This disclosure relates to the field of lithium battery technologies, and in particular, to a negative electrode current collector and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium metal battery using the negative electrode current collector.
The core components of a lithium metal battery mainly include a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and a separator. Generally, a metal foil is used as a current collector. A positive electrode is formed by coating a positive electrode current collector with a positive electrode slurry containing a cathode active material and a binder. A negative electrode is formed by coating a negative electrode current collector with a negative electrode slurry containing an anode active material and a binder. The separator is located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte solution is filled between the positive electrode and the separator, and between the negative electrode and the separator. During charging, lithium ions are deintercalated from a crystal lattice of the cathode material, and are deposited into the negative electrode after passing through the electrolyte solution. During discharging, the lithium ions are deintercalated from the negative electrode, and are intercalated into the crystal lattice of the cathode material after passing through the electrolyte solution. In a charging and discharging process, cyclic deposition and deintercalation of lithium ions may cause expansion and contraction of a cell system. In addition, due to the uneven deposition of the lithium ions, lithium dendrites may be formed, which reduces Coulombic efficiency and causes a safety problem (a short circuit may be caused after the lithium dendrites pierce the separator, which brings a great safety risk).
A first aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure provides a negative electrode current collector of a lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector includes a porous current collector substrate provided with a plurality of pore channels, a lithium dissolving agent filled in the pore channels of the current collector substrate, the lithium dissolving agent being a liquid or a gel capable of dissolving lithium metal, and a locking layer attached to a pore wall of the pore channel and located between the pore wall of the pore channel and the lithium dissolving agent, where the locking layer is configured to constrain the lithium dissolving agent to the pore channel of the current collector substrate.
The negative electrode current collector can lock lithium ions in the pore channels of the porous current collector substrate and stores them in the form of a liquid or a gel, which can not only reduce volume expansion caused by lithium deposition, but can also reduce the generation of lithium dendrites, thereby greatly improving safety of the battery.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a pore size of each pore channel is less than 100 micrometers (μm), and a porosity of the current collector substrate ranges from 20 percent (%) to 85%.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a thickness of the current collector substrate ranges from 5 μm to 150 μm.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the lithium dissolving agent includes at least one selected from a small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbon capable of complexing lithium ions or a polymer that contains an aromatic hydrocarbon group and is capable of complexing lithium ions, a small-molecule solvent capable of complexing lithium ions, and a polymer capable of complexing lithium ions, the small-molecule solvent capable of complexing lithium ions includes an ether-based solvent, an amine-based small-molecule solvent, and thioether- and alcohol-based small-molecule solvents, and the polymer capable of complexing lithium ions includes a polyether polymer, a polyamine polymer, and a polythiol polymer.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a volume molar concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent ranges from 0.1 moles per liter (M) to 10 M.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbon includes biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, tetracene, or pyrene, the polymer containing an aromatic hydrocarbon group includes a polymer containing an aromatic group of biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, tetracene, or pyrene, the ether-based solvent includes ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, 1,3-dioxolane, 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, 1,4-dioxane, dimethyl ether, isopropyl ether, n-butyl ether, di-n-butyl ether, dimethoxymethane, dimethoxypropane, diglyme, 12-crown-4, 15-crown-5, or 18-crown-6, the amine-based small-molecule solvent includes ethylenediamine dimethylamine, ethylenediamine tetramethylamine, or diethylenetriamine tetramethylamine, the thioether-based small-molecule solvent includes ethanedithiol dimethyl sulfide, ethanedithiol diethyl sulfide, diethyl dithiodimethyl ether, or tetraethyl dithiodimethyl ether, the alcohol-based small-molecule solvent includes hexanol, heptanol, octanol, nonanol and higher fatty alcohol, polyethylene glycol, or polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether, the polyether polymer includes polyethylene oxide or polypropylene oxide, the polyamine polymer includes polyethylenediamine or polymethylethylenediamine, and the polythiol polymer includes polyethylenedithiol or methylpolyethylenethiol.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a material of the locking layer is at least one selected from polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethylene oxide, polyacrylic acid, styrene-butadiene rubber, carboxymethyl cellulose, polypyrrole, polyacrylonitrile, plant fiber, graphene, graphene oxide, hard carbon, soft carbon, graphite, carbon nitride (C3N4), rosin acid, rosin glycerol ester, polyvinyl alcohol, naphthalenesulfonic acid, benzamide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethyleneimine, tetraethyl ortho silicate, polyvinyl chloride, hydrazine hydrate, trimethylsulfoxide iodide, polytetrafluoroethylene, a copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, polyurethane, or polyacrylate.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a coating thickness of the locking layer ranges from 50 nanometers (nm) to 10 μm.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a location inducing layer is further provided on the pore wall of the pore channel, the location inducing layer possesses a property of a chemical reaction with lithium ions or a lithiophilic property, and the location inducing layer is configured to cooperate with the locking layer to control a deposition position and a deposition direction of the lithium ions.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a material of the location inducing layer is at least one selected from gold, silver, tin, zinc, magnesium, indium, copper oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon, and germanium.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the current collector substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that are disposed opposite each other, a plurality of pore channels are provided on each of the first surface and the second surface, none of the pore channels run through the current collector substrate, and the pore channel provided on the first surface and the pore channel provided on the second surface are not in communication with each other.
