Abstract:
A method of preparing a solid electrolyte and an all-solid battery including a solid electrolyte prepared by the method, the method including: contacting a first solvent and a first starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a first solution; precipitating a first precursor from the first solution; contacting a second solvent, the first precursor, and a second starting material comprising an alkali metal, sulfur, phosphorus, an element M, or a combination thereof to form a second solution; precipitating a second precursor from the second solution; and heat treating the second precursor to prepare the solid electrolyte, wherein the element M comprises an element of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the element M and the alkali metal in the first starting material and the second starting material are the same or different.
Abstract:
A composite cathode active material including: a core particle; a first coating layer; and a second coating layer; wherein the core particle includes a cathode active material, the first and second coating layers cover a surface of the core particle, the first coating layer includes a first lithium-containing compound, wherein the first lithium-containing compound includes zirconium, niobium, titanium, aluminum, or a combination thereof, the second coating layer includes a second lithium-containing compound, wherein the second lithium-containing compound includes germanium, niobium, gallium, or a combination thereof, and the first lithium-containing compound is different from the second lithium-containing compound.
Abstract:
A positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode including: a coated particle including a positive active material particle and a reactive layer on the surface of the positive active material particle; and a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte particle which is in contact with the coated particle, wherein the reactive layer includes a reactive element other than lithium and oxygen, wherein the reactive element has a reactivity with the sulfide-containing solid electrolyte particle which is greater than with a reactivity of the reactive element with a transition metal element included in the positive active material particle, and wherein a ratio of a thickness of the reactive layer to a particle diameter of the positive active material particle is in a range of about 0.0010 to about 0.25.
Abstract:
An all-solid battery including a positive electrode including a binder, a negative electrode including a binder, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a solid electrolyte, wherein at least one binder of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is cross-linked by a cross-linking agent.
Abstract:
A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a sulfide solid electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive active material particle and a coating film including an oxide including lithium (Li) and zirconium (Zr) on a surface of the positive active material particle.
Abstract:
A cathode for use in an electrochemical device, the cathode including a polymer including a backbone, including a polyalkyleneimine-cobalt complex (PEI-Co complex), wherein polyalkyleneimine is coordinated to cobalt; and an electrode material effective for an oxidation-reduction reaction of oxygen, wherein oxygen is a cathode active material.
Abstract:
A solid electrolyte for an all-solid secondary battery, the solid electrolyte including: Li, S, P, an M1 element, and an M2 element, wherein the M1 element is at least one element selected from Na, K, Rb, Sc, Fr, and the M2 element is at least one element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, molar amounts of lithium and the M1 element satisfy 0
Abstract:
An anode for an all solid-state secondary battery, the anode including an anode collector, and coating lithium distribution layer disposed on the anode collector, wherein the lithium distribution layer includes a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium.
Abstract:
A composite cathode active material includes a cathode active material particle; and a coating layer on a surface of the cathode active material particle, wherein the coating layer includes an acetate, wherein the acetate comprises an alkali metal acetate, an alkaline earth metal acetate, a transition metal acetate, or a combination thereof, or a derivative thereof.
Abstract:
An all-solid secondary battery including: a cathode; an anode; and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material, wherein the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes a binder and an anode active material that does not include an alkali metal, wherein the binder includes a polymer main chain and a polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer, and wherein the polymer main chain includes polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl alcohol derivative, or a combination thereof, and the polyvinyl alcohol-containing copolymer has at least one repeating unit linked to the polymer main chain.