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US 12,609,318 · App. 18/007,346 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive, preparation method therefor, and lithium-ion battery

Inventors: Min Yue (Guangdong, CN); Fan Xia (Guangdong, CN); Junqi Chen (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN YANYI NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
H01M4/62C01G53/42H01M4/131H01M4/525H01M10/0525C01P2002/72C01P2004/03C01P2004/61C01P2006/40C01P2006/80H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12,609,318
App. No.
18/007,346
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive, a preparation method, and a lithium-ion battery are provided. The additive has an Li 2 NiO 2 purity that is greater than 95%, a total residual alkali less than 3%, an initial charge gram capacity of 420-465 mAh/g, and an irreversible capacity of 260-340 mAh/g. The method includes: preparing a composite lithium salt, mixing the composite lithium salt with a nickel source, sintering and crushing same, and obtaining the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive. The additive is added to a positive electrode active material of the positive electrode of the lithium-ion battery. The Li 2 NiO 2 obtained has a purity of greater than 95%, the total residual alkali is less than 3%, the initial charge gram capacity is 420-465 mAh/g, and the irreversible capacity is 260-340 mAh/g.

Claims (15)

1 . A preparation method for a lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive, comprising:

step 1: preparing a composite lithium salt

a lithium raw material is heated from the room temperature to 400-950° C. at a heating rate of 1-10° C./min under a vacuum degree of less than 100 pa, held at the temperature for 15-480 min, naturally cooled to the room temperature with the vacuum degree in the furnace kept, then taken out and crushed, so as to obtain the composite lithium salt xLiOH·yLi 2 O·zLi 2 CO 3 ·wH 2 O, wherein x, y and z are mass proportion, 0<x<0.5, 0.5≤y<1.0, 0<z<0.5, x+y+z=1, w represents a crystal water content, and 0≤w≤1;

the lithium raw material is at least one of a lithium hydroxide-lithium oxide-lithium carbonate composite, a lithium hydroxide-lithium oxide-lithium oxalate composite, a lithium hydroxide-lithium peroxide-lithium carbonate composite, a lithium hydroxide-lithium peroxide-lithium oxalate composite, a lithium hydride-lithium oxide-lithium carbonate composite, a lithium hydride-lithium oxide-lithium oxalate composite, a lithium hydride-lithium peroxide-lithium carbonate composite, and a lithium hydride-lithium peroxide-lithium oxalate composite;

step 2: mixing the composite lithium salt with a nickel source

the composite lithium salt is mixed with the nickel source at a rotation speed of 500-1000 rpm with a lithium source-nickel source molar ratio of 1.5-2.2:1.0 for 0.5-6.0 h under an argon or nitrogen protective atmosphere, so as to obtain a mixed powder of the composite lithium salt and the nickel source;

the nickel source is at least one of nickelous oxide, dinickel trioxide, nickel dioxide, nickel hydroxide, nickel oxide hydroxide, nickel carbonate, nickel oxalate and nickel acetate;

step 3: sintering

under a protective atmosphere or an oxidizing atmosphere, the mixed powder of the composite lithium salt and the nickel source is heated to 100-300° C. at a heating rate of 1-10° C./min, held at the temperature for 0.5-5.0 h, then heated to 600-800° C. at a heating rate of 1-10° C./min, held at the temperature for 5.0-20.0 h, and naturally cooled to the room temperature in the furnace, so as to obtain a sintered material;

step 4: crushing

the sintered material is crushed at a rotation speed of 800-1000 rpm for 15-30 min under an argon or nitrogen protective atmosphere, pulverized, and sieved by a 350-400 mesh screen, so as to obtain the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive.

2 . The preparation method for the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive according to claim 1 , further comprising removing a magnetic substance after the step 4 to ensure that a magnetic substance content is less than 50 ppb.

3 . The preparation method for the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive according to claim 1 , wherein the crushing of the step 1 is a ball milling performed at a rotation speed of 700 rpm with a ball-material mass ratio of 10-15:1 for 0.5 h by using zirconium balls with a diameter of 5 mm.

4 . The preparation method for the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium raw material of the step 1 has a mass purity of more than 99%; the argon or nitrogen of the step 2 has a purity of more than 99.995% and a flow rate of 6 L/min; the protective atmosphere of the step 3 is at least one of argon or nitrogen, a gas purity is more than 99.995%, and a flow rate is 6 L/min, and the oxidizing atmosphere is a protective atmosphere with an oxygen content of 50-200 ppm; the argon or nitrogen of the step 4 has a purity of more than 99.995% and a flow rate of 6 L/min.

5 . The preparation method for the lithium-ion battery positive electrode lithium supplement additive according to claim 1 , wherein the sieving of the step 4 is performed with a 350-400 mesh screen, a particle size D50 is 5.0-15.0 μm, and Dmax is less than 25.0 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: YUE, MIN; XIA, FAN; CHEN, JUNQI
To: SHENZHEN YANYI NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010741703.5 · Jul 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230290949A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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