Disclosure of Invention
The present application is proposed to solve the above-mentioned technical problems. Embodiments of the present application provide a method for testing and evaluating the performance of an electrolyte system of a silicon-based negative electrode battery, which can systematically and carefully study the performance of a solid electrolyte layer film on a silicon surface in different electrolyte system situations.
Embodiments of the present application provide a method for testing and evaluating the performance of an electrolyte system of a silicon-based negative half-cell, comprising:
a half-cell preparation step, namely preparing a silicon-based negative half-cell by utilizing a silicon-based negative electrode in the form of a micro-nano structure template and electrolyte to be evaluated, and preparing a positive half-cell by utilizing metal as a counter electrode, wherein the micro-nano structure template is prepared by using a micro-nano structure with single chemical component and single appearance, and preferably, the metal is lithium;
a battery performance testing step, namely running the manufactured silicon-based negative electrode half battery under a set temperature and a set battery performance testing program to test the battery performance;
a micro-nano structure template cleaning step, namely taking out the micro-nano structure template from the operated silicon-based negative electrode half cell, and cleaning the micro-nano structure template;
and a micro-nano structure template analysis step, namely performing set analysis on the micro-nano structure template after cleaning treatment.
In one embodiment, when the micro-nano structure template is manufactured, the micro-nano structure with a single chemical component and a single appearance of silicon is subjected to surface modification.
In one embodiment, the micro-nano structure with a single chemical component and a single shape of silicon has a shape of a rod, a hemisphere, a cone, a column or an ellipse.
In one embodiment, the size of the micro-nano structure monomer with a single chemical component and a single shape of silicon is 10nm-10um, preferably 10nm-1um, and more preferably 10nm-500 nm.
In one embodiment, the surface modification comprises surface coating of one or more of carbon material, metal oxide material, semiconductor material and solid electrolyte material,
wherein the carbon material is amorphous carbon or graphene carbon;
wherein the metal material is one or a mixture of gold, silver, copper and iron;
wherein, the metal oxide is one or a combination of more of aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, niobium oxide, zirconium oxide and magnesium oxide;
wherein the semiconductor material comprises zinc oxide and/or gallium arsenide;
wherein the solid electrolyte material is a garnet-type solid electrolyte and/or a NASCION-type solid electrolyte.
In one embodiment, the silicon-based negative electrode is a negative electrode active material containing silicon, and comprises one or more combinations of a three-dimensional silicon structure, a two-dimensional silicon film, a one-dimensional silicon nanowire, a silicon nanotube, a micron silicon particle, a nanometer silicon particle and a silicon monoxide, and a derivative thereof subjected to post-processing.
In one embodiment, the electrolyte to be evaluated includes one or more of an ionic liquid, a lipid organic liquid, a carbonate, an ether organic electrolyte, a sulfone or sulfoxide organic electrolyte, a nitrile organic electrolyte, a silicon-based electrolyte, a phosphorus-based electrolyte and derivatives thereof, and preferably, the electrolyte is one or more of a linear carbonate organic electrolyte, a cyclic carbonate organic electrolyte, a linear ether electrolyte and a cyclic ether electrolyte and derivatives thereof.
In a further embodiment, the electrolyte to be evaluated further comprises a lithium salt and an additive, wherein the lithium salt is a phosphorus element-containing lithium salt, a boron element-containing lithium salt, a nitrogen element-containing lithium salt or an inorganic lithium salt, and preferably, the lithium salt is one or a mixture of several of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium perchlorate, lithium dioxalate borate, lithium bistrifluoromethanesulfonylimide, lithium bifluorosulfonylimide and derivatives thereof.
In a further embodiment, the electrolyte to be evaluated further comprises an additive, wherein the additive is one or more of fluoro carbonates, unsaturated organic electrolyte, silicon-based polymer, lithium salt, sodium salt, potassium salt, ionic liquid and derivatives thereof.
In one embodiment, in the micro-nano structure template cleaning step, the micro-nano structure template is cleaned and dried by using an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is a volatile linear carbonate organic solvent, preferably, the organic solvent is dimethyl carbonate or diethyl carbonate.
In one embodiment, in the micro-nano structure template analysis step, the setting analysis is one or a combination of more of morphology analysis, element analysis, thermal analysis and mechanical analysis of the micro-nano structure template,
wherein, the appearance analysis is one or a combination of a plurality of scanning electron microscope analysis, a transmission electron microscope, an optical microscope and a scanning probe microscope;
wherein, the element analysis is one or a combination of more of an atomic emission spectrometer and an energy dispersion X-ray spectrometer;
wherein, the thermal analysis is one or a combination of more of differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry analysis, static thermomechanical analysis and dynamic thermomechanical analysis;
wherein the mechanical analysis is atomic force microscopy analysis.
