Disclosure of Invention
The disclosure provides a silicon anode of a battery, a preparation method, a lithium battery and application, which can solve one or more technical problems mentioned in the background art. In order to solve the technical problems, the present disclosure provides the following technical solutions:
As one aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a battery silicon negative electrode is provided that includes a mixture-coated silicon negative electrode of B, O, li, C.
Optionally, the mixture includes Li 3-xCxB1-xO3, where x has a value of 0.1 to 0.5.
Optionally, the silicon negative electrode is a silicon ball or a silicon rod.
Optionally, the mixture further comprises Li 3BO3 and/or LiBO 2;
And/or the mixture is prepared by adopting a gas phase method.
Optionally, the silicon cathode is a silicon sphere, and the diameter of the silicon sphere is 100-500nm.
As another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for preparing a silicon negative electrode of a battery, including the steps of:
placing the lithium compound in a first temperature control area of a constant temperature reaction container, placing the boride compound in a second temperature control area of the constant temperature reaction container, and placing the silicon ball or the silicon rod in a third temperature control area of the constant temperature reaction container;
Introducing inert gas into the constant temperature reaction vessel, and respectively applying different temperatures to the first temperature control zone, the second temperature control zone and the third temperature control zone to enable the lithium compound and the boride to be coated on the surface of the silicon ball or the silicon rod in a gas phase manner;
switching inert gas into oxygen, and introducing the oxygen into a constant-temperature reaction container, wherein the temperature of a third temperature control area is set to be 200-400 ℃ so that lithium compounds and boride on the surface of a silicon ball or a silicon rod are oxidized into a Li-B-O coating layer;
Switching oxygen into carbon dioxide gas, and introducing the carbon dioxide gas into a constant-temperature reaction container, wherein the temperature of a third temperature control region is set to be 400-800 ℃ so that the Li-B-O coating layer is converted into a Li-B-C-O coating layer.
Optionally, the Li-B-C-O coating layer has a thickness of 2-50nm;
and/or the boride comprises one or more of boron ethoxide, boron isopropoxide, boron trichloride, boron tribromide or boron iodide;
And/or the lithiate comprises one or more of lithium ethoxide, lithium isopropoxide, lithium amide or lithium imide.
As another aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an all-solid-state sulfide lithium battery including the above-described battery silicon anode.
Optionally, the sulfide all-solid-state lithium battery further comprises a positive electrode material, wherein the positive electrode material is one or more of a Li-Fe-P-O positive electrode, a Li-Ni-Mn-Co-O positive electrode or an S positive electrode.
As another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided the use of the above-described battery silicon anode in a polymer all-solid-state battery, an oxide all-solid-state battery, or a halide all-solid-state battery.
The method has the beneficial effects that the surface of the traditional nano silicon negative electrode is coated with a layer of nano Li-C-B-O mixture by adopting a gas phase method, and the coating layer has the characteristics of high lithium ion conductivity and the like, and has the characteristics of uniformity, compactness, high lithium ion conductivity, stable low potential and the like. The rate capability and long-cycle stability of the Si negative electrode in the sulfide all-solid-state battery can be improved. Is suitable for commercialized popularization of Si cathodes in sulfide all-solid-state batteries.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention more apparent to those skilled in the art, the following examples will be presented. It should be noted that the following examples do not limit the scope of the invention.
The starting materials, reagents or apparatus used in the following examples are all available from conventional commercial sources or may be obtained by methods known in the art unless otherwise specified.
The particle size of the sulfide electrolyte below may be processed by a ball mill, a sand mill, or an air flow mill. The constant temperature reaction vessel can be a muffle furnace, an oil bath or a constant temperature reaction vessel. Inert containers refer to containers that are filled with an inert gas (nitrogen or argon, etc.) to exclude other gases.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1, the preparation method of the Li-B-C-O coated battery silicon anode comprises the following steps:
0.2g of lithium ethoxide is placed in the left temperature control area of the tube furnace, 1g of boron iodide is placed in the middle temperature control area of the tube furnace, and 10g of nano silicon spheres is placed in the right temperature control area of the tube furnace. Introducing high-purity argon shielding gas with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of 80 ℃, 350 ℃ and 25 ℃ respectively from left to right for 1h, switching the high-purity argon into oxygen with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of the right nano silicon sphere side to 300 ℃ for 3h, and preparing the nano silicon anode (Li-B-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer. Continuously switching oxygen into carbon dioxide gas with the gas flow rate of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of the right side nano silicon sphere side to 600 ℃, and reacting for 3h to convert the Li-B-O nano coating layer into the Li-B-C-O nano coating layer to prepare the nano silicon anode (Li-B-C-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer.
