Solid State Battery Electrolyte Contact via Buffer Layer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lithium batteries using organic electrolytes face issues with reliability due to leakage, ignition, and limited operating temperature ranges, and existing solid-state batteries struggle with achieving ideal electrical contact between electrodes and solid electrolytes, leading to reduced performance and complexity in manufacturing.
Innovation Solution
A solid-state battery design where a thin layer of lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte, preferably with lithium ion conductive glass ceramics, is interposed between positive and negative electrodes, with metal oxides like Co, Ni, Mn, Nb, and Si-based compounds used for the electrodes, ensuring high lithium ion conductivity and preventing unfavorable reactions during the manufacturing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a solid electrolyte is used instead of organic electrolyte solution, then reliability is improved by preventing leakage and ignition, but electrical contact between electrode layers and solid electrolyte layer becomes inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
A buffer layer is introduced as an intermediary between the solid electrolyte layer and electrode layers. This buffer layer facilitates adequate electrical contact while maintaining the reliability benefits of solid electrolyte, resolving the contradiction between reliability improvement and manufacturing difficulty.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes physical parameters of the solid electrolyte layer (thickness, density, composition) to optimize electrical contact. By adjusting these parameters, the solid electrolyte maintains its reliability advantages while achieving sufficient electrical conductivity for manufacturing.
2Ease of manufacture
If pressure molding is used to join positive electrode, solid electrolyte, and negative electrode, then assembly is achieved, but electrical contact of solid electrolyte layer and electrode layers remains inadequate leading to capacity degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The buffer layer serves as a mediator that enables effective electrical contact between the solid electrolyte and electrodes under pressure molding conditions. This intermediary ensures that assembly is achieved while preventing capacity degradation, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and reliability.
3Productivity
If mixture of active material powder and solid electrolyte powder is used as electrode, then service rate of active material is improved by reducing impedance, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the electrode and solid electrolyte into a single integrated layer structure. This combining approach maintains the high service rate benefits of mixed powder electrodes while simplifying the manufacturing process by reducing the number of separate components and assembly steps.
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 solution enhances the reliability and performance of the battery by maintaining high lithium ion conductivity, preventing electrode degradation, and simplifying the manufacturing process while ensuring stable ion conduction and chemical stability, thus improving the battery's overall efficiency and capacity.
Implementation Method 1
a solid electrolyte having a lithium ion conductive property instead of the organic electrolyte solution
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AI summary
A solid state battery comprising: a solid electrolyte; a positive electrode containing an active material; and a negative electrode containing an active material is provided. The solid electrolyte is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material contains a metal oxide.