Inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, method for preparing, application and lithium-ion battery having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019027780-A1
Application number	US-201816041694-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2018
Priority date	Jul 24, 2017
Publication date	Jan 24, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for preparing an inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry includes: mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A; mixing a binder with a second solvent to form a preparatory slurry B; mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry. The inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry prepared by the present disclosure effectively solves the problem that it is difficult to reduce the inorganic solid electrolyte powder particle size in the preparation process, or it is difficult to fully dry the inorganic solid electrolyte powder after sand milling. The present disclosure further provides an inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry prepared by the method, an application of the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, and a lithium-ion battery having the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for preparing an inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, comprising the following steps:
mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A; mixing a binder with a second solvent to form a preparatory slurry B; mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry comprises: mixing the preparatory slurry A and the preparatory slurry B with a third solvent to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry comprises: mixing the preparatory slurry A and the preparatory slurry B with a conductive agent to obtain an inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A, the temperature during wet grinding process is in a range from 20° C. to 50° C.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A, the wet grinding is sand milling, the sand milling time is in a range from 1 hour to 24 hours.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A, the wet grinding is wet ball milling, the wet ball milling time is in a range from 6 to 48 hours.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte powder has an average particle size of 3 μm to 50 μm before wet grinding.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte powder in the preparatory slurry A has an average particle size of 90 nm to 500 nm after wet grinding.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte powder in the preparatory slurry A has an average particle size of 150 nm to 300 nm after wet grinding.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A, the inorganic solid electrolyte powder is 20% to 50% by mass of the preparatory slurry A.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing an inorganic solid electrolyte powder with a first solvent and wet grinding an obtained mixture to form a preparatory slurry A, the inorganic solid electrolyte is selected from a group consisting of perovskite-type solid electrolyte, garnet-type solid electrolyte, NASICON-type solid electrolyte, LISICON-type solid electrolyte and amorphous composite solid electrolyte.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first solvent and the second solvent is, respectively, selected from a group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone, deionized water, terpineol, anhydrous ethanol, isopropanol, toluene, N-methylformamide, N,N′-dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, tetrahydrofuran, methylene chloride, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, acetonitrile, and anhydrous hydrazine.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the binder is selected from a group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene oxide, styrene butadiene rubber, sodium carboxymethyl fiber, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl butyral, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylonitrile, and polymethyl methacrylate.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing a binder with a second solvent to form a preparatory slurry B, the binder is 2% to 20% by mass of the prepared slurry B.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, the inorganic solid electrolyte powder is 10% to 40% by mass of the inorganic electrolyte composite slurry.

16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing the preparatory slurry A with the preparatory slurry B to obtain the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, the binder is 0.5% to 5% by mass of the inorganic electrolyte composite slurry.

17 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive agent is a carbon material.

18 . An inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry is prepared by the method according to claim 1 .

19 . An application of an inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry, comprising:
coating the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry prepared by the method of claim 1 onto a surface of a lithium-ion battery functional layer, wherein the lithium-ion battery functional layer is selected from a group consisting of a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator.

20 . The application according to claim 19 , wherein the coating method is selected from at least one of extrusion coating, gravure coating, screen printing, spray coating, and inkjet printing.

21 . The application according to claim 19 , wherein the thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 2 μm to 5 μm.

22 . A lithium-ion battery, comprising:
at least one lithium-ion battery functional layer, wherein the surface of the at least one lithium-ion battery functional layer is coated with the inorganic solid electrolyte composite slurry prepared by the method of claim 1 , and the at least one lithium-ion battery functional layer is selected from at least one of a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator.

Assignees

• Microvast Power Systems Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Zhangbo
• Mei Xingzhi
• Chen Jinjie
• Fang Yi
• Zheng Zhuoqun
• Yin Yuehui
• Liu Mattis Wenjuan

Classifications

• H01M10/058

  Construction or manufacture · CPC title

• H01M2300/0082

  Organic polymers · CPC title

• H01M10/0525 Primary

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

• H01M2300/0037

  Mixture of solvents · CPC title

• H01M50/403

  Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms · CPC title