	US 12,463,249 B2
	All solid-state lithium-ion battery incorporating electrolyte-infiltrated composite electrodes
Zhigang Lin, Anaheim, CA (US); Chunhu Tan, Anaheim, CA (US); and Tianyu Meng, Anaheim, CA (US)
Filed by Solid Energies Inc., Anaheim, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/617,619.
Application 18/097,384 is a division of application No. 17/140,690, filed on Jan. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,588,176, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 18/617,619 is a continuation of application No. 18/097,384, filed on Jan. 16, 2023, granted, now 11,967,678.
Prior Publication US 2024/0234808 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0562 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/505 (2010.01); H01M 4/525 (2010.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)

CPC H01M 10/0562 (2013.01) [H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 4/622 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0071 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A ceramic-polymer composite electrode that comprises: (i) a polymer matrix, (ii) ceramic nanoparticles that are distributed in the polymer matrix and which include ceramic materials of formula Al_xLi_7-xLa₃Zr_2-y-zTa_yNb_zO₁₂, wherein x ranges from 0.01 to 0.85, y ranges from 0 to 0.50, and z ranges from 0 to 0.75, (iii) an anode active material or cathode active material that is distributed in the polymer matrix, and (iv) a conducting agent that is distributed in the polymer matrix.

12. A ceramic-polymer composite electrolyte membrane that comprises: (i) a polymer matrix, (ii) ceramic nanoparticles with diameters that range from 10 to 2000 nm that are distributed in the polymer matrix and which include ceramic nanoparticles of formula Al_xLi_7-xLa₃Zr_2-y-zTa_yNb_zO₁₂, wherein x ranges from 0.01 to 0.85, y ranges from 0 to 0.50, and z ranges from 0 to 0.75, (iii) a plasticizer and (iv) a lithium salt.