Patent Application
20230113533
The present application relates to the field of electrochemistry, and in particular, to a positive electrode sheet, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and a power consumption apparatus.
With the rapid development of the new energy field, lithium ion-batteries are widely applied to the field of new energy vehicles, such as full electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, due to the advantages of their excellent electrochemical performance, no memory effect and low environmental pollution.
A lithium-ion battery prepared from a positive material containing a lithium manganese oxide, such as a lithium manganate lithium-ion battery, generally has a problem of serious dissolution of a transition metal manganese, which results in a poor storage life of the battery and thus cannot meet the needs of consumers.
Further, it is more difficult to make the lithium manganate battery take into account good storage life while having high energy density.
The present application is made in view of the foregoing problem, the objective is to provide a positive electrode sheet, and a lithium-ion battery including the electrode sheet and combining an electrolytic solution in a specific formula, and the lithium-ion battery takes into account both high energy density and a good storage life.
In a first aspect of the present application, a positive electrode sheet is provided, including:
In any implementation manner, in the positive electrode sheet, a structural formula of the lithium manganese oxide is Li8-3a-4b-3c(Mn3+)a(N3+)c(Mn4+)bO4, c≥0, a>0, b≥0, N is selected from one or more of B, Al, Ga, In, TI and Fe, and a ratio of an atom number of the trivalent manganese element to an atom number of the tetravalent manganese element is α;
In any implementation manner, a value of α satisfies 0.5≤α≤1.2, optionally, 0.6≤α≤1.
In any implementation manner, a value of β satisfies 0.01≤β≤10, optionally, 0.5≤β≤5.
In any implementation manner, the high-oxidizability additive in the positive electrode sheet is one or more of Li2O2, Na2O2, K2O2, CrO3, V2O5 and NiOx (x>1.5, a valence of Ni is +4), optionally, NiOx (x>1.5).
In any implementation manner, the high-oxidizability additive is irreversible L2NiO2, or the high-oxidizability additive is an irreversible composite metal oxide formed by doping an element M into the L2NiO2, M is one or more of Cu, Fe, Co and Ni, L is one or more of Li, Na and K, and a valence of the Ni is +2; where,
In a second aspect of the present application, a secondary battery is provided, including: a negative electrode sheet, a separator, the positive electrode sheet in the first aspect of the present application, and an electrolytic solution, where the electrolytic solution includes a low-impedance additive, and a mass content w % of the low-impedance additive in the electrolytic solution and a mass content β % of the high-oxidizability additive in the positive film layer satisfy 0.1≤w/β≤10, optionally, 2≤w/β≤5.
In any implementation manner, a value of w satisfies 0.01≤w≤10, optionally, 0.5≤w≤5.
In any implementation manner, the low-impedance additive in the electrolytic solution is fluorosulfonate and/or difluorophosphate,
In a third aspect of the present application, a battery module is provided, including the lithium-ion battery in the second aspect of the present application. The method for producing a battery module known in the prior art can be used for the production of the battery module.
In a fourth aspect of the present application, a battery pack is provided, including one or more of the lithium-ion battery in the second aspect of the present application or the battery module in the third aspect of the present application. The method for producing a battery pack known in the prior art can be used for the production of the battery pack.
In a fifth aspect of the present application, a power consumption apparatus is provided, including one or more of the lithium-ion battery in the second aspect of the present application, the battery module in the third aspect of the present application or the battery pack in the fourth aspect of the present application, the lithium-ion battery or the battery module or the battery pack being used as a power source of the power consumption apparatus or an energy storage unit of the power consumption apparatus. The method for producing a power consumption apparatus known in the prior art can be used for the production of the power consumption apparatus.
According to the present application, by comprehensively regulating relative contents of a trivalent manganese element and a tetravalent manganese element in a lithium manganate material, further optimizing components of a positive film layer and combining an electrolytic solution in a specific formula, and by exploring internal relationships and action mechanisms of the foregoing three aspects and taking advantage of synergistic effects of the foregoing three aspects, a deposition amount of a transition metal manganese on a surface of a negative electrode of a lithium-ion battery is significantly reduced, energy density and storage life of the lithium-ion battery are significantly increased, and there is no loss of power performance of the battery due to the increase of the energy density and a storage life according to the technical solutions of the present application.
The battery module, the battery pack, and the power consumption apparatus of the present application include the lithium-ion battery provided in the present application, and thus have at least the same advantages as the lithium-ion battery.
Implementation manners that specifically disclose a positive active material and a method for preparing the same, a positive electrode sheet, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electrical apparatus of the present application will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as appropriate. However, unnecessarily detailed descriptions may be omitted in some cases. For example, detailed description for a well-known matter and repeated description for a practically identical structure are omitted. This is done to avoid unnecessarily redundant descriptions for ease of understanding by persons skilled in the art. In addition, the drawings and the following description are provided for persons skilled in the art to fully appreciate the present application, and are not intended to limit the subject matters described in the claims.
