US 7,488,559 B2
Solid electrolyte
Shinji Inagaki, Nagoya (Japan); Shiyou Guan, Kyoto (Japan); and Yoshiaki Fukushima, Aichi-gun (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-gun (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/415,353
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/09570
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 06, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/37506, PCT Pub. Date May 10, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 2000-337694 (JP), filed on Nov. 06, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2004/0029015 A1, Feb. 12, 2004
Int. Cl. H01M 10/40 (2006.01); H01M 6/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 429—317  [429/314; 429/304; 429/30] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid electrolyte, comprising:
an organic/inorganic composite material having pores with a mean diameter of 1 to 30 nm and a skeleton comprising
at least one structural unit expressed by the following Formula (1)

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
R1 is an organic group with at least one carbon atom, and
M is a metal atom;
the carbons of R1 to which M is bonded may be the same or different;
R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrocarbon group;
x is an integer obtained by subtracting 1 from the valence of the metal M,
n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to x, and
m is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
wherein said organic/inorganic composite material has at least one functional group having an ion exchange function said functional group being bonded to an organic group inside the pores;
wherein at least 60% of a total pore volume of said organic/inorganic composite material is included in the range of +/−40% of the mean pore diameter on the pore diameter distribution curve.