Solid electrolyte, electrode, and power storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11081685-B2
Application number	US-201916490490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually; an electrolyte (13) including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte (13) at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (12); and a surface adsorption layer (15) adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12) to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer (15) may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The surface adsorption layer (15) may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solid electrolyte, comprising:
a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually;
an electrolyte comprising a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores; and
a surface adsorption layer adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores to induce polarization.

2. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein
the electrolyte comprises a polarization layer adsorbed on an inner surface of the surface adsorption layer,
the polarization layer comprises a first ion layer, a second ion layer, and a third ion layer,
the first ion layer is a layer comprising a plurality of first ions bonded to the surface adsorption layer,
the plurality of first ions each have a first polarity,
the second ion layer is a layer comprising a plurality of second ions bonded to the plurality of first ions,
the plurality of second ions each have a second polarity being a polarity opposite to the first polarity,
the third ion layer is a layer comprising a plurality of third ions bonded to the plurality of second ions, and
the plurality of third ions each have the first polarity.

3. The solid electrolyte according to claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of first ions are each an anion derived from the ionic compound or the metal salt,
the plurality of second ions are each a cation derived from the ionic compound, and
the plurality of third ions are each an anion derived from the ionic compound or the metal salt.

4. The solid electrolyte according to claim 2 , wherein the electrolyte further comprises a bulk layer located farther from the inner surface of the pore than the polarization layer.

5. The solid electrolyte according to claim 2 , wherein the surface adsorption layer comprises water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores.

6. The solid electrolyte according to claim 5 , wherein the water forms 1 or more and 4 or less monolayers.

7. The solid electrolyte according to claim 2 , wherein the surface adsorption layer comprises a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores.

8. The solid electrolyte according to claim 7 , wherein the polyether comprises polyethylene glycol.

9. The solid electrolyte according to claim 8 , wherein the polyethylene glycol has a number average molecular weight of 4000 or more and 100000 or less.

10. The solid electrolyte according to claim 8 , wherein the polyethylene glycol has a viscosity average molecular weight of 100000 or more and 600000 or less.

11. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the metal salt is a lithium salt.

12. The solid electrolyte according to claim 11 , wherein the lithium salt comprises lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide.

13. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the ionic compound is an ionic liquid.

14. The solid electrolyte according to claim 13 , wherein the ionic liquid comprises a bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide anion.

15. The solid electrolyte according to claim 14 , wherein the ionic liquid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and triethylsulfonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide.

16. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the porous dielectric is porous silica.

17. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein
the porous dielectric forms a single layer, and
an outer boundary of the solid electrolyte is defined by the porous dielectric.

18. An electrode, comprising:
the solid electrolyte according to claim 1 ; and
an electrode active material.

19. A power storage device, comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
the solid electrolyte according to c 1 aim 1 .

20. A power storage device, comprising:
a positive electrode; and
a negative electrode, wherein
at least one selected from the positive electrode and the negative electrode is the electrode according to claim 18 .

Assignees

• Imec Vzw
• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Vereecken Philippe
• GANDRUD Knut Bjarne
• Mees Maarten
• Sagara Akihiko
• Murata Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• H01M10/0525 Primary

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2300/0082

  Organic polymers · CPC title

• H01B1/06

  mainly consisting of other non-metallic substances · CPC title

• H01M4/13 Primary

  Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof · CPC title