Negative electrode material and preparation method therefor, and lithium-ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12463204-B2
Application number	US-202117623303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2021
Priority date	May 28, 2020
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

The present application provides a negative electrode material, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium ion battery. The negative electrode material comprises a first graphite core and a composite coating layer coated on the first graphite core. The composite coating layer comprises a second graphite inner layer formed on the surface of the first graphite core and an amorphous carbon outer layer formed on the surface of the second graphite inner layer. The second graphite inner layer is graphite microcrystal. The preparation method comprises: mixing the first graphite and the second graphite and performing the coating treatment to obtain the first graphite coated with the second graphite, wherein the second graphite is graphite microcrystals; and making the first graphite coated with the second graphite, coated with carbon, to obtain the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material provided in the present application utilizes the mutual cooperation between the second graphite inner layer and the amorphous carbon outer layer in the composite coating layer to make the negative electrode material have the high capacity, the low irreversible capacity, and the excellent power performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A negative electrode material, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a first graphite core and a composite coating layer coated on the first graphite core, and the composite coating layer comprises a second graphite inner layer located on a surface of the first graphite core and an amorphous carbon outer layer located on a surface of the second graphite inner layer, and the second graphite inner layer comprises a plurality of graphite microcrystals, wherein a ratio of the median particle diameter of the first graphite core to a median particle diameter of the graphite microcrystal is 5:1-50:1.

2 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphite core satisfies at least one of following conditions a to e:
a. the first graphite core comprises natural graphite; b. the first graphite core is spherical natural graphite; c. the first graphite core has a median particle diameter of 2.0 μm-30.0 μm; d. the natural graphite has a powder-body tap density of 0.4 g/cm 3 -1.0 g/cm 3 ; and e. a mass percentage content of fixed carbon in the natural graphite is ≥99.9%.

3 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite microcrystal satisfies at least one of following conditions a to d:
a. the graphite microcrystal is at least partially embedded in the first graphite core; b. the median particle diameter of the graphite microcrystal is 0 μm-2 μm, not including 0 μm; c. a fixed carbon content of the graphite microcrystal is ≥99.9%; and d. a powder-body tap density of the graphite microcrystal is 0 g/cm 3 -0.5 g/cm 3 , not including 0 g/cm 3 .

4 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode material satisfies at least one of following conditions a-e:
a. a median particle diameter of the negative electrode material is 2 μm-32 μm, not including 2 μm; b. the negative electrode material has a specific surface area of 0.5 m 2 /g-20.0 m 2 /g; c. a powder-body tap density of the negative electrode material is 0.5 g/cm 3 -1.3 g/cm 3 ; d. the composite coating layer has a thickness of 0 μm-5 μm, not including 0 μm; and e. the amorphous carbon outer layer has a thickness of 0 nm-500 nm, not including 0 nm.

5 . A preparation method for the negative electrode material according to claim 1 , comprising following steps:
mixing a first graphite and a second graphite and performing a coating treatment to obtain the first graphite coated by the second graphite, wherein the second graphite is of graphite microcrystal; and making the first graphite coated by the second graphite, coated with carbon, to obtain the negative electrode material.

6 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein the preparation method satisfies at least one of following conditions a-j:
a. the graphite microcrystal is at least partially embedded in the first graphite; b. the first graphite is spheroidal natural graphite; c. the first graphite has a median particle diameter of 2.0 μm-30.0 μm; d. the first graphite is spheroidal natural graphite, and a mass percentage content of fixed carbon in the natural graphite is ≥99.9%; e. a ratio of the median particle diameter of the first graphite to a median particle diameter of the graphite microcrystal is 5:1-50:1; f. the median particle diameter of the graphite microcrystal is 0 μm-2 μm, not including 0 μm; g. the negative electrode material has a median particle diameter of 2 μm-32 μm, not including 2 μm; h. the negative electrode material has a specific surface area of 0.5 m 2 /g-20.0 m 2 /g; i. the negative electrode material has a powder-body tap density of 0.5 g/cm 3 -1.3 g/cm 3 ; and j. the composite coating layer has a thickness of 0 μm-5 μm, not including 0 μm.

7 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein, before mixing and coating the first graphite and the second graphite, the method further comprises:
purifying the graphite microcrystal with an acidic aqueous solution, so that the fixed carbon content of the graphite microcrystal is ≥99.9%.

8 . The preparation method according to claim 7 , wherein steps of purifying the graphite microcrystal comprises:
crushing the graphite microcrystal, so that a median particle diameter of particles of the graphite microcrystal is controlled within 0 μm-2 μm, not including 0 μm; and purifying the graphite microcrystal with the acidic aqueous solution, so that the fixed carbon content of the graphite microcrystal is ≥99.9%.

9 . The preparation method according to claim 7 , wherein the preparation method satisfies at least one of following conditions a-b:
a. acid in the acidic aqueous solution is inorganic acid; and b. acid in the acidic aqueous solution is inorganic acid, and the inorganic acid comprises at least one of HCl, HF, H 2 SO 4 and HNO 3 .

10 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein the preparation method satisfies at least one of following conditions a-e:
a. a mass ratio of the first graphite to the second graphite is (80-100):(0-20), and a mass of the second graphite is not 0; b. the mass ratio of the first graphite to the second graphite is (90-100):(1-10); c. using a fusion machine for performing a coating treatment, wherein a rotation speed of the fusion machine is 500 r/min-3000 r/min; d. using a fusion machine for performing a coating treatment, wherein a cutter gap of the fusion machine has a width of 0.01 cm-0.5 cm; and e. a duration of the coating treatment is 10 min-120 min.

11 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein a step of making the first graphite coated by the second graphite, coated with carbon, to obtain the negative electrode material comprises:
making, the first graphite coated by the second graphite, mixed with an amorphous carbon precursor, and performing a carbonization treatment in a protective atmosphere, to obtain the negative electrode material.

12 . The preparation method according to claim 11 , wherein the preparation method satisfies at least one of following conditions a-j:
a. a mass ratio of the first graphite coated by the second graphite and the amorphous carbon precursor is (80-100):(0-20), and a mass of the amorphous carbon precursor is not 0; b. the mass ratio of the first graphite coated by the second graphite and the amorphous carbon precursor is (80-100):(2-20); c. the amorphous carbon precursor comprises asphalt and/or resin; d. the amorphous carbon precursor comprises asphalt, and the asphalt comprises at least one of coal asphalt, petroleum asphalt, modified asphalt, and mesophase asphalt; e. the amorphous carbon precursor comprises resin, and the resin comprises at least one of phenolic resin, epoxy resin and furfural resin; f. the mixing has a duration more than 5 min; g. gas of the protective atmosphere comprises at least one of nitrogen, helium, neon, argon and xenon; h. a temperature of the carbonization treatment is 800° C.-1400° C.; i. a duration of the carbonization treatment is 1 h-72 h; and j. a heating rate of the carbonization treatment is below 20.0° C./min.

13 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein after the first graphite coated by the second graphite is coated with carbon to obtain the negative electrode material, the method further comprises:
making the negative electrode material crushed, sieved and demagnetized, so that a median particle diameter of the negative electrode material is controlled at 2.0 μm-30.0 μm.

14 . The preparation method according to claim 5 , wherein the method comprises following steps:
purifying the grap

Assignees

• Btr New Mat Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Haihui
• Lai Junhui
• Xu Tao
• Ren Jianguo
• He Xueqin

Classifications

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title

• C01P2006/40

  Electric properties · CPC title