All-solid-state battery with improved durability and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12362364-B2
Application number	US-202217883059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2022
Priority date	Aug 19, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are an all-solid-state battery that may have uniform deposition of lithium and have excellent durability, and a method of manufacturing the same.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An all-solid-state battery comprising:
an anode current collector;
a functional layer disposed on the anode current collector;
a solid electrolyte layer disposed on the functional layer; and
a cathode layer disposed on the solid electrolyte layer,
wherein the functional layer comprises one or more components that forms an alloy or a compound with lithium, and comprises a first interfacial layer at a side of the solid electrolyte layer and a second interfacial layer at a side of the anode current collector,
wherein a ratio (b/a) of a binding force (b) of the second interfacial layer to a binding force (a) of the first interfacial layer is about 0.6 or greater.

2. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more components in the functional layer comprise:
amorphous carbon; and
a metal powder that forms an alloy with lithium,
wherein the metal powder comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), silicon (Si), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), bismuth (Bi), tin (Sn), and zinc (Zn).

3. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer comprises a binder.

4. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer has a thickness of about 10 μm to 30 μm.

5. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the binding force of the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer is measured by oblique-cutting from the surface of each interfacial layer to a predetermined depth using a surface and interfacial cutting analysis system (SAICAS), and converting the force applied to the surface and interfacial cutting analysis system from the cut point.

6. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 5 , wherein the binding force is obtained by oblique-cutting the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer to a depth of greater than 0 μm and not greater than about 3 μm from the surface of the interfacial layer using the surface and interfacial cutting analysis system.

7. The all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 , wherein, when the all-solid-state battery is charged, lithium metal is deposited between the functional layer and the anode current collector.

8. A vehicle comprising an all-solid-state battery according to claim 1 .

9. A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery, the method comprising:
preparing a slurry comprising amorphous carbon, a metal powder, and a binder, wherein the metal powder forms an alloy with lithium;
applying the slurry onto a substrate;
primarily drying the substrate applied with the slurry at a first temperature for a first period;
secondarily drying the primarily dried substrate applied with the slurry at a second temperature less than the first temperature for a second period greater than the first period to form a functional layer; and
obtaining a structure in which the anode current collector, the functional layer, the solid electrolyte layer, and the cathode layer are sequentially laminated,
wherein the functional layer comprises a first interfacial layer at a side of the solid electrolyte layer and a second interfacial layer at a side of the anode current collector,
wherein a ratio (b/a) of a binding force (b) of the second interfacial layer to a binding force (a) of the first interfacial layer is about 0.6 or greater.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the primary drying is performed at a temperature of about 100° C. to 140° C. for about 0.5 minutes to 5 minutes.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the secondary drying is performed at a temperature of about 80° C. to 100° C. for about 10 minutes or less.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the functional layer has a thickness of about 10 μm to 30 μm.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the binding force of the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer is measured by oblique-cutting from the surface of each interfacial layer to a predetermined depth using a surface and interfacial cutting analysis system (SAICAS), and converting the force applied to the surface and interfacial cutting analysis system from the cut point.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the binding force is obtained by oblique-cutting the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer to a depth of greater than 0 μm and not greater than about 3 μm from the surface of the interfacial layer using the surface and interfacial cutting analysis system.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Lim Jae Min
• Choi Hong Suk
• Cho Sung Man
• Kim Seon Hwa
• Nam Young Jin
• Kim Sang Wan

Classifications

• H01M4/0404 Primary

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/1395

  of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title