Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems, the invention provides a lithium slurry battery with high energy density and a working mode, wherein liquid electrolyte is mixed with solid electrode active particles and conductive agent particles to form electrode slurry with better fluidity, and the electrode slurry flows between a battery reactor and a storage container; the excessive electrolyte flows out through the battery reactor and a porous filter screen arranged on each storage container, and circularly flows among the storage container, the electrode slurry configuration container and the battery reactor, and solid electrode active particles and conductive agent particles are remained in the battery reactor, so that the solid content of the electrode slurry and the energy density of the battery are improved. The high-energy-density lithium slurry battery can solve the problem of transportation loss caused by high viscosity of electrode slurry, and can improve the solid particle content and stability of the electrode slurry in a battery reactor, so that a battery system has high energy density and good stability.
The technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows:
the utility model provides a high energy density lithium thick liquids battery, including electrolyte storage device, electrode thick liquids prepare the device, electrode thick liquids storage device, drive arrangement and battery reactor, electrolyte storage device, electrode thick liquids prepare the device, electrode thick liquids storage device, pass through the pipe connection between drive arrangement and the battery reactor respectively, be equipped with valve and metering device on every connecting tube, be equipped with porous filter screen in the electrode cavity of battery reactor, be arranged in separating excessive liquid electrolyte and solid-state electrode active particle and the conducting agent granule in the electrode thick liquids, thereby obtain the electrode thick liquids that solid content and energy density are higher. Wherein, the high solid content means that the solid content in the electrode slurry is between 30% and 80%, and preferably between 40% and 60%.
In the invention, the electrode slurry comprises solid electrode active particles, conductive agent particles and liquid electrolyte, and the solid content refers to the mass ratio of the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles in the electrode slurry.
The electrode slurry preparation device comprises a positive electrode slurry preparation device and a negative electrode slurry preparation device, and in order to obtain uniformly mixed electrode slurry, an electrode slurry stirring device is arranged in the electrode slurry preparation device; or, an electrode slurry vibration device is arranged on the surface of the electrode slurry configuration device; or, an electrode slurry stirring device is arranged in the electrode slurry configuration device, and an electrode slurry vibration device is arranged on the surface of the electrode slurry configuration device, so that the electrode slurry can be uniformly mixed, wherein the electrode slurry stirring device comprises a mechanical stirring paddle and/or a magnetic stirring rotor, and the electrode slurry vibration device comprises an ultrasonic vibrator and/or an electromagnetic vibrator.
The electrode slurry preparation device is also provided with: an injection port for injecting electrode active particles and conductive agent particles; the electrolyte port is used for flowing in and flowing out of electrolyte; and the electrode slurry port is used for the inflow and outflow of the electrode slurry. And a porous screen for separating the electrolyte and the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles in the electrode slurry. The electrolyte port is communicated with the electrolyte storage device through a pipeline, and the electrode slurry port is connected with an electrode cavity of the battery reactor through a pipeline.
When the electrode slurry is prepared, calculating and weighing electrode active particles and conductive agent particles which need to be added according to the capacity of the battery, and injecting the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles into the electrode slurry preparation device through a filling port of the electrode slurry preparation device; under the action of the driving device, electrolyte in the electrolyte storage device enters the electrode slurry preparation device through a pipeline and an electrolyte port of the electrode slurry preparation device, and is mixed with electrode active particles and conductive agent particles in the device to form electrode slurry with good fluidity, namely the electrode slurry with 5-30% of solid content. Injection amount m of electrolyte1Controlled by valves and metering devices on the piping. In order to fully and uniformly mix the electrode slurry, the electrode slurry stirring device and/or the electrode slurry vibration device can be started, and the uniformly mixed electrode slurry enters the battery reactor through the electrode slurry port and the pipeline under the action of the driving device and the self weight of the electrode slurry.
