Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides a silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery and a preparation method thereof.
In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery is characterized in that the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere is prepared from silane, resorcinol, formaldehyde, an etching solution, a reducing agent, ethanol, ammonia water and deionized water; the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material is of a core-shell structure, the diameter of the core-shell structure is 100-300 nm, a gap with the distance of 15-45 nm is formed between the core silicon oxide and the carbon shell, the diameter of the core silicon oxide is 30-150 nm, the thickness of the carbon shell is 20-30 nm, and according to mass percentage, 15-40% of silicon, 13-21% of oxygen and 45-70% of carbon are contained.
Further preferably, the silane is one of tetra (2-methoxyethoxy) silane, tetramethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane or a mixture of a plurality of silanes in any mass ratio.
Further preferably, the etching solution is one or a mixture of potassium hydroxide solution, sodium hydroxide solution and sodium carbonate solution in any mass ratio, or hydrofluoric acid solution.
Further preferably, the reducing agent is one or a mixture of aluminum, magnesium, sodium and potassium metal powder in any mass ratio.
A preparation method of a silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery is characterized by comprising the following steps:
(1) mixing ammonia water with ammonia content of 25-28%, deionized water and ethanol according to a volume ratio of 0.5-0.8: 1: 1.5-3, and mixing the mixed solution according to a volume ratio of 1:1, adding the mixture into a silane ethanol solution with the concentration of 0.05-0.1 g/L, and stirring for 2-5 hours to obtain a solution A;
(2) adding resorcinol and formaldehyde into the solution A obtained in the step (1), and stirring for 24-36 hours, wherein the concentration of resorcinol in A is 6.25-17.5 g/L, and the mass ratio of resorcinol to formaldehyde is 2-3: 1; then transferring the mixture into a high-pressure reaction kettle, and keeping the temperature at 90-110 ℃ for 20-30 hours; naturally cooling to room temperature, performing centrifugal separation, washing the obtained product with ethanol and deionized water for 2-3 times, and performing vacuum drying at 70-90 ℃ for 20-30 hours to obtain a product B;
(3) placing the product B obtained in the step (2) in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 800-1100 ℃ at the speed of 2-5 ℃/min under the protection of atmosphere, keeping for 3-5 hours, and then naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product C;
(4) placing the product C obtained in the step (3) in a sodium hydroxide solution, stirring and reacting for 5-20 hours at room temperature, then washing the precipitate with ethanol and deionized water for 2-3 times in sequence until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying in vacuum at 70-90 ℃ for 24-36 hours to obtain a product D;
(5) uniformly mixing the product D obtained in the step (4) with a reducing agent according to the mass ratio of 3-5: 1, placing the mixture in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or a nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 700-800 ℃ at the speed of 2-5 ℃/min under the protection of atmosphere, keeping the temperature for 3-5 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product E;
(6) fully mixing and stirring the product E obtained in the step (5) with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, reacting for 24 hours, then washing with ethanol and deionized water for 2-3 times in sequence until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying in vacuum at 70-90 ℃ for 24-36 hours to obtain the final product, namely the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite anode material
An application of a silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material in a lithium ion battery is provided.
An application method of a silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material is applied to a CR2032 button type lithium ion battery and comprises the following specific steps: uniformly mixing the silicon-oxygen-carbon composite material, the conductive agent Super P and the adhesive polyvinylidene fluoride according to the mass ratio of 70:20: 10; and then according to the mass ratio of 20: 80 mixing the uniformly mixed solid mixture (the mixture of the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite material, Super P and polyvinylidene fluoride) with N-methylpyrrolidone, and uniformly stirring to prepare slurry; and then coating the slurry on a copper foil, and drying and rolling to obtain the lithium ion battery electrode negative plate with the thickness of 13-23 mu m. Then, a lithium plate is taken as an electrode positive plate, a microporous polypropylene film is taken as a diaphragm, and 1mol/L LiPF6And (the solvent is dimethyl carbonate and dipropyl carbonate with the same volume) as the electrolyte, and the electrode negative plate is assembled into the CR2032 button lithium ion battery in a glove box filled with argon.
