CN106099076B - A kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material and its preparation method and application - Google Patents

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CN106099076B
CN106099076B CN201610701833.XA CN201610701833A CN106099076B CN 106099076 B CN106099076 B CN 106099076B CN 201610701833 A CN201610701833 A CN 201610701833A CN 106099076 B CN106099076 B CN 106099076B
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The present invention relates to a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbons to coat bismuth structural composite material and its preparation method and application, and which solve the not high technical problems of existing lithium ion battery negative material capacity and cyclical stability, have the following structure:The amorphous carbon of N doping is uniformly coated on flower-shaped bismuth nano grain surface;The composite material diameter 200nm~600nm, 100~300nm of thickness, it is 10~20nm that carbon-coating, which coats thickness,.The present invention discloses preparation method simultaneously.The present invention can be used for the preparation field of lithium ion battery negative material.

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A kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material and its preparation method and application
Technical field
The present invention relates to lithium ion battery electrode material preparation field, and in particular to a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structure Composite material and preparation method and application.
Background technology
Lithium ion battery is widely paid close attention to because many advantages are possessed, its application field also expands constantly Greatly, from mobile phone, digital camera, laptop electric vehicle till now and military use product.
Currently, commercial lithium ion battery negative material is mainly graphited carbon material.There are theoretical capacities for carbon material It is low, first charge-discharge efficiency is low, organic solvent many deficiencies such as embedded altogether, and start to restrict the hair of entire lithium ion battery Exhibition.But with the continuous development of society, requirement of each field to capacity of lithium ion battery and charge-discharge velocity is constantly carrying Height because it directly affect electronic product miniaturization and some large-scale instrument stand-by power supplies high-rate charge-discharge capability and The problems such as cruising ability, so the development of high performance lithium ion battery is for portable electronic device, electric vehicle and other one A little storage devices are particularly important.Researcher while improving carbon material performance as possible, also begin to exploitation it is new, may be used as Negative electrode of lithium ion battery, the more superior material of performance.
In recent years, researcher has carried out extensive research to lithium ion battery negative material.Currently, bismuth metal material Research start to cause the attention of researcher.The mass theory capacity of bismuth is 386mA h/g, slightly above carbon material, but It is it with higher volume capacity 3765mAh/cm-3.Mainly there are pattern control and carbon for the research method of bismuth material at present Cladding, such as document (Su D, Dou S, Wang G.Bismuth:A new anode for the Na-ion battery.Nano Energy,2015,12:The nanocomposite for 88-95.) preparing bismuth and graphene is used for sodium-ion battery cathode, Under the current density of 40mA/g, higher reversible specific capacity can be kept, is 561mAh/g, but capacity and cyclical stability are also There can be further raising.
Invention content
The present invention is exactly to be asked to solve existing lithium ion battery negative material capacity and the not high technology of cyclical stability Topic provides a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material and preparation method thereof with outstanding multiplying power and cycle performance And application.
For this purpose, the present invention provides a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material, have the following structure:It is compound Material has the following structure:The amorphous carbon of N doping is uniformly coated on flower-shaped bismuth nano grain surface;The bismuth nanometer Hole is equipped between grain;The composite material diameter 200nm~600nm, 100~300nm of thickness, carbon-coating coat thickness be 10~ 20nm。
Present invention simultaneously provides the preparation methods that a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon coats bismuth structural composite material comprising as follows Step:(1) claim the Na of 0.3~0.7 mass parts2CO3After being dissolved in the water of 50~90 mass parts, 1.2~2 mass parts are added Bismuth citrate stir evenly, at 150~180 DEG C carry out 20~30h of hydro-thermal reaction, clean and dry after being cooled to room temperature To the presoma of bismuth;(2) salt acid for adjusting pH will be used extremely after being mixed with buffer solution by the aqueous solution of gained presoma in step (1) 8.0~9.0, the reaction of 50~200 mass parts Dopamine hydrochlorides is added, the reaction time is 8~56h, obtains poly-dopamine cladding Forerunner's composite material, filtration washing collecting reaction product;(3) poly-dopamine obtained in step (2) cladding presoma is multiple Condensation material 2~4h of carburizing reagent at 600~800 DEG C in nitrogen atmosphere, you can obtain flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structure Composite material.
Preferably, the buffer substance being added in the buffer solution is disodium hydrogen phosphate or trishydroxymethylaminomethane.
Present invention simultaneously provides flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite materials to prepare lithium ion battery negative material In application.
The flower-shaped presoma for the bismuth that the present invention is synthesized using hydro-thermal method, using dopamine as carbon source, is existed as template by dopamine Auto polymerization in buffer solution is uniformly coated on the surface of flower-shaped presoma, then high temperature cabonization, and the presoma of internal bismuth turns CO is generated while turning to bismuth oxide2Gas causes to generate hole between Bismuth oxide particles, and at the same time bismuth oxide and carbon are in height Temperature is lower to occur carbothermic reduction reaction, ultimately forms flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material.In prepared composite material, Carbon-coating is coated with to improve the electronic conductivity energy of bismuth, can effectively improve the high rate performance of the material;Bismuth active material it Between hole, can the effectively volume expansion that is generated during repeated charge of padded coaming, it is ensured that the Gao Xun of composite material Ring stability, and the transmission range of lithium ion can be shortened.
Flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material prepared by the present invention can as lithium ion battery negative material To show outstanding chemical property.Carbon-coating is conducive to improve the electronic conductivity energy of bismuth, can effectively improve the material High rate performance;Gap in carbonization process between bismuth active material, can effectively padded coaming produced during repeated charge Raw volume expansion, it is ensured that the high circulation stability of composite material, and the transmission range of lithium ion can be shortened.
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Fig. 1 is the stereoscan photograph of 1 product of embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the XRD curves of 1 product of embodiment;
Fig. 3 is that embodiment 1 is prepared, and there is flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon to coat bismuth structural composite material as lithium cell cathode material High rate performance figure.
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It elaborates below to the embodiment of the present invention, the present embodiment is carried out lower based on the technical solution of the present invention Implement, gives detailed embodiment and specific operating process, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited to following implementation Example.
Embodiment 1
Claim 0.3g Na2CO31.2g bismuth citrates are added after being dissolved in 50mL water to stir evenly, water is carried out at 150 DEG C Thermal response 30h cleans and dries to obtain the presoma of bismuth after being cooled to room temperature.Again by the aqueous solution of presoma and trihydroxy methyl ammonia With salt acid for adjusting pH to 8.0~9.0 after methylmethane mixing, the reaction of 50mg Dopamine hydrochlorides is added, reaction time 56h is obtained Forerunner's composite material, filtration washing collecting reaction product are coated to poly-dopamine.Obtained poly-dopamine is coated into presoma Composite material carburizing reagent 2h at 800 DEG C in nitrogen atmosphere, you can obtain flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structure composite material Material.
The stereoscan photograph of product is as shown in Figure 1, the XRD curves of product are as shown in Figure 2.Fig. 3 is that the multiplying power of material is filled Discharge test figure.As can be seen from Figure 3 with the increase of current density, capacity decline is slower, illustrates this Material has preferable rate charge-discharge performance.And the circulation volume several times under each multiplying power keeps stablizing, when electric current is close When degree returns to low range, capacity can be very good to restore, it was demonstrated that this material has good cyclical stability.
Embodiment 2
Claim 0.5g Na2CO31.6g bismuth citrates are added after being dissolved in 70mL water to stir evenly, water is carried out at 180 DEG C Thermal response 20h cleans and dries to obtain the presoma of bismuth after being cooled to room temperature.Again by the aqueous solution of presoma and trihydroxy methyl ammonia With salt acid for adjusting pH to 8.0~9.0 after methylmethane mixing, the reaction of 125mg Dopamine hydrochlorides is added, reaction time 40h is obtained Forerunner's composite material, filtration washing collecting reaction product are coated to poly-dopamine.Obtained poly-dopamine is coated into presoma Composite material carburizing reagent 3h at 700 DEG C in nitrogen atmosphere, you can obtain flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structure composite material Material.
Electro-chemical test part is with embodiment 1, the prepared materials show experiment knot almost the same with embodiment 1 Fruit.
Embodiment 3
Claim 0.7g Na2CO32g bismuth citrates are added after being dissolved in 90mL water to stir evenly, hydro-thermal is carried out at 170 DEG C 25h is reacted, cleans and dry to obtain the presoma of bismuth after being cooled to room temperature.Again by the aqueous solution of presoma and trihydroxy methyl amino With salt acid for adjusting pH to 8.0~9.0 after methane blended, the reaction of 200mg Dopamine hydrochlorides is added, reaction time 8h is obtained Poly-dopamine coats forerunner's composite material, filtration washing collecting reaction product.Obtained poly-dopamine cladding presoma is answered Condensation material carburizing reagent 4h at 600 DEG C in nitrogen atmosphere, you can obtain flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material.
Electro-chemical test part is with embodiment 1, the prepared materials show experiment knot almost the same with embodiment 1 Fruit.

