Detailed Description
The endpoints and any values of the ranges disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and are understood to encompass values approaching those ranges or values. For numerical ranges, one or more new numerical ranges may be found between the endpoints of each range, between the endpoint of each range and the individual point value, and between the individual point value, in combination with each other, and are to be considered as specifically disclosed herein.
The "sulfide solid electrolyte" refers to a sulfur-containing solid electrolyte. The halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte belongs to the category of sulfide solid electrolyte, the crystal structure is a sulfur silver germanium ore crystal structure, halogen ions X - and free S 2− ions are positioned at Wyckoff a and 4d sites, as 5+ and a part of S or O form an AsS 4 3−、AsS3O3− tetrahedron and the like, and the rest of gaps can be used for lithium occupation.
The "oxide solid electrolyte" refers to a solid electrolyte containing mainly oxygen, and its general crystal structure includes NASICON structure, garnet structure and perovskite structure.
The "halide solid electrolyte" mainly refers to a solid electrolyte composed of lithium, transition metal elements and halogen elements, and cations are mainly filled in the pores of the polyhedral structure of MX 6 or MX 9 (M is a transition metal and X is a halogen element). The halide solid electrolyte containing a small amount of oxygen element therein is also called oxyhalide electrolyte.
In the present invention, li 2 S represents "lithium sulfide", li 2 O represents "lithium oxide", P 2S5 represents "phosphorus pentasulfide", as 2S3 represents "arsenic trisulfide", as 2S5 represents "arsenic pentasulfide", S represents "sulfur", and LiBr represents "lithium bromide".
As previously described, a first aspect of the present invention provides a halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte having a cubic sulfur silver germanium ore type crystal structure, and the electrolyte has a chemical formula shown in formula I:
Li 6-xAsS5-x-yM1+xOy formula I;
Wherein 0< x <0.7, 0.ltoreq.y <0.5, and 0.02< x+y <1;
M is selected from at least one of Cl, br and I.
Preferably, in the formula I, 0.1< x <0.6, 0.ltoreq.y <0.2, and 0.02< x+y <1.
Preferably, M is Br. The inventors found that in this preferred case, a sulfide electrolyte having good air stability and higher room temperature ion conductivity can be obtained.
Preferably, the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte has a D 50 of 0.1-5 μm.
Preferably, the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte has a D 50 of 0.3-5 μm.
In the present invention, D 50 refers to the particle size corresponding to 50% of the cumulative particle size volume distribution of the sulfide electrolyte measured using a Mastersizer3000 laser particle sizer, that is, particles having a particle size less than (or greater than) 50% of the particle size.
Preferably, in the formula I, 0.3.ltoreq.x <0.6,0.ltoreq.y <0.05, and 0.02< x+y <1. The inventors found that in this preferred case, a sulfide electrolyte having good air stability and higher room temperature ion conductivity can be obtained.
According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte is selected from at least one of Li5.5AsS4.49Br1.5O0.01、Li5.7AsS4.68Br1.3O0.02、Li5.44AsS4.4Br1.56O0.04、Li5.35AsS4.1Br1.65O0.25 and Li 5.77AsS4.7Br1.23O0.07.
As previously described, a second aspect of the present invention provides a method of preparing the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte of the first aspect, the method comprising:
(1) Stirring and mixing a lithium source, an arsenic source, a sulfur source, a halogen source and an oxygen source to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture to obtain the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Preferably, the present invention provides a flowchart of a preparation method of the above halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte in fig. 1, the preparation method comprising:
(1) Mixing a lithium source, an arsenic source, a sulfur source, a halogen source and an oxygen source according to a preset molar ratio to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture to obtain the Li 6-xAsS5-x-yM1+xOy (M is at least one of Cl, br and I, 0< x <0.7, 0.ltoreq.y <0.5, and 0.02< x+y < 1) halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Preferably, in step (1), the lithium source is selected from at least one of lithium sulfide, lithium polysulfide, lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, and elemental lithium, more preferably lithium sulfide.
