阅读说明：本技术 正极片及其制备方法、锂离子电池和车辆 (Positive plate and preparation method thereof, lithium ion battery and vehicle ) 是由 焦晓朋 李世彩 胡栋杰 韩晓燕 江正福 于 2018-07-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请提供了一种电池正极片,包括正极集流体和位于正极集流体上的正极材料层,其特征在于,还包括补锂层,所述补锂层位于正极集流体和正极材料层之间或所述补锂层位于正极材料层表面；所述补锂层包括补锂材料和第一粘结剂,所述补锂材料包括核和位于核表面的包覆层,所述核包括至少一种锂离子化合物,所述包覆层包括碳和金属碳化物。本申请还提供了该种电池正极片的制备方法、含有该电池正极片的锂离子电池和含有该锂离子电池的车辆,本申请通过在电池正极片形成补锂层,补锂层脱出活性锂,进而能够补充SEI膜消耗的活性锂,能够大大提高电池的能量密度。(The application provides a battery positive plate, which comprises a positive current collector and a positive material layer positioned on the positive current collector, and is characterized by further comprising a lithium supplementing layer, wherein the lithium supplementing layer is positioned between the positive current collector and the positive material layer or positioned on the surface of the positive material layer; the lithium supplement layer comprises a lithium supplement material and a first binder, the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and metal carbide. The application also provides a preparation method of the battery positive plate, a lithium ion battery containing the battery positive plate and a vehicle containing the lithium ion battery.)

1. The battery positive plate comprises a positive current collector and a positive material layer positioned on the positive current collector, and is characterized by further comprising a lithium supplement layer, wherein the lithium supplement layer is positioned between the positive current collector and the positive material layer or positioned on the surface of the positive material layer; the lithium supplement layer comprises a lithium supplement material and a first binder, the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and metal carbide.

2. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the lithium supplement layer is positioned between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode material layer.

3. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material, and the lithium ion compound has a lithium intercalation potential smaller than that of the positive electrode active material.

4. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the lithium ion compound has a first delithiation capacity greater than a first intercalation capacity.

5. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the lithium ion compound is selected from Li₂MoO₃、Li₂MnO₃、LiMnO₂、Li₂MnSiO₄、Li₂CoSiO₄、LiFeBO₃、Li₂FeSiO₄、Li₅FeO₄、Li₆CoO₄、Li₆MnO₄、Li₂NiO₂And Li₂CuO₂One or more of (a).

6. The positive electrode sheet for a battery according to claim 1, wherein the lithium ion compound has an average particle diameter of 50nm ~ 5 μm.

7. The positive electrode sheet for a battery according to claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound, the carbon and the metal carbide is 80 ~ 95: 1 ~ 10: 2 ~ 10.

8. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer has a thickness of 2nm ~ 50 nm.

9. The method of claim 1The positive plate of the battery is characterized in that the metal carbide is selected from Mo₂C. TiC, ZrC, VC, NbC, TaC, WC and Cr₃C₂One or more of (a).

10. The positive electrode sheet for a battery according to claim 1, wherein the lithium supplement material further comprises a carbon layer between the core and the clad layer, and the carbon layer has a thickness of 1 ~ 3 nm.

11. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 10, wherein the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound, the carbon in the coating layer, the metal carbide and the carbon in the carbon layer is 80 ~ 95: 1 ~ 9: 2 ~ 10: 1 ~ 9.

12. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1, wherein the first binder comprises one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylate, polyurethane, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, epoxy resin, styrene-butadiene rubber, polymethyl cellulose, sodium polymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and polyallyl alcohol;

the mass ratio of the lithium supplement material to the first bond is 85 ~ 97: 3 ~ 15.

13. The positive electrode sheet according to claim 3, wherein the positive active material comprises LiFePO₄、LiFe_1-x1Mn_x1PO₄，LiCoO₂、LiMn₂O₄、LiNi_1-x2-y1Co_x2Al_y1O₂、LiNi_1-x3-y2Co_x3Mn_y2O₂One or more of; wherein x1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1 and 0<x2≤0.2，0<y1≤0.1， 0<x3<1，0<y2<1。

14. The positive plate of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the positive material layer to the thickness of the lithium supplement layer is 50 ~ 100: 0.5 ~ 10.

