JP2010140893A - Apparatus and method for manufacturing solid electrolyte - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte that is highly productive and well-suited for mass production. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 for manufacturing the solid electrolyte includes: a crushing and composing means 10 for crushing and reacting a raw material including at least a lithium sulfide and other sulfide in a hydrocarbon-based solvent to compose a solid electrolyte; a first temperature stabilizing means 30 for keeping the temperature inside the crushing and composing means at 20 to 80°C; a composing means 20 for reacting the raw material including at least a lithium sulfide and other sulfide in the hydrocarbon-based solvent to compose a solid electrolyte; a second temperature stabilizing means 40 for keeping the temperature inside the composing means at 60 to 300°C; coupling means 50, 52 for coupling the crushing and composing means and the composing means; and a circulating means 54 for circulating the raw material, which is being reacted, between the crushing and composing means and the composing means through the coupling means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for a solid electrolyte, particularly a sulfide solid electrolyte used for a lithium secondary battery and the like.

  In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for lithium batteries that are used as main power sources for mobile phone terminals, portable electronic devices, small household power storage devices, motorcycles using a motor as a power source, hybrid electric vehicles, and the like. Since many of the solid electrolytes currently used in lithium batteries contain flammable organic substances, there is a risk of fire when an abnormality occurs in the battery, and it is hoped that the safety of the battery will be ensured. It is rare. In order to construct a safer battery system, it is desired to develop an all-solid-state lithium secondary battery using a solid electrolyte.

  A sulfide-based solid electrolyte has been studied as a nonflammable solid electrolyte. As its manufacture, there are a method of treating raw materials at a high temperature under vacuum or in an inert atmosphere, and a method of mechanical milling using a planetary ball mill at room temperature. However, any of these methods requires large special equipment for mass production, and is not suitable for mass production.

  The present inventors can industrially advantageously produce a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte at a relatively low temperature without the need for special equipment by reacting the raw materials in an organic solvent in response to the above-mentioned problems. A method is proposed (see Patent Document 1). Specifically, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone or the like is used as an aprotic organic solvent, and lithium sulfide and phosphorus sulfide are reacted as a homogeneous solution in the solvent.

  However, even with aprotic organic solvents, solvents with a relatively high polarity such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone can easily dissolve phosphorus sulfide and improve the reactivity, while solvation with lithium sulfide is difficult. Because it is strong, there is a problem that it tends to remain in the lithium sulfide product.

  As in Patent Document 1, it is possible to exhibit a predetermined performance by removing residual N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone substantially completely. However, since it is necessary to wash the produced solid electrolyte with a nonpolar solvent or to repeat solvent distillation under reduced pressure many times, there is a problem that the production process becomes long.

  In addition, when a polar solvent such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone remains in the product by distilling off the solvent by a normal method, an extreme decrease in ionic conductivity occurs, improving the stable product supply. Was necessary. In addition, when the temperature at the time of distilling off the polar solvent was too high at a high temperature, there was a possibility that the ion conductivity of the fixed electrolyte was lowered due to the reaction with the solvent.

  Residual polar solvent may lead to deterioration of battery performance and cell corrosion, and it is necessary to remove it as completely as possible. Also, special solvents such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone are expensive, and more appropriate solvents are desired in terms of cost.

  Patent Document 2 describes a method for producing a solid electrolyte in which a raw material mixed powder is processed at a relatively low temperature using special equipment such as a rotary mill. However, large-scale special equipment is necessary for mass production, and the raw material powder adheres to the wall surface of the apparatus, resulting in poor production efficiency.

International Publication No. 2004/093099 Pamphlet JP-A-11-144523

  An object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte production apparatus and a production method that are highly productive and suitable for mass production.

