A kind of lithium ion cell positive and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to cell manufacturing techniques field, particularly relate to a kind of lithium ion cell positive and preparation method thereof.
Background technology
Surely belong to lithium ion battery at the most popular power supply of current field of mobile equipment, its major part comprises positive pole, negative pole, barrier film, electrolyte and shell body.Wherein, electrode fabrication is the core technology in lithium ion battery manufacture process, and positive pole comprises plus plate current-collecting body (containing lug) and is evenly formed in the positive electrode material layer of collection liquid surface.The Weak current that active particle in electrode material layer produces need be brought together by collector and export external circuit to larger current form, and lug can coordinate collector from battery core, both positive and negative polarity to be caused external circuit better.At present, lithium ion battery generally adopts aluminium foil as plus plate current-collecting body, the good conductivity of aluminium, be easily processed into paper tinsel, mechanical strength feature that is good, relative low price makes it be used in a large number.Along with the extensive use of lithium ion battery, people have higher requirement for battery: quality is lighter, energy is higher, environmental protection more.But, aluminium foil as plus plate current-collecting body for the capacity of battery without any contribution, its quality but accounts for about 15% of whole positive pole, and this will reduce the energy density of battery greatly.In addition, because adhesion between positive electrode material layer and aluminium foil is not strong, occurs that the situation of dry linting happens occasionally, cause battery performance to worsen.
Carbon nano-tube is a kind of novel nano material, the geometry of its uniqueness and electronic band structure, make it have excellent electric property, add the low-density far below aluminium, the Macro film that carbon nano-tube gathering is formed is expected to alternative aluminium foil becomes anode current collector of lithium ion battery of new generation.
Through finding the literature search of prior art, be at present also in the research and probe stage to the research of carbon nano-tube collector.
The KeWang of Tsing-Hua University, ShuLuo, YangWu etc. are in " Super-AlignedCarbonNanotubeFilmsasCurrentCollectorsforLi ghtweightandFlexibleLithiumIonBatteries " (super uniform carbon nanotubes film is used as lightweight, pliable and tough lithium ion battery as collector) literary composition of " AdvancedFunctionalMaterials " (advanced function material) the 23rd phase 846-853 page in 2013, and proposition carbon nano-tube film is as lithium ion battery plus-negative plate collector.The manufacture craft of the electrode of carbon nano-tube film collector has been set forth in the national inventing patent (CN103187574A) that the people such as Wang Jiaping, Wang Ke of Tsing-Hua University apply at it.The work that they do describes carbon nano-tube film alternative metals well, and to serve as collector be possible.This allows people, and new angle---the energy density of lithium ion battery is gone to improve in collector aspect, is no longer confined to electrode material from one.But due to the method problem made at present, there is the deficiency of following several times in carbon nano-tube film collector: (1) masking efficiency is low, the size-constrained system of film, mechanical strength is not high; (2) although can connecting tab, but with conducting resinl connecting tab and collector, the conducting resinl of introducing have not only increased the weight of pole piece, and conducting resinl long period of soaking is easily aging in the electrolytic solution simultaneously; (3) be first form electrode material layer in electrode fabrication process, then on electrode material layer, carbon nano-tube rete is formed, compared with the technique of this coating electrode pulp layer on a current collector in making with conventional lithium ion battery, change is too large, if be used in actual production, mean that manufacturer need adjust production line on a large scale, cost is too high.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of high efficiency based on carbon nano-tube film, high-quality, and the lithium ion cell positive preparation method easily integrated with existing cell making process.
The present invention adopts following technical scheme:
The carbon nano-tube film that lithium ion cell positive of the present invention is formed with carbon nano-tube macroscopic pipe is for collector, and positive electrode material layer is formed on carbon nano-tube film; Positive plate lug adopts the form of biplate aluminium foil folder carbon nano-tube film, and realizes electrical connection by spot welding.This carbon nano-tube film surface density is lower than 1.0 × 10
-3gcm
-2, mechanical strength is 100-150Mpa.
