High-nickel precursor, positive electrode material and preparation method of positive electrode material
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of lithium ion battery materials, and particularly relates to a high-nickel precursor, a positive electrode material and a preparation method thereof.
Background
In order to relieve the shortage of petroleum and reduce the emission of CO 2, china is gradually moving to the new energy and electric appliance era. Along with the popularization of new energy automobiles, a lithium ion power battery serving as a main power source of the new energy automobiles has a broad development prospect. At present, the main commercial lithium ion power battery anode materials comprise nickel cobalt manganese ternary materials LiNi xCoyMnz(OH)2 (0 < x+y < 1) and lithium iron phosphate materials (LiFePO 4), because the low-nickel ternary materials LiNi xCoyMnz(OH)2 (x < 0.6) and LiFePO 4 materials have low energy densities (about 150-160 Wh/kg), the requirements of electric vehicles on the endurance mileage are difficult to meet, and the main bottleneck of development of the electric vehicles in the field of power batteries is formed, and the high-nickel ternary materials (LiNi xCoyMnz(OH)2, x is more than or equal to 0.6) can endow the materials with more reversible capacity due to the increase of Ni components, so that the high-nickel anode materials with excellent development performance become one of the main development directions of future power lithium battery materials.
At present, the production of high-nickel anode materials generally adopts a complex coprecipitation method to prepare a polycrystalline spherical precursor, and then the polycrystalline spherical precursor is sintered by mixing lithium to prepare the corresponding anode material. The high nickel material Ni component content increases, although the reversible capacity is improved, the structural stability and the safety of the material are also deteriorated, adverse Li/Ni mixed phase change, stress accumulation caused by surface residual alkali and lattice anisotropic expansion/expansion and the like are easy to form in the material preparation and circulation process, and further the capacity rapid decay, the charge transfer impedance increase, the interface side reaction aggravation and the serious particle crushing in the material circulation overcharging are caused, so that the potential safety hazard is brought to the long-term circulation use of the battery.
In order to stabilize the material structure, one effective method is to introduce a small amount of impurity elements into the material to stabilize and strengthen the structure, for example, common doping elements comprise Mg, al, zr, nb, ta and the like, wherein Al can obviously improve the circularity, multiplying power and thermal stability of the high-nickel material, and has a certain inhibition effect on surface residual alkali, but most researches generally introduce the doping elements in a precursor lithiation sintering stage and disperse the doping elements at each site of material crystal grains in a solid-phase thermal diffusion way, and the diffusion efficiency of the solid-phase sintering elements is low, so that the uneven distribution of the doping elements in the material bulk is easily caused, thereby causing inconsistent electrochemical behaviors among different sites of the material and poor doping effect.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defect that the doping elements are unevenly distributed in the bulk phase of the material when the high-nickel precursor is prepared in the prior art, so as to provide the high-nickel precursor, the positive electrode material and the preparation method thereof.
For this purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme.
In a first aspect, the invention provides a method for preparing a high nickel precursor, comprising the following steps:
step 1, preparing an Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, an ammonia water solution, an alkali solution precipitant and an ammonia water bottom solution, wherein in the Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, the Al/TM atomic ratio is 0.001-0.01, and TM is the sum of the amounts of substances of nickel, cobalt and manganese atoms;
step2, adding ammonia water base solution into a reaction kettle, regulating the pH value of the ammonia water base solution to 10.7-11.7, simultaneously pumping an Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution, an ammonia water solution and an alkali solution precipitant into the reaction kettle, stirring in the feeding process, and continuing stirring reaction after the feeding is finished;
and step 3, solid-liquid separation, washing and drying to obtain the high-nickel precursor.
Further, at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) In the feeding process, the feeding speed range of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution is 0.5-2.0mL/min;
preferably 0.5-0.9mL/min;
(2) In the feeding process, in order to ensure the cooperative coordination of the complexation and the precipitation reaction, the molar ratio of NH 3 in the aqueous ammonia solution fed in unit time to TM in the solution containing Al, nickel, cobalt and manganese is 1.0-1.4, preferably 1.1-1.3.
The feed rate of the aqueous ammonia solution was converted based on the aqueous ammonia concentration and the NH 3:TM feed molar ratio.
