阅读说明：本技术 γ型二氧化锰复合硫正极材料及载体与制备方法及应用 (Gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, carrier, preparation method and application ) 是由 吴伯荣 穆道斌 张玲 许纯玲 王宇欣 毕佳颖 于 2021-04-02 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及锂硫电池领域,具体涉及γ型二氧化锰复合硫正极材料及载体与制备方法及应用。该载体为含有锂和钼的改性二氧化锰,所述改性二氧化锰中,锰元素、锂元素和钼元素的摩尔比为3：(0.5-1.5)：(0.1-0.35)。基于该载体所制备的γ型二氧化锰复合硫正极材料能够显著提高锂硫电池的放电比容量,具有良好的倍率性能,并表现出优异的循环稳定性。(The invention relates to the field of lithium-sulfur batteries, in particular to a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, a carrier, a preparation method and application. The carrier is modified manganese dioxide containing lithium and molybdenum, wherein the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in the modified manganese dioxide is 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35). The gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material prepared based on the carrier can obviously improve the discharge specific capacity of the lithium-sulfur battery, has good rate performance and shows excellent cycling stability.)

1. The carrier of the sulfur positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery is modified manganese dioxide containing lithium and molybdenum, wherein the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in the modified manganese dioxide is 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35).

2. The carrier according to claim 1, wherein the modified manganese dioxide is prepared by first sintering a first mixture of a manganese source, a lithium source, and a molybdenum source; wherein the manganese source is electrolytic manganese dioxide;

the lithium source is one of lithium nitrate, lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, and is preferably lithium nitrate;

the molybdenum source is ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate or diammonium molybdate, and ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate is preferred;

preferably, the manganese source is calculated as Mn, the lithium source is calculated as Li, the molybdenum source is calculated as Mo, Mn: li: the molar ratio of Mo is 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35).

3. The carrier of claim 2, wherein the conditions of the first sintering comprise: in the presence of protective gas, firstly heating to 200 ℃ and 250 ℃, and preserving heat for 1-3 h; then continuously heating to 400 ℃ at 300 ℃ and preserving the heat for 4-8 h; wherein the rate of temperature rise is 1-5 ℃/min.

4. A gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, characterized in that the positive electrode material contains the support of the sulfur positive electrode of the lithium sulfur battery according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. A preparation method of a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material is characterized by comprising the following steps:

(1) carrying out second mixing on the carrier and the nano sulfur powder to obtain a second mixture; carrying out second sintering on the second mixture to obtain a product A;

(2) thirdly mixing the product A with a conductive agent and a binder to obtain a third mixture; pulping the third mixture and a solvent to obtain a slurry; drying the slurry to obtain a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material;

wherein, in the step (1), the vector is the vector according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein in the step (1), the mass ratio of the carrier to the nano sulfur powder is 3: (6-8);

preferably, the conditions of the second sintering include: sintering is carried out in the presence of protective gas at the temperature of 155-160 ℃ for 12-24 h.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein, in the step (2), the conductive agent is one of conductive carbon black, carbon nanotube, activated carbon and Ketjen black, preferably conductive carbon black;

the binder is one of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene and sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and preferably polyvinylidene fluoride;

the solvent is N-methyl pyrrolidone or water, preferably N-methyl pyrrolidone;

preferably, the product a: conductive agent: the mass ratio of the binder is (6-8): (1-3): 1.

8. the method according to claim 5 or 7, wherein in step (2), the drying conditions are: the temperature is 60-80 ℃ and the time is 12-24 h.

9. The gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material according to claim 4 or the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material prepared by the method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

10. Use of the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material according to claim 9 in a lithium sulfur battery.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of lithium-sulfur batteries, in particular to a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, a carrier, a preparation method and application.

Background

The lithium-sulfur battery has the characteristics of high specific capacity and high energy density, has obvious advantages compared with the traditional lithium ion battery, and is expected to become a substitute product of the latter, but meanwhile, the lithium-sulfur battery has the problems of short cycle life and rapid capacity attenuation, so that the lithium-sulfur battery faces challenges on the way of large-scale commercial application.

