Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material, a preparation method thereof and a lithium-sulfur battery, so as to solve the problem of shuttle effect caused by polysulfide dissolution existing in the positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery in the prior art and further improve the cycle performance of the lithium-sulfur battery.
In order to achieve the above objects, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for preparing a bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material, comprising the steps of: step S1, providing oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate, wherein the oxygen vacancy content of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate is 1-10%; and step S2, mixing the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and the elemental sulfur, and calcining in inert gas to obtain the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
Further, the oxygen vacancy content of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate is 1-4%.
Further, step S1 includes: dissolving soluble bismuth salt and soluble molybdenum salt in a solvent to form a mixed solution; and carrying out solvothermal reaction on the mixed solution to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate.
Furthermore, the mol ratio of the soluble bismuth salt to the soluble molybdenum salt is (3-5): 2.
Furthermore, the solvent is an alcohol solvent with the boiling point of more than 80 ℃, and each liter of the solvent corresponds to 9-15 g of soluble bismuth salt.
Further, a surfactant is added into the mixed solution, wherein 0.7-1.25 g of the surfactant is added into each liter of the solvent.
In step S2, the weight ratio of the bismuth molybdate and the elemental sulfur in the oxygen-rich vacancy is 0.5 (1-4).
Further, in step S2, the calcination temperature in the calcination process is 150 to 180 ℃, and the calcination time in the calcination process is 12 to 24 hours.
According to another aspect of the invention, a bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is also provided, which is prepared by the preparation method, wherein the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is a two-dimensional nanosheet structure.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a lithium sulfur battery, wherein the positive electrode comprises a current collector and a positive electrode material on the current collector, the positive electrode material comprises an active material, a conductive agent and a binder, wherein the active material is the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
The bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is prepared by the invention, wherein the bismuth molybdate is ternary metal oxide, has a bimetallic center, has strong adsorption capacity on lithium polysulfide, and can effectively inhibit the dissolution of sulfur. More importantly, the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate with the oxygen vacancy content of 1-10% is adopted, and the existence of the oxygen vacancy improves the surface electronic state of the bismuth molybdate, so that the bismuth molybdate has good catalytic activity, and can promote the conversion of lithium polysulfide to lithium sulfide, catalyze the discharge process of a lithium-sulfur battery, and further reduce the dissolution of the lithium polysulfide. In a word, the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material prepared by the invention can reduce the dissolution of polysulfide from two aspects of physical adsorption inhibition and chemical conversion, has composite stability with elemental sulfur, and can remarkably improve the stability of a battery after being applied to a lithium-sulfur battery cathode material by combining the factors, thereby improving the cycle performance of the battery.
Detailed Description
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
As described in the background section, the prior art lithium sulfur battery positive electrode has a problem of "shuttle effect" caused by polysulfide dissolution, thereby seriously affecting the cycle performance of the lithium sulfur battery.
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for preparing a bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material, comprising the steps of: step S1, providing oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate, wherein the oxygen vacancy content of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate is 1-10%; and step S2, mixing the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and the elemental sulfur, and calcining in inert gas to obtain the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
The bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is prepared by mixing and calcining the oxygen-rich vacancy, bismuth molybdate and elemental sulfur. Bismuth molybdate is a ternary metal oxide, has a bimetallic center, has strong adsorption capacity on lithium polysulfide, and can effectively inhibit the dissolution of sulfur. More importantly, the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate with the oxygen vacancy content of 1-10% is adopted, and the existence of the oxygen vacancy improves the surface electronic state of the bismuth molybdate, so that the bismuth molybdate has good catalytic activity, and can promote the conversion of lithium polysulfide to lithium sulfide, catalyze the discharge process of a lithium-sulfur battery, and further reduce the dissolution of the lithium polysulfide. In a word, the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material prepared by the invention can reduce the dissolution of polysulfide from two aspects of physical adsorption inhibition and chemical conversion, has composite stability with elemental sulfur, and can remarkably improve the stability of a battery after being applied to a lithium-sulfur battery cathode material by combining the factors, thereby improving the cycle performance of the battery.
By "oxygen vacancy content" is meant herein the amount of oxygen vacancies as a percentage of the total amount of lattice oxygen and oxygen vacancies.
