Described herein are borate salts useful as additives, binders, and electrolyte salts for solid state lithium ion batteries. In particular, the borate salts of Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III) as described herein: ##STR00001##
can be polymerized, or can be bound to an existing polymer, to provide polymeric binders for ceramic solid state electrolytes that are themselves capable of ion transport independent of the ceramic.

Provided is a solid electrolyte-containing layer capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the formation of a dendrite. A solid electrolyte-containing layers (30) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes (i) an inorganic solid electrolyte (31), (ii) a heat-resistant resin (32), and (iii) at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic liquid, a mixture of an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, and a polymer electrolyte.

The present invention provides an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the electrolyte including a polymer, and one or more selected from the group consisting of an inorganic solid electrolyte particle and a ferrodielectric, wherein the polymer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a polymer represented by Formula 1 and a polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 2.

A shear-thickening electrolyte solution includes a polar solvent; an electrolyte dissolved in said polar solvent; and ceramic filler dispersed in said polar solvent, said ceramic filler having an aspect ratio, length to width, of greater than 1:1 and being functionalized to provide terminal end groups that interact with the polar solvent to form a solvation layer around said ceramic filler and support the suspension of said ceramic filler in said polar solvent.

An example composition is disclosed. For example, the composition includes a ultra-violet (UV) curable mixture of water, an acid, a phosphine oxide with one or more photoinitiators, a water miscible polymer, a salt, and a neutralizing agent. The composition can be used to form an electrolyte layer that can be cured in the presence of air when printing the thin-film battery.

A composite electrolyte includes: a positively charged particle, a particle that is positively charged by having a coordinate bond with a cation, or a combination thereof; and a lithium salt.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide solid oxide cells and components thereof having a metal oxide electrolyte that exhibits enhanced ionic conductivity. Certain of those embodiments have two materials, at least one of which is a metal oxide, disposed so that at least some interfaces between the domains of the materials orient in a direction substantially parallel to the desired ionic conductivity.

Provided is a technique with high strength, superior ionic conductivity, and superior electrical characteristics.

A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a polymer electrolyte. The polymer electrolyte contains a lithium salt, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. The ionic liquid contains a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide anion as an anion component. The content of the lithium salt is 2 mol/kg or more and 6 mol/kg or less based on the sum of the content of the ionic liquid and the content of the polymer. The content of the polymer is 25% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less based on the sum of the content of the ionic liquid and the content of the polymer.

A composite electrode. The composite electrode including an active material, a conductive additive, a binder, and a solvent. The composite electrode may be cast or printed.

A sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle having a crystal phase of a cubic argyrodite-type crystal structure composed of Li, P, S and a halogen (Ha. The proposed sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle has a feature such that the ratio (Z.sub.Ha2/Z.sub.Ha1) of an element ratio Z.sub.Ha2 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface to an element ratio Z.sub.Ha1 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 100 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or lower, as measured by XPS; and the ratio (Z.sub.O2/Z.sub.A2) of an element ratio Z.sub.O2 of oxygen to the total Z.sub.A2 of element ratios of phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), oxygen (O) and the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or higher, as measured by XPS.