A “range” disclosed herein is defined in the form of a lower limit and an upper limit. A given range is defined by selecting a lower limit and an upper limit, and the selected lower limit and upper limit define a boundary of a particular range. The range defined in this manner may or may not include end values, and may be combined arbitrarily, that is, any lower limit may be combined with any upper limit to form a range. For example, if ranges of 60-120 and 80-110 are listed for a particular parameter, it is understood that ranges of 60-110 and 80-120 are also contemplated. In addition, if the minimum range values listed are 1 and 2, and the maximum range values listed are 3, 4 and 5, all the following ranges are contemplated: 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-3, 2-4, and 2-5. In the present application, unless otherwise specified, a numerical range “a-b” represents an abbreviated representation of any combination of real numbers between a and b, where both a and b are real numbers. For example, a numerical range “0-5” means that all real numbers between “0-5” have been listed herein, and “0-5” is just an abbreviated representation of a combination of these numerical values. In addition, when a certain parameter is expressed as an integer ≥2, it is equivalent to disclosing that the parameter is, for example, an integer of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or the like.
Unless otherwise specified, all implementation manners and optional implementation manners of the present application may be combined with each other to form a new technical solution.
Unless otherwise specified, all technical features and optional technical features of the present application may be combined with each other to form a new technical solution.
Unless otherwise specified, all steps of the present application may be performed sequentially or randomly, but preferably, performed sequentially. For example, a method includes steps (a) and (b), which means that the method may include steps (a) and (b) performed sequentially, or steps (b) and (a) performed sequentially. For example, the method mentioned may further include step (c), which means that step (c) may be added to the method in any order, for example, the method may include steps (a), (b) and (c), steps (a), (c) and (b), steps (c), (a) and (h), or the like.
Unless otherwise specified, “comprising” and “containing” mentioned in the present application are open-ended or closed-ended. For example, the “comprising” and “containing” may mean that other components that are not listed may further be comprised or contained, or only listed components may be comprised or contained.
In the present application, unless otherwise specified, the term “or” is inclusive. For example, the phrase “A or B” means “A, B or both A and B”. More particularly, a condition “A or B” is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present); A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present); or both A and B are true (or present).
The inventor of the present application found: a lithium manganese oxide is used as a positive material, such as lithium manganate, and the element manganese in its bulk phase exists in two valence states of +3 and +4, where a content of +3 manganese element is proportional to a specific capacity of the positive material of lithium manganate, and thus the higher the content of +3 manganese element in the positive material of lithium manganate, the higher the specific capacity of the positive material of lithium manganate. However, the higher the content of +3 manganese element, the more transition metal ions Mn3+ are dissolved out from a lithium manganate crystal structure, and the dissolved Mn3+ undergoes a disproportionation reaction to generate soluble Mn2+, so that an irreversible phase transformation occurs on the positive material. Meanwhile, the soluble Mn2+ migrates from a positive electrode to a negative electrode, and is deposited on the negative electrode, thereby destroying the electronic insulation characteristic of a negative SEI. When the electronic insulation characteristic of the SEI film is destroyed, an electrolytic solution undergoes side reactions continuously on a surface of the negative electrode and active lithium in the electrolytic solution are consumed continuously, resulting in a significant reduction of a storage life of the positive material of lithium manganate.
Particularly, the inventor found that the storage life of the lithium manganate battery is poor when the battery is in a low state of charge, for example, an open-circuit voltage is 3.8V.
Particularly, the inventor found that the storage life of the lithium manganate battery is poor when energy density of the battery is increased by increasing the content of +3 manganese element in the positive material of lithium manganate.
In the face of the foregoing greatly difficult research problem, the inventor of the present application starts from the comprehensive improvement of comprehensive performance of the lithium manganate battery, and develops a lithium-ion battery that can comprehensively increase the energy density and storage life of the battery through modification of the lithium manganate material, modification of a positive electrode sheet and synergistic collocation of an electrolytic solution in a specific formula
[Positive Electrode Sheet]
A positive electrode sheet includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive film layer provided on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector.
As an example, the positive electrode current collector has two surfaces opposite in its own thickness direction, and the positive film layer is provided on either or both of the two opposite surfaces of the positive electrode current collector.
In some implementation manners, the positive electrode current collector may be metal foil or a composite current collector. For example, as the metal foil, aluminum foil can be used. The composite current collector may include a polymer material base layer and a metal layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer material base layer. The composite current collector may be formed by synthesizing a metal material (aluminum, aluminum alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, silver and silver alloy, or the like) on a polymer material substrate (such as a substrate of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), or the like).
The present application provides a positive electrode sheet, which includes:
However, through a lot of research, the inventor found that, in a complex electrochemical environment, by adding the high-oxidizability additive of the present application to a positive film layer and using the high oxidizing effect of the high-oxidizability additive on a low-valence manganese element, on the one hand, dissolution of a transition metal of the lithium-ion battery can be significantly inhibited during a storage process, so as to significantly increase the storage life of the lithium-ion battery; and on the other hand, the high-oxidizability additive in the positive film layer can oxidize Mn2+ in the positive film layer to Mn3+ and/or Mn4+, which remains in the positive film layer to function. Particularly, when Mn2+ is oxidized to Mn3+ by controlling an amount of the high-oxidizability additive added or by other feasible means, specific energy of a positive material is significantly increased, and thus the energy density of the lithium-ion battery is significantly increased. Meanwhile, since the amount of Mn2+ in the positive film layer is significantly reduced, the storage life of the lithium-ion battery is significantly increased.