The battery reactor comprises an anode cavity, a cathode cavity and an isolating layer arranged between the anode cavity and the cathode cavity, wherein an anode current collector and a porous filter screen are arranged in the anode cavity, and a cathode current collector and a porous filter screen are arranged in the cathode cavity. The two ends of the positive electrode cavity are respectively provided with a positive electrode slurry inlet and a positive electrode slurry outlet, and the positive electrode slurry inlet is communicated with an electrode slurry port of the positive electrode slurry preparation device through a pipeline; and a negative electrode slurry inlet and a negative electrode slurry outlet are respectively arranged at two ends of the negative electrode cavity, and the negative electrode slurry inlet is communicated with an electrode slurry port of the negative electrode slurry preparation device through a pipeline.
And an electrolyte port is also formed in one side of the electrode cavity of the battery reactor, the electrolyte port is communicated with an electrolyte storage device through a pipeline, and redundant electrolyte in the electrode cavity flows out of the electrolyte port through a porous filter screen and enters the electrolyte storage device.
Preferably, when the electrode slurry is prepared, the electrolyte injected into the electrode slurry preparation device is in an excessive state, so that the viscosity of the electrode slurry is reduced, the fluidity of the electrode slurry is improved, and the driving energy consumption is reduced. Electrode slurry with good fluidity enters an electrode cavity of the battery reactor, and redundant electrolyte can flow out to an electrolyte storage device through a porous filter screen in the electrode cavity, so that the electrolyteOutflow amount m of2The amount of electrolyte remained in the electrode cavity is (m) controlled by a valve and a metering device on the pipeline1-m2) The relative proportions of the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles can be increased to form an electrode slurry having a high solid content and a high energy density.
When electrode paste with particularly high solid content and energy density is required to be obtained, a driving device or a suction device can be arranged to be communicated with a pipeline to continuously discharge the redundant electrolyte in the electrode paste out of the electrode paste under the condition that the electrolyte cannot flow out in a sufficient amount only by the natural flow force of the electrolyte.
Electrode thick liquids storage device includes anodal thick liquids storage device and negative pole thick liquids storage device, and electrode thick liquids storage device is equipped with: the electrode slurry port is respectively communicated with a positive electrode slurry outlet and a negative electrode slurry outlet of the battery reactor through pipelines; a porous screen for separating the electrolyte from the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles in the electrode slurry; the electrolyte port is communicated with the electrolyte storage device through a pipeline, and electrolyte of the electrode slurry in the electrode slurry storage device enters the electrolyte storage device through the porous filter screen.
A plurality of independent electrode slurry storage devices can be arranged in parallel according to requirements, are respectively communicated with the electrode cavity of the battery reactor and are used for independently storing the electrode slurry after multiple charge/discharge reactions.
In the invention, the electrode slurry comprises anode slurry and cathode slurry, the anode slurry is a mixture of anode active particles, conductive agent particles and electrolyte, and the anode slurry is positioned in an anode cavity. The particle size of the positive active particles is 0.1-100 μm, and the positive active particles are one or a mixture of more of lithium-containing lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, doped lithium manganese oxide, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese iron oxide, other lithium-containing metal oxides and the like.
The negative electrode slurry is a mixture of negative electrode active particles, conductive agent particles and electrolyte, and is positioned in the negative electrode cavity. The particle size of the negative active particles is 0.1-100 μm, and the negative active particles are one or a mixture of more of aluminum-based alloy, silicon-based alloy, tin-based alloy, lithium titanium oxide, carbon material and the like capable of reversibly intercalating lithium.
The particle diameter of the conductive agent particles is 0.1-10 μm, and the mass ratio of the conductive agent particles in the electrode slurry is 0.1-5%. The conductive agent material is one or a mixture of more of conductive carbon black, carbon fiber, carbon nano tube, graphene, metal particles and the like.
Or, the electrode slurry comprises composite electrode active particles and electrolyte, and the composite electrode active particles are high-conductivity composite electrode active particles formed by compositing the electrode active particles and conductive agent particles through a mechanical method or a chemical method.