Factors that cause the above problems include: first, elemental sulfur and its discharge products are insulators and therefore require the addition of conductive additives, which can reduce the overall energy density of the battery and can lead to increased polarization of the battery; secondly, polysulfide generated during discharge of the positive electrode is dissolved in the organic electrolyte and diffuses to the negative electrode across the diaphragm, so that an SEI film on the surface of the negative electrode is damaged. Polysulfides can also migrate back and forth between the positive and negative electrodes (i.e., "shuttle effect"), causing constant consumption of the active species sulfur, resulting in rapid decay of the energy density and low coulombic efficiency of the battery; thirdly, there is a density difference between sulfur and the lithium sulfide, which is a discharge product, and this causes volume expansion during battery cycling, resulting in a change in the structure of the positive electrode, and thus in a destruction of the close contact between sulfur and the conductive additive, resulting in an increase in the polarization of the positive electrode.

In order to solve the above problems, the main method at present is to improve the structure and morphology of the cathode material through the interaction between the carrier material and sulfur, and further optimize the performance of the cathode, so as to improve the electrical performance of the lithium-sulfur battery.

CN108417806B discloses a preparation method of a sulfur/carbon composite positive electrode material of a lithium-sulfur battery, which comprises the following steps: fully grinding biomass, magnesium oxide and potassium bicarbonate in a glass mortar to obtain a material A; transferring the material A into a porcelain boat, horizontally placing the porcelain boat in a tube furnace, and introducing nitrogen or argon to enable the material A to be in a nitrogen or argon environment in the temperature rising process to obtain a material B; transferring the material B into a beaker, pouring a hydrochloric acid solution into the beaker to soak the material B for 12 hours, washing the material B with high-purity water until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying the material B in an air-blast drying oven at the temperature of 40-60 ℃ for 12 hours to obtain a vesicular porous carbon material, namely a material C; and mixing the material C with sublimed sulfur, and mixing for 12 hours at 120 ℃ under the air condition to successfully dope the sulfur into the material C, thereby finally obtaining the sulfur/carbon composite cathode material of the lithium-sulfur battery. The method takes a carbon material as a carrier, the interaction between the carbon material and polysulfide is relatively weak, and the dissolved polysulfide cannot be effectively adsorbed or reduced, namely, the shuttle effect cannot be effectively inhibited, so that the improvement effect on the performance of the lithium-sulfur battery is limited.

CN111668469A discloses a preparation method of a positive electrode composite material, which comprises the following steps: s1, adding dilute hydrochloric acid containing polyvinylpyrrolidone into the sodium thiosulfate solution, fully stirring and drying to obtain nano sulfur particles; s2, dispersing the nano sulfur particles in water, reacting the nano sulfur particles with a potassium permanganate solution, separating and drying to obtain a nano sulfur/manganese dioxide composite material; s3, cleaning the nano sulfur/manganese dioxide composite material, separating and drying to obtain MnO₂a/S core-shell structure composite material; s4, adding the chitosan solution into graphene oxide and MnO₂And (2) rapidly stirring the mixed solution of the/S core-shell structure composite material, and drying the obtained precipitate to obtain the anode composite material. The positive electrode composite material provided by the method can relieve volume expansion in the battery cycle process and improve the cycle stability of the battery. However, the conductivity of the manganese dioxide shell layer is poor, and the internal sulfur can not fully react, so that the specific capacity of the battery is low.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a new positive electrode material for lithium-sulfur batteries to further solve the problems of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the problems of the conventional lithium-sulfur battery positive electrode material and provides a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, a carrier, a preparation method and application.

The modified manganese dioxide is prepared by adopting a specific manganese source, a lithium source and a molybdenum source, and the material has high electrochemical activity, and compared with common manganese dioxide, the electronic conductivity and the ionic conductivity are obviously improved, and the adsorption capacity to polysulfide can be improved. On the basis, the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material is prepared by taking the modified manganese dioxide as a carrier, and the positive electrode material can enable a lithium-sulfur battery to obtain higher specific discharge capacity, good rate performance and cycling stability.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a support for a sulfur positive electrode of a lithium sulfur battery, the support being modified manganese dioxide containing lithium and molybdenum, wherein the modified manganese dioxide has a molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element of 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35).

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, which contains the support of the sulfur positive electrode of the lithium sulfur battery according to the first aspect.

