Summary of the invention
The technical problem that the present invention solves is to provide a kind of secondary cell collector, coating modified by collection liquid surface being carried out to Graphene, reduce the contact resistance between collector and active material, improved cohesive force between the two, finally realized the General Promotion to battery performance.
The invention discloses a kind of collector, comprise collector foil, described collector foil at least has the coating of graphene-containing and binding agent in one side.
The preparation method who the invention also discloses a kind of collector, comprising:
Graphene and binding agent are disperseed in solvent, form slurry; Described slurry coating is upper at least one surface of collector foil, form the coating that contains Graphene and binding agent; Then be dried.
Preferably, the mass ratio of described Graphene and binding agent is (1~49): 1.
Preferably, the number of plies of described Graphene is individual layer or between 1~30 layer; The carbon content > 95wt% of described Graphene, the body conductance > 100S/cm of described Graphene.
Preferably, the method for described dispersion be stirring, high speed shear, emulsification and ultrasonic in one or more.
Preferably, described solvent is mixed solvent or the 1-METHYLPYRROLIDONE of water, water and ethanol.
Preferably, after the described step that Graphene and binding agent are disperseed in solvent, also comprise: deaeration is processed and sieved.
Preferably, the solid content of described slurry is 0.2~20wt%, and the viscosity of described slurry is 50~5000mPas.
Preferably, the thickness of described coating is 0.005~10 micron.
Preferably, described coating is 30%~100% in the coverage rate on collector foil surface.
Preferably, described coating also comprises one or more in graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, carbon nano-tube, carbon fiber.
The invention provides a kind of preparation method of collector, compared with prior art, the collection liquid surface of preparing according to method provided by the invention has the coating of graphene-containing and binding agent.In coating, graphene conductive performance is very excellent, and its conductivity can reach 10
6s/cm, can strengthen the conductivity between collector and active material, reduces the internal resistance of battery; Simultaneously because the exclusive two dimension of Graphene is laminar structured, make Graphene form even, fine and close coating on collector foil surface, greatly improve the contact area of Graphene on collector foil surface, increase the conductive contact between active material and collector, can effectively reduce the interface resistance between collector and active material, reduce internal resistance; Be laid between the graphene sheet layer of collection liquid surface and and collector foil between contact area large, interaction force is strong, difficult drop-off, adhesion strength is strong, in the process discharging and recharging, can there is not the disengaging between active material and collector, be conducive to reduce internal resistance, thereby improve the performance of battery comprehensively.
Embodiment
In order further to understand the present invention, below in conjunction with embodiment, the preferred embodiment of the invention is described, but should be appreciated that these are described is for further illustrating the features and advantages of the present invention, instead of limiting to the claimed invention.
The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of secondary cell collector, comprise collector foil, described collector foil at least has the coating of graphene-containing and binding agent in one side.Described collector foil is preferably Copper Foil or aluminium foil.
As preferred version, in described coating, the content of Graphene is 50wt%~98wt%.The effect of binding agent in coating be make Graphene can firm attachment on collector, be unlikely in use to come off.Binding agent is originally as insulator, and addition can affect the conductivity of Graphene coating.Therefore, the addition of binding agent is preferably 2wt%~50wt%, too much can cause collector too high in resistance, and I haven't seen you for ages excessively affects the adhesion strength of Graphene coating.Described binding agent is preferably one or more in sodium carboxymethylcellulose, Kynoar, polytetrafluoroethylene, butadiene-styrene rubber and LA series binding agent.
The present invention also provides a kind of preparation method of secondary cell collector, comprising: Graphene and binding agent are disperseed in solvent, form slurry; Described slurry coating is upper at least one surface of collector foil, form the coating that contains Graphene and binding agent; Then be dried.
In order to make coating have good conductivity, as preferred version, the mass ratio of above-mentioned Graphene and binding agent is (1~49): 1; The number of plies of described Graphene is preferably between individual layer or 1~30 layer, in layer, is sp
2carbon atom six sides of hydridization are tightly packed, the coating carbon material that interlayer closes with π bond; The carbon content > 95wt% of Graphene, bulk conductivity > 100S/cm.Described binding agent is preferably one or more in sodium carboxymethylcellulose, Kynoar, polytetrafluoroethylene, butadiene-styrene rubber and LA series binding agent.
In the preparation method of collector, the method for above-mentioned dispersion is preferably stirring, high speed shear, emulsification, one or more in ultrasonic.In order to make in coating Graphene and binding agent more tiny evenly, as preferred version, after the above-mentioned step that Graphene and binding agent are disperseed in solvent, also comprise: deaeration is processed and sieved, thereby ensures to form the coating of even compact on collector foil.According to the present invention, above-mentioned slurry can apply by coating process, and described coating process is preferably coating machine coating, casting, dip coating or printing.Described coating can preferably adopt continuous or discrete application pattern.Above-mentioned dry temperature is preferably 30~200 DEG C.As preferred version, described dry immediately coating process synchronously carries out, also can be dry in the lump after coating finishes.