A second aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure provides a lithium metal battery. The lithium metal battery includes a negative electrode current collector described above, a positive electrode, and a separator located between the negative electrode current collector and the positive electrode, where the lithium metal battery directly uses the negative electrode current collector as a negative electrode.
A locking layer and/or a location inducing layer are attached to a wall of a pore channel of the negative electrode current collector. A lithium dissolving agent is filled in the pore channel, and exists stably in the pore channel by means of capillary adsorption. During charging, lithium ions enter the porous current collector unit, and are combined with the lithium dissolving agent to form liquid or gel lithium, which can exist stably in the current collector unit, and reduce the risk of lithium dendrites.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the lithium metal battery further includes a positive and negative electrode isolation layer, the positive and negative electrode isolation layer is located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode current collector, and the positive and negative electrode isolation layer is configured to exchange lithium ions and prevent the lithium dissolving agent in the negative electrode current collector from reacting with the positive electrode.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the positive and negative electrode isolation layer includes a cation exchange membrane and a solid-state electrolyte, and a thickness of the positive and negative electrode isolation layer ranges from 20 μm to 500 μm.
A third aspect of the embodiments of this disclosure provides a preparation method for a negative electrode current collector. The preparation method includes providing a current collector substrate, forming a plurality of pore channels in the current collector substrate, forming a locking layer on a pore wall of the pore channel, and filling a lithium dissolving agent in the pore channels, where the lithium dissolving agent is a liquid or a gel capable of dissolving lithium metal, and the locking layer is configured to constrain the lithium dissolving agent to the pore channels of the current collector substrate.
The preparation method has a simple process, and the lithium dissolving agent can be constrained to the pore channels of the current collector substrate by capillary action.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the step of forming a plurality of pore channels in the current collector substrate includes forming each pore channel having a pore size less than 100 μm, with a porosity of the current collector substrate ranging from 20% to 85%.
In an implementation of this disclosure, the preparation method for the negative electrode current collector further includes a step of forming location inducing layers on the pore walls of the pore channels before the locking layers are formed on the pore walls of the plurality of pore channels, the location inducing layer possesses a property of a chemical reaction with lithium ions or a lithiophilic property, and the location inducing layer is configured to cooperate with the locking layer to control a deposition position and a deposition direction of the lithium ions.
In an implementation of this disclosure, a coating thickness of the location inducing layer ranges from 10 nm to 800 nm, and a material of the location inducing layer is at least one selected from gold, silver, tin, zinc, magnesium, indium, copper oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon, and germanium.
The embodiments of this disclosure are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings for the embodiments of this disclosure.
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It may be understood that the anode-free lithium metal battery 100 may also be an all-solid-state lithium metal battery. The all-solid-state lithium metal battery has a solid-state electrolyte, and the solid-state electrolyte may be designed integrally with the cathode active material. The positive electrode slurry containing the cathode active material, the binder, the conductive agent, and the like and the solid-state electrolyte are formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector 31. The positive electrode slurry and the solid-state electrolyte material are mixed and stirred at an appropriate ratio, then applied on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and baked in vacuum, so as to obtain a positive electrode that integrates the cathode active substance and the solid-state electrolyte.
However, as the use time of the battery increases, lithium ions are cyclically deposited and deintercalated, and a cell system expands and contracts. In addition, due to the uneven deposition of the lithium ions, lithium dendrites are easily formed, and the lithium dendrites may pierce the separator, causing a short circuit, which brings a great safety risk.
