Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle having a crystal phase of a cubic argyrodite-type crystal structure composed of Li, P, S and a halogen (Ha. The proposed sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle has a feature such that the ratio (ZHa2/ZHa1) of an element ratio ZHa2 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface to an element ratio ZHa1 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 100 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or lower, as measured by XPS; and the ratio (ZO2/ZA2) of an element ratio ZO2 of oxygen to the total ZA2 of element ratios of phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), oxygen (O) and the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or higher, as measured by XPS.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes: an ionic conductor including a PS43? unit, a P2S64? unit, and a P2S74? unit; and a lithium compound containing a halogen element, wherein a molar ratio of the P2S64? unit to the PS43? unit is about 1:1 to about 5:1, and a molar amount of the P2S74? unit with respect to the total molar amount of the PS43? unit, the P2S64? unit, and the P2S74? unit is greater than 0 to about 60%.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a solid electrolyte having peaks at 2?=20.2°±0.5° and 23.6°±0.5° in X-ray diffractometry using a CuK? ray and containing a lithium element, a phosphorus element, a sulfur element, and a halogen element, the method including using raw materials containing yellow phosphorus and a compound containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a halogen element.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.

Abstract: A sulfide glass solid electrolyte sheet can be protected from reaction with moisture by a thin metal layer coating converted to a thin electrochemically functional and protective compound layer. The converted protective compound layer is electrochemically functional in that it allows for through transport of lithium ions.

Abstract: A Li or Li-ion or Na or Na-ion battery cell is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes, a separator, and a solid electrolyte. The separator electrically separates the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte ionically couples the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte also comprises a melt-infiltration solid electrolyte composition that is disposed at least partially in at least one of the electrodes or in the separator.

Abstract: Electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising compounds containing one, two, or more triple-bonded moieties are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electrolyte composition. Compounds containing one, two, or more triple-bonded moieties may serve as additives to the electrolyte composition.

Abstract: Articles and methods related to passivation layers on alkali metals are generally described.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to produce a cathode mixture capable of increasing the charge-discharge capacity of a sulfur battery. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a cathode mixture used for a sulfur battery and a method for producing the same, wherein the cathode mixture is produced by a mechanical milling treatment of a raw material mixture including Li2S and MxSy wherein M is selected from P, Si, Ge, B, Al, or Sn, and x and y are integers that confer an electroneutrality with respect to S according to a kind of M; a cathode active material including a sulfur simple substance; and a conductive aid including a carbon material.

Abstract: Electrodes including a passivation layer formed prior to receiving an initial charge are provided. The electrodes comprise an electrode-composition including an active electrode species, in which the electrode-composition comprises a first surface. The electrodes also comprise a passivation layer positioned onto at least a portion of the first surface. The passivation layer comprises: (i) a matrix material comprising (a) a cured propoxylated polymer, (b) an uncured hydrophobic glycol ether, or a combination of (a) and (b); and (ii) at least a first electrolyte. The electrodes may be included into an electrochemical cell.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery includes an anode layer; a cathode layer; a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and including a first solid electrolyte; and a first bonding layer disposed between the cathode layer and the solid electrolyte layer, and comprising a second solid electrolyte, wherein the anode layer includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector, and the anode active material layer includes a binder and an anode active material, wherein the cathode layer includes a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer disposed on the cathode current collector, and wherein the second solid electrolyte has a Young's modulus which is less than a Young's modulus of the first solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, an area ratio of a peak derived from PS43? glass to the total area of peaks derived from glass observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 90% or more and 100% or less, and an area ratio of peaks derived from glass to the total area of all peaks at 60 to 120 ppm observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 1% or more and 45% or less.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an electrolyte and a lithium ion battery including the same. The electrolyte comprises a trinitrile compound of general formula (I), wherein R11, R12, and R13 are each independently selected from alkylene groups having 0 to 8 carbon atoms, and R11, R12, and R13 are not 0 simultaneously; and fluorosulfonyl silane acetate. The present application improves the cycle performance, rate performance and floating charge performance of lithium ion batteries by using the trinitrile compound and fluorosulfonyl silane acetate in combination.

