Method for in-situ preparation of porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material
阅读说明：本技术 一种原位制备多孔硅碳复合负极材料的方法 (Method for in-situ preparation of porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material ) 是由 李世友 东红 宋如 崔孝玲 李春雷 傅小兰 王鹏 梁文彪 魏媛 丁浩 赵冬妮 于 2020-05-22 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种原位制备多孔硅碳复合负极材料的方法,其步骤为：步骤(1)球磨分散：将低熔点、可溶性无机盐、纳米硅或微纳米硅进行球磨混合,球磨罐内进行惰性气体置换；步骤(2)高温熔融：将步骤(1)所得物料进行惰性环境高温熔融形成熔融混合体；熔融温度为1450～1800℃,升温速率为5～10℃/min；步骤(3)球磨包覆：将步骤(2)所得熔融混合体按比例与碳前驱体或碳材料进行高能球磨混合；球磨罐内进行惰性气体置换；步骤(4)高温碳化：将步骤(3)所得混合物料进行高温碳化；碳化温度为600～1200℃,升温速率为5～10℃/min；步骤(5)水洗干燥：将步骤(4)所得物料进行超声、洗涤5～8h,干燥,得到材料。(A method for preparing a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ comprises the following steps: step (1), ball milling and dispersing: carrying out ball milling and mixing on low-melting-point and soluble inorganic salt, nano silicon or micro-nano silicon, and carrying out inert gas replacement in a ball milling tank; step (2), high-temperature melting: melting the material obtained in the step (1) in an inert environment at high temperature to form a melt mixture; the melting temperature is 1450-1800 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min; ball-milling and coating: performing high-energy ball milling mixing on the melt mixture obtained in the step (2) and a carbon precursor or a carbon material according to a proportion; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank; step (4), high-temperature carbonization: carrying out high-temperature carbonization on the mixed material obtained in the step (3); the carbonization temperature is 600-1200 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min; step (5), washing and drying: and (4) carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the material obtained in the step (4), washing for 5-8 h, and drying to obtain the material.)
1. A method for preparing a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ is characterized by comprising the following steps:
step (1), ball milling and dispersing: ball-milling and mixing low-melting-point soluble inorganic salt, nano-silicon or micro-nano-silicon, and adding a proper amount of wetting agent; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 10-12 h;
step (2), high-temperature melting: melting the material obtained in the step (1) in an inert environment at high temperature to form a melt mixture; the melting temperature is 1450-1800 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
ball-milling and coating: performing high-energy ball milling mixing on the melt mixture obtained in the step (2) and a carbon precursor or a carbon material according to a proportion; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 4-8 h;
step (4), high-temperature carbonization: carrying out high-temperature carbonization on the mixed material obtained in the step (3); the carbonization temperature is 600-1200 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
step (5), washing and drying: and (4) carrying out ultrasonic treatment and washing on the material obtained in the step (4) for 5-8 hours, and carrying out vacuum drying on the obtained material to obtain the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material.
2. The method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material in situ according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps: adding a proper amount of wetting agent in the step (1); wherein the mass ratio of the silicon-based material to the template to the wetting agent is 1: 15-20: 0.5-2; the wetting agent is industrial ethanol, industrial methanol or deionized water.
3. The method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material in situ according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the low-melting-point and soluble inorganic salt in the step (1) is sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium bicarbonate or a combination of the two.
4. The in-situ prepared porous Si-C composite negative electrode of claim 1A method of pole material, characterized by: controlling the temperature of the melt mixture in the step (1) to 1450～1600℃。
5. The method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material in situ according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the mass ratio of the molten mixture to the carbon precursor in the step (3) is as follows: 1: 25-50, or the mass ratio of the molten mixture, the carbon precursor and the carbon material is as follows: 1: 15-35: 10-15.
6. The method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material in situ according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the silicon-based material in the step (1) is nano silicon or micro nano silicon, and D of the silicon-based material50The size is 100-1000 nm.
7. The method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material in situ according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the carbon precursor in the step (3) is pitch or resin; the carbon material is activated carbon, or graphite, or graphene.
