Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane and method of preparing, including a plurality of polymer filaments arranged crossed as a 3-dimensional structure in the form of a net of nonwoven fabric-like shape, and a plurality of inorganic solid electrolytes inserted and uniformly distributed in the structure. By this structural feature, a large amount of solid electrolyte particles are uniformly distributed and filled in the electrolyte membrane, contact between the particles is good, and ionic conduction paths are sufficiently provided. Additionally, the durability of the solid electrolyte membrane is improved by the 3-dimensional structure, and the flexibility and strength increase. The nonwoven fabric composite solid electrolyte membrane has an effect in preventing inorganic solid electrolyte particle from being disconnected therefrom.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The all-solid-state battery comprises an electrode assembly which is pressed and includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, the positive electrode being thicker than the negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a battery case configured to receive the electrode assembly. When the electrode assembly is pressed, an area of an electrode that directly faces a pressing portion is less than an area of an electrode that does not directly face the pressing portion.

Abstract: A negative electrode for all-solid-state battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector formed of an electrically conductive metal material, a coating layer formed on one surface or opposite surfaces of the negative electrode current collector, the coating layer including a lithiophilic material, and an ion transport layer formed on the coating layer, the ion transport layer including amorphous carbon configured to allow lithium ions to move therethrough.

Abstract: The present disclosure may obtain an electrode for an all-solid-state battery with low porosity by adjusting the concentration of an electrode active material layer-forming slurry and a solid electrolyte layer-forming slurry. The all-solid-state battery uses a solid electrolyte material, not a liquid electrolyte material, and thus it needs to have a close contact between the constituent materials of the battery such as an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte material, and when the manufacturing method according to the present disclosure is applied, the electrode active material layer is filled with the solid electrolyte material, bringing the components into close contact, thereby improving the interfacial resistance characteristics.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid-state battery, the method preventing a reaction between lithium metal in a negative electrode and a sulfide-based solid electrolyte material in a solid electrolyte membrane during a pressurization process for binding electrode members with each other, and the method providing a solid-state battery which has low porosity in a positive electrode and the solid electrolyte membrane and reduced generation of a short-circuit, and the method providing an improved battery production yield.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a battery including a porous support and a conductive coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous support. The electrode may be a negative electrode or a positive electrode, preferably a negative electrode. The electrode is applicable to both an all-solid-state battery and a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: A solid-state battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte membrane between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the solid electrolyte membrane including a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer, is provided. The first solid electrolyte layer faces the positive electrode and includes a first sulfide-based solid electrolyte, and the second solid electrolyte layer includes a second sulfide-based solid electrolyte having an average particle diameter (D50) larger than an average particle diameter (D50) of the first sulfide-based solid electrolyte.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-solid-state battery including a thin film current collector and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a current collector having a thickness of less than 5 µm, which is thermally treated together with a solid electrolyte, whereby interfacial resistance between the current collector and the solid electrolyte is reduced, and therefore the overall size of the all-solid-state battery is reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oxide-based solid electrolyte for low-temperature sintering process and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a low-temperature sintering process having no problem of side reaction between a positive electrode active material and an oxide-based solid electrolyte through use of a low-melting point dissimilar oxide and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery including a positive electrode manufactured thereby.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state battery comprising silicon (Si) as a negative electrode active material. The solid state battery according to the present disclosure does not comprise a conductive material and a solid electrolyte in the negative electrode and comprise a minimum amount of binder. According to this structural feature, the battery according to the present disclosure has good electrical and chemical properties including heat resistant stability, energy density, life characteristics and Coulombic efficiency.

Abstract: An electrode for a solid state battery is provided. The electrode active material layer of the electrode shows improved mechanical properties, such as elasticity or rigidity, of the electrode layer through the crosslinking of a binder resin. Thus, it is possible to inhibit or reduce the effect of swelling and/or shrinking of the electrode active material during charging/discharging. Therefore, the interfacial adhesion between the electrode active material layer and an electrolyte layer and the interfacial adhesion between the electrode active material layer and a current collector are maintained to a high level to provide a solid state battery having excellent cycle characteristics.

