FI129862B - An improved anode material and anode for a rechargeable battery, a method of making them, and an electrochemical cell made therefrom - Google Patents

An improved anode material and anode for a rechargeable battery, a method of making them, and an electrochemical cell made therefrom Download PDF

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FI129862B
FI129862B FI20185896A FI20185896A FI129862B FI 129862 B FI129862 B FI 129862B FI 20185896 A FI20185896 A FI 20185896A FI 20185896 A FI20185896 A FI 20185896A FI 129862 B FI129862 B FI 129862B
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Sähkökemiallisen kennon anodimateriaali käsittää matriisimateriaalin: hajautetun materiaalikomposiitin, joka käsittää yhden tai useamman alkalimetallin ja/tai maaalkalimetallit. Hajautettu materiaali voi käsittää muun metallin kuin matriisimateriaalin, kuten siirtymämetalli ja/tai siirtymämetallien jälkeinen metalli. Anodimateriaali voi olla koko sähkökemiallisen kennon anodi tai osa siitä, joka voi lisäksi käsittää virrankeräimen ja/tai SEI-kerroksen. Elektrolyytti voi käsittää alkalimetallia ja/tai maa-alkalimetallia ja/tai siirtymämetallia ja/tai siirtymävaiheen jälkeistä metallia, joka sisältää elektrolyyttisuolaa. Matriisimateriaali ja/tai hajautettu materiaali voi käsittää yhtä tai useampaa elektrolyyttisuolan metalleista. Koko anodia tai sen osaa voidaan käyttää substraattina yhden tai useamman matriisimateriaalin sähkösaostukselle lataamisen aikana ja/tai koko anodia tai sen osaa voidaan käyttää matriisimateriaalin lähteenä purkautumisen aikana. Elektrolyytti voi lisäksi käsittää yhden tai useampia elektrolyyttilisäaineita. Anodimateriaali voidaan valmistaa sekoittamalla matriisimateriaalia ja hajautettua materiaalia ja kuumentamalla seosta matriisimateriaalin sulattamiseksi selektiivisesti matriisimateriaalin : jakautuneen materiaali - komposiitin tuottamiseksi. Yhdistelmä voidaan edelleen prosessoida kemiallisesti tai mekaanisesti jakautuneen materiaalin koon pienentämiseksi ja/tai matriisimateriaali: hajautettu materiaali -komposiitin homogeenisuuden lisäämiseksi. Anodimateriaalia, anodia tai sähkökemiallista kennoa voidaan käyttää laitteessa.The anode material of an electrochemical cell comprises a matrix material: a dispersed material composite comprising one or more alkali metals and/or alkaline earth metals. The dispersed material may comprise a metal other than the matrix material, such as a transition metal and/or a post-transition metal. The anode material can be the entire anode of the electrochemical cell or a part of it, which can also comprise a current collector and/or an SEI layer. The electrolyte may comprise an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal and/or a transition metal and/or a post-transition metal containing an electrolyte salt. The matrix material and/or dispersed material may comprise one or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt. All or part of the anode can be used as a substrate for electrodeposition of one or more matrix materials during charging and/or all or part of the anode can be used as a source of matrix material during discharge. The electrolyte can also comprise one or more electrolyte additives. Anode material can be prepared by mixing matrix material and distributed material and heating the mixture to selectively melt the matrix material to produce a matrix material : distributed material - composite. The composition can be further processed chemically or mechanically to reduce the size of the dispersed material and/or to increase the homogeneity of the matrix material: dispersed material composite. Anode material, an anode or an electrochemical cell can be used in the device.

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IMPROVED ANODE MATERIAL AND ANODE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, A METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL MADE THEREFROM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to rechargeable electrochemical battery cells. In particular, the invention concerns the preparation of metal matrix based electrodes, allowing battery chemistry improvements for electrochemical cells in terms of cost, lifetime and energy density.
BACKGROUND High performance, long life and low cost batteries are advantageous for many applications, e.g. energy storage for electric vehicles or electric grids. Intensive research is being conducted in the field of battery technology to develop a battery working with electro-deposited metallic anodes. Together with lithium, sodium-based metal anodes provide some of the highest theoretical gravimetric capacities of any anode material. For instance, the gravimetric capacity of sodium is over 1100 mAh/g, along with a potential of -2.7 V vs. SHE for the Na+/Na couple. Furthermore, metallic anodes do not N reguire solid-state diffusion of ions to transfer N material from the charged to the discharged state, but N merely the successful deposition/dissolution of the n 30 ions to/from the surface of the metal. The resulting I metallic anode is volumetrically compact, and does not + require the electrolyte-filled inter-particle 2 (intercalation) space of current battery anodes. e The above technical reasons, together with N 35 the high abundance and low cost of sodium, make sodium metal anode based batteries, in particular, highly desirable. However, the high ambient reactivity of alkali earth and, even more so, alkali metals, including metallic sodium and lithium, during battery cell assembly have, to date, prevented the use of, particularly, alkali metal, and, more particularly, metallic sodium anodes.
