Bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery
Provided is a bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery that can increase the voltage without impairing safety. A bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery includes: a plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries 1 in each of which a positive electrode layer 3 capable of absorbing and releasing sodium, a solid electrolyte layer 4 made of a sodium ion-conductive oxide, and a negative electrode layer 5 capable of absorbing and releasing sodium are laid one upon another in this order; and a current collector layer 2 provided between the positive electrode layer 3 of each of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries 1 and the negative electrode layer 5 of the adjacent all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery 1 and shared by the positive electrode layer 3 and the negative electrode layer 5.
1. A bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery comprising:
a plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries in each of which a positive electrode layer capable of absorbing and releasing sodium, a solid electrolyte layer made of a sodium ion-conductive oxide, and a negative electrode layer capable of absorbing and releasing sodium are laid one upon another in this order;
a current collector layer provided between the positive electrode layer of a first one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and the negative electrode layer of a second one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries adjacent to the first one of the plurality of all-solid state sodium ion batteries; and
a first metal film provided between the positive electrode layer of the first one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and the current collector layer and a second metal film provided between the negative electrode layer of the second one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and the current collector layer; wherein
the second metal film is made of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, silver, copper, stainless steel, alloys containing one or more of the metals, and graphite.
2. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an extended portion is provided which, in a plan view of the bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery, is continued to an outer peripheral edge of the current collector layer and extends outwardly of an outer peripheral edge of the positive electrode layer of the first one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and/or an outer peripheral edge of the negative electrode layer of the second one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries.
3. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the extended portion is made of the same material as the current collector layer.
4. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the extended portion is made of a different material from the current collector layer.
5. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the extended portion has an area of not less than 1% and not more than 50% of a total area of the extended portion and the current collector layer in the plan view.
6. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte layer has a portion extending outwardly of an outer peripheral edge of the positive electrode layer of the first one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and/or an outer peripheral edge of the negative electrode layer of the second one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries in a plan view of the bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery.
7. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the portion of the solid electrolyte layer extending outwardly of the outer peripheral edge of the positive electrode layer of the first one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries and/or the outer peripheral edge of the negative electrode layer of the second one of the plurality of all-solid-state sodium ion secondary batteries has an area of not less than 1% and not more than 50% of an area of the solid electrolyte layer in the plan view.
8. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the current collector layer is made of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, silver, copper, stainless steel, graphite, and alloys containing one or more of aluminum, titanium, silver, copper, and stainless steel.
9. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains at least one material of β-alumina, β″-alumina, and NASICON crystals.
10. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first metal film is smaller than that of the current collector layer.
11. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second metal film is smaller than that of the current collector layer.
12. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal film is sputter film.
13. The bipolar all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal film is sputter film.