This disclosure provides a negative electrode current collector 10 for an anode-free lithium metal battery 100. The negative electrode current collector 10 may lock lithium ions in pore channels of the porous negative electrode current collector 10 and store them in a liquid or gel state. This can not only reduce volume expansion caused by lithium deposition, but can also reduce the generation of lithium dendrites, thereby greatly improving safety of the battery.
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A material of the current collector substrate 11 may be a conductive material such as copper, stainless steel, or alloy. The current collector substrate 11 is a thin layer with a thickness of 5 μm to 150 μm, and in some implementations 10 μm to 50 μm. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, all parameter ranges in this disclosure include end values.
A conventional current collector substrate 11 may be processed by etching and/or electroplating, to form pore channels 101 in a capillary array. The porous current collector substrate 11 can not only collect current, but can also serve as a liquid carrier of lithium ions. The arrangement of the plurality of pore channels 101 may be regular arrangement, for example, substrate arrangement, or may be irregular arrangement, for example, may be a foam type structure. Each pore channel 101 may run through the current collector substrate 11, or may not run through the current collector substrate 11. A pore size of each pore channel 101 is less than 100 μm, to ensure capillary effect. A porosity of the current collector substrate 11 ranges from 20% to 85%, so that the current collector substrate 11 can accommodate a sufficient amount of lithium dissolving agent 13.
The lithium dissolving agent 13 is a liquid or a gel capable of dissolving lithium metal, and may dissolve the metallic lithium through a synergistic effect of different organic solvents/polymers, and adsorb lithium ions into the pore channel 101 of the current collector substrate 11. In addition, the adsorbed lithium and the lithium dissolving agent 13 exist together in a liquid or semi-liquid form to avoid lithium dendrites. A contact angle between the lithium dissolving agent 13 and the current collector substrate 11 is an acute angle.
The lithium dissolving agent 13 needs to dissolve the lithium metal in an organic solvent/polymer in an inert atmosphere. The lithium metal undergoes a chemical reaction with the organic solvent/polymer, and a valence state of lithium changes from 0 to +1, forming a lithium compound. The inert atmosphere may be a nitrogen atmosphere or an argon atmosphere.
The current collector substrate 11 is processed into the pore channels 101 in a capillary array, and lithium ions in a quasi-solid or liquid state are adsorbed and stored in the pore channels 101 of capillaries by using the capillary principle, thereby limiting an existence range of lithium, eliminating a potential risk of lithium dendrites, and improving safety of the lithium metal battery.
The lithium dissolving agent 13 includes at least one selected from a small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbon capable of complexing lithium ions or a polymer that contains an aromatic hydrocarbon group and is capable of complexing lithium ions, a small-molecule solvent (including an ether-based solvent, an amine-based small-molecule solvent, a thioether small-molecule solvent, and an alcohol-based small-molecule solvent) capable of complexing lithium ions, and a polymer (including a polyether polymer, a polyamine polymer, and a polythiol polymer) capable of complexing lithium ions, and is a mixed solution configured by two or more classes. A volume molar concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent may range from 0.1 M to 10 M. If the concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent is excessively low, the loss of lithium ions in a charging and discharging process cannot be fully supplemented. If the concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent is excessively high, excessive lithium supplementation may easily occur, resulting in lithium precipitation on a positive electrode plate and causing safety hazards.
The small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbon includes, but is not limited to, biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, tetracene, pyrene, or the like.
The polymer containing an aromatic hydrocarbon group includes, but is not limited to, a polymer containing an aromatic group of biphenyl, naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, tetracene, pyrene, or the like.
The ether-based solvent includes, but is not limited to, a linear ether such as ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, or polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and a cyclic ether such as tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, 1,3-dioxolane, 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, 1,4-dioxane, dimethyl ether, isopropyl ether, n-butyl ether, di-n-butyl ether, dimethoxymethane, dimethoxypropane, diglyme, 12-crown-4, 15-crown-5, or 18-crown-6.
The amine-based small-molecule solvent includes, but is not limited to, ethylenediamine dimethylamine, ethylenediamine tetramethylamine, diethylenetriamine tetramethylamine, or the like.
The thioether-based small-molecule solvent includes, but is not limited to, ethanedithiol dimethyl sulfide, ethanedithiol diethyl sulfide, diethyl dithiodimethyl ether, tetraethyl dithiodimethyl ether, or the like.
The alcohol-based small-molecule solvent includes, but is not limited to, hexanol, heptanol, octanol, nonanol and higher fatty alcohol, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether, or the like.
