Granted Patent B2

US 12,609,313 · App. 18/119,382 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Inventor: Haotian Xie (Fujian, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

H01M4/5825H01M4/623H01M4/624H01M10/0525H01M50/204H01M2004/021H01M2004/028

Abstract

Claims (42)

1 . A positive electrode slurry composition, wherein the composition comprises a positive electrode active material, a lithium-supplementing agent and a binder,

the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing phosphate represented by formula (I),

LiFe 1-b1-c1 Mn b1 M 1 c1 PO 4   formula (I)

in which 0≤b1≤1, 0≤c1<0.1, and M 1 is selected from at least one of a transition metal element other than Fe or Mn and a non-transition metal element;

the lithium-supplementing agent is selected from one or more of lithium metal oxides of Li a1 M 2 O 0.5(2+a1) , Li 2 M 3 O 3 , Li 2 M 4 O 4 , Li 3 M 5 O 4 , Li 5 M 6 O 4 , and Li 5 M 7 O 6 ,

in which a1≥1, M 2 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Zn, Mg, Ca, Cu and Sn, M 3 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Sn and Cr, M 4 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Sn, Cr, V and Nb, M 5 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Sn, Cr, V, Mo and Nb, M 6 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Sn, Cr and Mo, M 7 is selected from one or more of Ni, Co and Mn, and the valence state of each element of M 2 , M 3 , M 4 , M 5 , M 6 and M 7 is lower than its own highest oxidation valence state, respectively; and

the binder is represented by formula (II):

in which R 1 and R 2 are independently H or F, x, y, z, and n are all positive integers, and 0.52≤(4x+3y+2z)/(4x+4y+4z)≤0.7, and

the binder has a weight-average molecular weight of 500,000 to 1,200,000.

2 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium-supplementing agent comprises at least a lithium metal oxide represented by formula (III),

Li a2 Ni b2 Cu 1-b2-c2 M 8 c2 O 2   formula (III)

in which 1<a2<3, 0<b2<1, 0≤c2<0.1, and M 8 is selected from one or more of Zn, Sn, Mg, Fe and Mn.

3 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the mass percentage of the binder of formula (II) in the composition is 0.2 wt %-10 wt %.

4 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the mass ratio of the binder of formula (II) to the lithium-supplementing agent in the composition is 0.2-2.

5 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the mass percentage of the lithium-supplementing agent in the composition is 0.1 wt %-10 wt %.

6 . The positive electrode plate claim 1 , wherein

the lithium-supplementing agent has a volume average particle size D50 of 5 μm-15 μm, and the positive electrode active material has a volume average particle size D50 of 0.5 μm-5 μm.

7 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the lithium-supplementing agent has a pH of ≤13.

8 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer side of the lithium-supplementing agent is coated with a single-layer or multi-layer coating layer, and the coating layer comprises one or more of the following materials: a metal fluoride, an oxide, a metal phosphate, a lithium salt, elemental carbon, and a polymer containing a five-membered heterocycle.

9 . The composition according to claim 8 , wherein

the coating layer comprises one or more of the following materials: AlF 3 , V 2 O 5 , Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , TiO 2 , ZnO, Co 3 O 4 , SiO 2 , AlPO 4 , FePO 4 , Co 3 (PO 4 ) 2 , Ni 3 (PO 4 ) 2 , Li 3 PO 4 , Li 2 MnO 3 , LiAlO 2 , Li 2 TiO 3 , Li 2 ZrO 3 , graphene, carbon nanotubes, poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, and polypyrrole.

10 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the lithium-supplementing agent has a specific surface area of 0.5 m 2 /g-20 m 2 /g.

11 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein

in addition to the binder represented by formula (II), the composition further comprises one or more of the following materials as a binder: carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyacrylic acid, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene, polypropylene, an ethylene-propylene-propadiene terpolymer or a sulfonated ethylene-propylene-propadiene terpolymer, an ethylene-propylene-butadiene terpolymer or a sulfonated ethylene-propylene-butadiene terpolymer, an ethylene-propylene-pentadiene terpolymer or a sulfonated ethylene-propylene-pentadiene terpolymer, an ethylene-propylene-hexadiene terpolymer or a sulfonated ethylene-propylene-hexadiene terpolymer, a styrene butadiene rubber, and a fluorine-containing rubber; and/or

the composition further comprises one or more of the following materials as a dispersant: sodium polyacrylate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, polypentene nitrile, polyacrylonitrile, and phenol polyoxyethylene ether.

12 . The composition according to claim 11 , wherein the dispersant is phenol polyoxyethylene ether.

13 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material comprises lithium iron phosphate, and one or more of lithium ferrous phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium titanium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, and lithium vanadium phosphate.

14 . A positive electrode plate, comprising a composition according to claim 1 .

15 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 14 , wherein,

the mass percentage of the composition according to claim 1 in a film layer of the positive electrode plate is not less than 80%.

16 . A secondary battery,

comprising a positive electrode plate of claim 15 .

17 . A battery module, comprising a secondary battery of claim 6 .

18 . A battery pack, comprising the battery module of claim 17 .

19 . A power consuming device,

comprising the battery pack of claim 18 , as a power supply of the power consuming device or an energy storage unit of the power consuming device.

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