The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202311674827. 6, filed on Dec. 6, 2023, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technology field of batteries, and in particular, to a composite cell and a battery containing the same.
Materials of positive electrodes of mainstream lithium-ion battery mainly include oxide-based positive electrode active material systems and phosphate-based positive electrode active material systems. The oxide-based positive electrode active materials have high energy density but poor structural stability, while the phosphate-based positive electrode active materials have low energy density but long cycle life and obvious advantages of cost and safety. How to give full play to the complementary advantages of different materials has always been a difficult problem in the industry. At present, in the industry, positive electrode slurry formed by mixing different types of positive electrode active materials in a blending manner is generally coated directly on surfaces of a current collector to prepare a positive electrode sheet. However, differences in particle sizes and surface energies of different types of positive electrode active materials lead to agglomeration of the mixed slurry. The above-mentioned problems can be avoided to a certain extent by means of a multi-layer coating method. However, when the proportions of different types of positive electrode active materials differ greatly, the coating surface density of the material with a smaller proportion is too small, and the coating process cannot be realized.
Thus, how to integrate different types of positive electrode sheets in the same cell and give full play to the synergistic advantages of different types of positive electrode active materials is a technical problem to be solved urgently by one of ordinary skill in the art in research.
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a composite cell is provided. The composite cell includes positive electrode sheets. The number of the positive electrode sheets is greater than one. Each positive electrode sheet satisfies a condition that a ratio of its capacity per unit area to a capacity per unit area of any other positive electrode sheet is 0.9 to 1.1. The positive electrode sheets include first positive electrode sheets, and positive electrode active materials contained in the first positive electrode sheet include a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material. An energy density of the first positive electrode active material is greater than that of the second positive electrode active material. On each of the first positive electrode sheets, the mass of the first positive electrode active material is less than the mass of the second positive electrode active material, and
wherein m1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet, and m0 represents a total mass of the positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet. On each of the first positive electrode sheets, the number of layers of positive active coating layer is greater than one, and an average single-side surface density of the positive active coating layer is 50 to 650 g/m2, and a specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet is 0.0001 to 0.1500 Ω/mm2·g. The positive electrode active coating layer includes a first positive electrode coating layer and a second positive electrode active coating layer. A positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode active coating layer is the first positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode active material contained in the second positive electrode active coating layer is the second positive electrode active material.
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a battery including the above composite cell is provided.
Reference numerals in the drawings: 100, battery; 10, battery housing; 1, composite cell; 1-1, second positive electrode sheet; 1-2; separator; 1-3, negative electrode sheet; 1-4, first positive electrode sheet; 1-41, first positive electrode active coating layer; 1-42, second positive electrode active coating layer; 2, composite cell; 2-1, second positive electrode sheet B; 2-2, separator; 2-3, negative electrode sheet; 2-4, second positive electrode sheet C.
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In these embodiments of the present disclosure, each positive electrode sheet satisfies a condition that a ratio of its capacity per unit area to a capacity per unit area of any other positive electrode sheet is 0.9 to 1.1. The positive electrode sheets include first positive electrode sheets 1-4, and positive electrode active materials contained in the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 include a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material. An energy density of the first positive electrode active material is greater than that of the second positive electrode active material. On each of the first positive electrode sheets 1-4, the mass of the first positive electrode active material is less than the mass of the second positive electrode active material, and
wherein m1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet 1-4, and m0 represents a total mass of the positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet 1-4. On each of the first positive electrode sheets 1-4, the number of layers of positive active coating layer is greater than one, and an average single-side surface density of the positive active coating layer is 50 to 650 g/m2, and a specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 is 0.0001 to 0.1500 Ω/mm2·g. The positive electrode active coating layer includes a first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41 and a second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42. A positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41 is the first positive electrode active material, and a positive electrode active material contained in the second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42 is the second positive electrode active material.
