Silicon based electrode and its manufacture craft
Technical field
The present invention is about a kind of silicon based electrode, especially a kind of manufacture craft of silicon based electrode.
Background technique
Closely for decades, since the electronic products such as smartphone, electric vehicle sharply develop, battery durable power and charge and discharge
Electric speed becomes the major subjects that the technology of lithium battery energy storage battery device develops.In other words, high-energy density and quick charge and discharge
The electrode material of electrical property is current the main direction of development, wherein the negative electrode material with high-energy density is silicon base.
However, still thering are several to need to overcome the problems, such as if being intended to use silicon as lithium ion battery negative material: when (1) charging, lithium ion
When forming lithium alloy with silicon, cause silicon during the charging process, volume will expand to the three-to-four-fold of original volume, this violent body
Product expansion easily causes negative el to be disintegrated, to reduce the service life cycle of lithium ion battery.(2) in charge and discharge process
In, because chemical reaction generates solid electrolyte interface film (SEI, Solid Electrolyte between electrolyte and electrode slice
Interface), electrical irreversible and cycle life is in turn resulted in lower.In general, if the body of silicon based cells to be inhibited
The product coefficient of expansion with the silicon particle of nanometer dimension and is mixed into the carbon source of variety classes or different-shape mostly, such as pitch, each
Kind carbohydrate graphene or carbon nanotubes etc..It and is in electrolyte if the generation of solid electrolyte interface film to be inhibited
Electrolysis additive is added or reacts and lower interface impedance in being coated on electrode slice, being coated with protective film to reach isolation, inhibit
Effect.
By taking TaiWan, China patent of invention discloses No. 201340449 as an example, a kind of cathode of lithium battery architecture design is disclosed,
Including collector and the anode active material layer being coated on the collector, and in being coated with organic guarantor in anode active material layer
Cuticular layer.Its organic protective film layer is made of inorganic particle, these inorganic particles can be metal, silicon, metal oxide, silicon oxygen
The composition of the mixture of compound or above-mentioned material.Wherein metal can be silver-colored (Ag), copper (Cu), tin (Sn), aluminium (Al) or
Tungsten (W);Si oxide can be silica (SiOx, 0 < x≤2), silica-graphite (SiO2- graphite, 0 < x≤2) or
It is oxidation silico-carbo (SiOx- carbon, 0 < x≤2) etc..Protective film has the function of inhibiting solid electrolyte interface film to generate, and can
To prevent battery under high temperature environment, because the structure of negative electrode material caused by electrolyte decomposition is destroyed, and then extend battery
Service life.
By taking TaiWan, China patent of invention discloses No. 201340450 as an example, invention discloses a kind of lithium battery anode frame
Structure comprising collector and the anode active material layer being coated on collector, and in being coated in anode active material layer
Organic protective film layer, this organic protective film layer are made of inorganic particle, such as metal oxide such as ZrO2、Mg(OH)2、MgO、
TiO2、Al2O3、La2O3Or ZnO etc. or above-mentioned each oxide-metal combinations at mixture.This organic protective film layer can be to prevent
Only positive electrode active materials directly and electrolyte contacts, to prevent battery in the case where high voltage or overcharge, electrolyte
Because contacting anode due to oxygenolysis, the phenomenon that structural stability of positive electrode is with gas is generated is destroyed, and then influence its electricity
The electrical property in pond, causes battery to shorten.In addition it is noted that TaiWan, China patent of invention discloses the 201340449th
Number and TaiWan, China patent of invention disclose No. 201340450 be all disclose to be deposited, sputter, furnace formula sputter or takeup type etc.
The mode of vacuum coating carries out the plating of inorganic particle, and the thickness for forming organic protective film layer is smaller than 100nm.
However, two pieces document above-mentioned for positive and negative anodes protective film respectively disclose for positive and negative electrode material metal or its
Oxide particle, but its process equipment as low as coating system is greatly to vacuum system, and or its metal and its oxide powder
Economic benefit is all gone up and do not meet to target in the considerations of cost, and is extra resource cost on environment friendly considers.
