A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.

A method for making a lithium foil anode of an all-solid-state lithium battery includes the steps of: a) dispersing a carbon nanomaterial in water to form a dispersion; b) mixing dopamine with the dispersion so as to permit the dopamine to perform a polymerization reaction in the dispersion to obtain a surface-modified carbon nanomaterial which is surface-modified by polydopamine; c) forming a regular sub-millimeter textured structure on a lithium foil; d) mixing the surface-modified carbon nanomaterial with a lithium ion-containing polymer to form a mixture; and e) applying the mixture on the lithium foil.

A coated cathode active material, a method of preparing the same, and a cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, each including the same, the coated cathode active material including: a cathode active material particle and a coating layer on a surface of the cathode active material particle, the coating layer including LiAlF.sub.4, LiF, and Li.sub.3AlF.sub.6.

Disclosed is a negative electrode current collector for an anode-free lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector includes a PdTe.sub.2 layer and an intermediate layer to inhibit the growth of lithium dendrite, resulting in significant improves in lifespan and performance of the lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector further includes an ion conductive layer to improve the performance of the lithium metal battery.

Disclosed are a composite solid electrolyte separation membrane using inorganic fiber and a secondary battery using the same, the composite solid electrolyte separation membrane including inorganic fiber, a sodium oxide-based ceramic material impregnated into the inorganic fiber, and an electrolyte impregnated into the inorganic fiber into which the sodium oxide-based ceramic material is impregnated.

A solid electrolyte contains at least elemental lithium (Li), elemental phosphorus (P), elemental sulfur (S), elemental halogen (X), and elemental oxygen (O), and has a crystalline phase with an argyrodite-type crystal structure. In the solid electrolyte, the molar ratio of the elemental halogen (X) to the elemental phosphorus (P), X/P, is more than 1.0 and less than 2.4, and the molar ratio of the elemental oxygen (O) to the elemental phosphorus (P), O/P, is more than 0 and less than 0.5. In an X-ray diffraction pattern, the solid electrolyte exhibits: peak A in the range of 2θ=21.6° to 22.6°, peak B in the range of 2θ=22.7° to 23.7°; and peak C in the range of 2θ=35.8° to 36.8°, the X-ray diffraction pattern being obtained by an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) using CuKα1 radiation.

An electrochemical cell includes a solid state material that functions as an electrolyte and a separator within the electrode assembly. The solid state material is a mixture of a polymer that is interspersed with an ionically conductive ceramic material.

A unit stack-cell structure and an all-solid-state secondary battery including the same, the unit stack-cell structure includes a plurality of stacked unit cells, each unit cell of the plurality of stacked unit cells including a laminate in which a cathode layer; a solid electrolyte layer; an anode layer; and an elastic layer are sequentially arranged, wherein the elastic layer has a compressive strength of greater than or equal to about 0.28 MPa and less than about 0.6 MPa in a compressibility interval in a range of about 40% to about 70%.

An electrode layer for an all-solid state battery contains an electrode active material, a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a residual liquid, where the residual liquid has a δ.sub.P of less than 2.9 MPa.sup.½ in a Hansen solubility parameter and a boiling point of 190° C. or higher.

There is provided an electrode layer for an all-solid state battery, which contains an electrode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte, where the sulfide solid electrolyte has an average particle diameter of less than 1 .Math.m and the electrode layer contains an imidazoline-based dispersion material.