IP Library Granted Patent US 8,574,772
Granted Patent B2
US 8,574,772 · App. 13/059,873 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Solid electrolyte, solid electrolyte sheet, and method for producing solid electrolyte

Inventors: Hiroshi Suyama (Mishima, JP); Koji Kawamoto (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,574,772
App. No.
13/059,873
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte with intergranular resistance decreased. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a solid electrolyte comprising a garnet-type compound with Li ion conductivity as the main component, characterized in that a phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is provided between particles of the above-mentioned garnet-type compound, and the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor has a smaller particle diameter than a particle diameter of the above-mentioned garnet-type compound and makes face contact with the above-mentioned garnet-type compound.

Claims (14)

1. A solid electrolyte comprising a garnet-type compound with Li ion conductivity as a main component;

wherein a phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is provided between particles of the garnet-type compound, and

the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor has a smaller particle diameter than a particle diameter of the garnet-type compound and makes face contact with the garnet-type compound.

2. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is less than 19% by volume.

3. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is within a range of 2% by volume to 16% by volume.

4. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the garnet-type compound is Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 .

5. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor is Li 3 PO 4 .

6. A solid electrolyte sheet comprising

a substrate made of a polymer fiber, and

a solid electrolyte portion formed in a void of the substrate,

wherein the solid electrolyte portion is composed of the solid electrolyte according to claim 1 .

7. A method for producing a solid electrolyte having a garnet-type compound with Li ion conductivity as a main component, comprising the steps of:

mixing the garnet-type compound and a phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor having a smaller particle diameter than a particle diameter of the garnet-type compound to obtain a raw material composition; and

pressing the raw material composition and plastically deforming the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor to provide the phosphate group-containing Li ion conductor, making face contact with the garnet-type compound, between particles of the garnet-type compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2011
From: SUYAMA, HIROSHI; KAWAMOTO, KOJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 025814/0139 →
Continuity (1)
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