The flow rate of the alkali solution precipitant is used for adjusting the pH value of the feed solution in the reaction kettle, so that the pH value is always constant at the target pH value.
(3) In the solution containing Al, ni, co and Mn, the Al/TM atomic ratio is 0.005-0.01.
Further, the feeding speed of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution is 0.8-0.9mL/min or 0.5-0.6mL/min.
In the feeding process, all the reaction materials are fully dispersed and meet again for precipitation crystallization reaction under stirring, so as to maintain the supersaturation degree of the system to be stable and enable the structure crystal ions to be uniformly deposited, and the reaction pH, the feeding speed and the feed liquid temperature are kept constant in the process.
And after the reaction is finished, washing the precursor precipitate for 3-4 times by adopting low-concentration alkaline water and pure water, so that Na +、NH3、SO4 2- mixed in the precipitate product is washed out, and the washed precursor is placed in a vacuum drying oven and dried at 100-120 ℃ for 12-20 hours to obtain dry high-nickel precursor powder.
Further, at least one of the following conditions is satisfied in step 2:
(1) Adding ammonia water bottom solution into a reaction kettle, and heating the ammonia water bottom solution to 45-60 ℃;
(2) Ultrasonically dispersing dissolved oxygen in an Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution, an ammonia water solution and an alkali solution precipitant before pumping the solution into a reaction kettle;
(3) The stirring speed in the feeding process is 500-1000rpm;
Preferably, the feeding time is controlled within 10-50 h;
(4) After the feeding is finished, stirring and heating are continuously maintained for 10-12 hours, so that the reaction is fully carried out, and the crystal growth is more mature;
optionally, the stirring speed after the end of the feeding is adjusted to 100-500rpm.
Further, the step 1 satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
(1) The TM concentration in the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution is 1.5-2.5mol/L;
Preparing Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, namely taking soluble metal salts of nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum, and rapidly dissolving the soluble metal salts with hot water to obtain Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution with target concentration, or adopting an Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese leaching solution obtained by wet recovery of waste lithium ion batteries, and preparing the concentration of each metal element in the leaching solution to meet the material design proportion to serve as metal salt raw material liquid, thereby realizing the recycling of metal resources;
(2) Preparing an Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution according to Ni xCoyMn1-x-y(OH)2, wherein 0.6.ltoreq.x <1,0< x+y <1;
(3) The concentration of the ammonia water solution is 4.0-5.6mol/L;
(4) The concentration of the alkali solution precipitant is 4.0-8.0mol/L;
(5) The concentration of the ammonia water bottom solution is 1.0-1.4mol/L (the concentration of ammonia in the bottom solution (namely the ammonia water bottom solution) initially entering the reaction kettle is the concentration of ammonia after the ammonia water solution is diluted by the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution and the alkali solution precipitant during feeding.
In the step 2, the adding amount of the ammonia water base solution is selected according to the bottom position of the stirring pitch reaction kettle, so that the stirring paddle can be used for beating the ammonia water base solution, alternatively, the adding amount of the ammonia water base solution is 1/4-1/2 of the volume of the reaction kettle, after the ammonia water base solution is added, the ammonia water base solution is preheated to 45-60 ℃, meanwhile, protective gas is continuously injected into the kettle to drive air, at the moment, the pH of the ammonia water base solution is generally lower than a reaction set value by 10.7-11.7, and an alkaline pump is started to adjust the pH of the ammonia water base solution to the reaction set value.
Further, at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) Preparing an Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution by adopting soluble metal salts of nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum, wherein the metal salts are one or more of hydrochloride, sulfate, nitrate or acetate;
(2) The alkali solution precipitant is one or more selected from LiOH, naOH, KOH.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a high nickel precursor prepared by the above method.
In a third aspect, the invention provides a preparation method of a positive electrode material, and the high-nickel precursor prepared by the method is subjected to lithiation sintering to prepare the positive electrode material.
Optionally, after sintering, grinding and sieving the prepared positive electrode material (the ambient humidity is controlled below 30%), and then sealing and preserving the positive electrode material by using a vacuum sample bag. Illustratively, a 200 mesh screen is employed.