It should be noted that the lithium manganese oxide refers to an oxide containing three elements of lithium, manganese and oxygen, such as LiMnO2, LiMn2O4, LiMnPO4, lithium manganese iron phosphate, a composite material of lithium manganese phosphate and carbon, or a composite material of lithium manganese iron phosphate and carbon.
In some implementation manners, optionally, in the positive electrode sheet of the present application, a structural formula of the lithium manganese oxide is Li8-3a-4b-3c(Mn3+)a(N3+)c(Mn4+)bO4, c≥0, a>0, b≥0, N is selected from one or more of B, Al, Ga, In, TI and Fe, and a ratio of an atom number of the trivalent manganese element to an atom number of the tetravalent manganese element is α;
In the lithium manganese oxide of the present application, a positive material Li8-3a-4b-3c(Mn3+)a(N3+)c(Mn4+)bO4 of a lithium manganate system is preferred. A trivalent manganese element in the lithium manganate system is electrochemically active, and a content of the trivalent manganese element in a lithium manganate bulk phase determines a specific capacity of lithium manganate, and further affects the energy density of the lithium-ion battery. However, the higher the content of the trivalent manganese element in the lithium manganate bulk phase, the more serious the dissolution of Mn2+, and the worse the storage life of the lithium-ion battery. Therefore, the lithium-ion battery in which lithium manganate is used as the positive material can not take into account both the energy density and the storage life.
Through a lot of experiments, the inventor of the present application found that, when the α and the β satisfy 0.01≤β/α≤10, the dissolution of Mn2+ in the lithium manganate lithium-ion battery is more significantly improved, and the energy density and the storage life are significantly increased.
It should be noted that, the content of the trivalent manganese element in the lithium manganate bulk phase may be represented by a ratio α of the trivalent manganese element in the lithium manganate bulk phase to the tetravalent manganese element in the lithium manganate bulk phase, the numerical value of α can represent the degree of difficulty and the quantity of dissolution of Mn2+ in a lithium manganate material (when the high-oxidizability additive of the present application is not included), and also represent a specific capacity that the lithium manganate material can contribute to.
In the present application, for the ratio α, the control of a sintering process in a preparation process for the lithium manganate material, the introduction of a doping element and the like can be used as available means to adjust the ratio α, thereby obtaining lithium manganate materials with different specific capacities. For example, by controlling the sintering process, for example, regulating the sintering time and sintering temperature, a lithium manganate material Li1.1Mn3+1.1Mn4+0.9O4 can be obtained, and in this case, α=1.22. For example, by doping a trivalent metal element Al, Ga, In, TI, Fe, or the like through the principle of homovalent substitution, a lithium manganate material LiMn3+0.9Al0.1Mn4+O4 can be obtained, and in this case, α=0.9.
It can be appreciated that the higher the content of the trivalent manganese element in the lithium manganate material, that is, the greater the α, the more the amount of the high-oxidizability additive required, that is, the greater the β, and thus the β is proportional to the α. However, the high-oxidizability additive in the positive film layer does not contribute to the capacity but the positive impedance deteriorates, and thus it cannot be added excessively. Through a lot of experiments, the inventor of the present application found: when the α and the β further satisfy 0.5≤β/α≤5, the energy density and the storage life of the lithium manganate lithium-ion battery are further increased.
In some implementation manners, a value of α satisfies 0.5≤α/+1.2, optionally, 0.6≤α≤1.
In some implementation manners, a value of β satisfies 0.01≤α≤10, optionally, 0.5≤β≤5.
In some implementation manners, the high-oxidizability additive in the positive electrode sheet is one or more of Li2O2, Na2O2, K2O2, CrO3, V2O5, a nickel-containing oxide NiOx (x>1.5, a valence of Ni is +4), optionally, NiOx (x>1.5).
