Positive active material, positive electrode plate, electrochemical energy storage apparatus, and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025279426-A1
Application number	US-202519213557-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 20, 2025
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Sep 4, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application provides a positive active material, a positive electrode plate, an electrochemical energy storage apparatus, and an apparatus. The positive active material is Li x Ni y Co z M k Me p O r A m , or Li x Ni y Co z M k Me p O r A m with a coating layer on its surface; and the positive active material is single crystal or quasi-single crystal particles, and a particle size D n 10 of the positive active material satisfies: 0.3 μm≤D n 10≤2 μm. In this application, particle morphology of the positive active material and an amount of micro powder in the positive active material are properly controlled, to effectively reduce side reactions between the positive active material and an electrolyte solution, decrease gas production of the electrochemical energy storage apparatus, and improve storage performance of the electrochemical energy storage apparatus without deteriorating an energy density, cycle performance, and rate performance of the electrochemical energy storage apparatus.

First claim

1 - 13 . (canceled)

14 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus, wherein the electrochemical energy storage apparatus comprising positive active material and negative active material, the positive active material comprising ternary materials comprising Ni, Co, and Mn, the ratio of nickel, cobalt and manganese is y:z:k, y+z+k=1, 0.7≤y≤0.9;
the actual specific surface area BET2 of the positive active material is 0.5 m2/g to 1.5 m2/g;
the positive active material comprising a coating layer, the coating layer comprising one or more coating elements;
the particle size Dn10 of the positive active material satisfies: 0.3 μm≤Dn10≤2 μm;
Dn10 is a corresponding particle size when a cumulative number distribution percentage of the positive active material reaches 10%.

15 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the coating elements comprising Co.

16 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the coating layer comprising at least two coating elements.

17 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the coating elements comprising at least two elements selected from Al, Ba, Zn, Ti, Co, W, Y, Si, Sn, B, and P.

18 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the particle size Dn10 of the positive active material satisfies: 0.5 μm≤Dn10≤1.5 μm.

19 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , the particle size Dv10 of the positive active material satisfies: 0.5 μm≤Dv10≤3 μm; Dv10 is a corresponding particle size when a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the positive active material reaches 10%.

20 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the particle size Dv10 of the positive active material satisfies: 1 μm≤Dv10≤2 μm.

21 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , the positive active material is single crystal or quasi-single crystal particles.

22 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the content of Li2CO3 is less than 3000 ppm.

23 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the content of LiOH is less than 5000 ppm.

24 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the content of Li2CO3 on the surface of the positive active material is less than that of LiOH.

25 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 24 , wherein the content of Li2CO3 is less than 3000 ppm, and the content of LiOH is less than 5000 ppm.

26 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the particle size D v 50 of the positive active material is 1 μm to 6 μm.

27 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein the particle size D v 50 of the positive active material is 2 μm to 5 μm.

28 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the particle size Dv90 of the positive active material is 3 μm to 12 μm.

29 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 28 , wherein the particle size Dv90 of the positive active material is 3 μm to 10 μm.

30 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a differential volume-based particle size distribution curve of the positive active material has one and only one peak.

31 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a differential number-based particle size distribution curve of the positive active material has one and only one peak.

32 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 31 , wherein the particle size Dn10 of the positive active material measured in μm and a particle size Dv10 of the positive active material measured in μm satisfy: 0.15≤Dn10×Dv10≤6.

33 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a theoretical specific surface area BET 1 of the positive active material and an actual specific surface area BET 2 of the positive active material satisfy: 0.3≤(BET 2 −BET 1 )/BET 1 ≤5.5, BET 1 =6/(ρ×D v 50), ρ is an actual density of the positive active material, and a unit of measurement is g/cm 3 ; and D v 50 is a corresponding particle size when the cumulative volume distribution percentage of the positive active material reaches 50%, and a unit of measurement is μm.

34 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 33 , wherein the negative active material comprising a combination of graphite and silicon-based material.

35 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the negative active material comprising one or a combination of silicon-oxygen compound, and a silicon-carbon composite.

36 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the electrochemical energy storage apparatus also comprising an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution comprising electrolyte and solvent, concentration of the electrolyte is 0.8 mol/L to 1.5 mol/L, the electrolyte comprising one or a combination of LiPF6, and LiN(SO2F)2 (LiFSI for short).

37 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the electrochemical energy storage apparatus also comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator, and an outer package; the outer package encapsulating the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and the electrolyte; the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and the separator stacked to form an electrode assembly.

38 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 24 , wherein the positive electrode plate comprising the positive active material and conductive agent, the conductive agent comprising a combination of conductive carbon black and carbon nanotube.

39 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the electrochemical energy storage apparatus also comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator, and an outer package; the outer package encapsulating the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and the electrolyte; the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and the separator wound to form an electrode assembly.

40 . An electrochemical energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein at least two electrode assemblies encapsulated in the outer package.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Du Rui
• Liu Yongchao
• Shen Chongheng
• Wang Sihui
• Liu Na

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/505

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

• H01M4/366

  as layered products · CPC title