A kind of anode material for lithium-ion batteries carbon containing method preparing phosphate iron lithium
Technical field
Technical field of lithium ion of the present invention is specifically related to a kind of anode material for lithium-ion batteries carbon containing LiFePO4 (LiFePO
4/ C) preparation method.
Background technology
Chemical cell, for example lithium metal or lithium ion battery are class electrical energy storage devices, comprise current collector, charge storage material, electrolyte, barrier film etc. usually.Lithium metal or lithium ion battery have the current potential height usually, specific capacity is big, specific volume is big, discharge and recharge and wait advantage often, be widely used in fields such as mobile phone, luggable computer, instrument and meter, electric tool, electric motor car, and become gradually main flow once or the secondary chemical cell.
J. B. Goodenough seminar of texas,U.S university in 1997 etc. find LiFePO 4 material (LiFePO first
4) can reversibly embed and deviate from lithium ion.This material non-toxic, environmental friendliness, raw material sources enrich, has cheap, advantage such as capacity is high, good cycle and thermal stability are good, this material becomes desirable power battery anode material, caused the special concern of industrial circle, and many relevant patents have been produced, for example US Patent No. 5910382, US6514640 etc.Yet LiFePO
4Intrinsic conductivity very low, be about 10
-9S/cm is difficult to practicability.
2000, people such as Ravet improved conductivity of electrolyte materials significantly by the carbon coating technology.Wherein adopt carbothermic method to be coated on LiFePO to carbon
4On the crystal boundary, generate network-like electrically conductive graphite (2-3wt%), thereby significantly improve LiFePO
4Conductivity (10
-2S/cm), capacity.The carbon coating technology is by being coated on LiFePO with carbon
4On the crystal boundary, make LiFePO
4Surface conductivity is improved, but its intrinsic conductivity does not increase.
U.S. Valence technology company mixes by vanadium, fluorine and has improved LiFePO
4Conductivity of electrolyte materials.
Conductivity of electrolyte materials has improved significantly by technology such as metal ion mixing, nano-scales in U.S. A123 Systems Inc..Introduce cation impurity as the Li position in the crystal structure of LiFePO4, for example forming, chemical general formula is Li
1-xZ
xMPO
4Material, wherein Z is Ti, Zr, Mg, Ta, W, Nb, Al etc., M is Mn, Nb, Co, Ni, Fe, Cr, V etc., conductivity of electrolyte materials from 10
-9S/cm brings up to 10
-3S/cm.
The main method of preparation LiFePO 4 material comprises high temperature solid-state chemical method, hydrothermal synthesis method etc.It is initial feed that the high temperature solid-state chemical method adopts lithium carbonate, ferrous oxalate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate etc.; Also can use lithium hydroxide, ferric phosphate is initial feed; Lithium dihydrogen phosphate, iron, iron oxide are initial feed; Be carbon thermal reduction material, carbon source with sucrose, glucose, citric acid, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinyl alcohol etc.Above-mentioned raw materials with after the mechanical lapping, drying, is placed in the stove of inert gas shielding, and heating up is heated to about 700 degrees centigrade and keeps being cooled to room temperature after a few hours and namely obtain LiFePO
4/ C material.The advantage of high temperature solid-state method is that technology is simple, easy realization of industrialization, but wayward, the skewness of product particle diameter, pattern is irregular.Hydrothermal synthesis method adopts Na
2HPO
4, FeCl
3, CH3COOLi is raw material, by the synthetic LiFePO of hydro thermal method
4Compare with high temperature solid-state method, the temperature of hydrothermal synthesis method is lower, about 150 degree~200 degree, and the reaction time also only is about 1/5 of solid phase reaction, and can directly obtain LiFePO4, do not need inert gas, product crystal grain is less, thing phase homogeneous, is particularly suitable for the high-multiplying power discharge field, but the Fe inconsistent phenomenon takes place in this kind synthetic method easily in forming olivine structural, influence chemical property, and hydro thermal method needs high temperature high voltage resistant equipment, it is big that the difficulty of suitability for industrialized production is wanted.