In addition, containing fatty nitrile about one kind again by taking TaiWan, China patent of invention announces No. 256166 as an example
The electrode of (aliphatic nitrile) compound, wherein aliphatic nitrile compound is coated on the surface of cathode electrode, or combines
In the active material of cathode electrode, manufacture craft includes coating, coining coating (die coating), roll-type coating or scraper
Formula coating etc. or the combination of above-mentioned each technique.Announce lithium produced by No. 256166 electrode of the announcement containing this compound
Secondary cell has excellent safety, and can avoid reacting for electrolyte and electrode slice, and occur because overcharging
Electrode chip architecture is destroyed, caused heat dissipation, and then internal temperature of battery is made to increase and cause inside battery short circuit, is made
At calcination and explosion.However, the considerations of reducing cost with industrialization, the compounds such as aliphatic nitrile are high monovalent chemicals and system
It is more complicated to make technique, it is extremely improper if the use of its being additive.It is examined closely again with the viewpoint of environmental protection, this organic addition
Agent easily causes environmental pollution and is difficult to the problem of recycling.Therefore, lower cost and the technological development friendly compared with environment, there is it
Necessary existence.
Finally, which disclose a kind of Graphene electrodes again by taking TaiWan, China patent of invention discloses No. 201421781 as an example
And its manufacture craft, it is handled using dry type surfaction, exotic atom doping, Ke Yiti is carried out to graphene surface under low temperature
The capacitance and reduction for rising Graphene electrodes can not reciprocal capacitys.The dry type surface disclosed by the displosure the 201421781st
Processing can be plasma modifying process.In addition, reaction gas is passed through, so that different original in this plasma modification processing procedure
In the graphene-doped layer of son.Reactor used in plasma modification technology described in disclosing No. 201421781 can be low
Press the plasma reactor of (low pressure) operation or the plasma-based of normal pressure (atmospheric pressure) operation
Reactor.Although however, point out it disclosing No. 201421781 only pipe efficiency be excellent using electrode graphite alkene, compared to
For silicon based electrode, in addition to production is not easy, other than higher cost, capacitance is also come excellent without silicon based cells.
Summary of the invention
In view of known techniques silicon substrate lithium battery in charge and discharge process, between electrolyte and electrode slice because chemical reaction
It generates solid electrolyte interface film (SEI, Solid Electrolyte Interface), therefore the main object of the present invention is
Inhibit this chemical reaction, and reduces electrical cycle life that is irreversible and increasing silicon substrate lithium battery.
It is another object of the present invention to carry out plasma to the surface of silicon layer at room temperature by surfaction processing technique
Body processing, the atom doped surface to silicon layer of energetic plasma can be promoted whereby with inhibiting the formation of interfacial reaction layer
Capacitance and cycle life of the silicon layer as silicon electrode piece.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the invention discloses a kind of manufacture craft of silicon based electrode, step includes: offer conductive base
Plate;In forming silicon layer on electrically-conductive backing plate;And plasma reforming step, plasma modification are executed to the surface of silicon layer
Step is that multiple atom doped surfaces in silicon layer and are formed atom doped layer in surface.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the present invention also discloses a kind of silicon based electrode, including electrically-conductive backing plate, in table is arranged on electrically-conductive backing plate
The organic protective film layer that face has the silicon layer of atom doped layer and is arranged on atom doped layer, wherein on the surface of silicon layer
Atom doped layer in atom be nitrogen, phosphorus, boron or above-mentioned any combination.Silicon layer is by silica-base material, adhesive agent and assistant director of a film or play's agent
It is formed, by the atom doped layer in silicon surface, the formation of interfacial reaction layer can be inhibited, silicon substrate electricity can be promoted whereby
The capacitance and cycle life of pole.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 disclosed technology according to the present invention, indicates each step schematic diagram of the manufacture craft of silicon electrode.
Fig. 4 disclosed technology according to the present invention, indicates that silicon based electrode is applied to the schematic diagram of energy storage device.
Fig. 5 disclosed technology according to the present invention, indicates with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (X-ray Photoelectron
Spectrometer, XPS) surface of modified silicon layer is analyzed, it is former to be identified in the nitrogen adulterated on the surface of silicon layer
The intensity of son, and then calculate its number.
Fig. 6 disclosed technology according to the present invention, indicates charging and discharging curve and cycle life curve figure.
Fig. 7 disclosed technology according to the present invention, indicates the capacitance in different embodiments, circle number and coulomb transfer efficiency
Curve graph.
