Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a zinc ion battery anode active material, which solves the problems of low capacity, poor anode structure stability, slow intercalation kinetics and the like of the conventional zinc ion battery.
The other purpose of the invention is to provide a zinc ion battery positive electrode, which comprises the zinc ion battery positive electrode material and has the same advantages as the positive electrode material.
The invention also aims to provide a zinc ion battery positive electrode, which comprises the zinc ion battery positive electrode material and has the same advantages as the positive electrode material.
The fourth purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of the zinc ion battery anode, which is simple.
The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a zinc ion battery, which comprises the above-mentioned positive electrode, and has high specific capacity and long cycle life.
The invention also aims to provide a preparation method of the zinc ion battery, which is simple and feasible.
The seventh purpose of the present invention is to provide an application of the above zinc ion battery in electric tools, electronic devices, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage devices.
In order to achieve the above purpose of the present invention, the following technical solutions are adopted:
in a first aspect, the present invention provides a positive active material for a zinc-ion battery, comprising an oxide of niobium or a composite thereof.
Preferably, on the basis of the technical scheme of the invention, the oxide of niobium comprises NbO and Nb2O3、 NbO2Or Nb2O5Preferably Nb2O5;
Preferably, Nb2O5The crystalline form of (a) includes an orthorhombic phase, a hexagonal phase or a monoclinic phase, preferably a hexagonal phase.
Preferably, based on the technical scheme of the invention, the oxide composite material of niobium comprises an oxide/metal composite material or an oxide/nonmetal composite material of niobium, and the oxide/metal composite material of niobium is preferably Nb2O5/metal composite material or Nb2O5A non-metallic composite material;
preferably, Nb2O5The composition general formula of the/metal composite material is MxNb2O5Wherein x is more than 0 and less than 1; m comprises one or more of Zn, Li, Na, K, Ti, V, Al or Ca, preferably Li, Ti or V, and further preferably Li;
preferably, Nb2O5The nonmetal in the nonmetal composite material is a carbon material, a nitrogen material, a sulfur material, a phosphorus material or a silicon material;
preferably, the carbon material comprises one or more of graphene, carbon nanotubes, soft carbon, hard carbon or carbon fibers; preferably, Nb2O5The carbon content in the carbon/carbon composite material is 0.5-20 wt%.
Preferably, Nb2O5The composite material comprises Nb2O5/Si、Nb2O5/C、Nb2O5/S、Nb2O5/N、 Nb2O5/P、LixNb2O5、KxNb2O5、NaxNb2O5、CaxNb2O5、ZnxNb2O5、TixNb2O5Or VxNb2O5Preferably LixNb2O5。
In a second aspect, the invention provides a zinc ion battery positive electrode material, which comprises the zinc ion battery positive electrode active material.
In a third aspect, the invention provides a zinc ion battery positive electrode, which comprises a positive electrode current collector and the zinc ion battery positive electrode material.
In a fourth aspect, the invention provides a preparation method of the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery, which comprises the following steps:
and mixing the zinc ion battery positive electrode material, a conductive agent, a binder and a solvent to prepare slurry, and coating the slurry on the surface of a positive electrode current collector to obtain the zinc ion battery positive electrode.
In a fifth aspect, the invention provides a zinc ion battery, which comprises the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery or the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery prepared by the preparation method, a negative electrode, a diaphragm and an electrolyte.
Preferably, on the basis of the technical scheme of the invention, the negative electrode is metal zinc, preferably zinc foil;
preferably, the electrolyte is an aqueous solution containing a zinc salt.
Preferably, the zinc salt comprises one or more of zinc chloride, zinc aluminate, zinc sulfate, zinc perchlorate, zinc nitrate, zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate, zinc oxalate or zinc acetate;
preferably, the concentration of the zinc salt in the electrolyte is 0.1-10 mol/L.