Further, the lithiation sintering comprises oxygen-enriched heat preservation sintering after mixing a high nickel precursor with a lithium source;
optionally, the lithium source is LiOH-H 2 O micron-sized powder;
The sintering is carried out in a tubular furnace, and the sagger is made of corundum alumina.
Optionally, the heat-preserving sintering is divided into two sections, wherein the first section is pre-sintered for 4-6 hours at 450-550 ℃ and the second section is heat-preserving for 8-16 hours at 700-800 ℃. The higher the Ni content is, the lower the temperature is in the second-stage heat preservation sintering.
In one possible design, the rate of temperature rise is 3-5C/min and the rate of temperature reduction is 3-5C/min during sintering.
In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a positive electrode material prepared according to the above method.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:
1. The preparation method of the high-nickel precursor comprises the following steps of 1, preparing an Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, an ammonia water solution, an alkali solution precipitant and an ammonia water base solution, wherein the Al/TM atomic ratio in the Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution is 0.001-0.01, TM is the sum of the amounts of substances of nickel, cobalt and manganese atoms, 2, adding the ammonia water base solution into a reaction kettle, regulating the pH of the ammonia water base solution to 10.7-11.7, pumping the Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, the ammonia water solution and the alkali solution precipitant into the reaction kettle at the same time, stirring in the feeding process, continuing stirring for reaction after the feeding is finished, and 3, carrying out solid-liquid separation, washing and drying to obtain the high-nickel precursor.
According to the invention, al element and other elements are used for coprecipitation reaction in-situ doping, and Al 3+ is uniformly migrated into precursor particles, so that element distribution non-uniformity caused by solid phase sintering diffusion is effectively avoided, lattice contraction/expansion difference in a material charging and discharging process caused by non-uniformity of doping is reduced, generation of particle microcracks is reduced, and long-cycle stability of the material is improved.
In order to improve the structural instability of the high-nickel positive electrode material and improve the circularity, a proper amount of impurity Al 3+ is introduced into a nickel-cobalt-manganese metal salt solution, so that the high-nickel positive electrode material is uniformly doped into a high-nickel spherical precursor in the nickel-cobalt-manganese coprecipitation process, and the high-nickel positive electrode material with Al uniformly doped is formed after lithiation and sintering. Al occupies transition metal positions in the material, and the doping of Al has a stabilizing effect on the bulk phase structure of the material because the bond energy of Al-O (512 kJ/mol) is higher than that of other TM-O bonds (Ni-O, 391.6kJ/mol; co-O,368kJ/mol; mn-O,402 kJ/mol), so that the collapse of the layered structure can be inhibited in the long-cycle process;
In the solution containing Al, ni, co and Mn, the atomic ratio of Al/TM is 0.001-0.01. By controlling the content of Al, the influence of the Al on the particle size and uniformity of the precursor is avoided, and the tap density of the precursor is improved, so that the energy density of the high-nickel positive electrode material is ensured.
2. The preparation method of the high-nickel precursor provided by the invention meets at least one of the following conditions that (1) in the feeding process, the feeding speed of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution ranges from 0.5 to 2.0mL/min, preferably from 0.5 to 0.9mL/min, (2) in the feeding process, the molar ratio of NH 3 in the ammonia water solution to TM in the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution ranges from 1.0 to 1.4, preferably from 1.1 to 1.3 (3) in the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution, and the Al/TM atomic ratio ranges from 0.005 to 0.01.
According to the invention, after aluminum is introduced into the liquid phase, a product with good particle size consistency, namely a precursor product with narrower particle size distribution can be obtained by controlling the Al/TM atomic ratio and the NH 3:TM atomic ratio and adopting a lower feeding speed of the Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution. Since the solubility product constant K sp(~10-33) of Al 3+ is far lower than that of Ni 2+、Co2+、Mn2+, the introduction of Al 3+ can increase the reaction supersaturation degree of a solution system, so that new agglomeration sites are formed continuously in the continuous feeding reaction, thereby inhibiting continuous growth of primary grains and secondary grains on the original basis, and finally causing shrinkage of the size and uneven particle size distribution of precursor products. However, the invention reduces the reaction feed rate (especially the feed rate of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution is in the range of 0.5-0.9 mL/min), so that the number of the configurational crystal ions entering the reaction system in unit time is reduced, the reaction supersaturation degree can be reduced, the adverse effect on the morphology of the precursor caused by the introduction of Al 3+ can be improved to a certain extent, and the invention provides necessary conditions for further improving the cycle life and energy density of the product.
