Patent ID: 8795885

Claim:
A lithium-ion battery comprising in combination: an anode comprising electrodeposited high aspect-ratio nanostructures, wherein the nanostructures are nanowires, nanotubes or nanocones, and having intermetallic composition effective for reversibly intercalating lithium ions, the nanostructures being in electrical communication with a first electrode; a lithium-ion conducting, electrically-insulating, solid-state electrolyte deposited on the nanostructures forming solid-state electrolyte covered anode nanostructures; and a cathode material deposited on said solid-state electrolyte, thereby interpenetrating spaces between said solid-state electrolyte covered anode nanostructures, and in electrical communication with a second electrode, such that the nanostructures and said cathode material are disposed between said first electrode and said second electrode.