In the composite cell 1 provided in the present disclosure, by adjusting the proportion of the positive electrode active materials in the first positive electrode sheet 1-4, as well as the surface density and specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4, it is beneficial to make the potential distribution of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 uniform, and alleviate lithium deposition phenomenon caused by excessive local current density of the electrode sheet, and at the same time, it is beneficial to improve the energy density of the electrode sheet. Furthermore, in the composite cell 1, a capacity balance state between different positive electrode sheets is basically achieved, so that current density uniformity of the composite cell is further ensured, and an impedance level of the electrode sheets is reduced. Based on this, the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 provided by the present disclosure has a stable structure, which can fully utilize the advantages of different positive electrode active materials, so as to effectively alleviate problems such as impedance and current imbalance occurring among different types of positive electrode active materials in the composite cell, thereby enabling the composite cell to have excellent energy density, high-low-temperature performance and cycle performance.
If the mass proportion of the first positive electrode active material is too small, the precision of the coating process is limited, which easily leads to processing problems. In addition, during charging and discharging at a high rate, the non-uniform distribution of the lithium ion concentration and the potential is obvious, which easily leads to a lithium deposition phenomenon. If the mass proportion of the first positive electrode active material is too large, it is not conducive to structural stability of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4, and the cost is high.
If the surface density and specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 are too large, the electron transfer path is long and the transfer rate is slow, resulting in a decrease in the electronic conductivity of the electrode sheet. Moreover, during the lithium insertion and extraction process, the active material with a large volume effect easily peels off from the current collector, resulting in unstable structure of the electrode sheet. If the surface density and specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 are too low, the coating precision of the electrode sheet is limited, which tends to cause the processing problems, and is not conducive to the uniformity of the lithium ion extraction process, thereby causing a decrease in the energy density of the cell.
Specifically, the average surface density of the positive electrode active coating layer provided on the positive electrode sheet is Di, the average gram capacity of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode sheet is Ci, the average first effect of the positive electrode active material is Ei, the average mass proportion of the positive electrode active material is Wi, and the capacity per unit area thereof is: Qi=Di*Ci*Wi/Ei.
Specifically, the specific surface resistance of the positive electrode active coating layer equal to the surface resistance of the positive electrode active coating layer divided by the mass of the positive electrode active coating layer.
In these embodiments, the positive electrode sheets further include second positive electrode sheets 1-1, where an average single-side surface density of a positive electrode active coating layer provided on the second positive electrode sheet 1-1 is 65 to 700 g/m2, and a specific face resistance of the second positive electrode sheet 1-1 is 0.0002 to 0.2000 Ω/mm2·g. The second positive electrode sheet 1-1 with a specific surface density and specific surface resistance has an excellent mating effect with the first positive electrode sheet 1-4. The second positive electrode sheet 1-1 can play a synergistic advantage with the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 to ensure uniformity of current density among different positive electrode sheets. In this way, phenomena such as unstable electrode sheet structure, lithium deposition, and polarization caused by poor matching effect of the electrode sheets are avoided, so that the energy density, high-low-temperature performance, and cycle performance of the composite cell 1 provided in the present disclosure are improved as a whole.
In some embodiments,
In some embodiments, the average single-side surface density of the positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 is 100 to 500 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4 is 0.0001 to 0.1200 Ω/mm2·g
In some embodiments, the average single-side surface density of the positive electrode active coating layer provided on the second positive electrode sheet 1-1 is 200 to 600 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance of the second positive electrode sheet 1-1 is 0.0002 to 0.1600 Ω/mm2·g
In some embodiments, the composite cell satisfies a condition that:
wherein M1 represents a total mass of the first positive electrode active material contained in the composite cell, and M0 represents a total mass of all the positive electrode active material contained in the composite cell. By reasonably setting the content of the first positive electrode active material in the composite cell, it is beneficial to improve the matching effect between different positive electrode active materials, achieve the uniformity of the current density of a composite cell as a whole, and enable positive electrode active materials with different energy densities to exert their synergistic advantages, thereby further improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
In some embodiments, the first positive electrode active material is a ternary positive electrode material, and the second positive electrode active material includes at least one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganese iron phosphate, and lithium manganate.