In order to further improve the catalytic conversion capability of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate to polysulfides and improve the composite stability of the bismuth molybdate and the elemental sulfur, in a preferred embodiment, the oxygen vacancy content of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate is 1-4%.
In a preferred embodiment, the step S1 includes: dissolving soluble bismuth salt and soluble molybdenum salt in a solvent to form a mixed solution; and carrying out solvothermal reaction on the mixed solution to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate. The bismuth molybdate prepared by adopting a solvothermal reaction mode of soluble bismuth salt and soluble molybdenum salt is of a two-dimensional nano flaky structure, and has a better composite effect when being subsequently mixed with a sulfur simple substance and calcined. And the solvothermal reaction can better control the content of oxygen vacancies, and is favorable for further improving the overall performance of the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material. In addition, the solvothermal reaction also has the advantages of simple process, clean and environment-friendly preparation process and the like. In the actual reaction process, the oxygen vacancy content of the bismuth molybdate can be regulated and controlled by adjusting the solvothermal reaction process conditions, preferably, the solvothermal reaction temperature is 110-180 ℃, and preferably, the solvothermal reaction time is 12-24 hours.
In a preferred embodiment, the above soluble bismuth salts include, but are not limited to, one or more of bismuth chloride, bismuth sulfate, and bismuth nitrate; preferably, the soluble molybdenum salt includes, but is not limited to, one or more of sodium molybdate, potassium molybdate, and ammonium molybdate. The soluble bismuth salts and the soluble molybdenum salts can be fully dissolved in the solvent to form a more stable reaction system, which is beneficial to improving the stability of the solvent thermal reaction, and the obtained bismuth molybdate with oxygen-rich vacancy has a more uniform overall structure. More preferably, the molar ratio of the soluble bismuth salt to the soluble molybdenum salt is (3-5): 2.
In order to further improve the thermal reaction stability of the solvent, in a preferred embodiment, the solvent is an alcohol solvent with a boiling point of more than 80 ℃, preferably the alcohol solvent is isopropanol and/or ethylene glycol; more preferably, 9-15 g of soluble bismuth salt per liter of solvent.
In a preferred embodiment, a surfactant is also added to the mixed solution; preferably, the surfactant is selected from sodium fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether sulfate (AES), ammonium fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether sulfate (AESA), sodium lauryl sulfate (SDS), lauroyl glutamic acid, nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (TX-10), peregal O, stearic acid monoglyceride, lignosulfonate, heavy alkylbenzene sulfonate, alkylsulfonate (petroleum sulfonate), diffusant NNO, diffusant MF, alkyl polyether (PO-EO copolymer), fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (AEO-3), cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide CTAB. The addition of the surfactant further contributes to the formation of a two-dimensional nanosheet structure and the formation of oxygen vacancies. Preferably, 0.7-1.25 g of surfactant is added per liter of solvent.
Preferably, in the step S2, the weight ratio of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate to the elemental sulfur is 1 (1-4). By controlling the weight ratio of the two components within the above range, on the one hand, the composite material has good reaction activity when used as a positive electrode active material of a lithium-sulfur battery, on the other hand, the dissolution problem of polysulfide is better solved, and the composite material has better stability and more remarkable improvement on the cycle performance of the battery.
For the purpose of further improving the composite stability of bismuth molybdate and elemental sulfur, in a preferred embodiment, in step S2, the calcination temperature in the calcination process is 150 to 180 ℃, and the calcination time in the calcination process is 12 to 24 hours. The specific calcination process is carried out under the protection of inert gas, including but not limited to nitrogen, argon, etc.
According to another aspect of the invention, a bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is also provided, which is prepared by the preparation method. As mentioned above, the method prepares the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material by mixing the oxygen-rich vacancies, bismuth molybdate and elemental sulfur and calcining. Bismuth molybdate is a ternary metal oxide, has a bimetallic center, has strong adsorption capacity on lithium polysulfide, and can effectively inhibit the dissolution of sulfur. More importantly, the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate with the oxygen vacancy content of 1-10% is adopted, and the existence of the oxygen vacancy improves the surface electronic state of the bismuth molybdate, so that the bismuth molybdate has good catalytic activity, and can promote the conversion of lithium polysulfide to lithium sulfide, catalyze the discharge process of a lithium-sulfur battery, and further reduce the dissolution of the lithium polysulfide. Particularly, the oxygen vacancy content is controlled within the range, so that the bismuth molybdate and sulfur can be combined while the polysulfide is better catalyzed to convert lithium sulfide. In a word, the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material prepared by the invention can reduce the dissolution of polysulfide from two aspects of physical adsorption inhibition and chemical conversion, has composite stability with elemental sulfur, and can remarkably improve the stability of a battery after being applied to a lithium-sulfur battery cathode material by combining the factors, thereby improving the cycle performance of the battery.
