Cathode active material composition, cathode plate, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and electric device
View Patent ↗Provided are a cathode active material composition, a cathode plate, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electric device. In particular, the present application provides a cathode active material composition, including a cathode active material and a dispersant. The cathode active material composition of the present application can improve the poor dispersion of the cathode active material powder and the high viscosity of the slurry during the preparation of the cathode slurry, and further improve flexibility of the cathode plate.
1. A cathode active material composition comprising a cathode active material and a dispersant, wherein,
the cathode active material comprises a core and a shell coating the core,
the core has a chemical formula of Li 1+x Mn 1−y A y P 1−z R z O 4 , wherein x is any value in a range of −0.100-0.100, y is any value in a range of 0.001-0.500, and z is any value in a range of 0.001-0.100; the A is one or more elements selected from Zn, Al, Na, K, Mg, Mo, W, Ti, V, Zr, Fe, Ni, Co, Ga, Sn, Sb, Nb, and Ge, optionally one or more elements of Fe, Ti, V, Ni, Co, and Mg; the R is one or more elements selected from B, Si, N, and S, optionally the R is one element of B, Si, N, and S; values of x, y, and z satisfy a condition that: an entire core is electrically neutral; and
the shell comprises a first coating layer coating the core, a second coating layer coating the first coating layer, and a third coating layer coating the second coating layer, wherein,
the first coating layer comprises a crystalline pyrophosphate MP 2 O 7 and/or M b (P 2 O 7 ) c , wherein 0≤a≤2, 1≤b≤4, 1≤c≤6, and values of a, b, and c satisfy a condition that the crystalline pyrophosphate MP 2 O 7 or M b (P 2 O 7 ) c is electrically neutral; the M in the crystalline pyrophosphate MP 2 O 7 and M b (P 2 O 7 ) c is respectively independently one or more elements selected from Fe, Ni, Mg, Co, Cu, Zn, Ti, Ag, Zr, Nb, or Al;
the second coating comprises a crystalline phosphate XPO 4 , wherein the X is one or more elements selected from Li, Fe, Ni, Mg, Co, Cu, Zn, Ti, Ag, Zr, Nb, or Al; and
the third coating layer is carbon;
the dispersant comprises a polymer, the polymer comprising:
a first monomeric unit represented by Formula 1;
a second monomeric unit, being at least one selected from the group consisting of a monomeric unit represented by Formula 2 and a monomeric unit represented by Formula 3; and
a third monomeric unit, being at least one selected from the group consisting of a monomeric unit represented by Formula 4 and a monomeric unit represented by Formula 5;
2. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein with respect to a total mass of the polymer, the first monomeric unit has a mass percentage content of M1, M1 being 10%-55%;
the second monomeric unit has a mass percentage content of M2, M2 being 40%-80%; and/or
the third monomeric unit has a mass percentage content of M3, M3 being 0%-10%.
3. The cathode active material composition according to claim 2 , wherein M3/(M2+M3) is 0%-5%.
4. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein,
the polymer is hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber;
the polymer has a weight average molar mass of 50,000-500,000; and/or
with respect to a total mass of the cathode active material, the dispersant has a mass percentage content of X1, with X1 being 0.05%-1%.
5. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material composition further comprises an infiltrant, the infiltrant has a surface tension of 20 mN/m-40 mN/m, and a molecular structure of the infiltrant comprises at least one of following functional groups: —CN, —NH 2 , —NH—, —N—, —OH, —C═O, —COO—, and —C(═O)—O—C(═O)—.
6. The cathode active material composition according to claim 5 , wherein,
the infiltrant comprises one or more selected from an alcohol amine compound, an alcohol compound, a nitrile compound, a maleic anhydride-styrene copolymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polysiloxane.
7. The cathode active material composition according to claim 5 , wherein with respect to a total mass of the cathode active material, the infiltrant has a mass percentage content of X2, with X2 being 0.05%-2%.
8. The cathode active material composition according to claim 5 , wherein X1/X2 is 0.05-20.
9. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline pyrophosphate in the first coating layer has a crystal plane spacing of 0.293-0.470 nm and an angle of 18.00°-32.00° in a crystal direction (111); and the crystalline phosphate of the second coating layer has a crystal plane spacing of 0.244-0.425 nm and an angle of 20.00°-37.00° in a crystal direction (111).
10. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of y to 1−y in the core is 1:10 to 10:1.
11. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of z to 1−z in the core is 1:9 to 1:999.
12. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon of the third coating layer is a mixture of SP2 form carbon and SP3 form carbon.
13. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first coating layer has a coating amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 6 wt %;
the second coating layer has a coating amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 6 wt %; and/or
the third coating layer has a coating amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 6 wt %.
14. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein,
the first coating layer has a thickness of 1-10 nm;
the second coating layer has a thickness of 2-15 nm; and/or
the third coating layer has a thickness of 2-25 nm.
15. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein with respect to a weight of the cathode active material, a content of manganese element is in a range of 10 wt %-35 wt %.
16. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material having a core-shell structure has a lattice change rate of less than 4%.
17. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material having a core-shell structure has a Li/Mn-antisite-defect concentration of 4% or less.
18. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material having a core-shell structure has a compaction density at 3 T of 2.2 g/cm 3 or more.
19. The cathode active material composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material having a core-shell structure has a surface oxygen valence state of −1.90 or less.
20. A secondary battery, comprising a cathode plate wherein a cathode current collector and a cathode film layer disposed on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, wherein the cathode film layer comprises the cathode active material composition according to claim 1 .