Abstract: A metal or metal-ion battery composition is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes along with an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode. At least one of the electrodes includes active material particles provided to store and release ions during battery operation. Each of the active material particles includes internal pores configured to accommodate volume changes in the active material during the storing and releasing of the ions. The electrolyte comprises a solid electrolyte ionically interconnecting the active material particles.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of an all-solid-state lithium battery based on borohydride/sulfide two-layer fast ion conductors, comprising the steps of: Step 1: cold-pressing a borohydride fast ion conductor and a sulfide fast ion conductor into a two-layer electrolyte; Step 2: mixing a cathode active material, a sulfide fast ion conductor, and a conductive agent according to a ratio to prepare a cathode of the all-solid-state lithium battery, and cold-pressing the cathode onto a side, corresponding to the sulfide fast ion conductor, of the two-layer electrolyte obtained in Step 1; and taking a lithium metal plate as an anode of the all-solid-state lithium battery, and cold-pressing the anode onto a side, corresponding to the borohydride fast ion conductor, of the two-layer electrolyte obtained in Step 1; and Step 3: packaging a material obtained in Step 2 to obtain the all-solid-state lithium battery based on borohydride/sulfide two-layer fast ion conductors.

Abstract: A lithium-ion-conducting composite material is provided that includes at least one polymer and lithium-ion-conducting particles. The interfacial resistance for the lithium-ion conductivity between the polymer and the particles is reduced as a result of a surface modification of the particles and therefore the lithium-ion conductivity is greater than for a comparable composite material wherein the interfacial resistance between the polymer and the particles is not reduced.

Abstract: A method for producing a solid electrolyte according to the present disclosure includes forming a mixture by mixing raw material solutions containing elements shown in the following compositional formula (1) or (2) with a ketone-based solvent, forming a calcined body by subjecting the mixture to a first heating treatment, and performing main firing by subjecting the calcined body to a second heating treatment. (Li7?3xGax)(La3?yNdy)Zr2O12??(1) (Li7?3x+yGax)(La3?yCay)Zr2O12??(2) Provided that 0.1?x?1.0 and 0<y?0.2.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium metal battery includes a host structure configured to be between an anode current collector and a separator, the host structure having void spaces configured to host metallic lithium during charging, wherein the host structure has a void space of ?60% and ?80%. Another anode for a lithium metal battery includes a current collector, a separator, and a host structure between the current collector and the separator, the host structure having void spaces configured to host metallic lithium during charging, wherein the host structure is formed of fibers.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide sulfide solid electrolytes having good processability at the time of manufacturing a battery and high ionic conductivity. The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and the half-value width of at least one peak obtained by separating the peaks observed in a range of 60 to 120 ppm in solid-state 31P-NMR measurements is 500 to 800 Hz.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte including: a lithium ion inorganic conductive layer; and an amorphous phase on a surface of the lithium ion inorganic conductive layer, wherein the amorphous phase is an irradiation product of the lithium ion inorganic conductive layer. Also, the method of preparing the same, and a lithium battery including the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A battery is provided, which includes an anode and a cathode. The anode includes a first current collector and anode active material. The anode active material is lithium metal or lithium alloy. The cathode includes a second current collector and cathode active material. The battery also includes an electrolyte film disposed between the cathode and the anode, and a porous film disposed between the electrolyte film and the anode. The battery includes an anolyte in the porous film between the electrolyte film and the anode, and a catholyte between the electrolyte film and the cathode. The catholyte is different from the anolyte, and the anolyte and the catholyte are separated by the electrolyte film and are not in contact with each other.

Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. In some embodiments, the ionically conductive compounds are useful for electrochemical cells. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.

Abstract: Nanofilm-encapsulated sulfide glass solid electrolyte structures and methods for making the encapsulated glass structures involve a lithium ion conducting sulfide glass sheet encapsulated on its opposing major surfaces by a continuous and conformal nanofilm made by atomic layer deposition (ALD). During manufacture, the reactive surfaces of the sulfide glass sheet are protected from deleterious reaction with ambient moisture, and the nanofilm can be configured to provide additional performance advantages, including enhanced mechanical strength and improved chemical resistance.

Abstract: A process for fabrication of a battery that includes providing a colloidal suspension of particles conducting lithium ions and providing two conducting substrates as battery current collectors, at least one surface of the conducting substrates being at least partially coated with one of a cathode film and an anode film, and depositing an electrolyte film by electrophoresis, from a suspension of electrolyte material particles, on at least one of said anode film, said cathode film and said conducting substrates.

Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte comprising a first polymer which is a polyvinyl acetal or polyvinyl acetate, or a copolymer having vinyl acetal and/or vinyl acetate units, doped with a sodium or lithium salt. The solid electrolyte may be used as an ionically conductive membrane in a battery such a Li-air battery.

