Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte for a solid-state battery, preferably an all-solid-state battery, which may be protected from moisture by chemically reacting a material such as an amphiphilic compound, e.g., a surfactant with a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte, as well as a -solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte for the all-solid-state battery is surface-modified with an amphiphilic compound having a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte membrane, a method for manufacturing the same, and an all-solid-state battery including the same. More specifically, the solid electrolyte membrane includes a first solid electrolyte layer including a first solid electrolyte and a first fibrous binder and a second solid electrolyte layer including a second solid electrolyte and a second fibrous binder, stacked adjacent to each other, wherein the weight of the first fibrous binder relative to the total weight of the first solid electrolyte layer is less than the weight of the second fibrous binder relative to the total weight of the second solid electrolyte layer. Since the weight of a first fibrous binder included in the first solid electrolyte layer is less than the weight of the second fibrous binder included in the second solid electrolyte layer, the strength may be improved without lowering the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte membrane, a method for manufacturing the same, and an all-solid-state battery containing the same. More specifically, the solid electrolyte membrane includes a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer stacked adjacent to each other, and the first solid electrolyte layer has a structure in which particulate binders are dispersed, and the second solid electrolyte layer has a structure in which fibrous binders are entangled or connected to each other, and thus the strength may be improved without lowering the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane may be substantially free of solvent.

Abstract: A binder for an all-solid-state battery includes a first polymer in which a chain comprising a first hydrogen-bonding functional group is grafted with a side chain on the main chain of a conjugated diene-based polymer and a second polymer in which a chain comprising a second hydrogen-bonding functional group is grafted with a side chain on the main chain of a conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the first hydrogen-bonding functional group of the first polymer and the second hydrogen-bonding functional group of the second polymer form hydrogen bonds with each other. A positive electrode for an all-solid-state battery including the binder for an all-solid-state battery, a conductive material, a positive electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, and an all-solid-state battery including the positive electrode are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery and an all-solid-state battery including the negative electrode. More specifically, disclosed is a pre-lithiated silicon negative electrode, and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same.

Abstract: A battery cell pressing system may include a sealed case having an internal chamber, the sealed case including at least one window to allow visual inspection of the internal chamber; a pouch-type battery cell disposed within the internal chamber of the sealed case; a fluid filling the internal chamber and surrounding the pouch-type battery cell; a fluid entrance in fluid communication with the internal chamber; a pressing member configured to adjust a pressure of the fluid within the internal chamber such that the pressure at which the fluid presses the pouch-type battery cell is approximately 1 MPa to 10 MPa; a heater configured to heat the fluid within the internal chamber; and a pressure measuring member configured to measure the pressure within the internal chamber. The fluid isotropically presses the pouch-type battery cell during at least one of charging and discharging of the pouch-type battery cell.

Abstract: A method of controlling a cycling pressure of a secondary battery can include assembling the secondary battery by stacking a cathode, a separator, and an anode in order; activating the secondary battery by applying a pressure of about 5 MPa or less; and cycling the secondary battery by applying the pressure of about 5 MPa or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery and an all-solid-state battery including the negative electrode. More specifically, disclosed is a pre-lithiated silicon negative electrode, and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material with an organic coating, as well as densified pellets containing this solid electrolyte material, a solid electrolyte thereof, and a solid state battery containing the solid electrolyte. According to aspects of the disclosure, the coating comprising a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or Chemical Formula (2) is formed on the surface of a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material, e.g., the organic coating may comprise a compound having a thiol with a long hydrophobic tail, such as 1-undecanethiol. The coating provides densification of sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials, and facilitates the ionic and lithium atomic diffusion coefficient at sulfide grain boundaries during pressing, thus achieving the densification of sulfide solid state electrolyte.

Abstract: Methods for preparing a solid electrolyte membrane are described. More particularly, a small amount of binder may be fiberized through a dry calendering process to prepare a solid electrolyte membrane. Since the fiberized binder is included in an entangled state within the solid electrolyte membrane, it shows excellent characteristics in both ionic conductivity and strength.

Abstract: A binder includes composite particles with a polytetrafluoroethylene structure coated with an acrylic polymer. The binder can be for a lithium secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention, and not only can solve problems such as agglomeration that can occur when handling conventional binders, but also has excellent physical properties such as low thickness deviation and high tensile strength when manufacturing electrodes. In addition, a battery with these electrodes has improved performance, such as improved capacity retention rate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery and an all-solid-state battery including the negative electrode. More specifically, disclosed is a pre-lithiated silicon negative electrode, and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same.

Abstract: Methods for recovering the performance of a halide-based solid electrolyte are described. In one aspect, a halide-based solid electrolyte that has been exposed to air is subjected to a heat-treatment process, where the performance of the halide-based solid electrolyte is recovered, e.g., the ionic conductivity obtained after heat treatment is recovered to a level similar to that before air exposure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte membrane, a method for manufacturing the same, and an all-solid-state battery containing the same. More specifically, the solid electrolyte membrane includes a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer stacked adjacent to each other, and the first solid electrolyte layer has a structure in which particulate binders are dispersed, and the second solid electrolyte layer has a structure in which fibrous binders are entangled or connected to each other, and thus the strength may be improved without lowering the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane may be substantially free of solvent.

Abstract: Solid electrolyte compositions and solid-state batteries are disclosed, which comprise a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide-containing solid-state electrolyte material and a compound of Chemical Formula 1. The sulfide-containing solid-state electrolyte material includes but is not limited to Li6PS5Cl (“LPSC”), an LPS-based glass or glass ceramic of formula xLi2S·yP2S5, wherein x+y=1, or an argyrodite-based sulfide-based solid electrolyte or formula Li6PS5X, wherein X=Cl, Br, or I) or Li6?yPS5?yCl1+y, where y is <1. In some aspects, the compound of Chemical Formula 1 is sodium 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonate (3M1P).

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material with an organic coating, as well as densified pellets containing this solid electrolyte material, a solid electrolyte thereof, and a solid state battery containing the solid electrolyte. According to aspects of the disclosure, the coating comprising a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or Chemical Formula (2) is formed on the surface of a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material, e.g., the organic coating may comprise a compound having a thiol with a long hydrophobic tail, such as 1-undecanethiol. The coating provides densification of sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials, and facilitates the ionic and lithium atomic diffusion coefficient at sulfide grain boundaries during pressing, thus achieving the densification of sulfide solid state electrolyte.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a structure of a solid electrolyte film, including a step of: immersing the solid electrolyte film including a solid electrolyte and a binder into a polar solvent to remove the solid electrolyte from the solid electrolyte film; and analyzing a structure of the solid electrolyte film in which the solid electrolyte is removed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte film, its fabrication method, and an all-solid-state battery including the same. More specifically, the solid electrolyte film comprises a slurry including a sulfide and/or halide-based solid electrolyte, a binder, and a solvent, coated on a substrate and then dried and pressed. By pressing at a temperature equal to or above a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the binder, the packing density of the solid electrolyte film is increased, thereby improving the ionic conductivity.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte film and an all-solid-state battery including the same, wherein the solid electrolyte film is fabricated by a dry process of physically mixing sulfide-based and/or halide-based solid electrolyte particles with a binder, wherein the binder is fiberized in the dry process and forms fiberized binders in an intertwined state, so that a small amount of binder is sufficient to provide improved ionic conductivity and strength.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material including an overlithiated metal oxide having a layered structure, a material having an olivine structure, and one or more of: an inorganic material, and nitrogen atoms doped in the material having an olivine structure. The inorganic material includes a nitride or carbide of a non-transition metal. The composite cathode active material may be included in a cathode, and the cathode may be included in a lithium battery.