Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and producing method for sulfide solid electrolyte material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748602-B2
Application number	US-201414783604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Priority date	Apr 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity and high reduction resistance. The object is attained by providing sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising: Li element; Ge element; P element; and S element, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte material peaks at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray, the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray or when diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I A and diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as I B , a value of I B /I A is less than 1.0, and part of the P element in a crystal phase peaking at the position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is substituted with a B element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising: a Li element; a Ge element; a P element; and a S element, wherein
the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a peak at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray,
the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray or
in a case of the sulfide solid electrolyte material having a peak at the position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50°, when diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I A and diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as I B , a value of I B /I A is less than 0.50, and
a part of the P element in a crystal phase having the peak at the position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is substituted with a B element.

2. A sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising: a Li element; a Ge element; a B element; and a S element, wherein
the sulfide solid electrolyte material has a peak at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray,
the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not have a peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray or
in a case of the sulfide solid electrolyte material having a peak at the position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50°, when diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as I A and diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as I B , a value of I B /I A is less than 0.50, and
a crystal phase having the peak at the position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° does not contain a P element, and the B element is located at a site for the P element in a crystal structure of Li 10 GeP 2 S 12 .

3. A sulfide solid electrolyte material having an octahedron O composed of a Li element and a S element, a tetrahedron T 1 composed of an M a element and a S element, and a tetrahedron T 2 composed of an M b element and a S element, the tetrahedron T 1 and the octahedron O sharing an edge, and the tetrahedron T 2 and the octahedron O containing a crystal structure sharing a corner as a main body, wherein
the M a element contains a Ge element and a P element,
the M b element contains a P element, and
a part of the P element is substituted with a B element.

4. A sulfide solid electrolyte material having an octahedron O composed of a Li element and a S element, a tetrahedron T 1 composed of an M a element and a S element, and a tetrahedron T 2 composed of an M b element and a S element, the tetrahedron T 1 and the octahedron O sharing an edge, and the tetrahedron T 2 and the octahedron O containing a crystal structure sharing a corner as a main body, wherein
the M a element contains a Ge element and a B element,
the M b element contains a B element, and
the crystal structure does not contain a P element and the B element is located at a site for the P element in a crystal structure of Li 10 GeP 2 S 12 .

5. A battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein
at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 .

6. A battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein
at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 .

7. A battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein
at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 3 .

8. A battery comprising a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein
at least one of the cathode active material layer, the anode active material layer and the electrolyte layer contains the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 4 .

9. A producing method for a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 1 , comprising:
an ion conductive material synthesizing process of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling with a raw material composition containing a constituent of the sulfide solid electrolyte material; and
a heating process of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

10. A producing method for a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 2 , comprising:
an ion conductive material synthesizing process of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling with a raw material composition containing a constituent of the sulfide solid electrolyte material; and
a heating process of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

11. A producing method for a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 3 , comprising:
an ion conductive material synthesizing process of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling with a raw material composition containing a constituent of the sulfide solid electrolyte material; and
a heating process of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

12. A producing method for a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material being the sulfide solid electrolyte material according to claim 4 , comprising:
an ion conductive material synthesizing process of synthesizing an amorphized ion conductive material by mechanical milling with a raw material composition containing a constituent of the sulfide solid electrolyte material; and
a heating process of obtaining the sulfide solid electrolyte material by heating the amorphized ion conductive material.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Osaki Mayuko
• Kato Yuki

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M10/0562 Primary

  Solid materials · CPC title

• H01M2300/0068

  inorganic · CPC title

• H01M2300/002

  Inorganic electrolyte · CPC title