The solid electrolyte production apparatus of the present invention comprises a pulverizing and synthesizing means for synthesizing a solid electrolyte by reacting a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides while pulverizing them in a hydrocarbon solvent,
Synthesis in which a solid electrolyte is synthesized by reacting a first temperature stabilizing means for maintaining the inside of the pulverizing and synthesizing means at 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. and a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides in a hydrocarbon solvent. Means,
Second temperature stabilizing means for maintaining the inside of the synthesis means at 60 ° C. to 300 ° C .;
Connecting means for connecting the pulverizing and synthesizing means and the synthesizing means;
A circulation means for circulating the raw material in the reaction between the pulverizing and synthesizing means and the synthesizing means is provided through the connecting means.

  The solid electrolyte production method of the present invention produces a solid electrolyte using the solid electrolyte production apparatus.

In addition, the method for producing a solid electrolyte is obtained by reacting a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides in a hydrocarbon solvent in a pulverizer at 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. Synthesize,
In a reaction vessel, a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides is reacted in a hydrocarbon solvent at 60 ° C. to 300 ° C. to synthesize a solid electrolyte,
It may be a method for producing a solid electrolyte in which a raw material during reaction is circulated between the pulverizer and the reaction vessel.

  According to the present invention, the manufacturing time of the solid electrolyte can be shortened, and a large special device can be dispensed with.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows other embodiment of the solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus of this invention. 2 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in Example 1 with a reaction time of 2 to 12 hours. 2 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte heat treated in Example 1. FIG. 2 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in a reaction time of 2 to 8 hours in Example 2. 3 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in Example 3 with a reaction time of 2, 4 hours. 4 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in a reaction time of 2 to 14 hours in Example 4. 3 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in Comparative Example 1 with a reaction time of 12 hours. 3 is an XRD spectrum of a solid electrolyte obtained in Comparative Example 2 with a reaction time of 12 hours.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the solid electrolyte production apparatus of the present invention.
The solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a pulverizer (pulverization synthesis means) 10 that synthesizes a solid electrolyte by reacting while pulverizing the raw material, and a reaction tank (synthesis means) 20 that synthesizes the solid electrolyte by reacting the raw material. . In this embodiment, the reaction tank 20 includes a container 22 and a stirring blade 24. The stirring blade 24 is driven by a motor (M).
The pulverizer 10 is provided with a heater 30 (first temperature stabilizing means) through which hot water can be passed around the pulverizer 10 in order to keep the inside of the pulverizer 10 at 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. The reaction tank 20 is in an oil bath 40 (second temperature stabilization means) in order to keep the inside of the reaction tank 20 at 60 ° C. to 300 ° C. The oil bath 40 heats the raw material and solvent in the container 22 to a predetermined temperature. The reaction tank 20 is provided with a cooling pipe 26 that cools and vaporizes the evaporated solvent.
The pulverizer 10 and the reaction tank 20 are connected by a first connecting pipe 50 and a second connecting pipe 52 (connecting means). The first connecting pipe 50 moves the raw material and solvent in the pulverizer 10 to the reaction tank 20, and the second connecting part 52 moves the raw material and solvent in the reaction tank 20 into the pulverizer 10. A pump 54 (for example, a diaphragm pump) (circulation means) is provided in the second connection pipe 52 in order to circulate the raw materials and the like through the connection pipes 50 and 52.

  When a solid electrolyte is produced using this apparatus 1, a hydrocarbon solvent and a raw material are supplied to the pulverizer 10 and the reaction tank 20, respectively. The raw material contains at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides. Hot water (HW) enters and exits the heater 30 (RHW). While maintaining the temperature in the pulverizer 10 at 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. by the heater 30, the raw materials are reacted while being pulverized in a hydrocarbon solvent to synthesize a solid electrolyte. The raw material is reacted in a hydrocarbon solvent while the temperature in the reaction vessel 20 is maintained at 60 ° C. to 300 ° C. by the oil bath 40 to synthesize a solid electrolyte. The temperature in the reaction vessel 20 is measured with a thermometer (Th). At this time, the stirring blade 24 is rotated by the motor (M) to stir the reaction system so that the slurry composed of the raw material and the solvent does not precipitate. Cooling water (CW) enters and exits the cooling pipe 26 (RCW). The cooling pipe 26 cools and liquefies the vaporized solvent in the container 22 and returns it to the container 22. While the solid electrolyte is synthesized in the pulverizer 10 and the reaction tank 20, the raw material being reacted is circulated between the pulverizer 10 and the reaction tank 20 through the connecting pipes 50 and 52 by the pump 54. The temperature of the raw material and the solvent fed into the pulverizer 10 is measured by a thermometer (Th) provided in the second connecting pipe before the pulverizer 10.