An alternative approach is the discharged state assembly of battery cells, using an air-stable current collector as the substrate for the electro- deposition of ions. Although some publications claim to have identified suitable methods for achieving sodium deposition and cycling with very close to 100% Coulombic efficiency, known studies still have major shortcomings, such as impractically expensive electrolyte composition, impractically complicated substrate preparation, irreproducibility of the published experimental procedure for the substrate preparation, or irreproducibility of the claimed Coulombic efficiency data. This is the reason for the absence of corresponding discharged state assembled metallic anode based battery manufacturing to date. A cost-efficiently manufacturable anodic substrate for efficient electro-deposition and stripping of metals, and in particular, metallic lithium and sodium, is therefore highly needed. The disclosed anode material, anode and anode production method allows N electrochemical cell assembly to be carried out in a N dry room or even open air environment. Successful N development of such an anode is beneficial to commerce n 30 and industry.
I = US2017/047626 Al discloses an anode for an O aluminium-air battery that may include an anode body, LO which may contain particles of an aluminium alloy in a DO sodium matrix. The electrolyte for the aluminium-air N 35 battery may consist of one of an aqueous acid and an aqueous lye containing at least one halogen and at least one surfactant.
GB 2536435 A discloses a process for preparing a particulate material consisting of a plurality of porous particles comprising at least 40% by weight of an electroactive material selected from silicon, tin, germanium, aluminium or a mixture thereof (most preferably Si), wherein the particles are assembled from a plurality of fragments comprising the electroactive material.
US 2006/057463 Al discloses composite compounds of tin and lithium, silicon and lithium, or tin, silicon, and lithium having tin and silicon nano- dispersed in a lithium-containing matrix may be used as electrode materials and particularly anode materials for use with rechargeable batteries.
WO 2017/149204 Al discloses an electrochemical cell for an energy- dense rechargeable battery. The cell includes a solid metallic sodium anode, which 1s deposited over a suitable current collector during the cell charging process.
CN108649265 A discloses an electrolyte additive, a lithium battery electrolyte and a lithium battery.
N N 25 WO 2017/073075 Al discloses a metal-ion N electrochemical cell contains a composite anode n comprising a support matrix and electrochemically I active metal droplets dispersed through the support + matrix.
> LO 30 US 2015/099195 Al discloses a sodium-metal DO chloride secondary battery and a method of N manufacturing the same.
FP 2860799 Al discloses a sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery.
JPH 07-307152 A discloses a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery.
EP 3301744 AI] discloses an electrolyte solution containing an iodide additive, and a sulfur dioxide-based secondary battery including the same.
US 2014/363717 Al discloses an additive that is added to the NaAlX, electrolyte for use in a ZEBRA battery (or other similar battery). EP 0421159 Al discloses an improved sodium- sulfur thermal battery having a sodium electrode and sulfur electrode separated by a porous separator wherein the separator is sufficiently porous to allow preliminary migration of fluid sodium metal, fluid sulfur and fluid sodium polysulfides through the separator during operation of the battery in order to form a mixed polysulfides electrolyte gradient within the porous separator.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An anode material for an electrochemical cell is disclosed. The anode material may comprise a matrix material : distributed material composite. The anode N material may comprise only a matrix material =: . 25 distributed material composite. The matrix material <Q may comprise one or more alkali metals. The matrix N material may comprise one or more alkali earth metals. E The matrix material may comprise one or more metallic © alkali metals. The matrix material may comprise one or 8 30 more metallic alkali earth metals. The matrix material 2 may comprise one or more essentially pure alkali N metals. The matrix material may comprise one or more essentially pure alkali earth metals. The matrix material may comprise an alloy.
The distributed material may comprise a metal.
The distributed material may comprise a metallic metal.
The distributed material may comprise an essentially pure 5 metal.
The distributed material may comprise an alloy of essentially pure metals.
The distributed material metal may be different from the matrix material.
The matrix metal or metals and/or the distributed metal or metals may be metallic.
The metal of the matrix material and/or the metal of the distributed material may an essentially pure metal or an alloy of essentially pure metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more post transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more metallic transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more metallic post transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more essentially pure transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise one or more essentially pure post transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise an alloy of transition metals and/or essentially pure post transition metals.
The distributed material may comprise an alloy of metallic transition metals and/or metallic post transition metals.
The distributed N material may comprise essentially pure transition O metals and/or essentially pure post transition metals.
K The anode material material may comprise a single ? 30 alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal and a single N transition metal and/or post transition metal.
The = anode material material may comprise a single metallic O alkali metal and/or metallic alkali earth metal and a LO single metallic transition metal and/or metallic post o 35 transition metal.