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of lithium ion batteries, and particularly relates to a technology for in-situ preparation of a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material.
Background
The lithium ion battery is a secondary battery widely applied to industries such as smart power grids, power automobiles, wearable equipment and the like. With the rapid advance of social economy, the requirement of human beings on the energy density of the lithium ion battery is increasingly strict, and particularly the concern of the endurance mileage of a new energy electric vehicle is concerned, so that the development of the high-energy-density lithium ion battery material becomes the currentThe research focus of society today. In the field of negative electrode material research, graphite has long been used as a mainstream graphite negative electrode material for commercialization because of its good physicochemical properties, processability, and stable electrochemical properties. However, the limited theoretical specific capacity (LiC) of graphite anode materials6372 mAh/g) have failed to meet the current application requirements. Among all the emerging graphite negative electrode alternatives, Si-based negative electrodes are due to their superior capacity performance (Li)15Si43590 mAh/g) was considered as one of the most competitive anode materials. However, during lithiation or delithiation, silicon has poor conductivity and changes in volume by about 300%, easily causing cracking of active particles of a pole piece, pulverization of an electrode, loss of conductivity between active particles, and formation of an unstable Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI). In order to solve the problems of the silicon cathode, a porous silicon-carbon composite material with high performance is developed, the material has a buffer space with expanded silicon volume, provides a transfer pore channel for the rapid movement of electrolyte ions, has good circulation stability, and meets the application requirement of a high-performance cathode material.
In order to buffer the volume effect of silicon, a silicon material with a porous structure is designed, and the internal pores reserve a space for the volume expansion of silicon, so that the mechanical stress is relieved, the volume over-expansion of the material during lithium storage is reduced, and the structure of an electrode is prevented from being damaged.
Chinese patent CN201911136192.8 discloses a preparation method of a silicon-based negative electrode material of a lithium ion battery, and the preparation method adopts a spray drying method to prepare a precursor, and the silicon-based negative electrode material is obtained by sintering, washing, surface coating, high-temperature carbonization and other processes. The process has the defects that the liquid phase of spray drying is not uniformly dispersed and is easy to settle, so that the uniformity of the product is poor. And on the other hand, the surface is coated again after washing, so that the formed gap is easy to be filled and blocked, and the aim of reserving a buffer space cannot be fulfilled.
Chinese patent CN201810447992.0 discloses a silicon-carbon cathode material with a multi-level buffer structure, and a preparation method and application thereof, wherein porous silicon is mentioned as a first-level buffer structure, an asphalt coating layer is mentioned as a second-level buffer structure, and a framework structure constructed by flake graphite is mentioned as a third-level buffer structure. The process obtains a porous silicon structure by magnesiothermic reduction and acid washing, is not beneficial to environmental protection, has higher process cost and is not beneficial to large-scale production.
Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 32 nd 124-130, page 130 reports a novel preparation method of a yolk shell structured Si/C composite material, in the novel structure, a plurality of small-sized Si nanoparticles are successfully encapsulated in a porous carbon shell layer due to the strong etching effect of HF to form a double-layer structure. The preparation method has the defects that toxic reagents and strong corrosive acids are selected for preparing the porous material, the environmental pollution is large, the operation is difficult, and the industrialization is difficult to realize.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for preparing a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, which has higher shell strength and internal buffer space, can relieve the volume expansion of silicon particles in the charging and discharging process, has better cycle stability and meets the application requirement of serving as a high-performance negative electrode of a lithium ion battery. The process has the advantages of simple preparation process, environmental friendliness, low cost and suitability for large-scale production.