3. According to the preparation method of the high-nickel precursor, the feeding speed of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution is controlled to be 0.5-0.6 mL/min, so that higher cycle performance can be obtained.
4. The nickel-cobalt-manganese metal solution obtained in the wet leaching process inevitably contains impurity Al 3+ because the Al foil cannot be thoroughly separated from the anode material in the pretreatment sorting of the waste lithium battery, and the impurity Al 3+ does not need to be removed in a certain concentration range, so that the structure of the regenerated anode material can be directly stabilized and strengthened as a doping element, the production cost is greatly reduced, and the recycling of metal resources is realized.
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FIG. 1 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of example 1;
FIG. 2 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of example 2;
FIG. 3 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of example 3;
FIG. 4 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of example 4;
FIG. 5 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of comparative example 3;
FIG. 6 is an SEM image of a high nickel precursor sample of comparative example 4;
fig. 7 is an SEM picture of (a) a positive electrode material sample of example 1, (b) example 2, (c) example 3, (d) example 4, (e) comparative example 3;
fig. 8 shows discharge capacity decay curves of example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4, comparative example 1, and comparative example 2.
Detailed Description
The following examples are provided for a better understanding of the present invention and are not limited to the preferred embodiments described herein, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, any product which is the same or similar to the present invention, whether in light of the present teachings or in combination with other prior art features, falls within the scope of the present invention.
The specific experimental procedures or conditions are not noted in the examples and may be followed by the operations or conditions of conventional experimental procedures described in the literature in this field. The reagents or apparatus used were conventional reagent products commercially available without the manufacturer's knowledge.
Example 1
The embodiment provides a preparation method of a positive electrode material, wherein the Al/TM atomic ratio=0.005, and the preparation method comprises the following steps:
(1) Preparing a high nickel precursor:
And 1, preparing an Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, namely accurately weighing soluble NiSO 4·6H2O、CoSO4·7H2 O and MnSO 4·H2 O salt according to the mass ratio of Ni to Co to Mn=0.9 to 0.05, placing the soluble NiSO 4·6H2O、CoSO4·7H2 O and the MnSO 4·H2 O salt in a beaker, adding a certain amount of Al 2(SO4)3·18H2 O serving as an Al source, adding a certain amount of hot pure water, stirring, ultrasonically dissolving, cooling to normal temperature, and transferring to a volumetric flask to fix volume to obtain the Al-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese salt solution, wherein the total metal concentration of nickel-cobalt-manganese is 2.0mol/L, and the molar ratio of Al to TM is 0.005.
Preparing ammonia water solution, namely accurately measuring a certain volume of concentrated ammonia water in a volumetric flask by using a pipette, and adding pure water to a certain volume to obtain 4.8mol/L ammonia water solution.
Preparing an alkali solution precipitant, namely weighing a certain amount of NaOH in a beaker, adding cold pure water, performing ultrasonic dissolution in a cold water bath, and then rapidly transferring to a volumetric flask for constant volume to obtain the alkali solution precipitant with the concentration of 8.0 mol/L.
Preparing ammonia water bottom solution, namely accurately measuring a certain volume of concentrated ammonia water in a volumetric flask by using a pipette, adding pure water into the volumetric flask to obtain the ammonia water bottom solution with the concentration of 1.2mol/L, wherein the volume of the ammonia water bottom solution is 1.5L.
And 2, carrying out two-point calibration on a pH meter before the experiment starts, adding ammonia water base solution into a reaction kettle, pumping circulating water into an interlayer of the reaction kettle through a water bath kettle to heat the temperature in the kettle, continuously introducing nitrogen into the kettle to exhaust air (the nitrogen is introduced below the liquid level), and adjusting the pH of the ammonia water base solution to 11.5 after the temperature in the kettle rises to 50 ℃.