In some implementation manners, the high-oxidizability additive in the positive electrode sheet is irreversible L2NiO2, or the high-oxidizability additive is an irreversible composite metal oxide formed by doping an element M into the L2NiO2, M is one or more of Cu, Fe, Co and Ni, L is one or more of Li, Na and K, and a valence of the Ni is +2; where,
The inventor of the present application found: in the high-oxidizability additive containing a divalent nickel element, an alkali metal element with a small ionic radius is deintercalated in the firm of ions in the first charging process, in order to maintain the charge balance of the high-oxidizability additive after the alkali metal element is deintercalated, the nickel element Whose valence is less than +4 is oxidized to a tetravalent nickel element: and after the alkali metal element is deintercelated in the form of ions, it cannot be intercalated back with the discharging process, so that the tetravalent nickel element always exists in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-ion battery, to oxidize Mn2+ generated in the positive film layer to Me. It has been reported in the prior art that, a surface of a lithium manganate material is coated with a nickel cobalt manganese oxide material and a nickel manganese spinel material; the nickel cobalt manganese oxide material and the nickel manganese spinel material undergo delithiation to form Ni4+ at a voltage above 4V, and both of them reduce Ni4+ to form Ni in a low valence state at a voltage about 3.8V with the process of lithiation, losing the capability of oxidizing Mn2+; and Mn2+ still dissolves and migrates in an electrolytic solution. Therefore, this method of coating lithium manganate with the nickel cobalt manganese oxide material and the nickel manganese spinet material cannot solve the problem of the storage life of the lithium manganate in a low state of charge of 3.8V. However, the technical solutions of the present application can avoid the foregoing defects, and can inhibit and transform the dissolution of a transition metal manganese effectively, continuously and stably. The possible mechanism of an action of the high-oxidizability additive of the present application in the positive film layer is as follows.
In an example of NiOx (x>1.5), stable Ni4+ can be introduced into the positive film layer, so that there is still sufficient Ni4+ to oxidize Mn2+ even in a low state of charge (such as 3.8V), and the dissolution and migration of Mn2+ in the electrolytic solution are inhibited, thereby effectively solving the problem of the storage life of lithium manganate in the low state of charge. It should be noted: when Mn2+ is oxidized to Mn3+, Mn3+ obtained after the oxidation may migrate to the defect of the positive material and continue to contribute to the specific capacity of the positive material; and when Mn2+ is oxidized to Mn4+, the formed Mn4+ is deposited around NiOx (x>1.5) in the form of a protective layer since Mn4+ is insoluble in the electrolytic solution, to prevent excessive oxidation of NiOx (x>1.5) to the electrolytic solution.
In an example of Na2NiFeO4, it contains a divalent nickel element, an alkali metal element sodium with a small ionic radius is deintercalated in the form of ions in the first charging process, in order to maintain the charge balance of the high-oxidizability additive after the alkali metal element is deintercalated, the nickel element whose valence is less than +4 is oxidized to a tetravalent nickel element; and after the alkali metal element is deintercelated in the form of ions, it cannot be intercalated back with the discharging process, so that the tetravalent nickel element always exists in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-ion battery, to oxidize Mn2+ generated in the positive film layer to Mn4+.
In some implementation manners, the positive film layer further optionally includes a binder. As an example, the binder may include at least one of a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene-propylene terpolymer, a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene terpolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer and fluorine-containing acrylate resin.
In some implementation manners, the positive film layer further optionally includes a conductive agent. As an example, the conductive agent may include at least one of superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, Ketjen black, carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and carbon nanofibers.
In some implementation manners, the positive electrode sheet may be prepared by the following means: the foregoing components for preparing a positive electrode sheet, such as a positive active material, a conductive agent, a binder and any other components, are dispersed in a solvent (such as N-methylpyrrolidone) to form a positive electrode slurry; and the positive electrode slurry is coated on a positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode sheet can be obtained after processes of drying, cold pressing, and the like.
[Negative Electrode Sheet]
A negative electrode sheet includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative film layer provided on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and the negative film layer includes a negative active material.
As an example, the negative electrode current collector has two surfaces opposite in its own thickness direction, and the negative film layer is provided on either or both of the two opposite surfaces of the negative electrode current collector.
In the lithium-ion battery of the present application, the negative electrode current collector may be metal foil or a composite current collector. For example, as the metal foil, copper foil may be used. The composite current collector may include a polymer material base layer and a metal layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer material base layer. The composite current collector may be formed by synthesizing a metal material (copper, copper alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, silver and silver alloy, or the like) on a polymer material substrate (such as a substrate of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), or the like), but the present application is not limited to these materials.
In the negative electrode sheet of the present application, the negative film layer usually includes a negative active material, an optional binder, an optional conductive agent and another optional additive, and is usually formed by coating and drying of a negative electrode slurry. The negative electrode slurry is usually formed by dispersing the negative active material, the optional conductive agent and binder and the like in a solvent and stirring uniformly. The solvent may be N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) or deionized water.
As an example, the conductive agent may be selected from one or more of superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, Ketjen black, carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and carbon nanofibers.
In the negative electrode sheet of the present application, in addition to the negative active material, the negative film layer further optionally includes another common negative active material, for example, artificial graphite, natural graphite, soft carbon, hard carbon, a silicon-based material, a tin-based material, and lithium titanate. The silicon-based material can be selected from one or more of elemental silicon, a silicon-oxygen compound, a silicon-carbon composite, a silicon-nitrogen composite and a silicon alloy. The tin-based material can be selected from one or more of elemental tin, a tin-oxygen compound and a tin alloy.
