A sulfide solid electrolyte to be used in a lithium-ion secondary battery, including: a crystal phase; and an anion existing in a crystal structure of the crystal phase, in which the crystal phase includes an argyrodite crystal containing Li, P, S, and Ha; Ha is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I; the anion includes an oxide anion having a Q0 structure having an M-O bond that is a bond of M and O; and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements and semimetal elements belonging to Groups 2 to 14 of a periodic table.

Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a titanium atom. The titanium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the titanium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5≤x≤1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1:
Formula 1: 3C<A.

A hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material can be used in a negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries (for example, a lithium ion battery) having not only high charge capacity but also high charge-discharge efficiency and being fully charged to be used and a method for producing the same. Such hardly graphitizable carbonaceous material may have an oxygen element content of 0.25% by mass or less.

This disclosure relates to the manufacture an alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial. an alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial having general Formula A (I.sub.2-II-IV-VI.sub.4); and wherein I is sodium (Na) or lithium (Li), II and IV are Zn or Sn, and VI is a chalcogens selected from the group comprising: sulphur (S), selenium (Se) or tellurium (Te). The crystal phase of the alkali metal quaternary crystalline nanomaterial may be a primitive mixed Cu—Au like structure (PMCA) and may have a space group: P42m. The nanomaterials may be adapted to provide a solar cell. Methods of manufacture are also provided.

Silica particles include a nitrogen-containing compound. When the volumes of pores having a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, the volumes being determined from a pore size distribution curve of the silica particles before and after the silica particles are baked at 350° C., the pore size distribution curve being obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption, are defined as A and B, respectively, B/A is 1.2 or more and 5 or less and B is 0.2 cm.sup.3/g or more and 3 cm.sup.3/g or less.

A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have 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, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.

The present invention concerns a method for producing a solid material according to general formula (I) as follows: Li.sub.6-.sub.x_.sub.2yCu.sub.xPS.sub.5_.sub.yX (I) wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: F, CI, I and Br; 0.005 ≤ x ≤ 5; and 0 ≤y ≤ 0.5.; comprising at least bringing at least lithium sulfide, phosphorous sulfide, halogen compound and a copper compound, optionally in one or more solvents. The invention also refers to said solid materials and their use as solid electrolytes notably for electrochemical devices.

Porous particles comprising an active ingredient and a coating exhibiting greater dissolution rate in aqueous media than in alcoholic media are disclosed. A process for the manufacture of the particles is also disclosed, as well as tamper-proof particles and solid dosage forms comprising the coated particles. The differential solubility characteristics of the particle coating allow the particles to be incorporated into abuse-deterrent medicaments.

Set forth herein are processes for making lithium-stuffed garnet oxides (e.g., Li.sub.7La.sub.3Zr.sub.2O.sub.12, also known as LLZO) that have passivated surfaces comprising a fluorinate and/or an oxyfluorinate species. These surfaces resist the formation of oxides, carbonates, hydroxides, peroxides, and organics that spontaneously form on LLZO surfaces under ambient conditions. Also set forth herein are new materials made by these processes.