Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention aims to provide a lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material and a preparation method thereof. The lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material provided by the invention has good cyclic charge and discharge performance and high specific capacity.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the invention provides a lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material,comprises a lithium iron phosphate layer, a graphene wrapping layer and a polyaniline layer which are sequentially stacked, wherein the graphene wrapping layer comprises a silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The silicon-containing compound and VS 4 Loaded on graphene.
Preferably, the mass content of the graphene coating layer is 15-20%.
Preferably, the mass content of the polyaniline layer is 5-10%.
Preferably, the silicon-containing compound comprises Li 2 SiO 3 、Li 4 SiO 4 And one or more of silica.
Preferably, the silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The loading amount on the graphene is 30-40 wt%.
Preferably, the silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The mass ratio of (2) is 1:1-5.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material, which comprises the following steps:
providing a lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material;
graphene oxide, water and Na 3 VO 4 Mixing with thioacetamide and then carrying out hydrothermal reaction to obtain a hydrothermal product;
mixing the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material, the silicon-containing compound solution and the hydrothermal product, and calcining to obtain a graphene-coated positive electrode material;
and immersing the graphene-coated positive electrode material in aniline for polymerization reaction to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material.
Preferably, the temperature of the hydrothermal reaction is 160-180 ℃, and the time of the hydrothermal reaction is 20-24 hours.
Preferably, the calcination temperature is 400-600 ℃ and the time is 1-2 h.
Preferably, the aniline is polymerized in the presence of ammonium persulfate in a molar ratio of 1:1.
The invention provides a lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material, which comprises sequentially laminated phosphorusLithium iron oxide layer, graphene coating layer and polyaniline layer, wherein the graphene coating layer comprises silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The silicon-containing compound and VS 4 Loaded on graphene. In the invention, the core-shell structure material taking PANI (polyaniline) as the shell has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, stable circulation and high circulation capacity, and the polyaniline layer has a protective effect on the composite anode material, so that compared with the composite material directly exposed to the electrolyte environment, the composite anode material coated by the polyaniline layer has higher conductivity and more complete structure, is favorable for realizing charge and discharge under high current density, and has great potential in development and application of the lithium-sulfur battery; the PANI conductive layer does not participate in electrochemical reaction, and is coated on the surface of the silicon-containing compound to improve the conductivity of the silicon-containing compound, so that the silicon-containing compound can be well adapted to the charge-discharge process under high current density, and meanwhile, the PANI layer reduces the loss of active substances of the silicon-containing compound in the charge-discharge process, such as the falling and dissolution of the active substances in the charge-discharge process, so that the structural integrity is maintained; PANI layer contains silicon compound and VS 4 Better adapt to Li + The volume change caused by embedding and de-embedding reduces the loss of active substances on a current collector, thereby obviously improving the charge-discharge cycling stability of the anode material; silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The graphene material is loaded on graphene, the specific surface area of the graphene material is large, so that the graphene material has a larger contact area with a sulfur simple substance, the electron transmission rate and the reaction area are improved, the conductivity and the cycle performance of the sulfur simple substance positive electrode material are improved, and meanwhile, the silicon-containing compound and the VS are improved 4 The specific capacity of the composite positive electrode material can be further improved. The data of the embodiment show that the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material provided by the invention has the initial discharge specific capacity of 1782-1947 mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the discharge specific capacity is kept at 90-94% after 50 times of circulation.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material, which comprises a lithium iron phosphate layer, a graphene wrapping layer and a polyaniline layer which are sequentially stacked, wherein the graphene wrapping layer comprises a silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The silicon-containing compound and VS 4 Load(s)On graphene.
In the invention, the mass content of the graphene coating layer is preferably 15-20%.
In the present invention, the mass content of the polyaniline layer is preferably 5 to 10%.
In the present invention, the silicon-containing compound preferably includes Li 2 SiO 3 、Li 4 SiO 4 And one or more of silica.
In the present invention, the silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The loading on the graphene is preferably 30 to 40wt%.
In the present invention, the silicon-containing compound and VS 4 The mass ratio of (2) is preferably 1:1-5.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material, which comprises the following steps:
providing a lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material;
graphene oxide, water and Na 3 VO 4 Mixing with thioacetamide and then carrying out hydrothermal reaction to obtain a hydrothermal product;
mixing the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material, the silicon-containing compound solution and the hydrothermal product, and calcining to obtain a graphene-coated positive electrode material;
and immersing the graphene-coated positive electrode material in aniline for polymerization reaction to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material.
The invention provides a lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material. In the present invention, the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material is preferably spherical. In the present invention, the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material is preferably subjected to pretreatment before use, preferably comprising sieving and calcination, and the specific manner of the sieving and calcination is not particularly limited, and in the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the sieving gives material particles having a particle size of 1 to 10 μm and then the calcination is performed at 400 to 600 ℃.
The invention oxidizes graphene, water and Na 3 VO 4 And mixing with thioacetamide, and performing hydrothermal reaction to obtain a hydrothermal product.
In the present invention, the temperature of the hydrothermal reaction is preferably 160 to 180 ℃, and the time of the hydrothermal reaction is preferably 20 to 24 hours.
