IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,850
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,850 · App. 18/631,592 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Phosphorus-carbon cathode material based on red phosphorus and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Lei Zheng (Hubei, CN); Xiaofei Gong (Hubei, CN); Weiyun Shen (Hubei, CN); Huijuan Ma (Hubei, CN); Benjun Xi (Hubei, CN); Baorui Luo (Hubei, CN); Ruan Chi (Hubei, CN)
Assignee: HUBEI THREE GORGES LABORATORY
H01M4/587H01B1/06
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Patent No.
US 12,469,850
App. No.
18/631,592
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A new phosphorus-carbon negative electrode material based on red phosphorus and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The material comprises red phosphorus and composite carbon nanospheres. The red phosphorus and the composite carbon nanospheres are mixed in a solvent and experience a thermal reaction to give a product, wherein a mass concentration of the composite carbon nanospheres in the solution is 10%-20%. The half-cell assembled by using the phosphorus-carbon composite material still maintains a low overpotential at a high current density of 2.5 mA·cm −2 , and the capacity retention rate after 150 cycles still reaches 85%.

Claims (17)

1 . A phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material, comprising red phosphorus and a composite carbon nanosphere with a three dimension skeleton structure wherein,

the red phosphorus are in a form of a 60-100 mesh powder or a 10-20 mesh microsphere particles, and uniformly compounded with the composite carbon nanosphere;

inside of the composite carbon nanosphere is embedded with a transition metal compound, a melting point of the transition metal compound is less than 200° C.;

the transition metal compound is a reaction product of a metal source and a non-metal source, and

the metal source is selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, nitrate, sulfate and carbonate of tin, titanium, cadmium, iron, cobalt chromium, manganese, germanium or nickel, the non-metal source is one or more selected from the group consisting of sulfide, selenide, telluride and phosphide.

2 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of said red phosphorus to said composite carbon nanosphere is 1:1-3:1.

3 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 2 , wherein said red phosphorus and said composite carbon nanosphere are mixed in a solvent and experience a thermal reaction to give a product, a mass concentration of said composite carbon nanosphere in the solution is 10%-20%.

4 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 3 , wherein said solvent in the thermal reaction comprises at least one of deionized water, absolute ethanol, anhydrous methanol and anhydrous ether.

5 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 4 , wherein a mass concentration of said transition metal compound is 0.2-3%.

6 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 5 , wherein a molar ratio of said non-metal source to said metal source is 1:1-3:1.

7 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 6 , wherein

said sulfide comprises at least one of sublimated sulfur, thioacetamide and thiourea;

said selenide comprises at least one of elemental selenium powder and sodium selenite;

said telluride comprises at least one of elemental tellurium powder and sodium tellurate;

said phosphide comprises at least one of sodium hypophosphite, phosphoric acid, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and diammonium hydrogen phosphate.

8 . The phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 5 , wherein said carbon nanosphere may be a material different in particle sizes and skeleton structures obtained through any one or more of surface modification processes of amination, carboxylation, hydroxylation, phosphorization and graphitization.

9 . A negative electrode material of a lithium-ion battery including the phosphorus-carbon composite negative electrode material according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2025
From: ZHENG, LEI; GONG, XIAOFEI; SHEN, WEIYUN; MA, HUIJUAN; XI, BENJUN; LUO, BAORUI; CHI, RUAN
To: HUBEI THREE GORGES LABORATORY
Reel/Frame 072532/0659 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211312036.4 · Oct 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023107270 · Jul 13, 2023
Related Publication 20240258523A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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