Solid electrolyte membrane, method of manufacturing the same, and all-solid-state secondary battery including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025167297-A1
Application number	US-202418949533-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 15, 2024
Priority date	Nov 16, 2023
Publication date	May 22, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A solid electrolyte membrane includes a solid electrolyte, a high-molecular-weight polymer binder having a weight average molecular weight of about greater than 75,000 gram/mole (g/mol) but less than or equal to 1,000,000 g/mol, and a low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber (non-polar elastomer), wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber has a weight average molecular weight of about 2,000 g/mol to about 75,000 g/mol, and a viscosity of about 1 centipoises (cps) to about 100,000 cps. An all-solid-state secondary battery includes the solid electrolyte membrane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A solid electrolyte membrane comprising:
a solid electrolyte; a high-molecular-weight polymer binder having a weight average molecular weight of about greater than 75,000 gram/mole (g/mol) but less than or equal to 1,000,000 g/mol; and a low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber, wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber has a weight average molecular weight of about 2,000 g/mol to about 75,000 g/mol, and a viscosity of about 1 centipoises (cps) to about 100,000 cps.

2 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber has a glass transition temperature of about −95° C. to about −6° C.

3 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber is 5 wt % or less with respect to a total weight of the solid electrolyte membrane.

4 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber has a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000 g/mol to about 45,000 g/mol.

5 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber is a homopolymer containing a unit structure derived from a conjugated diene monomer.

6 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber is a copolymer containing unit structures derived from a conjugated diene first monomer and an aromatic vinyl second monomer.

7 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber is a terpolymer containing unit structures derived from a conjugated diene first monomer, an aromatic vinyl second monomer, and a conjugated polyene third monomer.

8 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber comprises a liquid butadiene rubber, a liquid isoprene rubber, a liquid styrene butadiene rubber, a liquid natural rubber, a liquid acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, a liquid isobutylene-isoprene rubber, a liquid isoprene propylene rubber, a liquid styrene-butadiene-farnesene copolymer, a copolymer in which a farnesene block is formed at an end of a styrene-butadiene random copolymer, a copolymer in which a butadiene block is formed at an end of a styrene-farnesene random copolymer, or a combination thereof.

9 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the high-molecular-weight polymer binder has a weight average molecular weight of about 100,000 g/mol to about 1,000,000 g/mol, and
the high-molecular-weight polymer binder comprises a polyacrylate, a polyvinyl alcohol, a carboxymethyl cellulose, a hydroxypropyl cellulose, a diacetylcellulose, a polyvinyl chloride, a carboxylated polyvinyl chloride, a polyvinyl fluoride, a polymer comprising ethylene oxide, a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a polyurethane, a polytetrafluoroethylene, a polyvinylidene fluoride, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a styrene-butadiene rubber, a hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber, a (meth)acrylated styrene-butadiene rubber, an epoxy resin, a (meth)acrylic resin, a polyester, a nylon, a copolymer comprising unit structures derived from a non-polar monomer and at least one polar monomer selected from a nitrile-based monomer and a (meth)acrylic monomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, or a combination thereof.

10 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte comprises a sulfide solid electrolyte, an oxide solid electrolyte, a polymer solid electrolyte, a gel electrolyte, or a combination thereof,
wherein the gel electrolyte comprises a polymer gel electrolyte.

11 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte has a crystalline structure.

12 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 11 , wherein the solid electrolyte comprises the sulfide solid electrolyte, and the sulfide solid electrolyte is an argyrodite-type compound.

13 . The solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte membrane has a strain rate of 0.095% or more, and
the solid electrolyte membrane has a Young's modulus of about 10 GPa to about 20 GPa.

14 . An all-solid-state secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode current collector, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode current collector,
wherein the solid electrolyte layer comprises the solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 .

15 . The all-solid-state secondary battery of claim 14 , wherein the cathode comprises a cathode current collector,
wherein at least one of the cathode current collector or the anode current collector comprises a base film and a metal layer disposed on one or both sides of the base film, wherein the base film comprises a polymer, and the polymer comprises a polyethylene terephthalate, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polybutylene terephthalate, a polyimide, or a combination thereof, and the metal layer comprises indium, copper, magnesium, stainless steel, titanium, iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, aluminum, germanium, lithium, or an alloy thereof.

16 . The all-solid-state secondary battery of claim 14 , wherein a first anode active material layer is disposed between the anode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer,
wherein the first anode active material layer comprises an anode active material and a binder, the anode active material comprises at least one of a carbon-based anode active material or a metal or metalloid anode active material, and the carbon-based anode active material comprises an amorphous carbon, a crystalline carbon, a porous carbon, or a combination thereof.

17 . The all-solid-state secondary battery of claim 16 , further comprising, after the all-solid-state secondary battery is charged, a second anode active material layer disposed between the anode current collector and the first anode active material layer,
wherein the second anode active material layer is a metal layer, and the metal layer comprises lithium or a lithium alloy.

18 . An all-solid-state secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode current collector, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the anode current collector and the cathode,
wherein the solid electrolyte layer comprises a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer, wherein the first solid electrolyte layer is in contact with the cathode, the second solid electrolyte layer is in contact with an anode, and at least one of the first solid electrolyte layer or the second solid electrolyte layer comprises the solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 .

19 . The all-solid-state secondary battery of claim 18 , wherein the second solid electrolyte layer is the solid electrolyte membrane.

20 . A method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte membrane, the method comprising:
preparing a composition for forming a solid electrolyte membrane, the composition comprising a solid electrolyte, a high-molecular-weight polymer binder, a low-molecular-weight non-polar liquid rubber, and a solvent; and coating a substrate with the composition to form a coated substrate; and drying the coated substrate to manufacture the solid electrolyte membrane of claim 1 on the substrate.

Assignees

• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd
• Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Mokwon
• Kang Dongil
• Ku Junhwan
• Kim Jaeyun
• Ryu Wonyeong
• Park June
• Lee Yonggun
• Lee Hanbaek
• Choi Bona
• Hwang Seungsik

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2300/0068

  inorganic · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/667

  in the form of layers, e.g. coatings · CPC title

• H01M4/583

  Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title