15. The preparation method of the battery positive plate is characterized by comprising the following steps:

(1) mixing and sintering a lithium ion compound, a first carbon source and a metal carbide in an inert atmosphere to prepare a lithium supplement material, wherein the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and the metal carbide;

(2) dispersing a lithium supplement material and a first binder in a first solvent to prepare a lithium supplement slurry;

(3) coating the lithium supplementing slurry on at least one surface of the positive current collector, drying to form a lithium supplementing layer, and preparing a positive material layer on the surface of the lithium supplementing layer; or preparing a positive electrode material layer on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, coating the lithium supplement slurry on the surface of the positive electrode material layer, and drying.

16. The method for preparing a positive electrode sheet for a battery according to claim 15, wherein the first solvent is one or more selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylformamide, diethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, water and alcohols.

17. The method for preparing the positive plate of the battery according to claim 16, wherein the sintering temperature in the step (1) is 500 ~ 700 ℃, the sintering time is 2 ~ 24 hours, the gas in the inert atmosphere is one of helium, neon or argon, and the first carbon source is one or more selected from sucrose, glucose, epoxy resin, lactose, maltose, polyvinyl alcohol and phenolic resin.

18. The method for preparing the positive plate of the battery according to claim 15, wherein the preparation process of the core in the step (1) comprises mixing and sintering the lithium ion compound and a second carbon source, wherein the sintering temperature is 500 ~ 700 ℃, the sintering time is 2 ~ 24h, and the second carbon source is one or more selected from sucrose, glucose, epoxy resin, lactose, maltose, polyvinyl alcohol and phenolic resin.

19. A positive electrode sheet for a battery produced by the method for producing a positive electrode sheet for a battery according to any one of claims 15 to 18.

20. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode sheet of claim 19.

21. A vehicle containing the lithium ion battery of claim 20.

Technical Field

The application belongs to the field of lithium ion batteries, and particularly relates to a positive plate and a preparation method thereof, a lithium ion battery and a vehicle.

Background

The lithium ion battery has the advantages of high energy density, high cycle performance, environmental friendliness and the like, and is widely applied to the technical fields of electric automobiles, digital codes, energy storage systems and the like. However, with the continuous expansion of the application field of the lithium ion battery, higher requirements are put on the energy density of the lithium ion battery, and thus, the application of the lithium supplement process is particularly important. The current lithium supplement process is mainly divided into two main categories: 1) a positive electrode lithium supplement process; 2) and (5) a negative electrode lithium supplement process. Lithium is supplemented by lithium powder and lithium is supplemented by lithium foil generally for the negative electrode, but because the lithium metal is alkali metal with high reaction activity and can react with water violently, the requirement of the lithium metal on the environment is very strict, so that the two negative electrode lithium supplementing processes are required to be invested in huge resources to modify a production line, purchase expensive lithium supplementing equipment, and simultaneously, in order to ensure the lithium supplementing effect, the existing production process is required to be adjusted; in addition, the high-capacity silicon negative electrode with lithium-supplemented negative electrode has the defects of high expansion rate and the like, and is difficult to popularize. In the positive electrode lithium supplementing technology, a small amount of lithium-containing compound and conductive agent are generally added in the positive electrode homogenizing process, and lithium ions are extracted from the high-capacity positive electrode material and are inserted into a negative electrode to supplement irreversible capacity of first charge and discharge in the charging process, so that the following defects exist: 1) the lithium-containing compound is added into the anode slurry for coating, and although the process is simple and expensive lithium supplementing equipment is not needed, the processes of all material preparation, slurry mixing, coating and the like of the existing battery are required to be changed, and the process is complex; 2) the addition of a lithium-containing compound to the positive electrode results in a decrease in the proportion of positive active materials, which affects the further improvement of the energy density of the lithium ion battery; 3) the lithium-containing compound added into the positive electrode can react with water and oxygen in the air, so that the operation environment is harsh, the safety is low, and the large-scale production is difficult; the lithium-containing compound is mixed with the conductive agent in a solid phase, so that the migration of electrons between two phases is more obstructed, and the smooth extraction of lithium ions from the material is not facilitated.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides a battery positive plate, which comprises a positive current collector and a positive material layer positioned on the positive current collector, and is characterized by further comprising a lithium supplement layer, wherein the lithium supplement layer is positioned between the positive current collector and the positive material layer or positioned on the surface of the positive material layer; the lithium supplement layer comprises a lithium supplement material and a first binder, the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and metal carbide.