The anode material material may N comprise a single essentially pure alkali metal and/or essentially pure alkali earth metal and a single essentially pure transition metal and/or essentially pure post transition metal. The alkali metal may comprise lithium, potassium and/or sodium including any mixture or combination thereof. The one or more post transition metals may comprise aluminum, gallium, indium, tin and/or lead including any mixture or combination thereof. The matrix material may have a lower melting point than the distributed material. The matrix materia] may have a higher vapor pressure than the distributed material. The matrix material may be lithium or sodium. The matrix material may be metallic lithium or sodium. The matrix material may be essentially pure lithium or sodium. The distributed material may be aluminum. The distributed material may be metallic aluminum. The distributed material may be essentially pure aluminun.
An anode for an electrochemical cell is disclosed. The anode may comprise the disclosed anode material. The anode may further comprises a current collector and/or an SEI layer. The current collector may comprise one or more conductive materials. An electrochemical cell is disclosed. The electrochemical cell of the invention may be a rechargeable electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell may comprise the disclosed anode. The N electrochemical cell may further comprise a cathode. . The electrochemical cell may further comprise an <Q electrolyte. The electrolyte may be, at least in part, N 30 between the anode and the cathode. The electrolyte may E be an organic electrolyte. The electrolyte may be an © inorganic electrolyte. The electrolyte may be any 8 mixture or combination of organic and/or inorganic © electrolytes. The electrolyte may be in any state of N 35 matter. The electrolyte may be an NH3, SO, ether, carbonate, or nitrile solvent based electrolyte, or any mixtures or combination thereof.
The electrolyte may comprise an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal containing electrolyte salt.
The electrolyte may comprise a transition metal and/or post transition metal containing electrolyte salt.
The matrix material may comprise one or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt.
The distributed material may comprise one or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt.
A metal of the electrolyte salt may be Na.
A metal of the electrolyte salt may be Al.
The electrolyte may comprises an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal containing and/or a transition metal and/or post transition metal containing salt.
One or more of the metals of the anode material may be electrochemically active.
One or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt may be the matrix material and/or the distributed material.
The matrix material and/or the distributed material may be electrochemically active.
One or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt may be an electrochemically active anode material.
Na may be the alkali metal and Al may be the post transition metal of the electrolyte salt and/or the anode material.
The metals of the electrolyte salt may be Na and Al.
The the electrolyte salt may be NaAlCl,. The electrolyte may be NaAlCl, xS0;, where x may be any positive real number.
All or part of the AN anode may be used as a substrate for electro- O deposition of one or more matrix materials during K charging.
All or part of the anode may be used as a ? 30 source of matrix material during discharging.
The - electrolyte may further comprise one OT more = electrolyte additives.
The electrolyte additive may O comprise a halogenated electrolyte additive.
The LO halogenated electrolyte additive may comprise DO 35 trifluoromethanesulfonyl-chloride (CF3S50C1), thionyl- N chloride (50C1,), SnCly, and/or fluoro-
ethylenecarbonate (4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one) or any mixture or combination thereof. Other electrolyte additives, including other halogenated electrolyte additives, are possible according to the invention.
Halogenated electrolyte additives may be any halogen- containing molecules. Said halogen-containing molecules may be soluble in the electrolyte. Said halogen-containing molecules may chemically react at the anode and/or cathode surface. Said halogen- containing molecules may participate in the formation of an SEI on the anode and/or cathode surface. The cathode may comprise a cation intercalation capable cathode material. The cathode may comprise a conversion reaction capable cathode material. The cathode may comprise a catholyte liquid. The cathode may comprise any mixture or combination any of said cathode materials. Other cathodes are possible according to the invention. A method for manufacturing the disclosed anode material is described. The method comprises the steps of mixing a matrix material and distributed material and heating the mixture to selectively melt the matrix material to produce a matrix material : distributed material composite. The melting point of the matrix material may be less than the melting point of the distributed material. The heating temperature may be between the melting point N of the matrix material and the melting point of the O distributed material. The matrix material : K distributed material composite may be an intermediate ? 30 matrix material : distributed material composite. The N intermediate matrix material : distributed material = composite may be chemically or mechanically processed O to improve the properties of the matrix material : LO distributed material composite. The improved property > 35 may be a reduced size of the distributed material and/or an increased homogeneity of the matrix material : distributed material composite. A method for manufacturing an anode from the disclosed anode material is disclosed. The method may comprise distributing the prepared anode material on a substrate. The anode material may be distributed on the substrate by any means known in the art. Use of the disclosed anode material, the disclosed anode or the disclosed electrochemical cell is described. The disclosed anode material, the disclosed anode or the disclosed electrochemical cell may be used in a device. The device may be an electrical device. The electrical device may include, for instance, an electronic device, battery or battery pack, a motor or actuator, an energy storage device, an energy or power delivery device, an electronic vehicle, power tool, or any other device that may make use of the electrical voltage and/or current generated by means of the anode material, anode or electrochemical cell of the invention. The distributed material may be in the form of particles. Particle, according to the invention, means a minute fragment or quantity of matter or a small localized object distinct from the matrix material to which can be ascribed one or physical or N chemical properties such as composition, shape, O morphology or size.