The polyether polymer includes, but is not limited to, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, or the like.
The polyamine polymer includes, but is not limited to, polyethylenediamine, polymethylethylenediamine, or the like.
The polythiol polymer includes, but is not limited to, polyethylenedithiol, methylpolyethylenethiol, or the like.
When the foregoing substances enumerated above as the lithium dissolving agent 13 are used alone, the solubility of metallic lithium may be relatively low in them, and the solubility of lithium may be promoted by stirring and/or heating. However, if one of the foregoing substances together with another organic solvent or two or more of the foregoing substances are selected and mixed for use, the solubility of the metallic lithium is relatively high. For example, a solution of a typical lithium dissolving agent 13 includes, but is not limited to, a mixed solution of tetrahydrofuran and n-hexane, a mixed solution of tetrahydrofuran and cyclohexane, a mixed solution of tetrahydropyran and cyclohexane, a mixed solution of tetrahydrofuran and naphthalene, a mixed solution of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether and biphenyl, a mixed solution of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether and toluene, a mixed solution of dimethyl ether and biphenyl, a mixed solution of petroleum ether and toluene, a mixed solution of tetrahydrofuran and liquid ammonia, a mixed solution of 1,3-dioxolane and liquid ammonia, a mixed solution of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether and liquid ammonia, a mixed solution of propylamine and ethylenediamine, or a mixed solution of butylamine, diaminopropane, and ethanol.
The locking layer 15 is attached to the pore wall of the pore channel 101 of the current collector substrate 11, and can not only be closely combined with the current collector substrate 11, but can also have an affinity with the lithium dissolving agent 13 and improve wetting performance of the lithium dissolving agent 13, thereby constraining the lithium dissolving agent 13 to the pore channel 101 of the current collector substrate 11 by capillary action.
A material of the locking layer 15 is at least one selected from polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene oxide (PEO), polyacrylic acid (PAA), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), polypyrrole (PPy), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), plant fiber, graphene, graphene oxide, hard carbon, soft carbon, graphite, C3N4, rosin acid, rosin glycerol ester, polyvinyl alcohol, naphthalenesulfonic acid, benzamide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethyleneimine, tetraethyl orthosilicate, polyvinyl chloride, hydrazine hydrate, trimethylsulfoxide iodide, polytetrafluoroethylene, a copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, polyurethane, or polyacrylate.
A thickness of the locking layer 15 ranges from 50 nm to 10 μm, and in some implementations a coating thickness ranges from 500 nm to 5 μm.
A location inducing layer 17 may further be optionally provided on the pore wall of the pore channel 101. The location inducing layer 17 and the locking layer 15 cooperate with each other to control a deposition position of the lithium ions, and induce a deposition direction of the lithium ions, thereby ensuring that there is no risk of the separator being pierced. A coating thickness of the location inducing layer 17 ranges from 10 nm to 800 nm.
The location inducing layer 17 may have a chemical reaction with the lithium ions or have a great lithiophilic property, so as to induce the lithium ions to enter the pore channel 101 of the current collector substrate 11 for deposition. A material of the location inducing layer 17 may be selected from a lithiophilic material such as gold, silver, tin, zinc, magnesium, indium, copper oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon, or germanium. At least part of the location inducing layer 17 is directly attached to the pore wall of the pore channel 101. The locking layer 15 may be locally directly attached to the pore wall of the pore channel 101 and partially directly cover the location inducing layer 17. In this embodiment, the location inducing layer 17 is a solid layer. For example, when the locking layer 15 is PEO, the locking layer 15 is a liquid layer. Therefore, the location inducing layer 17 needs to be formed first on the pore wall of the pore channel 101, and then the liquid locking layer 15 is formed. In addition, the locking layer 15 does not completely cover the location inducing layer 17, and the location inducing layer 17 is at least partially exposed from the locking layer 15 to be in contact with the lithium ions.
Based on a double-sided application of the negative electrode current collector 10 (for example, a positive electrode is correspondingly disposed on both sides of the negative electrode current collector 10), the negative electrode current collector 10 in this disclosure may alternatively be configured as a structure with openings on both sides. As shown in
Optionally, the anode-free lithium metal battery 100 may further optionally include a positive and negative electrode isolation layer (not shown in the figure). The positive and negative electrode isolation layer is located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode current collector. The positive and negative electrode isolation layer can exchange lithium ions, so as to prevent the lithium dissolving agent in the current collector substrate from reacting with the positive electrode side. The positive and negative electrode isolation layer includes materials such as a cation exchange membrane and a solid-state electrolyte. A thickness of the positive and negative electrode isolation layer ranges from 20 μm to 500 μm.