Optionally, the lithium supplement layer is located between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode material layer.

Optionally, the positive electrode material layer includes a positive electrode active material, and the lithium intercalation potential of the lithium ion compound is smaller than that of the positive electrode active material.

Optionally, the first lithium removal capacity of the lithium ion compound is greater than the first lithium insertion capacity.

Optionally, the lithium ion compound is selected from Li₂MoO₃、Li₂MnO₃、LiMnO₂、Li₂MnSiO₄、 Li₂CoSiO₄、LiFeBO₃、Li₂FeSiO₄、Li₅FeO₄、Li₆CoO₄、Li₆MnO₄、Li₂NiO₂And Li₂CuO₂One or more of (a).

Optionally, the lithium ion compound has an average particle size of 50nm to 5 μm.

Optionally, the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound to the carbon to the metal carbide is 80-95: 1-10: 2 to 10.

Optionally, the thickness of the coating layer is 2nm to 50 nm.

Optionally, the metal carbide is selected from Mo₂C. TiC, ZrC, VC, NbC, TaC, WC and Cr₃C₂One or more of (a).

Optionally, the lithium supplement material further comprises a carbon layer located between the core and the cladding layer, and the thickness of the carbon layer is 1-3 nm.

Optionally, the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound, the carbon in the coating layer, the metal carbide and the carbon in the carbon layer is 80-95: 1-9: 2-10: 1 to 9.

Optionally, the first binder is selected from one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylate, polyurethane, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, epoxy resin, styrene butadiene rubber, polymethyl cellulose, sodium polymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and polypropylene glycol; the mass ratio of the lithium supplement material to the first bonding is 85-97: 3 to 15.

Optionally, the positive active material includes LiFePO₄、LiFe_1-x1Mn_x1PO₄，LiCoO₂、LiMn₂O₄、LiNi_1-x2-y1Co_x2Al_y1O₂、LiNi_1-x3-y2Co_x3Mn_y2O₂One or more of; wherein x1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1 and 0<x2 ≤0.2，0<y1≤0.1，0<x3<1，0<y2<1。

Optionally, the ratio of the thickness of the positive electrode material layer to the thickness of the lithium supplement layer is 50-100: 0.5 to 10

A second object of the present application provides a method for preparing the positive electrode plate, which comprises the following steps:

(1) mixing and sintering a lithium ion compound, a first carbon source and a metal carbide in an inert atmosphere to prepare a lithium supplement material, wherein the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and the metal carbide;

(2) dispersing a lithium supplement material and a first binder in a first solvent to prepare a lithium supplement slurry;

(3) coating the lithium supplementing slurry on at least one surface of the positive current collector, drying to form a lithium supplementing layer, and preparing a positive material layer on the surface of the lithium supplementing layer; or preparing a positive electrode material layer on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, coating the lithium supplement slurry on the surface of the positive electrode material layer, and drying.

Optionally, the first solvent is one or more selected from N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylformamide, diethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, water and alcohols.

Optionally, the sintering temperature in the step (1) is 500-700 ℃, and the sintering time is 2-24 h; the gas in the inert atmosphere is one of helium, neon or argon; the first carbon source is selected from one or more of sucrose, glucose, epoxy resin, lactose, maltose, polyvinyl alcohol and phenolic resin.

Optionally, the preparation process of the core in the step (1) includes mixing and sintering a lithium ion compound and a second carbon source, wherein the sintering temperature is 500-700 ℃; the sintering time is 2-24 h; the first carbon source is selected from one or more of sucrose, glucose, epoxy resin, lactose, maltose, polyvinyl alcohol and phenolic resin.

The third purpose of the application is to provide a battery positive plate, which is prepared by the preparation method of the battery positive plate.

The fourth purpose of the application is to provide a lithium ion battery, which comprises the battery positive plate.

