Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide an ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm and a preparation method thereof. The modification method is reliable, the coating mode is simple, and the large-scale continuous production is convenient.
The invention adopts the following technical scheme:
an ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm, wherein at least one surface of a base film is provided with a modified nano inorganic ceramic coating layer, and the coating layer comprises chemical modified coated nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid, self-crosslinkable aqueous polymer glue, an auxiliary agent, a film forming auxiliary agent and a solvent; wherein, the chemical modification coating nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid accounts for 5 to 60 percent of the weight of the solvent; the self-crosslinking aqueous polymer glue accounts for 1-20% of the weight of the solvent.
The chemical modification coating nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid comprises inorganic ceramic particles, an organosilane coupling agent containing double bonds, a hydrophobic monomer containing double bonds and capable of free radical polymerization and an initiator;
the preparation method of the chemical modified coated nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid comprises the following steps:
mixing the inorganic ceramic particles A with an organosilane coupling agent containing double bonds, wherein the concentration of the organosilane coupling agent is 0.5-5%, uniformly dispersing the mixture by using a grinding process, adjusting the pH value to 3-5, maintaining the temperature to 30-80 ℃, and preserving the heat for 0.5-2 hours, grafting active double bonds on the surfaces of the inorganic ceramic particles, and consuming hydrophilic hydroxyl groups to obtain grafted and modified inorganic ceramic particles;
and B, adding a hydrophobic monomer containing double bonds and capable of free radical polymerization and an initiator, stirring and heating to 30-100 ℃, and performing polymerization reaction on the grafted and modified inorganic ceramic particles to form a hydrophobic shell, thereby obtaining the chemically modified coated nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid with a core-shell structure.
Specifically, a seed emulsion polymerization method is adopted to prepare core-shell emulsion (chemical modification coating nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid), seed emulsion (inorganic ceramic particles after grafting modification), shell monomer (hydrophobic monomer containing double bonds and capable of free radical polymerization) and initiator are added into a reactor, and then the temperature is raised to 30-100 ℃ for polymerization.
Wherein the dosage of the hydrophobic monomer is 0.5-5% of the solvent mass, and the dosage of the initiator is 0.01-1% of the solvent mass.
Further, the inorganic ceramic particles are one or more of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium hydroxide, zirconium dioxide, magnesium oxide and boehmite.
Still further, the self-crosslinkable aqueous polymer glue is one or more of carboxylated modified polyacrylate copolymer, polyacrylic acid-acrylonitrile-glycollic acid copolymer, carboxylated modified polyacrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol grafted poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide copolymer, citric acid grafted modified polyvinyl alcohol and the like; wherein the dosage of the self-crosslinkable aqueous polymer glue is 1-20% of the weight of the solvent.
Further, the film forming auxiliary agent is one or more of PVPK-17, PVPK-30, CMC-Na, PVA-1799 and EC cellulose; wherein the film forming additive is used in an amount of 0.5 to 5% by weight of the solvent.
Still further, the organic silane coupling agent containing double bonds is one or more of silane coupling agent A-150, silane coupling agent A-151, silane coupling agent A-171, silane coupling agent A-172 and silane coupling agent KH-570.
Further, the double bond-containing free radical polymerizable hydrophobic monomer is one or more of butadiene, styrene, acrylonitrile, octadecyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and 2-methyl propylene.
Still further, the initiator is one or more of BPO, BIBP, DTBP, TBPB and TBHP.
Further, the solvent is one or more of ethanol, isopropanol, dimethyl carbonate and deionized water.
Still further, the auxiliary agent is one or more of formic acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, glycollic acid and citric acid. Wherein, the pH value in the step A can be regulated by using the auxiliary agents of the types.
The preparation method of the ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
1) Mixing the chemical modified coated nano inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid, self-crosslinking aqueous polymer glue, an auxiliary agent, a film forming auxiliary agent and a solvent, and stirring fully to obtain modified nano ceramic particle slurry;
2) And coating the modified nano ceramic particle slurry on one side or two sides of the base film, and drying, rolling and packaging to obtain the ultra-low-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm.
