Solid electrolyte, lithium-ion battery and method for producing lithium-ion battery

• US 20050019666A1
• Filed: 07/15/2004
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yasuda, Toshikazu
• Application Number:
  US10/891,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20050019666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/309
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0565 Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2300/0082 Organic polymers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2300/0094 in the form of layered products, e.g. coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/131 Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/133 Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/525 of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/181 with polymeric electrolytes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/187 Solid electrolyte characterised by the form
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49115 including coating or impregnating

Abstract

A lithium-ion battery includes a cathode and an anode capable of being doped with and dedoped from lithium and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode and the anode. The solid electrolyte comprises a multi-layer structure having three layers or more. A layer nearest to the cathode side and a layer nearest to the anode side of the layers include first polymers which have a low glass transition point, do not have functional groups capable of being crosslinked and are not crosslinked. At least one layer except the layers located at positions nearest to the cathode side and the anode side of the layers includes a second polymer that has a functional group capable of being crosslinked and is crosslinked. Thus, the electrode utilization factor of the cathode and the anode is improved.

Claims

1. A solid electrolyte provided between a cathode and an anode, said solid electrolyte comprising:

a multi-layer structure having three layers or more;

wherein a layer nearest to the cathode side and a layer nearest to the anode side of the layers include first polymers which have a low glass transition point, do not have functional groups capable of being crosslinked and are not crosslinked and at least one layer except the layers located at positions nearest to the cathode side and the anode side of the layers includes a second polymer that has a functional group capable of being crosslinked and is crosslinked.

2. The solid electrolyte according to claim 1, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are random copolymers including a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 1 and a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 2.

3. A solid electrolyte provided between a cathode and an anode;

said solid electrolyte comprising;

parts including polymers high in their crosslinking density in parallel with the electrode planes of the cathode and the anode, wherein the crosslinking density is inclined so as to be lowered toward the cathode and the anode from the part high in its crosslinking density.

4. The solid electrolyte according to claim 3, wherein the polymers have a low glass transition point, are not crosslinked and have the lowest crosslinking density in parts nearest to the cathode side and the anode side.

5. The solid electrolyte according to claim 3, wherein the polymers are random copolymers including a component unit having a structure shown in a blow-described chemical formula 3 and a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 4.

6. A lithium-ion battery having a cathode and an anode capable of being doped with and dedoped from lithium and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode and the anode, said solid electrolyte comprising:

a multi-layer structure having three layers or more;

wherein a layer nearest to the cathode side and a layer nearest to the anode side of the layers include first polymers which have a low glass transition point, do not have functional groups capable of being crosslinked and are not crosslinked and at least one layer except the layers located at positions nearest to the cathode side and the anode side of the layers includes a second polymer that has a functional group capable of being crosslinked and is crosslinked.

7. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 6, wherein in the solid electrolyte, the first polymer and the second polymer are composed of random copolymers including a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 5 and a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 6 and soluble electrolyte salt is included in the random copolymers.

8. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 6, wherein the anode is made of a carbon material.

9. A lithium-ion battery having a cathode and an anode capable of being doped with and dedoped from lithium and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode and the anode, said solid electrolyte comprising:

parts including polymers that have functional groups capable of being crosslinked in parallel with the electrode planes of the cathode and the anode and are crosslinked with a high crosslinking density, wherein the crosslinking density is inclined so as to be lowered toward the cathode and the anode from the part having the high crosslinking density.

10. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 9, wherein the solid electrolyte includes the polymers that have a low glass transition point at positions nearest to the cathode side and the anode side and are not crosslinked.

11. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 9, wherein in the solid electrolyte, the first polymer and the second polymer are random copolymers including a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 7 and a component unit having a structure shown in a below-described chemical formula 8 and soluble electrolyte salt is included in the random copolymers.

12. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 9, wherein the anode is made of a carbon material.

13. A method for producing a lithium-ion battery including a cathode and an anode capable of being doped with and dedoped from lithium and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode and the anode, said method comprising the steps of:

forming on the cathode and the anode first polymer layers having a low glass transition point and no functional group capable of being crosslinked and including a polymer which is not crosslinked;

forming a second polymer layer provided between the cathode and the anode so as to be opposed to the first polymer layers, having a functional group capable of being crosslinked and including a crosslinked polymer and allowing the first polymer layers respectively formed on the cathode and the anode and the second polymer layer to be opposed to each other and come into tightly contact with each other.