Background technology
Lithium ion flow battery is a kind of chemical cell technology that latest development is got up, and it combines the advantage of lithium ion battery and flow battery, is a kind of power output and stored energy capacitance is independent of one another, energy density is large, lower-cost Novel rechargeable battery.Lithium ion flow battery has boundless market prospects in wind power generation, photovoltaic generation, peak load regulation network, distribution power station, municipal traffic etc.
Lithium ion flow battery is made up of positive pole pool of suspension, negative pole pool of suspension, cell reaction device, liquid pump and closed conduit.Wherein, positive pole pool of suspension holds the mixture of anode composite material particle (as composite ferric lithium phosphate material particle) and electrolyte, and negative pole pool of suspension holds the mixture of anode material particle (as lithium titanate composite material particle) and electrolyte.Circulate to suspension with infusion pump during lithium ion flow battery work, suspension is flowed between pool of suspension and cell reaction device by closed conduit under liquid pump promotes, and flow velocity can regulate according to suspension concentration and ambient temperature.Wherein, positive pole suspension enters the positive pole reaction chamber of cell reaction device by positive pole inlet, returns positive pole pool of suspension after completing reaction by positive pole liquid outlet by closed conduit.Meanwhile, negative pole suspension enters the negative reaction chamber of cell reaction device by negative pole inlet, returns negative pole pool of suspension after completing reaction by negative pole liquid outlet by closed conduit.The nonconducting porous septum of electronics is had between positive pole reaction chamber and negative reaction chamber, positive electrode active materials particle in positive pole suspension and the negative active core-shell material particle in negative pole suspension are spaced from each other, avoid both positive and negative polarity active material particle directly to contact the short circuit causing inside battery.Positive pole suspension in positive pole reaction chamber and the negative pole suspension in negative reaction chamber can carry out lithium ion exchanged transmission by the electrolyte in porous septum.When the cell is discharged, the lithium ion deintercalation of the negative active core-shell material granule interior in negative reaction chamber and going out, enters electrolyte, and arrives positive pole reaction chamber by porous septum, be embedded into positive electrode active materials granule interior; Meanwhile, the electronics of the negative active core-shell material granule interior in negative reaction chamber flows into negative current collector, and the external circuit of battery is flowed into by the negative lug of negative current collector, flow into plus plate current-collecting body by positive pole ear after completing acting, finally embed the positive electrode active materials granule interior in positive pole reaction chamber.The process of battery charging in contrast.In above-mentioned electric discharge and charging process, positive electrode active materials particle in positive pole reaction chamber is in the state of continuous flow or intermittent flow, and by the surface contact of the contact between particle and particle and particle and plus plate current-collecting body, form network-like electron conduction passage, the negative active core-shell material particle in negative reaction chamber is also similar.Like this, in the reactor of lithium ion flow battery, complete the charge and discharge process of battery.
Although lithium ion flow battery has many advantages, the modularized production how realizing battery and the energy density how improving battery are to a greater extent the major issues that lithium ion flow battery technical research needs to solve.
Summary of the invention
For solving the problem, the invention provides a kind of lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube and lithium ion flow battery reactor, this lithium ion flow battery reactor greatly extends cell reaction region, improves the energy density of battery, and improves the mobility of electrode suspension.Meanwhile, easy to process, be convenient to modularized production.
The object of the invention is to be realized by following manner:
A kind of lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube, comprise porous afflux cover, porous insulation stay pipe, porous septum and afflux core, described porous insulation stay pipe comprises inner sleeve and the outer tube of hollow out, described afflux core retainer plate is in the inner sleeve of porous insulation stay pipe, between the inner sleeve that described porous septum is fixed on porous insulation stay pipe and outer tube, described porous afflux cover is enclosed within the outer bushing surface of porous insulation stay pipe.Described porous afflux cover is less than 5 millimeters with the spacing of porous septum, and the spacing of described afflux core and porous septum is less than 10 millimeters.Outside the effect of described porous insulation stay pipe apart from fixed support porous septum, also porous afflux cover and afflux core are separated, avoid porous afflux cover, direct contact between porous septum and afflux core three.
The two ends of described porous afflux cover are fixed on outside porous insulation stay pipe by fixture.The two ends of described afflux core are fixed by afflux core fixture, and described afflux core fixture is provided with reaction tube inlet and reaction tube liquid outlet.
Described porous afflux cover is the plus plate current-collecting body of stainless steel, metallic aluminium or plated surface aluminum, and described afflux core is the negative current collector of stainless steel, metallic copper or copper coating material; Or described porous afflux cover is the negative current collector of stainless steel, metallic copper or copper coating material, and described afflux core is the plus plate current-collecting body of stainless steel, metallic aluminium or plated surface aluminum.
The hole of described porous afflux cover for what be interconnected, can comprise: coil hole, snakelike hole etc.; The hole of described porous afflux cover can be also mutual disconnected hole, comprising: dot matrix hole, bar pit etc.