Weighing NCM811 and Li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte coated by LiNbO 3 according to the mass ratio of 70:27:3, grinding for 10min to prepare the composite anode. 30mg of the composite positive electrode and 120mg of sulfide solid electrolyte were pressed into a positive electrode and electrolyte layer mixed assembly having a diameter of 10 mm.
Weighing the prepared Li-B-C-O@Si mixed anode material and Li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte according to the mass ratio of 70:30, and grinding for 10min to prepare the sulfide composite anode. 3mg of the composite negative electrode was pressed at the above positive electrode and electrolyte layer assembly, and an all-solid battery was assembled and subjected to electrochemical performance test. The test conditions are that the current multiplying power is switched between 0.1C-0.3C-0.5C-1C-2C, the voltage range is 3.0-4.3V (vs. Li+/Li), the test pressure is 1MPa, the cycle is 1,100,300 weeks, and the test comparison results are shown in Table 1. Meanwhile, the negative electrode materials are respectively tested by adopting untreated Si nano particles and Li-B-C-O monomer materials as comparison data.
As can be seen from Table 1, compared with the use of untreated Si anode and Li-B-C-O monomer material as anode, the use of Li-B-C-O@Si has a significant improvement in rate capability, while the Li-B-C-O monomer material has no significant lithium intercalation capacity.
TABLE 1
Ps- -represents that the battery fails to work normally and a short circuit occurs
In another aspect of the disclosed embodiments, the silicon negative electrode of the battery is obtained by the preparation method, and the silicon negative electrode comprises a silicon negative electrode coated by a mixture composed of B, O, li, C.
In some embodiments, the B, O, li, C mixture includes Li 3-xCxB1-xO3, where x has a value of 0.1 to 0.5, including, for example, one or more of Li2.9C0.1B0.9 O3、Li2.8C0.2B0.8 O3、Li2.7C0.3B0.7O3、Li2.6C0.4B0.6 O3、Li2.5C0.5B0.5 O3、.
In some embodiments, the mixture further includes one or more of Li 3BO3 or LiBO 2. For example, the mixture includes Li2.9C0.1B0.9O3、Li2.8C0.2B0.8O3、Li3BO3 and LiBO 2, or the mixture includes Li2.8C0.2B0.8O3、Li2.7C0.3B0.7O3、Li2.6C0.4B0.6O3、Li3BO3 and LiBO 2, or the mixture includes Li2.9C0.1B0.9O3、Li2.8C0.2B0.8O3、Li2.7C0.3B0.7O3、Li2.6C0.4B0.6O3、Li2.5C0.5B0.5O3、Li3BO3 and LiBO 2, or the mixture includes Li 2.5C0.5B0.5O3、LiBO3. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the combination of the mixtures is also not limited to combinations of the above materials, but merely gives examples of different combinations.
In some embodiments, the nano silicon spheres in the above embodiments may be replaced by silicon rods, resulting in a silicon rod anode material.
In some embodiments, the lithium ethoxide in the above embodiments may be replaced with a corresponding mass of lithium isopropoxide, and likewise, the boron iodide may be replaced with a corresponding mass of boron trichloride or boron tribromide.
In some embodiments, the silicon sphere diameter can range from 100nm to 500nm, for example, the silicon sphere diameter can be 100nm, 250nm, or 500nm, and can be adjusted as desired.
As another aspect of the presently disclosed embodiments, there is also provided an all-solid-state sulfide lithium battery including the battery silicon anode in the above-described embodiments.
In some embodiments, the lithium battery further includes a positive electrode material, for example, the positive electrode material may be a Li-Fe-P-O-based positive electrode, a Li-Ni-Mn-Co-O-based positive electrode, or an S-positive electrode.
As another aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a use of a silicon negative electrode of a battery, for example, in a polymer all-solid-state battery, an oxide all-solid-state battery, or a halide all-solid-state battery.
Example 2
As an aspect of the present embodiment, the present embodiment provides a method for preparing a Li-B-C-O coated silicon negative electrode for a battery, comprising the steps of:
0.3g of lithium amide or lithium imino is placed in the left side temperature control zone of the tube furnace, 1g of boron ethoxide or boron isopropoxide is placed in the middle temperature control zone of the tube furnace, and 10g of nano silicon spheres or silicon rods are placed in the right side temperature control zone of the tube furnace. Introducing high-purity argon shielding gas with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of 450 ℃ and 250 ℃ and 25 ℃ respectively from left to right for 1h, switching the high-purity argon into oxygen with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of the right nano silicon sphere side to 200 ℃ for 3h, and preparing the nano silicon anode (Li-B-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer. Continuously switching oxygen into carbon dioxide gas with the gas flow rate of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of the right side nano silicon sphere side to 400 ℃, and reacting for 3h to convert the Li-B-O nano coating layer into the Li-B-C-O nano coating layer to prepare the nano silicon anode (Li-B-C-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer.