The manufacture method of the New Type of Carbon nanotube films collector that the present invention relates to, the method is applicable to button cell, the positive pole of cylindrical battery, particularly laminated battery plate makes, and comprises the steps:
Step one, High Strength Carbon Nanotubes film preparation.The reaction solution formula of Formed nanotube of the present invention and the synthetic method of carbon nano-tube macroscopic tubulose non-individual body, with reference to patent ZL201010230938.4, then prepare High Strength Carbon Nanotubes film by carbon nano-tube macroscopic tubulose non-individual body.First, in glass bar and rectangle glass, substrate size (0.01-1.5) m × (0.01-2) m, surface sprinkling last layer volume fraction is 15%-50% alcohol water blend; Then, the macroscopical pipe non-individual body glass bar generated from reactor mouth is drawn on square glass substrate.Adopt the form of graticules in length and breadth, that is: first cover carbon nano-tube macroscopic pipe on a glass along mouth of pipe direction, obtain the rete of about 0.1 μm; Then, by glass plate half-twist, before continuation, cover carbon nano-tube macroscopic pipe in the direction, obtain, again by glass plate half-twist after the rete of about 0.1 μm, so repeating until obtain the High Strength Carbon Nanotubes film (thickness 0.2-100 μm) of desired thickness.
Step 2, carbon nano-tube rete generates positive electrode material layer.Positive active material (cobalt acid lithium, lithium nickelate, LiMn2O4, LiFePO4, lithium nickel cobalt dioxide, nickel ion doped, in cobalt nickel ion doped one or more), conductive agent (in Super-P, electrically conductive graphite, Ketjen black one or more), binding agent (one in Kynoar, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, butadiene-styrene rubber) are mixed in proportion, wherein: conductive agent quality accounts for 3%-15%, binding agent quality accounts for 5%-10%, all the other are positive active material, regulate slurry viscosity with nitrogen methyl-prop pyrrolidone (NMP), solid content controls at 40%-50%.Ball milling 8-24h on planetary ball mill, rotating speed remains on 220-270rmin
-1above, anode sizing agent is obtained.Adopt the mode of " it is fixed that cutter moves film ", namely the glass plate being loaded with film is motionless, scraper is with certain edge of a knife (120-400 μm) feed above film, by anode sizing agent " gap coating " on carbon nano-tube film, the coating of so-called gap, be coated with exactly ink area is separated by certain white space (non-coating), has material region and white space to be alternately arranged.Coatings area lateral dimension accounts for the 0.85-0.95 of carbon nano-tube film lateral dimension, and occupy center; Pole piece width or length needed for the target battery that coatings area longitudinal size equals 2.2 times.Coating portion is not reserved by installing lug, and coating portion longitudinal size is not the 1/8-3/8 of coating portion longitudinal size.Concrete condition is shown in Fig. 1.After coating terminates, glass plate is placed in 100-120 DEG C of baking oven to dry, drying time is 30-60min.
Step 3, is separated coating carbon nano-tube rete with glass substrate.The glass substrate being loaded with coating carbon nano-tube rete is kept flat, dips the one (after mentioning hairbrush, being standard when dripless falls) of NMP, deionized water or alcohol with hairbrush.Gently brush in the carbon nanotube regions not being coated with slurry (not expanding to coating position for standard with NMP).After non-coating portion is wetting, gently scrape the edge of carbon nano-tube film with blade of carving knife, the edge of film is separated with glass substrate, after film and glass substrate separate section area can be clamped, use holder carbon nano-tube film separate section instead, with 0.5-1cms
-1speed to be not separated side lift, until the carbon nano-tube film scribbling slurry is separated completely from glass plate.The carbon nano-tube membrane portions that top scribbles anode material can be taken off from glass plate without gluing with sticking easily, and non-coating portion is dry has taken off sticky a little sticking, but also can take off from glass substrate with sticking without gluing after wetted.After end to be separated, the carbon nano-tube film being loaded with material is put into 100-120 DEG C of baking oven and place 20-30min.
Step 4, cut-parts also install lug.Film is cut into segment by the transversal centerline along each non-coatings area, uses twin rollers by positive electrode material layer and carbon nano-tube film compacting.For button cell pole piece, only each section need be placed on mould and go out
namely 5-15mm disk obtains positive plate, without the need to installing lug; For needing the battery pole piece installing lug, each section need be cut into further required pole piece size in battery making, the pole piece obtained has material part to account for 7/10-9/10, and non-coating portion accounts for 1/10-3/10.The invention provides the installation method of lug under two kinds of situations: first, when lug is positioned at pole piece side (right side is obtained in left side), (longitudinal size is 1.1-1.3 times of pole piece longitudinal size non-for pole piece coating portion to be placed in two panels aluminium foil, thickness≤20 μm) in the middle of, with pneumatic spot welding machine by the seam of upper and lower two panels aluminium foil, concrete condition is shown in Fig. 2; Second, when above lug is positioned at pole piece, with two panels aluminium foil, (lateral dimension is 1/2 of non-coatings area lateral dimension, longitudinal size is 1.4-1.6 times of lateral dimension, thickness≤20 μm) be clipped in the middle 1/2 of non-for pole piece coating portion (transverse direction), with pneumatic spot welding machine by the seam of upper and lower two panels aluminium foil, concrete condition is shown in Fig. 4.Because carbon nano-tube film is positioned in the middle of two panels aluminium foil, in two panels aluminium foil welding process, carbon nano-tube film is also just firmly fixed in the middle of two panels aluminium foil.After fixing, aluminium foil is trimmed to required form, as Fig. 3, Fig. 5, the aluminium foil wherein clamping carbon nano-tube film is lug.For making laminated battery plate, also on aluminium foil, a bit of (width equals aluminium foil width, long 1-5cm) aluminium strip with tab need be welded again.So far, positive plate just completes.
Lithium ion cell positive prepared by method of the present invention and traditional aluminum foil current collector positive pole phase specific mass are lighter, and positive electrode material layer is combined more firm with collector.Under same size, carbon nano-tube film is far lighter than aluminium foil, and this part quality saved is replaced to positive electrode, and battery capacity exceeds 15%-50% by than the battery taking aluminium foil as plus plate current-collecting body.The present invention is with low cost, and formation efficiency is high, and equipment is simple, can realize semicontinuous operation, be suitable for a large amount of production.
Good effect of the present invention is as follows:
The first, directly the carbon nano-tube macroscopic pipe non-individual body generated from reactor mouth is made film forming, masking efficiency is high, can prepare the carbon nano-tube film of arbitrary dimension size in theory, and in practical operation, prepared maximum carbon nano-tube film size reaches 1.5m × 2m.
The second, adopt the thin film-forming method of graticules in length and breadth, each carbon nanotube macroscopic view pipe in rete is interlaced, and each carbon nano-tube on microcosmic is interweaved, and the mechanical strength (100-150Mpa) that this makes the film produced have, is convenient to later use.
3rd, because carbon nano-tube film density is minimum, surface density (10 μm) < 1.0 × 10
-3gcm
-2much smaller than aluminium foil (20 μm) 5.44 × 10
-3gcm
-2, use this film collector effectively can reduce the quality of inert matter in whole electrode, thus the energy density of battery can be improved simply and effectively.
4th, due to speciality and the good wetability of carbon nano-tube film rough surface porous, its surface is more conducive to slurry attachment, enhances the cohesive force between slurry and collector, not easily occurs dry linting phenomenon.
5th, lug adopts the form of aluminium foil folder carbon nano-tube film, realizes electrical connection by spot welding.This mode is without the need to using conducting resinl, and owing to saving the quality of conducting resinl and avoiding the battery failure defect caused because conducting resinl is aging, pole piece quality is lighter simultaneously; Monolithic aluminium foil THICKNESS CONTROL is below 20 μm, and the thickness of lug part is suitable with positive electrode layer thickness, and ensureing can close contact between laminated battery plate positive/negative plate.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is gap coating schematic diagram
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram before the cutting of aluminium foil lug when lug is positioned at side
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram after the cutting of aluminium foil lug when lug is positioned at side
Fig. 4 is schematic diagram before aluminium foil lug cutting when above lug is positioned at
Fig. 5 is schematic diagram after aluminium foil lug cutting when above lug is positioned at
1 carbon nano-tube rete, 2 positive electrode material layers, 3 aluminium foil lugs, 4 positive plates.
