IP Library Granted Patent US 11,075,405
Granted Patent B2
US 11,075,405 · App. 16/276,976 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Electrolyte, battery, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto (Chino, JP); Tomofumi Yokoyama (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01M10/0562H01M4/382H01M10/052H01M2004/028H01M2300/0077
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Patent No.
US 11,075,405
App. No.
16/276,976
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolyte according to the invention includes a first electrolyte portion, in which one or more types of elements among the elements constituting a crystalline lithium composite metal oxide represented by the compositional formula (1) are substituted with a first metal element having a crystal radius of 78 pm or more, and an amorphous second electrolyte portion, which contains Li and one or more types of second metal elements contained in the first electrolyte portion other than Li. Li 7 (La 3−x Nd x )Zr 2 O 12   (1) In the formula, x satisfies the following formula: 0.0<x≤0.6.

Claims (19)

1. An electrolyte, comprising:

a first electrolyte portion, in which one or more types of elements among the elements constituting a crystalline lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following compositional formula (1) are substituted with a first metal element having a crystal radius of 78 pm or more:

Li 7 (La 3−x Nd x )Zr 2 O 12   (1)

where x satisfies the following formula: 0.0<x≤0.6, and

an amorphous second electrolyte portion, which contains Li and one or more types of second metal elements contained in the first electrolyte portion other than Li:

wherein, in the first electrolyte portion, Zr among the elements constituting the lithium composite metal oxide is partially substituted with the first metal element such that a concentration gradient of the first metal element occurs between the first electrolyte portion containing the first metal element and the second electrolyte portion containing the second metal element.

2. The electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrolyte portion contains a crystalline lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following compositional formula (2):

Li 7−y (La 3−x Nd x )(Zr 2−y M y )O 12   (2)

where x and y satisfy the following formulae: 0.0<x≤0.6 and 0.1≤y≤1.0, and M represents the first metal element.

3. The electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrolyte portion contains one or more types of Nb, Sb, and Ta as the first metal element.

4. The electrolyte according to claim 3 , wherein the second electrolyte portion contains one or more types of Nb, Sb, and Ta as the second metal element, and Li, La, and Zr.

5. The electrolyte according to claim 4 , further comprising an amorphous third electrolyte portion, which contains Li and is in contact with the first electrolyte portion and the second electrolyte portion.

6. The electrolyte according to claim 5 , wherein the third electrolyte portion contains Li, B, and O.

7. A battery, comprising:

a composite body which includes the electrolyte according to claim 6 and an active material;

an electrode which is provided on one face of the composite body; and

a current collector which is provided on the other face of the composite body.

8. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the active material is a positive electrode active material containing Li.

9. An electronic apparatus, comprising the battery according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: YAMAMOTO, HITOSHI; YOKOYAMA, TOMOFUMI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048344/0234 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-025777 · Feb 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190260072A1 · Aug 22, 2019