Composite ceramic electrolyte particles with a hydrophobic protective layer for a
battery electrode; the
composite ceramic electrolyte particle represents an LLZO composite particle; the
battery electrode is an
electrode of a
solid-state or semi-
solid-state battery; the
electrode comprises a substrate as a support for the
electrode material and an electrode
slurry layer coated onto the substrate; the LLZO composite particle comprises the following: a first LLZO particle, which serves to guide and distribute the paths of the
lithium ions and to ensure that evenly distributed
lithium ion channels are formed within the electrode; a first
hydroxide ion layer applied to an outer surface of the first LLZO particle; the first
hydroxide ion layer and the first LLZO particle form a second-order LLZO composite particle; the first
hydroxide ion layer is formed by a reaction of
Tris molecules (
tris(
hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-(HOCH2)3CNH2) and has a plurality of third OH ions; the
Tris molecules are added during the fabrication process of the LLZO composite particle; each of the
Tris molecules has three OH ions, namely a first, a second, and a third OH ion; the first ions and the second OH ions of the Tris molecules are bound by
hydrogen bonds to oxidizing functional groups on the first LLZO particle; the third OH ions of the Tris molecules extend outwards to an outer surface of the first LLZO particle to form the first hydroxide ion layer; A first
dopamine layer is applied to the outer surface of the second-order LLZO composite particle; the first
dopamine layer and the second-order LLZO composite particle form a hydrophobic LLZO particle; the first
dopamine layer is formed by a multitude of copolymerized dopamine molecules;
polymerization, triggered by
dehydration, between the OH ions of the dopamine molecules of the first dopamine layer and the third OH ions of the first hydroxide ion layer is intended to cause the first dopamine layer to be bonded to the second-order LLZO composite particle via the first hydroxide ion layer; the dopamine molecules of the dopamine layer are hydrophobic to protect the first LLZO particle and prevent it from becoming wet; an outer hydrophobic layer applied to an outer surface of the hydrophobic LLZO particle; the outer hydrophobic layer and the hydrophobic LLZO particle form the LLZO composite particle; the outer hydrophobic layer comprises a plurality of
peripheral composite particles; each of the
peripheral composite particles is selected from a
barium titanate (BaTiO3) composite particle and a
zinc oxide (ZnO) composite particle; wherein each of the
peripheral composite particles comprises a peripheral particle; if the peripheral composite particle is the
barium titanate composite particle, the peripheral particle is referred to as a
barium titanate particle; if the peripheral composite particle is the
zinc oxide composite particle, the peripheral particle is referred to as a
zinc oxide particle; a second hydroxide ion layer is applied to an outer surface of the peripheral particle; and a second dopamine layer is applied to an outer surface of the second hydroxide ion layer; wherein the second hydroxide ion layer is formed by a reaction of the Tris molecules (Tris(
hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-(HOCH2)3CNH2) and has a plurality of third OH ions; the Tris molecules are added during the manufacturing process of the LLZO composite particle; each of the Tris molecules has three OH ions, namely a first, a second and a third OH ion; the first and second OH ions of the Tris molecules are bound by
hydrogen bonds to oxidizing functional groups on a corresponding
barium titanate particle or zinc oxide particle; the third OH ions of the Tris molecules extend outwards to an outer surface of the corresponding
barium titanate particle or zinc oxide particle to form the second hydroxide ion layer; wherein the second dopamine layer is formed by a plurality of copolymerized dopamine molecules; a
polymerization triggered by
dehydration is carried out between OH ions of the dopamine molecules of the second dopamine layer and the third OH ions of a corresponding second hydroxide ion layer to cause the second dopamine layer to be linked to a corresponding
barium titanate particle or zinc oxide particle by the corresponding second hydroxide ion layer; and wherein the outer hydrophobic layer is applied to the outer hydrophobic layer of the outer surface of the hydrophobic LLZO particle by chain copolymerization of the dopamine molecules of the first dopamine layer and the dopamine molecules of the second dopamine layer.