In some embodiments, on a same side of a current collector of the first positive electrode sheet 1-4, in a direction away from a surface of the current collector, the positive electrode active coating layer formed by the first positive electrode active material and the positive electrode active coating layer formed by the second positive electrode active material are arranged in sequence
In some embodiments, the positive electrode active material contained in the second positive electrode sheet 1-1 includes one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganese iron phosphate, and lithium manganate.
In some embodiments, negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode sheet 1-3 includes carbon negative electrode material and non-carbon negative electrode material. The carbon negative electrode material includes at least one of artificial graphite, natural graphite, hard carbon and soft carbon. The non-carbon negative electrode material includes at least one of silicon-based material, titanium-based material and tin-based material.
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This embodiment 1 provides a battery 100, which is prepared as follows.
Positive electrode slurry A is prepared by evenly mixing lithium iron phosphate, binder (such as Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF)), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 98:1:1. The positive electrode slurry A is then coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and dried to form a positive electrode active coating layer A. In this way, a second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 with the positive electrode active coating layer A is prepared. An average single-side surface density SA of the positive electrode active coating layer A is 210 g/m2. A specific surface resistance RA of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 is 0.1230 Ω/mm2·g.
Positive electrode slurry A is prepared by evenly mixing lithium iron phosphate, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 98:1:1. Positive electrode slurry C is prepared by evenly mixing ternary positive electrode material, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 90:5:5. Then, the positive electrode slurry C is coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and then dried to form a first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41. Next, the positive electrode slurry A is coated on the surface of the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41, and then dried to form a second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42. In this way, a first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4 is prepared, and the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41 and the second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42 together constitute a composite positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4. In the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4, an average single-side surface density SD1 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 165 g/m2. A specific surface resistance RD1 of the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4 is 0.0500 Ω/mm2·g, and m1/m0=10%, where m1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4, and m0 represents a total mass of the positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4.
A structural schematic diagram of a composite cell 1 is shown in
where M1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the composite cell 1, M0 represents a total mass of all the positive electrode active material contained in the composite cell 1. In addition, the composite cell 1 satisfies:
where QD1 represents a capacity per unit area of the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4, and QA represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1.
As shown in
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment is shown in
This embodiment 2 provides a battery 100, which is prepared as follows.
Positive electrode slurry B is prepared by evenly mixing lithium manganese iron phosphate, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 98:1:1. The positive electrode slurry B is then coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and dried to form a positive electrode active coating layer B. In this way, a second positive electrode sheet B 1-1 with the positive electrode active coating layer B is prepared. An average single-side surface density SB of the positive electrode active coating layer B is 175 g/m2. A specific surface resistance RB of the second positive electrode sheet B 1-1 is 0.1230 £Ω/mm2·g.
Positive electrode slurry B is prepared by evenly mixing lithium manganese iron phosphate, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 98:1:1. Positive electrode slurry C is prepared by evenly mixing ternary positive electrode material, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 90:5:5. Then, the positive electrode slurry C is coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and then dried to form a first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41. Next, the positive electrode slurry B is coated on the surface of the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41, and then dried to form a second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42. In this way, a first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4 is prepared, and the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41 and the second positive electrode active coating layers 1-42 together constitute a composite positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4. In the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4, an average single-side surface density SD2 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 160 g/m2. A specific surface resistance RD2 of the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4 is 0.0800 Ω/mm2·g, and
where m1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4, and m0 represents a total mass of the positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4.
A structural schematic diagram of a composite cell 1 is shown in
where M1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the composite cell 1, M0 represents a total mass of all the positive active material contained in the composite cell 1. In addition, the composite cell 1 satisfies:
where QD2 represents a capacity per unit area of the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4, and QB represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet B 1-1.
