Positive electrode material and battery
Provided is a positive electrode material including a positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte material, and a coating material. The coating material is located on the surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte material includes lithium, at least one kind selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than lithium, and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine. The first solid electrolyte material does not include sulfur.
1. A positive electrode material, comprising:
particles of a positive electrode active material;
a coating layer surrounding a surface of the particles of the positive electrode active material, and comprising an oxide solid electrolyte; and
particles of a first solid electrolyte material located on a surface of the particles of the coated positive electrode active material, wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is represented by the composition formula Li α M β X γ ,
where
2.7≤α≤3,
1≤β≤1.1,
γ=6,
2≤γ/α≤2.22,
M is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, Tl, Sn, Pb, and Bi, and
X is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.
2. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
M includes yttrium (Y) in the formula Li α M β X γ .
3. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
X includes iodine (I) in the formula Li α M β X γ .
4. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the coating layer comprising the oxide solid electrolyte comprises lithium niobate.
5. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the positive electrode active material is lithium nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide.
6. A battery comprising:
a positive electrode including the positive electrode material according to claim 1 ;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein the electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid electrolyte.
7. The battery according to claim 6 , wherein
the sulfide solid electrolyte is one of Li 2 S—P 2 S 5 , Li 2 S—SiS 2 , Li 2 S—B 2 S 3 , Li 2 S—GeS 2 , Li 3.25 Ge 0.25 P 0.75 S 4 , and Li 10 GeP 2 S 12 .