The preparation process comprises the steps of stopping three feed pumps after the three feed pumps are connected to the tail end of a feed inlet (ensuring that three feed liquids enter a kettle at the same time), setting the flow rate of the three feed pumps, wherein the pump 1 is used for pumping Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution, the flow rate is controlled to be 0.9mL/min, the feed time is about 24 hours, and the pumps 2 and 3 are respectively used for pumping ammonia water solution and alkali solution precipitant, and the flow rates are respectively set to be 0.45mL/min and 0.7mL/min according to the feed rate conversion of the Al-containing nickel cobalt manganese salt solution of the pump 1.
After the preparation process is finished, three feeding pumps are started and timing is started, in the reaction process, the temperature in the kettle is controlled to be 50 ℃, the pH value of the feed liquid is kept constant at 11.5, the stirring speed is 600rpm, and the molar ratio of NH 3 to TM is ensured to be 1.2 in the feeding process.
And continuously maintaining heating and stirring for 12 hours after the feeding is finished, wherein the stirring speed is 600rpm, discharging and collecting precursor feed liquid, washing the precursor for 4 times by using alkaline water and pure water, vacuum filtering, transferring a filter cake to a vacuum drying oven for drying at 100 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain a high-nickel precursor, grinding, and filling the high-nickel precursor into a sealing bag for drying and preserving, wherein the particle morphology is shown in figure 1, and the tap density is 1.93g/cm 3.
(2) Carrying out lithiation sintering on the high-nickel precursor to prepare a positive electrode material:
The precursor and micron-sized LiOH.H 2 O are uniformly mixed and ground by using ethanol as a dispersing agent (the atomic ratio of Li: TM=1.04), then the mixture is put into a sagger, oxygen is introduced into a tube furnace for sintering, the temperature rising rate is 3 ℃ per minute, the calcination is divided into two sections, the first section is subjected to heat preservation at 500 ℃ for 5 hours, the second section is subjected to heat preservation at 700 ℃ for 12 hours, then the mixture is taken out after cooling at 5 ℃ per minute, and the mixture is ground and screened by a 200-mesh sieve to obtain the Al-doped LiNi 0.9Co0.05Mn0.05O2 high-nickel anode material (Al/TM=0.005), and the particle morphology of the material is shown in a figure 7 (a).
Example 2
This example is substantially the same as example 1 except that the Al/TM atomic ratio of this example=0.01.
The morphology of the high-nickel precursor particles prepared in the embodiment is shown in figure 2, and the tap density is 1.87g/cm 3.
The morphology of the positive electrode material prepared in this example is shown in fig. 7 (b).
Example 3
This example is substantially the same as example 2, except that the feed rate of the Al-containing Ni-Co-Mn salt solution of this example is 0.5mL/min (the feed time is correspondingly prolonged), and the feed rate of ammonia water is also reduced by a corresponding ratio (0.25 mL/min).
The morphology of the high nickel precursor and the morphology of the positive electrode material prepared in the embodiment are shown in fig. 3 and fig. 7 (c), respectively. The tap density of the precursor was 1.94g/cm 3. The sample of example 3 had slightly increased particle size and significantly improved particle uniformity compared to example 2.
Example 4
This example is substantially the same as example 3 except that the feed rate of the Al-containing Ni-Co-Mn salt solution of this example is 0.7mL/min, and the feed rate of ammonia water is adjusted to a corresponding ratio (0.35 mL/min).
The morphology of the high nickel precursor and the morphology of the positive electrode material prepared in this example are shown in fig. 4 and fig. 7 (d), respectively. The tap density of the precursor is 1.90g/cm 3. The high nickel precursor particles of example 4 were slightly reduced in size and uniformity compared to example 3, but were superior to the sample of example 2.
Comparative example 1
This comparative example is substantially the same as example 1 except that no Al was added for doping, i.e., al/tm=0.
Comparative example 2
This comparative example is substantially the same as example 1 except that aluminum is not contained in the nickel cobalt manganese salt solution in this comparative example, and a certain amount of Al (OH) 3 is added to perform aluminum doping during the precursor lithiation sintering process, wherein the atomic ratio Al: tm=0.005.