[Separator]
A lithium-ion battery using an electrolytic solution and some lithium-ion batteries using solid electrolytes, further include a separator. The separator is provided between a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet for separation. The type of the separator is not particularly limited in the present application, and any well-known porous-structure separator with good chemical stability and mechanical stability can be selected. In some implementation manners, the material of the separator may be selected from one or more of glass fiber, nonwoven fabric, polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinylidene fluoride. The separator may be a single-layered thin film or a multi-layered composite thin film, which is not particularly limited. When the separator is a multi-layered composite thin film, the material of each layer can be the same or different, which is not particularly limited.
[Electrolytic Solution]
The present application provides a secondary battery, which includes: a negative electrode sheet, a separator, the positive electrode sheet in the first aspect of the present application, and an electrolytic solution, where the electrolytic solution includes a low-impedance additive, and a mass content w % of the low-impedance additive in the electrolytic solution and a mass content β % of the high-oxidizability additive in the positive film layer satisfy 0.1≤w/β≤10, optionally, 2≤w/13≤5.
In some implementation manners, a value of w satisfies, optionally, 0.5≤w≤5.
In some implementation manners, the low-impedance additive in the electrolytic solution is fluorosulfonate and/or difluorophosphate,
The fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate can oxidize on a surface of a positive electrode prior to a solvent of the electrolytic solution, forming an interface protective film rich in inorganic salts. This film may allow Li+ and Mn2+ to pass, but can block the passage of the solvent of the electrolytic solution. Therefore, the direct contact between the solvent of the electrolytic solution and the positive material can be inhibited, and oxidative side reactions of the solvent of the electrolytic solution on an interface of the positive electrode can be reduced. Similarly, the fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate can generate a protective film on the high-oxidizability additive that separates the solvent and allows Mn2+ to pass, so that the high-oxidizability additive can only oxidize Mn2+ and does not oxidize the solvent in the electrolytic solution, thereby inhibiting the continuous growth of the impedance of the interface of the positive electrode.
Through research, the inventor found that the mutual relation between the mass percentage w % of the low-impedance additive in the electrolytic solution and the mass content of the high-oxidizability additive in the positive film layer greatly affects the low-temperature discharge power and the storage life of the lithium-ion battery. When 0.1≤w/β≤10, it can be ensured that a battery cell has not only high low-temperature discharge power, but also the sufficient storage life, preferably, 0.2≤w/β≤5.
In some implementation manners, an electrolyte salt may be selected from one or more of lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium perchlorate (LiClO4), lithium hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF6), lithium bisfluorosulfonimide (LiFSI), lithium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimidate (LiTFSI), lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiTFS), lithium difluorooxalateborate (LiDFOB), lithium bisoxalateborate (LiBOB), lithium difluorophosphate (LiPO2F2), lithium difluorobisoxalate phosphate (LiDFOP) and lithium tetrafluorooxalate phosphate (LiTFOP).
In some implementation manners, the solvent may be selected from one or more of ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), iethyl carbonate (DEC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), dipropyl carbonate (DPC), methyl propyl carbonate (MPC), ethylene propyl carbonate (EPC), butylene carbonate (BC), fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), methyl formate (MF), methyl acetate (MA), ethyl acetate (EA), propyl acetate (PA), methyl propionate (MP), ethyl propionate (EP), propyl propionate (PP), methyl butyrate (MB), ethyl butyrate (EB), 1,4-butyrolactone (GBL), sulfolane (SF), dimethyl sulfone (MSM), methyl ethyl sulfone (EMS) and diethyl sulfone (ESE).
In some implementation manners, the electrolytic solution further optionally includes another additive. For example, the additive may include a negative electrode film-forming additive, or may include a positive electrode film-forming additive, or may further include an additive that can improve specific performance of the battery, such as, an additive for improving overcharge performance of the battery, an additive for improving high-temperature performance of the battery, and an additive for improving low-temperature performance of the battery.
[Lithium-Ion Battery]
In some implementation manners, the positive electrode sheet, the negative electrode sheet and the separator may be subject to a winding process or a lamination process, to obtain an electrode assembly, the electrolytic solution is injected, and a lithium-ion battery product is obtained after at least a chemical conversion process.
In some implementation manners, the lithium-ion battery may include an outer package. The outer package may be used to package the foregoing electrode assembly and electrolytic solution.
In some implementation manners, the outer package of the lithium-ion battery may be a hard shell such as a hard plastic shell, an aluminum shell, or a steel shell. The outer package of the lithium-ion battery may be a soft package, such as a bag-type soft package. A material of the soft package may be plastic, for example, polypropylene (PP), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene succinate (PBS).
The present application has no particular limitation on the shape of the lithium-ion battery, which may be a cylinder, a square, or any other shape. For example,
In some implementation manners, with reference to
[Battery Module]
In some implementation manners, lithium-ion batteries may be assembled into a battery module, the number of lithium-ion batteries included in the battery module may be one or more, and the specific number may be selected by persons skilled in the art according to application and capacity of the battery module.
Optionally, the battery module 4 may further include a shell with an accommodating space, and the plurality of lithium-ion batteries 5 are accommodated in the accommodating space.