The electrolyte is a solution prepared by dissolving lithium hexafluorophosphate or lithium bis (oxalate) borate in an organic solvent or an ionic liquid, wherein the organic solvent comprises one or more of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate and the like, and the ionic liquid comprises one or more of N-methyl-N-propyl pyrrole-bis (trifluoromethyl sulfonyl) imine, 1-methyl-4-butyl pyridine-bis (trifluoromethyl sulfonyl) imine, 1, 2-dimethyl-3-N-butyl imidazole, 1-methyl-3-ethyl imidazole tetrafluoroboric acid, 1-methyl-3-butyl imidazole hexafluorophosphoric acid and the like.
In the invention, the solid content in the electrode slurry with good fluidity is 5-30%, preferably 10-20%, and the solid content in the electrode slurry with high solid content is 30-80%, preferably 40-60%.
The porous filter screen can resist electrolyte corrosion and comprises one or more of a porous metal screen, a porous inorganic fabric, high-permeability honeycomb ceramics, metal or nonmetal porous foam, a porous carbon felt and the like, the porous filter screen has a one-layer or multi-layer structure, the pore diameter is smaller than the minimum particle diameter of electrode active particles and conductive agent particles, or the pore diameter of the porous filter screen is smaller than the minimum particle diameter of composite electrode active particles, and the pore diameter of the porous filter screen is 0.005-0.01 mu m. The porous filter screen is used for solid-liquid separation of the electrode slurry and can allow electrolyte to pass through, but electrode active particles and conductive agent particles cannot pass through.
The positive current collector is positioned in the positive electrode cavity and is in contact with the positive electrode slurry, and the negative current collector is positioned in the negative electrode cavity and is in contact with the negative electrode slurry. The positive current collector and the negative current collector can resist electrolyte corrosion and have electronic conductivity, and comprise one of conductive metal, carbon fiber conductive cloth or metal wire and organic fiber wire mixed conductive cloth, wherein the conductive metal can be a metal plate, a metal foil or a metal net and is made of one or more of aluminum, copper, stainless steel, nickel, titanium, silver, tin-plated copper, nickel-plated copper, silver-plated copper and the like. In the present invention, the positive electrode current collector is preferably aluminum, and the negative electrode current collector is preferably copper. Further, the surface of the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector may be coated with a conductive carbon material coating.
The isolating layer is an isolating layer through which lithium ions can pass but electrons cannot pass, and is made of one of electronically non-conductive polymer materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinylidene fluoride, or one of electronically non-conductive microporous inorganic non-metallic materials such as glass fiber non-woven fabrics, synthetic fiber non-woven fabrics and ceramic fiber paper, or the isolating layer is made of a gel polymer electrolyte composite material formed by compounding an electronically non-conductive polymer matrix, a liquid organic plasticizer and lithium salt. The separator functions to block the passage of the positive electrode active particles and the negative electrode active particles while allowing lithium ions to pass therethrough.
Compared with the traditional Chinese patent 201210144560.5, the high-energy-density lithium slurry battery provided by the invention has the advantages that the driving device mainly drives the electrolyte to circularly flow or the diluted electrode slurry with good fluidity to circularly flow, so that the driving energy consumption is reduced, and the cost is saved. Compared with the traditional lithium flow battery, the battery has the advantages that the redundant electrolyte in the electrode cavity of the battery reactor is discharged, so that the electrode slurry with high solid content is obtained, and the energy density of the battery can be improved.
Particularly, according to the high-energy-density lithium slurry battery provided by the invention, when the electrode slurry enters the electrode cavity and releases redundant electrolyte according to the requirement until the electrode slurry reaches the required energy density, an external circulation pipeline system of the battery reactor can be cancelled, and the battery reactor is singly used together with an external battery shell and an electrode terminal to form the lithium slurry battery without external circulation, and the lithium slurry battery is mainly used for a power battery of an electric automobile. Compared with the traditional lithium slurry battery manufacturing mode, the lithium slurry battery obtained by the mode has the advantages that the energy density and solid content of the electrode slurry are high, the battery manufacturing operation is simple, the slurry injection mode and the site are flexible, and the maintainability degree is high.