The invention relates to a method for preparing a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, which comprises the following steps:
step (1), ball milling and dispersing: ball-milling and mixing low-melting-point soluble inorganic salt, nano-silicon or micro-nano-silicon, and adding a proper amount of wetting agent; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 10-12 h;
step (2), high-temperature melting: melting the material obtained in the step (1) in an inert environment at high temperature to form a melt mixture; the melting temperature is 1450-1800 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
ball-milling and coating: performing high-energy ball milling mixing on the melt mixture obtained in the step (2) and a carbon precursor or a carbon material according to a proportion; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 4-8 h;
step (4), high-temperature carbonization: carrying out high-temperature carbonization on the mixed material obtained in the step (3); the carbonization temperature is 600-1200 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
step (5), washing and drying: and (4) carrying out ultrasonic treatment and washing on the material obtained in the step (4) for 5-8 hours, and carrying out vacuum drying on the obtained material to obtain the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) according to the invention, low-melting-point and soluble salt is adopted in the ball milling process, so that on one hand, the grinding aid is used, the purpose of easy agglomeration and difficult dispersion of nano-silicon is realized, the operation is simple, and the effect is obvious; on the other hand, the template agent can be removed by water, so that the traditional method of etching and forming holes by using toxic and harmful hydrofluoric acid is avoided, and the template agent is safe and environment-friendly;
(2) compared with the traditional process, the invention adopts the high-temperature melting process, can realize the mutual melting of silicon and inorganic salt, realizes the uniform mixing of the silicon and the inorganic salt, and realizes the uniform coating of the mixed melt by ball milling and dispersion coating again. The two base materials of porous silicon and porous carbon are combined to realize secondary buffer space.
In conclusion, the preparation method has the advantages of simple process flow, low cost, environment-friendly and simple operation and easy industrial production, and the silicon-based anode material prepared by the method has small volume expansion, excellent and stable cycle performance, and effectively improves the cycle performance of the silicon-based anode material.
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FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a SEM image of a sample obtained in example 3 of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a cycle test chart of a product obtained in example 3 at a current density, and FIG. 4 is a graph of a rate capability of the product obtained in example 3 at different current densities.
Detailed Description
The invention relates to a method for preparing a porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, which comprises the following steps:
step (1), ball milling and dispersing: ball-milling and mixing low-melting-point soluble inorganic salt, nano-silicon or micro-nano-silicon, and adding a proper amount of wetting agent; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 10-12 h;
step (2), high-temperature melting: melting the material obtained in the step (1) in an inert environment at high temperature to form a melt mixture; the melting temperature is 1450-1800 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
ball-milling and coating: performing high-energy ball milling mixing on the melt mixture obtained in the step (2) and a carbon precursor or a carbon material according to a proportion; replacing inert gas in the ball milling tank, wherein the ball milling speed is 400-500 r/min, and the ball milling time is 4-8 h;
step (4), high-temperature carbonization: carrying out high-temperature carbonization on the mixed material obtained in the step (3); the carbonization temperature is 600-1200 ℃, and the heating rate is 5-10 ℃/min;
step (5), washing and drying: and (4) carrying out ultrasonic treatment and washing on the material obtained in the step (4) for 5-8 hours, and carrying out vacuum drying on the obtained material to obtain the porous silicon-carbon composite anode material.
According to the method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, a proper amount of wetting agent is added in the step (1); wherein the mass ratio of the silicon-based material to the template to the wetting agent is 1: 15-20: 0.5-2; the wetting agent is industrial ethanol, industrial methanol or deionized water.
In the method for in-situ preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material, in the step (1), the low-melting-point and soluble inorganic salt is sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, or a combination of the two.
In the method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, the temperature of the molten mixture in the step (1) is controlled to 1450～1600℃。
In the method for preparing the porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material in situ, the mass ratio of the melt mixture to the carbon precursor in the step (2) is as follows: 1: 25-50, or the mass ratio of the molten mixture, the carbon precursor and the carbon material is as follows: 1: 15-35: 10-15.
The porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode is prepared in situThe method for preparing the electrode material comprises the steps that the silicon-based material in the step (1) is nano silicon or micro-nano silicon, and D of the silicon-based material50The size is 100-1000 nm.
In the method for in-situ preparation of the porous silicon-carbon composite negative electrode material, the carbon precursor in the step (3) is pitch or resin; the carbon material is activated carbon, or graphite, or graphene.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the following will further describe each embodiment with reference to fig. 1. It is to be understood that the practice of the invention is not limited to the following examples, and that any changes and/or modifications may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the invention. In the following examples, all percentages are by weight, unless otherwise specified. The methods in the following examples are conventional in the art unless otherwise specified.