N n Metals, according to the invention, may I 30 include alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, - lanthanides, actinides, transition metals, post- 2 transition metals and alloys thereof. Metals, o according to the invention, include alloys of metals. N According to one embodiment of the invention, the composite may comprise sodium and aluminum (a sodium : aluminum composite). The matrix metal may be sodium. The distributed material may be aluminum. The distributed material may be in the form or particles. The aluminum particles may be distributed in the sodium matrix material. The particles may be in the form of flakes.
The present invention discloses a method for the preparation of anodes according to the invention for batteries. These anodes may be used either as an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal, e.g. lithium or sodium, source in charged state assembled battery cells or as an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal, e.g. lithium or sodium, deposition substrate in discharged state assembled battery cells.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1: Anode material according to one embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2: An electrochemical cell according to the invention, wherein the anode comprises, at least in part, the anode material of the invention.
Figure 3: Exemplary anodes according to several embodiments of the invention.
Figure 4: Exemplary means of producing anodes and freestanding anode material films according to N several embodiments of the invention.
N 30 N Figure 5: Exemplary means of producing anodes N from freestanding anode material films according to o ! several embodiments of the invention.
N I 35 Figure 6: A photograph of the exemplary o preferred anode material, with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al © 3 Figure 7: A photograph of the electrode 2 produced from the exemplary preferred anode material, > 40 with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al
Figure 8: The comparative Coulombic efficiency evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl, + CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, NaAlCl,- 250, electrolyte, and two versions of the anode: pure metallic sodium versus Na:Al composite material, with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale shows the efficiency %. Charts A and B show full efficiency scale and the scale near to 100%, respectively.
Figure 9: The comparative discharge time / discharge capacity evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl, + CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, NaAlCl, 280, electrolyte, and two versions of the anode: pure metallic sodium versus Na:Al composite material, with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale has s/pAh units. Figure 10: The comparative Internal Resistance evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl, + CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, NaAlCl,- 250, electrolyte, and two versions of the anode: pure metallic sodium versus Na:Al composite material, with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale has Q units. Figure 11: The comparative average discharge voltage evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl; + CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, NaAlCl, +280, electrolyte, and two versions of the anode: pure metallic sodium versus Na:Al composite material, with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale has V units.
N Figure 12: The comparative Coulombic O efficiency evolution of a battery cell containing N CuCl, CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, Na:Al O composite anode with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al, and two = 40 versions of the NaAlCl,:250, electrolyte: without additives versus 2 weight% CF3S0,C1 additive E containing. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale shows the efficiency %. 8 Charts A and B show full efficiency scale and the LO 45 scale near to 100%, respectively. N Figure 13: The comparative discharge time / discharge capacity evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl, CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, Na:Al composite anode with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al, and two versions of the NaAlCl,:250, electrolyte: without additives versus 2 weight% CF3s0,Cl additive containing. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale has s/pAh units.
Figure 14: The comparative Internal Resistance evolution of a battery cell containing CuCl, + CuCl + NaCl conversion cathode, Na:Al composite anode with 1:1 mass ratio of Na:Al, and two versions of the NaAlCl, 250, electrolyte: without additives versus 2 weight? CF3S50,C1 additive containing. The horizontal scale shows the cycle number, and the vertical scale has Q units.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein with the reference to accompanying drawings.
An electrochemical cell, according to the invention, may comprise an anode according to the invention, a cathode and an electrolyte at least partially between the anode and cathode. An electrochemical cell may further comprise a separator between the anode and cathode. An electrochemical cell may further comprise one or more charge carriers (current collectors). The anode and/or the cathode may also act as current collectors. An electrochemical N 30 cell may further comprise a housing. The
N < electrochemical cell of the invention may be a K rechargeable electrochemical cell. The electrolyte may
O - be in any state of matter. The electrolyte may be, for - instance, a solid, liguid, glass or gel.
jami + 35 The anode of an electrochemical cell, 2 according to the invention, may comprise a composite.
