IP Library Granted Patent US 10,128,532
Granted Patent B2
US 10,128,532 · App. 14/758,712 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and method for producing sulfide solid electrolyte material

Inventors: Yuki Kato (Susono, JP); Mayuko Osaki (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M10/0562H01B1/10H01M4/38H01M4/485H01M4/587H01M4/62H01M10/052H01M10/0525H01M2300/0068H01M2300/0071
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Patent No.
US 10,128,532
App. No.
14/758,712
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity, wherein charge and discharge efficiency is inhibited from decreasing. Solves problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including a Li element, Si element, P element, S element and O element, having peak at position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray, wherein sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have peak at position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray, or in case of having peak at position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50°, value of I B /I A is 1 or less when diffraction intensity at peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I A and diffraction intensity at peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as I B ; and wherein molar fraction of O element to total of S element and O element is larger than 0.2.

Claims (38)

1. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a Li element, a Si element, a P element, a S element and an O element,

having a peak at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray,

wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, or

in a case of having a peak at the position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50°, a value of I B /I A is 1 or less when diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I A and diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as I B ; and

wherein a molar fraction (O/(S+O)) of the O element to a total of the S element and the O element is larger than 0.2.

2. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising:

an octahedron O composed of a Li element and a S element;

a tetrahedron T 1 composed of an M a element and a S element; and

a tetrahedron T 2 composed of an M b element and a S element,

wherein the tetrahedron T 1 and the octahedron O share an edge, and the tetrahedron T 2 and the octahedron O contain a crystal structure sharing a corner as a main body; and

at least one of the M a and the M b contains Si,

at least one of the M a and the M b contains P,

at least one of the tetrahedron T 1 and the tetrahedron T 2 is such that a part or all of the S element bonding to the Si element is substituted with an O element, and

a molar fraction (O/(S+O)) of the O element to a total of the S element and the O element is larger than 0.2.

3. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the molar fraction (O/(S+O)) satisfies 0.25≤(O/(S+O))≤0.35.

4. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein the molar fraction (O/(S+O)) satisfies 0.25≤(O/(S+O))≤0.35.

5. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein a molar fraction (P/(P+Si)) of the P element to a total of the P element and the Si element satisfies 0.65≤(P/(P+Si))≤0.75.

6. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein a molar fraction (P/(P+Si)) of the P element to a total of the P element and the Si element satisfies 0.65≤(P/(P+Si))≤0.75.

7. A battery comprising:

a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material;

an anode active material layer containing an anode active material; and

an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer,

wherein at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 .

8. A battery comprising:

a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material;

an anode active material layer containing an anode active material; and

an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer,

wherein at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 .

9. A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , comprising steps of:

an ion conductive material synthesizing step of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling while using a raw material composition containing the Li element, the Si element, the P element, the S element and the O element; and

a heating step of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

10. A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , comprising steps of:

an ion conductive material synthesizing step of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling while using a raw material composition containing the Li element, the M a element, the M b element, the S element and the O element; and

a heating step of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

11. The method for producing the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 9 , wherein the raw material composition contains a material having an Si—O bond.

12. The method for producing the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 10 , wherein the raw material composition contains a material having an Si—O bond.

13. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the molar fraction (O/(S+O)) satisfies 0.2<(O/(S+O))≤0.4.

14. The sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , wherein the molar fraction (O/(S+O)) satisfies 0.2<(O/(S+O))≤0.4.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2015
From: THIRUMALAI RAJAN, SRINIVASAN; ESWARAIAH, SAJJA; VENKATESH, MUMMADI
To: MSN LABORATORIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036041/0469 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: KATO, YUKI; OSAKI, MAYUKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035940/0111 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-003075 · Jan 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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