[primary clustering symbol description]
10 silicon based electrode, 11 electrically-conductive backing plate
The atom doped layer of 12 silicon layer 122
13 plasma reforming step, 14 organic protective film layer
30 oxide substrates of the energy storage device 32 containing lithium metal
34 isolation film, 36 electrolyte
38 shells
Specific embodiment
Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is please referred to, indicates each step schematic diagram of the manufacture craft of silicon based electrode.It is led as shown in Figure 1, first providing
Then electric substrate 11 forms silicon layer 12 on electrically-conductive backing plate 11.Wherein, electrically-conductive backing plate 11 is metal foil, in implementation of the invention
Example is with copper foil as electrically-conductive backing plate 11.The step of silicon layer 12 is formed in electrically-conductive backing plate 11 includes: that will first contain silicon composition
Coating be formed in a manner of being coated on electrically-conductive backing plate 11, then the coating being formed on electrically-conductive backing plate 11 is dried again
Technology is to form silicon layer 12 on electrically-conductive backing plate 11.In this present embodiment, the technique of coating includes wire mark (screen
Printing), method of spin coating (spin coating), rodlike rubbing method (bar coating), scraper for coating method (blade
Coating), roller rubbing method (roller coating) or Dipcoat method (dip coating), however in the present invention
In, the means that coating is formed on electrically-conductive backing plate 11 are not limited to the above.It is to utilize to scrape cutter painting in the embodiment of the present invention
Coating containing silicon composition is coated on electrically-conductive backing plate 11 by cloth method.In addition, the temperature of stoving process 40 DEG C -150 DEG C it
Between.It is at least made of silica-base material, adhesive agent and assistant director of a film or play's agent containing silicon composition.Wherein, silica-base material can be monocrystalline silicon,
The silicon substrates such as polysilicon, various nano-silicon, such as carbon/silicon composite, recycling silicon, wherein recycling silicon can be silicon rod, silicon
Ingot or silico briquette but it is not limited only to this.Silica-base material is also possible to by lithium embedded category negative electrode material, and adulterating composition can be with
It is the either above-mentioned any combination of boron, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, aluminium, sulphur, tin, germanium or indium.Adhesive agent can be the compound tackifier of water system,
The combination of organic tackifier either above two tackifier.In this present embodiment, the compound tackifier of water system or organic increasing stick
Agent can be sanlose (CMC, Carboxymethyl Cellulose), sodium alginate (Sodium
Alginate), SBR styrene butadiene rubbers (SBR, styrene butadiene rubber) or Kynoar
(PVDF,Polyvinylidene fluoride).Assistant director of a film or play's agent can be graphite, various carbon black, acetylene black (acetylene
) or combinations of the above black.In an embodiment of the present invention, containing the adhesive agent in silicon composition be sodium alginate and
Assistant director of a film or play's agent is acetylene black.
Then, as shown in Fig. 2, carrying out plasma reforming step 13 for the silicon layer 12 on electrically-conductive backing plate 11, mainly
It is that the atom for being intended to adulterate is reacted using plasma reactor generation energetic atom with silicon layer, foreign atom to 12 table of silicon layer
Face, so that forming atom doped layer 122 on the surface of silicon layer 12, this purpose is the electrochemical properties in order to promote silicon layer 12, example
Such as capacitance, cycle life and coulomb transfer efficiency.Its plasma reforming step 13 includes: being passed through carrying gas and desire
The gas source of the atom of doping modifies silicon layer 12 through plasma reactor, is formed whereby on the surface of silicon layer 12
Atom doped layer 122.It is noted that being not required to since the present invention only needs the surface that Plasma-Atomic is doped into silicon layer 12
The atom of doping is diffused into entire silicon layer 12, therefore in plasma reforming step, do not need for a long time spread with
And heating, or operated under vacuum to prevent electrically-conductive backing plate 11 from aoxidizing.In addition, in the operation of plasma reforming step 13
Cheng Zhong can adjust flow, the carrying gas flow, reaction pressure, power, reaction time, processing of reaction gas according to actual needs
Number and/or the distance between silicon layer 12 and plasma reactor, the processing power range of plasma reforming step
Between 10~1000 watts (W), number of processes range between primary to hundreds of times, between plasma reactor at a distance from
Range is between 0.3 to 1 centimeter and processing time range is between 1 second to 1 hour, and carrying gas can be helium, argon gas, nitrogen
The combination of gas, neon or above-mentioned gas, the gas source of the atom to be adulterated be nitrogen, ammonia, the gas molecule in air or
The above-mentioned any combination of person, and the atom doped amount of the atom doped layer is between 0.23-1.12atom%.In reality of the invention
It applies in example, is carrying gas with argon gas, the atom of doping is the nitrogen-atoms in nitrogen.
It is noted that reactor used in the plasma modifying process step in Fig. 2 uses low pressure (low
Pressure) or the plasma reactor of normal pressure (atmospheric pressure) operation, form can be nozzle
The design such as formula (jet) or flat (plate).It is with nozzle-type atmospheric plasma board in this present embodiment
(atmospheric pressure plasma jet) carrys out the carry out surfaction step to silicon layer 12.
Then as shown in figure 3, organic protective film layer 14 is formed on atom doped layer 122, to complete silicon electrode 10
Production.In this present embodiment, the mode that organic protective film layer 14 is formed on atom doped layer 122 be can use into coating, steamed
Plating or the technological means such as sputter are reached, but not limited to this.In the embodiment of the present invention, by organic guarantor in a manner of vapor deposition
Cuticular layer 14 is formed on atom doped layer 122, and thickness range is about between 50nm-150nm.14 material of organic protective film layer
Material may include but do not limit to be different crystallinity and variety classes carbon materials based on organic carbon materials.
Next referring to Fig. 4.Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that silicon electrode is applied to energy storage device.In Fig. 4, energy storage device 30
With shell 38, in being equipped with electrolyte 36 in shell 38.In being additionally provided with above-mentioned silicon electrode 10 in shell 38, as energy storage
The negative electrode of device 30, and using the oxide substrate 32 containing lithium metal be used as positive electrode, wherein silicon electrode 10 with containing lithium gold
It is arranged between the oxide substrate 32 of category with spacing distance, and between silicon electrode 10 and oxide substrate 32 containing lithium metal also
It is provided with isolation film 34, and above-mentioned silicon electrode 10, the oxide substrate 32 containing lithium metal and isolation film 34 is infiltrated on electrolysis
In liquid 36.In this present embodiment, the oxide substrate 32 containing lithium metal can be lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel oxide and lithium cobalt oxide
The composite oxides of the lithiums such as compound and transition metal, such as LiCoO2、LiMn2O4、LiFePO4、LiNixCoyMnzO2(0 < x, y, z <
1)、LiNixCo yAlzO2(0 < x, y, z < 1), LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4Or combinations thereof.Isolation film 34 can be monofilm or double
Tunic, the material of isolation film 34 are using lithium battery isolation membrane in the prior art, such as inorganic paper, nonwoven fabric or high molecular polymer
Perforated membrane etc..
In addition, in this present embodiment, the electrolyte used in energy storage device 30 is by organic solvent and electrolyte institute
Composition, wherein organic solvent can be the mixed solvent as composed by a kind of or several organic solvents, and electrolyte is also possible to
A kind of electrolyte or several electrolyte are formed.In the present invention, organic solvent can be propylene carbonate, carbonic acid Asia second
Ester, butylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, methyl ethyl carbonate or 1,2- dimethoxy-ethane.Electrolyte is lithium salts
Electrolyte or polymer dielectric, wherein lithium salts electrolyte is lithium perchlorate, LiBF4, lithium hexafluoro phosphate, trifluoromethyl
Sulfonic Lithium or hexafluoroarsenate lithium.Polymer dielectric is containing lithium perchlorate, LiBF4, lithium hexafluoro phosphate, trifluoromethyl sulphur
Polyethylene oxygen alkane, polypropylene oxygen alkane, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride or the Kynoar of the lithium salts such as sour lithium, hexafluoroarsenate lithium.
It is noted that the material of the shell 38 of energy storage device 30 can be metal, alloy, plastics, aluminium foil or above-mentioned
The combination of a variety of materials.And disclosed herein energy storage device 30 can be fabricated to required pattern according to demand, such as
Round energy storage device, square type energy storage device, polymer electrolyte energy storage device or Aluminium Foil Package energy storage device, form are not limited to
This.
According to the above, the fabrication processing of the present invention for example bright silicon electrode.Firstly, taking 0.15g alginic acid
The deionized water of sodium and 6g are placed in a reaction flask immersion about 3-4 hours.Then, with homogenizer with revolving speed under the revolving speed of 100rpm
Simultaneously de-bubble is stirred in reaction flask, mixing time is about 20 minutes.After whipping step completion, by 0.0968g second
The silica-base material of acetylene black and 0.7532g are placed in previous reaction bottle, then are stirred 20 minutes, to obtain combining containing silicon
Object.