Preferably, in step (1), the arsenic source is selected from at least one of arsenic pentasulfide, arsenic trisulfide and elemental arsenic; the halogen source is selected from at least one of lithium chloride, lithium bromide and lithium iodide.
More preferably, in step (1), the arsenic source is arsenic trisulfide and/or arsenic pentasulfide; the halogen source is lithium bromide.
Preferably, in step (1), the sulfur source is selected from at least one of elemental sulfur, lithium sulfide, and arsenic sulfide.
Preferably, in step (1), the oxygen source is selected from at least one of lithium oxide, arsenic trioxide, arsenic pentoxide and lithium arsenate, more preferably lithium oxide.
Preferably, in step (1), the stirring and mixing conditions include: the rotation speed is 10000-20000rpm, and the time is 3-20min.
Preferably, in step (1), the mixing and stirring means is at least one selected from dry mixing, mechanical vibration, ball milling and wet milling.
Preferably, in step (2), the conditions of the heat treatment include: the temperature is 420-550deg.C, preferably 440-500deg.C; the time is 1-20h, preferably 5-10h.
As described above, the third aspect of the present invention provides a composition for a composite electrolyte membrane, the composition comprising a halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte and a binder; the content of the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte is 80-99wt% based on the total mass of the composition, and the content of the binder is 1-20wt%;
the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte is the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte of the first aspect.
The binder of the present invention serves to bind the electrolyte particles. Preferably, the binder is selected from at least one of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS), styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS).
As described above, the fourth aspect of the present invention provides a method of preparing a composite electrolyte membrane, the method comprising:
Sequentially carrying out wet mixing, casting and solvent evaporation on each component in the composition for the composite electrolyte membrane, and optionally carrying out hot pressing treatment after solvent evaporation to obtain the composite electrolyte membrane;
The composition for a composite electrolyte membrane is the composition for a composite electrolyte membrane according to the third aspect.
Preferably, the wet mixing conditions include: the temperature is 20-50 ℃ and the rotating speed is 100-600rpm.
Preferably, the conditions of the autoclave include: the temperature is 60-300 ℃, the pressure is 50-300MPa, and the time is 1-10min.
As described above, the fifth aspect of the present invention provides a method of preparing a composite electrolyte membrane, the method comprising:
Dispersing each component in the composition for the composite electrolyte membrane in the presence of an organic solvent, and then sequentially carrying out tape casting and drying on the obtained dispersion liquid to obtain the composite electrolyte membrane;
The composition for a composite electrolyte membrane is the composition for a composite electrolyte membrane according to the third aspect.
Preferably, the organic solvent is selected from at least one of toluene, para-xylene, and anisole.
The dispersion treatment, casting and drying are not particularly limited in the present invention, and may be carried out by those skilled in the art by methods known in the art.
As described above, the sixth aspect of the present invention provides a lithium ion battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a composite electrolyte membrane; the thickness of the composite electrolyte membrane is 8-30 mu m;
The composite electrolyte membrane is prepared by the method of the fourth aspect and/or the fifth aspect.
Preferably, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer covering the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode binder, a positive electrode electron conductive agent, and a positive electrode ion conductor.
According to a preferred embodiment, the positive electrode is prepared by a method comprising the steps of:
mixing the positive electrode active material, the positive electrode binder, the positive electrode electron conductive agent, the positive electrode ion conductor and the solvent I to obtain positive electrode slurry; and coating the positive electrode slurry on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and drying and rolling to obtain the positive electrode plate.
Preferably, the solvent I is an organic solvent. For example: toluene, para-xylene, anisole, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, etc., in such an amount that a desired viscosity of a positive electrode slurry containing a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode binder, a positive electrode ion conductive agent, a positive electrode electron conductive agent is obtained.
According to another preferred embodiment, the positive electrode is prepared by a method comprising the steps of:
Dry-mixing the positive electrode active material, the positive electrode binder, the positive electrode electron conductive agent and the positive electrode ion conductor to obtain a composite material; and pressing the composite material to the surface of the positive electrode current collector in a hot rolling or hot rolling mode to obtain the positive electrode.
