Lithium iron phosphate battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024194871-A1
Application number	US-202218279052-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	Apr 13, 2021
Publication date	Jun 13, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a lithium iron phosphate battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode material layer with a compacted density of 2.3-2.8 g/cc, and the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material comprises LiFePO 4 ; the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a solvent, an electrolyte salt, vinylene carbonate and a compound represented by Structural formula 1; an addition amount of the compound represented by Structural formula 1 is 0.01-5% based on a total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte being 100%. The lithium iron phosphate battery provided by the application adopts the combination of vinylene carbonate and the compound represented by Structural formula 1, which can inhibit the generation of lithium dendrites and dissolution of Fe, and ultimately improve the high-temperature and safety performance of the High-compacted-density lithium iron phosphate battery.
A-D-B-E-C  Structural formula 1

First claim

1 . A lithium iron phosphate battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode material layer with a compacted density of 2.3-2.8 g/cc, and the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material comprises LiFePO 4 ;
the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a solvent, an electrolyte salt, vinylene carbonate and a compound represented by Structural formula 1:
A-D-B-E-C  Structural formula 1

A, B and C are each independently selected from a cyclic carbonate group, a cyclic sulfate group, a cyclic sulfite group, a cyclic sulfonate group, a cyclic sulfone group, a cyclic sulfoxide group, a cyclic carboxylate group or a cyclic anhydride group; D and E are independently selected from a single bond, or a group containing a hydrocarbylene group, an ether bond, a sulfur-oxygen double bond or a carbon-oxygen double bond; and an addition amount of the compound represented by Structural formula 1 is 0.01-5% based on a total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte being 100%.

2 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein an addition amount of vinylene carbonate is 0.01-5% based on the total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte being 100%.

3 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the positive electrode material layer is detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and when 1 s peak of carbon is obtained at 284.5 eV, a characteristic peak of S appears at a range of 162-174 eV.

4 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein a charging and discharging voltage range of the lithium iron phosphate battery is 2.0-3.8V.

5 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein the number of the cyclic carbonate groups, cyclic sulfate groups, cyclic sulfite groups, cyclic sulfonate groups, cyclic sulfone groups, cyclic sulfoxide groups, cyclic carboxylate groups or cyclic anhydride groups that each of A, B and C independently contains is 1-5, and the total number of the cyclic carbonate groups, cyclic sulfate groups, cyclic sulfite groups, cyclic sulfonate groups, cyclic sulfone groups, cyclic sulfoxide groups, cyclic carboxylate groups or cyclic anhydride groups that A, B and C contain is 10 or less.

6 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein A and C are each independently selected from a group represented by Structural formula 2:

wherein n is an integer from 0 to 4, and R 1 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, a C1-C5 hydrocarbon group or halogenated hydrocarbon group; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are each independently selected from a C1-C3 alkylene group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group, oxygen atom,

at least one of R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is selected from

at least one of R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is selected from oxygen atom, at least one of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 is selected from

and at least one of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 is selected from oxygen atom.

7 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein B is selected from a group represented by Structural formula 3:

wherein m is an integer from 1 to 4, R 8 , R 9 and R 10 are each independently selected from a C1-C3 alkylene group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group, oxygen atom,

at least one of R 8 , R 9 and R 10 is selected from

and at least one of R 8 , R 9 and R 10 is selected from oxygen atom.

8 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein D and E are each independently selected from a group represented by Structural formula 4:

wherein z is an integer from 0 to 4, R 11 and R 13 are each independently selected from a single bond or a C1-C5 alkylene group, and R 12 is selected from a single bond,

9 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein A and C are the same, A and B are the same or different, D and E are the same.

10 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Structural formula 1 is selected from one or more of the following compounds:

11 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 2 , wherein an addition amount of vinylene carbonate is 0.1-2% based on the total mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte being 100%.

12 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte further comprises a supplemental additive; the supplemental additive comprises at least one of a fluorinated cyclic carbonate compound, sulfonic acid lactone compound, aromatic additive, fluorine-containing anisole compound, dicarboxylic anhydride, lithium difluorophosphate, ethylene sulfate (DTD), lithium difluorosulfomide (LiFSI), methylene methyl disulfonate, tri (trimethylsilane) phosphate, and tri (trimethylsilane) phosphate.

13 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 12 , wherein a mass percentage content of any one of the supplementary additives in the non-aqueous electrolyte is below 10%.

14 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 13 , wherein a mass percentage content of any one of the supplementary additives in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 0.1-5%.

15 . The lithium iron phosphate battery of claim 12 , wherein the supplementary additive is selected from one or more of 1,3-propane sultone, methylene methyl disulfonate, fluoroethylene carbonate and ethylene sulfate.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qian Yunxian
• Hu Shiguang
• Xiang Xiaoxia
• Li Hongmei
• Cao Chaowei
• Deng Yonghong

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M10/0567

  characterised by the additives · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M4/5825 Primary

  Oxygenated metallic salts or polyanionic structures, e.g. borates, phosphates, silicates, olivines · CPC title