US 12,126,022 B2
Solid-state lithium-ion conductor and methods of manufacture thereof
Yihan Xiao, Berkeley, CA (US); Gerbrand Ceder, Orinda, CA (US); KyuJung Jun, Albany, CA (US); Yingzhi Sun, Albany, CA (US); Yan Wang, Brookline, MA (US); and Lincoln Miara, Lincoln, MA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, 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 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/323,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,739, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109156 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 4/58 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/5825 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid-state ion conductor comprising a compound of Formula 1:
Li4-x-a-(b+2)yAxMa(SeO3)2-yXby   Formula 1
wherein, in Formula 1,
A is Na,
M is Mg, Ca, Sr, Y, La, Zr, Al, In, Bi, or a combination thereof, wherein an oxidation state a of M is 2≤a≤7,
X is a cluster anion having an oxidation state of b, wherein −3≤b≤−1,
0<(4-x-a-(b+2)y)≤2,
x≥0, and
0≤y<2;
wherein the solid-state ion conductor has a continuous symmetry measure of greater than 0 to less than 20.