Positive electrode additive and preparation method therefor, positive electrode plate and secondary lithium ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10840501-B2
Application number	US-201916267009-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2019
Priority date	Aug 25, 2016
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a positive electrode additive and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate and a lithium-ion secondary battery. The positive electrode additive comprises a modified lithium carbonate. The modified lithium carbonate comprises a lithium carbonate particle and a polymer coating. The polymer coating coats a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprises a polymer. The positive electrode additive of the present disclosure has low cost and simple preparation method, when the positive electrode additive is applied in lithium-ion secondary battery, it can significantly improve lithium-ion secondary battery safety performance without affecting electrical performance of the lithium-ion secondary battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positive electrode additive, wherein the positive electrode additive comprises a modified lithium carbonate, the modified lithium carbonate comprises:
a lithium carbonate particle; and
a polymer coating, the polymer coating coats a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprises a polymer.

2. The positive electrode additive according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the lithium carbonate particle is from 20 nm to 20 μm.

3. The positive electrode additive according to claim 2 , wherein the average particle size of the lithium carbonate particle is from 100 nm to 5 μm.

4. The positive electrode additive according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer is one or more selected from a group consisting from poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene), poly(vinylidene fluoride), polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyacrylic acid, poly(ethylene oxide), polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene-propylene-butadiene terpolymer.

5. The positive electrode additive according to claim 4 , wherein a weight-average molecular mass of the polymer is from 50000 to 500000.

6. The positive electrode additive according to claim 5 , wherein the weight-average molecular mass of the polymer is from 100000 to 250000.

7. The positive electrode additive according to claim 1 , wherein a mass of the polymer coating is 1%˜50% of a mass of the lithium carbonate particle.

8. A positive electrode plate, comprising a positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode film provided on the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive electrode active material;
wherein,
the positive electrode film further comprises a positive electrode additive;
the positive electrode additive comprises a modified lithium carbonate, the modified lithium carbonate comprises a lithium carbonate particle and a polymer coating, the polymer coating coats a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprises a polymer.

9. The positive electrode plate according to claim 8 , wherein an average particle size of the lithium carbonate particle is from 20 nm to 20 μm.

10. The positive electrode plate according to claim 8 , wherein the polymer is one or more selected from a group consisting from poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene), poly(vinylidene fluoride), polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyacrylic acid, poly(ethylene oxide), polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene-propylene-butadiene terpolymer.

11. The positive electrode plate according to claim 10 , wherein a weight-average molecular mass of the polymer is from 50000 to 500000.

12. The positive electrode plate according to claim 8 , wherein a mass of the polymer coating is 1%˜50% of a mass of the lithium carbonate particle.

13. The positive electrode plate according to claim 8 , wherein a content of the positive electrode additive is 0.5%˜10% of a mass of the positive electrode active material.

14. The positive electrode plate according to claim 13 , wherein the content of the positive electrode additive is 1%˜5% of a mass of the positive electrode active material.

15. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode plate;
the positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film provided on the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive electrode active material;
the positive electrode film further comprising a positive electrode additive, the positive electrode additive comprising a modified lithium carbonate, the modified lithium carbonate comprising a lithium carbonate particle and a polymer coating, the polymer coating coated a surface of the lithium carbonate particle and comprising a polymer.

16. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein an average particle size of the lithium carbonate particle is from 20 nm to 20 μm.

17. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein the polymer is one or more selected from a group consisting from poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene), poly(vinylidene fluoride), polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyacrylic acid, poly(ethylene oxide), polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene-propylene-butadiene terpolymer.

18. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 17 , wherein a weight-average molecular mass of the polymer is from 50000 to 500000.

19. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein a mass of the polymer coating is 1%˜50% of a mass of the lithium carbonate particle.

20. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein a content of the positive electrode additive is 0.5%˜10% of a mass of the positive electrode active material.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Xiang
• Jiang Lingyan

Classifications

• H01M4/1393

  of electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/136

  Electrodes based on inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title