In a sixth aspect, the invention provides a preparation method of the zinc ion battery, which comprises the following steps:
and assembling the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the diaphragm and the electrolyte of the zinc ion battery to obtain the zinc ion battery.
In a seventh aspect, the invention provides an application of the above zinc ion battery in electric tools, electronic equipment, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage equipment.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the positive active material of the zinc ion battery comprises niobium oxide or a composite material thereof, the niobium oxide or the composite material thereof is used in the positive active material of the zinc ion battery, the niobium oxide or the composite material thereof has a rapid zinc ion transmission channel, the rapid embedding and de-embedding of zinc ions can be realized, the crystal structure is stable, the prepared zinc ion battery has the advantages of long cycle life, high specific capacity and low cost, the problems of limited lithium resource reserve and high cost of the existing lithium ion battery are solved, the problems of low capacity, poor positive structure stability, slow intercalation dynamics and the like of the existing positive active material of the zinc ion battery are solved, and the positive active material of the zinc ion battery can be applied to the fields of electric tools, electronic equipment, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage and the like.
(2) As a preferred embodiment, an aqueous zinc ion battery using an oxide of niobium or a composite material thereof as a positive electrode active material and a zinc sheet as a positive electrode has the above advantages and also has an advantage of high safety.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. The examples, in which specific conditions are not specified, were conducted under conventional conditions or conditions recommended by the manufacturer. The reagents or instruments used are not indicated by the manufacturer, and are all conventional products available commercially.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a positive active material for a zinc-ion battery comprising an oxide of niobium or a composite material thereof.
The zinc ion battery is a secondary battery using zinc ions as a transmission medium.
Currently, the positive active material of the zinc ion battery mainly comprises manganese oxide, vanadium oxide or Prussian blue. These materials all suffer from low capacity, slow ion kinetics, etc.
The invention uses the niobium oxide or the composite material thereof in the positive active material of the zinc ion battery.
"oxide of niobium or a composite thereof" means an oxide of niobium or an oxide composite of niobium.
The niobium oxides, wherein niobium is present predominantly in the +5, +4, +3, and +2 valences, include, but are not limited to, NbO, Nb2O3、NbO2Or Nb2O5. The oxide of niobium belongs to the n-type transition metal oxide.
In a preferred embodiment, the oxide of niobium is Nb2O5。
The crystal form of the oxide of niobium is not limited, for example, Nb2O5The crystal form of (A) comprises H-Nb2O5(corresponding to pseudo-hexagonal phase), O-Nb2O5(corresponding to orthogonal phase), T-Nb2O5(corresponding to orthorhombic phase), TT-Nb2O5(corresponding to hexagonal phase) or M-Nb2O5(corresponding to monoclinic phase) and the like.
The morphology of the oxide of niobium is not limited, and may be a one-dimensional nanostructure such as a nanofiber or a nanobelt, or a two-dimensional structure such as a nanosheet.
The source of the niobium oxide is not limited, and the niobium oxide can be directly obtained by commercial products or self-preparation, and can be prepared by the existing preparation method of the nano material, including a solid phase method, a liquid phase method or a gas phase method, wherein the solid phase method mainly comprises a high-temperature self-propagating synthesis method and a salt direct thermal decomposition method, the liquid phase method mainly comprises a sol-gel method, a hydrothermal method, a microemulsion method or a coprecipitation method, and the gas phase method mainly comprises a gas phase deposition method, a gas phase decomposition method or a gas phase reaction method.
The "oxide composite material of niobium" is a composite material of an oxide of niobium combined with other metals and/or nonmetals, where the metals are other metals than niobium, including but not limited to Zn, Li, Na, K, Ti, V, Al, Ca, etc., and the nonmetals include but not limited to C, N, O, P, S, Si, etc., and the form of the oxide composite material of niobium is not limited, and may be an oxide-doped material of niobium or an oxide-coated material of niobium.
In a preferred embodiment, the niobium oxide composite material is Nb2O5A composite material.