The third aspect of the invention provides a preparation method of a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, which comprises the following steps:

(1) carrying out second mixing on the carrier and the nano sulfur powder to obtain a second mixture; carrying out second sintering on the second mixture to obtain a product A;

(2) thirdly mixing the product A with a conductive agent and a binder to obtain a third mixture; pulping the third mixture and a solvent to obtain a slurry; drying the slurry to obtain a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material;

wherein, in the step (1), the carrier is the carrier provided by the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material according to the second aspect or a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material obtained by the method according to the third aspect.

In a fifth aspect, the invention provides a use of the γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur cathode material according to the fourth aspect in a lithium sulfur battery.

Through the technical scheme, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

(1) the carrier of the sulfur anode of the lithium-sulfur battery is prepared from a specific manganese source, a lithium source and a molybdenum source, has a one-dimensional microstructure, and is a pre-lithiated and molybdenum-doped gamma-type manganese dioxide composite material. The lithium-sulfur battery has the advantages that the lithium-sulfur battery is beneficial to the rapid transmission of lithium ions in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-sulfur battery, has stronger chemical adsorption capacity on polysulfide intermediate products, can effectively control the dissolution and shuttle effects of the polysulfide, and improves the utilization rate of the active material of the positive electrode;

(2) the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material prepared based on the carrier can obviously improve the specific discharge capacity of the lithium-sulfur battery, has good rate performance and shows excellent cycling stability. The lithium-sulfur battery prepared by the cathode material can be cycled for 500 weeks under the 2C discharge rate, and the discharge specific capacity decay rate of each week can be as low as 0.07%.

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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a TEM image of a support of a sulfur positive electrode of a lithium sulfur battery manufactured in example 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a graph of cycle performance at 0.1C rate of a lithium sulfur battery prepared from the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material prepared in example 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a graph of the cycle performance at 2C rate of a lithium sulfur battery prepared from the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur cathode material prepared in example 1 of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The endpoints of the ranges and any values disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and such ranges or values should be understood to encompass values close to those ranges or values. For ranges of values, between the endpoints of each of the ranges and the individual points, and between the individual points may be combined with each other to give one or more new ranges of values, and these ranges of values should be considered as specifically disclosed herein.

The following describes in detail specific embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

The invention provides a carrier of a sulfur positive electrode of a lithium-sulfur battery, which is modified manganese dioxide containing lithium and molybdenum, wherein the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in the modified manganese dioxide is 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35).

In some embodiments of the invention, the modified manganese dioxide is pre-lithiated and molybdenum doped gamma manganese dioxide, having a one-dimensional microstructure. The structure is beneficial to the rapid transmission of lithium ions in the charging and discharging process, and the multiplying power performance of the battery is improved. In the modified manganese dioxide, lithium can improve the crystal form conversion rate of the manganese dioxide, so that the conductivity of the material is improved; manganese and molybdenum have strong chemical adsorption capacity on an intermediate polysulfide generated in the charging and discharging processes of the lithium-sulfur battery, can synergistically control the dissolution and shuttle effect of the polysulfide in electrolyte, improve the utilization rate of an anode active material, and further improve the discharge specific capacity and the cycling stability of the battery. Preferably, in the modified manganese dioxide, the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element is 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35), thereby enabling the carrier to have better electrochemical performance.

In some embodiments of the invention, the modified manganese dioxide is prepared by first sintering a first mixture of a manganese source, a lithium source, and a molybdenum source; wherein the manganese source is electrolytic manganese dioxide; the lithium source can be one of lithium nitrate, lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, and is preferably lithium nitrate; the molybdenum source may be ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate or diammonium molybdate, preferably ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate; in order to obtain better pre-lithiation and molybdenum doping effects of the prepared modified manganese dioxide, preferably, the manganese source is calculated by Mn, the lithium source is calculated by Li, the molybdenum source is calculated by Mo, Mn: li: the molar ratio of Mo may be 3: (0.5-1.5): (0.1-0.35).

In the present invention, the first mixing may be performed by means conventional in the art for mixing, preferably by means of ball milling. The time for the first mixing is not particularly limited, so long as the manganese source, the lithium source, and the molybdenum source are sufficiently mixed and the uniform first mixture is obtained.