  The pulverizer 10 may be any pulverizer as long as it can react with lithium sulfide and other sulfides while being pulverized and mixed to produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte. For example, a rotary mill (rolling mill), a rocking mill, a vibration mill, and a bead mill can be used. A bead mill is preferable in that the raw material can be finely pulverized. The finer the raw material, the higher the reactivity, and a solid electrolyte can be produced in a short time.

When the pulverizer includes a ball, the ball is preferably made of zirconium, reinforced alumina, or alumina in order to prevent mixing into the solid electrolyte due to wear of the ball and the container.
Moreover, in order to prevent mixing of the balls from the pulverizer 10 to the reaction tank 20, a filter for separating the balls, the raw material, and the solvent may be provided in the pulverizer 10 or the first connecting pipe 50 as necessary.

  The pulverization temperature in the pulverizer is 20 ° C. or higher and 80 ° C. or lower, preferably 20 ° C. or higher and 60 ° C. or lower. When the processing temperature in the pulverizer is less than 20 ° C., the effect of shortening the reaction time required for the production of the solid electrolyte is small. Since it occurs remarkably, there is a risk that the container and balls are worn and deteriorated, and the electrolyte is contaminated.

The reaction vessel 20 may be any reaction vessel as long as it can react with lithium sulfide and other sulfides to produce a sulfide-based solid electrolyte. Usually, the reaction tank has a container, mixing means such as a stirrer, and cooling means. The mixing means mixes the slurry made of the raw material and the solvent in the container so that the slurry does not precipitate. The cooling means cools the evaporated solvent and returns it to the container.
The container 22 is preferably made of metal or glass. When reacting at a reaction temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the solvent, it is preferable to use a pressure resistant container.

  The reaction temperature in the container 22 is 60 ° C to 300 ° C. 80 to 200 degreeC is preferable. If it is less than 60 degreeC, it takes time for vitrification reaction and production efficiency is not enough. If it exceeds 300 ° C., undesirable crystals may be precipitated.

  The reaction is preferably carried out at a high temperature because the region where the temperature is high is fast. However, when the pulverizer is heated to a temperature exceeding 80 ° C., mechanical problems such as wear occur. Therefore, it is necessary to set the reaction tank to a high reaction temperature and to keep the pulverizer at a relatively low temperature.

  The ratio between the capacity of the reaction tank 20 and the capacity of the pulverizer 10 may be arbitrary, but the capacity of the reaction tank 20 is usually about 1 to 100 times the capacity of the pulverizer 10.

FIG. 2 is a view showing another embodiment of the solid electrolyte production apparatus of the present invention.
This solid electrolyte production apparatus 2 is the same as the solid electrolyte production apparatus 1 except that a heat exchanger 60 (heat exchange means) is provided in the second connecting portion 52. The same members as those in the solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
The heat exchanger 60 cools the high-temperature raw material and solvent sent out from the reaction tank 20 and sends them to the stirrer 10. For example, when the reaction is performed at a temperature exceeding 80 ° C. in the reaction tank 20, the temperature of the raw material or the like is cooled to 80 ° C. or less and sent to the stirrer 10.

  In the present invention, the raw material lithium sulfide can be synthesized, for example, by the method described in Japanese Patent No. 3528866 (JP-A-7-330312). In particular, those synthesized by the method described in International Publication No. 2005/040039 and having a purity of 99% or more are preferable.

As the sulfide mixed with Li ₂ S, one or more sulfides selected from phosphorus sulfide, silicon sulfide, boron sulfide, and germanium sulfide can be preferably used. P ₂ S ₅ is particularly preferable.
About said sulfide, there is no limitation in particular and what is marketed can be used.

