Lithium manganate positive electrode active material as well as positive electrode sheet, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and powered device comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12021232-B2
Application number	US-202217821819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 25, 2021
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a lithium manganate positive electrode active material, comprising a lithium manganate matrix and a cladding layer, where the cladding layer comprises an organic bonding material, one or more A-type salts, and one or more B-type salts. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material of the present disclosure significantly reduces the content of transition metal manganese ions within a battery through combined action of the organic bonding material, the A-type salts, and the B-type salts, thereby slowing down the decomposition and consumption of the SEI film (solid electrolyte interphase) by transition metal manganese, and improving the capacity retention rate and impedance performance of the battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lithium manganate positive electrode active material,
comprising a lithium manganate matrix and a cladding layer, the cladding layer cladding the lithium manganate matrix;
the cladding layer comprising:
an organic bonding material;
one or more A-type salts selected from the group consisting of oxalate, lactate, tartrate, and edetate; and
one or more B-type salts selected from the group consisting of silicate, sulfate, and phosphate.

2. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein,
the organic bonding material is selected from one or more of the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose salt, alginate, and polyacrylate.

3. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein,
the organic bonding material is selected from one or more of the group consisting of styrene butadiene rubber, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol, polymethacrylic acid, and carboxymethyl chitosan.

4. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein,
a mass ratio of the organic bonding material to the lithium manganate matrix is (0.01-5):100.

5. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein,
a ratio of a mass sum of the one or more A-type salts and the one or more B-type salts to mass of the lithium manganate matrix is (0.1-20):100.

6. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein,
a mass ratio of the B-type salt to the A-type salt is (0.01-95):1.

7. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein a volume average particle size D50 of the positive electrode active material is from 12 μm to 20 μm.

8. The lithium manganate positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the cladding layer has a thickness from 0.01 μm to 5 μm.

9. A method for preparing a lithium manganate positive electrode active material, comprising:
preparing a cladding slurry, the cladding slurry comprising an organic bonding material, one or more A-type salts, and one or more B-type salts; and
mixing the cladding slurry with lithium manganate, oven drying and pulverizing the mixture to provide the lithium manganate positive electrode active material with lithium manganate as a matrix and with the cladding slurry as a cladding layer.

10. A positive electrode sheet, wherein
the positive electrode sheet comprises the lithium manganate positive electrode active material of claim 1 .

11. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 10 , wherein
the positive electrode sheet also comprises a ternary nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) material, and the mass ratio of the ternary nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) material to the lithium manganate positive electrode active material is 0.01-0.99:1.

12. A secondary battery,
comprising one or more of the lithium manganate positive electrode active material claim 1 .

13. A battery module, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 12 .

14. A battery pack, comprising one or more of the secondary battery according to claim 12 .

15. A powered device, comprising one or more of the secondary battery of claim 12 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ouyang Shaocong
• Fu Chenghua
• Xie Tingzhen
• Pan Dong
• Ye Yonghuang

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/0416

  involving impregnation with a solution, dispersion, paste or dry powder (H01M4/0438 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C01G45/1235

  of the type (Mn2O4)2-, e.g. Li2Mn2O4 or Li2(MxMn2-x)O4 · CPC title

• H01M4/131

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