IP Library Granted Patent US 12,418,029
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,029 · App. 17/708,279 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Anode material and electrochemical device including the same, and electronic device

Inventors: Daoyi Jiang (Fujian, CN); Zhihuan Chen (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
H01M4/625H01M4/366H01M4/48H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,418,029
App. No.
17/708,279
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An anode material, including a matrix material, and the matrix material comprises carbon-doped silicon monoxide, and a content of the carbon ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a total mass of the carbon and silicon monoxide. The anode material can significantly improve the cycle performance of an electrochemical device at room temperature and high temperature.

Claims (27)

1. An anode material, comprising: a matrix material, wherein the matrix material comprises carbon and silicon monoxide, and a content of the carbon in the matrix material ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a total mass of the carbon in the matrix material and the silicon monoxide;

wherein the anode material further comprises a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the matrix material, and the coating layer comprises an oxide;

wherein the oxide has a formula MeOy, Me includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, Mn, V, Cr, Co, and Zr; a value of 2×y is a valence of Me, and a content of the Me ranges from 0.05% to 5% based on a weight of the anode material;

wherein the coating layer further comprises carbon; and wherein a content of the carbon in the coating layer ranges from 0.005% to 0.5% based on the weight of the anode material.

2. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon in the matrix material is doped in the silicon monoxide; and in any area of the matrix material, the content of the carbon in the matrix material ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on the total mass of carbon and silicon monoxide.

3. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix material has an average particle size ranging from 0.5 μm to 30 μm.

4. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix material has a specific surface area less than or equal to 10 m 2 /g.

5. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer further comprises a polymer.

6. The anode material according to claim 5 , wherein the anode material satisfies at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of:

(a) the carbon in the coating layer includes amorphous carbon;

(b) a weight ratio of the carbon content in the coating layer to the carbon content in the matrix material ranges from 0.5 to 5;

(c) a thickness of the coating layer ranges from 0.5 nm to 100 nm.

7. The anode material according to claim 5 , wherein the polymer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, carboxymethy cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid, styrene butadiene rubber, polyacrylamide, polyimide and polyamideimide.

8. The anode material according to claim 1 , wherein in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the anode material, an intensity of the highest characteristic peak of 2θ in a range of 28.4±0.1 is I 1 , and an intensity of the highest characteristic peak of 2θ in the range of 22.0±0.1 is I 2 , and I 1 /I 2 ≤10.

9. An electrochemical device, comprising an anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode material, the anode material comprises a matrix material, wherein the matrix material comprises carbon and silicon monoxide, and a content of the carbon in the matrix material ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on the total mass of the carbon in the matrix material and the silicon monoxide;

wherein the anode material further comprises a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the matrix material, and the coating layer comprises an oxide;

wherein the oxide has a formula MeOy, Me includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, Mn, V, Cr, Co, and Zr; a value of 2×y is a valence of Me, and a content of the Me ranges from 0.05% to 5% based on a weight of the anode material;

wherein the coating layer further comprises carbon; and wherein a content of the carbon in the coating layer ranges from 0.005% to 0.5% based on the weight of the anode material.

10. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein the carbon in the matrix material is doped in the silicon monoxide, and in any area of the matrix material, a content of the carbon in the matrix material ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on the total mass of carbon and silicon monoxide.

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein the matrix material has an average particle size that ranges from 0.5 μm to 30 μm.

12. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein the coating layer further comprises a polymer.

13. The electrochemical device according to claim 12 , wherein the anode material satisfies at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of:

(a) the carbon in the coating layer includes amorphous carbon;

(b) a weight ratio of the carbon content in the coating layer to the carbon content in the matrix material ranges from 0.5 to 5;

(c) a thickness of the coating layer ranges from 0.5 nm to 100 nm.

14. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein in a X-ray diffraction pattern of the anode material, an intensity of the highest characteristic peak of 2θ in a range of 28.4±0.1 is I 1 , and an intensity of the highest characteristic peak of 2θ in the range of 22.0±0.1 is I 2 , and I 1 /I 2 ≤10.

15. An electronic device, comprising an electrochemical device claimed in claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: JIANG, DAOYI; CHEN, ZHIHUAN
To: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059443/0245 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021084484 · Mar 31, 2021
Related Publication 20220328840A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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