Embodiment
The following examples describe in further detail of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
The preparation of Snap-type cell positive: spraying upper volume mark on glass substrate (20cm × 20cm) and glass bar is 30% alcohol water blend, draws the macroscopical pipe non-individual body glass bar generated from reactor mouth on square glass substrate.Adopt the form of graticules in length and breadth, will the carbon nano-tube film of thickness about 10 μm be obtained on the glass substrate.By active material (LiCoO
2), conductive agent (Super-P), binding agent (Kynoar) mix with NMP (solid content remains on 45%) in the ratio of 90:4:6, puts into ball mill ball milling 10h, rotating speed 232rmin
-1, obtain anode sizing agent.Keep scraper edge 180 μm, on film, uniform application last layer slurry, puts into baking oven, 120 DEG C, 40min.Subsequently, the glass substrate being loaded with coating carbon nano-tube rete is kept flat, dips NMP with hairbrush, gently brush in the carbon nanotube regions not being coated with slurry.After non-coating portion is wetting, gently scrape the edge of carbon nano-tube film with blade of carving knife, the edge of film is separated with glass substrate, after film and glass substrate separate section area can be clamped, use holder carbon nano-tube film separate section instead, with 0.5-1cms
-1speed to be not separated side lift, until the carbon nano-tube film scribbling slurry is separated completely from glass plate.After end to be separated, the carbon nano-tube film being loaded with material is put into 120 DEG C of baking oven 20min.The carbon nano-tube film being loaded with material, after roll-in, perforating press is gone out
the disk of 12mm.So far, button cell positive pole just completes.
Embodiment 2
The preparation of individual layer laminated batteries positive pole: spraying upper volume mark on glass substrate (20cm × 36cm) and glass bar is 30% alcohol water blend, draws the macroscopical pipe non-individual body glass bar generated from reactor mouth on square glass substrate.Adopt the form of graticules in length and breadth, will the carbon nano-tube film of thickness about 13 μm be obtained on the glass substrate.By active material (LiCoO
2), conductive agent (Super-P), binding agent (Kynoar) mix with NMP (solid content 45%) in the ratio of 90:4:6, puts into ball mill ball milling 12h, rotating speed 232rmin
-1, obtain anode sizing agent.Adopt the mode of " it is fixed that cutter moves film ", the glass plate being namely loaded with film is motionless, and scraper is with 230 μm of edge of a knife feeds above film, anode sizing agent is coated with over the carbon nanotube film in " gap coating " mode, every block coating is of a size of 8cm × 18cm, gap width 4cm, and concrete condition is shown in Fig. 1.After coating terminates, glass plate is placed in 120 DEG C of baking ovens to dry.Afterwards, with non-coating portion on the hairbrush wetting carbon nanotubes layer being moistened with NMP, the edge of carbon nano-tube film is gently scraped afterwards with blade of carving knife, the edge of carbon nano-tube film is separated with glass substrate, after film and glass substrate separate section area can be clamped, use holder carbon nano-tube film separate section instead, with 0.5-1cms
-1speed to be not separated side lift, until the carbon nano-tube film scribbling slurry is separated completely from glass plate.After end to be separated, the carbon nano-tube film being loaded with material is put into 120 DEG C of baking oven 30min.The film taken off being cut into 12cm × 20cm(has material part 8cm × 18cm to be positioned at center, and all the other are non-coating portion), roll-in; After roll-in, pole piece is cut into 4.0cm × 3.0cm, wherein anode sizing agent be of a size of 3.0cm × 3.0cm(residual area by make lug stayed).Preprepared aluminium foil (thick 20 μm) is cut into 0.8cm × 3.5cm, be clipped in the middle whole for non-for pole piece coating portion with two panels aluminium foil, notice that aluminium foil does not cover anode sizing agent layer, pneumatic spot welding machine welds, the little aluminium flake and the aluminium foil that by the length with tab are 1.5cm are again welded together, aluminium foil width are trimmed to the carbon nano-tube film that 0.5cm(aluminium foil includes and also prune away in the lump).So far, individual layer laminated batteries positive pole just completes.