& The composite may in the form of a matrix material and S a distributed material. The matrix material may be continuous (i.e., continuously connected throughout the material). The distributed material may be discontinuous (i.e. dispersed or not continuously connected throughout the material). The matrix material may be a metal or an alloy of two or more metals. The distributed material may a metal or an alloy of metals. The metals may be metallic metals. The metals may be essentially pure metals. The alloys may be alloys of metallic or essentially pure metals. The distributed material may be in the form spheroids, flakes, rods, polyhedrons or any other form or combination of forms (here termed "particle” or particles”). The distributed material may be distributed or dispersed in the matrix material. The distributed material may be essentially evenly distributed in the matrix material or may be unevenly distributed in the matrix material. The size of the particles may be essentially uniform or have a size distribution. The size of the particles may be preferably between 0.1 and 1000 microns, and preferably between 0.1 and 100 microns and more preferably between 0.1 and 50 microns and most preferably between 0.1 and 10 microns. Here metallic metals means metals in their elemental or atomic state or otherwise unbound in a molecule with one or more non-metal atoms. Examples of metallic metals include metals that have electrons in N 3-dimensional delocalized state. A pure metal here N means a material comprising metallic metal or an alloy N of metallic metals in a high concentration. Here high n 30 concentration means having a mass fraction of metallic I metals preferably greater than 903 and more preferably + greater than 95% and more preferably greater than 98% 2 and more preferably greater than 99% and more & preferably greater than 99.5% and more preferably > 35 greater than 99.8% and most preferably greater than
99.9%. Metals, according to the invention, may include alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals and/or post transition metals. Alkali metals include, but are not limited to, Li, Na and K. Other alkali metals are possible according to the invention. Alkali earth metals include, but are not limited to, Be, Mg, Ca and Sr. Other alkali earth metals are possible according to the invention. Transition metals include, but are not limited to, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, 4r, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag and Cd. Other transition metals are possible according to the invention. Post transition metals include A1, Ga, In or Sn. Other transition metals are possible according to the invention.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the composite may comprise sodium and aluminum (a sodium : aluminum composite). The matrix metal may be sodium metal. The distributed material may be aluminum metal. The distributed material may be in the form or particles. The aluminum particles may be distributed in the sodium matrix material. The particles may be in the form of flakes. The average size of the aluminum particles, in this embodiment, in the form of flakes, may be between 1 and 100 microns. The average flake size may be below 20 microns. Other particle forms and sizes are possible according to the invention. The matrix material : distributed material N composite may be formed by any means known in the art. . According to one method according to the invention, a <Q matrix material : distributed material composite is N 30 prepared by mixing matrix material and distributed E material and heating the mixture above the melting © point of the matrix material but below the melting 8 point of the distributed material so as to form a © composite of continuous matrix material and dispersed N 35 distributed material particles. One or both of the matrix material and the distributed material may be in the form of a powder (i.e. a collection of particles). The composite material may be subsequently further processed, e.g. chemical or physical means, e.g. by mortaring, e.g., in a mortar mill.
Figure 1 describes the anode material (1) according to one embodiment of the invention. The anode material (1) may comprise a matrix material (2) : distributed material (3) composite. As shown in cross-section in Figure 2, the anode material (1) may comprise all or part of the anode (4) of an electrochemical cell stack (5) according to the invention. The electrochemical cell stack (5) may further comprise a cathode (6). The electrochemical cell stack (5) may further comprise a separator or spacer (7) between the anode (1) and the cathode (6). The anode (4) and/or cathode (6) may further comprise one or more solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layers (8) on the anode (4) and/or the cathode (6). The cell stack (5) may further comprise an electrolyte (not shown) at least partially between the anode (4) and the cathode (6).
The cathode (6) may comprise any compatible cathode material, included but not limited to cation intercalation capable cathode materials, conversion reaction capable cathode material and/or catholyte liquids. Other cathode materials are possible N according to the invention. Here a cation . intercalation capable cathode material means a <Q material in which the concentration of infused and N 30 departing cations and electrons is varied without a E change in the host material's molecular crystal © structure, Here a conversion reaction capable cathode 8 material means a material in which the concentration © of infused and departing cations and electrons is N 35 varied along with a change in the host material's molecular crystal structure, Here a catholyte liquid mean a reversible conversion reaction capable cathode material in the liquid state. Figure 3 describes in cross-section various exemplary embodiments of the anode (4) according to the invention. As shown in embodiment 3A, the anode (4) may be made solely of the anode material (1), comprising the matrix material (2) and the distributed material (3). In this case, the anode material may also act as an anodic current collector (9). As shown in embodiments 3B - 3E, the anode material (1) may be deposited on and/or or in a separate anodic current collector (9). The current collector (9) may comprise any appropriate conductive material compatible with, for instance, the anode material (1) and/or the electrolyte (not shown) under the charging and/or discharging and or storage voltage and/or current of the electrochemical cell (5). The current collector (9) may be in the form of, for instance a foil or film of current collector material, as shown in Figure 3B and 3C. The anode material (1) may be on one side of the current collector (9), as shown in Figure 3B, or may be on both sides of the current collector (9), as shown in Figure 3C. The anodic current collector (9) may be in the form of, for instance, an open structure such as, for instance, a mesh, perforated foil, weave or other topology containing voids or open spaces, of N anodic current collector material, as shown in Figure N 3D and 3E. The anode material (1), in such a case, may N be placed so as to fully or partially fill the void n 30 spaces of the open structure of the anodic current I collector (9). The anode material (1) may be on one = side of the current collector (9), as shown in Figure 2 3D, or may be on both sides of the current collector o (9), as shown in Figure 3E.
N 35 The herein disclosed anode material may be used either as current collector substrate for metallic metal electro-deposition in discharged state assembled electrochemical cells, or as charged state metallic metal electrode in charged state assembled electrochemical cells.
