Negative electrode material of lithium ion secondary battery, preparation method thereof and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025070138-A1
Application number	US-202418941450-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 8, 2024
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Feb 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a carbon coating layer and a core layer. The core layer comprises lithium polysilicate and silicon oxide. A preparation method for the negative electrode material and a use therefor are described. The negative electrode material has high first coulomb efficiency, long cycle performance, excellent rate performance, and high safety.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a carbon coating layer and a core layer, the core layer comprises lithium polysilicate and silicon oxide, wherein a mass percentage of the silicon oxide in the negative electrode material is smaller than 20%, and wherein the silicon oxide has a general formula of SiO x , wherein 0<x≤1.5.

2 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium polysilicate comprises any one of or a combination of at least two of 3Li 2 O·2SiO 2 , Li 2 O·2SiO 2 , or Li 2 O·5SiO 2 .

3 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode material satisfies 1.0≤B/A≤4.5, wherein according to a X-ray diffraction spectrum of the negative electrode material, a maximum one of diffraction peaks at 2θ of 18° to 20°, 26° to 27.9°, and 32° to 34° has a peak intensity A; and a maximum one of diffraction peaks at 2θ of 16° to 17°, 22° to 25.9°, and 36° to 38° has a peak intensity B.

4 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein in the core layer, the lithium polysilicate comprises silicon therein.

5 . The negative electrode material according to claim 4 , wherein the lithium polysilicate is uniformly coated around each cluster of silicon particles.

6 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium polysilicate is in a crystalline state.

7 . The negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percentage of the carbon coating layer in the negative electrode material is smaller than 13%.

8 . A preparation method of the negative electrode material according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
step 1 of mixing a silicon oxide raw material with a lithium source compound, and performing merging in a high-energy merging device, to obtain silicon oxide particles containing the lithium source compound therein; step 2 of performing a first sintering on the silicon oxide particles containing the lithium source compound therein, which are obtained in the step 1, under a protective atmosphere or vacuum, to obtain a core material; and step 3 of mixing the core material obtained in the step 2 with a carbon source, and performing a second sintering to obtain the negative electrode material.

9 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the step 1, a molar ratio of the silicon oxide to the lithium source compound is (2.5-9):1.

10 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the silicon oxide raw material has a general formula of SiO y , where 0<y≤2, wherein the lithium source compound comprises at least one of lithium hydroxide, lithium amide, lithium carboxylate, lithium hydride, and lithium aluminum hydride, and wherein the protective atmosphere comprises at least one of nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon.

11 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the first sintering in the step 2 comprises a first stage and a second stage, wherein the first stage is performed at a temperature of 200° C. to 1000° C. for a time period of 1 hour to 3 hours, and the second stage is performed at a temperature of 300° C. to 900° C. for a time period of 4 hours to 6 hours.

12 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the carbon source comprises at least one of pitch, coal tar, polythiophene, polyolefin, sugar, polyhydric alcohol, and phenolic resin derivative.

13 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein a mass ratio of the core material to the carbon source is (0.03-0.15):1.

14 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the second sintering in the step 3 is performed at a temperature of 800° C. to 1000° C. for a time period of 3 hours to 6 hours.

15 . A preparation method of the negative electrode material according to claim 1 , the preparation method comprising:
step 1′ of mixing a silicon oxide raw material having a carbon coating layer with a lithium source compound, and performing merging in a high-energy merging device, to obtain carbon-coated silicon oxide particles containing the lithium source compound therein; and step 2′ of performing sintering on the carbon-coated silicon oxide particles containing the lithium source compound therein, which are obtained in the step 1′, under a protective atmosphere or vacuum, to obtain the negative electrode material.

16 . The preparation method according to claim 15 , wherein in the step 1′, a molar ratio of the silicon oxide raw material having a carbon coating layer to the lithium source compound is (2.5-9):1.

17 . The preparation method according to claim 15 , wherein the silicon oxide raw material has a general formula of SiO y , where 0<y≤2, wherein the lithium source compound comprises at least one of lithium hydroxide, lithium amide, lithium carboxylate, lithium hydride, and lithium aluminum hydride, and wherein the protective atmosphere comprises at least one of nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon.

18 . The preparation method according to claim 15 , wherein the sintering in the step 2′ comprises a first stage and a second stage, wherein the first stage is performed at a temperature of 200° C. to 1000° C. for a time period of 3 hours to 8 hours, and the second stage is performed a temperature of 300° C. to 900° C. for a time period of 4 hours to 10 hours.

19 . The preparation method according to claim 15 , wherein the silicon oxide raw material having a carbon coating layer has a carbon content of 2 wt % to 10 wt %.

20 . The preparation method according to claim 15 , after the step 2′, further comprising:
breaking up, screening and demagnetizing the obtained negative electrode material.

Assignees

• Btr New Mat Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qu Lijuan
• Pang Chunlei
• Ren Jianguo
• Huang Youyuan
• Yue Min

Classifications

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/0471

  involving thermal treatment, e.g. firing, sintering, backing particulate active material, thermal decomposition, pyrolysis · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• H01M4/131

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

• H01M4/364

  as mixtures · CPC title