US 11,843,106 B2
Solid-state lithium-ion conductor and methods of manufacture thereof
Gerbrand Ceder, Orinda, CA (US); Bin Ouyang, Richmond, CA (US); YingZhi Sun, El Cerrito, CA (US); Yihan Xiao, Berkeley, CA (US); Yan Eric Wang, Brookline, MA (US); and Lincoln James 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 Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,391.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,691, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263061 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/131 (2010.01); H01M 4/1391 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 4/131 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0442 (2013.01); H01M 4/1391 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0071 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid-state ion conductor comprising a compound of Formula (I):
Li4+(b−a)y+cδ+(a−γ)xM13+x+yM23−yM″xO12X1cX21−c  Formula (I)
wherein, in Formula (I),
M1 is a cationic element having an oxidation state of a, wherein a is +3;
M2 is a cationic element having an oxidation state of b, wherein b is +4;
M″ is a cationic element having an oxidation state of γ, wherein γ is less
X1 is a cluster anion having an oxidation state of (−1−δ), wherein δ is 0 or
X2 is a halogen;
0<c≤1;
0≤x≤1; and
0≤y≤2.