The material of the separate anodic current collector (9) may be any suitable electrically conductive material. Here electrically conductive material means material having electric conductivity greater than approximately 1x105 o(S/m) at 20°C.
Examples of electrically conductive materials include metallic materials. Metallic materials include materials that have electrons in 3-dimensional delocalized state. Examples of metallic materials may include metals. Examples of metals may include Hg, Dy, Fu, Ce, Er, Ho, La, Pr, Tm, Nd, Y, Sc, Lu, Po, Am, Ti, Zr, Sb, Fr, Ba, Hf, As, Yb, U, Pb, Cs, V, Pa, Re, 11, Th, Tc, Ga, Nb, Ta, Sr, Cr, Rb, Sn, Pd, Pt, Fe, Li, Os, In, Ru, Cd, K, Ni, Zn, Co, Mo, W, Ir, Na, Rh, Mg, Ca, Be, Al, Au, Cu, Ag and any mixtures, alloys or combinations thereof. Metallic materials may include allotropes of carbon. Allotropes of carbon include diamond, graphite, graphene, amorphous carbon, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanobuds and glassy carbon, carbon nanofoam, lonsdaleite, linear acetylenic carbon or any other allotrope of carbon and/or any combination thereof. Other metallic N materials are possible according to the invention. The N choice of suitable current collector material is 5 dependent on the specifics of, for instance, the = 30 battery composition, chemical and electrochemical I stability with regards to the electrolyte, charging + voltage and/or charge and/or discharge current. © 8 The matrix material : distributed material © composite anode material may be prepared by any means N 35 known in the art. One method of preparation is to heat a mixture of matrix material and distributed material particles above the melting point of matrix material but below the melting point of distributed material to create a matrix material : distributed material composite matirial. The composite material can then subsequently processed to improve the material properties, such as particle size or composite homogenaity. This can be by any means known in the art, for instance, by being mortared, for instance, in a mortar mill. Any heating and/or processing time is possible according to the invention. Preferably, the processing time 1s between 1 and 1000 minutes, and more preferably, between 2 and 100 minutes and most preferably between 5 and 50 minutes. The heating and/or mortaring processes can be carried out under any appropriate atmosphere. Preferably the atmosphere is inert to one or both of the matrix material and distributed material. Examples include, but are not limited to argon and nitrogen atmospheres. The matrix material : distributed material mass ratio of the mixture may be any defined ration. Preferably the ratio is between 100:1 and 1:100, and more preferably between 50:1 and 1:50 and more preferably between 20:1 and 1:20 and more preferably between 10:1 and 1:10 and more preferably between 5:1 and 1:5, and more preferably between 3:1 and 1:3, and more preferably between 2:1 and 1:2, and most preferably between 1.1:1 N and 1:1.1.
S N The anode material (1) may be processed by <Q any means known in the art to create the anode (4). N 30 Examples include rolling, e.g. through a nip, dip E coating, calandering, hydraulic pressing. An exemplary © means of forming the anode (1) according to the 8 invention are shown in Figure 4. As shown in Figure © 4A, anode material (1) may be drawn through a nip (10) i 35 to form, either a an anode (4), wherein the anode (4) is also the current collector (9) or a freestanding anode material film (12). As shown in Figure 4B, anode material (1) may be drawn through a nip (10) to form, together with a current collector (9), an anode (4) comprising separate anode material (1) and current collector substrate (9). As shown in Figure 4C, anode material (1) may be drawn through a nip (10) to form. together with a current collector (9), an anode (4) comprising separate anode material (1) in two layers on both sides of a current collector substrate (9). Figure 5 shows how a freestanding anode material film (12), produce by the method of Figure 4 or otherwise, can be combined with a current collector (9) substrate to form a one-sided (Figure 5A) or two-sided (Figure 5B) anode (4) by passing one or two freestanding anode material films (12) through a lamination nip (11).
It has been surprisingly discovered that employing halogenated electrolyte additives may further improve the electrochemical performance of the herein disclosed matrix mateiral : distributed material composite anode. Here, halogenated electrolyte additives are defined as halogen- containing molecules, which are soluble in the electrolyte and chemically react at the anode or cathode surface. Any halogenated electrolyte additive can be used according to the invention. Halogenated here means having a halogen in the molecule. Halogens N include, but are not limited to Fl, Cl, Br and I.
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N EXAMPLES n In one embodiment of the method, sodium : I 30 aluminum composite anode material has been prepared by first mixing sodium metal and a powder of aluminum 2 flakes and heating the mixture of sodium and aluminum O flakes above the melting point of sodium (98 °C) but > below the melting point of aluminum (660 °C). In this example the temperature was approximately 120 °C. The sodium : aluminum mass ratio of the mixture according to this embodiment was approximately 1:1. For this embodiment of the invention, the ratio is preferably between 5:1 and 1:5, and more preferably between 3:1 and 1:3, and more preferably between 2:1 and 1:2, and most preferably between 1.1:1 and 1:1.1. The resulting Na : Al intermediate composite material was then subsequently further processed by being mortared in a mortar mill for 10 minutes during its cooling to create the final composite material.