The invention has the advantages and beneficial effects that:
when the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material with the core-shell structure is used as a negative electrode material of a lithium battery, the volume change of a silicon oxide core used as an active material is smaller than that of simple substance silicon in the charge and discharge processes; the carbon shell can relieve the volume change of the silicon oxide material in the charging and discharging process, so that the cycle performance and the coulombic efficiency of the lithium battery can be improved, and the conductivity of the material can be improved, so that the rate performance can be improved. In addition, the method has simple process, good reproducibility and easy implementation, and is suitable for large-scale production.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
Example 1
A silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery comprises the following specific steps:
(1) mixing 6ml of ammonia water (the content of ammonia is 25-28%), 10ml of deionized water and 22ml of ethanol, uniformly stirring, adding the mixture into 38ml of tetraethoxysilane ethanol solution (0.07mg/ml), and continuously stirring for 2-5 hours to obtain solution A;
(2) adding 1.31g of resorcinol and 0.44g of formaldehyde into the solution A obtained in the step (1), stirring for 24-36 hours, and then transferring into a high-pressure reaction kettle to keep the temperature at 100 ℃ for 24 hours; then cooling to room temperature, and carrying out centrifugal separation at the rotating speed of 5000 r/min; then washing the obtained precipitate with ethanol and deionized water for 3 times in sequence, and then drying in vacuum at 70 ℃ for 20 hours to obtain a silicon dioxide/phenolic resin composite material B;
(3) and (3) placing the product B obtained in the step (2) in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 1100 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the atmosphere protection, keeping for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product C.
(4) Placing the product C obtained in the step (3) in a sodium hydroxide solution (6%), continuously stirring and reacting for 8 hours at room temperature, then washing the precipitate for 3 times by using ethanol and deionized water successively until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying for 36 hours in vacuum at 90 ℃ to obtain a product D;
(5) and (3) uniformly mixing the product D obtained in the step (4) with a reducing agent according to the mass ratio of 3:1, placing the mixture in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 700 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the protection of atmosphere, keeping for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product E.
(6) And (3) fully mixing and stirring the product E obtained in the step (5) with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution (10%), reacting for more than 24 hours, then washing for 3 times with ethanol and deionized water sequentially until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying in vacuum at 90 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the final product, namely the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material.
Assembling and testing the performance of the lithium ion battery, namely uniformly mixing the silicon-oxygen-carbon composite material, the conductive agent Super P and the adhesive polyvinylidene fluoride according to the mass ratio of 70:20: 10; and then according to the mass ratio of 20: 80 mixing the solid mixture (the mixture of the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite material, Super P and polyvinylidene fluoride) and N-methylpyrrolidone, and uniformly stirring to prepare slurry; and then coating the slurry on a copper foil, and drying and rolling to obtain the lithium ion battery electrode negative plate with the thickness of 13-23 mu m. Then, a lithium plate is taken as an electrode positive plate, a microporous polypropylene film is taken as a diaphragm, and 1mol/L LiPF6(the solvent is dimethyl carbonate and dipropyl carbonate with equal volume) as electrolyte, and the electrode negative plate is assembled into a CR2032 button type lithium ion battery in a glove box filled with argon. After the lithium ion battery is kept stand for 24 hours, the first circle is at 100mA g-1Carrying out charge and discharge tests under current, wherein the charge and discharge voltage interval is between 0.01 and 3.0V; starting from the second turn at 500mA g-1Then, a charge-discharge test is carried out, and the charge-discharge interval is between 0.01 and 3.0V. The test results are shown in fig. 1-5. Wherein the content of the first and second substances,
FIG. 1 shows two broad peaks between 20 DEG and 25 DEG and around 45 DEG, corresponding to amorphous silicon oxide and amorphous carbon.
Fig. 2 shows from a transmission electron microscope picture that the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere is a yolk-eggshell structure, the diameter of the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere is 110nm, a certain gap is formed between the inner core and the shell, the diameter of the silicon oxide of the inner core is 55.5nm, and the thickness of the carbon outer shell is 9 nm.
Fig. 3 shows that the composite material is composed of C, Si and O elements. The peak of the copper element is the peak of the substrate copper sheet.
Fig. 4 shows from the transmission electron microscope picture that the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere is a yolk-eggshell structure, the diameter of the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere is 200nm, a certain gap is formed between the core and the shell, the distance of the gap is 11nm, the diameter of the silicon oxide of the core is 149nm, and the thickness of the carbon shell is 14.5 nm.
FIG. 5 shows that the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite material prepared in example 1 of the present invention is used as a negative electrode material of a lithium ion battery at 500mA g-1Cycle performance graph below.