Preferably, the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is of a two-dimensional nanosheet structure; more preferably, the maximum size of the two-dimensional nanosheet structure is 800nm to 1 μm, and the average thickness is 10 to 25 nm. The bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material with the structure and the size has better reaction activity as a positive electrode active substance.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a lithium sulfur battery, wherein the positive electrode comprises a current collector and a positive electrode material on the current collector, the positive electrode material comprises an active material, a conductive agent and a binder, wherein the active material is the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
In the actual manufacturing process, the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material, a conductive agent and a binder are mixed to prepare slurry, the slurry is coated on a current collector, and the current collector is placed in an oven to be dried at 40-85 ℃ to obtain the lithium-sulfur battery cathode material. The conductive agent and the binder are of the type commonly used in the art, for example, the conductive agent includes, but is not limited to, acetylene black, carbon nanotubes, ketjen black, mesoporous carbon, Super P, graphite conductive agent, etc.; binders include, but are not limited to, CMC-2000, SBR, PVDF.
In a preferred embodiment, the weight percentage of the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material in the positive electrode material is 50-80%. By controlling the content within the above range, the positive electrode material has better reactivity and better comprehensive performance in the aspects of conductivity and stability.
The present application is described in further detail below with reference to specific examples, which should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as claimed.
The following oxygen vacancies were tested using XPS spectroscopy.
Example 1
0.45g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O、0.12g Na2MoO4·2H2Dissolving O and 0.04g CTAB in 40ml isopropanol, stirring for 30min, transferring the mixed solution into a 100ml polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, heating the solvent at 110 ℃ for 24h, centrifuging the obtained product, washing for three times by using ethanol, and then drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate, wherein an XPS spectrogram of the bismuth molybdateReferring to fig. 1, the oxygen vacancy content is 3% by peak separation calculation; the SEM photograph is shown in FIG. 2.
3g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 12g of elemental sulfur are mixed and ground uniformly, and are calcined for 12 hours at 155 ℃ by introducing argon as a protective gas, so that the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is obtained.
And (3) performance characterization:
mixing 10g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material, 2g of mesoporous carbon, 0.5g of Super P, 10g of CMC-2000 (solid content of 1.5%) and 1g of SBR (solid content of 50%), using water as a solvent to form slurry, stirring for 12h, and coating the slurry on an aluminum foil to serve as a positive electrode; using metallic lithium as a negative electrode; celgard 2400 type separator was used; dissolving 1mol/L LiTFSI in DOL/DME (volume ratio of 1:1) solvent to be used as electrolyte; 1mol/L LiNO3Preparing an additive; and assembling the button cell in the glove box. A blue light test system is adopted to carry out constant current charging and discharging sensing test, and the charging and discharging voltage range is 1.8-2.8V.
The first 0.05C charge-discharge curve of the battery is shown in figure 3; the 0.05C cycle curve is shown in fig. 4. As can be seen from the graph, the capacity retention rate of the lithium-sulfur battery after 250 cycles was 75%.
Example 2
0.36g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O、0.12g Na2MoO4·2H2Dissolving O and 0.05g CTAB in 40ml of isopropanol, stirring for 30min, transferring the mixed solution into a 100ml of polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, heating the solvent at 110 ℃ for 24h, centrifuging the obtained product, washing the product for three times by using ethanol, and then drying the product in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate.
3g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 12g of elemental sulfur are mixed and ground uniformly, and are calcined for 12 hours at 155 ℃ by introducing argon as a protective gas, so that the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is obtained.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Example 3
0.6g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O and 0.12g Na2MoO4·2H2O and 0.028g CTAB were dissolved in 40ml of ethylene glycol, stirred for 30min, and the mixed solution was transferred to 100ml of polyIn a tetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, the solvent is heated for 12 hours at the temperature of 150 ℃, the obtained product is washed for three times by ethanol and then is dried in vacuum at the temperature of 60 ℃, and the bismuth molybdate with oxygen-rich vacancy is obtained.
