Disclosure of Invention
Based on the technical problems in the background art, the invention provides a silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material, a preparation method thereof and a lithium ion battery.
The silicon-cobalt composite cathode material provided by the invention is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 20-80 wt%.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material, which comprises the following steps:
s1, adding soluble cobalt salt into the alcohol solvent, heating, stirring and dissolving to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution;
s2, adding the nano silicon powder into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the S1, and performing ultrasonic dispersion to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, heating and stirring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 to perform alcoholysis reaction to obtain a precipitate;
and S4, washing, drying and sintering the precipitate obtained in the S3 to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material.
The soluble cobalt salt is selected from any one or at least two of cobalt nitrate, cobalt acetate, cobalt acetylacetonate and cobalt chloride; preferably, the alcohol solvent is selected from any one or at least two of ethylene glycol, 1, 2-propylene glycol and glycerol
Preferably, in S1, the concentration of the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.1-0.5mol/L, and the heating and stirring temperature is 45-65 ℃.
Preferably, the concentration of the cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.1-0.5mol/L, and the heating and stirring temperature is 45-65 ℃.
Preferably, in S2, the nano silicon powder has a particle size of 10-200nm and a purity of more than 99.9%.
Preferably, in S2, the addition amount of the nano silicon powder is 0.25-4 times of the weight of the cobalt element in the cobalt salt.
Preferably, in S2, the ultrasonic dispersion time is 30-60min, and the power of ultrasonic dispersion is preferably 300-800W.
Preferably, in S3, the suspension solution obtained in S2 is heated and stirred under the condition of oil bath to carry out alcoholysis reaction; preferably, the oil bath temperature is 160-240 ℃, the stirring speed is 200-400r/min, and the reaction time is 4-8 h.
Preferably, in S4, the sintering is performed under a reducing atmosphere, preferably, the sintering temperature is 400-600 ℃, and the sintering time is 3-6h, and more preferably, the reducing atmosphere is an atmosphere containing hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide.
The invention further provides a lithium ion battery containing the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material.
Preferably, the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material is used as an active component of a lithium ion battery negative electrode material, acetylene black is used as a conductive agent, polyvinylidene chloride is used as a binder, the mass ratio of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material to the acetylene black is 7:2:1, and the electrolyte is 1M LiPF6The solution and the metallic lithium are used as counter electrodes.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) according to the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material, simple cobalt salt and nano silicon powder are subjected to alcoholysis reaction and subsequent heat treatment, a cobalt simple substance with good conductivity is compounded with the nano silicon powder, and the cobalt simple substance and lithium ions do not generate electrochemical reaction, so that the cobalt simple substance is a conductive additive in the charge and discharge process, the electronic conductivity of the electrode material is enhanced, the cobalt simple substance is also a structural support body, the volume change of a silicon cathode in the lithium ion de-intercalation process is relieved, the integrity of the electrode structure is ensured, and better electrochemical performance is obtained.
(2) The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is simple, the obtained silicon-cobalt composite material is good in consistency, the silicon and cobalt components are uniformly distributed, the component adjustment range is large, and the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is suitable for batch production. The lithium ion battery cathode material has the advantages of first coulombic efficiency and good cycle stability.
Detailed Description
Example 1
The silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 60 wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 40 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt acetate into ethylene glycol, and stirring and dissolving at 50 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.2 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 50nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the adding amount of the nano silicon powder is 1.25 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, and performing ultrasonic dispersion for 45min to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring and reacting for 4 hours at the oil bath temperature of 200 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 300r/min, and carrying out alcoholysis reaction on cobalt acetate to obtain a precipitate;
s4, washing the precipitate obtained in the step S3, drying to obtain a precursor, putting the precursor into a tubular furnace, and performing Ar/H reaction on the precursor2And sintering in a reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 400 ℃ for 4h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is subjected to phase analysis by using an X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku TTR-iii, Cu ka), the 2 θ scanning range (2 θ) is from 10 ° to 70 °, as shown in fig. 1, the final component of the negative electrode material is a silicon-cobalt simple substance complex, each diffraction peak has high intensity, and good crystallinity is shown. The electron microscope (SEM) of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in this example was used to perform electron microscope scanning to observe morphology, and the electron microscope (SEM) used was JSM-6390LA, JEOL, manufactured by japan ltd, as shown in fig. 2, the average particle size of the material powder was about 80 to 100nm, the particle size distribution was uniform, and a large number of pores were present, which is advantageous for improving electrochemical performance.
