Method for manufacturing all solid-state battery comprising polymeric solid electrolyte and all solid-state battery obtained thereby

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11764358-B2
Application number	US-201917043124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2019
Priority date	May 3, 2018
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an all solid-state battery cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The gaps between the electrode active material particles forming the electrode active material layer are filled with a mixture of a polymeric solid electrolyte with a conductive material, and an organic solid electrolyte membrane is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The method comprises a solvent annealing process to improve the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material and to improve the contact between the electrode active material layer and the organic solid electrolyte membrane, thereby providing an all solid-state battery cell with improved ion conductivity and capacity realization.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An all solid-state battery which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte membrane interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one of the positive electrode or the negative electrode comprises an electrode active material layer comprising a plurality of electrode active material particles, a polymeric solid electrolyte and a conductive material,
wherein the polymeric solid electrolyte is in a swelled state, and fills the gaps between the electrode active material particles in the electrode active material layer, and the polymeric solid electrolyte comprises a swelled polymer electrolyte infiltrated with an organic solvent,
wherein the organic solvent is at least one selected from N,N-dimethyl acetamide (DMAc), N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), methanol, ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, isopropyl alcohol, decalin, acetic acid or glycerol, and
wherein the electrode active material layer has a porosity of 0-18%.

2. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the swelled polymer electrolyte is obtained through volumetric swelling by the infiltration of the organic solvent through vaporization.

3. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polymeric solid electrolyte further comprises a solvated lithium salt.

4. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte membrane comprises a second polymeric solid electrolyte, wherein the second polymeric solid electrolyte comprises a swellable polymer electrolyte, and the solid electrolyte membrane is in a swelled state by solvent infiltration.

5. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte is included in an amount of 50 vol % or more in the polymeric solid electrolyte.

6. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte comprises a polycarbonate-based polymer electrolyte, a polysiloxane-based polymer electrolyte, a phosphazene-based polymer electrolyte, or a polyether-based polymer electrolyte.

7. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte comprises a polyether polymer, polycarbonate polymer, acrylate polymer, polysiloxane polymer, phosphazene polymer, polyethylene derivatives, alkylene oxide derivatives, phosphate polymer, polyagitation lysine, polyester sulfide, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylidene fluoride, a polymer containing an ionically dissociable group, or a mixture thereof.

8. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material layer comprises 1-100 parts by weight of the polymeric solid electrolyte based on 100 parts by weight of the electrode active material particles.

9. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material layer comprises the conductive material in an amount of 0.5-30 wt % based on 100 wt % of the electrode active material layer.

10. The all solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte membrane has a thickness of about 10-100 μm.

11. A method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery, comprising the steps of:
preparing a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte membrane;
interposing the solid electrolyte membrane between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to provide an electrode assembly; and
subjecting the electrode assembly to a solvent annealing process to obtain an all solid-state battery,
wherein at least one of the positive electrode, negative electrode or the solid electrolyte membrane comprises a polymeric solid electrolyte comprising a swellable polymer electrolyte.

12. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 11 , wherein the polymeric solid electrolyte is a solid polymer electrolyte formed by adding a polymer resin to a solvated lithium salt.

13. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 11 , wherein the solvent annealing process comprises the steps of:
introducing the electrode assembly to a sealed space;
filling the sealed space with a vaporized solvent; and
allowing the electrode assembly to stand in the sealed space filled with the vaporized solvent.

14. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 13 , wherein the solvent annealing process is carried out for 1-72 hours.

15. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 13 , wherein the solvent is at least one selected from N,N-dimethyl acetamide (DMAc), N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), water, methanol, ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, isopropyl alcohol, decalin, acetic acid or glycerol.

16. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 13 , wherein the solvent annealing process is carried out at a temperature of 15-200° C.

17. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 11 , wherein the polymeric solid electrolyte undergoes volumetric swelling by the infiltration of a vaporized organic solvent in the solvent annealing process.

18. The method for manufacturing an all solid-state battery according to claim 11 , wherein the polymeric solid electrolyte is swelled at a swelling degree of larger than 1% to 1,000% after the solvent annealing process.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd
• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jung-Pil
• Kim Ji-Young
• Ryu Ji-Hoon
• Kang Sung-Joong
• Lee Jae-Hyun

Classifications

• H01M4/624 Primary

  Electric conductive fillers · CPC title

• H01M10/0565 Primary

  Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type · CPC title

• H01M4/62 Primary

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

• H01M4/02

  Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title