Prior art such as US5910382 and US6514640 is in ferric phosphate or other transition metal lithium compound building-up process; normally with lithium carbonate, ferrous oxalate, ammonium di-hydrogen phosphate etc. under nitrogen protection; carbon or carbon monoxide by hydrocarbon (CHn) pyrolysis come the reducing metal ion, form LiFePO
4, remaining carbon is coated on and forms the surface conductance layer on the LiFePO4 crystal.Yet carbon coating layer can only improve the surface conductivity of material, LiFePO
4The conductivity of bulk material does not still improve, and adopts the battery of this material also to be difficult to realize high current charge-discharge.U.S. A123 Systems Inc. is without the carbon coating technology, but improved conductivity of electrolyte materials significantly by the metal ion mixing art, as at LiFePO
4Introduce cation Nb, V impurity in the material, as Li
1-xZxFePO
4(Z is Nb, V etc.), conductivity of electrolyte materials from 10
-9S/cm brings up to 10
-3S/cm.Yet above-mentioned technology still has improved space.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is at above-mentioned present situation, it is abundant, cheap to aim to provide a kind of raw material sources, the synthesis technique simple and feasible, safe and reliable, production cost is low, non-environmental-pollution, product has the anode material for lithium-ion batteries carbon containing LiFePO4 (LiFePO of better chemical property and high-tap density
4/ C) synthetic method.
The synthetic method of anode material for lithium-ion batteries carbon containing LiFePO4 provided by the invention, be with ferric phosphate, lithium salts, carbon-source cpd and organic-magnesium metal complex auxiliary agent in molar ratio 1:0.5:1:0.01 mix, the adding proper amount of solvent is carried out ball milling and is stirred into pulpous state, and oven dry forms precursor, then inert atmosphere " 100 ℃--400 ℃ preheating 1--3 hour; 300 ℃--500 ℃ were dewatered 1--5 hour; 500 ℃--900 ℃ are incubated 4--10 hour, obtain the lithium iron phosphate positive material that carbon containing coats.
Organic-magnesium metal complex auxiliary agent among the present invention not only can improve the conductivity of LiFePO 4 material, improves the performance that material discharges and recharges under big electric current, can also improve the tap density of LiFePO 4 material, thereby improves the energy density of battery.
Among the present invention, described lithium salts is lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate or lithium acetate.
Among the present invention, described carbon-source cpd is glucose, sucrose, polyethylene glycol or simple substance carbon.
Among the present invention, organic-magnesium metal complex auxiliary agent can be two luxuriant magnesium, oxine magnesium or porphyrin magnesium.
Among the present invention, the consumption of organic-magnesium metal complex auxiliary agent is 0.5% ~ 2% of LiFePO4 molal weight.
Among the present invention, raw material are carried out moistening with solvent, described solvent is a kind of in water, ethanol or the acetone, and adopts mechanical lapping to carry out preliminary treatment.
Among the present invention, the raw material through ball-milling treatment are carried out drying, and preparing described carbon containing LiFePO 4 material by continuous solid state reaction under nitrogen or the inert gas shielding, in not being higher than environment Celsius 900 ℃.
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Fig. 1 is ESEM (SEM) figure by the prepared LiFePO4/C dusty material of embodiment 1.
Fig. 2 is X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrogram of the prepared LiFePO4/C dusty material of embodiment 1.
Fig. 3 is the charge graph of 10Ah battery under different electric currents that adopts embodiment 1 prepared LiFePO4/C to prepare as positive electrode.
Fig. 4 is the discharge curve of 10Ah battery under different electric currents that adopts embodiment 1 prepared LiFePO4/C to prepare as positive electrode.
Fig. 5 adopts the prepared LiFePO4/C of embodiment 1 to charge and discharge cycle life figure as the 10Ah battery of positive electrode preparation under different electric currents.
Embodiment
In preparing according to LiFePO4/C materials process of the present invention, raw material selection lithium salts, ferric phosphate, carbon-source cpd and organic-magnesium metal complex auxiliary agent also need a spot of solvent and protection nitrogen in addition.Raw material add a small amount of solvent according to the mole proportioning, carry out stirring ball-milling, and spray drying obtains predecessor then.The calciner that predecessor is put into through nitrogen protection carries out preheating, dehydration, roasting, annealing, cooling, pulverizing, obtains target material.
The electrochemical properties of the material that is synthesized is estimated by the preparation battery.Experiment selects for use 30 micron aluminum foils as the positive colleeting comb utmost point; Positive electrode is above-mentioned LiFePO4/C material, and this material mixes in 85:10:5 ratio and a small amount of solvent (for example NMP) with conductive carbon black, bonding agent (for example PVDF), makes slurry through vacuum stirring and is coated on the above-mentioned aluminium foil; Coat is made positive plate through vacuumize, roll-in, and the thickness that obtains positive electrode is 100 microns.Select for use 20 micron copper foils as the negative colleeting comb utmost point; Negative material is selected graphite, conductive carbon black, binding agent (for example PVDF) for use, after these negative materials are mixed in 90:5:5 ratio and a small amount of solvent (for example NMP), makes slurry through vacuum stirring and is coated on the above-mentioned Copper Foil; Make negative plate through vacuumize, roll-in, the thickness that makes negative material is 50 microns.The positive and negative electrode sheet (is placed the cavernous insulation diaphragm of 30 micron thickness (for example Celgard 2400) through cutting out in the centre after for example being of a size of 220mm * 180mm).The above positive and negative electrode sheet is separated by porous membrane, pack in the packing of the compound mantle of aluminum plastic with laminating method, inject organic bath (1 mole of LiPF6 organic carbonate fat mixed solvent EC:DEC), draw the positive and negative electrode binding post, through vacuum hotpressing make the 10Ah lithium rechargeable battery (95 * 72 * 25,400g).Fig. 3 for the 10Ah battery constant current formerly of adopting material preparation of the present invention after the charging curve under different multiplying (1C, 5C, 10C) electric current under the constant voltage mode.