Then, it will be coated on containing silicon composition as electrically-conductive backing plate 11 using the scraper of 0.2mm with blade coating technology
Copper foil on to form coating.Then, then at temperature range be 110 DEG C -120 DEG C under conditions of, contain on electrically-conductive backing plate 11
There is the coating of the composition of silicon to carry out drying technology, to form silicon layer 12 on electrically-conductive backing plate 11.After drying technology completion,
The production of silicon electrode 10 is completed.Then, this silicon electrode 10 is placed in corona treatment platform (not shown in the figure),
The distance between silicon electrode 10 and plasma reactor are 1cm and 0.3cm.It then, is 40 cubes per minute being passed through flow
The nitrogen of centimetre (sccm, standard cubic centimeter per minute) and 15 liter per minute (slm,
Standard liter per minute) argon gas, operating pressure be 1 atmospheric pressure (1atm), be respectively in radio frequency (RF) power
25 watts (W), 50 watts and 75 watts carry out plasma reforming step to the surface of silicon layer 12, and number of processing can be come according to that must ask
Setting, can be 1-5 times.
Then, with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer, XPS) to through changing
The surface of the silicon layer 12 of matter is analyzed, to be identified in the intensity for the nitrogen-atoms that the surface of silicon layer 12 is adulterated, result such as table 1
And shown in Fig. 5.In Fig. 5, embodiment 1-7 respectively corresponds silicon layer 12 and plasma reaction without plasma modifying process
The distance between device is the knot that 1cm and 0.3cm carry out processing 1 time, 5 times under the conditions of plasma-based Doped Power is 50 watts (W), 25 watts
Fruit, wherein embodiment 1 is the comparative group of other embodiments 2-7, and numerical value is background value (b.g.).By Fig. 5 it is known that through
After plasma treatment, nitrogen-atoms is contained on the surface of the silicon layer of embodiment 4,5,6 and 7, also demonstrates that nitrogen-atoms has incorporation really
The surface of silicon layer, and its result is also with silicon layer and plasma reaction
Embodiment |
Nitrogen flow (sccm) |
Distance (cm) |
Power (W) |
Number of processes |
Nitrogen content (%) |
2 |
40 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
b.g. |
3 |
40 |
1 |
50 |
5 |
b.g. |
4 |
40 |
0.3 |
50 |
1 |
0.42 |
5 |
40 |
0.3 |
50 |
5 |
1.12 |
6 |
40 |
0.3 |
25 |
1 |
0.23 |
7 |
40 |
0.3 |
25 |
5 |
0.39 |
The distance between device and number increase, while the intensity of nitrogen signal is consequently increased, this also means that incorporation silicon layer
The number of nitrogen atoms of table can regulate and control its number with parameter.
Table 1: plasma modifies the relationship of the process parameter of processing procedure and nitrogen content of silicon layer
Then, silicon layer described in embodiment 5 is cut into size dimension appropriate, such as diameter is 13mm, as storage
The negative electrode of energy device 30, and using metal oxide substrate 32 as positive electrode, and arrange in pairs or groups by polyethylene/polypropylene (PE/
PP) composite membrane is arranged between silicon electrode 10 and oxide substrate 32 containing lithium metal as isolation film 34, wherein isolation film 34
Thickness be about 0.2mm, and with ethylene carbonate (EC, ethylene carbonate), diethyl carbonate (DEC,
Diethylcarbonate) and concentration be 1M LiPF6(Lithium hexafluorophosphate) is used as electrolyte,
To constitute energy storage device 30.The resulting energy storage device of embodiment 5 is subjected to charge-discharge test, obtains charging and discharging curve figure and circulation
Life diagram, it is as shown in FIG. 6 and 7 respectively.
It is shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, the silicon electrode 10 that the silicon layer after modifying by plasma-based is made is not only in first lap
The feature of solid-state electrolytic solution boundary layer, and in the cycle life of silicon electrode 10 and coulomb transfer efficiency all than without etc. from
The silicon electrode of sub- modifying process comes excellent.Separately in Fig. 7's the results show that if on silicon electrode after plasma modifying process
The organic protective film layer of plating, capacitance and coulomb transformation efficiency all have full promotion, reflect substantial effect of the invention.
In summary, compared with prior art, due to disclosed herein silicon electrode, due to its surface by etc.
Ion surface modifying process improves the electrochemical properties of silica-base material, such as capacitance, cycle life and coulomb conversion are imitated
Rate, therefore be suitably applied in energy storage device.
The foregoing is merely preferable possible embodiments of the invention, non-therefore limitation claim of the invention, therefore such as
Using the equivalence techniques variation carried out by description of the invention and diagramatic content, it is both contained in the scope of the invention.