Solid Electrolyte Coating for Uniform All-Solid-State Battery Layers

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Solution Overview

Problem

The production of all-solid-state batteries faces challenges with unevenness of the solid electrolyte layer, leading to reduced yield and potential internal short circuits due to pinholes, and requires high pressing pressures, limiting productivity and scalability.

Innovation Solution

Dispersing insoluble fine particles in the solid electrolyte solution to form a uniform solid electrolyte layer, eliminating the need for high pressing pressures and enhancing mass production capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If high pressing pressure is used to form the solid electrolyte layer, then the interface bonding is improved, but the productivity is reduced and large electrode production is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterface bondingVSAvoidproductivity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical pressing system with a chemical solution-based system. Instead of using high pressing pressure to form the solid electrolyte layer, the invention uses a solid electrolyte solution that can be applied to the electrode surface, allowing the solid electrolyte to be formed through solvent evaporation and chemical processes rather than mechanical compression. This substitution eliminates the need for high-pressure equipment and enables scalable production.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical state and composition parameters of the solid electrolyte. By transforming the solid electrolyte into a solution form (changing from solid to liquid state), the invention enables application through coating or infiltration methods rather than pressing. The solution contains dissolved solid electrolyte materials that can be uniformly distributed and then solidified through controlled evaporation or drying processes, achieving good interface bonding without high pressure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If solid electrolyte solution is applied to form the solid electrolyte layer, then the productivity is improved, but the surface becomes uneven causing pinholes and internal short circuits

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveproductivityVSAvoidsurface uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary substance or process to achieve uniform surface formation. The solid electrolyte solution acts as an intermediary that can uniformly infiltrate the electrode porous structure, ensuring even distribution of solid electrolyte material. Additionally, the solution may contain additives or use controlled evaporation processes as intermediaries to prevent surface unevenness and pinhole formation during the solidification process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes the porous structure of the electrode to improve surface uniformity. The solid electrolyte solution is designed to infiltrate the porous electrode structure uniformly, allowing the solution to penetrate deep into the electrode matrix through capillary action. This porous infiltration approach ensures even distribution of solid electrolyte throughout the electrode, preventing surface defects and pinholes that would occur with simple surface coating.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The method achieves a uniformly formed solid electrolyte layer, reducing unevenness and internal short circuits, while allowing for high productivity and mass production of all-solid-state batteries without the need for high pressing pressures.

Implementation Method 1

applying the solid electrolyte solution to the electrode layer filled with the solid electrolyte and drying it to form a solid electrolyte layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Implementation Method 2

removing a solvent to cause the solid electrolyte to deposit

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDeposition: Deposition (physical)

Data Source

PatentEP3940818B1Method for producing all-solid-state battery
Publication Date: 2023.12.06 MITSUBISHI GAS CHEM CO INC
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AI summary

The present invention is able to provide a method for producing an all-solid-state battery that has a solid electrolyte layer between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer. This method for producing an all-solid-state battery is characterized by comprising: a step wherein a coating liquid is applied to at least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, said coating liquid containing a solid electrolyte solution, which is obtained by dissolving a solid electrolyte in a solvent, and fine particles which are insoluble in the solid electrolyte solution; and a step wherein the solvent is removed from the applied coating liquid, thereby having the solid electrolyte deposit on at least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer.