A kind of electrolytic process prepares the method for ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate
(1) technical field
The present invention relates to the method that a kind of electrolytic process prepares ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate.
(2) background technology
Tertiary iron phosphate is faint yellow or the ivory buff powder, tap density: 1.13~1.59g/cm
3, loose density 0.75~0.97g/cm
3, be dissolved in hydrochloric acid during heating, be insoluble in other acid, water-soluble hardly, acetic acid, alcohol exist with the vivianite form at occurring in nature.
At present, lithium ion battery market is fast-developing, and tertiary iron phosphate is one of raw material of preparation lithium ion battery anode material lithium iron phosphate, and the tertiary iron phosphate presoma of excellent property has decisive role to the performance of iron lithium phosphate.
The synthetic method of tertiary iron phosphate has a variety of, as mixing with DAP solution with ferrous sulfate, with the reaction solution ultrasonic radiation, obtain tertiary iron phosphate product (Hirokazu Okawa*, Junpei Yabuki, Youhei Kawamura, Ichiro Arise, Mineo Sato.Synthesis of FePO
4Cathode material for lithium ion batteries by a sonochemical method.J.materials research bulletin.2008), this method shortcoming is to production unit requirement height, energy consumption is big, and the cost height is not suitable for scale operation.
Use Iron sulfuret for another example, dilute phosphoric acid, sodium chlorate and sodium hydroxide prepared in reaction tertiary iron phosphate, reaction equation: 6FeSO
4+ 6H
3PO
4+ NaClO
3+ 12NaOH → 6FePO
42H
2O+6Na
2SO
4+ NaCl+3H
2O (Ma Guangcheng, Ding Shiwen, Li Weiping *. the synthetic and performance study .J. coatings industry .1998.12 of tertiary iron phosphate), the shortcoming of this method is the step complexity, raw material consumption is big, the cost height.
In addition, also useful sodium phosphate and ferric sulfate direct reaction, the pH value less than 2 condition under synthetic tertiary iron phosphate, this method reaction not exclusively, impurity is mutually more.
(3) summary of the invention
The object of the invention provides the method that a kind of electrolytic process prepares ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate, and this method is simple to operate, with low cost, combined coefficient is high, product particle is thinner, is easy to realize industrialization.
The technical solution used in the present invention is:
A kind of electrolytic process prepares the method for ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate, described method is in the plate and frame electrolyzer, is electrolytic solution with phosphoric acid or water-soluble aqueous phosphatic, is anode with iron or iron containing alloy, graphite rod, copper, iron or iron alloy are negative electrode, adopt 200~5000A/m
2Current density, regulate electrolytic solution pH to 1~10, between 10~90 ℃ of the control electrolysis temperatures, direct current or alternating current electrolysis synthesize ferrous phosphate, and reaction finishes, and night is answered in negate, add oxygenant, and ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, and cross that leaching precipitates, washes with water, drying, make ultra-fine ferric phosphate powder body (FePO
42H
2O).
It is one of following that the anode of described iron or iron alloy is preferably: pure iron, steel or iron alloy, described iron alloy can be any iron containing alloys.
Described electrolytic solution is recommended as the phosphatic aqueous solution of following one or more arbitrary proportions: phosphoric acid, tertiary sodium phosphate, Sodium phosphate dibasic, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOBASIC, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, Tripotassium phosphate, potassium primary phosphate, triammonium phosphate, primary ammonium phosphate or Secondary ammonium phosphate.
Described concentration of electrolyte is recommended as the phosphoric acid or the phosphatic aqueous solution of 0.01~8mol/L of 0.01~8mol/L.
The present invention regulates electrolytic solution, and to regulate the solution of pH be one of following: phosphate aqueous solution, aqueous sulfuric acid, aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, potassium hydroxide aqueous solution, aqueous hydrochloric acid or ammoniacal liquor.
Oxidation of the present invention is to add oxygenant ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, and the add-on of oxygenant is 1: 1.5~2.5 with the mol ratio of the amount of electrons that reaction is passed through.
The oxygenant that the present invention recommends is one of following: oxygen, hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate; Usually used hydrogen peroxide is that concentration is 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, and used potassium permanganate is that concentration is 5% potassium permanganate solution.
Described plate and frame electrolyzer is no barrier film or diaphragm type sheet frame electrolyzer, and described diaphragm type sheet frame electrolyzer is preferably single stage type, multiple level formula or the placed in-line sheet frame electrolyzer of single stage type.
That obtain by electrolytic process of the present invention is a kind of ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO
42H
2O), the preparation method that concrete the present invention recommends is: in multiple level formula sheet frame electrolyzer, the phosphoric acid of adding 0.5~6mol/L or the phosphatic aqueous solution of 0.5~6mol/L are anode as electrolytic solution with iron or iron containing alloy, graphite rod, copper, iron or iron alloy are negative electrode, adopt 800~3500A/m
2Current density, with electrolytic solution pH regulator to 2~7, between 20~50 ℃ of the control electrolysis temperatures, direct current or alternating current electrolysis 1~5h, synthetic ferrous phosphate, electrolytic reaction finishes, night is answered in negate, add oxygenant ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, cross that leaching precipitates, washes with water, 50~100 ℃ of vacuum-drying to moisture are less than 500ppm, make ultra-fine ferric phosphate powder body; Described oxygenant is one of following: oxygen, 30% hydrogen peroxide or 5% potassium permanganate solution; The add-on of oxygenant is 1: 1.5~2.5 with the mol ratio of the amount of electrons that reaction is passed through; Described drying temperature is preferably 60~80 ℃.
Reaction principle:
Anodal: 3Fe-6e
-+ 2PO
4 3-→ Fe
3(PO
4)
2
Negative pole: 2H
++ 2e
-→ H
2↑
Oxidation: Fe
3(PO
4)
2+ oxygenant → FePO
4
In the process of the synthetic ferrous phosphate of feeding direct current of the present invention or alternating current electrolysis, it is synthetic just to have ferrous phosphate when feeding electricity, reaction times requires and can freely control according to output, at any time can finish, after reaction finishes,, calculate the amount of required oxygenant according to reacting the amount of electrons of passing through according to the conservation of electrons law, after oxygenant joins reaction solution, ferrous phosphate is oxidized to faint yellow tertiary iron phosphate precipitation in moment.
According to the conservation of electrons law, the consumption method of calculation of oxygenant are:
m=I·t/2·e·NA·M·ω%
M is the quality of oxygenant, and I is a size of current, and t is an electrolysis time, and e is an electron charge, and NA is an avogado constant, and M is the molecular mass of oxygenant, and ω % is the mass percent of oxygenant.
The present invention compared with prior art, its beneficial effect is mainly reflected in:
The present invention makes full use of cheap iron or iron alloy as source of iron, creatively adopts electrolytic process to prepare tertiary iron phosphate, synthetic method is safe and simple, technical equipment require low, operation easily, with low cost, combined coefficient is higher, product is ultra-fine ferric phosphate powder body; Particle is thinner, is easy to realize industrialization, has the good social economic benefit.
(4) description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the electron scanning micrograph behind the embodiment of the invention 1 resultant product sintering.
Fig. 2 is the XRD figure behind the embodiment of the invention 1 resultant product sintering.
(5) specific implementation method
The present invention is described further below in conjunction with specific embodiment, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited in this:
The particle size of common synthetic method gained tertiary iron phosphate is between 3~5 μ m, and by contrast, gained iron phosphate grains size of the present invention is between 30~80nm, and the obvious refinement of particle reaches nano level.
Embodiment 1
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, adopting the pure iron electrode is anode, graphite rod is a negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, 0.1mol/L trisodium phosphate aqueous solution 200mL be electrolytic solution, dilute phosphoric acid aqueous solution conditioned reaction liquid pH with 0.5mol/L is 5, and to the logical direct current electrolysis 1h of electrolyzer, current density is 200A/m
2The groove temperature is 10 ℃, after reaction finishes, with the 1.05mL30% hydrogen peroxide ferrous phosphate is oxidized to faint yellow tertiary iron phosphate precipitation, filter electrolytic solution,, will be deposited in the vacuum drying oven with the deionized water wash precipitation, temperature is 60 ℃, and to be dried to moisture content be 350ppm, obtains the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO of particle size between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 0.98g sees Fig. 1 with the electron-microscope scanning (SEM) of the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate of gained behind 650 ℃ of sintering, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) is seen Fig. 2.
Embodiment 2
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, adopting the pure iron electrode is anode and negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, the mixing solutions of 1mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution 150mL and 0.3mol/L tricresyl phosphate ammonia soln 50mL is an electrolytic solution, diluted hydrochloric acid aqueous solution conditioned reaction liquid pH with 0.5mol/L is 6, to electrolyzer indirect current electrolysis 1h, current density is 5000A/m
2The groove temperature is 50 ℃, after reaction finishes, speed with 5mL/s feeds pure oxygen 1h, and ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, filters electrolytic solution, precipitate with deionized water wash, to be deposited in the vacuum drying oven, 80 ℃ are dried to moisture content is 500ppm, obtains the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO of particle size between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 20.75g.
Embodiment 3
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, the employing steel electrode is an anode, copper sheet is a negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, 1.0mol/L Sodium phosphate dibasic aqueous solution 200mL be electrolytic solution, dilute sulfuric acid aqueous solution conditioned reaction liquid pH with 0.8mol/L is 1, and to the logical direct current electrolysis 2.5h of electrolyzer, current density is 2200A/m
2The groove temperature is 25 ℃, after reaction finishes, with the 29mL30% hydrogen peroxide ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, filter electrolytic solution,, will be deposited in the vacuum drying oven with the deionized water wash precipitation, 100 ℃ are dried to moisture content is 350ppm, obtains the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO of particle size between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 26.3g.
Embodiment 4
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, the employing ferrotianium is an anode, copper sheet is a negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, 0.25mol/L DAP aqueous solution 30mL, 2.2mol/L Sodium phosphate dibasic aqueous solution 50mL, the mixing solutions of 3mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution 120mL is an electrolytic solution, aqueous sodium hydroxide solution conditioned reaction liquid pH with 0.6mol/L is 10, and to the logical direct current electrolysis 3h of electrolyzer, current density is 1000A/m
2The groove temperature is 60 ℃, after reaction finishes, with the 16mL30% hydrogen peroxide ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, filter electrolytic solution,, will be deposited in the vacuum drying oven with the deionized water wash precipitation, temperature is 60 ℃, and to be dried to moisture content be 200ppm, obtains particle size ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 14.26g.
Embodiment 5
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, adopting ferrotianium is anode and negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, the biphosphate ammonia soln 200mL of 1mol/L is an electrolytic solution, diluted hydrochloric acid aqueous solution conditioned reaction liquid pH with 0.5mol/L is 4.2, to electrolyzer indirect current electrolysis 5h, current density is 2410A/m
2The groove temperature is 90 ℃, after reaction finishes, speed with 5mL/s feeds pure oxygen 2h, and ferrous phosphate is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate, filters electrolytic solution, precipitate with deionized water wash, to be deposited in the vacuum drying oven, 100 ℃ are dried to moisture content 200ppm, obtain the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO of particle size between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 45.4g.
Embodiment 6
In 250mL plate and frame electrolyzer, the employing pure iron is an anode, graphite is negative electrode, area is 5cm * 5cm, 6mol/L biphosphate ammonia soln 20mL, 2mol/L trisodium phosphate aqueous solution 130mL, 0.8mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution 10mL, 1.2mol/L the mixing solutions of Tripotassium phosphate aqueous solution 40mL is an electrolytic solution, is 8 with the dilute phosphoric acid aqueous solution of 0.6mol/L and the diluted hydrochloric acid aqueous solution of 0.5mol/L with 1: 1 mixing acid conditioned reaction liquid pH of volume ratio, to the logical direct current electrolysis 1h of electrolyzer, current density is 2500A/m
2The groove temperature is 60 ℃, after reaction finishes, (potassium permanganate quality 185g) is oxidized to tertiary iron phosphate with ferrous phosphate with mass concentration 5% potassium permanganate solution, filter electrolytic solution,, will be deposited in the vacuum drying oven with the deionized water wash precipitation, temperature is 70 ℃ and is dried to moisture content 200ppm, obtains the ultra-fine tertiary iron phosphate (FePO of particle size between 30~80nm
42H
2O) 11.1g.