As the solvent, hydrocarbon solvents such as saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, and aromatic hydrocarbons can be used.
Examples of the saturated hydrocarbon include hexane, pentane, 2-ethylhexane, heptane, decane, and cyclohexane.
Examples of the unsaturated hydrocarbon include hexene, heptene, cyclohexene and the like.
Aromatic hydrocarbons include toluene, xylene, decalin, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene and the like.
Of these, toluene and xylene are particularly preferable.

  The amount of water in the organic solvent is preferably 50 ppm (weight) or less in consideration of the reaction with the raw material sulfide and the synthesized sulfide solid electrolyte. Moisture causes the modification of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte due to the reaction, and deteriorates the performance of the solid electrolyte. Therefore, the lower the moisture content, the better, more preferably 30 ppm or less, and even more preferably 20 ppm or less.

  In the present invention, the above raw materials (including lithium sulfide and other sulfides) are reacted with an organic solvent added. By making it react in the state which added the organic solvent, the granulation effect at the time of a process can be suppressed and a synthetic reaction can be accelerated | stimulated efficiently. Thereby, the solid electrolyte which is excellent in uniformity and has a low content of unreacted raw materials can be obtained. Further, it is possible to prevent the raw materials and reactants from sticking to the vessel wall and the like, and to improve the product yield.

  The amount of lithium sulfide charged during the reaction is preferably 30 to 95 mol%, more preferably 40 to 85 mol%, particularly 50 to 75 mol%, based on the total of lithium sulfide and other sulfides. It is preferable.

  The amount of the organic solvent is preferably such that the raw material lithium sulfide and other sulfides become a solution or slurry by the addition of the solvent. Usually, the amount of raw material (total amount) added to 1 kg of solvent is about 0.03 to 1 kg. Preferably it is 0.05-0.5Kg, Most preferably, it is 0.1-0.3Kg.

By drying the reaction product and removing the solvent, a sulfide-based solid electrolyte that is sulfide glass is obtained.
By further heat-treating the obtained solid electrolyte at 200 ° C. or higher and 400 ° C. or lower, more preferably 250 to 320 ° C., the ionic conductivity of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte can be improved. This is because the sulfide-based solid electrolyte, which is the sulfide glass, becomes sulfide crystallized glass (glass ceramic).
The heat treatment time is preferably 1 to 5 hours, and particularly preferably 1.5 to 3 hours.

  In a preferred embodiment, the heating in the drying step and the heating in the crystallization step can be performed as one heating step, not as separate steps.

  If the solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus or manufacturing method of this invention is used, since a solid electrolyte can be synthesize | combined in a short time, productivity will become high. In addition, large special equipment can be dispensed with.

The sulfide-based solid electrolyte obtained in the present invention can be used as a solid electrolyte layer of an all-solid lithium secondary battery, a solid electrolyte mixed with a positive electrode mixture, or the like.
For example, an all-solid lithium secondary battery is formed by forming a layer made of the solid electrolyte of the present invention between the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Production Example 1
(1) Manufacture of lithium sulfide Lithium sulfide was manufactured according to the method of the 1st aspect (2 process method) in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 7-330312. Specifically, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) 3326.4 g (33.6 mol) and lithium hydroxide 287.4 g (12 mol) were charged into a 10 liter autoclave equipped with a stirring blade, and 300 rpm, 130 The temperature was raised to ° C. After the temperature rise, hydrogen sulfide was blown into the liquid at a supply rate of 3 liters / minute for 2 hours. Subsequently, this reaction solution was heated under a nitrogen stream (200 cc / min), and the reacted lithium hydrosulfide was dehydrosulfurized to obtain lithium sulfide. As the temperature increased, water produced as a by-product due to the reaction between hydrogen sulfide and lithium hydroxide started to evaporate, but this water was condensed by the condenser and extracted out of the system. While water was distilled out of the system, the temperature of the reaction solution rose, but when the temperature reached 180 ° C., the temperature increase was stopped and the temperature was kept constant. The reaction was completed after the dehydrosulfurization reaction of lithium hydrosulfide (about 80 minutes) to obtain lithium sulfide.