As shown in
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment is shown in
This embodiment 3 provides a battery 100, which is prepared as follows.
The preparation method of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 please refers to the preparation of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 in embodiment 1.
The preparation method of the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4 please refers to the preparation of the first positive electrode sheet D2 1-4 in embodiment 2.
A structural schematic diagram of a composite cell 1 is shown in
where M1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the composite cell 1, M0 represents a total mass of all the positive active material contained in the composite cell 1. In addition, the composite cell 1 satisfies:
where QD2 represents a capacity per unit area of the first positive electrode sheet D21-4, and QA represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1.
As shown in
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment is shown in
This embodiment 4 provides a battery 100, which is prepared as follows.
The preparation method of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 please refers to the preparation of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1 in embodiment 1.
Positive electrode slurry C is prepared by evenly mixing ternary positive electrode material, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 90:5:5. Positive electrode slurry D is prepared by evenly mixing lithium manganate, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 94:3:3. Then, the positive electrode slurry C is coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and then dried to form a first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41. Next, the positive electrode slurry D is coated on the surface of the first positive electrode active coating layer 1-41, and then dried to form a second positive electrode active coating layer 1-42. In this way, a first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4 is prepared, and the first positive electrode active coating layers 1-41 and the second positive electrode active coating layers 1-42 together constitute a composite positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4. In the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4, an average single-side surface density SD3 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 175 g/m2. A specific surface resistance RD1 of the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4 is 0.1000 Ω/mm2·g, and
wherein m1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4, and m0 represents a total mass of the positive electrode active material contained in the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4. 3. Preparation of composite cell 1
A structural schematic diagram of a composite cell 1 is shown in
where M1 represents the mass of the first positive electrode active material (the ternary positive electrode material) contained in the composite cell 1, M0 represents a total mass of all the positive active material contained in the composite cell 1. In addition, the composite cell 1 satisfies:
where QD3 represents a capacity per unit area of the first positive electrode sheet D3 1-4, and QA represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1.
As shown in
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment is shown in
In this embodiment 5, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 5 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4,
in the composite cell 1,
Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 5 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 5 is shown in
In this embodiment 6, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 6 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4,
in the composite cell 1,
Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 6 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 6 is shown in
In this embodiment 7, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 7 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4,
in the composite cell 1,
Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 7 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 7 is shown in
In this embodiment 8, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 8 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4,
in the composite cell 1,
Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 8 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 8 is shown in
In this embodiment 9, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 9 and embodiment 1 is that: in the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1, the average single-side surface density SA of the positive electrode active coating layer A is 50 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RA is 0.0001 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 9 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 9 is shown in
In this embodiment 10, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 10 and embodiment 1 is that: in the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1, the average single-side surface density SA of the positive electrode active coating layer A is 65 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RA is 0.0002 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 10 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 10 is shown in
In this embodiment 11, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 11 and embodiment 1 is that: in the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1, the average single-side surface density SA of the positive electrode active coating layer A is 700 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RA is 0.2 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 11 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 11 is shown in
In this embodiment 12, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 12 and embodiment 1 is that: in the second positive electrode sheet A 1-1, the average single-side surface density SA of the positive electrode active coating layer A is 750 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RA is 0.25 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 12 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 12 is shown in
In this embodiment 13, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 13 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4, the average single-side surface density SD1 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 650 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 is 0.0001 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 13 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 13 is shown in
In this embodiment 14, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this embodiment 14 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheet D1 1-4, the average single-side surface density SD1 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 50 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 is 0.0500 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this embodiment 14 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this embodiment 14 is shown in
This comparative example 1 provides a battery 100, which is prepared as follows.