Preferably, the content of the positive electrode active material is 60wt% to 95wt% and the content of the positive electrode electron conductive agent is 1wt% to 5wt% based on the total weight of the composite material.
The positive electrode current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has conductivity without causing chemical changes in the battery. For example: the positive electrode current collector is selected from any one of an aluminum simple substance, stainless steel or a nickel simple substance.
The positive electrode active material in the present invention is a compound that reversibly intercalates and deintercalates lithium ions, or a compound that can participate in a conversion reaction.
Preferably, the positive electrode active material is a lithium-based positive electrode material having electrochemical activity or a compound capable of participating in a conversion reaction. For example: the layered oxide positive electrode comprises one or more lithium-based positive electrode electroactive materials selected from the group consisting of: liCoO 2(LCO)、LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 (wherein 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1 and 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1), liNi 1-x-yCoxAlyO2 (wherein 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1 and 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1), liNi xMn1-xO2 (wherein 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1), li 1+xMO2 (wherein M is one of Mn, ni, co and Al, 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1). The spinel positive electrode comprises one or more lithium-based positive electrode active materials selected from the group consisting of: liMn 2O4 (LMO) and LiNi xMn1.5O4. The conversion positive electrode is selected from at least one of S, li 2S、FeS2、VS2 and CuS.
The positive electrode ion conductor in the present invention provides lithium ion conduction in the positive electrode and may be a common inorganic solid electrolyte including, but not limited to, the above-mentioned halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
The positive electrode binder in the present invention includes, but is not limited to, at least one of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS), styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS).
The positive electrode electron conductive agent in the present invention is a material that provides conductivity without causing adverse chemical reactions in the battery. Preferably, the positive electrode electron conductive agent is selected from at least one of Super-P, acetylene black, conductive carbon black Super C65, carbon fiber (VGCF), multi-wall carbon tube (MWCNT), single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT), and graphene.
The above materials are merely illustrative examples of the selected positive electrode materials, and any known positive electrode materials including positive electrode binders, positive electrode active materials, positive electrode conductive agents, and other additives can be used in the present embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present application.
Preferably, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer covering a surface of the negative electrode current collector.
The negative electrode current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has conductivity without causing chemical changes in the battery. For example: the negative electrode current collector is selected from any one of simple substance copper, stainless steel and simple substance nickel.
According to a preferred embodiment, the negative electrode active material layer is lithium metal and/or a lithium alloy, wherein the lithium alloy is selected from any one of a lithium indium alloy, a lithium aluminum alloy, a lithium bismuth alloy, a lithium tin alloy, and a lithium silicon alloy.
According to another preferred embodiment, the anode active material layer includes an anode active material, an anode ion conductor, an anode binder, and an anode electron conductive agent.
Preferably, the negative electrode active material is a silicon-based negative electrode active material and/or graphite. More preferably, the negative electrode active material is selected from at least one of silicon, silicon alloy, silicon oxide, silicon carbon, artificial graphite, and natural graphite.
The negative electrode ion conductor provides lithium ion conduction in the negative electrode, and can be a common sulfide electrolyte with a sulfur silver germanium ore crystal structure, including but not limited to Li 7P2S8 I and/or xLi 2S-(100-x)P2S5 (x is more than or equal to 70 and less than or equal to 80).
The negative electrode binder is used for binding a negative electrode active material, a negative electrode ion conductor and a negative electrode electron conductive agent, and adhering the negative electrode active material, the negative electrode ion conductor and the negative electrode electron conductive agent to a negative electrode current collector.
The negative electrode binder in the present invention includes, but is not limited to, at least one of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS), styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS).
Preferably, the negative electrode electron conductive agent is selected from at least one of conductive carbon black Super-P, acetylene black, conductive carbon black Super C65, carbon fiber (VGCF), multi-wall carbon tube (MWCNT), single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT), and graphene.
The invention will be described in detail below by way of examples. In the following examples, unless otherwise specified, the instruments, reagents, materials and the like referred to are conventional instruments, reagents, materials and the like, and are commercially available.