Compared with the prior art, the method for testing and evaluating the performance of the electrolyte system of the silicon-based negative electrode half cell according to the embodiment of the application can represent the performance of the solid electrolyte layer films on the silicon surface of different electrolyte systems, and systematically and finely research the performance of the solid electrolyte layer films on the silicon surface under different electrolyte systems.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, example embodiments according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments of the present application, and that the present application is not limited by the example embodiments described herein.
Summary of the application
As described above, the composition, morphology, distribution, etc. of the solid electrolyte layer greatly affect the performance of the battery, and especially have important significance in stabilizing the structural stability of the silicon material and ensuring the cycling stability. Different electrolyte systems form different solid electrolyte layer films on the silicon surface, so the systematic and careful study on the performance of the solid electrolyte layer films on the silicon surface in different electrolyte systems is a problem to be solved.
In order to solve the technical problem, the basic concept of the application is to provide a method for testing and evaluating the performance of an electrolyte system of a silicon-based negative electrode half-cell based on a micro-nano structure with single chemical component and single appearance and a structure obtained by modifying the surface of the micro-nano structure, wherein the method is based on the fact that the performance of a solid electrolyte layer film on the surface of silicon in different electrolyte system situations can be systematically and carefully researched.
It should be noted that the above basic concept of the present application can be applied not only to the electrolyte system of the silicon-based negative electrode half cell, but also to other objects, such as a non-silicon-based negative electrode half cell, or the electrolyte system of a silicon-based negative electrode cell, a non-silicon-based negative electrode cell, and the like.
In addition, it should be noted that although the silicon column micro-nano structure with a single chemical component and a single morphology is used in the present application to facilitate the study of the morphology change and the chemical component after the cycle, the micro-nano structure containing multiple chemical components, multiple silicon column micro-nano structures with regular or irregular morphologies, or other materials may also be used.
Having described the general principles of the present application, various non-limiting embodiments of the present application will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Examples of the inventionSexual method
Fig. 1 illustrates a flow chart of a method for testing and evaluating electrolyte system performance of a silicon-based anode half-cell according to an embodiment of the present application.
As shown in fig. 1, the method for testing and evaluating the performance of the electrolyte system of the silicon-based negative electrode half cell includes a half cell preparation step, a cell performance testing step, a micro-nano structure template cleaning step, and a micro-nano structure template analysis step.
Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.
In the preparation step of the half-cell, a silicon-based negative electrode in the form of a micro-nano structure template and electrolyte to be evaluated are utilized to prepare a silicon-based negative electrode half-cell, metal is used as a counter electrode to prepare a positive electrode half-cell, wherein the micro-nano structure template is prepared on the basis of a micro-nano structure with single chemical component and single appearance and a structure obtained by modifying the surface of the micro-nano structure, and the metal counter electrode is selected from lithium.
In one embodiment, the shape of the micro-nano structure with a single chemical component and a single shape can be a rod, a hemisphere, a cone, a column or an ellipse. The micro-nano structure shown in fig. 2 is nano columnar silicon with single chemical component and single appearance. By adopting the embodiment, the micro-nano structure is simple in appearance and easy to manufacture.
In one embodiment, the size of the monomer of the micro-nano structure with single chemical component and single appearance is 10nm-10um, the optimized size is 10nm-1um, and the optimal size is 10nm-500 nm.
In one embodiment, the surface modification of the micro-nano structure comprises a surface coating carbon material, a metal oxide material, a semiconductor material and a solid electrolyte material. Wherein the carbon material is amorphous carbon and/or graphene carbon; the metal material is one or a mixture of gold, silver, copper and iron; the metal oxide is one or a combination of more of aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, niobium oxide, zirconium oxide and magnesium oxide; the semiconductor material comprises zinc oxide and/or gallium arsenide; the solid electrolyte material is garnet-type solid electrolyte and/or NASCION-type solid electrolyte. In the embodiment, the surface of the micro-nano structure is coated with other materials, so that the reaction between silicon and electrolyte can be reduced, the lithium release of the silicon material is inhibited, the volume expansion of the silicon material is further inhibited, and the structural stability of the silicon material is improved.
In one embodiment, the silicon-based negative electrode is a negative electrode active material containing silicon, and comprises one or more combinations of a three-dimensional silicon structure, a two-dimensional silicon film, a one-dimensional silicon nanowire, a silicon nanotube, a micron silicon particle, a nanometer silicon particle and a silicon monoxide, and a derivative thereof subjected to post-processing. In this embodiment, the silicon-containing negative electrode active material is used to manufacture the micro-nano structure template, so that lithium can be prevented from being released from the silicon material, the volume expansion of the silicon material can be further prevented, and the structural stability of the silicon material can be improved.
