Positive electrode plate, preparation method thereof, secondary battery, and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026066292-A1
Application number	US-202519386247-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 12, 2025
Priority date	May 15, 2023
Publication date	Mar 5, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A positive electrode plate, a preparation method thereof, a secondary battery, and an electric apparatus. The positive electrode plate includes a current collector and a positive electrode film layer formed on at least one side of the current collector. The positive electrode film layer includes a positive electrode active material comprising a substrate and a carbon coating layer on the surface of the substrate. The substrate has a general formula LizFexMn(1-x-y)MyPO4, where 1≤z≤1.1, 0.5≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.1, and M is at least one of Ti, V, and Mg. At least part of the active material includes primary particles, with no more than 10% having sizes between 80 nm and 180 nm, and no more than 15 particles exceeding 1500 nm within a defined microscopic region. This structure improves the particle size distribution concentration, enhancing the cycling performance of batteries.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lithium secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode sheet, wherein the positive electrode sheet comprises a positive active material,
the positive active material comprising one or more compounds selected from lithium iron phosphate or lithium manganese iron phosphate having an olivine structure and modified compounds thereof, and in a cross-sectional SEM image of the positive electrode sheet, primary particles having a particle size greater than 80 nm and less than 180 nm account for not more than 10% of the particle size distribution of the positive active material, wherein the “primary particle size” refers to the longest diameter in the cross-section of a primary particle observed in the SEM image; and/or in the cross-sectional SEM image of the positive electrode sheet, the number of primary particles having a particle size greater than 1500 nm does not exceed 15 within an area of (250±5) μm 2 .

2 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium iron phosphate or lithium manganese iron phosphate having an olivine structure is represented by the following:
Li z Fe x Mn (1-x-y) M y PO 4 @C, wherein 1≤z≤1.1, 0.5≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.1, and M comprises at least one element selected from Ti, V, and Mg.

3 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein primary particles having a particle size greater than 80 nm and less than 180 nm account for not more than 8.5% of the particle size distribution of the positive active material.

4 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein primary particles having a particle size greater than 80 nm and less than 180 nm account for not more than 6% of the particle size distribution of the positive active material.

5 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein primary particles having a particle size greater than 80 nm and less than 180 nm account for not more than 5% of the particle size distribution of the positive active material.

6 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the number of primary particles having a particle size greater than 1500 nm does not exceed 12 within an area of (250±5) μm 2 .

7 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the number of primary particles having a particle size greater than 1500 nm does not exceed 8 within an area of (250±5) μm 2 .

8 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the number of primary particles having a particle size greater than 1500 nm does not exceed 6 within an area of (250±5) μm 2 .

9 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein 0.6≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.1, and 1≤z≤1.1.

10 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the mass content of the M element in the positive active material is 1000 ppm to 6000 ppm.

11 . The lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the mass content of the M element in the positive active material is 1000 ppm to 5000 ppm.

12 . A preparation method of a positive electrode plate, wherein the preparation method specifically comprises:
compacting and granulating: compacting and granulating raw materials comprising a lithium source, an iron source, a manganese source, a phosphorus source, a carbon source, an M source, and a forming aid to obtain compacted granules; sintering: loading the compacted granules and sintering the compacted granules to obtain secondary particles; pulverizing: pulverizing the secondary particles to obtain a positive electrode active material; and coating: applying a positive electrode slurry containing the positive electrode active material onto at least one side of a current collector to form a positive electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a substrate and a carbon coating layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, and the substrate has a general formula Li z Fe x Mn (1-x-y) MyPO 4 , wherein 0.5≤x≤1, 0≤y≤0.1, 1≤z≤1.1, and M is at least one selected from Ti, V, and Mg; at least a portion of the positive electrode active material comprises primary particles, and a particle size distribution of primary particles having a primary particle size greater than 80 nm and less than or equal to 180 nm in the positive electrode active material is less than or equal to 10%; and no more than 15 primary particles having a primary particle size greater than 1500 nm in a region of (250±5) μm 2 are in a cross section obtained by cutting the positive electrode plate.

13 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein an average particle size of the compacted granules in the compacting and granulating step is 3 mm-30 mm.

14 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein a compacted density of the compacted granules is 1.0 g/cm 3 or higher, or 1.2-3.0 g/cm 3 .

15 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein the sintering step specifically comprises loading the compacted granules to a loading height of 5 cm-30 cm and sintering the compacted granules to obtain secondary particles.

16 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein the pulverizing step specifically comprises pulverizing the secondary particles to achieve a D v 50 of 0.45 μm-1.5 μm; and
pulverizing the secondary particles to achieve a particle size distribution satisfying: (D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50≤3.

17 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein a sintering temperature in the sintering step is 600° C.-800° C.; and/or, a constant-temperature sintering time in the sintering step is 2 h-12 h.

18 . The preparation method according to claim 12 , wherein the compacting and granulating step specifically comprises:
grinding raw materials comprising a lithium source, an iron source, a manganese source, a phosphorus source, a carbon source, an M source, a forming aid, and a solvent to obtain a slurry; drying the slurry; and then compacting and granulating the slurry to obtain compacted granules.

19 . The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the compacting and granulating step specifically comprises:
(1-1) uniformly mixing initial reactants comprising a lithium source, an iron source, a manganese source, a phosphorus source, a carbon source, and an M source, followed by pre-sintering to obtain an initial product; (1-2) mixing and grinding intermediate reactants comprising the initial product, a carbon source, and a forming aid to obtain an intermediate product; and (2) compacting and granulating the intermediate product to obtain compacted granules, wherein a mass content of the carbon source in (1-1) is 2%-5%, based on a total mass of the initial reactants.

20 . The preparation method according to claim 19 , wherein D v 50 of the intermediate product is 0.45 μm-1.25 μm, and D v 10 of the intermediate product is greater than or equal to 0.15 μm.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
• Hunan Yuneng New Energy Battery Mat Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bie Changfeng
• Chen Tao
• Yin Xiang
• Dong Miaomiao
• Liu Hongyu
• Ni Huan

Classifications

• C01B25/45

  containing plural metal, or metal and ammonium · CPC title

• H01M4/0471

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

• H01M4/364

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M2004/021

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