Embodiment 1
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium mix premixed in the 1:0.5:1:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 200 ℃ of preheatings 1 hour, 2 hours, 700 ℃ constant temperature of 400 ℃ of dehydrations 6 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C, the performance of material as shown in Table 1.
Table one LiFePO
4The performance of/C positive electrode
Fig. 1 is with the synthetic LiFePO of said method
4The ESEM of/C dusty material (SEM) photo, its result shows that this material is nano particle (about 200nm).Fig. 2 is the LiFePO that is synthesized
4The XRD spectra of/C dusty material, this spectrogram illustrative material has olivine structural.Fig. 3 is the 10Ah battery charging curve of (1C, 5C, 10C) under different current ratios that adopts material preparation of the present invention.Fig. 4 is the 10Ah battery discharge curve of (1C, 5C, 10C) under different current ratios that adopts material preparation of the present invention.Fig. 5 be adopt material preparation of the present invention the 10Ah battery under the different multiplying electric current (1C, 5C, 10C) charge and discharge cycle life attenuation curve figure, adopt the battery of material preparation of the present invention to discharge and recharge 400 circulations shown in the figure under the 1C electric current, capacity is only decayed less than 5%.Above experimental result identity basis LiFePO of the present invention
4/ C material has favorable charge-discharge characteristic, cycle characteristics.But this battery is full of electricity within a short period of time, and the energy heavy-current discharge is adapted at the application on the power series products, for example can be applicable to electric tool, electric automobile etc.
Embodiment 2
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and oxine magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.Ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and oxine magnesia mixture behind purification and the porphyrize are mixed premixed in the 1:0.5:1:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 200 ℃ of preheatings 2 hours, 3 hours, 750 ℃ constant temperature of 500 ℃ of dehydrations 8 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C.
Embodiment 3
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and porphyrin magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and porphyrin magnesium mix premixed in the 1:0.5:1:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.Predecessor in nitrogen furnace in 350 ℃ of preheatings 2 hours, 3 hours, 750 ℃ constant temperature of 400 ℃ of dehydrations 9 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification
4/ C.
Embodiment 4
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, sucrose and two luxuriant magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, sucrose and two luxuriant magnesium mix premixed in the 1:0.5:1.2:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 300 ℃ of preheatings 2 hours, 4 hours, 680 ℃ constant temperature of 450 ℃ of dehydrations 8 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C.
Embodiment 5
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, polyethylene glycol and two luxuriant magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, polyethylene glycol and two luxuriant magnesium mix premixed in the 1:0.5:1.5:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 250 ℃ of preheatings 2 hours, 3 hours, 650 ℃ constant temperature of 350 ℃ of dehydrations 8 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C.
Embodiment 6
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium hydroxide, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium hydroxide, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium mix premixed in the 1:1.05:1:0.01 ratio, add an amount of absolute ethyl alcohol then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 400 ℃ of preheatings 1 hour, 3 hours, 800 ℃ constant temperature of 500 ℃ of dehydrations 6 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C.
Embodiment 7
Raw material such as ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium are carried out chemical purification and mechanical lapping respectively reach nano-scale particle.With purify and porphyrize after ferric phosphate, lithium carbonate, glucose and two luxuriant magnesium mix premixed in the 1:0.5:1:0.01 ratio, add proper amount of deionized water then and in agitating ball mill, mix, obtain predecessor with spray drying then.In 300 ℃ of preheatings 2 hours, 4 hours, 820 ℃ constant temperature of 450 ℃ of dehydrations 8 hours, cool to room temperature obtains crude product to predecessor then, will obtain product LiFePO behind the crude product crushing and classification in nitrogen furnace
4/ C.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that abovely only to be described at the preferred embodiments of the present invention, under the situation of the scope that does not break away from spirit of the present invention and claim, can carry out variations and modifications.