Example 1
A method for preparing a Li 5.5AsS4.49Br1.5O0.01 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、As2S3, S, liBr and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 1.99:0.5:1:1.5:0.01, carrying out dry mixing for 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain the Li 5.5AsS4.49Br1.5O0.01 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Example 2
A method for preparing a Li 5.7AsS4.68Br1.3O0.02 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、As2S3, S, liBr and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 2.18:0.5:1.0:1.3:0.02, dry-mixing 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture at 460 ℃ for 8 hours to obtain the Li 5.7AsS4.68Br1.3O0.02 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Example 3
A method for preparing a Li 5.44AsS4.4Br1.56O0.04 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 20000rpm, li 2S、As2S5, liBr, and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 1.9:0.5:1.56:0.04, dry-mixing for 10min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture at 450 ℃ for 6 hours to obtain the Li 5.44AsS4.4Br1.56O0.04 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Example 4
A method for preparing a Li 5.35AsS4.1Br1.65O0.25 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、As2S3, S, liBr and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 1.6:0.5:1:1.65: dry-mixing 3 min with 0.25 to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain the Li 5.35AsS4.1Br1.65O0.25 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Example 5
A method for preparing a Li 5.77AsS4.7Br1.23O0.07 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、As2S3, S, liBr and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 2.2:0.5:1:1.23:0.07 to dry blend 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain the Li 5.77AsS4.7Br1.23O0.07 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Comparative example 1
A method for preparing a halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte of Li 6PS5 Br, which comprises the following steps:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、P2S5 and LiBr were mixed in a molar ratio of 5:1:2, dry-mixing 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at 550 ℃ to obtain the Li 6PS5 Br halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Comparative example 2
A method for preparing a Li 5.5PS4.5Br1.5 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、P2S5 and LiBr were mixed in a molar ratio of 4:1:3, dry-mixing 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain the Li 5.5PS4.5Br1.5 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Comparative example 3
A method for preparing a halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte of Li 6AsS5 Br, which comprises the following steps:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、As2S3, S and LiBr were mixed in a molar ratio of 2.5:0.5:1:1, dry-mixing 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at 550 ℃ to obtain the Li 6AsS5 Br halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Comparative example 4
A method for preparing a Li 5.5P0.7As0.3S4.49Br1.5O0.01 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) At 15000rpm, li 2S、P2S5、As2S3, S, liBr and Li 2 O were mixed in a molar ratio of 1.99:0.35:0.15:0.3:1.5:0.01, carrying out dry mixing for 3 min to obtain a mixture;
(2) And carrying out heat treatment on the mixture for 8 hours at the temperature of 450 ℃ to obtain the Li 5.5P0.7As0.3S4.49Br1.5O0.01 halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte.
Test case
The halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte prepared in the above examples was subjected to performance tests, including: d 50, ionic conductivity, air stability, impedance. The results of the ion conductivity and air stability tests are shown in table 1. Wherein,
The ionic conductivity was tested with reference to the following standard method:
(i) Weighing 0.12g of halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte, and pressing under 150MPa to obtain a halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte ceramic sheet;
(ii) Stainless steel is stuck on two sides of the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte ceramic plate to serve as a current collector, and a sample I to be detected is obtained;
(iii) The impedance of the sample I to be tested is tested by using an electrochemical workstation to obtain an alternating current impedance spectrum shown in figure 3, the impedance of the electrolyte ceramic sheet is obtained, and then the room temperature ion conductivity of the electrolyte is obtained by calculation according to a formula ①:
sigma=l/RS formula ①
In formula ①, L is the thickness of the electrolyte in mm; r is the impedance of the electrolyte in Ohm; s is the contact area, and the unit is cm 2; sigma is room temperature ionic conductivity in mS.cm -1.
Air stability (amount of H 2 S gas generated by electrolyte release) was tested with reference to the following method:
First 100mg of the halogen-rich sulfide electrolyte powder was pressed into 10mm particles at 150MPa, and then the particles were placed in a sealed container (40000 cm 3 in volume) and exposed to humid nitrogen (40% relative humidity) gas for 30 minutes, and the amount of H 2 S gas generated was calculated from the H 2 S concentration measured by the H 2 S gas sensor.