The silicon-cobalt composite anode material prepared in the embodiment was subjected to electrochemical performance test: weighing the positive electrode material, acetylene black and polyvinylidene chloride according to the mass ratio of 7:2:1, adding a proper amount of N-methyl pyrrolidone serving as a size mixing agent, uniformly mixing, coating on a copper foil current collector, drying for 10 hours at 80 ℃ in a vacuum oven, and rolling and punching to obtain the electrode plate. The electrode plate is used as a working electrode, the metal lithium is used as a counter electrode, the Celgard-2400 membrane is used as an isolating membrane, and 1M LiPF6The solution (dissolved in a mixed solution of DEC, EC and 1: 1) is used as an electrolyte, a 2032 type button cell is assembled in a Braun glove box with the water/oxygen content less than 0.1ppm, and then a Shenzhen New Willeber BTS4008 battery test system is used for carrying out charge and discharge test in the voltage range of 0.01-3.0V. Fig. 3 shows the first two charge-discharge curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material in the embodiment at 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C, the first discharge specific capacity is 2519.0mAh/g, the first coulombic efficiency is 80.5%, and the high discharge specific capacity and the first coulombic efficiency are exhibited. Fig. 4 is a cycle performance curve of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material at 0.25C (current of the previous three cycles is 0.1C), and it can be found that the negative electrode material has better cycle stability, and the reversible discharge specific capacity of the negative electrode material is still up to 1759mAh/g after 57 cycles.
Example 2
A silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 40 wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 60 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt acetate into an ethylene glycol solvent, and stirring and dissolving at 50 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.2 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 50nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the adding amount of the nano silicon powder is 0.67 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, and performing ultrasonic dispersion for 40min to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring and reacting for 6 hours at the oil bath temperature of 220 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 200r/min, and cobalt acetate undergoes alcoholysis reaction to obtain a precipitate;
s4, washing the precipitate obtained in the step S3, drying to obtain a precursor, putting the precursor into a tubular furnace, and performing Ar/H reaction on the precursor2And sintering in a reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 400 ℃ for 4h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The silicon-cobalt composite anode material prepared in this example was subjected to electron microscope scanning for microstructure characterization, and the equipment used was the same as in example 1, as shown in fig. 5, the particle size of the material was increased to about 100-120nm, but the porosity was still high.
The electrochemical performance test of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is carried out, the electrode preparation method, the battery assembly and the test system of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material are the same as those in the embodiment 1, the previous two-time charging and discharging curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material under the conditions of 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C in the embodiment are shown in fig. 6, and as the silicon content in the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material in the embodiment is reduced compared with that in the embodiment 1, the first specific discharge capacity is less than 2000mAh/g within the voltage range of 0.01-3.0V, but the first coulombic efficiency is still kept about 80%.
Example 3
A silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 80wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 20 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt acetate into ethylene glycol, and stirring and dissolving at 50 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.1 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 50nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the adding amount of the nano silicon powder is 4 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, performing ultrasonic dispersion for 60min, and the power of the ultrasonic dispersion is 500W to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring and reacting for 8 hours at the oil bath temperature of 240 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 400r/min, and carrying out alcoholysis reaction on cobalt salt to obtain a precipitate;
s4, washing the precipitate obtained in the step S3, drying to obtain a precursor, putting the precursor into a tubular furnace, and performing Ar/H reaction on the precursor2And sintering in a reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 400 ℃ for 4h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is subjected to electron microscope scanning so as to perform microscopic morphology characterization, the used equipment is the same as that in the embodiment 1, as shown in fig. 7, compared with the embodiment 1 and the embodiment 2, the structural morphology of the composite material is obviously influenced by the large increase of the silicon content in the composite negative electrode material, the particle agglomeration is obvious, large secondary agglomerated particles are generated, the particles are not uniform, and a certain porosity is still maintained.
