1. A method (100) for manufacturing an electrolyte material, the method (100)
comprising:
5 mixing (102) Lithium Chloride (LiCl) and Indium Chloride (InCl3) in a ratio
of about 2.7:1.1 to obtain a precursor mixture;
dissolving (104) the obtained precursor mixture in an organic or an
inorganic solvent to obtain a secondary mixture, wherein particle size of the
secondary mixture is in a range of about 300 nanometers (nm) to about 550
10 nanometers (nm);
wherein the dissolving (104) involves stirring the precursor mixture in an
organic or an inorganic solvent at the speed of about 300 revolutions per minute
(rpm) to 600 (rpm) for a duration of about 2 hours to 5 hours;
performing a first heating process (106) on the secondary mixture at a
15 temperature of about 80 °C for a time period of about 3 hours to 5 hours; and
performing a second heating process (108) on the secondary mixture
subsequent to the first heating process (106) at a temperature of about 200 °C for
a time period of about 5 hours to 10 hours to obtain Lithium Indium Chloride based
solid electrolyte material in form of Li3-3xIn1+xCl6, wherein value of ‘x’ is in a range
20 of about 0.05 to about 0.15.
2. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first heating process
(206) comprises heating the secondary mixture in a hot air oven.
25 3. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second heating
process (208) comprises vacuum drying of the secondary mixture.
4. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic solvent
comprises water.
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5. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic solvent
comprises ethanol or a solution of water and ethanol mixed in a predetermined
proportion.
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6. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Lithium Indium
Chloride is in the form of Li2.7In1.1Cl6.
7. The method (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Lithium Indium
Chloride has ionic conductivity of about 2.86 x 10-3 Scm-1 5 at 60 °C.
8. A method (200) for manufacturing an electrolyte material, the method (200)
comprising:
mixing (202) Lithium Chloride (LiCl) and Indium Chloride (InCl3) in a ratio
10 of about 2.7:1.1 to obtain a precursor mixture;
dissolving (204) the obtained precursor mixture in ethanol at about 600
revolutions per minute (rpm) for about 2 hours to obtain a secondary mixture;
heating (206) the secondary mixture at a temperature of about 80 °C for a
time period of about 2 hours to 5 hours to obtain the particle size of the secondary
15 mixture having D10 about 270 nanometers (nm), D50 about 390 nanometers (nm),
and D90 about 740 nanometers (nm).
9. An electrolyte material for a solid state battery, the electrolyte material
comprising:
20 a precursor mixture formed of Lithium Chloride (LiCl) and Indium Chloride
(InCl3) in a ratio of about 2.7:1.1,
wherein the precursor mixture comprises Lithium Indium Chloride obtained
by stirring Lithium Chloride (LiCl) and Indium Chloride (InCl3) together in an organic
or inorganic solvent to obtain a mixture of Lithium Chloride (LiCl) and Indium
25 Chloride (InCl3) in the organic or inorganic solvent followed by heating of the
mixture,
wherein the heating comprises a first heating process and a second heating
process, the first heating process being carried out at a temperature of about 80
°C for a time period of about 3 hours to 7 hours and the second heating process
30 being carried out at a temperature of about 200 °C for a time period of about 5
hours to 10 hours;
wherein particle size of Lithium Indium Chloride is in a range of about 300
nanometers (nm) to about 550 nanometers (nm); and
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wherein Lithium Indium Chloride is in a form of Li3-3xIn1+xCl6, wherein
value of ‘x’ is in a range of about 0.05 to about 0.15.