[Battery Pack]
In some implementation manners, the foregoing battery modules may be further assembled into a battery pack, and the number of battery modules included in the battery pack may be selected by persons skilled in the art according to application and capacity of the battery pack.
[Power Consumption Apparatus]
In addition, the present application further provides a power consumption apparatus including one or more of the lithium-ion battery, the battery module, or the battery pack provided in the present application. The lithium-ion battery, the battery module, or the battery pack can be used as a power source of the apparatus, or as an energy storage unit of the apparatus. The apparatus may be, but is not limited to, a mobile device (for example, a mobile phone or a notebook computer), an electric vehicle (for example, a full electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, an electric bicycle, an electric scooter, an electric golf cart, or an electric truck), an electric train, a ship and satellite, an energy storage system, and the like.
As the power consumption apparatus, a lithium-ion battery, a battery module, or a battery pack may be selected according to usage requirements.
An apparatus as another example may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or the like. The apparatus usually requires lightness and thinness, and a lithium-ion battery may be used as a power source.
Embodiments of the present application will be described hereinafter. The embodiments described below are exemplary and merely used to explain the present application, and may not be understood as limitation to the present application. Where specific techniques or conditions are not specified in the embodiments, they are performed according to techniques or conditions described in the literature in the art or according to product specifications. The reagents or instruments used without specifying the manufacturer are conventional products that are commonly used in the art and can be obtained from the market. The content of each component in the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, is based on mass.
[Positive Electrode Sheet]
S1, preparation of lithium manganate Li(Mn3+)(0.981)(Al3+)(0.019)(Mn4+)(1)O4 with α=0.981:
A manganese precursor manganese dioxide (represented as MnO2), an N precursor aluminum oxide (represented as Al2O3), and a lithium precursor lithium carbonate (represented as Li2CO3) were mixed in a ratio of molar weights of 1.981 mol to 0.0095 mol to 0.5 mol, and then placed in a muffle furnace for pre-sintering at 400° C. for 4 hours after being uniformly ground; they cooled to room temperature and were ground continuously; they were placed again in the muffle furnace for final sintering at 800° C. for 15 hours after being ground; and then lithium manganate Li(Mn3+)(0.981)(Al3+)(0.019)(Mn4+)(1)O4 is obtained after they cooled to room temperature.
The foregoing positive active material of lithium manganate, a high-oxidizability additive Na2O2, a conductive agent acetylene black, and a binder polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were dissolved in a solvent N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in a mass ratio of 91:3:3:3, and a positive electrode slurry was obtained after they were fully stirred and mixed uniformly; and then, the positive electrode slurry was coated on a positive electrode current collector uniformly, and a positive electrode sheet was obtained after drying, cold pressing, and slitting.
[Negative Electrode Sheet]
A negative active material artificial graphite, a conductive agent acetylene black, and a binder styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and a thickener sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na) were mixed uniformly in a mass ratio of 90:2:2:1 with deionized water, and coated on cooper foil to obtain a negative electrode sheet in Embodiment 1 after drying and cold pressing.
[Electrolytic Solution]
EC (ethylene carbonate) and EMC (ethyl methyl carbonate) were mixed in a volume ratio of 3:7 under an argon atmosphere, LiPF6 was added to form an electrolytic solution, and in the electrolytic solution, a mass content of LiPF6 is 12.5%.
[Separator]
A polypropylene separator.
[Production of Lithium-Ion Battery]
The positive electrode sheet, the separator, and the negative electrode sheet were stacked in order, so that the separator is located between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet for separation; they were packed into an aluminum-plastic film after being wound into a prismatic bare cell, a corresponding non-aqueous electrolytic solution was injected, and it was sealed; and then a lithium-ion battery was obtained after processes of standing, hot and cold pressing, chemical conversion, clamping, grading, and the like.
The specific preparation parameters for lithium-ion batteries in other embodiments and comparative examples are shown in Table A to Table C.
Lithium-ion battery products and performance parameters in other embodiments and comparative examples are shown in Table A to Table C.
[Related Parameter Test]
1. Ratio α of Mn3+ to Mn4+ in Lithium Manganate
A lithium-ion battery was discharged at 0.04C until a voltage was 3.0V, and then disassembled to obtain a positive electrode sheet, and the obtained positive electrode sheet was washed with DMC (dimethyl carbonate) and dried. The dried positive electrode sheet is taken, a positive film layer was scraped off with a blade, a test was conducted with reference to “Metallurgical Analysis 027.006 (2007):20-23” literature report on “Method of Analyzing valence state of manganese in positive material lithium manganate”, and an amount a of Mn3+ substances in lithium manganate per gram and an amount b of Mn4+ substances in lithium manganate per gram can be obtained using complexometry and oxidation reduction, α=a/b.