3g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 12g of elemental sulfur are mixed and ground uniformly, and are calcined for 12 hours at 155 ℃ by introducing argon as a protective gas, so that the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is obtained.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Example 4
0.6g BiCl3And 0.24g (NH)4)2MoO4And 0.05g of sodium lauryl sulfate (SDS) are dissolved in 60ml of mixed solvent of ethylene glycol and isopropanol (volume ratio is 1:1), the mixture is stirred for 30min, the mixed solution is transferred into a 100ml of polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, the solvent is heated for 12h at 160 ℃, the obtained product is centrifuged, washed with ethanol for three times, and dried in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate.
3g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 12g of elemental sulfur are mixed and ground uniformly, and are calcined for 12 hours at 155 ℃ by introducing argon as a protective gas, so that the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material is obtained.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Example 5
0.45g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O、0.36g Na2MoO4·2H2Dissolving O and 0.028g CTAB in 40ml of isopropanol, stirring for 30min, transferring the mixed solution into a 100ml of polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, heating the solvent at 110 ℃ for 24h, centrifuging the obtained product, washing the product for three times by using ethanol, and then drying the product in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate, wherein the oxygen vacancy content is 1%.
And (3) mixing and grinding 2g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 16g of elemental sulfur uniformly, introducing argon as a protective gas, and calcining at 155 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Example 6
0.45g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O、0.36g Na2MoO4·2H2Dissolving O and 0.028g CTAB in 40ml of isopropanol, stirring for 30min, transferring the mixed solution into a 100ml of polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, heating the solvent at 110 ℃ for 24h, centrifuging the obtained product, washing the product for three times by using ethanol, and then drying the product in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate.
And (3) mixing and grinding 2g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 16g of elemental sulfur uniformly, introducing argon as a protective gas, and calcining at 155 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Comparative example 1
0.45g Bi(NO3)3·5H2O、0.12g Na2MoO4·2H2Dissolving O in 40ml of isopropanol, stirring for 30min, transferring the mixed solution into a 100ml of polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, heating the solvent at 110 ℃ for 24h, centrifuging the obtained product, washing the product for three times by using ethanol, and then drying the product in vacuum at 60 ℃ to obtain oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and obtain oxygen-free vacancy bismuth molybdate, wherein an XPS spectrogram of the oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate is shown in a figure 1, and the content of oxygen vacancies is 0.
And (3) mixing and grinding 2g of oxygen-rich vacancy bismuth molybdate and 12g of elemental sulfur uniformly, introducing argon as a protective gas, and calcining at 155 ℃ for 12h to obtain the oxygen-free vacancy bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite material.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
Comparative example 2
And (3) mixing and grinding 6g of acetylene black and 14g of elemental sulfur uniformly, introducing argon as protective gas, and calcining at 155 ℃ for 12h to obtain the acetylene black/sulfur composite material without oxygen vacancies.
The properties were characterized as in example 1, and the results of the characterization are shown in Table 1 below.
The characterization results are shown in table 1 below:
TABLE 1
Serial number
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Oxygen vacancy content
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Gram Capacity exertion (mAh/g)
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Capacity retention after 0.05C, 250cls cycles
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Example 1
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3%
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1200
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75%
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Example 2
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4%
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1108
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70%
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Example 3
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1%
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1050
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65%
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Example 4
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2%
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1080
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68%
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Example 5
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3%
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1120
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65%
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Example 6
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10%
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1100
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63%
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Comparative example 1
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0%
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1003
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50%
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Comparative example 2
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-
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1002
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40% |
As can be seen from the data in table 1, after the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite materials prepared in the above examples 1 to 6 are applied to the battery, the gram capacity exertion and the cycle retention rate are significantly higher than those of the materials in comparative examples 1 and 2, which indicates that the bismuth molybdate/sulfur composite materials prepared from the oxygen vacancy-rich bismuth molybdate of the present invention have a significant improvement effect on the cycle performance of the lithium-sulfur battery. More particularly, the bismuth molybdate oxygen vacancy content in examples 1 to 5 is 1 to 4%, and the improvement effect on the cycle performance of the lithium-sulfur battery is better.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.