This disclosure further provides a preparation method for the negative electrode current collector, including the following steps: providing a current collector substrate, forming a plurality of pore channels in the current collector substrate, forming locking layers on pore walls of the plurality of pore channels, and filling a lithium dissolving agent in the pore channels.
The preparation method has a simple process, and the lithium dissolving agent can be constrained to the pore channels of the current collector substrate by capillary action.
It may be understood that the preparation method for the negative electrode current collector may further include a step of forming a location inducing layer on the pore wall of the pore channel before the lithium dissolving agent is filled in the pore channel. The location inducing layer may have a chemical reaction with the lithium ions or have a great lithiophilic property, so as to induce the lithium ions to enter the pore channel of the current collector substrate for deposition. A material of the location inducing layer may be selected from a lithiophilic material such as gold, silver, tin, zinc, magnesium, indium, copper oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon, or germanium. In this embodiment, the location inducing layer is a solid layer. When the locking layer is a liquid layer, the location inducing layer needs to be formed first on the pore wall of the pore channel, and then the locking layer is formed. In addition, the locking layer does not completely cover the location inducing layer, and the location inducing layer is at least partially exposed from the locking layer.
The step of providing a current collector substrate includes providing a current collector substrate that is a thin layer made of a conductive material such as copper, stainless steel, or alloy. A thickness of the current collector substrate ranges from 5 μm to 150 μm, and in some implementations from 10 μm to 50 μm.
The step of forming a plurality of pore channels in the current collector substrate may be further forming pore channels in a capillary array by means of laser drilling or etching. The arrangement of the plurality of pore channels may be regular arrangement, for example, substrate arrangement, or may be irregular arrangement, for example, may be a foam type structure. Each pore channel may run through the current collector substrate, or may not run through the current collector substrate. A pore size of each pore channel is less than 100 μm. A porosity of the current collector substrate ranges from 20% to 85%.
The step of forming a locking layer on the pore wall of the pore channel includes formulating a solution of the locking layer, and then attaching the solution of the locking layer to the pore wall of the pore channel of the current collector substrate by using a method such as liquid phase impregnation, reduced pressure impregnation, or reduced pressure drainage. A thickness of the locking layer ranges from 50 nm to 10 μm, and in some implementations, a coating thickness ranges from 500 nm to 5 μm.
The lithium dissolving agent is a liquid or a gel capable of dissolving lithium metal. The lithium dissolving agent needs to dissolve the lithium metal in an organic solution in an inert atmosphere to form a lithium compound. The lithium dissolving agent includes at least one selected from a small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbon capable of complexing lithium ions or a polymer that contains an aromatic hydrocarbon group and is capable of complexing lithium ions, a small-molecule solvent (including an ether-based solvent, an amine-based small-molecule solvent, a thioether small-molecule solvent, and an alcohol-based small-molecule solvent) capable of complexing lithium ions, and a polymer (including a polyether polymer, a polyamine polymer, and a polythiol polymer) capable of complexing lithium ions, and is a mixed solution configured by two or more classes. A volume molar concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent may range from 0.1 M to 10 M. An appropriate amount of lithium metal is dissolved in the foregoing mixed organic solution, and a dissolution process of the metallic lithium can be promoted by stirring or heating, so as to obtain the lithium dissolving agent. A concentration of lithium in the lithium dissolving agent ranges from 0.1 M to 10 M.
The step of filling the lithium dissolving agent in the pore channel includes soaking the porous current collector substrate formed with the locking layer in the lithium dissolving agent for 5 min to 5 h, so that the lithium dissolving agent occupies all the pore channels of the current collector substrate, and removing the substance of the lithium dissolving agent on the surface of the porous current collector substrate after the current collector substrate is taken out. It may be understood that a method for filling the lithium dissolving agent in the pore channel is not limited thereto.
This disclosure further provides a preparation method for an anode-free lithium metal battery using a negative electrode current collector described above. The preparation method further includes the following steps.
The negative electrode current collector described above is prepared to replace a conventional negative electrode plate.