(2) Purification of lithium sulfide After decanting NMP in the 500 mL slurry reaction solution (NMP-lithium sulfide slurry) obtained in (1) above, 100 mL of dehydrated NMP was added and stirred at 105 ° C. for about 1 hour. . NMP was decanted at that temperature. Further, 100 mL of NMP was added, stirred at 105 ° C. for about 1 hour, NMP was decanted at that temperature, and the same operation was repeated a total of 4 times. After completion of the decantation, lithium sulfide was dried at 230 ° C. (temperature higher than the boiling point of NMP) under a nitrogen stream for 3 hours under normal pressure. The impurity content in the obtained lithium sulfide was measured.

Incidentally, lithium sulfite _(Li 2 _SO 3), the content of each sulfur oxide lithium sulfate _(Li 2 SO ₄₎ and lithium thiosulfate _{(Li 2 S 2 O 3)} , and N- methylamino acid lithium (LMAB) Was quantified by ion chromatography. As a result, the total content of sulfur oxides was 0.13% by mass, and lithium N-methylaminobutyrate (LMAB) was 0.07% by mass.
Li ₂ S thus purified was used in the following examples.

In the examples, the ionic conductivity was measured by the following method.
A sulfide-based solid electrolyte glass ceramic was filled in a tablet molding machine, and a pressure of 4 to 6 MPa was applied to obtain a molded body. Furthermore, a composite material in which carbon and electrolyte glass ceramic are mixed at a weight ratio of 1: 1 as an electrode is placed on both sides of the molded body, and pressure is again applied by a tablet molding machine, so that a molded body for measuring conductivity (diameter of about 10 mm and a thickness of about 1 mm). The molded body was subjected to ion conductivity measurement by AC impedance measurement. The conductivity value was a value at 25 ° C.

  X-ray diffraction measurement of the obtained solid electrolyte was performed using an ultrama-III X-ray generator (CuKα: λ = 1.5418 angstrom) manufactured by Rigaku Corporation.

Example 1
The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 was used. As a stirrer, 450 g of 0.5 mmφ zirconia balls were charged using a star mill mini-zea (0.15 L) (bead mill) manufactured by Ashizawa Finetech. A 1.5 L glass reactor with a stirrer was used as a reaction vessel.

To 39.05 g (70 mol%) of Li ₂ S produced according to Production Example 1 and 80.95 g (30 mol%) of P ₂ S ₅ manufactured by Aldrich, 1080 g of dehydrated toluene (water content 8 ppm) manufactured by Hiroshima Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. was added. The resulting mixture was charged to the reactor and mill.

  The contents were circulated at a flow rate of 400 mL / min by a pump, and the temperature of the reaction vessel was increased to 80 ° C.

The mill body was operated under conditions of a peripheral speed of 8 m / s by passing warm water through external circulation so that the liquid temperature could be maintained at 70 ° C. Slurries were collected every 2 hours and dried at 150 ° C. to obtain a white powder. The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 3 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. It was found that in the product after the reaction for 12 hours, the sulfide peak as a raw material disappeared to become glass. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was measured. The results are shown in Table 1. The conductivity was 1.2 × 10 ⁻⁴ S / cm.

Further, the product after the reaction for 12 hours was put in a sealed container and subjected to heat treatment at 300 ° C. for 2 hours. As a result of X-ray diffraction measurement of the sample after the heat treatment, 2θ = 17.8, 18.2, 19.8, 21.8, 23.8, 25 attributed to the crystal phase of Li ₇ P ₃ S ₁₁ Peaks were observed at .9, 29.5 and 30.0 deg (FIG. 4). As a result of measuring the ionic conductivity, the ionic conductivity of this powder was 1.8 × 10 ⁻³ S / cm.