Abstract: An all solid battery includes: a solid electrolyte layer including solid electrolyte; a first electrode layer that is formed on a first main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an active material; and a second electrode layer that is formed on a second main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an active material, wherein the solid electrolyte layer includes polymer solid electrolyte including lithium salt, in a clearance of a sintered compact of phosphoric acid salt-based solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Individual electrodes for a solid-state lithium-ion battery cell may be formed, for example, by elevated temperature consolidation in air of a mixture of resin-bonded, electrode active material particles, oxide solid electrolyte particles, and particles of a non-carbon electronic conductive additive. Depending on the selected compositions of the electrode materials and the solid electrolyte, one or both of the cathode and anode layer members may be formed to include the non-carbon electronic conductive additive. The battery cell is assembled with the solid-state electrodes placed on opposite sides of a consolidated layer of oxide electrolyte particles. The electronic conductivity of at least one of the cathode and anode is increased by the incorporation of particles of a selected non-carbon electronic conducive additive with the respective electrode particles.

Abstract: An electrolyte according to the invention includes a first electrolyte portion, in which one or more types of elements among the elements constituting a crystalline lithium composite metal oxide represented by the compositional formula (1) are substituted with a first metal element having a crystal radius of 78 pm or more, and an amorphous second electrolyte portion, which contains Li and one or more types of second metal elements contained in the first electrolyte portion other than Li. Li7(La3?xNdx)Zr2O12??(1) In the formula, x satisfies the following formula: 0.0<x?0.6.

Abstract: An electrode for solid-state batteries, comprising a PTC resistor layer, and a solid-state battery comprising the electrode. The electrode may be an electrode for solid-state batteries, wherein the electrode comprises an electrode active material layer, a current collector and a PTC resistor layer which is disposed between the electrode active material layer and the current collector and which is in contact with the electrode active material layer; wherein the PTC resistor layer contains a carbon-containing electroconductive material, an insulating inorganic substance and a fluorine-containing polymer.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula Li(Ti1-xZrx)2(PS4)3, wherein 0.01?x?0.25, and found to have high ionic conductivity; a use of the compound as a solid electrolyte, in particular in an all solid-state lithium battery.

Abstract: Li-ion batteries are provided that include a cathode, an anode comprising active particles, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, and at least one hydrofluoric acid neutralizing agent incorporated into the anode or the separator. Li-ion batteries are also provided that include a cathode, an anode comprising active particles, an electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, and a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, where the electrolyte may be formed from a mixture of an imide salt and at least one salt selected from the group consisting of LiPF6, LiBF4, and LiClO4. Li-ion battery anodes are also provided that include an active material core and a protective coating at least partially encasing the active material core, where the protective coating comprises a material that is resistant to hydrofluoric acid permeation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a solid electrolyte and a preparation method thereof, and an electrochemical device and an electronic device comprising the same. The solid electrolyte of the present application includes a solid electrolyte material being represented by the chemical formula of Li1+2x?2yMyGa2+xP1?xS6, where M is selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Zn, Cd and a combination thereof, 0?x?0.2 and 0?y?0.05. Embodiments of the present application provides a solid electrolyte having good stability with lithium and ionic conductivity by forming the solid electrolyte using lower cost solid electrolyte materials and optimizing the material composition and a crystal structure thereof. At the same time, this also reduces the manufacturing costs of the solid electrolyte, and improves the structural stability of the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A solid battery including at least one first laminate body in which a first electrolyte layer, a first positive electrode layer, a first current collecting layer, and a second positive electrode layer are laminated in this order; at least one second laminate body in which a second electrolyte layer, a first negative electrode layer, a second current collecting layer, and a second negative electrode layer are laminated in this order; a first insulating layer connected to at least part of a side surface portion of the first laminate body; and a second insulating layer connected to at least part of a side surface portion of the second laminate body. Each of the first current collecting layer and the second current collecting layer has ionic conductivity of 10?7 S/cm or lower, and each of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer has ionic conductivity of 10?7 S/cm or lower.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte having a garnet-type crystal structure represented by the formula (Li7?ax+yAx)La3(Zr2?yBy)O12, where A is at least one element selected from Mg, Zn, Al, Ga, and Sc, a is a valence of A, B is at least one element selected from Al, Ga, Sc, Yb, Dy, and Y, x is more than 0 and less than 1.0, y is more than 0 and less than 1.0, and 7?ax+y is more than 5.5 and less than 7.0).

