Positive electrode active material, preparation method thereof, and positive electrode plate, battery cell, battery, and electric device containing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026015255-A1
Application number	US-202519324138-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 10, 2025
Priority date	Apr 28, 2023
Publication date	Jan 15, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application provides a positive electrode active material, a preparation method thereof, and a positive electrode plate, a battery cell, a battery, and an electric device containing the same, where the positive electrode active material includes a matrix and a sodium-rich layer formed in situ on the surface of the matrix, the matrix includes a sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide, and the sodium-rich layer includes one or more of sodium salts represented by Formula (I) and Formula (II), where m represents an integer from 1 to 8, and n represents an integer from 2 to 20.

First claim

1 . A positive electrode active material, comprising a matrix and a sodium-rich layer formed in situ on a surface of the matrix, wherein the matrix comprises a sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide, and the sodium-rich layer comprises one or more of sodium salts represented by Formula (I) and Formula (II):

wherein m represents an integer from 1 to 8, and n represents an integer from 2 to 20.

2 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the sodium-rich layer comprises one or more of the following sodium salts:

3 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the sodium-rich layer is denoted as h, and a volume distribution particle size D v 50 of the positive electrode active material is denoted as D, both in nm, wherein 0.005≤h/D≤0.05.

4 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 3 , wherein
the thickness of the sodium-rich layer is 30-120 nm; and/or, the volume distribution particle size D v 50 of the positive electrode active material is 2000-8000 nm.

5 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein
the sodium-rich layer is located on 80%-100% of the surface of the matrix; and/or, the positive electrode active material comprises one or more of O3 phase, P2 phase, and P3 phase; and/or, a percentage of free alkaline substances on the surface of the positive electrode active material is less than or equal to 13%; and/or, a pH of the positive electrode active material is 10.0-13.0; and/or, a carbon percentage of the positive electrode active material is 1%-13%.

6 . The positive electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide comprises one or more of oxides represented by Formula (III):

wherein 0<x≤1, 0<a≤1, 0≤b≤⅓, 0≤c≤⅓, 1.9≤m≤2, and 0≤n≤0.1;
M comprises one or more of Ni, Mn, Fe, Co, and Cu;
A comprises one or more metal elements from Group IA, Group IIA, Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, Group IIB, Group IIIB, Group IVB, Group VB, and Group VIB;
B comprises one or more non-metal elements from Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, and Group VIA; and
Q comprises one or more non-metal elements from Group VA and Group VIIA.

7 . A preparation method of a positive electrode active material, comprising the following steps:
providing a sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide, wherein a surface of the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide comprises free alkaline substances, and the alkaline substances comprise sodium hydroxide and/or sodium carbonate; providing a solvent and a first reactive component, wherein the solvent comprises a polar organic solvent, and the first reactive component comprises one or more of compounds represented by Formula (1) and Formula (2):

wherein m represents an integer from 1 to 8, and n represents an integer from 2 to 20; and
mixing the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide, the solvent, and the first reactive component to allow the free alkaline substances on the surface of the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide to react with the first reactive component to form sodium salts, followed by drying treatment to obtain the positive electrode active material,
wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a matrix and a sodium-rich layer formed in situ on a surface of the matrix, the matrix comprises the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide, and the sodium-rich layer comprises sodium salts formed by the reaction of the free alkaline substances on the surface of the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide with the first reactive component.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein
a molar ratio of the first reactive component to the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide is less than or equal to 0.1:1; and/or, a mass ratio of the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide to the solvent is 10:100 to 25:100.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first reactive component comprises one or more of the following compounds:

10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein
a temperature of the drying is less than or equal to a boiling point of the polar organic solvent, optionally, 10° C.≤(boiling point of the polar organic solvent−drying temperature)≤30° C.; and/or, the drying is spray drying.

11 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the polar organic solvent comprises one or more of alcohol solvents, ketone solvents, nitrile solvents, and ether solvents, optionally comprising one or more of ethanol, methanol, acetone, N-methylpyrrolidone, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, and 1,4-dioxane; and/or, a volume fraction of the polar organic solvent is 80% to 100%, based on a total volume of the solvent; and/or, the solvent further comprises water, and a volume fraction of water is less than or equal to 20%, based on the total volume of the solvent.

12 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide comprises one or more of oxides represented by Formula (III):

wherein 0<x≤1, 0<a≤1, 0≤b≤⅓, 0≤c≤⅓, 1.9≤m≤2, and 0≤n≤0.1;
M comprises one or more of Ni, Mn, Fe, Co, and Cu;
A comprises one or more metal elements from Group IA, Group IIA, Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, Group IIB, Group IIIB, Group IVB, Group VB, and Group VIB;
B comprises one or more non-metal elements from Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, and Group VIA; and
Q comprises one or more non-metal elements from Group VA and Group VIIA.

13 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein
a volume distribution particle size D v 50 of the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide is 2000-8000 nm; and/or, the sodium-containing layered transition metal oxide comprises one or more of O3 phase, P2 phase, and P3 phase.

14 . A positive electrode plate, comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode film layer comprises the positive electrode active material according to claim 1 .

15 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 14 , wherein a percentage of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode film layer is 50 wt % to 99 wt %.

16 . A battery cell, comprising the positive electrode plate according to claim 14 .

17 . A battery, comprising the battery cell according to claim 16 .

18 . An electric device, comprising the battery according to claim 17 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wan Yuejuan
• Guo Bingkun
• Zhang Xinxin
• Xu Longchao

Classifications

• H01M10/054 Primary

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