Solid electrolyte, intermediate of solid electrolyte, secondary battery comprising the same, and method of fabricating the same
A solid electrolyte is provided. The solid electrolyte may comprise a compound in which cations including thiophenium and anions including fluorohydrogenate are bonded.
1. A solid electrolyte comprising a compound in which cations including one of thiophenium or thiazolium, and anions including fluorohydrogenate are bonded.
2. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiophenium, the compound includes an alkyl group bonded with a sulfur element of the thiophenium, and the alkyl group includes one of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or a butyl group.
3. The solid electrolyte of claim 2 , wherein the cation is thiophenium, and the compound has an ion conductivity that decreases as a chain of the alkyl group becomes longer.
4. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiophenium, and the compound includes a methyl group bonded with a sulfur element of the thiophenium, and has a first crystal phase in a temperature range of 28 to 90° C. and a second crystal phase in a temperature range of 22 to 28° C. in a heat flow spectrum according to temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
5. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiophenium and the solid electrolyte further comprises lithium salt, in which a unit cell of the compound has an orthorhombic crystal structure, the cation is provided at a vertex and at a center of a face of the crystal structure, the anion is provided in a middle of an edge of the crystal structure, and the lithium salt is arbitrarily provided at interstitial sites of the crystal structure.
6. The solid electrolyte of claim 5 , wherein an ion conductivity increases as a concentration of the lithium salt increases.
7. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiophenium, a methyl group bonded with a sulfur element of the thiophenium is provided, and the solid electrolyte has a crystal phase in a temperature range of 28 to 70° C. in a heat flow spectrum according to temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
8. A secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which the electrolyte includes the compound according to claim 1 , and lithium salt.
9. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiazolium, the compound includes an alkyl group bonded with a nitrogen element of the thiazolium, and the alkyl group includes one of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or a butyl group.
10. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiazolium, and the compound includes an ethyl group bonded with a nitrogen element of the thiazolium.
11. The solid electrolyte of claim 1 , wherein the cation is thiazolium, and the solid electrolyte further comprises lithium salt.
12. A solid electrolyte comprising a compound in which cations and anions are bonded, wherein
the cations include thiophenium, and
the anions include one of fluorohydrogenate, cyano(nitroso)methanide or tetrazolidine.
13. A secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
a solid electrolyte positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein the solid electrolyte comprises a compound in which a cation and an anion are bonded,
wherein the cation includes thiophenium, and
wherein the anion includes one of fluorohydrogenate, cyano(nitroso)methanide or tetrazolidine.