A fifth object of the present application is to provide a vehicle including the above lithium ion battery.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of this application is:

(1) according to the positive plate provided by the application, the lithium supplement material in the lithium supplement layer is coated by carbon and metal carbide together, so that the positive plate has high conductivity, an electron moving channel can be provided to reduce the polarization of the battery, and therefore, the lithium ion compound can be favorably separated from active lithium, the active lithium consumed by an SEI film can be supplemented, and the energy density of the battery is improved;

(2) the lithium ion compound selected in the application has irreversible capacity or the lithium insertion potential of a lithium removal product is smaller than that of the positive electrode active material, so that the lithium supplement material in the lithium supplement layer can remove more lithium and insert less lithium, and has better lithium supplement effect;

(3) the carbon and the carbide are selected for coating together, the carbon and the metal carbide both have extremely high conductivity, and the coating of the carbon and the metal carbide can improve the conductivity and the electrochemical performance of the lithium ion compound; metal ions in the metal carbide can enter crystal lattices of the lithium ion compound at an interface, and a small amount of metal ions in the lithium ion compound are substituted to form doping, so that the stability of the structure of the lithium ion compound can be improved on one hand, and vacancies formed in the doping are favorable for the migration of the lithium ions on the other hand; a small amount of carbon atoms newly generated by in-situ cracking of an organic carbon source in the high-temperature carbonization process permeate into crystal lattices of the metal carbide, so that the carbon and the carbide are tightly connected in a micro scale; the carbon can also play a role of a binder between the active substance and the carbide, so that the coating layers of the carbon and the metal carbide can be tightly coated around the active substance to form a perfect coating layer, and a good isolation effect is achieved; the carbon and the metal carbide do not react with water, the chemical corrosion resistance is realized, the corrosion of water and oxygen in the air to the lithium ion compound can be isolated by the coating of the carbon and the metal carbide, and the stability of the lithium supplement material in the air is improved.

Additional features and advantages of the present application will be described in detail in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an XRD pattern of the samples prepared in example 1 and comparative example 2 and after exposing the samples to air for 1 day.

Detailed Description

The invention provides a positive plate, which comprises a positive current collector, a positive material layer positioned on the positive current collector and a lithium supplementing layer.

The positive electrode current collector is used for collecting current so as to output the current. The positive current collector can be a conductive material commonly used in lithium ion batteries and capable of realizing the functions. Specifically, the positive current collector may be an aluminum foil, a copper foil, or a punched steel tape.

The lithium supplement layer is used for compensating the irreversible loss of lithium ions in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium ion battery.

According to the positive plate provided by the application, the lithium supplement layer is positioned between the positive current collector and the positive material layer or positioned on the surface of the positive material layer; in a preferred embodiment of the present application, the lithium supplement layer is located on the surface of the positive electrode material layer, so that the manufacturing process of the whole positive electrode plate is not changed, and the operation is more convenient.

The lithium supplement layer comprises a lithium supplement material and a first binder, the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and metal carbide.

The lithium ion compound can remove lithium ions in the charging process, and in order to achieve a better positive electrode lithium supplement effect, the lithium ion compound in the lithium supplement material is expected to remove more active lithium and embed less active lithium back into the lithium ion compound, so that the capacity loss of the battery caused by the fact that the lithium ions form an SEI film on a negative electrode can be supplemented, and the energy density of the battery is improved.

Based on the above lithium supplement principle, the positive electrode material layer of the battery positive plate comprises a positive electrode active substance, the lithium insertion potential of the lithium ion compound is less than or equal to 3V, and the lithium insertion potential of the positive electrode active substance in the current battery positive electrode material is generally 3.4-4.1V. When the positive plate is applied to a lithium ion battery, obviously, the lithium-embedded battery of the lithium-supplementing material in the lithium-supplementing layer on the positive plate is lower than the lithium-embedded potential of the positive active material in the positive material layer, and in the charging process of the battery, the lithium-supplementing material in the lithium-supplementing layer and the positive active material can normally remove lithium ions, and in the process, the lithium ions are embedded into the negative material; during the discharging process of the battery, lithium ions in the negative electrode are preferentially embedded back into the positive electrode active material with higher lithium embedding potential, and then a small amount of lithium ions are embedded back into the lithium supplementing material, so that the lithium supplementing effect on the positive electrode active material is realized.