Weighing NCM811 and Li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte coated by LiNbO 3 according to the mass ratio of 70:27:3, grinding for 10min to prepare the composite anode. 30mg of the composite positive electrode and 120mg of sulfide solid electrolyte were pressed into a positive electrode and electrolyte layer mixed assembly having a diameter of 10 mm.
Weighing the prepared Li-B-C-O@Si mixed anode material and Li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte according to the mass ratio of 70:30, and grinding for 10min to prepare the sulfide composite anode. 3mg of the composite negative electrode was pressed at the above positive electrode and electrolyte layer assembly, and an all-solid battery was assembled and subjected to electrochemical performance test. The test conditions are that the current multiplying power is switched between 0.1C-0.3C-0.5C-1C-2C, the voltage range is 3.0-4.3V (vs. Li+/Li), the test pressure is 1MPa, the cycle is 1,100,300 weeks, and the test comparison results are shown in Table 2.
TABLE 2
As another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is also provided an all-solid-state sulfide lithium battery including the battery silicon anode in the present embodiment.
In some embodiments, the sulfide all-solid state lithium battery further includes a positive electrode material, for example, the positive electrode material may be a Li-Fe-P-O-based positive electrode, a Li-Ni-Mn-Co-O-based positive electrode, or an S-positive electrode.
As another aspect of the present embodiment, there is also provided an application of the silicon negative electrode of the battery, for example, an application to a polymer all-solid-state battery, an oxide all-solid-state battery, and a halide all-solid-state battery.
Example 3
As an aspect of the present embodiment, the present embodiment provides a method for preparing a Li-B-C-O coated silicon negative electrode for a battery, comprising the steps of:
And (3) placing 0.3g of lithium ethoxide and/or lithium isopropoxide in a left temperature control area of the tubular furnace, placing one or the combination of 1g of boron trichloride, boron tribromide or boron iodide in a middle temperature control area of the tubular furnace, and placing 10g of nano silicon spheres or silicon rods in a right temperature control area of the tubular furnace. Introducing high-purity argon shielding gas with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of 100 ℃, 200 ℃ and 25 ℃ respectively from left to right for 1h, switching the high-purity argon into oxygen with the gas flow of 0.2L/min, setting the temperature of the right nano silicon sphere side to 400 ℃ for 3h, and preparing the nano silicon anode (Li-B-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer. And continuously switching oxygen into carbon dioxide gas, wherein the gas flow is 0.2L/min, and the temperature of the right side nano silicon sphere side is set to 800 ℃ until the Li-B-O nano coating layer is converted into the Li-B-C-O nano coating layer, so as to prepare the nano silicon negative electrode (Li-B-C-O@Si) coated with the Li-B-O nano layer.
Weighing an NCM material (such as NCM 811) coated by LiNbO 3, li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte and VGCF conductive carbon according to the mass ratio of 70:27:3, and grinding for 10min to prepare the composite anode. 30mg of the composite positive electrode and 120mg of sulfide solid electrolyte were pressed into a positive electrode and electrolyte layer mixed assembly having a diameter of 10 mm.
Weighing the prepared Li-B-C-O@Si mixed anode material and Li 6PS5 Cl solid electrolyte according to the mass ratio of 70:30, and grinding for 10min to prepare the sulfide composite anode. 3mg of the composite negative electrode was pressed at the above positive electrode and electrolyte layer assembly, and an all-solid battery was assembled and subjected to electrochemical performance test. The test conditions are that the current multiplying power is switched between 0.1C-0.3C-0.5C-1C-2C, the voltage range is 3.0-4.3V (vs. Li+/Li), the test pressure is 1MPa, the cycle is 1,100,300 weeks, and the test comparison results are shown in Table 3.
TABLE 3 Table 3
In some embodiments, lithium ethoxide and/or lithium isopropoxide may also be replaced with a combination of other various lithiates, such as a combination between lithium ethoxide, lithium isopropoxide, lithium amide, or lithium iminoide.
In some embodiments, boron trichloride, boron tribromide, or boron iodide may also be replaced with a combination of other borides, such as a combination between boron ethoxide, boron isopropoxide, boron trichloride, boron tribromide, or boron iodide.
As another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is also provided an all-solid-state sulfide lithium battery including the battery silicon anode in the present embodiment.
In some embodiments, the sulfide all-solid state lithium battery further includes a positive electrode material, for example, the positive electrode material may be a Li-Fe-P-O-based positive electrode, a Li-Ni-Mn-Co-O-based positive electrode, or an S-positive electrode.
As another aspect of the present embodiment, there is also provided an application of the silicon negative electrode of the battery, for example, an application to a polymer all-solid-state battery, an oxide all-solid-state battery, and a halide all-solid-state battery.
Although embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.