Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an electrolyte and a battery, aiming at the problem that a silicon-containing electrode in the prior art cannot keep the stability under the condition of recycling.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:
in one aspect, the present invention provides an electrolyte comprising a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and an additive;
the additive comprises a sulfate compound;
the electrolyte salt includes a compound of formula i:
wherein R is
1And R
3Each independently selected from
R
4Selected from S or Se; r
5Selected from C, Si, Ge, Sn, S or Se; r
2Selected from carbon chains or aromatic groups having some or all of the hydrogens replaced with other elements or groups; m
1Selected from N, B, P, As, Sb or Bi; m
2Selected from Li, Na, K, Mg or Al, n is selected from 1,2 or 3;
the sulfate compound is selected from one or more compounds shown as a structural formula II:
wherein R is6–R9Each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydrocarbyl or fluorinated hydrocarbyl of 1 to 3 carbons. Alternatively, in the compounds of formula I, R2Selected from saturated or unsaturated carbon chains of 1-4 carbons with partial or total hydrogen substituted by halogen elements or halogenated hydrocarbon groups, and aromatic rings with partial or total hydrogen substituted by halogen elements or halogenated hydrocarbon groups.
Optionally, the electrolyte salt includes one or more of compounds 1-91:
optionally, the sulfate-based compound includes one or more of compound 92-compound 97:
optionally, the additive further comprises a phosphate compound, and the mass content of the phosphate compound is 1-20% by taking the total mass of the electrolyte as 100%;
the phosphate ester compound is selected from one or more compounds shown in a structural formula III:
wherein R is
10、R
11And R
12Each independently selected from
Or a hydrocarbon group or halogenated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R
10、R
11And R
12At least one selected from
R
13Selected from alkyl or halogenated alkyl of carbon atom 1 ~ 3.
Optionally, the phosphate ester-based compound comprises one or more of compound 98-compound 104:
optionally, in the electrolyte, the content of the electrolyte salt is 0.01M to 3M, and the mass content of the sulfate compound is 0.5 to 10% by taking the total mass of the electrolyte as 100%.
Optionally, the solvent comprises one or more of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, dimethyl carbonate, 1, 3-dioxolane, vinylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, propylene sulfite and methyl propionate;
the solvent further comprises a fluorinated solvent comprising one or more of fluoroethylene carbonate, methyl 3, 3, 3-fluoroethylcarbonate, and 1,1,2, 2-tetrafluoroethyl-2 ', 2 ', 2 ' -trifluoroethyl ether.
Optionally, the electrolyte salt further comprises LiPF6、LiBF4、LiBOB、LiClO4、LiCF3SO3、LiDFOB、LiN(SO2CF3)2And LiN (SO)2F)2One or more of (a).
The invention also provides a battery, which comprises a positive electrode material, a negative electrode material and the electrolyte solution;
the cathode material and/or the anode material comprise elemental silicon or a silicon-based composite.
According to the electrolyte provided by the invention, the inventor finds out through a large number of experiments that the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II are added into the electrolyte, so that the circulation stability of a silicon-containing electrode in a battery can be effectively improved, the battery still has higher battery capacity after multiple cycles, presumably because the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II participate in the decomposition reaction of the surface of the silicon-containing electrode to form a layer of compact and uniform SEI film, the SEI film has higher mechanical strength, can effectively prevent the silicon-containing electrode from being damaged and falling off in the charging and discharging processes, further, the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I can react with the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II, thereby effectively inhibiting the decomposition of the electrolyte and further improving the cycling stability and the safety performance of the battery.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
The embodiment of the invention also provides an electrolyte, which comprises a solvent, electrolyte salt and an additive;
the additive comprises a sulfate compound;
the electrolyte salt includes a compound of formula i:
wherein R is
1And R
3Each independently selected from
R
4Selected from S or Se; r
5Selected from C, Si, Ge, Sn, S or Se; r
2Selected from carbon chains or aromatic groups having some or all of the hydrogens replaced with other elements or groups; m
1Selected from N, B, P, As, Sb or Bi; m
2Selected from Li, Na, K, Mg or Al, n is selected from 1,2 or 3;
the sulfate compound is selected from one or more compounds shown as a structural formula II:
wherein R is6–R9Each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydrocarbyl or fluorinated hydrocarbyl of 1 to 3 carbons.
According to the electrolyte provided by the invention, the inventor finds out through a large number of experiments that the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II are added into the electrolyte, so that the circulation stability of a silicon-containing electrode in a battery can be effectively improved, the battery still has higher battery capacity after multiple cycles, presumably because the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II participate in the decomposition reaction of the surface of the silicon-containing electrode to form a layer of compact and uniform SEI film, the SEI film has high mechanical strength, can effectively prevent a silicon-containing electrode from being damaged and falling off in the charging and discharging processes, and further, the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II can effectively inhibit the decomposition of the electrolyte, so that the cycle stability and the safety performance of the battery are improved.