Abstract: A solid state battery is described, which has a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer including silicon (Si) as a negative electrode active material. The Si may be present as particles, e.g., microparticles, having an average particle size (D50) of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m. The negative electrode active material layer may include the silicon (Si) in an amount of 75 wt % or more, 95 wt % or more, 99 wt % or more, or 99.9 wt % or more, based on 100 wt % of the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer can be free or substantially free of conductive material, carbon, solid state electrolyte, and/or binder. Preferably, after charge/discharge cycles, the negative electrode active material layer forms densified and interconnected large particles of Li—Si alloy, e.g., the Li—Si alloy may have at least one columnar structure and at least one void.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a lithium metal unit cell for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries and a unit cell manufactured using the same, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a lithium metal unit cell for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries wherein pressing is performed using cold isostatic pressing at higher than 100 MPa to lower than 470 MPa irrespective of time or pressing is performed at 470 MPa for 1 minute in order to reduce interface resistance of a sulfide-based all-solid-state battery using a lithium metal as a negative electrode and a unit cell manufactured using the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel material used as a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a sulfide-based solid electrolyte including lithium, sulfur, phosphorus and zinc elements, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane and method of preparing, including a plurality of polymer filaments arranged crossed as a 3-dimensional structure in the form of a net of nonwoven fabric-like shape, and a plurality of inorganic solid electrolytes inserted and uniformly distributed in the structure. By this structural feature, a large amount of solid electrolyte particles are uniformly distributed and filled in the electrolyte membrane, contact between the particles is good, and ionic conduction paths are sufficiently provided. Additionally, the durability of the solid electrolyte membrane is improved by the 3-dimensional structure, and the flexibility and strength increase. The nonwoven fabric composite solid electrolyte membrane has an effect in preventing inorganic solid electrolyte particle from being disconnected therefrom.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positive electrode for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries, including: preparing a slurry, coating the slurry on a current collector, and then drying. The slurry is prepared by a method including the steps of a) mixing a positive electrode active material and a solid electrolyte in a dry state; b) adding a conducting agent to the mixture of step a) and mixing in a dry state; and c) adding a binder and a solvent to the mixture of step b) and mixing in a wet state.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a positive electrode mixture for all-solid-state batteries and a positive electrode mixture for all-solid-state batteries manufactured using the same, and more particularly a method of manufacturing a positive electrode mixture for all-solid-state batteries including mixing a positive electrode active material and a solid electrolyte with each other in a dry state, mixing the mixture with an additional solid electrolyte in a wet state, and adding a conductive agent and performing mixing in a wet state at the time of manufacturing the positive electrode mixture for all-solid-state batteries and a positive electrode mixture for all-solid-state batteries manufactured using the same.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane and method of preparing, including a plurality of polymer filaments arranged crossed as a 3-dimensional structure in the form of a net of nonwoven fabric-like shape, and a plurality of inorganic solid electrolytes inserted and uniformly distributed in the structure. By this structural feature, a large amount of solid electrolyte particles are uniformly distributed and filled in the electrolyte membrane, contact between the particles is good, and ionic conduction paths are sufficiently provided. Additionally, the durability of the solid electrolyte membrane is improved by the 3-dimensional structure, and the flexibility and strength increase. The nonwoven fabric composite solid electrolyte membrane has an effect in preventing inorganic solid electrolyte particle from being disconnected therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure may obtain an electrode for an all-solid-state battery with low porosity by adjusting the concentration of an electrode active material layer-forming slurry and a solid electrolyte layer-forming slurry. The all-solid-state battery uses a solid electrolyte material, not a liquid electrolyte material, and thus it needs to have a close contact between the constituent materials of the battery such as an electrode active material and a solid electrolyte material, and when the manufacturing method according to the present disclosure is applied, the electrode active material layer is filled with the solid electrolyte material, bringing the components into close contact, thereby improving the interfacial resistance characteristics.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a solid state battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In addition, the binder disposed at the interface between the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer, the interface between the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or at a predetermined depth from the interface is crosslinked to form a three-dimensional network. In other words, in the electrode assembly, the binder contained in the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or the binder contained in the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer is crosslinked to improve the interfacial binding force between the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer and/or between the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte layer, and thus ion conductivity is maintained to a significantly high level.