Based on the lithium supplementing principle, the lithium ion compound in the lithium supplementing material is selected from lithium ion compounds with the first lithium removal capacity larger than the first lithium insertion capacity, and the lithium ion compound meeting the performance has the lithium ion removal amount larger than the lithium ion insertion amount, so that the negative electrode SEI film can consume part of active lithium during the charging and discharging processes of the battery, and the lithium supplementing material in the lithium supplementing layer can supplement the part of consumed lithium.

After a plurality of experiments, the inventor of the application finds that when the difference value between the first lithium removal capacity and the first lithium insertion capacity of lithium ion combination is more than or equal to 50mAh/g, the lithium supplement layer has a good lithium supplement effect, and when the difference value between the first lithium removal capacity and the first lithium insertion capacity of a lithium ion compound in a lithium supplement material is more than or equal to 150mAh/g, the lithium supplement effect of the lithium supplement layer is optimal.

Specifically, the lithium ion compound may be Li₂MoO₃，Li₂MnO₃，LiMnO₂，Li₂MnSiO₄，Li₂CoSiO₄、LiFeBO₃，Li₂FeSiO₄，Li₅FeO₄，Li₆CoO₄，Li₆MnO₄，Li₂NiO₂And Li₂CuO₂That is, the core material in the lithium supplement material may be one of the above lithium ion compounds or a combination of the above. Preferably, the lithium ion compound is selected from LiFeBO₃，Li₂FeSiO₄，Li₅FeO₄， Li₆CoO₄，Li₆MnO₄，Li₂NiO₂And Li₂CuO₂One or more of (a).

The inventor of the application finds that through forming a coating layer containing carbon and metal carbide on the surface of the lithium ion compound, the corrosion of water and oxygen in the air to the material can be isolated, the stability of the lithium ion compound in the air is improved, the harsh operating environment is not needed, the large-scale production is facilitated, the stability of the material is greatly improved, and the lithium supplementing effect of the lithium ion compound can be greatly improved.

The lithium ion compound of the present invention may be commercially available or may be synthesized by itself, and the present application is not limited thereto.

According to the positive plate provided by the application, the average particle size of the lithium ion compound is 50 nm-5 μm, multiple experiments show that when the average particle size of the lithium ion compound is less than 50nm, the specific surface area of the material is large, the reaction activity is high, side reactions are easy to occur in the preparation process of the lithium supplement material, when the average particle size is greater than 5 μm, the larger particle size is not beneficial to the migration of lithium ions, and the electrochemical performance of the material is seriously influenced, so that the fact that when the average particle size of the lithium ion compound is 50 nm-5 μm is inferred, the lithium supplement layer has a better lithium supplement effect is concluded, and further experiments show that when the average particle size of the lithium ion compound is controlled to be 100 nm-2 μm, the migration rate of the lithium ions is better, and the lithium supplement layer has a better lithium supplement effect.

According to the positive electrode plate for the battery provided by the application, preferably, the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound to the carbon to the metal carbide is 80-95: 1-10: 2-10, when the contents of carbon and metal carbide are too high, the lithium supplementing effect of the lithium supplementing material can be influenced because the carbon and metal carbide can not provide active lithium, and meanwhile, the mass ratio of the carbon to the metal carbide needs to be controlled, the content of the carbon is too high, micropores generated by high-temperature sintering and cracking of an organic carbon source are too many, and a small amount of metal carbide can not fully fill the micropores, so that the effect of isolating air and oxygen can not be achieved; the content of the metal carbide is too high, a small amount of carbon cannot play a sufficient bonding role, and the metal carbide cannot be tightly combined with the lithium ion compound and is difficult to be completely coated. The inventor of the application finds out in a plurality of experiments that when the content of the carbon and the content of the metal carbide are controlled in the ratio range, the prepared lithium supplement material has the optimal lithium supplement effect.

Preferably, the thickness of the coating layer is 2nm to 50nm, and the thickness of the coating layer affects the migration channel of lithium ions and the effect of actual coating, and the inventors of the present application found in many experiments that when the thickness of the coating layer is controlled within the above value range, the prepared lithium supplement material has the optimal lithium supplement effect.

