Patent ID: 11967723
Assignee: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A cathode-electrolyte structure for a lithium battery, comprising:
a gas diffusion layer including a catalyst coating;
a polymeric matrix material disposed against the catalyst coating of the gas diffusion layer, the polymeric matrix material including a combination of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polyethylene glycol (PEG);
inorganic nanoparticles dispersed within the polymeric matrix material, the nanoparticles comprising a Li-rich super ionic conductor having a LixMyPzSq structural formula, wherein M refers to a metal element, and each of x, y, z, and q is an integer, wherein the metal element is selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), copper (Cu), and combinations thereof;
a silane coupling agent bonding the nanoparticles to the polymer matrix material; and
a lithium salt dispersed within the polymeric matrix material.