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1. a kind of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon coats bismuth structural composite material, it is characterized in that the composite material has the following structure:Nitrogen The amorphous carbon of doping is uniformly coated on flower-shaped bismuth nano grain surface;Hole is equipped between the bismuth nano particle;It is described Composite material diameter 200nm~600nm, 100~300nm of thickness, it is 10~20nm that carbon-coating, which coats thickness,.
2. a kind of preparation method of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material, it is characterized in that including the following steps:
(1) claim the Na of 0.3~0.7 mass parts2CO3After being dissolved in the water of 50~90 mass parts, 1.2~2 mass parts are added Bismuth citrate stirs evenly, and 20~30h of hydro-thermal reaction is carried out at 150~180 DEG C, is cleaned after being cooled to room temperature and dries to obtain The presoma of bismuth;
(2) salt acid for adjusting pH will be used to 8.0~9.0 after being mixed with buffer solution by the aqueous solution of gained presoma in the step (1), The reaction of 50~200 mass parts Dopamine hydrochlorides is added, the reaction time is 8~56h, obtains poly-dopamine cladding forerunner's bluk recombination Material, filtration washing collecting reaction product;
(3) by the poly-dopamine obtained in step (2) coat forerunner's composite material in nitrogen atmosphere at 600~800 DEG C 2~4h of carburizing reagent, you can obtain flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material.
3. the preparation method of flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material according to claim 2, it is characterised in that The buffer substance being added in the buffer solution is disodium hydrogen phosphate or trishydroxymethylaminomethane.
4. flower-shaped nitrogen-doped carbon cladding bismuth structural composite material as described in claim 1 is preparing lithium ion battery negative material In application.
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