A battery includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the first electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer disposed between the current collector and the solid electrolyte layer, and the active material layer contains Bi as a main component of an active material.

The present invention concerns a new method for the preparation of a Li—P—S product, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes.

The present invention concerns a new method for the preparation of a Li—P—S product, as well as the products obtainable by said methods, and uses thereof especially as solid electrolytes.

A method for producing a solid electrolyte, which comprises: a step of mixing an anionic surfactant which is a monomer or an oligomer, a solvent, and a sulfide solid electrolyte to obtain a mixture; and a step of removing the solvent from the mixture.

The present invention provides a production method of a solid electrolyte containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorous element, and a halogen element, wherein the solid electrolyte has a high ionic conductivity and capable of suppressing hydrogen sulfide by adopting a liquid-phase method, wherein the method includes mixing a complexing agent having an ester group and also having at least one branch with a solid electrolyte raw material. The present invention also relates to an electrolyte precursor.

Described are a solid material which has ionic conductivity for lithium ions, a process for preparing said solid material, a use of said solid material as a solid electrolyte for an electrochemical cell, a solid structure selected from the group consisting of a cathode, an anode and a separator for an electrochemical cell, and an electrochemical cell comprising such solid structure.

To provide an electrolyte material having a low hydrogen gas permeability and excellent hot water resistance. An electrolyte material comprising a polymer having units represented by the following formula u1 and units based on chlorotrifluoroethylene at the specific proportion: ##STR00001##
wherein Q.sup.11 is a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Q.sup.12 is a single bond or a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Y.sup.1 is a fluorine atom or the like, s is 0 or 1, R.sup.f1 is a perfluoroalkyl group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, X.sup.1 is an oxygen atom or the like, a is 0 when X.sup.1 is an oxygen, and Z.sup.+ is H.sup.+ or the like.

To provide an electrolyte material having a low hydrogen gas permeability and excellent hot water resistance. An electrolyte material comprising a polymer having units represented by the following formula u1 and units based on chlorotrifluoroethylene at the specific proportion: ##STR00001##
wherein Q.sup.11 is a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Q.sup.12 is a single bond or a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Y.sup.1 is a fluorine atom or the like, s is 0 or 1, R.sup.f1 is a perfluoroalkyl group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, X.sup.1 is an oxygen atom or the like, a is 0 when X.sup.1 is an oxygen, and Z.sup.+ is H.sup.+ or the like.

A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a diffraction peak A at 2θ=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuKα rays, an area ratio of a peak derived from PS.sub.4.sup.3− glass to the total area of peaks derived from glass observed in solid .sup.31P-NMR measurement is 90% or more and 100% or less, and an area ratio of peaks derived from glass to the total area of all peaks at 60 to 120 ppm observed in solid .sup.31P-NMR measurement is 1% or more and 45% or less.

A sulfur-containing compound containing a lithium (Li) element, a phosphorus (P) element, a sulfur (S) element, and a halogen (X) element, which can be suitably used as a solid electrolyte, and is able to suppress the generation of a hydrogen sulfide gas even when exposed to moisture in the atmosphere. The sulfur-containing compound has a peak at each position of 2θ=21.3°±1.0°, 27.8°±1.0°, and 30.8°±0.5° in an X-ray diffraction pattern measured by an X-ray diffraction apparatus (XRD) using CuKα1 rays.