This heating and mortaring process was carried out under an argon atmosphere, which is inert to metallic sodium.
It has been surprisingly discovered that, as the sodium cools below its melting point, mortaring action produces a homogeneous composite from the sodium : aluminum mixture, with a flaky appearance.
The visual appearance of the resulting material is shown in Figure 6. This homogeneous composite formation is surprising, since sodium is known to poorly wet other materials, i.e. sodium has a generally poor affinity for dispersion.
As the resulting sodium : aluminum composite was transferred out into ambient air, it has been surprisingly discovered that its air stability is significantly higher than the stability of plain sodium metal, and the composite retained its shiny metallic appearance.
N In a dry-room environment, the sodium : aluminum N composite was found to be sufficiently stable to allow N the production of battery electrodes.
The sodium : n 30 aluminum composite was found to be sufficiently soft I for being press-rolled into a continuous film and/or for lamination onto a current collector film or into a 2 current collector mesh.
Upon warming the composite to e higher temperature than room temperature, but still > 35 below the sodium melting point, its softness was found to increase further.
This mechanical property allows simple and cost effective electrode production from the herein disclosed sodium : aluminum composite material. Figure 7 shows an anodic electrode, produced by pressing the sodium : aluminum composite into an aluminum mesh current collector.
The herein disclosed anode material may be used either as current collector substrate for metallic sodium electro-deposition in discharged state assembled battery cells, or as charged state sodium electrode in charged state assembled battery cells. The electrochemical properties of the resulting anode were evaluated in battery cells comprising NaAlCl, +250, electrolyte formulation. This electrolyte was selected for evaluation because it supports the reversible cycling of a metallic sodium anode, and therefore, allows electrochemical comparison against a plain metallic sodium anode. The employed cathode was a discharged state cathode comprising a Cu + 2NaCl active material formulation. After charging the cathode to CuCl, state, the cathode was cycled according to the CuCl, + CuCl+NaCl conversion reaction. The electrochemical performance of 1:1 mass ratio Na:Al composite anode versus plain metallic Na anode was evaluated by measuring three parameters during battery cycling: i) Coulombic Efficiency; ii) discharge time / discharge capacity N ratio; and iii) Internal] Resistance of the cell. . Figures 8 - 10 show the measured data. As seen from <Q Figure 8, the average Coulombic Efficiency is similar N 30 in both cases. However, the fluctuation of Coulombic E Efficiency is smaller for the Na:Al composite anode, © indicating a more stable electrode-electrolyte 8 interface. The discharge program is composed of a © sequence of decreasing discharge currents, each step N 35 ending at the cut-off voltage of 3.2 V. The duration of discharge under such discharge program is related to the resistance of the electrode-electrolyte interface, since longer discharge time means the shifting of the discharge towards lower currents.
The discharge time is divided by the discharge capacity of the cathode, in order to eliminate cathode capacity evolution effects.
As seen from Figure 9, the discharge time is significantly shorter for the Na:Al composite anode, indicating a significantly lower resistance of the electrode-electrolyte interface.
The Internal Resistance of the cell is estimated from the voltage data evolution at the charging start and stop events.
As seen from Figure 10, the Internal Resistance is significantly smaller for the Na:Al composite anode, again indicating a significantly lower resistance of the electrode-electrolyte interface.
As seen from Figure 11, the average discharge voltage is approximately the same for the Na:Al composite anode as for the metallic Na anode.
Therefore the herein described performance improvements have no disadvantage in terms of cell voltage.
Altogether, these data prove the improved cell performance of the Therein disclosed Na:Al composite anode campared to cell comprising a pure metallic Na anode.
As an anode for charged state assembled cells, the preferred embodiment of 1:1 mass ratio N between Na : Al composite is a dense anode with 550 N mAh/g gravimetric capacity, which can be operated at N the potential of -2.7 V vs.
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As an anodic n 30 substrate for discharged state assembled cells, the I preferred embodiment of 1:1 mass ratio between Na : Al + composite anode supports highly efficient and durable 2 anodic cycling of metallic sodium deposition and O stripping.
In both cases, the electrochemical > 35 performance is better than the performance of pure metallic Na anodes.
Battery cells employing the herein disclosed anode may be assembled in a dry room environment.