Described afflux core is solid bar-shaped collector or hollow tubular collector, also can be porous afflux core.
Described porous septum material is polyethylene, polypropylene, Kynoar or the nonconducting polymeric material of other electronics, or described porous septum material is glass fibre non-woven, non-woven fabrics of synthetic fiber, ceramic fiber paper or other microporous inorganic nonmetallic materials, or described porous septum material is the gel polymer electrolyte composite material that the nonconducting polymeric matrix of electronics, liquid organic plasticizers and lithium salts three part compound are formed.
The material of described porous insulation stay pipe is polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, Kynoar or the nonconducting nonmetallic materials of other electronics.The hole of described porous insulation stay pipe for the hole be interconnected, can comprise: snakelike hole etc.; The hole of described porous insulation stay pipe can be mutual disconnected hole, comprising: dot matrix hole, bar pit etc.
A kind of lithium ion flow battery reactor, comprise multiple lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube, described lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube stationary arrangement is in a closed container.Two lids are provided with on the upper and lower surface of closed container, reaction tube lead channel and reaction tube liquid outlet groove is provided with in upper and lower lid, the lead channel of described lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube and liquid outlet groove are separated by dividing plate with described closed container respectively, the two ends of described lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube are fixed on dividing plate, the afflux core fixture at reaction tube two ends is respectively equipped with reaction tube inlet and reaction tube liquid outlet, and described reaction tube inlet is communicated with reaction tube liquid outlet groove with reaction tube lead channel respectively with reaction tube liquid outlet.Described reaction tube lead channel, reaction tube inlet, reaction tube cavity, reaction tube liquid outlet, reaction tube liquid outlet groove form independently the first suspension passage.Described closed container is provided with closed container inlet and closed container liquid outlet.Described closed container inlet, closed container liquid outlet and closed container cavity form independently the second suspension passage.Described porous afflux cover and afflux core are connected respectively to respective lug by wire.
Described first suspension passage has negative pole suspension, described second suspension passage is built with positive pole suspension, described positive pole suspension can only arrive the surface of porous septum by porous afflux cover space, and carries out lithium ion exchanged transmission by the electrolyte in porous septum space and the negative pole suspension in reaction tube; Or, positive pole suspension is had in described first suspension passage, described second suspension passage is built with negative pole suspension, described negative pole suspension can only arrive the surface of porous septum by porous afflux cover space, and carries out lithium ion exchanged transmission by the electrolyte in porous septum space and the positive pole suspension in reaction tube.
Described closed container material is polypropylene, polyethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, Kynoar or the nonconducting nonmetallic materials of other electronics, or the material of described closed container is the metal material containing insulating polymer liner.
A kind of lithium ion flow battery, comprises above-mentioned lithium ion flow battery reactor, and the shell of this reactor is adhesively fixed the ultrasonic wave emitting head of a ultrasonic generator.Described ultrasonic generator is made up of supersonic generator and corresponding control device, and described supersonic generator is connected with ultrasonic transducer, and described ultrasonic transducer connects described ultrasonic wave emitting head.Described ultrasonic generator intermittently or can produce ultrasonic wave continuously, and ultrasonic frequency range is between 20 to 60 KHz.
If with described first suspension passage built with positive pole suspension, have negative pole suspension to be example in the second suspension passage, lithium ion flow battery reactor operation principle of the present invention is described below:
Positive pole suspension flow into each reaction tube inlet respectively by reaction tube lead channel, then enters into the inside of each reaction tube, flow into reaction tube liquid outlet groove after completing reaction by reaction tube liquid outlet, and then flows out to the outside of lithium ion flow battery reactor.Meanwhile, negative pole suspension enters in closed container by closed container inlet, is flowed out after completing reaction by closed container liquid outlet.
When battery discharge, negative active core-shell material particle in negative pole suspension near the hole of porous afflux cover sloughs lithium ion, the lithium ion of deintercalation is by porous insulation supporter and porous septum, arrive in the electrolyte in reaction tube, and be embedded into further in the positive electrode active materials particle of positive pole suspension in reaction tube.Meanwhile, in negative pole suspension near the hole of porous afflux cover, the electronics of negative active core-shell material granule interior enters porous afflux cover, then porous afflux circle pole is arrived by porous afflux circle wire, afflux core pole is arrived behind the external circuit of cell reaction device, afflux core is arrived again by afflux core wire, then the positive active particles entering into positive pole suspension in reaction tube is inner, forms the electrochemical process of an electric discharge.The process of battery charging in contrast.