Nb2O5The composite material may be Nb2O5A/metal composite material, which may also be Nb2O5Non-metallic composite material. "Nb2O5In the case of the metal composite material, "/" means "and".
Preferably, Nb2O5The composition general formula of the/metal composite material is MxNb2O5Wherein x is more than 0 and less than 1; m comprises one or more of Zn, Li, Na, K, Ti, V, Al or Ca.
Nb2O5The composite material may be represented as Nb2O5A can be metal, such as one or more of Zn, Li, Na, K, Ti, V, Al or Ca, or non-metal, such as one or more of C, N, O, P, S or Si.
The crystal form and the morphology of the oxide composite material of niobium are not limited.
The positive active material of the zinc ion battery comprises niobium oxide or a composite material thereof, the niobium oxide or the composite material thereof is used in the positive active material of the zinc ion battery, the niobium oxide has a rapid zinc ion transmission channel, the rapid embedding and de-embedding of zinc ions can be realized, the crystal structure is stable, the prepared zinc ion battery has the advantages of long cycle life, high specific capacity and low cost, the problems of limited lithium resource storage capacity and high cost of the existing lithium ion battery are solved, and the problems of low capacity, poor positive structure stability, slow intercalation dynamics and the like of the positive active material of the existing zinc ion battery can be applied to the fields of large-scale energy storage and the like.
In one embodiment, Nb2O5The crystal form of (A) is a hexagonal phase.
Nb in hexagonal crystal form2O5The prepared zinc ion battery has higher specific capacity and cycle life.
In one embodiment, Nb2O5The composition formula of the/metal composite material is MxNb2O5Wherein M is Li, Ti or V, and more preferably Li.
Nb by doping with Li, Ti or V metals2O5The material is more beneficial to accelerating the transmission of zinc ions, and the zinc ion battery with more excellent specific capacity and cycle life is obtained.
In one embodiment, Nb2O5The composite material is Nb2O5A carbon composite material.
The type of carbon is not limited, and typically but not by way of limitation, includes one or more of graphene, carbon nanotubes, soft carbon, hard carbon, or carbon fibers, for example.
Preferably, Nb2O5The carbon content of the/carbon composite is 0.5 to 20 wt.%, for example 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 15% or 20%.
Carbon-compounded Nb2O5Further promote Nb2O5The conductivity of the zinc-ion battery is beneficial to obtaining the zinc-ion battery with more excellent specific capacity and cycle life.
In one embodiment, Nb2O5The composite material may also be MxNb2O5and/C (metal and carbon are compounded together, and the "/" represents the meaning of "and"), wherein M can be one or more of Zn, Li, Na, K, Ti, V, Al or Ca, and C can be one or more of graphene, carbon nano-tube, soft carbon, hard carbon or carbon fiber.
By pairing Nb2O5The obtained zinc ion battery can further improve the capacity and the cycle life by compounding the metal and the carbon.
In one embodiment, Nb2O5The composite material comprises Nb2O5/Si、Nb2O5/C、Nb2O5/S、 Nb2O5/N、Nb2O5/P、LixNb2O5、KxNb2O5、NaxNb2O5、CaxNb2O5、ZnxNb2O5、 TixNb2O5Or VxNb2O5Preferably LixNb2O5。
By selecting Nb2O5The composite material can obtain the zinc ion battery with better electrical property.
In one embodiment, the zinc-ion battery positive active material further comprises a conductive agent and a binder.
It is to be understood that the kind of the conductive agent and the binder is not particularly limited, and a conductive agent and a binder, which are conventional in the art, may be used. The conductive agent includes, but is not limited to, one or more of conductive carbon spheres, conductive graphite, conductive carbon black, conductive carbon fibers, graphene, reduced graphene oxide, or carbon nanotubes. The binder includes but is not limited to one or more of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyolefins or SBR rubber.
The proportions of the niobium oxide or its composite material, the conductive agent and the binder are not limited, and the conventional proportions of the positive electrode active material, the conductive agent and the binder in the technical field of zinc ion batteries can be adopted.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a zinc ion battery positive electrode material comprising the above zinc ion battery positive electrode active material.
