Anode material, negative electrode paste and lithium-ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025158043-A1
Application number	US-202519023881-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 16, 2025
Priority date	Sep 22, 2023
Publication date	May 15, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An anode material, a preparation method therefor and a lithium-ion battery are provided. The anode material includes a silicon-based active substance and a coating layer located on at least a partial surface of the silicon-based active substance, and the silicon-based active substance includes silicon and a lithium silicate. The lithium-ion battery includes the anode material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An anode material comprising:
a silicon-based active substance; and a coating layer located on at least a partial surface of the silicon-based active substance, wherein: the silicon-based active substance comprises silicon and a lithium silicate; as determined by an XRD ray diffraction method, in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the anode material, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak of the anode material in a 2θ range of 180 to 200 is A1, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 26° to 27.9° is A2, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 320 to 340 is A3, and A1+A2+A3 is equal to A; a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak of the anode material in a 2θ range of 160 to 170 is B1, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 220 to 25.9° is B2, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 360 to 380 is B3, and B1+B2+B3 is equal to B; a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak of the anode material in a 2θ range of 28° to 30° is C1, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 460 to 480 is C2, a peak intensity of a strongest diffraction peak in a 2θ range of 560 to 580 is C3, and C1+C2+C3 is equal to C; and a relationship between the A, the B, and the C simultaneously meets: 0<(A+B)/C≤10 and 0<(A+C)/B≤5.

2 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the anode material is tested by using a powder resistivity tester, the anode material is tested to have a powder conductivity of σ1 at a powder density of ρ1, the anode material is tested to have a powder conductivity of σ2 at a powder density of ρ2, and a following relationship is met: (σ2−σ1)/(ρ2−ρ1)≤0.8.

3 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship between the A, the B, and the C further meets: 1<(B+C)/A≤30.

4 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active substance further comprises a silicon-oxygen complex.

5 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of oxygen atoms to silicon atoms in the anode material is 0.5-2.

6 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon in the anode material comprises nano-silicon grains, and an average particle size of the nano-silicon grains is 0 nm-20 nm excluding 0 nm.

7 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium silicate comprises at least one of Li 2 SiO 3 , Li 2 Si 2 O 5 , and Li 4 SiO 4 .

8 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer comprises a carbon material, and a mass content of the carbon material in the anode material is equal to or less than 10%.

9 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass content of the silicon in the anode material is 20%-70%.

10 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass content of the lithium silicate in the anode material is 30%-75%.

11 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein in that a specific surface area of the anode material is equal to or less than 10 m 2 /g.

12 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein a pH value of the anode material is 7.2-11.0.

13 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein an active material, carboxymethyl cellulose, conductive carbon black, and styrene butadiene rubber are mixed at a mass ratio of 95.3:1.3:1.5:1.9 to form a negative electrode paste with a solid content of 50%, wherein the active material comprises the anode material and graphite at a mass ratio of 9:1; a rheological property of the negative electrode paste is tested by using an HAAKE rotational rheometer of German to obtain a rheological curve of the negative electrode paste; and in the rheological curve, when shearing rates are 0 S −1 , 150 S −1 , and 300 S −1 , corresponding shearing stresses in the rheological curve are τ0, τ1, and τ2, and a relationship between the shearing stresses meets: 2τ1>(τ2−τ0).

14 . A negative electrode paste comprising the anode material according to claim 1 .

15 . A lithium-ion battery comprising the anode material according to claim 1 .

16 . The anode material according to claim 4 , wherein the silicon-oxygen complex comprises oxygen atoms and silicon atoms, and a molar ratio of the oxygen atoms to the silicon atoms is 0-2 excluding 0.

17 . The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material comprises at least one of amorphous carbon, graphene, graphite, carbon nanotubes, and carbon fibers.

18 . The negative electrode paste according to claim 14 , wherein the negative electrode paste is formed by mixing the active material, carboxymethyl cellulose, conductive carbon black, and styrene butadiene rubber at a mass ratio of 95.3:1.3:1.5:1.9, wherein the active material includes the anode material and graphite at a mass ratio of 9:1.

19 . The negative electrode paste according to claim 18 , wherein a rheological property of the negative electrode paste is tested by using an HAAKE rotational rheometer of German to obtain a rheological curve of the negative electrode paste; and in the rheological curve, when shearing rates are 0 S −1 , 150 S −1 , and 300 S −1 , corresponding shearing stresses in the rheological curve are τ0, τ1, and τ2, and a relationship between the shearing stresses meets: 2τ1>(τ2−τ0).

20 . The lithium-ion battery according to claim 15 , wherein the relationship between the A, the B, and the C further meets: 1<(B+C)/A≤30.

Assignees

• Btr New Mat Group Co Ltd
• Dingyuan New Energy Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qu Lijuan
• Pang Chunlei
• Xie Wei
• Ren Jianguo
• He Xueqin

Classifications

• H01M4/483

  for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/364 Primary

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M4/58

  of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy; of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title