Specifically, the base membrane selected by the ultra-low moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm is a PE-based lithium ion battery diaphragm produced by a wet process, the thickness is 5-16 mu m, and the porosity is 35-50%. The coating mode can be dip coating, roller coating or extrusion coating.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) The invention adopts inorganic ceramic particle dispersion liquid with core-shell structure and self-crosslinking aqueous polymer glue which are modified by 'seed polymerization' and hydrophobic property as main raw materials to prepare the battery diaphragm, and the lithium ion battery diaphragm has the characteristics of low moisture, non-hydrophilic water retention, non-moisture regain and good adhesive property, is suitable for high-capacity ternary positive electrode materials, and solves the problems of low initial capacity and short cycle life of the battery; and the heat resistance is excellent, and the heat resistance requirement of the lithium ion battery at 130 ℃ can be met.
(2) The battery diaphragm disclosed by the invention is simple in coating mode and convenient for large-scale continuous production.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to the following specific embodiments, and it should be noted that, on the premise of no conflict, new embodiments may be formed by any combination of the embodiments or technical features described below.
Example 1
The preparation method of the ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
1) Modifying an inorganic ceramic particle coupling agent: adding 50g of alumina powder into 100g of an alcohol-water mixed solution (mass ratio: ethanol/water=50/50) of a silane coupling agent KH-570 with the concentration of 0.5%, mixing, uniformly dispersing by using a grinder, adding formic acid to adjust the pH value of the solution to 4.0, stirring for 1.5 hours at 70 ℃, and completing the reaction to obtain grafted modified inorganic ceramic particles;
2) Hydrophobic modification of the grafted and modified inorganic ceramic particles: adding 2g of styrene monomer and 0.1g of BPO into the step 1), continuing to stir at 70 ℃ for 1.0h under heat preservation, and obtaining a hydrophobic grafting modified alumina dispersion liquid after the reaction is completed;
3) Adding 10g of carboxylated modified polyacrylamide glue and 3g of film forming auxiliary PVPK-30 into the step 2), supplementing 0.5g of auxiliary formic acid, and uniformly stirring to obtain modified nano ceramic particle slurry;
4) And (3) coating the slurry obtained in the step (3) on one side or two sides of a base film, and then performing processes such as drying, rolling and packaging to obtain the ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm.
Example 2
The preparation method of the ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm comprises the following steps:
1) Modifying an inorganic ceramic particle coupling agent: adding 40g of boehmite powder into 100g of an alcohol-water mixed solution (mass ratio: ethanol/water=40/60) of a silane coupling agent A-151 with the concentration of 1.0%, mixing, uniformly dispersing by using a grinder, adding acetic acid to adjust the pH value of the solution to 4.5, stirring at 80 ℃ for 2.0h, and completing the reaction to obtain grafted and modified inorganic ceramic particles;
2) Obtaining the hydrophobic modification of the inorganic ceramic particles after grafting modification: adding 3g of octadecyl acrylate monomer and 0.15g of DTBP into the step 1), continuing to stir at 80 ℃ for 1.5 hours, and obtaining a hydrophobic grafting modified alumina dispersion after the reaction is completed;
3) Adding 8g of citric acid grafted modified polyvinyl alcohol glue and 2g of film forming additive PVA-1799 in the step 2), supplementing 0.5g of additive acetic acid, and uniformly stirring to obtain modified nano ceramic particle slurry;
4) And (3) coating the slurry obtained in the step (3) on one side or two sides of a base film, and then performing processes such as drying, rolling and packaging to obtain the ultralow-moisture ceramic coated lithium ion battery diaphragm.
Comparative example 1
Comparative example 1 the same amount of unmodified alumina was used as in example 1, and the other steps and components were the same as in example 1.
Comparative example 2
Comparative example 2 the same amount of ordinary glue SBR as used in example 1 was used, and the other steps and components were the same as in example 1.
Comparative example 3
Comparative example 3 was prepared using the same amount of unmodified alumina as in example 1 and the same amount of ordinary glue SBR as in example 1, the remaining steps and components being the same as in example 1.
Performance testing
The membrane performance test data for examples 1-2 and comparative examples 1-3 are shown in the following table:
as can be seen from Table 1, the membrane permeation values and fluctuation of examples 1-2 are smaller than those of comparative examples 1-3, which shows that the membrane coatings of examples 1-2 are porous, have higher porosity and good pore-forming uniformity; the separator coating peel strength of examples 1-2 was good for comparative examples 1-3, demonstrating that the coating prepared from the slurries of examples 1-2 had good adhesion to the base film. The films of examples 1 to 2 are superior to comparative examples 1 to 3 in both moisture value and 130 ℃ C./1 h heat shrinkage, indicating that the films of the present invention have an ultra-low moisture content and excellent heat resistance.
The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, but any insubstantial changes and substitutions made by those skilled in the art on the basis of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of the present invention as claimed.