The positive electrode material of the zinc ion battery has the same advantages as the positive electrode active material of the zinc ion battery, and the description is omitted.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a zinc ion battery positive electrode comprising a positive electrode current collector and the above zinc ion battery positive electrode material.
The positive current collector is not limited, and includes, but is not limited to, any one of aluminum foil, carbon-coated aluminum foil, nickel mesh, foamed nickel, titanium foil, an alloy containing at least one of them, or a composite material containing at least one of them, preferably titanium foil.
The positive electrode of the zinc ion battery has the same advantages as the positive electrode material of the zinc ion battery.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for preparing the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery, comprising the following steps:
and mixing the zinc ion battery positive electrode material, a conductive agent, a binder and a solvent to prepare slurry, and coating the slurry on the surface of a positive electrode current collector to obtain the zinc ion battery positive electrode.
Solvents include, but are not limited to, NMP (N-methylpyrrolidone) or water.
The anode material is made into slurry and coated to form an anode material layer, so that the anode is obtained, and the preparation is simple.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a zinc ion battery is provided, which comprises the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery or the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery prepared by the preparation method, a negative electrode, a diaphragm and an electrolyte.
The zinc ion battery comprises the zinc ion battery anode, and the zinc ion battery prepared by adopting the niobium oxide and the composite material thereof as the anode active material has the advantages of high specific capacity, long cycle life and low cost.
In one embodiment, the negative electrode is metallic zinc, preferably zinc foil.
The zinc ion battery cathode adopts a zinc sheet, and a zinc ion battery system formed by the zinc sheet and the niobium oxide or the composite material anode material thereof has high specific capacity and cycle life performance.
The electrolyte may be an aqueous electrolyte or a nonaqueous electrolyte.
Preferably, the electrolyte is an aqueous electrolyte.
The aqueous electrolyte is adopted to avoid the danger of fire, explosion and the like possibly caused by adopting the organic electrolyte, and the safety is higher.
An exemplary zinc ion battery structure is shown in fig. 1, and comprises a negative electrode 1, a positive electrode of the zinc ion battery or a positive electrode prepared by the preparation method of the positive electrode of the zinc ion battery, an electrolyte 2 between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a diaphragm 3; the positive electrode current collector 5 is provided with a positive electrode active material layer 4.
Preferably, the negative electrode is a zinc foil.
Preferably, the electrolyte is an aqueous solution containing a zinc salt.
Preferably, the zinc salt comprises one or more of zinc chloride, zinc aluminate, zinc sulfate, zinc perchlorate, zinc nitrate, zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate, zinc oxalate or zinc acetate.
Preferably, the concentration of the zinc salt in the electrolyte is 0.1 to 10mol/L, including but not limited to 0.1mol/L, 0.2mol/L, 0.4mol/L, 0.6mol/L, 0.8mol/L, 1mol/L, 2mol/L, 6mol/L or 10 mol/L.
The separator is not particularly limited, and may be one of common separators currently used in the art, including, but not limited to, a porous ceramic film, a porous polypropylene film, a porous polyethylene film, a porous composite polymer film, or a glass fiber paper.
The structural shape of the zinc ion battery is not limited, and the zinc ion battery can be a button battery, a columnar battery or a soft package battery.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing the above zinc ion battery, comprising the steps of:
and assembling the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the diaphragm and the electrolyte of the zinc ion battery to obtain the zinc ion battery.
It is to be understood that the manner of assembling the cathode, the anode, the separator, and the electrolyte is not particularly limited. The preparation method is simple and feasible.
