Background technology
Lithium ion battery is the novel green high-power rechargeable battery that occurs early 1990s, has become the emphasis that competitively research and develop countries in the world at present.Positive electrode is as an important component part of lithium ion battery, and research mainly concentrates on the lithium-containing transition metal oxide aspect of Co, Ni and Mn.LiCoO
2Be the positive electrode of unique large-scale commercial, the research comparative maturity, high comprehensive performance, but cost an arm and a leg, capacity is lower, and toxicity is bigger, has certain safety issue, and the new material that needs to seek high-performance and low-cost replaces it.LiNiO
2Cost is lower, and capacity is higher, but preparation difficulty, the consistency of material property and and poor reproducibility, have comparatively serious safety problem.Spinel-type LiMn
2O
4Cost is low, and fail safe is good, but high temperature cyclic performance is poor, and certain dissolubility is arranged in electrolyte.The research of two yuan or multi-element composite positive pole material mainly concentrates on LiNi
1-xCo
xO
2And LiNi
xCo
yMn
1-x-yO
2The lamellar compound aspect, they are than LiCoO
2Positive electrode has advantages such as the cost of raw material is lower, specific capacity is higher, energy density is bigger, and fail safe is better, but large current discharging capability and tap density are than LiCoO
2On the low side, preparation cost increases, and has strengthened the difficulty that secondary resource reclaims to a certain extent.Therefore, the novel anode material of further researching and developing high energy, safety, environmental protection becomes the research focus of lithium ion battery circle.
LiFePO 4 (LiFePO
4) material is considered to the anodal substitution material of the most potential kalium ion battery of future generation, have abundant raw material, cost is low, specific capacity is higher, thermal stability and cyclical stability is good, nontoxic, environmental friendliness etc. is outstanding advantages, from people such as Padhi in 1997 first with the LiFePO of quadrature olivine structural
4As anode material for lithium-ion batteries, the research of this material is become gradually the research focus of various countries' researcher.But the conductivity of this material is very poor, can only discharge and recharge under minimum multiplying power under the room temperature, has influenced its high rate performance; In addition, preparation technology is usually with Fe
2+As source of iron, price is than Fe
3+Salt is high and need multistep to grind and heat treatment step, and preparation technology is complicated, and product purity is not easy control, thereby cost is increased, and these have all hindered its application in practical lithium-ion.
Summary of the invention
The preparation method who the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of LiFePO 4-carbon composite cathode material is with Fe
3+Compound is a raw material, based on the ether organic solvent system, by sol-gel process, prepares the LiFePO 4-carbon composite material in conjunction with carbothermic method.
1. lithium ion battery comprises as follows with the preparation method of LiFePO 4-carbon composite cathode material:
1) with Fe
3+Compound is dissolved in the ether organic solvent, be mixed with 1~2mol/L solution, mix excessive carbon source (consumption of carbon source makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then and contain in the ethereal solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 3~8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 60~80 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) xerogel, lithium salts and phosphate are mixed in proportion and ground and mixed even, Li: Fe wherein: the P mol ratio is 1: 1: 1;
3) mixture being put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the inert gas protection, in 250 ℃~500 ℃ preliminary treatment 0.5~5 hour, to get rid of residual moisture and CO in the presoma at flow velocity
2, NH
3Deng gas;
4) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the same inert atmosphere, heat treatment is 4~24 hours under 550 ℃~800 ℃ temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the lithium ferrous phosphate composite material that carbon coats.
Organic solvent used in the present invention is gylcol ether, diethylene glycol (DEG) ethers, propylene glycol ethers etc.
The used molysite of the present invention can be selected from ferric nitrate, ironic citrate, ferric acetate etc.; Lithium salts can be selected from lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, lithium oxalate or lithium acetate etc., and phosphate can be ammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate or ammonium phosphate.
Carbon source used in the present invention is sucrose, glucose, maltose, fructose or lactose etc.
Gas used in the present invention is the mist (volumn concentration of hydrogen is 2~10% in the mist) of argon gas, nitrogen or argon gas and hydrogen.
The present invention is based on the ether organic solvent system, pass through Fe
3+The sol-gel process of compound has prepared LiFePO 4-carbon composite cathode material in conjunction with carbothermic method.This anode composite material has the charging/discharging voltage platform about 3.4V stably, and electric conductivity and heavy-current discharge performance are good, and the reversible specific capacity that discharges and recharges reaches 134.5mAh/g under the 2C electric current; This composite structure is stable, and cyclical stability is good; Not containing Co, Ni etc. has the element of bigger pollution to environment, thereby is environmentally friendly material; The raw material that is adopted is Fe
3+Compound, cheap, wide material sources.