Positive electrode slurry B is prepared by evenly mixing lithium manganese iron phosphate, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 98:1:1. The positive electrode slurry B is then coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and dried to form a positive electrode active coating layer B. In this way, a second positive electrode sheet B 2-1 with the positive electrode active coating layer B is prepared. An average single-side surface density SB of the positive electrode active coating layer B is 175 g/m2, and a specific surface resistance RB of the second positive electrode sheet B 2-1 is 0.1200 Ω/mm2·g.
Positive electrode slurry C is prepared by evenly mixing ternary positive electrode material, binder (such as PVDF), and conductive agent (such as acetylene black) according to a mass ratio of 90:5:5. Then, the positive electrode slurry C is coated on both sides of a positive electrode current collector, and then dried to form a positive electrode active coating layer C. In this way, a second positive electrode sheet C 2-4 with the positive electrode active coating layer C is prepared. An average single-side surface density SC of the positive electrode active coating layer C is 150 g/m2, and a specific surface resistance RC of the second positive electrode sheet C 2-4 is 0.1250 Ω/mm2·g.
A structural schematic diagram of a composite cell 2 is shown in
where QC represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet C 2-4, and QB represents a capacity per unit area of the second positive electrode sheet B 2-1.
As shown in
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 2 prepared in this comparative example is shown in
In this comparative example 2, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this comparative example 2 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4,
in the composite cell 1,
Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this comparative example 2 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this comparative example 2 is shown in
In this comparative example 3, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this comparative example 3 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4, the average single-side surface density SD1 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 30 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 is 0.00007 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this comparative example 3 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this comparative example 3 is shown in
In this comparative example 4, a battery 100 is prepared with reference to embodiment 1. The difference between this comparative example 4 and embodiment 1 is that: in the first positive electrode sheets D1 1-4, the average single-side surface density SD1 of the composite positive electrode active coating layer is 700 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 is 0.20 Ω/mm2·g. Except for these differences, the materials and process operations used in this comparative example 4 are strictly consistent with those used in embodiment 1.
A structural schematic diagram of the composite cell 1 prepared in this comparative example 4 is shown in
In this test example, the batteries prepared in embodiments 1 to 14 and comparative examples 1 to 4 were used as the test objects of this test example.
Charge the batteries under test at 0.33 C with a constant current and a constant voltage to 4.25V, cut off at 0.02 C, and then discharge them at 0.33 C to 2.8V. Record the capacity, average voltage, and battery mass. Calculate the energy density of the batteries according to the following formula: energy density=capacity*average voltage/battery mass.
Charge the batteries under test at 0.33 C with a constant current and a constant voltage to 4.25V, cut off at 0.02 C, then discharge them at 0.33 C for 90 minutes, and leave them aside for 10 minutes, and record the voltage V1 at the end of holding; then discharge them at 2C (current I) for 10 seconds, and record the voltage V2 at the end of discharging. Calculate the direct current impedance of the sodium-ion battery according to the following formula: direct current impedance=|V1-V2|/I.
Place the batteries under test in a 45° C. incubator, charge them at 1 C with a constant current and a constant voltage, cut off at 0.02 C, then discharge them at 1 C, cycle to 80% SOC, and record the number of cycles.
Table 2 shows the test results of the relevant performance of the batteries prepared in embodiments 1 to 14 and comparative examples 1 to 4.