In one embodiment, the silicon-based negative electrode electrolyte system comprises a lithium salt, an electrolyte and an additive, wherein the lithium salt is a phosphorus element-containing lithium salt, a boron element-containing lithium salt, a nitrogen element-containing lithium salt or an inorganic lithium salt, preferably, the lithium salt is one or a mixture of several of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium tetrafluoroborate, lithium perchlorate, lithium dioxalate borate, lithium bistrifluoromethanesulfonylimide, lithium bifluorosulfonylimide and derivatives thereof; the electrolyte is one or a mixture of more of ionic liquid, lipid organic liquid, carbonates, ether organic electrolyte, sulfones or sulfoxides organic electrolyte, nitrile organic electrolyte, silicon-based electrolyte and phosphorus-based electrolyte and derivatives thereof, and preferably, the electrolyte is one or a mixture of more of linear carbonate organic electrolyte, cyclic carbonate organic electrolyte and linear ether electrolyte and cyclic ether electrolyte and derivatives thereof; the additive is one or more of fluoro-carbonates, unsaturated organic electrolyte, silicon-based polymer, lithium salt, sodium salt, potassium salt and ionic liquid and derivatives thereof. By adopting the electrolyte system of the embodiment, the performance of the solid electrolyte layer film on the silicon surface under the electrolyte system and the influence of the electrolyte system on the performance of the solid electrolyte layer film on the silicon surface can be systematically and finely studied.
In the step of testing the battery performance, the manufactured silicon-based negative electrode half battery is operated under the set temperature and the set battery performance test program to test the battery performance.
In one embodiment, the set temperature is room temperature. In this embodiment, since the set temperature is room temperature, no cooling or heating equipment is required, so that the method according to the present application is convenient to operate and the required equipment structure is more simplified.
In one embodiment, the set battery test procedure was to discharge to 300uAh at a constant current of 30uA, rest for 30s, then charge to 300uA to 2V at a constant current, and cycle for 3 weeks. By adopting the embodiment, the performance of the solid electrolyte layer film on the silicon surface under the electrolyte system and the influence of the electrolyte system on the performance of the solid electrolyte layer film on the silicon surface can be more accurately researched through the circulation mode and the multiple circulation.
In the micro-nano structure template cleaning step, in an embodiment, the cleaning process is to clean and dry the micro-nano structure template by using an organic solvent, preferably, the organic solvent is a volatile linear carbonate organic solvent, and more preferably, the organic solvent is dimethyl carbonate or diethyl carbonate. In this embodiment, adopt organic solvent, wash, can reduce the harm of washing solvent to micro-nano structure template, especially, adopt volatile organic solvent, can also reduce the residue of organic solvent on micro-nano structure template, further reduce the harm of washing solvent to micro-nano structure template.
In the micro-nano structure template analysis step, the setting analysis is one or a combination of more of appearance analysis, element analysis, thermal analysis and mechanical analysis of the micro-nano structure template, wherein the appearance analysis is one or a combination of more of scanning electron microscope analysis, transmission electron microscope, optical microscope and scanning probe microscope; wherein, the element analysis is one or a combination of more of an atomic emission spectrometer and an energy dispersion X-ray spectrometer; wherein, the thermal analysis is one or a combination of more of differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry analysis, static thermomechanical analysis and dynamic thermomechanical analysis; wherein the mechanical analysis is atomic force microscopy analysis. By adopting the embodiment, the performance of the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film under the electrolyte system and the influence of the performance on the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film can be systematically and carefully researched.
Examples of the invention
Several examples of applications of the method according to the present application for testing and evaluating the performance of electrolyte systems of silicon-based anode half-cells are listed below, wherein the same silicon-based anode is made into a silicon-based anode half-cell with different electrolytes, or the same silicon-based anode is placed in different electrolyte systems.
Example 1: the silicon-based negative electrode adopts a micron conical silicon structure, the diameter of the silicon-based negative electrode is 3um, and the height of the silicon-based negative electrode is 10 um. The electrolyte system is selected to be a mixed solution of 1M LiPF6 dissolved in Ethylene Carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC), wherein EC/DMC is 1: 1. The micro-pyramidal silicon structure forms a first half-cell with an electrolyte system and the metallic lithium acts as a counter electrode, forming a second half-cell. After the first half cell and the second half cell were allowed to stand together for 6 hours, a cell performance test was performed. The battery test procedure was to discharge at a constant current of 25uA to 25uAh, rest for 30s, then charge at a constant current of 25uA to 2V, and cycle for 50 weeks. After cycling, the cells were disassembled, after repeated rinsing with DMC in a glove box, the nano-cone silicon was formed, left to stand for 24 hours, air dried, and tested using a vacuum transfer box for electron scanning microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
Example 2 differs from example 1 only in that the electrolyte system was chosen to be 1M LiPF6 soluble in (EC/DMC 1:2) + FEC + 2% VC and will not be described again.