In one embodiment, a method of making a zinc-ion battery includes the steps of:
preparing a positive electrode: weighing the positive active material, the conductive agent and the binder according to a certain proportion, adding a solvent, and uniformly mixing to obtain slurry; uniformly coating the slurry on the surface of a titanium foil, drying, pressing and cutting into required sizes to obtain a positive electrode;
preparing a negative electrode: cutting the zinc foil into required size, and cleaning and drying the surface to obtain the cathode;
and assembling the battery in a conventional room temperature environment, tightly stacking the prepared cathode, the diaphragm and the battery anode in sequence, adding electrolyte to completely soak the diaphragm, and then packaging the stacked part into a battery shell to finish the battery assembly.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a use of a zinc ion battery in a power tool, an electronic device, an electric vehicle or a large-sized energy storage device.
Power tools use zinc ion batteries as a driving power source to move parts, including but not limited to electric drills and the like; the electronic device is a zinc ion battery as an operating power supply to perform various functions, including but not limited to a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a desktop computer or an electronic watch; the electric vehicle is an electric vehicle which runs by using a zinc ion battery as a driving power supply, and comprises but is not limited to an electric vehicle and the like; the large-scale energy storage equipment uses zinc ion batteries as energy storage units, and includes but is not limited to substations or wind generating sets and the like.
The same effect can be obtained by using the zinc ion battery of the invention for electric tools, electronic equipment, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage equipment.
The invention is further illustrated by the following specific examples and comparative examples, but it should be understood that these examples are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any way.
Example 1
A zinc ion battery, the positive active material adopts T-Nb2O5And the negative electrode is a zinc sheet.
The preparation method of the zinc ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) preparing a niobium pentoxide positive electrode: adding 0.7g of niobium pentoxide powder, 0.2g of carbon black and 0.1g of polyvinylidene fluoride into an agate mortar, fully grinding, and then dripping a proper amount of N-methyl pyrrolidone to mix into uniform slurry; then uniformly coating the slurry on the surface of a titanium foil (positive electrode current collector), drying in vacuum, cutting the dried electrode slice into wafers with the diameter of 12mm, and compacting to obtain a positive electrode;
(2) preparing a zinc sheet cathode: cutting the zinc foil into a wafer with the diameter of 14mm, and cleaning and drying to obtain a negative electrode;
(3) preparing electrolyte: dissolving 3.27g of zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate in 3mL of deionized water (3M), and stirring to fully dissolve the zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate to obtain an electrolyte;
(4) preparing a diaphragm: cutting the glass fiber into a wafer with the diameter of 16mm, and drying for later use;
(5) and assembling the battery at room temperature, tightly stacking the prepared cathode, the diaphragm and the battery anode in sequence, adding electrolyte to completely soak the diaphragm, and packaging the stacked part into a battery shell to finish the battery assembly.
Examples 2 to 4
Examples 2 to 4 differ from example 1 only in that the crystal forms of the positive electrode active materials are different, as specifically shown in table 1.
TABLE 1
Example numbering
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Positive electrode active material
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1
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T-Nb2O5 |
2
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H-Nb2O5 |
3
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O-Nb2O5 |
4
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M-Nb2O5 |
Examples 5 to 13
Examples 5 to 13 differ from example 1 only in that the materials compounded in the positive electrode active material were different (the content of the composite material was 10 wt% of the positive electrode active material, and x was 0.2), as specifically shown in table 2.
TABLE 2
Examples 14 to 17
Examples 14 to 17 differ from example 1 only in the carbon content of the positive electrode active material, as shown in table 3.
TABLE 3
Example numbering
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Positive electrode active material
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Carbon content (wt%)
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1
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Nb2O5 |
0
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14
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Nb2O5/C
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0.5
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15
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Nb2O5/C
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5
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16
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Nb2O5/C
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15
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17
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Nb2O5/C
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20 |
Examples 18 to 21
Examples 18 to 21 differ from example 1 only in the amount of doping in the positive electrode active material, as shown in table 4.
TABLE 4
Examples 22 to 27
Examples 22 to 27 differ from example 1 only in the electrolyte salt, as shown in table 5.