Embodiment 3
The preparation of multi-layer stacks anode: spraying upper volume mark on glass substrate (20cm × 36cm) and glass bar is 30% alcohol water blend, draws the macroscopical pipe non-individual body glass bar generated from reactor mouth on square glass substrate.Adopt the form of graticules in length and breadth, will the carbon nano-tube film of thickness about 13 μm be obtained on the glass substrate.By active material (LiCoO
2), conductive agent (Super-P), binding agent (Kynoar) mix with NMP (solid content 45%) in the ratio of 90:4:6, puts into ball mill ball milling ball milling 12h, rotating speed 248rmin
-1, obtain anode sizing agent.Adopt the mode of " it is fixed that cutter moves film ", anode sizing agent gap, with 230 μm of edge of a knife feeds above film, is applied on carbon nano-tube film by scraper, and every block coating is of a size of 8cm × 18cm, gap width 4cm, and concrete condition is shown in Fig. 1.After coating terminates, glass plate is placed in 120 DEG C of baking ovens to dry.Afterwards, with non-coating portion on the hairbrush wetting carbon nanotubes layer being moistened with NMP, the edge of carbon nano-tube film is gently scraped afterwards with blade of carving knife, the edge of carbon nano-tube film is separated with glass substrate, after film and glass substrate separate section area can be clamped, use holder carbon nano-tube film separate section instead, with 0.5-1cms
-1speed to be not separated side lift, until the carbon nano-tube film scribbling slurry is separated completely from glass plate.After end to be separated, the carbon nano-tube film being loaded with material is put into 120 DEG C of baking oven 30min.The film taken off being cut into 12cm × 20cm(has material part 8cm × 18cm to be positioned at center, and all the other are non-coating portion), roll-in; After roll-in, pole piece is cut into 4.0cm × 3.0cm, wherein anode sizing agent be of a size of 3.0cm × 3.0cm(residual area by make lug stayed).Preprepared aluminium foil (thick 20 μm) is cut into 1.5cm × 2.3cm, be clipped in the middle 1/2 of non-for pole piece coating portion (transverse direction) with two panels aluminium foil, see Fig. 4, notice that aluminium foil does not cover anode sizing agent layer, pneumatic spot welding machine welds, aluminium foil width is trimmed to " convex " shape shown in Fig. 5, wherein " convex " shape upper width 0.8cm.So far, multi-layer stacks anode just completes.
Embodiment 4
Table 1 is assembled into battery performance list after button cell battery for the positive pole prepared by embodiment one.As described above, made button cell is with lithium sheet for negative pole, and barrier film is thick 12 μm for the positive plate situation of example one,
the disk of 12mm.Electric performance test is carried out, through 0.1C(2.75-4.2V after battery standing 24h) after multiplying power changes into, in identical voltage range, 1C circulation obtains table 1 data.
Table 1 example one make button cell performance list
Table 2 is assembled into battery performance list after individual layer laminated batteries for the positive pole prepared by embodiment two.As described above, made individual layer laminated batteries take graphite as negative pole (negative pole material size 3.5cm × 3.5cm) to the positive plate situation of example two, and thick 12 μm of barrier film used, is of a size of 4.0cm × 4.0cm.Electric performance test is carried out, through 0.1C(2.75-4.2V after battery standing 24h) after multiplying power changes into, in identical voltage range, 1C circulation obtains table 2 data.
Table 2 example two make individual layer laminated batteries performance list
As can be seen from above data, good performance is just had prepared by the present invention, for the carbon nano-tube film of same size, it is qualitatively far below aluminium foil, if this part quality under being saved by carbon nano-tube film replaces to positive electrode, the capacity of battery exceeds 20%-50% by than the battery taking aluminium foil as plus plate current-collecting body.
Present invention process is simple, and product not only can apply in the middle of the making of conventional batteries, more obvious in the effect of flexible foldable field of batteries.Raw material of the present invention is simple and easy to get, with low cost, environmentally safe; Efficiency is high, and equipment is simple, can realize semicontinuous operation, be suitable for a large amount of production.
Although illustrate and describe embodiments of the invention, for the ordinary skill in the art, be appreciated that and can carry out multiple change, amendment, replacement and modification to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, scope of the present invention is by claims and equivalents thereof.