Positive electrode active material, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and power consuming device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023420671-A1
Application number	US-202318464932-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 11, 2023
Priority date	Jun 24, 2022
Publication date	Dec 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A positive electrode active material includes an active material A having a composition formula of Lix1Nia1Cob1Mnc1O2-y1Qy1, an active material B having a composition formula of Lix2Nia2Cob2Mnc2O2-y2Qy2, and an active material C having a composition formula of Lix3Nia3Cob3Mnc3O2-y3Qy3, where the subscripts in the formulae are as defined in the description. The active material A has an average particle size Dv50 greater than both an average particle size Dv50 of the active material B and an average particle size Dv50 of the active material C.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A positive electrode active material, comprising
an active material A having a composition formula of
Li x1 Ni a1 Co b1 Mn c1 O 2-y1 Q y1   I

wherein in formula I:
0.95≤x1≤1.3, 0.7≤a1≤0.99, 0.01≤b1≤0.15, 0.01≤c1≤0.3, a1+b1+c1=1, and 0≤y1≤0.1; and
Q is one or more selected from S, N, F, Cl, Br, and I;

an active material B having a composition formula of
Li x2 Ni a2 CO b2 Mn c2 O 2-y2 Q y2   II

wherein in formula II:
0.95≤x2≤1.3, 0.7≤a2≤0.99, 0.01≤b2≤0.15, 0.01≤c2≤0.3, a2+b2+c2=1, and 0≤y2≤0.1; and
Q is one or more selected from S, N, F, Cl, Br and I; and

an active material C having a composition formula of
Li x3 Ni a3 Co b3 Mn c3 O 2-y3 Q y3   III

wherein in formula III:
0.95≤x3≤1.3, 0.3≤a3≤0.7, 0.01≤b3≤0.15, 0.01≤c3≤0.5, a3+b3+c3=1, and 0≤y3≤0.1; and
Q is one or more selected from S, N, F, Cl, Br and I,

wherein an average particle size Dv50 of the active material A is greater than both an average particle size Dv50 of the active material B and an average particle size Dv50 of the active material C.

2 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein:
the average particle size Dv50 of the active material A is in a range of 7-15 μm, and a Dv90 of the active material A is in a range of 15-25 μm; the average particle size Dv50 of the active material B is in a range of 1-8 μm, and a Dv90 of the active material B is in a range of 3-10 μm; and the average particle size Dv50 of the active material C is in a range of 1-7 μm, and a Dv90 of the active material C is in a range of 5-10 μm.

3 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the active material A, the active material B, and the active material C is 1:0.5-8:0.1-10.

4 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of contents of the active material A and the active material B equals a content of the active material C, the content of each active material being based on a total weight of the positive electrode active material.

5 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material has a specific surface area of 0.3-1.8 m 2 /g, and a compacted density of 3.0-3.6 g/cm 3 .

6 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the active material A, the active material B, or the active material C comprises an element selected from one or more of Zr, Sr, B, Ti, Mg, Sn, and Al.

7 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein in the chemical formulas respectively corresponding to the active material A, the active material B, and the active material C, x1:x2:x3 is 1:(0.73-1.37):(0.73-1.37), and a1:a2:a3 is 1:(0.71-1.42):(0.31-1).

8 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the active material A is a polycrystal material, and the active material B and the active material C are mono-like crystal or monocrystal materials.

9 . A secondary battery, comprising the positive electrode active material according to claim 1 .

10 . A battery module, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 9 .

11 . A battery pack, comprising the battery module according to claim 10 .

12 . A power consuming device, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Zehui
• Ni Huan
• Liu Hongyu

Classifications

• H01M4/525 Primary

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M10/052 Primary

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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