Advantage of the present invention is:
Lithium ion flow battery reactor of the present invention includes reaction tube structure, described reaction tube is by porous afflux cover, porous insulation stay pipe, porous septum and afflux core composition, when battery operated, the space that electrode suspension outside reaction tube can be overlapped by porous afflux arrives the surface of porous septum, and carry out lithium ion exchanged transmission by the electrolyte in porous septum space and the electrode suspension inside reaction tube, the loose structure design of reaction tube afflux cover significantly can improve the mobility of the electrode suspension of porous septum both sides, improve the efficiency for charge-discharge of battery, effectively avoid the generation of channeling,
The positive pole reaction chamber of lithium ion flow battery reactor of the present invention and negative reaction chamber are dissymmetrical structure, are inserted into by reaction tube in closed reaction vessel, effectively extend the conversion zone of battery, improve energy density and the operating efficiency of battery;
Lithium ion flow battery reactor of the present invention comprises reaction tube and closed container, easy to process, is especially convenient to modularized production.
Embodiment
Embodiment 1
The invention provides the embodiment of a lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube:
Described lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube 10 comprises the porous afflux cover 3, porous insulation stay pipe outer tube 6, porous septum 5, porous insulation stay pipe inner sleeve 7 and the afflux core 1 that are mutually socketed.Described afflux core 1 is enclosed within the inside of described porous insulation stay pipe inner sleeve 7, and two ends adopt afflux core fixture 2 to be fixed on porous insulation stay pipe inner sleeve 7.Described porous septum 5 is fixed between porous insulation stay pipe inner sleeve 7 and outer tube 6, and two ends are gluing fixing.Described porous afflux cover 3 is enclosed within the outer surface of porous insulation stay pipe outer tube 6, and is fixed on porous insulation stay pipe outer tube 6 by porous afflux cover fixture 4, is spaced from each other does not contact with porous septum 5.The two ends of described lithium ion liquid flow reaction tube 10 are respectively equipped with inlet 8 and liquid outlet 9.
Described porous afflux cover 3 is the metallic copper porous negative current collector of coil shape, porous afflux cover fixture 4 material is also metallic copper, described porous insulation stay pipe outer tube 6 and porous insulation stay pipe inner sleeve 7 material are polypropylene, described porous septum 5 is the Composite Porous Separator of polypropylene and polyethylene, described afflux core 1 is the metallic aluminium plus plate current-collecting body of pole shape, and described afflux core fixture 2 is metallic aluminium.
Embodiment 2
The invention provides the embodiment of a lithium ion flow battery reactor:
Described lithium ion flow battery reactor comprises: reaction tube 10 described in closed container 11, reaction tube lead channel 12, reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 and 4 embodiments 1.Described 4 reaction tube 10 stationary arrangement are in closed container 11.Be provided with two lids on the upper and lower surface of closed container 11, be provided with reaction tube lead channel 12 and reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 in upper and lower lid, described reaction tube lead channel 12 and reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 are separated by dividing plate with closed container 11 respectively, and electronic isolation.The two ends of described 4 reaction tubes 10 are fixed on dividing plate, the edge of the porous insulation stay pipe outer tube 6 at two ends and dividing plate adhesive sealing.
Described closed container 11 material is polypropylene, described reaction tube lead channel 12 and reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 are positioned at the outside of closed container, material is polypropylene, and described reaction tube lead channel 12 is communicated with liquid outlet 9 with the inlet 8 of reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 respectively with 4 reaction tubes.Time battery operated, negative pole suspension enters closed container 11 by closed container inlet 16, is flowed out after completing electrochemical reaction by closed container liquid outlet 17; Positive pole suspension enters reaction tube lead channel 12 by reaction tube lead channel pipeline 14, and flow into reaction tube inside by the inlet 8 of 4 reaction tubes 10, enter into reaction tube liquid outlet groove 13 by reaction tube liquid outlet 9 after completing electrochemical reaction, and flow out to outside batteries loop by reaction tube liquid outlet groove pipeline 15.
The afflux core 1 of 4 reaction tubes 10 is connected with the afflux core pole 19 being fixed on reaction tube lead channel 12 sidewall with afflux core wire 18 by afflux core fixture 2; The porous afflux cover 3 of 4 reaction tubes 10 overlaps pole 21 with porous afflux cover wire 20 with the porous afflux being fixed on closed container 11 sidewall by porous afflux cover fixture 4 and is connected.
Embodiment 3
The invention provides the embodiment of a lithium ion flow battery:
Described lithium ion flow battery comprises: lithium ion flow battery reactor, supersonic generator, ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic wave emitting head 22 described in embodiment 2.
Described supersonic generator links ultrasonic transducer, described ultrasonic transducer links ultrasonic wave emitting head 22, described ultrasonic wave emitting head 22 is adhesively fixed on the shell of described lithium ion flow battery reactor, described supersonic generator intermittently or can produce ultrasonic wave continuously, and ultrasonic frequency range is 20 to 60 KHz.
It is finally noted that, the object publicizing and implementing mode is to help to understand the present invention further, but it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that: without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and the appended claims, various substitutions and modifications are all possible.Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to the content disclosed in embodiment, and the scope that the scope of protection of present invention defines with claims is as the criterion.