It has been surprisingly discovered that employing halogenated electrolyte additives may further improve the electrochemical performance of the herein disclosed Na:Al composite anode. The anodic performance of the Na:Al composite is compared in two versions of the NaAlCl, +250, electrolyte: additive-free versus 2 weight% CF3S0,Cl1 additive containing. The anodic performance was evaluated by measuring three parameters during battery cycling: i) Coulombic Efficiency; ii) discharge time / discharge capacity ratio; and iii) Internal] Resistance of the cell. Figures 12 - 14 show the measured data. As seen from Figure 12, the Coulombic Efficiency is initially higher than 100% for the cell with CF3s0,Cl additive containing electrolyte, indicating the consumption of the electrolyte additive. However, after about 50 cycles, the Coulombic Efficiency of the cell with CF3S0,C1l additive containing electrolyte converges very close to 100%, demonstrating better Coulombic Efficiency than the additive-free electrolyte. As seen from Figures 13 - 14, the discharge time is slightly shorter and the Internal Resistance is slightly lower for the cell with CF3S0,C1 additive containing electrolyte, indicating a slightly lower resistance of N the electrode-electrolyte interface. It is also seen N from Figures 13 - 14 that resistance fluctuation is N smaller with the CF3S502C1 additive containing n 30 electrolyte, indicating a more stable electrode- I electrolyte interface. Altogether, these data show that the anodic performance of the herein disclosed 2 Na:Al composite anode may be further enhanced by & employing one Or more halogenated electrolyte > 35 additives. The long-term cycling stability is also demonstrated by this data.
While the foregoing examples are illustrative of the principles of the present invention in one or more particular applications, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications in form, usage and details of implementation can be made without the exercise of inventive faculty, and without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the invention be limited, except as by the claims set forth below.
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1. An anode material (1) for a rechargeable electrochemical cell, wherein the anode material (1) comprises a matrix material (2) : distributed material (3) composite, and wherein, the matrix material (2) comprises one or more metallic alkali metals and/or alkali earth metals and the distributed material is in the form of particles and the distributed material comprises essentially only one or more metals and/or one or more alloys of metals.
2. The anode material (1) of claim 1, wherein the distributed material metal is different from the matrix material (2).
3. The anode material (1) of any of claims 1 — 2, wherein a metal of the distributed material (3) comprises one or more transition metals and/or post transition metals.
4. The anode material (1) of any of claims 1 - 3, wherein the alkali metal comprises lithium, potassium and/or sodium.
5. The anode material (1) of any of claims 1 - 4, wherein the one or more post transition metals comprises aluminum, gallium, indium, tin and/or lead.
6. The anode material (1) of any of claims 1 N 25 —- 5, wherein the matrix material (2) comprises sodium O and/or the distributed material comprises aluminun. 5 7. An anode for an electrochemical cell, = wherein the anode (4) comprises the anode material I (1) of any of claims 1 — 6. a © 30 8. The anode (4) of claim 7, wherein the 8 anode further comprises a current collector (9) © and/or an SEI layer (8).
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9. An electrochemical cell (5) comprising, a cathode (6), the anode (4) of any of claims 7 - 8 and an electrolyte, at least in part, between the anode and the cathode.
10. The electrochemical cell of claim 9, wherein the electrolyte is an NHs, 50,2, ether, carbonate, or nitrile solvent based electrolyte, or any mixture or combination thereof.
11. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of claims 9 - 10, wherein the electrolyte comprises an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal and/or a transition metal and/or post transition metal containing electrolyte salt.
12. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of claim 9 - 11, wherein the matrix material (2) and/or the distributed material (3) comprise one or more of the metals of the electrolyte salt.
13. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of claims 9 - 12, wherein the metals of the electrolyte salt are Na and Al.
14. The electrochemical cell (5) of claim 13, wherein the electrolyte salt is NaAlCl,.
15. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of claims 9 - 14, wherein the electrolyte is NaAlC1l,4 :xS0,. N 25
16. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of N claims 9 - 15, wherein all or part of the anode (4) is S used as a substrate for electro-deposition of one or = more matrix materials (2) during charging and/or, I wherein all or part of the anode is used as a source + 30 of matrix material during discharging. © 8
17. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of © claims 9 - 16, wherein the electrolyte further
O N comprises one or more electrolyte additives.
18. The electrochemical cell (5) of claim 17, wherein the electrolyte additive comprises a halogenated electrolyte additive.
19. The electrochemical cell (5) of claim 18, wherein the halogenated electrolyte additive comprises trifluoromethanesulfonyl-chloride (CF3S0,C1l), thionyl-chloride (50C1,2), SnC14, and/or fluoro- ethylenecarbonate (4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-0ne) or any mixture or combination thereof.
20. The electrochemical cell (5) of any of claims 8 - 19, wherein the cathode (6) comprises a cation intercalation capable cathode material, a conversion reaction capable cathode material, a catholyte liquid or any mixture or combination thereof.
21. A method of manufacturing the anode material (1) of any of claims 1 - 6 comprising the steps of mixing a matrix material (2) and distributed material (3) and heating the mixture to selectively melt the matrix material to produce a matrix material : distributed material composite.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the matrix material (2) : distributed material (3) composite is and intermediate matrix material : distributed material composite and, wherein the N intermediate matrix material : distributed material N composite is chemically or mechanically processed to N reduce the size of the distributed material and/or to n increase the homogeneity of the matrix material : I 30 distributed material composite.
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23. The use of the anode material (1) of any 8 of claims 1 - 6, the anode (4) of any of claims 7 - 8 © or the electrochemical cell (5) of any of claims 9 - N 20 in a device.
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