In some embodiments, in the compounds of formula I, R2Selected from saturated or unsaturated carbon chains of 1-4 carbons in which some or all of the hydrogens are replaced by halogen elements or halogenated hydrocarbon groups, some of whichAn aromatic ring in which hydrogen or all hydrogen is substituted by a halogen element or a halogenated hydrocarbon group.
In a preferred embodiment, in the compounds of formula I, R2Selected from saturated or unsaturated carbon chains of 1-4 carbons with some or all of the hydrogens replaced with fluorine or a fluorocarbon group, and aromatic rings with some or all of the hydrogens replaced with fluorine or a fluorocarbon group.
In some embodiments, the electrolyte salt includes one or more of compound 1-compound 91:
in some embodiments, in the compounds of formula ii, the halogen includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
In some embodiments, in the compounds of formula II, the 1-3 carbon hydrocarbyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, and vinyl groups;
the C1-3 fluorinated hydrocarbon group includes a trifluoromethyl group, a trifluoroethyl group and a trifluorovinyl group.
In some embodiments, the sulfate-like compound comprises one or more of compound 92-compound 97:
in some embodiments, the additive further comprises a phosphate compound, and the phosphate compound accounts for 1-20% of the total mass of the electrolyte;
the phosphate ester compound is selected from one or more compounds shown in a structural formula III:
wherein R is
10、R
11And R
12Each independently selected from
Or a hydrocarbon group or halogenated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R
10、R
11And R
12At least one selected from
R
13Selected from alkyl or halogenated alkyl of carbon atom 1 ~ 3.
In a preferred embodiment, the mass content of the phosphate ester compound is 10-20% based on 100% of the total mass of the electrolyte;
in some embodiments, the phosphate based compound comprises one or more of compound 98-compound 104:
the phosphate compound has certain flame retardant property in the battery. On the basis of adding the compound shown in the structural formula I and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II, the cycle stability and the safety performance of the battery can be improved by further adding phosphate.
In some embodiments, the electrolyte salt is present in the electrolyte solution in an amount of 0.01M to 3M.
In a preferred embodiment, the electrolyte salt is contained in an amount of 0.8M to 1.5M.
In some embodiments, the sulfate compound is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total electrolyte.
In a preferred embodiment, the mass content of the sulfate compound is 2-7% based on 100% of the total mass of the electrolyte.
In some embodiments, the solvent comprises one or more of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, dimethyl carbonate, 1, 3-dioxolane, vinylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, propylene sulfite, and methyl propionate;
the solvent further comprises a fluorinated solvent comprising one or more of fluoroethylene carbonate, methyl 3, 3, 3-fluoroethylcarbonate, and 1,1,2, 2-tetrafluoroethyl-2 ', 2 ', 2 ' -trifluoroethyl ether.
The fluoro solvent can react with the compound shown in the structural formula I to generate a compact SEI passive film rich in LiF, and the SEI passive film has high mechanical strength and can effectively prevent the SEI film from being damaged.
In some embodiments, the electrolyte salt further comprises LiPF6、LiBF4、LiBOB、LiClO4、LiCF3SO3、LiDFOB、LiN(SO2CF3)2And LiN (SO)2F)2One or more of (a).
The embodiment of the invention also provides a battery, which comprises a positive electrode material, a negative electrode material and the electrolyte;
the cathode material and/or the anode material comprise elemental silicon or a silicon-based composite.
In some embodiments, the battery further comprises a separator between the positive electrode material and the negative electrode material.
The present invention will be further illustrated by the following examples.
Examples and comparative examples the cathode material, anode material, solvent, additives and addition amounts are shown in table 1.
Wherein EC is ethylene carbonate, EMC is ethyl methyl carbonate, FEC is fluoroethylene carbonate, LiHFDF is 1,1,2,2, 3, 3-hexafluoro-1, 3-disulfonylimide lithium, DTD is ethylene sulfate, BTFMP is bis (2,2, 2-trifluoroethyl) methyl phosphate, and LiTFSI is bis (trifluoromethanesulfonimide) lithium.
TABLE 1
Example 1
This example is used to illustrate the electrolyte and the battery disclosed in the present invention, and includes the following steps:
preparing a battery: the positive electrode adopts a silicon-carbon electrode, the theoretical capacity of the electrode is 500 mA.h/g, and the negative electrode adopts a metal Li negative electrode.