In the present invention, the first sintering is preferably performed in a tube furnace, and the sintering conditions include: placing the first mixture in a tubular furnace, heating to 200-250 ℃ in the presence of protective gas, and preserving heat for 1-3 h; then continuously heating to 400 ℃ at 300 ℃ and preserving the heat for 4-8 h; finally cooling to room temperature; wherein, the heating rate can be 1-5 ℃/min, the protective gas can be inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, argon and the like, and argon is preferred.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, which contains the support of the sulfur positive electrode of the lithium sulfur battery according to the first aspect. Preferably, the positive electrode material contains 18-24 wt% of a support, 40-56 wt% of sulfur, and 26-36 wt% of carbon, based on the total amount of the gamma-type manganese dioxide complex sulfur positive electrode material.

The third aspect of the invention provides a preparation method of a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material, which is characterized by comprising the following steps:

(1) carrying out second mixing on the carrier and the nano sulfur powder to obtain a second mixture; carrying out second sintering on the second mixture to obtain a product A;

(2) thirdly mixing the product A with a conductive agent and a binder to obtain a third mixture; pulping the third mixture and a solvent to obtain a slurry; drying the slurry to obtain a gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material;

wherein, in the step (1), the carrier is the carrier provided by the first aspect.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in step (1), the nano sulfur powder may be obtained commercially or may be obtained by self-preparation using a method conventional in the art, for example, adding dilute hydrochloric acid containing polyvinylpyrrolidone into a sodium thiosulfate solution, fully reacting, filtering, washing, and drying to obtain the nano sulfur powder. In the present invention, nano sulfur powder having a particle size in the range of 50 to 100nm is preferably used.

In the present invention, the second mixing may be performed by means conventional in the art for mixing, preferably by means of ball milling, to obtain a uniform second mixture. Preferably, the mass ratio of the carrier to the nano sulfur powder can be 3: (6-8).

In some embodiments of the present invention, in step (1), the second sintering is preferably performed in a polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, and the sintering process comprises: in the presence of protective gas, putting the second mixture into a polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle for sealing, and putting the polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle into a vacuum oven for sintering; the shielding gas may be an inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, argon, and the like, and is preferably argon. Preferably, the sintering temperature can be 155-160 ℃, and the time can be 12-24 h.

In the invention, the product A is a gamma-type manganese dioxide/S composite material and has a one-dimensional rod-shaped structure.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the step (2), the third mixing may adopt a method for mixing that is conventional in the art, and the third mixing is not particularly limited in this application as long as the product a, the conductive agent, and the binder are sufficiently mixed and a uniform third mixture is obtained.

In the present invention, the conductive agent is preferably one of conductive carbon black, carbon nanotubes, activated carbon, and ketjen black, and is further preferably conductive carbon black;

in the invention, the binder is preferably one of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene and sodium hydroxymethyl cellulose, and is further preferably polyvinylidene fluoride;

in the present invention, the solvent is preferably N-methylpyrrolidone or water, and is more preferably N-methylpyrrolidone;

preferably, the product a: conductive agent: the mass ratio of the binder is (6-8): (1-3): 1.

in some embodiments of the present invention, in step (2), the pulping mode preferably adds the solvent to the third mixture and grinds the mixture uniformly to obtain the slurry.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in step (2), preferably, the drying conditions are: the temperature can be 60-80 ℃, and the time can be 12-24 h.

In the invention, the slurry is preferably uniformly coated on carbon cloth before being dried, so that the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material obtained after drying is convenient to cut into a positive electrode plate of the lithium-sulfur battery.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material according to the second aspect or a γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material obtained by the method according to the third aspect. The positive electrode material can enable the lithium-sulfur battery to obtain higher specific discharge capacity, good rate capability and cycling stability. The lithium-sulfur battery prepared by using the cathode material is cycled for 500 weeks under the 2C discharge rate, and the discharge specific capacity decay rate of each week is only 0.07%.

In a fifth aspect, the invention provides a use of the γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material according to the fourth aspect in a lithium sulfur battery.

