US 11,876,225 B2
Solid-state lithium-ion conductor and methods of manufacture thereof
KyuJung Jun, Albany, CA (US); Gerbrand Ceder, Orinda, CA (US); Yan Wang, Brookline, MA (US); Lincoln Miara, Lincoln, MA (US); Yan Zeng, Albany, CA (US); and Yihan Xiao, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US); and LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY, Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/322,325.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,729, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109154 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01M 10/056 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/58 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0407 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/581 (2013.01); H01M 4/582 (2013.01); H01M 4/662 (2013.01); H01M 10/056 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid-state ion conductor comprising a compound of Formula 1:
Li1+(4−a)yAayM1−yXO5  Formula 1
wherein, in Formula 1,
A is an element of Groups 1 to 3 or 11 to 13, or a combination thereof, wherein an oxidation state a of A is 1≤a≤3,
M is an element having an oxidation state of +4 of Groups 4, 14, or a combination thereof,
X is an element having an oxidation state of +5 of Groups 15, 17, or a combination thereof, and
0<y≤1.