In addition, all samples were exposed to humid air (20% relative humidity) for ion conductivity measurements and again tested for air stability.
TABLE 1
The present invention provides an XRD pattern of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in example 1, as exemplified in fig. 2, and it can be seen from fig. 2 that the sulfide electrolyte prepared in this example has a crystal structure of sulfur silver germanium ore.
The present invention provides an impedance spectrum of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in example 1 as exemplified in fig. 3, and it can be calculated from fig. 3 that the sulfide electrolyte has a room temperature ion conductivity of 14.2ms·cm -1.
The XRD pattern of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in example 2 is exemplarily provided in fig. 4, and it can be seen from fig. 4 that the sulfide electrolyte prepared in this example has a crystal structure of sulfur silver germanium ore.
The present invention provides an impedance spectrum of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in example 2 as exemplified in fig. 5, and it can be calculated from fig. 5 that the room temperature ion conductivity of the sulfide electrolyte is 12.5ms·cm -1.
The XRD pattern of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 1 is exemplarily provided in fig. 6, and it can be seen from fig. 6 that the sulfide electrolyte prepared in this comparative example has a crystal structure of silver germanium sulfide ore.
The present invention provides an impedance spectrum of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 1 exemplarily in fig. 7, and it can be calculated from fig. 7 that the sulfide electrolyte has a room temperature ion conductivity of 2.0ms·cm -1.
The present invention illustratively provides the XRD pattern of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 2 in fig. 8, and it can be seen from fig. 8 that the sulfide electrolyte prepared in this comparative example has a crystal structure of sulfur silver germanium ore.
The present invention provides an impedance spectrum of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 2 exemplarily in fig. 9, and it can be calculated from fig. 9 that the sulfide electrolyte has a room temperature ion conductivity of 4.8ms·cm -1.
The present invention illustratively provides XRD patterns of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 3 in fig. 10, and it can be seen from fig. 10 that the sulfide electrolyte prepared in this comparative example has a crystal structure of sulfur silver germanium ore.
The present invention provides an impedance spectrum of the sulfide electrolyte prepared in comparative example 3 exemplarily in fig. 11, from which it can be calculated that the room temperature ion conductivity of the sulfide electrolyte is 1.9ms·cm -1.
The present invention provides a graph of the amount of H 2 S gas produced released by the sulfide electrolytes prepared in example 1 and comparative examples 1-3 as a function of time during which they were exposed to nitrogen having a relative humidity of 40% in fig. 12 by way of example. As can be seen from fig. 12, the sulfide electrolytes of comparative examples 1 to 3 were poor in air stability, and a large amount of H 2 S gas was generated in the test time of 30 minutes, whereas the sulfide electrolyte of example 1 was relatively small in the amount of H 2 S gas generated.
The present invention provides a graph of changes in ionic conductivity of sulfide electrolytes prepared in example 1 and comparative examples 1 to 3 exposed to air of the same humidity for different times, as exemplarily shown in fig. 13, and it can be seen from fig. 13 that the ionic conductivity retention rate of example 1 is significantly higher than that of comparative examples 1 to 3, which means that the use of As element completely replaces P element, and the use of hard base O 2- and more halogen X - partially replaces soft base S 2- in the electrolyte, so that the air stability of sulfide electrolyte is significantly improved.
From the above results, it can be seen that the sulfide electrolyte provided by the invention can maintain the sulfide electrolyte with higher ionic conductivity while improving the air stability of the sulfide electrolyte by adopting As 5+ soft acid to completely replace P 5+ hard acid and adopting hard base O 2- and more halogen X - to partially replace soft base S 2- in the electrolyte.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, a number of simple variants of the technical solution of the invention are possible, including combinations of the individual technical features in any other suitable way, which simple variants and combinations should likewise be regarded as being disclosed by the invention, all falling within the scope of protection of the invention.