The present invention will be described in detail below by way of examples. In the following examples and comparative examples,

the nano sulfur powder used by the invention is self-made in a laboratory, and the preparation process comprises the following steps:

dissolving 255mg of sodium thiosulfate in 500mL of deionized water, then adding 10mg of polyvinylpyrrolidone (viscosity average molecular weight is 40000), and dropwise adding 0.1mol/L of dilute hydrochloric acid under the condition of magnetic stirring until the reaction is complete; carrying out vacuum filtration on a suspension product obtained by the reaction, and then washing the suspension product for three times by using deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol respectively to obtain a yellow solid; and drying the yellow solid in a vacuum oven at 60 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the nano sulfur powder. The grain diameter of the nano sulfur powder is 50-100 nm.

Other materials used were common commercial products unless otherwise specified.

Example 1

(1) Electrolytic manganese dioxide, lithium nitrate and ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate are ball-milled for 2 hours for first mixing (wherein the molar ratio of Mn: Li: Mo is 3: 1: 0.35), and then the obtained first mixture is placed in a tube furnace for first sintering: heating to 250 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃/min under the argon atmosphere, and preserving heat for 3 hours; then, continuously heating to 350 ℃, and preserving heat for 5 hours; finally cooling to room temperature to obtain a carrier Z1; wherein, the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in Z1 is 3: 1: 0.35;

(2) mixing a carrier Z1 and nano sulfur powder in a mass ratio of 3: 7, ball milling for 2h for second mixing, then placing the obtained second mixture into a polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle under the argon atmosphere for sealing, and placing the mixture into a vacuum oven for second sintering: the sintering temperature is 155 ℃, the time is 24 hours, and the product A1 is obtained after the temperature is reduced to the room temperature;

(3) mixing the product A1 with conductive carbon black and polyvinylidene fluoride in a mass ratio of 7: 2: 1, carrying out third mixing, mixing the obtained third mixed product with N-methyl pyrrolidone, grinding uniformly to obtain slurry, uniformly coating the slurry on flexible carbon cloth, putting the flexible carbon cloth into a vacuum oven, and drying for 24 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur cathode material S1.

Example 2

(1) Electrolytic manganese dioxide, lithium nitrate and ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate are ball-milled for 2 hours for first mixing (wherein the molar ratio of Mn: Li: Mo is 3: 1: 0.2), and then the obtained first mixture is placed in a tube furnace for first sintering: heating to 250 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃/min under the argon atmosphere, and keeping the temperature for 2 h; then, continuously heating to 350 ℃, and preserving heat for 6 hours; finally cooling to room temperature to obtain a carrier Z2; wherein, the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in Z2 is 3: 1: 0.2;

(2) mixing a carrier Z2 and nano sulfur powder in a mass ratio of 3: 7, ball milling for 2h for second mixing, then placing the obtained second mixture into a polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle under the argon atmosphere for sealing, and placing the mixture into a vacuum oven for second sintering: the sintering temperature is 155 ℃, the time is 24 hours, and the product A2 is obtained after the temperature is reduced to the room temperature;

(3) mixing the product A2 with conductive carbon black and polyvinylidene fluoride in a mass ratio of 6: 3: 1, carrying out third mixing, mixing the obtained third mixed product with N-methyl pyrrolidone, grinding uniformly to obtain slurry, uniformly coating the slurry on flexible carbon cloth, putting the flexible carbon cloth into a vacuum oven, and drying for 24 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur cathode material S2.

Example 3

(1) Electrolytic manganese dioxide, lithium nitrate and ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate are ball-milled for 2 hours for first mixing (wherein the molar ratio of Mn: Li: Mo is 3: 0.5: 0.1), and then the resulting first mixture is placed in a tube furnace for first sintering: heating to 250 ℃ at a heating rate of 5 ℃/min under the argon atmosphere, and keeping the temperature for 1 h; then, continuously heating to 350 ℃, and preserving heat for 8 hours; finally cooling to room temperature to obtain a carrier Z3; wherein, the molar ratio of manganese element, lithium element and molybdenum element in Z3 is 3: 0.5: 0.1;

(2) mixing a carrier Z3 and nano sulfur powder in a mass ratio of 3: 7, ball milling for 2h for second mixing, then placing the obtained second mixture into a polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle under the argon atmosphere for sealing, and placing the mixture into a vacuum oven for second sintering: the sintering temperature is 155 ℃, the time is 24 hours, and the product A3 is obtained after the temperature is reduced to the room temperature;

(3) mixing the product A3 with conductive carbon black and polyvinylidene fluoride in a mass ratio of 8: 1: 1, carrying out third mixing, mixing the obtained third mixed product with N-methyl pyrrolidone, grinding uniformly to obtain slurry, uniformly coating the slurry on flexible carbon cloth, putting the flexible carbon cloth into a vacuum oven, and drying for 24 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃ to obtain the gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur cathode material S3.