Example 3 differs from example 1 only in that the electrolyte system was chosen to be 1M LiPF6 soluble (EC \ PC \ DMC) and the additive VC was added and will not be described here.
Example 4 differs from example 1 only in that the electrolyte system was chosen to be 1M LiBF4 soluble (EC/DMC) and will not be described in detail here.
Example 5 differs from example 1 only in that the electrolyte system was chosen to be 1M lidob soluble (EC/DMC) and will not be described here.
Fig. 3 to 7 show SEM images of examples 1 to 5 after three weeks of charge and discharge, respectively. As shown in fig. 3 to 7, the SEM images of examples 1 to 5 after three-week cycling were clearly different. In example 1, after the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film is formed, a significant crack exists, and during the next week of charge and discharge, the exposed Si can continue to react with the electrolyte to continuously form a silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film, so that the coulombic efficiency of the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film is very low; in example 2, the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film is very uniform and regular, and a dense silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film has been formed in the second week, so coulombic efficiency is high, and cycle performance is also improved; examples 3 and 4 are also obviously improved compared with example 1; the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer of example 5 was more densely covered with a film with only a slight crack, but was superior to examples 3 and 4. As is apparent from the results of the SEM images, the relationship between the performance or coulombic efficiency of the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film in each example is: example 2> example 5> example 4> example 3> example 1.
Fig. 8 to 12 show schematic diagrams of xps C1 s after three-week charge and discharge of examples 1 to 5. Analysis of the chemical composition of the samples after cycling was performed and fig. 8 to 12 show xps C1 s peaks, the composition of most of these five examples being C-C/C-H, C-O, O-C-O, CO32-, but the intensities between the examples were very different. Comparison of example 1 with example 2 clearly shows the presence of CO 32-in example 1, mainly Li2CO3Due to the reaction of Li with EC to form Li2CO3And CH4(ii) a The addition of FEC and VC in example 2 would cause Li to react preferentially with FEC to form LiF, hindering the reaction of Li with EC. In example 4, C — H and C ═ O were stronger on the surface of the electrolyte containing boron, mainly because the lithium salt containing boron reacted preferentially with Li, hindering the reaction between Li and EC.
Fig. 13 to 17 show first-cycle charge and discharge curves according to examples 1 to 5 of the present application. As shown, the first cycle efficiency of example 1 is 53%, the first cycle efficiency of example 2 is 83%, the first cycle efficiency of example 3 is 67%, the first cycle efficiency of example 4 is 68%, and the first cycle efficiency of example 5 is 75%. It is clear from fig. 13 to 17 that the first cycle efficiency of example 2 is the best, followed by example 5, and example 4 is almost the same as example 3, and the worst is example 1 without addition, and then the relationship between the properties of the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer film in each example can be obtained from fig. 13 to 17 as well: example 2> example 5> example 4> example 3> example 1.
As can be seen from fig. 3 to 17, the different electrolyte systems used in examples 1 to 5 have a significant effect on the performance of the silicon surface solid electrolyte layer films using the method for testing and evaluating the performance of the electrolyte system of a silicon-based negative half cell according to the present application.
The foregoing describes the general principles of the present application in conjunction with specific embodiments, however, it is noted that the advantages, effects, etc. mentioned in the present application are merely examples and are not limiting, and they should not be considered essential to the various embodiments of the present application. Furthermore, the foregoing disclosure of specific details is for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended to be limiting, since the foregoing disclosure is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise details disclosed.
The block diagrams of devices, apparatuses, systems referred to in this application are only given as illustrative examples and are not intended to require or imply that the connections, arrangements, configurations, etc. must be made in the manner shown in the block diagrams. These devices, apparatuses, devices, systems may be connected, arranged, configured in any manner, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. Words such as "including," "comprising," "having," and the like are open-ended words that mean "including, but not limited to," and are used interchangeably therewith. The words "or" and "as used herein mean, and are used interchangeably with, the word" and/or, "unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The word "such as" is used herein to mean, and is used interchangeably with, the phrase "such as but not limited to".
It should also be noted that in the devices, apparatuses, and methods of the present application, the components or steps may be decomposed and/or recombined. These decompositions and/or recombinations are to be considered as equivalents of the present application.
The previous description of the disclosed aspects is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
The foregoing description has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. Furthermore, the description is not intended to limit embodiments of the application to the form disclosed herein. While a number of example aspects and embodiments have been discussed above, those of skill in the art will recognize certain variations, modifications, alterations, additions and sub-combinations thereof.