Abstract:
Solid-state batteries, battery components, and related processes for their production are provided. The battery electrodes or separators contain sintered electrochemically active material, inorganic solid particulate electrolyte having large particle size, and low melting point solid inorganic electrolyte which acts as a binder and/or a sintering aid in the electrode.
Abstract:
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having ion conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table, linear structures having an average diameter of 0.001 to 1 µm, an average length of 0.1 to 150 µm, a ratio of the average length to the average diameter of 10 to 100,000, and an electric conductivity of 1×10 -6 S/m or less, and organic solvents, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery for which the solid electrolyte composition is used, and methods for manufacturing an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ion-permeable membrane that is substantially free of holes and that has excellent ion permeability, heat resistance, strength, and flexibility, to provide a battery electrolyte membrane that uses the ion-permeable membrane, and to provide an electrode composite body. The present invention, which is for achieving said purpose, is a polymer-ion-permeable membrane that has an average radius of free volume of 0.32-0.50 nm.
Abstract:
Provided are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the electrolyte salt including at least one first lithium salt selected from LiPF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiN(SO 2 F) 2 , LiN(SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 , and LiN(SO 2 C 2 F 5 ) 2 , and at least one second lithium salt selected from a lithium salt having an oxalate structure, a lithium salt having a phosphate structure, and a lithium salt having an S=O group, with a sum total of the first lithium salt and the second lithium salt being four or more, and an energy storage device using the same. This nonaqueous electrolytic solution is not only able to improve electrochemical characteristics at a high temperature and much more improve a discharge capacity retention rate and low-temperature output characteristics after a high-temperature storage test but also able to improve low-temperature input characteristics even for high-density electrodes.
Abstract:
Metal hydride batteries comprising an electrolyte composition which comprises an aqueous solution comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of metal hydroxides, metal oxide/hydroxides and ammonium hydroxides where when the electrolyte composition comprises KOH, the composition also comprises a further compound selected from the group consisting of metal hydroxides, metal oxide/hydroxides and ammonium hydroxides, exhibit reduced degradation of the anode material during operation. Anode materials advantageously exhibit ≤ 95% of the degradation of the same anode material in the same battery when replacing the electrolyte composition with 6M aqueous KOH and exhibit conductivity of ≥ 50% of that of 6M aqueous KOH. Anode materials are for example ABx high capacity hydrogen storage alloys comprising Mg where x is from about 0.5 to about 5 and which has a discharge capacity of ≥ 400 mAh/g.
Abstract:
A polymer electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery comprises a polymer represented by Formula 1 below,
wherein a and b are each independently an integer from 1 to 5, and n is an integer from 1 to 1,000. A lithium secondary battery comprises the polymer electrolyte.
Abstract:
Semi-solid electrolyte compositions are disclosed. The semi-solid electrolyte compositions contain a glyme or mixture of glymes, a lithium salt(s), and a polymeric complexing agent(s).
Abstract:
A solid phase electrolyte composition containing at least one conducting salt and at least one random copolymer, wherein the random copolymer comprises 5 to 95 wt.-% polymerized units of monomers (a) and 95 to 5 wt.-% polymerized units of monomers (b), based on the total weight of the copolymer, wherein (a) is at least one functionalized polyether containing at least one polymerizable C-C double bond per molecule in average, and (b) is at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b1 ) or a mixture of at least one ethyienically unsaturated monomer (b1 ) and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b2) wherein (b1) is selected from the group consisting of styrene, alpha-methyl styrene, maleic anhydride, N-phenylmaleimide, C 1 -C 4 alkyl methacrylates, C 1 -C 22 alkyl acrylates, acrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid, C 1 -C 4 alkylacrylic acids, salts of C 1 -C 4 alkylacrylic acids, acrylic amides, and vinyl alcohol derivates, and (b2) is selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a solid-state battery is disclosed. The method comprises providing a substrate (102) and casting a cathode slurry (108) comprising a cathode active material and an electrolyte binder onto the substrate to form a cathode casting. The electrode binder comprises a first ion conductive filler powder and a first inorganic solid electrolyte.