Example 2
A silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery comprises the following specific steps:
(1) mixing 6ml of ammonia water (the content of ammonia is 25-28%), 10ml of deionized water and 22ml of ethanol, uniformly stirring, adding the mixture into 38ml of tetraethoxysilane ethanol solution (0.1mg/ml), and continuously stirring for 2-5 hours to obtain solution A;
(2) adding 1.06g of resorcinol and 0.53g of formaldehyde into the solution A obtained in the step (1), stirring for 24-36 hours, and then transferring into a high-pressure reaction kettle to keep at 100 ℃ for 24 hours; then cooling to room temperature, and carrying out centrifugal separation at the rotating speed of 5000 r/min; then washing the obtained precipitate with ethanol and deionized water for 3 times in sequence, and then drying in vacuum at 70 ℃ for 20 hours to obtain a silicon dioxide/phenolic resin composite material B;
(3) and (3) placing the product B obtained in the step (2) in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 1100 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the atmosphere protection, keeping for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product C.
(4) Putting the product C obtained in the step (3) into a sodium hydroxide solution (6%), continuously stirring and reacting for 20 hours at room temperature, then washing the precipitate for 3 times by using ethanol and deionized water successively until the filtrate is neutral, and then carrying out vacuum drying for 36 hours at the temperature of 90 ℃ to obtain a product D;
(5) and (5) uniformly mixing the product D obtained in the step (4) with a reducing agent according to the mass ratio of 3:1, placing the mixture in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or a nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 700 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the protection of atmosphere, keeping for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product E.
(6) And (3) fully mixing and stirring the product E obtained in the step (5) with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution (10%), reacting for more than 24 hours, then washing for 3 times with ethanol and deionized water sequentially until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying in vacuum at 90 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the final product, namely the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material.
Example 3
A silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery comprises the following specific steps:
(1) mixing 5ml of ammonia water (the content of ammonia is 25-28%), 10ml of deionized water and 25ml of ethanol, uniformly stirring, adding the mixture into 40ml of tetraethoxysilane ethanol solution (0.05mg/ml), and continuously stirring for 2-5 hours to obtain solution A;
(2) adding 0.83g of resorcinol and 0.42g of formaldehyde into the solution A obtained in the step (1), stirring for 24-36 hours, and then transferring into a high-pressure reaction kettle to keep the temperature at 100 ℃ for 24 hours; then cooling to room temperature, and carrying out centrifugal separation at the rotating speed of 5000 r/min; then washing the obtained precipitate with ethanol and deionized water for 3 times in sequence, and then drying in vacuum at 70 ℃ for 20 hours to obtain a silicon dioxide/phenolic resin composite material B;
(3) and (3) placing the product B obtained in the step (2) in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 1000 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the atmosphere protection, keeping for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product C.
(4) Placing the product C obtained in the step (3) in a sodium hydroxide solution (6%), continuously stirring and reacting for 12 hours at room temperature, then washing the precipitate for 3 times by using ethanol and deionized water successively until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying for 36 hours in vacuum at 90 ℃ to obtain a product D;
(5) and (3) uniformly mixing the product D obtained in the step (4) with a reducing agent according to the mass ratio of 3:1, placing the mixture in a tubular furnace, introducing nitrogen or argon or nitrogen-argon mixed gas in any proportion into the tubular furnace, heating to 800 ℃ at the speed of 2 ℃/min under the protection of atmosphere, keeping the temperature for 3 hours, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a product E.
(6) And (3) fully mixing and stirring the product E obtained in the step (5) and a dilute hydrochloric acid solution (10%), reacting for more than 24 hours, then washing for 3 times by using ethanol and deionized water sequentially until the filtrate is neutral, and then drying in vacuum at 90 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the final product, namely the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite negative electrode material.
Table 1 shows that the lithium ion batteries of examples 1 to 3 are operated at 500mA g-1And (4) carrying out charge and discharge tests under current to obtain the capacity and the capacity retention rate at the 2 nd circle and the 200 th circle.
Table 1:
as can be seen from Table 1, when the silicon oxide/carbon microspheres provided by the invention are used as an electrode negative electrode material and applied to a lithium ion battery, the charging capacity is 786.8mAh g after 200 cycles of circulation-1Above, the capacity retention rate is above 83.3%, and the graphite anode material has good cycle performance and is still far higher than that of the current commercialized graphite anode material.
Table 2 mass% and atomic% of Si, O, and C in the silicon oxide/carbon microsphere composite anode material in example 1
Table 2:
kind of element
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Wt%
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Atomic%
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C
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58.43
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70.80
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O
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19.55
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17.79
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Si
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22.02
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11.41
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Total amount of
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100.00
|
100.00 |
It can be seen that the atomic number ratio of Si, O, C in the silicon oxide/carbon (SiOx/C) microsphere composite was 1:1.56: 6.21.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it is therefore intended that all such equivalent changes and modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art be included within the scope of the appended claims.