Comparing the test results of performance corresponding to embodiment 1 and comparative example 1, it can be seen from table 2 that under the same conditions of other materials and operations for preparing a battery, the battery prepared in embodiment 1 has a low impedance level and excellent energy density and cycle performance. However, the composite cell prepared in comparative example 1 is provided with only second positive electrode sheets, the cycle performance of the battery thus obtained was significantly lower than that of the battery prepared in embodiment 1. It is thus indicated that, compared to comparative example 1, the battery provided in embodiment 1 is provided with first positive electrode sheets, which have stable structures and can fully utilize the advantages of different positive electrode active materials, so as to effectively alleviate problems such as impedance and current imbalance occurring among different types of positive electrode active materials in the composite cell, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
Comparing the test results of performance corresponding to embodiment 1 and comparative example 2, it can be seen from tables 1 and 2 that under the same conditions of other materials and operations for preparing a battery, the battery prepared in embodiment 1 has a low impedance level and excellent energy density and cycle performance. However, in the first positive electrode sheet prepared in comparative example 2, the mass proportion of the first positive electrode active material exceeds the range of 10% to 50%, and the cycle performance of the battery thus obtained was significantly lower than that of the battery prepared in embodiment 1. It is thus indicated that, compared to comparative example 2, the battery provided in embodiment 1, by reasonably setting the proportion of the first positive electrode active material in the first positive electrode sheet, is beneficial to make the potential distribution of the first positive electrode sheet uniform, and alleviate the lithium deposition phenomenon caused by excessive local current density of the electrode sheet, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
Comparing the test results of performance corresponding to embodiment 1 and comparative examples 3 and 4, it can be seen from tables 1 and 2 that under the same conditions of other materials and operations for preparing a battery, the battery prepared in embodiment 1 has a low impedance level and excellent energy density and cycle performance. However, the composite positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet prepared in comparative example 3 has an average single-side surface density Sm less than 50 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 is less than 0.0001 Ω/mm2·g; the composite positive electrode active coating layer provided on the first positive electrode sheet prepared in comparative example 4 has an average single-side surface density SD1 greater than 650 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RD1 was greater than 0.1500 Ω/mm2·g, and the cycle performance of the battery thus obtained was significantly lower than that of the battery prepared in embodiment 1. It is thus indicated that, compared to comparative examples 3 and 4, the battery provided in embodiment 1, by reasonably setting the surface density and the specific surface resistance of the composite positive electrode active coating layer in the first positive electrode sheet, is beneficial to make the potential distribution of the first positive electrode sheet uniform, and alleviate the lithium deposition phenomenon caused by excessive local current density of the electrode sheet, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
Comparing the test results of performance corresponding to embodiment 1 and embodiments 5 to 8, it can be seen from tables 1 and 2 that under the same conditions of other materials and operations for preparing a battery, in embodiments 5 and 8, the mass proportions of the first positive electrode active material to all positive electrode active materials in the composite cell are respectively less than 5%, greater than 40%, and the cycle performance of the battery thus obtained was lower than that of the battery prepared in embodiment 1. It is thus indicated that, compared to embodiments 5 and 8, the composite cell provided in embodiments 1, 6 to 7, by reasonably setting the content of the first positive electrode active material in the composite cell, is beneficial for improving the matching effect between different positive electrode active materials, achieving the overall current density uniformity of the composite cell, allowing the positive electrode active materials with different energy density to exert their synergistic advantages, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
Comparing the test results of performance corresponding to embodiment 1 and embodiments 9 to 12, it can be seen from tables 1 and 2 that under the same conditions of other materials and operations for preparing a battery, the positive electrode active coating layer provided on the second positive electrode sheet in embodiment 9 has an average single-side surface density SA less than 65 g/m2, and the specific surface resistance RA was less than 0.0002 Ω/mm2·g; the positive electrode active coating layer provided on the second positive electrode sheet in embodiment 12 has an average single-side surface density SA greater than 700 g/m2, and the specific areal resistance RA was greater than 0.2000 Ω/mm2·g, and the battery thus obtained had cycle performance lower than that of the battery prepared in embodiment 1. It is thus indicated that, compared to embodiments 9and 12, the composite cell provided in embodiments 1, 10 and 11 is designed by reasonably setting the surface density and specific surface resistance of the second positive electrode sheet, so that the second positive electrode sheet with a specific surface density and specific surface resistance has an excellent matching effect with the first positive electrode sheet, and can play a synergistic advantage with the first positive electrode sheet to ensure the uniformity of the current density among different positive electrode sheets, and avoid the phenomena such as unstable electrode sheet structure, lithium deposition, polarization, caused by poor matching effect of the electrode sheets, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the battery.
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