IP Library Granted Patent US 11,967,708
Granted Patent B2
US 11,967,708 · App. 16/760,550 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Lithium ion battery negative electrode material and preparation method therefor

Inventors: Tengyu Liang (Guangdong, CN); Chunlei Pang (Guangdong, CN); Jianguo Ren (Guangdong, CN); Min Yue (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: BTR NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
H01M4/483H01M4/366H01M4/587H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 11,967,708
App. No.
16/760,550
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a lithium ion battery negative electrode material and a preparation method therefor. The negative electrode material comprises SiO y (0.2<y<0.9) and an M compound, wherein M is a metal. The method of the present application comprises: subjecting a raw material comprising a SiO x material and the metal M to a redox reaction, wherein the O/Si ratio, i.e. x, of the SiO x (0.5<x<1.5) material is adjusted to y (0.2<y<0.9), and at the same time, the metal M is oxidized to obtain the M compound.

Claims (27)

1. An anode material of lithium ion battery, comprising SiO y and an M compound, with M being a metal;

wherein 0.2<y<0.9;

wherein the M compound is contained in an amount of 3%-15% by mass percentage based on the total mass of the anode material being 100%; and

wherein the anode material has a first coulombic efficiency ranging from 79.9%-86.4%.

2. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the anode material has a specific surface area of ≤50 m 2 /g.

3. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein Si crystallite grains in the SiO y have a size of ≤100 nm.

4. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein M is an active metal with a pauling electronegativity of ≤1.8.

5. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein M includes any one selected from the group consisting of metal Na, metal K, metal Mg, metal Ca and metal Al, or M includes a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of metal Na, metal K, metal Mg, metal Ca and metal Al.

6. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the anode material further comprises any one selected from the group consisting of amorphous carbon coating, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, silicon, and a metal compound, or the anode material further comprises a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of amorphous carbon coating, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, silicon, and a metal compound.

7. The anode material according to claim 5 , wherein the metal compound comprises any one selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a metal silicide and a metal silicate, or the metal compound comprises a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a metal silicide and a metal silicate.

8. The anode material according to claim 5 , wherein the metal compound comprises any one selected from the group consisting of K 2 O, Na 2 O, MgO, CaO, Al 2 O 3 , Mg 2 Si, Ca 2 Si, Al 4 Si 3 , K 2 SiO 3 , K 4 SiO 4 , K 2 Si 2 O 5 , Na 2 SiO 3 , Na 4 SiO 4 , Na 2 Si 2 O 5 , Mg 2 SiO 4 , MgSiO 3 , Ca 2 SiO 4 , CaSiO 3 , Al 4 (SiO 4 ) 3 , and Al 2 (SiO 3 ) 3 , or the metal compound comprises a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of K 2 O, Na 2 O, MgO, CaO, Al 2 O 3 , Mg 2 Si, Ca 2 Si, Al 4 Si 3 , K 2 SiO 3 , K 4 SiO 4 , K 2 Si 2 O 5 , Na 2 SiO 3 , Na 4 SiO 4 , Na 2 Si 2 O 5 , Mg 2 SiO 4 , MgSiO 3 , Ca 2 SiO 4 , CaSiO 3 , Al 4 (SiO 4 ) 3 , and Al 2 (SiO 3 ) 3 .

9. A preparation method of the anode material of lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , comprising:

performing a redox reaction on a raw material containing SiO x material and the metal M, with the result that the O/Si ratio of the SiO x material is adjusted from x to y, while the metal M is oxidized to obtain the M compound;

wherein 0.5<x<1.5, 0.2<y<0.9, and y<x.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising the following steps:

(1) mixing the raw material containing the SiO x material and the metal M uniformly, then subjecting the mixture to heat treatment and heat preservation under a non-oxidizing atmosphere to obtain SiO y as a reduction product and the M compound as an oxidation product;

wherein the metal M is contained in an amount of 3%-40% by mass percentage based on the total mass of the raw material containing the SiO x material and the metal M being 100%;

(2) subjecting the products obtained in step (1) to acid treatment by using an acid for dissolving and partially removing the M compound, and a lithium ion battery material comprising SiO y and the M compound is obtained;

wherein 0.5<x<1.5, 0.2<y<0.9, and y<x.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein Si crystallite grains in the raw material comprising the SiO x material in step (1) have a size of ≤100 nm.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein it further comprises the steps of liquid-solid separation and washing and drying the separated solid phase after the acid treatment.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein it further comprises using the product of step (1) and/or the product of step (2) as the raw material for step (1) and repeating the following steps: step (1), or step (1) and step (2) in sequence.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the raw material containing the SiO x material in step (1) further contains an additive to form a SiO x -based composite material with the SiO x material, wherein the additive is any one selected from the group consisting of amorphous carbon coating, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, silicon, and a metal salt, or the additive is a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of amorphous carbon coating, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, silicon, and a metal salt.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the metal M in step (1) is an active metal with a pauling electronegativity of ≤1.8.

16. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the metal M in step (1) includes any one selected from the group consisting of metal Na, metal K, metal Mg, metal Ca and metal Al, or the metal M in step (1) includes a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of metal Na, metal K, metal Mg, metal Ca and metal Al.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the metal M has a particle size D50 of ≤;300 μm.

18. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a heat treatment temperature in step (1) is 550° C.-1100° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2020
From: LIANG, TENGYU; PANG, CHUNLEI; REN, JIANGUO; YUE, MIN
To: BTR NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052537/0512 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201711318537.2 · Dec 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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