof is no less than about 2.80 eV.

9. An electrochemical device, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte; the solid electrolyte comprises a solid electrolyte material, wherein a general chemical formula of the solid electrolyte material is Li 2+x M 2+x M′ 1−x S 6 , where M is at least one of Al, Ga or In, M′ is at least one of Si or Ge, and 0<x≤0.5.

10. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein M is Al and M′ is Si.

11. An electronic device, comprising the electrochemical device according to claim 9 .

12. The solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein the material has diamond-like structural characteristics, coordination of M 3+ and M′ 4+ in a structure with S 2− forms tetrahedrons [MS 4 ] and [M′S 4 ], all corner-sharing tetrahedrons are connected, and Li + is filled in a gap between tetrahedrons.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: ZHOU, MOLIN; GU, FENG; JIANG, XIN; XU, LEIMIN
To: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059439/0739 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911061250.5 · Nov 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019124604 · Dec 11, 2019
Related Publication 20220223909A1 · Jul 14, 2022
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