A positive electrode is prepared. The positive electrode may be a conventional positive electrode plate. For example, a positive electrode slurry is applied on a surface of a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode slurry includes a cathode active substance, a binder, a conductive agent, and the like. The cathode active substance includes a lithium cobalt oxide material, NCM/NCA layered lithium transition metal oxides, a lithium-rich cathode material, or the like.
The porous current collector unit, the separator, and the positive electrode plate are wound or stacked to make a bare cell, into which an electrolyte solution is injected. After the injection of the electrolyte solution, packaging is performed, so as to prepare an anode-free lithium metal battery.
The electrolyte solution consists of a solvent and a metal salt, and the solvent includes one or more of a carbonate solvent, an ether-based solvent, and a carboxylate ester solvent. The carbonate solvent includes a cyclic carbonate or a linear carbonate. The cyclic carbonate may be further one or more of ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), γ-butyrolactone (GBL), butylene carbonate (BC), fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), and vinylene carbonate (VC). The linear carbonate may be further one or more of dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), and dipropyl carbonate (DPC). The ether-based solvent includes a cyclic ether or a linear ether. The cyclic ether may be further one or more of 1,3-dioxolane (DOL), 1,4-dioxane (DX), crown ether, tetrahydrofuran (THF), 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-CH3-THF), and 2-trifluoromethyltetrahydrofuran (2-CF3-THF). The linear ether may be further one or more of dimethoxymethane (DMM), 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME), and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME). The carboxylate solvent may be further one or more of methyl acetate (MA), ethyl acetate (EA), propyl acetate (EP), butyl acetate, propyl acetate (PP), and butyl propionate. An anion of the metal salt includes, but is not limited to, one or more of hexafluorophosphate anion (PF6−), hexafluoroarsenate anion (AsF6−), perchlorate anion (ClO4−), tetrafluoroborate anion (BF4−), dioxalate borate anion (B(C2O4)2−, BOB−) difluorooxalate borate anion (BF2C2O4−, DFOB−) bisfluorosulfonimide anion (FSI−), and bistrifluorosulfonimide anion (TFSI−).
Optionally, the use of the negative electrode current collector described above may be extended to an all-solid-state lithium metal battery. In this case, the cathode active substance and the solid-state electrolyte are integrally designed on the positive electrode side. For example, the cathode active substance, the conductive agent, the binder, and the solid-state electrolyte material are mixed and stirred at an appropriate ratio to prepare a slurry, and the slurry is evenly applied on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and is baked in vacuum to obtain an integral positive electrode plate of the cathode active substance and the solid-state electrolyte. An anode-free all-solid-state lithium metal battery is prepared from the negative electrode current collector, a separator of an inorganic solid-state electrolyte, and the integral positive electrode plate by using a stacking process.
The inorganic solid-state electrolyte includes a common oxide solid-state electrolyte or sulfide solid-state electrolyte in the art. For example, the oxide solid-state electrolyte is a perovskite solid electrolyte, a sodium super ion conductor solid electrolyte (namely, NASICON solid electrolyte), a lithium super ion conductor solid electrolyte (namely, LISICON solid electrolyte), a garnet solid electrolyte, a glassy oxide solid electrolyte, or the like. The sulfide solid electrolyte is a thio-lithium super ion conductor solid electrolyte (namely, thio-LISICON solid electrolyte), a glassy sulfide solid electrolyte, or a composite of the above inorganic solid electrolytes.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of this disclosure are further described below by using specific examples.
LiCoO2/Li battery assembly: a lithium metal foil, a lithium cobalt oxide positive electrode, and a Celgard separator were assembled into a button cell. A 50 μL LiPF6 electrolyte solution with a concentration of 1.0 mol/L (in the LiPF6 electrolyte solution, a weight ratio of DMC, EMC, and EC is 1:1:1) was added.
Comparative Testing and Analysis:
Charge and discharge tests are separately performed, according to a 0.1C/0.2C charge and discharge regime, on the batteries assembled in Examples 1 to 4 and Comparative Example. A voltage range of the lithium metal battery is from 3.0 volts (V) to 4.5 V, and test results obtained are shown in Table 1 and
It can be learned from the test results in Table 1 and
It should be noted that the foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this disclosure, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this disclosure. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of this disclosure. In the case of no conflict, the implementations of this disclosure and the features in the implementations may be mutually combined. Therefore, the protection scope of this disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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This is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2021/126301 filed on Oct. 26, 2021, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202011620667.3 filed on Dec. 31, 2020. The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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Parent | PCT/CN2021/126301 | Oct 2021 | US |
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