Electrolyte A: dissolving 1M lithium 1,1,2,2, 3, 3-hexafluoro-1, 3-disulfonimide into a solvent of Ethylene Carbonate (EC) and Ethyl Methyl Carbonate (EMC), wherein EC: EMC is 1: 1;
to the solvent was added 5 wt% of ethylene sulfate (DTD), 20 wt% of bis (2,2, 2-trifluoroethyl) methyl phosphate (BTFMP).
Examples 2 to 11
Examples 2-11, which are intended to illustrate the electrolyte and battery of the present disclosure, include most of the operating steps of example 1, except that:
the positive electrode material, negative electrode material, solvent, electrolyte salt and additive shown in examples 2 to 11 in table 1 were used.
Comparative examples 1 to 4
This comparative example, which is used for comparative illustration of the electrolyte and battery disclosed in the present invention, includes most of the operating steps of example 1, except that:
the positive electrode material, the negative electrode material, the solvent electrolyte salt and the additive shown in comparative examples 1 to 4 in table 1 were used.
Performance testing
Charge and discharge cycle test
The electrolytes of example 1 and comparative example 1 were equipped with batteries and subjected to charge-discharge cycle tests, the results of which are shown in fig. 1.
The battery of example 1 maintained a stable capacity after multiple charge and discharge cycles.
SEM characterization
The electrolytes of example 1 and comparative example 1 were charged and discharged 5 times by cycle, and then tested by SEM.
Fig. 2 is a SEM image of a silicon carbon electrode using the electrolyte of example 1, and it can be seen that, in the battery using the electrolyte of example 1, significant silicon carbon particles can be observed, which indicates that the SEI film generated on the surface of the electrode is thin, indicating that the SEI film obtained in example 1 is more stable; fig. 3 is a SEM image of a silicon-carbon electrode using the electrolyte of comparative example 1, in which the electrode surface has no significant silicon-carbon particles and is covered by a thick SEI film, indicating that the decomposition of the electrolyte cannot be prevented using the electrode of comparative example 1, and the SEI film on the electrode surface is too thick due to the continuous decomposition of the electrolyte, and is unstable, resulting in an increase in electrochemical impedance of the silicon-containing electrode.
Electrochemical impedance testing
The electrolytes of example 1 and comparative example 1 were charged and discharged 50 times by cycle, and then subjected to electrochemical impedance test, as shown in fig. 4.
As can be seen from fig. 4, the electrochemical resistance using the electrolyte of example 1 is much lower than that using the electrolyte of comparative example 1, because the electrolyte of example 1 decomposes on the surface of the silicon-containing electrode to form a dense and uniform SEI film, which can hinder the continuous decomposition of the electrolyte and reduce the electrochemical resistance of the silicon-containing electrode.
Charge and discharge test
The batteries of examples 1 to 11 and comparative examples 1 to 4 were charged and discharged, respectively, and the electrode capacities of the silicon-containing electrodes were tested 5 times, 50 times, 100 times, and 200 times for the cycles.
The results are shown in Table 2.
TABLE 2
As can be seen from Table 2, the test data comparing examples 1-11 and comparative examples 1-4 provided by the present invention shows that the silicon-containing electrode can maintain good electrode capacity after the battery using the electrolyte provided by the present invention is charged and discharged for 200 cycles.
It can be known from comparative examples 2 to 5 and comparative examples 2 to 3 that the addition of the sulfate compound to the electrolyte and the silicon-containing electrode can maintain the high electrode capacity after 200 charge-discharge cycles, which indicates that the addition of the electrolyte salt and the sulfate compound can maintain the cycle stability of the silicon-containing electrode. It is understood from the combination of example 1 and examples 6 and 7 that the addition of the phosphate ester compound represented by the formula III to the electrolyte salt represented by the formula I and the sulfate ester compound represented by the formula II can further improve the cycle performance of the silicon-containing electrode.
As shown in comparative examples 1 to 7 and comparative example 4, the electrolyte salt shown in the structural formula I is selected as the electrolyte salt, and the electrode can still maintain higher capacity even after 200 times of charge-discharge cycles, because the electrolyte salt and the sulfate compound shown in the structural formula II inhibit the decomposition of the electrolyte, the cycle stability of the electrode containing silicon is improved.
As can be seen from the test data of comparative examples 8 to 11, in the battery according to the present invention, the cycle performance of the silicon-containing electrode gradually increased with the increase in the concentration of the electrolyte salt represented by structural formula i, and in particular, the cycle performance of the silicon-containing electrode was optimized when the concentration of the electrolyte salt represented by structural formula i was 1M.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.