The primary purpose of forming a coating layer on the surface of the lithium ion compound is to improve the conductivity of the material, so that electrons in the material can have a migration channel, thereby reducing polarization, enabling lithium ions to be smoothly extracted from the material, and supplementing active lithium consumed by an SEI film after the extracted lithium ions are transferred to a negative electrode, thereby improving the energy density of the battery. This application improves the electric conductivity of mending lithium material through coating carbon and metallic carbide at lithium ion compound surface, compare with direct lithium ion compound and the electric conduction material solid phase mixture improve the electric conductivity of mending lithium material among the prior art, in this application, the coating that contains carbon and metallic carbide and lithium ion compound are a whole, do not have obvious phase boundary line between the two, the homogeneity is good, the electron migrates more easily, and simple solid phase mixture, lithium ion compound and electric conduction material are two-phase mixture, have obvious boundary line each other, the migration hindrance of electron between two-phase is bigger, be unfavorable for lithium ion to deviate from the material smoothly.

In addition, carbon and metal carbide are coated together, but carbon or metal carbide is not coated singly, and when carbon is only coated, a large number of micropores are formed during high-temperature carbonization of an organic carbon source, so that incomplete coating is caused, and complete isolation is difficult to achieve; when only the metal carbide is used for coating, the contact between the metal carbide and the active substance cannot achieve the close contact effect of the in-situ carbon, and cannot play a role in complete isolation. When carbon and metal carbide are coated together, the carbon can play a role of a binder to connect the active substance and the metal carbide together, so that the contact tightness is ensured, meanwhile, the metal carbide can fill up micropores formed in the high-temperature carbonization process of the organic carbon source, the coating effect is improved, the corrosion of water and oxygen in the air to the active material is better isolated, and the stability of the material is improved.

In particular, the metal carbide is selected from Mo₂C. TiC, ZrC, VC, NbC, TaC, WC and Cr₃C₂One or more of (a). The metal carbide may be commercially available or synthesized by itself, and it is preferable that the metal carbide is Mo₂C, in the preparation process of the lithium supplement material, a molybdenum source, a lithium ion compound and an organic carbon source are mixed and sintered, and carbon generated by carbonizing the organic carbon source reacts with the molybdenum source to generate Mo₂C, finally obtaining tightly contacted carbon and Mo₂The composite material of the lithium ion compound coated by the coating layer C is used for preparing the lithium supplement material by the method, the steps are simple, and the cost is saved.

According to the battery positive plate provided by the application, the lithium supplement material further comprises a carbon layer between the core and the coating layer, and the thickness of the carbon layer is 1-3 nm; that is to say, the coating layer on the surface of the lithium supplement material in the application can be a layer of coating or a two-layer coating, wherein the layer of coating directly coats carbon and metal carbide on the surface of the lithium ion compound; when two layers are coated, firstly coating a first carbon layer on the surface of the lithium ion compound, and then coating a second layer on the surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer comprises carbon and metal carbide which are coated together; when the lithium supplement material is prepared, when the lithium ion compound which is prepared in advance and coated with the carbon layer on the surface is coated with the second layer at high temperature, a small part of metal carbide also permeates into the carbon layer of the first layer, so that the first layer of carbon layer may contain a small amount of metal carbide, but the main component is carbon; the inventor of this application discovers in many times of experiments process, when the coating is two-layer, the lithium material is compared with the benefit lithium material that the coating was prepared when one deck to the benefit lithium material of preparation, and the carbon layer that forms earlier carries out preliminary cladding to lithium ion compound, and this carbon layer has more hole, and the carbon that forms afterwards and metal carbide coating can fill these holes, realize more complete cladding for isolated effect is better, improves the electric conductivity and the stability of mending the lithium material better.

Preferably, the thickness of the carbon layer is 1-3 nm, and the thickness of the coating layer is 1-49 nm, after a plurality of experiments, the inventor of the application finds that the conductivity of the lithium supplement material can be obviously improved within the coating thickness range, the corrosion of water and oxygen in the air to the active material can be well isolated, the stability of the material is improved, and the content of the coating does not have great influence on the capacity of the lithium supplement material.

Preferably, the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound, the carbon in the coating layer, the metal carbide and the carbon in the carbon layer is 80-95: 1-9: 2-10: 1-9, after a plurality of experiments, the inventor of the present application finds that when the content of carbon and the content of metal carbide are controlled in the above ratio range, the conductivity of the lithium supplement material can be significantly improved, the corrosion of water and oxygen in the air to the active material can be well isolated, the stability of the material is improved, and the content of the coating does not have a great influence on the capacity of the lithium supplement material.