The invention also provides a working mode of the high-energy-density lithium slurry battery, which comprises the following steps:
a) feeding: calculating the mass of the required electrode active particles and the required conductive agent particles according to the requirement of the battery capacity, and injecting the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles into the electrode slurry preparation device through a filling port of the electrode slurry preparation device;
b) electrolyte in the electrolyte storage device enters the electrode slurry preparation device through an electrolyte port of the electrode slurry preparation device under the driving of the driving device, and the electrolyte, the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles are prepared into electrode slurry with the solid content of 5-30%;
c) the electrode slurry prepared in the step b) enters an electrode cavity of the battery reactor under the driving of a driving device, wherein the anode slurry enters an anode cavity, and the cathode slurry enters a cathode cavity; according to the requirement of the solid content of the electrode slurry, by controlling a valve and a metering device on a pipeline, redundant electrolyte in the electrode slurry flows out from an electrolyte port of an electrode cavity through a porous filter screen under the action of gravity and/or driving force and enters an electrolyte storage device, electrode active particles, conductive agent particles and the residual electrolyte are remained in the electrode cavity to generate sedimentation and accumulation of solid particles, and the electrode slurry with the solid content of 30-80% is formed;
d) the positive electrode slurry in the positive electrode cavity and the negative electrode slurry in the negative electrode cavity are subjected to repeated charge-discharge reaction through the isolating layers, or the positive electrode slurry in the positive electrode cavity and the negative electrode slurry in the negative electrode cavity are subjected to single sufficient charge reaction through the isolating layers, or the positive electrode slurry in the positive electrode cavity and the negative electrode slurry in the negative electrode cavity are subjected to single sufficient discharge reaction through the isolating layers.
In the steps a) to d), the outflow and inflow of the electrolyte and the electrode slurry can be controlled by a valve and a metering device on the pipeline.
Discharging the electrode slurry in the battery reactor if necessary after the charging/discharging in the step d), wherein the electrolyte in the electrolyte storage device can enter the electrode cavity again through a pipeline and an electrolyte port of the electrode cavity, diluting the electrode slurry with higher solid content to form electrode slurry with good fluidity, and the electrode slurry with good fluidity enters the electrode slurry storage device under the driving of the driving device; a plurality of independent electrode slurry storage devices can be arranged in parallel according to requirements, are respectively communicated with the electrode cavity of the battery reactor and are used for independently storing the electrode slurry after multiple charge/discharge reactions.
According to the requirement, the electrolyte in the electrode slurry storage device can enter the electrolyte storage device through the porous filter screen and the electrolyte port of the electrode slurry storage device.
According to the invention, when multiple times of full charge reaction are required, the steps from c) to d) can be repeated, and the charged electrode slurry respectively enters a single or a plurality of electrode slurry storage devices; when the electrode slurry storage device needs to fully discharge and react, the electrode slurry which is subjected to the charging process in the electrode slurry storage device reversely enters an electrode cavity of the battery reactor under the action of the driving device, and electrolyte in the electrolyte storage device can enter the electrode slurry storage device through the porous filter screen and the pipeline to dilute the electrode slurry and improve the flowability of the electrode slurry.
The invention has the advantages that:
1) according to the invention, the electrolyte, the electrode active particles and the conductive agent particles are subjected to solid-liquid separation, and the driving device is used for driving the electrolyte and the relatively diluted electrode slurry with good fluidity, so that the driving energy consumption is reduced;
2) by arranging the porous filter screen in the device and arranging the valve and the metering device on the pipeline, the electrolyte in the electrode slurry can be flexibly injected and flowed out, so that the energy density and the solid content of the battery can be conveniently adjusted;
3) the electrode slurry with high solid content in the electrode cavity can ensure that solid active particles and conductive agent particles are fully contacted, reduce contact internal resistance and improve conductivity and rate capability.