Example 2
The apparatus shown in FIG. 2 was used. Specifically, the apparatus used in Example 1 was further provided with a heat exchanger on the mill inlet side line. A solid electrolyte was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the following points were changed using this apparatus.
-Dehydrated paraxylene (water content 8 ppm) was used instead of dehydrated toluene.
-The reactor temperature of 80 ° C was changed to 138 ° C.
-It cooled to the mill inlet liquid temperature of 70 degreeC with the heat exchanger.

The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 5 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. It was found that in the product after the reaction for 8 hours, the sulfurization peak as a raw material disappeared to become glass. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was measured. The results are shown in Table 1. The conductivity was 1.1 × 10 ⁻⁴ S / cm.

Example 3
A solid electrolyte was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the peripheral speed was changed from 8 m / s to 12 m / s in Example 2.
The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 6 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. It was found that in the product after the reaction for 4 hours, the sulfurization peak as a raw material disappeared to become glass. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was measured. The results are shown in Table 1. The conductivity was 1.1 × 10 ⁻⁴ S / cm.

Example 4
A solid electrolyte was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 1 except that Li ₂ S was changed to 54.31 g (80 mol%) and P ₂ S ₅ was changed to 65.69 g (20 mol%) in Example 1.
The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 7 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. It was found that in the product after the reaction for 14 hours, the Li ₂ S peak as a raw material completely disappeared and became a glass. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was 4.8 × 10 ⁻⁴ S / cm.
Comparative Example 1
In Example 2, a solid electrolyte was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the reaction was performed while maintaining the reaction vessel and the mill at 30 ° C.
The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 8 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. A Li ₂ S peak remained in the XRD of the product after the reaction for 12 hours. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was measured. The results are shown in Table 1. The conductivity was 2.2 × 10 ⁻⁵ S / cm.

Comparative Example 2
In Example 2, a solid electrolyte was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 2 except that the reaction was performed while maintaining the reaction vessel at 138 ° C. without circulating the mill and the reaction vessel.
The XRD spectrum shown in FIG. 9 was obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement for the obtained powder. A Li ₂ S peak remained in the XRD of the product after the reaction for 12 hours. Moreover, the ionic conductivity of the obtained powder was measured. The results are shown in Table 1. The conductivity was 1.5 × 10 ⁻⁶ S / cm.

  If the solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus or manufacturing method of this invention is used, a solid electrolyte can be manufactured with sufficient productivity. The manufactured solid electrolyte can be suitably used for a lithium secondary battery.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus 2 Solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus 10 Crusher (pulverization synthesis means)
20 reaction tank (synthesis method)
22 Container 24 Stirring blade 26 Cooling pipe 30 Heater (first temperature stabilization means)
40 Oil bath (second temperature stabilization means)
50 1st connection pipe (connection means)
52 Second connecting pipe (connecting means)
54 Pump (circulation means)
60 heat exchanger (heat exchange means)

Claims (4)

A pulverizing and synthesizing means for synthesizing a solid electrolyte by reacting a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides while pulverizing them in a hydrocarbon solvent;
Synthesis in which a solid electrolyte is synthesized by reacting a first temperature stabilizing means for maintaining the inside of the pulverizing and synthesizing means at 20 ° C. to 80 ° C. and a raw material containing at least lithium sulfide and other sulfides in a hydrocarbon solvent. Means,
Second temperature stabilizing means for maintaining the inside of the synthesis means at 60 ° C. to 300 ° C .;
Connecting means for connecting the pulverizing and synthesizing means and the synthesizing means;
An apparatus for producing a solid electrolyte, comprising: circulating means for circulating the raw material in the reaction between the pulverizing and synthesizing means and the synthesizing means through the connecting means.   The solid electrolyte manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a heat exchanging unit configured to exchange heat between the pulverizing and synthesizing unit and the synthesizing unit.   A method for producing a solid electrolyte, comprising producing a solid electrolyte using the solid electrolyte production apparatus according to claim 1.   4. The method for producing a solid electrolyte according to claim 3, wherein the other sulfide is one or more sulfides selected from phosphorus sulfide, silicon sulfide, boron sulfide, and germanium sulfide.

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