The first binder is used for enabling the lithium supplement material to be uniformly dispersed and firmly attached to the surface of the positive electrode current collector or the surface of the positive electrode material layer. The first binder can be a binder commonly used in the anode of the lithium ion battery, such as one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylate, polyurethane, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, epoxy resin, styrene-butadiene rubber, polymethyl cellulose, sodium polymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and polypropylene glycol.

The content of the first bond is such that the lithium supplement material can be firmly attached to the surface of the positive electrode current collector or the surface of the positive electrode material layer, and generally, the mass ratio of the lithium supplement material to the first bond is 85-97: 3 to 15.

The positive active material can reversibly remove/insert lithium ions, and can be a positive active material commonly used in the field of lithium ion batteries, specifically LiFePO₄、LiFe_1-x1Mn_x1PO₄，LiCoO₂、LiMn₂O₄、LiNi_1-x2-y1Co_x2Al_y1O₂、LiNi_1-x3-y2Co_x3Mn_y2O₂One or more of; wherein x1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1 and 0<x2≤0.2， 0<y1≤0.1，0<x3<1，0<y2<1. The positive electrode active material may be commercially available or may be synthesized by itself, and the present application is not limited thereto.

The ratio of the thickness of the positive electrode material layer to the thickness of the lithium supplement layer is preferably 50-75: 2 to 4. When the thickness of the lithium supplement layer is less than 2 μm, the lithium supplement layer can provide limited active lithium and cannot completely supplement lithium consumed by the negative electrode to form an SEI film, and when the thickness of the lithium supplement layer is more than 4 μm, the lithium supplement layer can provide sufficient lithium, but the excessive thickness of the lithium supplement layer affects the volumetric energy density of the battery.

In a preferred embodiment, the positive electrode sheet provided according to the present application can be prepared by a method comprising the steps of:

(1) mixing and sintering a lithium ion compound, a first carbon source and a metal carbide in an inert atmosphere to prepare a lithium supplement material, wherein the lithium supplement material comprises a core and a coating layer positioned on the surface of the core, the core comprises at least one lithium ion compound, and the coating layer comprises carbon and the metal carbide;

(2) dispersing a lithium supplement material and a first binder in a first solvent to prepare a lithium supplement slurry;

(3) coating the lithium supplementing slurry on at least one surface of the positive current collector, drying to form a lithium supplementing layer, and preparing a positive material layer on the surface of the lithium supplementing layer; or preparing a positive electrode material layer on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, coating the lithium supplement slurry on the surface of the positive electrode material layer, and drying.

According to the preparation method of the positive plate provided by the application, the lithium supplementing layer can be directly attached to the surface of the positive current collector, the positive material layer is attached to the surface of the lithium supplementing layer, in the preferred embodiment of the application, the positive material layer is attached to the surface of the positive current collector, and the lithium supplementing layer is attached to the surface of the positive material layer, so that the manufacturing process of the whole positive plate cannot be changed, and the operation is more convenient.

In the lithium supplement slurry, the types of the lithium supplement material and the first binder are the same as those in the foregoing, and are not described again here. In the lithium supplement slurry, the contents of the lithium supplement material and the first binder are such that the contents of the lithium supplement material and the first binder in the finally formed lithium supplement layer can meet the requirements described above.

The positive electrode material layer generally contains at least one positive electrode active material, at least one conductive agent, and at least one binder. Herein, the binder in the positive electrode material layer is referred to as a second binder for the sake of clarity.

The preparation of the positive electrode material layer is well known to those skilled in the art, and specifically, a positive electrode active material slurry is prepared by dispersing at least one positive electrode active material, at least one conductive agent and at least one second binder in a second solvent, and the positive electrode active material slurry is coated on the surface of a positive electrode current collector or the surface of a lithium supplement layer to prepare the positive electrode material layer.

The kind of the positive electrode active material is the same as that described above, and the description thereof is omitted.

The conductive agent may be a substance capable of performing a conductive function, which is commonly used in lithium ion batteries, and generally, the conductive agent includes one or more of acetylene black, conductive carbon black, conductive graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene.

The content of the positive electrode active material, the conductive agent and the second binder can be selected conventionally, and the mass ratio of the positive electrode active material to the conductive agent to the second binder is generally 95-99.8: 0.6-2: 0.6-3.