Embodiment
Embodiment 1
1) takes by weighing 0.5molFe (NO
3)
39H
2O is dissolved in the EGME organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix organic carbon source sucrose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the EGME solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 70 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.5mol lithium hydroxide and 0.5mol ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 300 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 725 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.
The quality percentage composition that records residual carbon in the gained composite material is about 3%, and its XRD spectra is seen Fig. 1, and the reference standard card is olivine-type LiFePO
4(belonging to the Pnma space group), the diffraction maximum of residual carbon does not occur, and illustrates that it mainly exists with the form of amorphous carbon.Fig. 2 is the FE-SEM surface topography analysis chart under 20000 times of the multiplication factors, as we can see from the figure the gained material be particle diameter between between the 400nm to 800nm, have the part aggregation phenomenon between the particle.
Composite material with embodiment 1 gained is made electrode according to following method.
Take by weighing the composite material of embodiment 1 gained respectively with 80: 10: 10 mass ratioes: conductive carbon (SuperP): polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grinds mixing and paint electrode on aluminium foil, 120 ℃ of vacuumizes obtained positive plate in 24 hours, with the pure metal lithium sheet is negative pole, to be dissolved in the 1.0mol/L LiPF in ethylene fat+dimethyl carbonate (volume ratio is 1: 1) mixed solvent
6Be electrolyte, the polypropylene microporous membrane is a diaphragm material, forms the simulation lithium ion battery.From Fig. 3, can see on the discharge curve of 0.2C multiplying power when the 2.5V-4.2V cut-ff voltage, the battery of surveying has 3.36V discharge voltage plateau stably, the reversible specific capacity that can calculate composite material among this embodiment is 155.7mAh/g, and reversible specific capacity can reach 134.5mAh/g under the 2C multiplying power.Fig. 4 is the respective battery cycle performance under 0.2C, 0.5C and 2C multiplying power respectively.Wherein, specific capacity is with LiFePO
4Mass Calculation, but not LiFePO
4The quality of+carbon composite.
Embodiment 2
1) taking by weighing the 0.5mol ironic citrate is dissolved in the EGME organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix sucrose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the EGME solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 60 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.5mol lithium hydroxide and 0.5mol ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 300 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 725 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.All the other are with embodiment 1.
Embodiment 3
1) takes by weighing 0.5molFe (NO
3)
39H
2O is dissolved in the propylene glycol monomethyl ether organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix organic carbon source sucrose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the propylene glycol monomethyl ether solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 80 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.5mol lithium hydroxide and 0.5mol ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 300 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 725 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.All the other are with embodiment 1.
Embodiment .4
1) takes by weighing 0.5molFe (NO
3)
39H
2O is dissolved in the EGME organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix organic carbon source glucose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the EGME solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 70 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.5mol lithium hydroxide and 0.5mol ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 350 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the same argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 725 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.All the other are with embodiment 1.
Embodiment 5
1) takes by weighing 0.5molFe (NO
3)
39H
2O is dissolved in the EGME organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix organic carbon source sucrose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the EGME solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 70 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.5mol lithium hydroxide and 0.5mol ammonium hydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 300 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the same argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 725 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.All the other are with embodiment 1.
Embodiment 6
1) takes by weighing 0.5molFe (NO
3)
39H
2O is dissolved in the EGME organic solvent, be mixed with 1.5mol/L solution, mix a certain amount of sucrose (consumption of sucrose makes that carbon content is 1~10% in the product), add distilled water and make it dissolving, join then in the EGME solution, form homodisperse colloidal sol, and stir 8 hours one-tenth of evaporation gel down at 70 ℃, last vacuumize is to xerogel;
2) it is even to take by weighing 0.25mol lithium carbonate and 0.5mol ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and xerogel ground and mixed, and mixture is put into tube type resistance furnace, is under 5~50 liters/minute the argon shield, in 350 ℃ of preliminary treatment 5 hours at flow velocity;
3) mixture that preliminary treatment is obtained grinds evenly, and under the same argon gas atmosphere, heat treatment is 10 hours under 750 ℃ of temperature, is cooled to room temperature and promptly obtains the LiFePO 4 composite positive pole that carbon coats.All the other are with embodiment 1.