Patent 10454112 was granted and assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute on October, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An anode and a lithium ion battery employing the same are provided. The anode includes a lithium-containing layer and a single-ion conductive layer. The single-ion conductive layer includes an inorganic particle, a single-ion conductor polymer, and a binder. The single-ion conductor polymer has a first repeat unit of Formula (I), a second repeat unit of Formula (II), a third repeat unit of Formula (III), and a fourth repeat unit of Formula (IV)