TABLE 5
Example numbering
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Electrolyte salt
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1
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Zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate (CTF)
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22
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Zinc chloride
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23
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Zinc sulfate
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24
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Zinc nitrate
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25
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Zinc perchlorate
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26
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Zinc acetate
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27
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Zinc oxalate |
Examples 28 to 31
Examples 28-31 differ from example 1 only in the separator used, as shown in table 6.
TABLE 6
Comparative example 1
The positive active material of zinc ion battery adopts alpha-MnO2And the negative electrode is a zinc sheet.
A zinc ion battery was fabricated by a method different from that of example 1 in that niobium pentoxide was replaced with α -MnO2。
Comparative example 2
A zinc ion battery adopts V as positive electrode active material2O5And the negative electrode is a zinc sheet.
A zinc ion battery was fabricated in a manner different from that of example 1 in that niobium pentoxide was replaced with V2O5。
Comparative example 3
A zinc ion battery adopts Prussian blue FeHCF as a positive active material and zinc sheets as a negative electrode.
The zinc ion battery was prepared by a method different from that of example 1 in that niobium pentoxide was replaced with prussian blue FeHCF.
Comparative example 4
A magnesium ion battery and a method for preparing the same, which are different from example 1 in that an electrolyte salt of zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate is replaced with magnesium trifluoromethanesulfonate.
Test examples
The electrochemical performance tests of the zinc ion batteries obtained in the examples 1 to 31 and the comparative examples 1 to 4 are carried out, the battery tests comprise specific capacity and cycle number, and the specific test method comprises the following steps:
specific capacity: the cyclic charge and discharge is carried out on a CT2001A battery cyclic test system, the standard capacity of an electrode is tested by charging and discharging with a current density of 50mA/g, the voltage interval is 0.6-1.8V, the specific capacity of a material is the integral of the current multiplied by the time divided by the mass of a positive electrode active material (C ═ It/m), and the charge and discharge process is as follows: standing for 600s, and then performing charge-discharge circulation, wherein the circulation step comprises the following steps: constant current discharge-constant current charge.
Cycle number: the cycle performance of the battery is tested by charging and discharging at a current density of 50mA/g on a battery cycle test system, the cycle performance of the battery is represented by the number of cycles when the discharge depth (DOD) of the battery is reduced to 80%, the battery is kept still for 600s and then subjected to charge and discharge cycles, and the cycle steps are the same as the cycle charge and discharge.
The results are shown in Table 7.
TABLE 7
As can be seen from table 7, the zinc ion battery having the positive electrode made of niobium oxide or a composite material thereof has a high specific capacity and a long cycle life. Therefore, the niobium oxide or the composite material thereof has a stable crystal structure, has a rapid zinc ion transmission channel, and can realize rapid intercalation and deintercalation of zinc ions. The zinc ion battery made of positive active materials such as manganese oxide, vanadium oxide or Prussian blue has lower specific capacity, and the vanadium oxide or Prussian blue has certain toxicity.
Comparative example 4 using an oxide of niobium or a composite material thereof in a magnesium ion battery system, it can be seen that the performance of the magnesium ion battery is not very good, being inferior to that of the zinc ion battery.
Comparison of examples 2-4 with example 1 shows that Nb is2O5The crystal form influences the performance of the zinc ion battery, wherein T-Nb2O5The zinc ion battery prepared by the crystal form has better performance. The zinc ion battery performance of the examples 5-13 is further improved after other metals or nonmetals are compounded. Examples 14-17 use Nb with varying carbon content2O5Examples 18 to 21 using Li with different Li doping amountsxNb2O5The performance of zinc ion batteries varies. The comparison of examples 22-27 with example 1 shows that the use of zinc hexafluorophosphate triflate is more effective. Comparison of examples 28-31 with example 1 shows that the separator has an effect on the battery performance, and the effect is better with the glass fiber separator.
While particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it would be obvious that various other changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended to cover in the appended claims all such changes and modifications that are within the scope of this invention.