Comparative example 3
This comparative example is substantially the same as example 1 except that this comparative example has an Al/TM atomic ratio=0.02.
The morphology of the high nickel precursor and the morphology of the positive electrode material prepared in the comparative example are shown in fig. 5 and fig. 7 (e), respectively. Compared with examples 1 and 2, the sample particle size of the comparative example is further reduced, the uniformity of particle morphology is poor, the lower tap density can bring about the reduction of the energy density of the material, and the requirement of a commercial power lithium ion battery is difficult to meet.
Comparative example 4
The comparative example is basically the same as comparative example 3, except that the feed rate of the Al-containing Ni-Co-Mn salt solution of the comparative example is 0.5mL/min, and the feed rate of ammonia water is also reduced by a corresponding ratio (about 0.25 mL/min).
The morphology of the high nickel precursor particles prepared in the comparative example is shown in figure 6, and the tap density is 1.77g/cm 3.
Test examples
The positive electrode materials prepared in examples 1-4 and comparative examples 1 and 2, a binder PVDF and an acetylene black conductive agent are mixed and ground according to a mass ratio of 8:1:1, NMP solvent is added, stirring and mixing are carried out for 3 hours to obtain positive electrode slurry, the positive electrode slurry is uniformly coated on aluminum foil, the temperature is 90 ℃ and baking is carried out for 12 hours to obtain a positive electrode plate, the positive electrode plate is sheared into a wafer with the diameter of 12mm through a punching machine, a metal lithium plate is adopted as a negative electrode, a button cell is assembled in an argon glove box, and the charge and discharge performance test of the cell is carried out on a blue electric test system.
The test system is that the charge and discharge cycles are 100 circles under the current density of 1C (1 C=200 mAh/g) and the temperature is 25 ℃ and the voltage range is 2.8-4.3V, and the test results are shown in Table 1 and FIG. 8.
TABLE1 Positive electrode Material electrical Properties
As can be seen from Table 1, the increase in the amount of Al doped in example 2 compared with example 1 promotes the material cycle performance.
The cycle performance of comparative example 1 is significantly deteriorated compared with examples 1 and 2, and it is seen that the electrochemical stability of the material can be improved by doping a proper amount of Al into the high nickel positive electrode material by the method.
Example 3 the capacity retention exceeding 100% is due to the fact that the material has not been fully activated at the beginning of the cycle, resulting in a lower initial capacity. Compared with the embodiment 2, the feeding speed of the embodiment 3 is reduced, the supersaturation degree increase caused by the introduction of Al 3+ is reduced, the primary crystal grains and the secondary grains of the precursor slowly grow, the spherical grains are more compact, the contact area of the material and the electrolyte is reduced, and the interface side reaction is inhibited, so that the material cycle performance is enhanced.
Example 4 has a feed rate between examples 2 and 3, and the prepared precursor particle size and tap density are also between the two, so that the material cycle stability is also between the two. Therefore, the particle morphology of the Al-doped precursor can be regulated and controlled by controlling the feeding speed, so that the corresponding electrochemical performance is affected.
Compared with the examples 1 and 2, the particle size of the comparative example 3 is reduced and the morphology uniformity is poor, so that the tap density of the material is obviously reduced, and the practical key parameters such as the energy density of the material are affected.
The comparative example 4 has a higher Al content, and the precursor particle size is increased after the feed rate is reduced, and the tap density is increased as compared with the product of comparative example 3, but the product is still lower than that of examples 1 and 2, so that the requirement of the high nickel material on the tap density is difficult to meet. Therefore, the Al/TM atomic ratio in the solution containing the Al-nickel-cobalt-manganese salt is limited to be 0.001-0.01.
The solid phase Al doped product of comparative example 2 has improved cycle performance, but the effect of improving cycle performance is not as obvious as in-situ coprecipitation Al doping because of the fact that Al element possibly exists in the bulk of the material and the Al content on the surface of the particles is high and the content of Al in the particles is low, so that the stabilization effect of Al element on the material is lacked in the inner regions of the particles.
It is apparent that the above examples are given by way of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications thereof are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present invention.