In the present invention, the Na 3 VO 4 And thioacetamide are preferably present in a molar ratio of from 1:5 to 1:6.
In the invention, the graphene oxide and Na 3 VO 4 The mass ratio of (2) is preferably 1:27 to 1:28, more preferably 1:27.5 to 1:28.
After the hydrothermal reaction is finished, the hydrothermal reaction product is preferably obtained by alternately cleaning the hydrothermal reaction product with deionized water and ethanol, and then vacuum drying is carried out to obtain the hydrothermal product. In the present invention, the number of times of the alternate cleaning is independently preferably 4 to 6 times. In the present invention, the temperature of the vacuum drying is preferably 60 to 80 ℃, more preferably 65 to 85 ℃, and the time of the vacuum drying is preferably 10 to 12 hours.
After the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material and the hydrothermal product are obtained, the lithium iron phosphate positive electrode material, the silicon-containing compound solution and the hydrothermal product are mixed and calcined, so that the graphene-coated positive electrode material is obtained.
In the present invention, the calcination temperature is preferably 400 to 600 ℃, the time is preferably 1 to 2 hours, and the temperature rising rate to the calcination temperature is preferably 5 to 10 ℃/min. In the present invention, the calcination is preferably performed in air. In the present invention, the silicon-containing compound solution preferably includes Li 2 SiO 3 Aqueous solution, li 4 SiO 4 One or more of an aqueous solution and an absolute ethanol solution of ethyl orthosilicate. In the present invention, the concentration of the silicon-containing compound solution is preferably 0.01 to 1mmol/L.
In the present invention, the mixing is preferably ultrasonic dispersion for 0.5 to 2 hours.
After the graphene-coated positive electrode material is obtained, the graphene-coated positive electrode material is soaked in aniline for polymerization reaction, and the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material is obtained.
In the present invention, the aniline is preferably polymerized in the presence of ammonium persulfate, and the molar ratio of aniline to ammonium persulfate is preferably 1:1.
In the present invention, the ammonium persulfate is preferably added in the form of an HCl solution of ammonium persulfate, and the HCl solution of ammonium persulfate is preferably added dropwise, and the dropwise addition is performed in an ice-water bath under stirring. In the present invention, the dropwise addition is preferably a dropwise addition.
In the present invention, the polymerization is preferably performed in an ice-water bath, and the polymerization time is preferably 8 to 10 hours.
After the polymerization reaction is finished, the invention preferably uses deionized water and ethanol to alternately clean the obtained polymerization reaction product, and then carries out vacuum drying to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material.
In order to further illustrate the present invention, the lithium sulfur battery composite cathode material and the preparation method thereof provided by the present invention are described in detail below with reference to examples, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Example 1
(1) Fe is added to 3 (PO 4 ) 2 Powder and Li 2 CO 3 Fully and uniformly mixing according to the stoichiometric ratio, calcining for 10 hours at 400 ℃ in nitrogen atmosphere to obtain LiFePO 4 。
(2) Weighing graphene oxide powder in 150mL of deionized water, ultrasonically dispersing until the solution is golden yellow, and sequentially adding Na with a metering ratio of 1:5 3 VO 4 (2.0125 g) and thioacetamide, and stirred for 1h. The solution is transferred into a hydrothermal reaction kettle and reacted for 24 hours at 160 ℃. After the reaction is finished, alternately cleaning the mixture for 4 to 6 times by deionized water and ethanol, and vacuum drying the mixture at 60 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain a hydrothermal product, wherein VS 4 The loading on graphene was 32wt%;
according to Li 4 SiO 4 The content was 8wt% based on the mass of graphene, li was weighed 4 SiO 4 Aqueous solution, 0.01mmol/L of Li is obtained 4 SiO 4 An aqueous solution. LiFePO is prepared 4 Hydrothermal products and Li 4 SiO 4 The aqueous solution is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion for 1h to obtain a suspension with uniform dispersion, the suspension is moved to a magnetic heating stirrer, the magnetic stirring is continued and the heating is carried out at 30 ℃ until the materials are dried, the dried materials are moved into a corundum boat, the temperature is programmed to 600 ℃ in a muffle furnace, and the temperature is kept for 4h to obtain a layer of graphene-coated LiFePO 4 The mass of the graphene accounts for 20% of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material;
(3) Weighing aniline according to the mass content of the polyaniline layer accounting for 10 percent of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material, weighing ammonium persulfate according to the molar ratio of the aniline to the ammonium persulfate of 1:1, mixing the ammonium persulfate with an HCl solution to obtain an HCl solution of the ammonium persulfate, dripping the HCl solution of the ammonium persulfate into the aniline under the conditions of ice-water bath and stirring, and adding Li 4 SiO 4 Coated LiFePO 4 Soaking in aniline for polymerization reaction for 8 hours to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material.
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the embodiment is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity for the first time is 1947mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 94% after 50 cycles.
Comparative example 1
The same as in example 1, except that the lithium sulfur battery composite positive electrode material does not contain a polyaniline layer.