The electrochemical performance test of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is carried out, the electrode preparation method, the battery assembly and the test system of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material are the same as those in the embodiment 1, and according to the first two charge-discharge curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material under the conditions of 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C, the first discharge specific capacity is 2669.0mAh/g, and the first coulombic efficiency is 75.8%.
Example 4
A silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 20 wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 80 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt nitrate into 1, 2-propylene glycol, and stirring and dissolving at 45 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.5 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 10nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the addition amount of the nano silicon powder is 0.25 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, carrying out ultrasonic dispersion for 30min, and the power of the ultrasonic dispersion is 800W to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring for 8 hours at the oil bath temperature of 160 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 200r/min, and carrying out alcoholysis reaction on cobalt salt to obtain a precipitate;
and S4, washing and drying the precipitate obtained in the step S3 to obtain a precursor, and sintering the precursor in a tubular furnace in an Ar/CO reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 600 ℃ for 3h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The electrochemical performance test of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is carried out, the electrode preparation method, the battery assembly and the test system of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material are the same as those in the embodiment 1, and according to the previous two-time charging and discharging curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material under the conditions of 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C, the first discharging specific capacity is 1885.0mAh/g, and the first coulombic efficiency is 83.2%.
Example 5
The silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 60 wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 40 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt chloride into glycerol, and stirring and dissolving at 50 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.3 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 100nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the addition amount of the nano silicon powder is 1.25 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, carrying out ultrasonic dispersion for 50min, and the power of the ultrasonic dispersion is 300W to obtain a suspension solution;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring for 6 hours at the oil bath temperature of 180 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 300r/min, and carrying out alcoholysis reaction on cobalt salt to obtain a precipitate;
and S4, washing and drying the precipitate obtained in the step S3 to obtain a precursor, and sintering the precursor in a tubular furnace in an Ar/CO reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 600 ℃ for 3h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The electrochemical performance test of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is carried out, the electrode preparation method, the battery assembly and the test system of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material are the same as those in the embodiment 1, and according to the first two-time charging and discharging curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material under the conditions of 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C, the first discharging specific capacity is 2583.0mAh/g, and the first coulombic efficiency is 77.9%.
Example 6
A silicon-cobalt composite cathode material is a composite consisting of simple substance silicon and simple substance cobalt, wherein the content of the simple substance silicon is 50 wt%, and the content of the simple substance cobalt is 50 wt%. The preparation method of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material comprises the following steps:
s1, adding cobalt acetylacetonate into an alcohol solvent, and stirring and dissolving at 65 ℃ to obtain a cobalt salt alcohol solution, wherein the concentration of cobalt element in the cobalt salt alcohol solution is 0.3 mol/L;
s2, adding nano silicon powder with the particle size of 200nm and the purity of more than 99.9% into the cobalt salt alcohol solution obtained in the step S1, wherein the addition amount of the nano silicon powder is 1.25 times of the weight of cobalt elements in the cobalt salt, carrying out ultrasonic dispersion for 60min, and obtaining a suspension solution, wherein the power of the ultrasonic dispersion is 500W;
s3, transferring the suspension solution obtained in the step S2 into an oil bath pot, stirring for 4 hours at the oil bath temperature of 200 ℃, wherein the stirring speed is 300r/min, and carrying out alcoholysis reaction on cobalt salt to obtain a precipitate;
s4, washing the precipitate obtained in the step S3, drying to obtain a precursor, putting the precursor into a tubular furnace, and performing Ar/H reaction on the precursor2And sintering in a reducing atmosphere at the sintering temperature of 500 ℃ for 6h to obtain the silicon-cobalt composite cathode material.
The electrochemical performance test of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material prepared in the embodiment is carried out, the electrode preparation method, the battery assembly and the test system of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material are the same as those in the embodiment 1, and according to the previous two-time charging and discharging curves of the silicon-cobalt composite negative electrode material under the conditions of 0.01-3.0V and 0.1C, the first discharging specific capacity is 2390.0mAh/g, and the first coulombic efficiency is 80.1%.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art should be considered as the technical scope of the present invention, and equivalents and modifications thereof should be included in the technical scope of the present invention.