# US 12,119,478 B2 · Active material ball electrode layer structure

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- Number: US 12,119,478 B2
- Document ID: US12119478B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/923,271
- Filed: 2020-07-08
- Published: 2021-02-11
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-05
- Assignees: Prologium Technology Co., Ltd.; Prologium Holding Inc.
- Applicants: Prologium Technology Co., Ltd.; Prologium Holding Inc.
- Inventors: Szu-Nan Yang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119478B2

## CPC

- H01M 4/134: Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/362: {Composites}
- H01M 4/131: Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
- H01M 4/133: Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/364: {as mixtures}
- H01M 4/366: {as layered products}
- H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon}
- H01M 4/62: Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
- H01M 4/622: {being polymers}
- H01M 4/624: {Electric conductive fillers}
- H01M 4/625: {Carbon or graphite}
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 4/623: {fluorinated polymers}
- H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area}
- H01M 2004/025: {with shapes other than plane or cylindrical}
- H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes}
- H01M 2300/0068: inorganic
- H01M 2300/0071: Oxides
- H01M 2300/008: Halides
- H01M 2300/0082: Organic polymers
- H01M 2300/0085: Immobilising or gelification of electrolyte
- H01M 2300/0091: in the form of mixtures
- H01M 2300/0094: in the form of layered products, e.g. coatings
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

The invention discloses an active material ball electrode layer structure, which mainly includes the active material balls made of the active material particles, a first mixed electrolyte located inside the active material balls, and a second mixed electrolyte located outside the active material balls. The first mixed electrolyte is mainly made of the deformable electrolyte. The second mixed electrolyte is mainly made of the electrolyte with relatively lesser deformation than the deformable electrolyte of the first mixed electrolyte. The invention utilizes the first mixed electrolyte to effectively active material ball reduce the derived problems of the volume change of the active materials. Moreover, the different configuration of the first mixed electrolyte and the second mixed electrolyte inside and outside the active material balls is utilized to reduce the charge transfer resistance. Also, the expansion resistance is provided for the active material balls.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A negative material ball anode layer structure, comprising:
a plurality of active material balls arranged in layers to form the electrode layer structure, each of the active material balls including a plurality of first active material particles, a first electrically conductive material, a first binder and a first mixed electrolyte including a first electrolyte and a second electrolyte; and
a second mixed electrolyte including the first electrolyte and the second electrolyte, disposed outside of the active material balls and filling gaps between the active material balls to be against an outer surface of the active material balls to form a resistance of volume expansion of the active material balls;
wherein the first electrolyte has a deformation ability, and the second electrolyte has a relatively lesser deformation ability compared to the first electrolyte;
wherein the first active material particles are at least one of a lithium metal, a carbon material, a silicon or a silicon oxide;
wherein the first electrolyte is at least one of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, a hydride based solid electrolyte, a halide based solid electrolyte or a polymer solid electrolyte or a combination thereof;
wherein the second electrolyte is a lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (LLZO) electrolyte or a lithium aluminum titanium phosphate (LATP) electrolyte;
wherein a volume content of the second electrolyte of the second mixed electrolyte is greater than 50% of a total volume content of the second mixed electrolyte; and
wherein a volume content of the first electrolyte of the first mixed electrolyte is greater than 50% of a total volume content of the first mixed electrolyte.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The negative material ball anode layer structure of claim 1, wherein the polymer solid electrolyte includes a polyethylene oxide (PEO), a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a polyacrylonitrile (PAN), a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) or a polyvinylchloride (PVC).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The negative material ball anode layer structure of claim 1, wherein the volume content of the second electrolyte of the second mixed electrolyte is greater than 90% of the total volume content of the second mixed electrolyte.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The negative material ball anode layer structure of claim 1, wherein an average particle diameter D50 of the active material balls is not greater than 70% of a thickness of the electrode layer structure, and the average particle diameter D50 of the first active material particles is not greater than 60% of a diameter of the active material ball.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A battery comprising the negative material ball anode layer structure of claim 1, wherein a volume change of the first active material particles during charging and discharging processes is 15% to 400%.