In preparation method, described solvent is preferably mixed solvent or the nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone of water, water and ethanol, in described water and alcohol mixed solvent, the mass ratio of water and ethanol is preferably (20~400): 1, and more preferably (50~300): 1.The solid content of described slurry is preferably 0.2~20wt%, the viscosity of described slurry is preferably 50~5000mPas, more preferably 500~1000mPas, the viscosity Tai little Huo Tai big city of slurry affects coating or the printing performance of slurry, uniformity and the continuity of coating are affected, even cannot be coated with or print.In order to make coating have better conductivity, the present invention also can add other electric conducting materials in solvent, is preferably one or more in graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, carbon nano-tube, carbon fiber.
According to the present invention, coating, as the non-active material in electrode, itself is not contributed for the capacity of battery, can reduce along with the increase of coating layer thickness on the contrary the energy density of battery, and therefore, in theory, coating is to get over Bao Yuehao.But along with coating attenuate, likely its performance is had to adverse effect.For conventional material with carbon element, the scope of conductive coating is conventionally at one micron to tens microns.And for Graphene, due to the distinguished two-dimensional structure of Graphene, even if its thickness only has tens to hundreds of nanometer, can both play good effect, the thickness of coating of the present invention is preferably 0.005~10 micron, more preferably 0.1~5 micron.Coating is preferably 30%~100% in the coverage rate on collector foil surface.
The present invention has prepared secondary cell collector, at least one mask of the collector foil of preparation has the coating of graphene-containing and binding agent, due to the electric conductivity excellence of Graphene, greatly strengthen the conductivity between collector and active material, the exclusive two-dimensional structure of Graphene simultaneously, make Graphene can form the coating of even compact on collector foil surface, increase the conductive contact between collector and active material, reduce interface resistance, and be laid between the graphene sheet layer on collector foil surface and and collector foil between contact area large, interaction force is strong, difficult drop-off, adhesion strength is strong.Therefore can effectively improve the performance of battery by there is the coating of Graphene in the coating of collector foil surface.
In order further to understand the present invention, below in conjunction with embodiment, the preparation method of collector provided by the invention is described in detail, protection scope of the present invention is not limited by the following examples.
Embodiment 1
Taking 2g sodium carboxymethylcellulose joins in 1000g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 40g Graphene slurry to be uniformly mixed, graphene-containing 8g in Graphene slurry, add 2000g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 800mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 500 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.5N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 4.553E
-6ohm.cm.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the collector prepared of embodiment 1, and this schematic diagram comprises tinsel 1, and is overlying on the coating 2 on described tinsel 1 surface, and coating comprises Graphene and binding agent.
Collection liquid surface prepared by the present embodiment scans, and Fig. 2 is the scanning electron microscope (SEM) photograph of graphene conductive coating, as can be seen from the figure, and the densification that is evenly distributed on collector foil of graphene conductive coating.
Embodiment 2
Taking 1.5g sodium carboxymethylcellulose joins in 1000g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 30g Graphene slurry and 0.5g conductive carbon black (Super P) to be uniformly mixed, in Graphene slurry, contain 8g Graphene, add 2000g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 600mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 200 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.5N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 4.761E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 3
Take 8g graphene powder and join in 500g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone and soak 8 hours, ultrasonic dispersion 10 minutes, supersonic frequency is 15KHz; Taking 2g Kynoar joins in 1000g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone, employing mixer mixes, and then after adding the ultrasonic dispersion of 508g, Graphene slurry is uniformly mixed, then add 1500g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 1000mPas, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 200 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.25N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 5.653E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 4
Take 8g graphene powder and join in 500g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone and soak 8 hours, then ultrasonic dispersion 10 minutes, supersonic frequency is 15KHz; Taking 1.5g Kynoar adds in 1000g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone, employing mixer mixes, add 0.5g SP to be uniformly mixed, and then add the 508g Graphene slurry after ultrasonic dispersion to be uniformly mixed, add 1500g nitrogen methyl pyrrolidone to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 1000mPas, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 500 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.25N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 5.362E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 5
Taking 53.3g LA133 (solid content is 15%) joins in 1100g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 40g Graphene slurry to be uniformly mixed, in Graphene slurry, contain 8g Graphene, add 1900g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 800mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 100 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.6N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 4.453E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 6
Taking 2g sodium carboxymethylcellulose joins in 1000g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 40g Graphene slurry to be uniformly mixed, in Graphene slurry, contain 8g Graphene, add 2000g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 800mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to copper foil surface uniformly by transfer type coating machine, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 200 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.5N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 1.353E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 7
Taking 2g sodium carboxymethylcellulose joins in 1000g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 40g Graphene slurry to be uniformly mixed, in Graphene slurry, contain the Graphene of 8g, add 2000g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 200mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by screen process press, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is 200 nanometers, and is the graphene conductive coating of discontinuous gridding, and Graphene coating is 50% in the coverage rate of aluminium foil surface.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.5N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 3.632E
-6ohm.cm.
Embodiment 8
Taking 2g sodium carboxymethylcellulose joins in 1000g deionized water, employing mixer mixes, and then add 40g Graphene slurry to be uniformly mixed, in Graphene slurry, contain 8g Graphene, add 2000g deionized water to regulate slurry viscosity, viscosity control is 200mPas, finally adds 30g ethanol to carry out low speed vacuum and stirs deaeration processing, crosses 150 eye mesh screens and obtains slurry; This slurry is coated on to aluminium foil surface uniformly by extrusion coater, and dries in air dry oven, obtaining one side coating layer thickness is the graphene conductive coating of 100 nanometers.
Adopting peeling strength test machine to record peel strength above-mentioned prepared collector is 0.5N, and adopting the resistivity of four probe method test pole piece is 4.372E
-6ohm.cm.
Comparative example 1
Adopt the tinsel of buying from the market as collector, tinsel is aluminium foil.
Adopt the collector of embodiment 1 to prepare 18650 column type power lithium-ion batteries, be numbered: battery 1; Adopt the collector of comparative example 1 to prepare lithium ion battery simultaneously, be numbered: battery 2.Test the ac impedance spectroscopy of above-mentioned two kinds of battery high magnifications front and back, test result as shown in Figure 3, Fig. 3 is the AC impedance spectrogram before and after battery 1 and battery 2 high magnification tests, in Fig. 3, ■ curve is the AC impedance spectral curve before battery 2 high magnification tests, ● curve is the AC impedance spectral curve after battery 2 high magnification tests, ▲ curve is the AC impedance spectral curve before battery 1 high magnification test, ★ curve is the AC impedance spectral curve after battery 1 high magnification test, as can be seen from Figure 3, the internal resistance of battery 1 will be lower than the internal resistance of battery 2.
The internal resistance of battery 1 and battery 2 is tested, test result as shown in Figure 4, Fig. 4 is battery 1 and the battery 2 internal resistance variation diagram in different phase, in Fig. 4, ■ curve is the internal resistance change curve of battery 2, ▲ curve is the internal resistance change curve of battery 1, as can be seen from Figure 4, the internal resistance of battery 1 reduces by 10%~50% compared with the internal resistance of battery 2, and the internal resistance of battery 1 changes more steady.
Voltage when battery 1 and battery 2 are discharged under 5C multiplying power is tested, test result as shown in Figure 5, Fig. 5 is battery 1 and the discharge curve of battery 2 under 5C multiplying power, curve a is the discharge curve of battery 1 under 5C multiplying power, curve b is the discharge curve of battery 2 under 5C multiplying power, as can be seen from Figure 5, battery 1 is pressed in the electric discharge under 5C multiplying power and is improved 0.1~0.2V than battery 2.
The surface temperature that battery 1 and battery 2 are discharged under 5C multiplying power changes tests, test result as shown in Figure 6, Fig. 6 is battery 1 and battery 2 battery surface variations in temperature while discharging under 5C multiplying power, in Fig. 6, curve a is the surface temperature change curve that battery 2 discharges under 5C multiplying power, curve b is the surface temperature change curve that battery 1 discharges under 5C multiplying power, as can be seen from Figure 6, surface temperature when battery 1 discharges under 5C multiplying power completely than battery 2 reduces more than 20 DEG C.
By battery 1 and battery 2, discharge capacity at-20 DEG C is tested, test result as shown in Figure 7, Fig. 7 is battery 1 and the discharge curve of battery 2 in the time of-20 DEG C, and in Fig. 7, curve a is the discharge curve of battery 1 in the time of-20 DEG C, and curve b is the discharge curve of battery 2 in the time of-20 DEG C.As can be seen from Figure 7, battery 1 promotes more than 20% than battery 2 discharge capacity at-20 DEG C.
From above test result, adopt in battery use procedure prepared by collector of the present invention, for the battery that adopts conventional collector to prepare, internal resistance stability is better, reduce internal resistance, strengthened cyclical stability, the performance of battery is improved.
The explanation of above embodiment is just for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof.It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention, can also carry out some improvement and modification to the present invention, these improvement and modification also fall in the protection range of the claims in the present invention.
To the above-mentioned explanation of the disclosed embodiments, make professional and technical personnel in the field can realize or use the present invention.To be apparent for those skilled in the art to the multiple amendment of these embodiment, General Principle as defined herein can, in the situation that not departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention, realize in other embodiments.Therefore, the present invention will can not be restricted to these embodiment shown in this article, but will meet the widest scope consistent with principle disclosed herein and features of novelty.