2. Specific Capacity of Positive Material
At 25° C., a lithium-ion battery was charged at a constant current of 1C until a voltage was 4.3V, charged at a constant voltage of 4.3V until a current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 0.33C until the voltage was 3V to obtain a discharge capacity Q. The battery was disassembled to obtain a complete positive electrode sheet, the length and width of the positive electrode sheet were measured with a vernier caliper to obtain a surface area of the positive electrode sheet, and then the mass M0 of a positive electrode current collector was obtained by calculation according to surface density of the positive electrode current collector; the mass M1 of the positive electrode sheet was obtained by weighing, and then the mass M of the positive material was (M1−M0); and a specific capacity of the positive material was Q/M.
3. Initial Internal Resistance
At 25° C., a lithium-ion battery was charged at a constant current of 1C until a voltage was 4.3V, charged at a constant voltage of 4.3V until a current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 1C for 30 minutes, that is, the power of the lithium-ion battery was adjusted to 50% SOC. Then, positive and negative probes of a TH2523A AC internal resistance tester contacted positive and negative electrodes of the lithium-ion battery, respectively, and an initial internal resistance value was read through a numerical value displayed on the TH2523A AC internal resistance tester.
4. Text on Deposition Amount of Mn in Negative Electrode
At 25° C., a lithium-ion battery was charged at a constant current of 1C until a voltage was 4.3V, charged at a constant voltage of 4.3V until a current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 0.33C until the voltage was 3V to obtain a fully discharged lithium-ion battery. Then, the battery was disassembled, and a negative film layer on a negative electrode current collector was scraped off with a blade to obtain negative powder, the obtained negative powder was digested with nitric acid, and then a test was conducted with reference to EPA 6010D-2014, “Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry”, to obtain a content of manganese of the negative film layer per mass unit (ppm/g).
5. Capacity Retention Rate for Storage for 100 Days at 45° C. and 3.8V
At 25° C., a lithium-ion battery was charged at a constant current of 1C until a voltage was 4.3V, charged at a constant voltage of 4.3V until a current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 0.33C until the voltage was 3V to obtain a discharge capacity Q. Then, the battery was charged again at the constant current of 1C until the voltage was 4.3V, charged at the constant voltage of 4.3V until the current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 0.33C until the voltage was 3.8V. Finally, the lithium-ion battery was placed in an oven at 45° C. for 100 days.
The lithium-ion battery was taken out after being placed for 100 days, placed at 25° C. for 12 hours, charged at the constant current of 1C until the voltage was 4.3V, charged at the constant voltage of 4.3 until the current was less than 0.05C, and then discharged at 0.33C until the voltage was 3V to obtain a discharge capacity Q100. A capacity retention rate for storage for 100 days at 45° C. and 3.8V was Q/Q100×100%.
5. Internal Resistance Growth Rate of Battery after Storage
At 25° C., the foregoing lithium-ion battery after storage for 100 days at 45° C. was charged at a constant current of 1C until a voltage was 4.3V, charged at a constant voltage 4.3V until a current was less than 0.05 to obtain a discharge capacity Q1 Ah, and then discharged at a current of Q1 A for 30 minutes, that is, the power of the lithium-ion battery was adjusted to 50% SOC. Then, positive and negative probes of a TH2523A AC internal resistance tester contacted positive and negative electrodes of the battery, respectively, and an internal resistance value after battery storage was read through data of the TH2523A AC internal resistance tester. An internal resistance growth rate of storage after storage=(internal resistance of battery after storage−initial internal resistance of battery)/initial internal resistance of battery×100%.
Brief Data Analysis for Table 1:
In Embodiments S1-S6, compared with Comparative Example D1 without addition of a high-oxidizability additive, by introducing a high-oxidizability additive, such as Na2O2, CrO3, V2O5, Li2NiO2 or NiO2, in a lithium manganate positive film layer, a capacity retention rate for storage for 100 days at 45° C. and 3.8V can be significantly increased. The main reason is that the high-oxidizability additive can oxidize Mn2+ to Mn4+ that is insoluble in an electrolytic solution, and in this way, a large amount of Mn may not migrate from a positive electrode to a negative electrode for deposition, which significantly mitigates the damage of Mn to the negative electrode.
According to performance test results of S4 and S7, it is possible to oxidize an electrolytic solution by a high-oxidizability additive, and if no improvement measure is introduced, it results in an increase in internal resistance during storage. Therefore, in S7, the internal resistance of the battery after storage is great due to no addition of FSO3Li. However, for the lithium-ion battery in S4 that is added with a low-impedance additive FSO3Li, the internal resistance is significantly reduced.
Brief Data Analysis for Table 2:
As shown in Embodiments S4 and S8-S13, by adjusting a dosage of Li and a doping amount of Al, samples with different contents of Mn3+ are obtained. By practically testing ratios α of Mn3+ to Mn4+ of these materials and specific capacities of positive materials of these materials, it can be found that the greater the ratio α of Mn3+ to Mn4+, the higher the corresponding specific capacity of the positive material, and the reason is that delithiation and lithiation depend on a change of a valence state of Mn3+. In order to obtain a lithium manganate material with a high specific capacity, a ratio α of Mn3+ to Mn4+ in a high-capacity lithium manganate active material in a positive film layer satisfies 0.5≤α≤1.2, preferably, 0.6≤α≤1.1. However, the higher the capacity, the lower the capacity retention rate for storage for 100 days at 45° C. and 3.8V, and the poorer the storage life. The reason is that the high-capacity material includes more Mn3+, and Mn3+ undergoes a disproportionation reaction to generate soluble Mn2+, and Mn2+ further migrates to a negative electrode to destroy a negative SEI film, finally resulting in the poor storage life. Therefore, a pure lithium manganate material cannot take into account long life and high energy density at a high temperature.
