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US 12,427,494 · App. 17/777,012 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Coated lithium-ion sieve and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Yu Hu (Shanghai, CN); Jingze Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Luri Bao (Shanghai, CN); Weiping Tang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: LIS (SHANGHAI) MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
B01J20/041B01J20/06B01J20/28007B01J20/28016B01J20/3078B01J20/3204B01J20/3236B01J20/3293
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Patent No.
US 12,427,494
App. No.
17/777,012
Filed
Jun 30, 2022
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1732
USPC
502/324
Abstract

The present invention disclosures a preparation method for a coated lithium ion sieve, the method comprises: S01: calcining manganese salt in an air atmosphere for 2 h˜10 h to form Mn 2 O 3 ; S02: mixing Mn 2 O 3 with lithium salt and grinding, reacting in a high-pressure reaction kettle at 100° C.˜200° C. for 36 h˜72 h to form a product of LiMnO 2 ; wherein, the molar ratio of Mn 2 O 3 and Li/Mn in the lithium salt is 1:1˜10:1; S03: adding LiMnO 2 to a metal coating reagent and ultrasonic mixing for 2 h˜10 h, drying for 6 h˜24 h, and then calcining at 400° C.˜600° C. for 2 h˜10 h to form an oxide-coated Li 1.6 Mn 1.6 O 4 lithium ion adsorbent; Wherein, the molar ratio of the metal coating reagent to LiMnO 2 is 0.01:1˜0.08:1; S04: performing an acid treatment to the oxide-coated Li 1.6 Mn 1.6 O 4 lithium-ion adsorbent to form an acidified product, washing the acidified product and drying to form the coated lithium-ion sieve. The cell structure of the coated lithium-ion sieve of the present invention is more stabler and can be reused for many cycles, which solves a problem that traditional HMn 2 O 4 lithium-ion sieve is easy to dissolve.

Claims (13)

1. A preparation method for a coated lithium-ion sieve, comprising:

S01: calcining manganese salt in air atmosphere for 2 h˜10 h to form Mn 2 O 3 ;

S02: mixing Mn 2 O 3 with lithium salt and grinding, reacting in a high-pressure reaction kettle at 100° C.˜200° C. for 36 h˜72 h to form a product of LiMnO 2 ; wherein, the molar ratio of Li/Mn in the mixture of Mn 2 O 3 and the lithium salt is 1:1˜10:1;

S03: adding LiMnO 2 to a metal coating reagent and ultrasonic mixing for 2 h˜10 h, drying for 6 h˜24 h, and then calcining at 400° C.˜600° C. for 2 h˜10 h to form an oxide-coated Li 1.6 Mn 1.6 O 4 lithium ion adsorbent; wherein, the molar ratio of the metal coating reagent to LiMnO 2 is 0.01:1˜0.08:1; and

S04: performing an acid treatment to the oxide-coated Li 1.6 Mn 1.6 O 4 lithium-ion adsorbent to form an acidified product, washing the acidified product and drying to form the coated lithium-ion sieve,

wherein the coated lithium-ion sieve comprises an inner shell and a coating layer, the coating layer uniformly covers the outside of the inner shell, the inner shell is Li 1.6 Mn 1.6 O 4 , and the material of the coating layer is one of Li 2 O, Li 2 MnO 3 , and MnO 2 .

2. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the manganese salt is manganese carbonate; and the metal coating reagent is manganese nitrate or lithium nitrate.

3. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate.

4. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the acid treatment is an immersion treatment with hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, the concentration of the hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid is 0.25 mol/L˜0.5 mol/L, and the immersion time is 12 h˜48 h.

5. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein in step S03, forming a solution by ultrasonic mixing and calcining is performed in a muffle furnace at 400° C.˜600° C. at a heating rate of 5° C./min˜10° C./min.

6. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein in step S02, the reaction temperature in the high-pressure reaction kettle is 110° C.˜150° C.

7. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein in step S03, the calcination temperature is 350° C.˜450° C.

8. The preparation method of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the coated lithium-ion sieve is 45 nm˜55 nm; and the thickness of the coating layer is 2 nm˜4 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: HU, YU; ZHANG, JINGZE; BAO, LURI; TANG, WEIPING
To: LIS (SHANGHAI) MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070268/0916 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: HU, YU; ZHANG, JINGZE; BAO, LURI; TANG, WEIPING
To: LISI (SHANGHAI) MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 060453/0446 →
Priority Claims (1)
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