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the comparative example is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity for the first time is 1647mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 70% after 50 cycles.
Example 2
(1) Fe is added to 3 (PO 4 ) 2 Powder and Li 2 CO 3 Fully and uniformly mixing according to the stoichiometric ratio, calcining for 10 hours at 400 ℃ in nitrogen atmosphere to obtain LiFePO 4 。
(2) Weighing graphene oxide powder in 150mL of deionized water, and dispersing the graphene oxide powder into a solution by ultrasonicGolden yellow, then sequentially adding Na with the metering ratio of 1:5 3 VO 4 (2.0125 g) and thioacetamide, and stirred for 1h. The solution is transferred into a hydrothermal reaction kettle and reacted for 24 hours at 160 ℃. After the reaction is finished, alternately cleaning the mixture for 4 to 6 times by deionized water and ethanol, and vacuum drying the mixture at 60 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain a hydrothermal product, wherein VS 4 The loading on graphene was 15wt%;
according to Li 4 SiO 4 The content accounts for 15wt% of the mass of the graphene, and Li is weighed 4 SiO 4 Aqueous solution, 0.01mmol/L of Li is obtained 4 SiO 4 An aqueous solution. LiFePO is prepared 4 Hydrothermal products and Li 4 SiO 4 The aqueous solution is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion for 1h to obtain a suspension with uniform dispersion, the suspension is moved to a magnetic heating stirrer, the magnetic stirring is continued and the heating is carried out at 30 ℃ until the materials are dried, the dried materials are moved into a corundum boat, the temperature is programmed to 600 ℃ in a muffle furnace, and the temperature is kept for 4h to obtain a layer of graphene-coated LiFePO 4 The mass of the graphene accounts for 15% of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material;
(3) Weighing aniline according to the mass content of the polyaniline layer accounting for 5wt% of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material, weighing ammonium persulfate according to the molar ratio of the aniline to the ammonium persulfate of 1:1, mixing the ammonium persulfate with an HCl solution to obtain an HCl solution of ammonium persulfate, dripping the HCl solution of ammonium persulfate into the aniline under the conditions of ice-water bath and stirring, and coating LiFePO with graphene 4 Soaking in aniline for polymerization reaction for 8 hours to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material.
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the embodiment is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity for the first time is 1782mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 90% after 50 cycles.
Comparative example 2
The same as in example 2, except that VS was not added 4 。
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the comparative example is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity for the first time is 1467mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 78% after 50 cycles.
Example 3
(1) Fe is added to 3 (PO 4 ) 2 powder and Li 2 CO 3 Fully and uniformly mixing according to the stoichiometric ratio, calcining for 10 hours at 400 ℃ in nitrogen atmosphere to obtain LiFePO 4 。
(2) Weighing graphene oxide powder in 150mL of deionized water, ultrasonically dispersing until the solution is golden yellow, and sequentially adding Na with a metering ratio of 1:5 3 VO 4 (2.0125 g) and thioacetamide, and stirred for 1h. The solution is transferred into a hydrothermal reaction kettle and reacted for 24 hours at 160 ℃. After the reaction is finished, alternately cleaning the mixture for 4 to 6 times by deionized water and ethanol, and vacuum drying the mixture at 60 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain a hydrothermal product, wherein VS 4 The loading on graphene was 30wt%;
according to Li 4 SiO 4 The content was 6wt% based on the mass of graphene, li was weighed 4 SiO 4 Aqueous solution, 0.01mmol/L of Li is obtained 4 SiO 4 An aqueous solution. LiFePO is prepared 4 Hydrothermal products and Li 4 SiO 4 The aqueous solution is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion for 1h to obtain a suspension with uniform dispersion, the suspension is moved to a magnetic heating stirrer, the magnetic stirring is continued and the heating is carried out at 30 ℃ until the materials are dried, the dried materials are moved into a corundum boat, the temperature is programmed to 600 ℃ in a muffle furnace, and the temperature is kept for 4h to obtain a layer of graphene-coated LiFePO 4 The mass of the graphene accounts for 18% of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material;
(3) Weighing aniline according to the mass content of the polyaniline layer accounting for 6wt% of the total mass of the composite positive electrode material, weighing ammonium persulfate according to the molar ratio of the aniline to the ammonium persulfate of 1:1, mixing the ammonium persulfate with an HCl solution to obtain an HCl solution of ammonium persulfate, dripping the HCl solution of ammonium persulfate into the aniline under the conditions of ice-water bath and stirring, and coating LiFePO with graphene 4 Soaking in aniline for polymerization reaction for 8 hours to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery composite anode material.
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the embodiment is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity for the first time is 1872mAh/g under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 92% after 50 cycles.
Comparative example 3
The same as in example 3, except that the silicon-containing compound was not added.
The electrochemical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery composite positive electrode material prepared in the comparative example is tested, and the result is as follows: the specific discharge capacity is 1501mAh/g for the first time under the charge-discharge current density of 100mA/g, and the specific discharge capacity is kept at 76% after 50 cycles.
The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and it should be noted that modifications and adaptations to those skilled in the art may be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, which are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present invention.