Abstract: Set forth herein are compositions comprising A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2), wherein X is fluorine, bromine, chloride, iodine, or a combination thereof, and wherein 0.1?A?3, 0.1?B?4, and 0?C?9 that are suitable for use as solid electrolyte separators in lithium electrochemical devices. Also set forth herein are methods of making A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions. Also disclosed herein are electrochemical devices which incorporate A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions and other materials.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes lithium nickel complex oxide, and the lithium nickel oxide has a layered rock-salt structure and is represented by a composition formula of LixNiyMzO2 (where M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Ca, Cr, Zr, Mo, Si, Ti, and Fe, and x, y, and z satisfy 0.95?x?1.05, 0.8?y?1, 0?z?0.2, and y+z=1). A half width n of a (104) diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern is 0.13° or less, and the content of the positive electrode active material with a particle size of 3.41 ?m or less is 2 volume % or less based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary cell is provided. The separator has a separator substrate, selected from porous separators for liquid-electrolyte cells and solid-electrolyte separators having lithium ion conductivity, and has a layer of glassy carbon (GC), which is applied at least on one side of the separator substrate. A lithium secondary cell is also provided, which contains a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator placed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The glassy carbon layer of the separator faces the negative electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode and a sulfur-containing cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The cell exhibits high utilization of the electroactive sulfur-containing material of the cathode and a high charge-discharge efficiency.

Abstract: An integrated kesterite (e.g., CZT(S,Se)) photovoltaic device and battery is provided. In one aspect, a method of forming an integrated photovoltaic device and battery includes: forming a photovoltaic device having a substrate, an electrically conductive layer, an absorber layer, a buffer layer, a transparent front contact, and a metal grid; removing the substrate and the electrically conductive layer from the photovoltaic device to expose a backside surface of the absorber layer; forming at least one back contact on the backside surface of the absorber layer; and integrating the photovoltaic device with a battery, wherein the integrating includes connecting i) a positive contact of the battery with the back contact on the backside surface of the absorber layer and ii) a negative contact of the battery with the metal grid on the transparent front contact. An integrated photovoltaic device and battery is also provided.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an all-solid-state battery in which the used amount of the PVDF binder may be decreased, and the deterioration of the sulfide solid electrolyte may be suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing an all-solid-state battery, the method comprising a step of forming an electrolyte-containing layer by using a slurry including a sulfide solid electrolyte containing a Li element, a P element, and a S element, a PVDF binder, and a solvent, and as a first solvent, the solvent includes 50 volume % or more of a ketone solvent represented by a general formula (1): wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently a saturated hydrocarbon group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and a carbon number of at least one of R1 and R2 is 2 or more.

Abstract: A composite solid electrolyte includes: a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte; and a polymer-containing electrolyte coating layer on a surface of a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, wherein the polymer-containing electrolyte coating layer includes an ion conductive polymer having an alkylene oxide segment.

Abstract: Methods for making solid-state laminate electrode assemblies include methods of forming a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) by ion implanting nitrogen and/or phosphorous into the glass surface by ion implantation.

Abstract: Methods for making solid-state laminate electrode assemblies include methods to prevent devitrifying and damaging a lithium ion conducting sulfide glass substrate during thermal evaporation of lithium metal, as well as methods for making thin extruded lithium metal foils.

Abstract: Nanosized cubic lithium lanthanum zirconate is synthesized by forming a solution including an organic compound and compounds of lithium, lanthanum, and zirconium; drying the solution to yield a solid; and heating the solid in the presence of oxygen to pyrolyze the organic compound to yield a product comprising nanosized cubic lithium lanthanum zirconate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ceramic material having a formula of LiwAxM2Re3-yOz, wherein w is 5-7.5; wherein A is selected from B, Al, Ga, In, Zn, Cd, Y, Sc, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and any combination thereof; wherein x is 0-2; wherein M is selected from Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Sn, Ge, Si, Sb, Se, Te, and any combination thereof; wherein Re is selected from lanthanide elements, actinide elements, and any combination thereof; wherein y is 0.01-0.75; wherein z is 10.875-13.125; and wherein the material has a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure. The ceramic garnet based material is ionically conducting and can be used as a solid state electrolyte for an electrochemical device such as a battery or supercapacitor.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte with which the capacity retention of an all-solid-state battery can be improved. The method of producing a sulfide solid electrolyte comprises synthesizing material for a sulfide solid electrolyte from raw material for an electrolyte; and after said synthesizing, heating the material for a sulfide solid electrolyte in a flow of a gas at a temperature of no less than a melting point of elemental sulfur, the gas being able to form a chemical bond with the elemental sulfur.

Abstract: A lithium sulfide (Li2Sw)-lithium phosphorus sulfide (LixPySz) composite, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods for making the same are described herein. By the mechanochemical method described herein, the Li2Sw—LixPySz composite can be formed and used as the active material in a positive electrode for a variety of electrochemical cells. It is shown herein that the composite is an electrochemically active cathode material. Further, it has been shown that the Li2Sw—LixPySz composite shows increased resistance to decomposition and H2S generation than Li2S.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte including an ion-conducting inorganic material represented by the formula Li1+yZr2?xMex(PO4)3 where 2>x>0, 0.2>y>?0.2, and Me is at least one element from Group 14, Group 6, Group 5, or combinations thereof.