The second binder is used for uniformly dispersing and firmly attaching the positive electrode active substance and the conductive agent to the layer connected with the positive electrode material layer. The second binder may be a binder commonly used in lithium ion batteries, and specifically, the second binder includes one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylate, polyurethane, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, epoxy resin, styrene butadiene rubber, polymethyl cellulose, sodium polymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and polypropylene glycol. The second adhesive may be the same as or different from the first adhesive,

the lithium supplement slurry can be obtained by dispersing a first binder of a lithium supplement material in a solvent. In the present application, for the sake of clarity, a solvent for forming a lithium replenishment paste is referred to as a first solvent, and a solvent for forming a positive electrode active paste is referred to as a second solvent, and the first solvent may be a liquid material capable of uniformly dispersing a lithium replenishment material and a first binder, and the second solvent may be a liquid material capable of uniformly dispersing a positive electrode active material, a second binder, and a conductive agent. The first solvent and the second solvent may be the same or different. Specifically, the first solvent and the second solvent are respectively and independently selected from one or more of N-methyl pyrrolidone, dimethylformamide, diethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, water and alcohol. The first solvent is used in an amount to ensure that the formed lithium supplement slurry can be coated. Generally, the content of the first solvent in the lithium supplement slurry is 50-1000% of the weight of the lithium supplement layer; the amount of the second solvent is determined to ensure that the formed cathode active slurry can be coated, and generally, the content of the second solvent in the cathode active slurry is 50 to 100 percent of the weight of the cathode material layer

According to the preparation method of the battery positive plate, in the step (1), the sintering temperature is 500-700 ℃, the sintering time is 2-24 hours, and the inert gas is nitrogen, neon or argon, wherein the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound to the organic carbon source to the metal carbide is 80-95: 5-50: 2 to 10.

According to the preparation method of the battery positive plate, when the lithium supplement material is prepared, the lithium ion compound and a second carbon source are sintered together to prepare the nuclear material with the surface coated with the carbon layer of the lithium ion compound, and the sintering temperature is 500-700 ℃ in the preparation process of the nuclear material with the surface coated with the carbon layer of the lithium ion compound; the sintering time is 2-24 h.

That is, when the lithium ion compound has two coating layers on the surface, a layer of carbon is firstly coated on the surface of the lithium ion compound, and then a layer of carbon and metal carbide are coated on the surface of the carbon-coated lithium ion compound together when the lithium supplement material is prepared.

The second carbon source and the first carbon source may be the same or different; each independently is one or more of sucrose, glucose, epoxy resin, sucrose, lactose, maltose, polyvinyl alcohol and phenolic resin.

Sintering processes in the formation of the carbon layer and the formation of the coating layer are all sintered in an inert atmosphere, wherein the inert atmosphere is helium, neon or argon, and the sintering temperature is 500-700 ℃; the sintering time is 2-24 h, the sintering processes can be the same or different, wherein when the lithium supplement material does not contain a carbon layer, the mass ratio of the lithium ion compound to the organic carbon source to the metal carbide is 80-95: 5-50: 2-10, when the lithium-supplementing material contains a carbon layer, the mass ratio of the nuclear material to the organic carbon source to the metal carbide is 81-96: 5-45: 2-10.

The positive plate is applied to the lithium ion battery, and can effectively compensate irreversible capacity loss caused by the SEI film formed by lithium ions in the charging and discharging processes, so that the lithium secondary battery has higher energy density, better cycle performance and high-rate discharge performance.

Therefore, the application also provides a lithium ion battery which comprises the battery positive plate. The positive electrode sheet and the preparation method thereof have been described in detail above, and are not described in detail here.

The lithium ion battery comprises a battery shell, a non-aqueous electrolyte, a positive electrode and a diaphragm, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode and the diaphragm are sealed in the battery shell, and the non-aqueous electrolyte is arranged in the internal space of the battery shell, and the diaphragm is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Because the application is an improvement of the lithium supplement layer in the positive plate, other components of the lithium ion battery are not limited in the application and can be conventional choices in the field, and the details are not repeated here.

The application also provides a vehicle, and the vehicle contains the lithium ion battery.

The present application is further illustrated by the following specific examples.