Electrochemical unit, manufacturing method and use of the same as component of batteries, and electrochemical device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11276851-B2
Application number	US-201916503466-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2019
Priority date	Feb 13, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

The present invention provides an electrochemical unit, a manufacturing method for the same and a use of the same as a component of batteries, and an electrochemical device including the same. The electrochemical unit includes a mixture layer and a transition metal oxide layer. The mixture layer includes an oxide made of a first transition metal, an oxide made of a second transition metal, and a first alkali metal. The transition metal oxide layer is disposed on one side of the mixture layer, where the transition metal oxide layer includes a third transition metal oxide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrochemical unit, comprising:
a mixture layer, comprising an oxide made of a first transition metal, an oxide made of a second transition metal, and a first alkali metal, wherein with respect to the mixture layer, total content of the oxide made of the first transition metal and the oxide made of the second transition metal is 70 wt % to 80 wt %, and content of the first alkali metal is 20 wt % to 30 wt %;
a transition metal oxide layer, disposed on one side of the mixture layer, wherein the transition metal oxide layer comprises a third transition metal oxide.

2. The electrochemical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture layer has a refractive index of less than 2.

3. The electrochemical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture layer comprises a plurality of columnar structures.

4. The electrochemical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first transition metal and the second transition metal have a melting point higher than a melting point of the first alkali metal.

5. The electrochemical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture layer further comprises a second alkali metal.

6. The electrochemical unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first alkali metal is lithium, the first transition metal is tantalum, the second transition metal is nickel, and the third transition metal is tungsten.

7. A use of the electrochemical unit according to claim 1 as a component of batteries.

8. An electrochemical device, comprising:
the electrochemical unit according to claim 1 ;
a first electrode, disposed on one side of the electrochemical unit relative to the mixture layer; and
a second electrode, disposed on the other side of the electrochemical unit relative to the mixture layer.

9. A manufacturing method for an electrochemical unit, comprising the following steps:
(S 1000 ) providing a substrate;
(S 2000 ) disposing a first alkali metal at an anode of a first arc plasma coating process;
(S 3000 ) disposing a transition metal alloy at a cathode of the first arc plasma coating process, wherein the transition metal alloy comprises a first transition metal and a second transition metal, the transition metal alloy having a melting point higher than a melting point of the first alkali metal;
(S 4000 ) forming a mixture layer on the substrate through the first arc plasma coating process;
(S 5000 ) disposing a third transition metal at a cathode of a second arc plasma coating process; and
(S 6000 ) forming a transition metal oxide layer on the mixture layer through the second arc plasma coating process.

10. The manufacturing method for the electrochemical unit according to claim 9 , wherein the step S 2000 further comprises disposing a second alkali metal at the anode of the first arc plasma coating process, and the transition metal alloy has a melting point higher than a melting point of the second alkali metal.

Assignees

• Iner Aec Executive Yuan

Inventors

• Wang Min-Chuan
• Yeh Yu-Lin
• Li Yu-Chen
• Tsai Ding-Guey
• Jan Der-Jun

Classifications

• H01M4/382

  Lithium (H01M4/405 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/523

  for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/525 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/0402

  Methods of deposition of the material · CPC title

• H01M4/366

  as layered products · CPC title

• H01M4/62

  Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers · CPC title