The fabrication of single-crystalline ionically conductive materials and related articles and systems are generally described.

A method for forming a treated sintered composition includes: providing a slurry precursor including a lithium-, sodium-, or magnesium-based compound; tape casting the slurry precursor to form a green tape; sintering the green tape at a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 1350° C. for a time in a range of less than 60 min to form a sintered composition; and heat treating the sintered composition at a temperature in a range of 700° C. to 1100° C. for a time in a range of 1 min to 2 hrs in an oxygen-containing atmosphere to form the treated sintered composition.

An electrode for batteries that does not include a metal-film-type current collector is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the electrode comprises a composite having a core-shell structure including a core having an electrode active material, and a metal material coated on or doped in the surface of the core. A secondary battery having the electrode has increased capacity and energy density and exhibits improved lifespan characteristics.

An all solid battery includes a solid electrolyte layer of which a main component is a Li—Al-M-PO.sub.4-based phosphoric acid salt, a first electrode layer that is provided on a first main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an active material, and a second electrode layer that is provided on a second main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an active material. “M” is at least one of Ge, Ti, and Zr. A region in which a ratio of MO.sub.2 with respect to Li—Al-M-PO.sub.4 is 5% or more is unevenly distributed from a center in a thickness of the solid electrolyte layer to 0.4 A downward and to 0.4 A upward, when the thickness of the solid electrolyte layer is expressed by “A”.

A method of manufacturing a negative electrode includes styrene butadiene rubber on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector, applying a second slurry including a negative electrode active material and a polyacrylic acid-based binder onto the first slurry, and drying and rolling the negative electrode current collector to which the first slurry and the second slurry are applied. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based negative electrode active material. According to the present disclosure, expansion and contraction of a silicon-based negative electrode active material during charging and discharging may be alleviated, and electrode flexibility may be improved, resulting in a significant improvement in lifespan properties of a secondary battery.

Disclosed are an anodeless all-solid-state battery including a protective layer formed on an anode current collector and a method for manufacturing the same. The anodeless all-solid-state battery may be capable of inhibiting the growth of lithium dendrites formed therein.

In the present disclosure, a positive electrode layer used in an all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode active material, a sulfide solid electrolyte, and a coated sulfide solid electrolyte having a coating layer covering a surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte and containing a metal sulfate, and in an S2p spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the coated sulfide solid electrolyte, a ratio (P2/P1) of an intensity P2 of a peak appearing near 163 eV to an intensity P1 of a peak appearing near 167 eV is 0.15 or more and less than 0.36, thereby solving the above problem.

An electrode material manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an electrode material (50) of an all-solid-state battery, and the method includes: the step of preparing a coated active substance to prepare a coated active substance (10) containing a positive electrode active substance 11 and a coating layer (12) of an oxide-based solid-electrolyte that covers at least a portion of a surface thereof; the step of first compositing to manufacture a first composite material (20) by covering at least a portion of a surface of the solid electrolyte (21) with a conductive auxiliary agent (22); the step of second compositing to manufacture a second composite material (40) by covering a surface of the coated active substance (10) with the first composite material (20); and the step of mixing the second composite material (40), the conductive auxiliary agent (22), and the solid electrolyte (21) to manufacture an electrode material (50).

Articles and methods related to electrochemical cells and/or electrochemical cell components (such as electrodes) comprising species comprising a conjugated, negatively-charged ring comprising a nitrogen atom and/or reaction products of such species are generally provided. The electrochemical cell may comprise an electrode (e.g., a cathode) comprising a protective layer comprising a species comprising a conjugated, negatively-charged ring comprising a nitrogen atom and/or a reaction product thereof.

A coaxially arranged energy storage device suitable for energy storage and structural support for a composite component is provided. The coaxially arranged energy storage device contains an anode core of a continuous carbon fiber;, an electrolyte coating coaxially arranged on the continuous carbon fiber core; and a cathode layer coating coaxially arranged to the continuous carbon fiber core on the electrolyte coating. The electrolyte coating comprises a gel or elastomer of a cross-linked polymer and a lithium salt and a Young's modulus of the gel or elastomer of a cross-linked polymer is from 0.1 MPa to 10 Mpa. The cathode layer comprises particles of a cathode active material embedded in a matrix of an electrically conductive polymer. Methods to prepare the coaxially arranged energy storage device are described and utilities described.