The introduction of a high-oxidizability additive in the positive electrode sheet can significantly increase the storage life of the lithium manganate material. These high-oxidizability additives may directly oxidize the soluble Mn2+ formed by disproportionation to insoluble Mn4+, which inhibits the damage of Mn2+ to the negative electrode, thereby increasing the storage life of lithium manganate. However, these types of additives for the electrode sheet have no capacity contribution at 3-4.3V and have poor conductivity, and the capacity and initial internal resistance may deteriorate due to excessive addition of them for example, in Embodiments S11-S13. Therefore, a mass proportion β(%) of an additive containing Ni4+ satisfies 0.01≤β≤10, preferably, 0.5≤β≤5.
In addition, the greater the ratio α of Mn3+ to Mn4+, the higher the capacity, the more Mn2+ generated by the disproportionation reaction, and the more Ni4+-containing additive for the electrode sheet is needed, that is, the greater β needs to be. However, the greater β, the worse the capacity and initial internal resistance. Therefore, in order to take into account the high energy density, long storage life and appropriate initial internal resistance, the ratio α of Mn3+ to Mn4+ and the mass proportion β(%) of the Ni4+-containing additive satisfy: 0.01<β/α<10, preferably, 0.5≤β/α≤5. When β/α is small, the storage life becomes poor, as in Embodiment S8. When β/α is great, the energy density of the positive electrode decreases, and the initial internal resistance increases, as in Embodiment S13.
Brief Data Analysis for Table 3:
In Embodiment S7, the introduction of a high-oxidizability additive may increase a growth rate of an internal resistance of a battery cell after storage, which is bad for practical application of the battery cell, and may lead to insufficient power in the later period of the battery life, resulting in poor driving experience. However, the main problem is that this high-oxidizability additive for the electrode sheet may oxidize not only Mn2+ but also an electrolytic solution, leading to continuous thickening of by products on an interface of a positive electrode and a continuous increase of the internal resistance of the battery cell during storage.
In Embodiments S4 and S14-S22, the introduction of an additive fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate for improving the impedance growth can effectively inhibit the growth of storage internal resistance. The fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate can oxidize on a surface of a positive electrode prior to a solvent of the electrolytic solution, forming an interface protective film rich in inorganic salts. This film may allow Li+ and Mn2+ to pass, but can block the passage of the solvent of the electrolytic solution. Therefore, the direct contact between the solvent of the electrolytic solution and the positive material can be inhibited, and oxidative side reactions of the solvent of the electrolytic solution on an interface of the positive electrode can be reduced. Similarly, the fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate can generate a protective film on the high-oxidizability additive that separates the solvent and allows Mn2+ to pass, so that it is achieved that Ni4+ only oxidizes Mn2+ and does not oxidize the solvent in the electrolytic solution, thereby inhibiting the continuous growth of the impedance of the interface of the positive electrode. However, through the practical research, it is found that addition of excessive fluorosulfonate or difluorophosphate to the electrolytic solution may increase viscosity of the electrolytic solution and conductivity of the electrolytic solution deteriorates, leading to an increase of the internal resistance of the battery cell. Therefore, a mass proportion w (%) of the additive improving the impedance growth in the electrolytic solution satisfies 0.01≤w≤10, preferably, 0.5≤w≤5.
In addition, the greater the dosage β of the high-oxidizability additive for the electrode sheet, the stronger the capability of oxidizing the electrolytic solution, the greater the risk of deterioration of the storage internal resistance, and the more the additive for improving the impedance growth are needed, to inhibit the growth of the storage internal resistance, that is, w is greater. However, the greater w is, the viscosity and the conductivity of the electrolytic solution may deteriorate, resulting in an increase of an initial internal resistance of the battery cell. Therefore, in order to take into account low initial internal resistance and a low storage internal resistance growth rate, a mass proportion w (%) of an additive for improving low-temperature impedance in the electrolytic solution and the mass proportion β of the high-oxidizability addition satisfy: 0.1≤w/β≤10, preferably, 0.2≤w/β≤5.
It should be noted that the present application is not limited to the foregoing implementation manners. The foregoing implementation manners are merely examples, and implementation manners having substantially the same constitution as the technical idea and exerting the same effects within the technical solution of the present application are all included within the technical scope of the present application. In addition, various modifications may be made to the implementation manners by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, and other implementation manners that are constructed by combining some of the constituent elements of the implementation manners are also included in the scope of the present application.
The present application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2021/123430, filed Oct. 13, 2021, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/CN2021/123430 | Oct 2021 | US |
| Child | 17984273 | US |