Comparative example 1

The procedure of example 1 was followed except that electrolytic manganese dioxide was used as a raw material for preparing the carrier, and a lithium source and a molybdenum source were not used, and the other conditions were the same as in example 1. Preparing a carrier Z-D1, and preparing a positive electrode material S-D1 by using the carrier Z-D1.

Comparative example 2

The procedure of example 1 was followed except that electrolytic manganese dioxide and lithium nitrate (in which the molar ratio of Mn: Li was 3: 1) were used as raw materials for preparing the carrier, and a molybdenum source was not used, and the other conditions were the same as in example 1. Preparing a carrier Z-D2 (wherein, the molar ratio of manganese element to lithium element in Z-D2 is 3: 1), and preparing a positive electrode material S-D2 by using the carrier Z-D2.

Test example

The positive electrode materials obtained in examples 1 to 3 and comparative examples 1 to 2 were cut into electrode sheets having a diameter of 11mm, respectively, as positive electrodes, lithium metal sheets as negative electrodes, Celgard 2325 as separators, and a mixed solution (LiNO) having a LiTFSI concentration of 1M₃Dissolving in a volume ratio of 1: 1 of a mixture of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether and 1,3 dioxolane, wherein LiNO is contained in the mixture₃The concentration is 2 wt%) as electrolyte, and assembled into a CR2032 type button cell for testing. In the following test examples, the following test examples were carried out,

testing the charge and discharge performance of the battery: a charge-discharge tester (Wuhan city blue-electricity electronic products Co., Ltd., model CT2001A) is adopted to test the first cycle discharge specific capacity and the discharge specific capacity after 50 cycles of the battery under the constant temperature condition of 25 ℃ and the multiplying power of 0.1C (1C: 1675mA/g) when the voltage range is 1.7-2.8V; at 2C rate, the first cycle specific discharge capacity and the specific discharge capacity after 500 cycles of the battery were tested. The test results are shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

As can be seen from table 1, the γ -type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material prepared by the method of the present invention can enable a lithium sulfur battery to obtain a higher specific discharge capacity, a good rate capability and a good cycling stability. The S-D1 and S-D2 are not prepared by the method, and the discharge specific capacity, rate capability and cycling stability of the battery have obvious difference with the S1-S3.

Specifically, the charge and discharge properties of lithium sulfur batteries manufactured using the positive electrode material S1 and S-D1 were compared:

under the multiplying power of 0.1C, the first-cycle specific discharge capacity of the battery prepared by using the cathode material S1 can reach 1441mAh/g, after circulation for 50 cycles, the specific discharge capacity can still be kept at 1024.9mAh/g, and the capacity fading rate per week is 0.58%. Compared with the charge-discharge performance of the battery prepared by using the positive electrode material S-D1 under the multiplying power of 0.1C, the first cycle specific discharge capacity is obviously improved, the discharge specific capacity which can be reached after 50 cycles is also greatly improved, and the capacity attenuation rate per week is reduced.

Under the 2C multiplying power, the first-cycle specific discharge capacity of the battery prepared by using the positive electrode material S1 is 977.2mAh/g, the specific discharge capacity can still be maintained at 615.5mAh/g after 500 cycles, and the capacity fading rate per week is only 0.07%. And the battery prepared by using the positive electrode material S-D1 is overcharged after being cycled for 250 weeks at the rate of 2C, which indicates that the vector Z-D1 used in the battery does not have good inhibition effect on the shuttling effect of polysulfide and the battery has poor cycling stability.

The method comprises the steps of preparing a carrier of the sulfur positive electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery by using a specific manganese source, a specific lithium source and a specific molybdenum source, and preparing a prelithiation and molybdenum-doped gamma-type manganese dioxide composite sulfur positive electrode material based on the carrier.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, many simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the invention, including combinations of various technical features in any other suitable way, and these simple modifications and combinations should also be regarded as the disclosure of the invention, and all fall within the scope of the invention.