CN112820879A

CN112820879A - Battery current collector and preparation method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112820879A
Application number: CN202011635736.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李越旺; 杨少群
Original assignee: Foshan Zhongji Ximi New Material Co ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Zhongji Ximi New Material Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-05-18

Abstract

The invention discloses a battery current collector and a preparation method thereof, wherein the battery current collector comprises a metal foil and a conductive coating, the conductive coating is formed by coating conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil, the thickness of the conductive coating is less than or equal to 300nm, and the conductive slurry comprises graphene, conductive carbon black, carbon nano tubes, a binder and a solvent. The conductive coating improves the binding power of active substances and a current collector, reduces the using amount of a binding agent in the active substances, and improves the energy density and the cycle life of the battery through reasonable proportioning; the interface resistance of the current collector is reduced, and the internal resistance of the battery is reduced.

Description

Battery current collector and preparation method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of secondary batteries, in particular to a battery current collector and a preparation method thereof.

Background

The secondary battery is represented by a lithium ion battery and the like, and has an important position in the 3C consumption field, a new energy power battery and a large-scale energy storage battery due to excellent comprehensive performance.

The current collector of a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery refers to a structure or a part for collecting current, and in the case of the lithium ion battery, mainly refers to a metal foil such as a copper foil or an aluminum foil. The broad fingers may also include tabs. The function of the current collector is to collect the current generated by the active materials of the battery so as to form a larger current output, therefore, the current collector should be in full contact with the active materials, and the internal resistance should be as small as possible.

In the prior art, the surface treatment of the conductive base material of the battery by using the functional coating is a breakthrough technical innovation, and the carbon-coated aluminum foil/copper foil is formed by uniformly and finely coating the dispersed conductive materials such as nano conductive graphite, carbon-coated particles, carbon nano tubes and the like on the aluminum foil/copper foil. The conductive material can provide excellent static conductivity, collect micro-current of active material, thus greatly reducing contact resistance between positive/negative electrode material and current collection, improving adhesion between the positive/negative electrode material and the current collection, reducing usage amount of binder in the active material, and further improving overall performance of the battery.

The existing carbon-coated foil is prepared by compounding conductive materials such as graphite, carbon black, multi-layer carbon nano tubes and the like, and coating conductive slurry which is uniformly dispersed with binders and solvents in different proportions on metal foils such as aluminum foils or copper foils. In the existing coating machine for coating the conductive slurry on the metal foil, the amount of the conductive slurry coated on the metal foil cannot be controlled by a material-carrying roller, so that the thickness of the conductive coating formed on the metal foil is generally more than 1 μm, and the conductive coating with thin thickness cannot be formed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problems that a battery current collector is provided, and a conductive coating improves the binding power of an active substance and the current collector, reduces the using amount of a binding agent in the active substance, improves the energy density of the battery and prolongs the cycle life of the battery through reasonable proportioning; the interface resistance of the current collector is reduced, and the internal resistance of the battery is reduced.

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a preparation method of a battery current collector, which is characterized in that a coating machine and an iron removal device are matched with each other to effectively remove iron and impurities in conductive slurry so as to form a conductive coating with the thickness of less than 300nm on a single surface of a metal foil.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a battery current collector which comprises a metal foil and a conductive coating, wherein the conductive coating is formed by coating conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil, the thickness of the conductive coating is less than or equal to 300nm, and the conductive slurry comprises graphene, conductive carbon black, carbon nano tubes, a binder and a solvent.

As an improvement of the scheme, the carbon nano tube is in a chain shape under a scanning electron microscope, and the length of the carbon nano tube is 10-15 mu m.

As an improvement of the scheme, the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is (1.3-2.5): 1.

as an improvement of the scheme, the viscosity of the conductive paste is 50-200 Cp.

As an improvement of the scheme, the conductive paste comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 6-9% of graphene, 2.8-4.8% of conductive carbon black, 0.5-1.0% of carbon nano tube, 20-30% of dispersant and the balance of solvent.

As a modification of the above scheme, the solvent is an N-methyl pyrrolidone solution, a gamma-butyrolactone solution, an ethanol solution, an isopropanol solution, an N-propanol solution or an aqueous solution.

As an improvement of the scheme, the battery current collector is applied to a lithium cobalt oxide battery.

Correspondingly, the invention also provides a preparation method of the battery current collector, which comprises the following steps:

s1, preparing conductive paste;

uniformly mixing the binder and the first part of solvent to obtain a mixed solution A;

adding graphene and conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B;

adding the carbon nano tube and the second part of solvent into the mixed solution B to obtain conductive slurry;

s2, coating the conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of a single surface less than or equal to 300 nm.

As an improvement of the scheme, a coater is adopted to coat the conductive slurry on at least one side of the metal foil;

wherein, the coating machine includes frame, area material roller, lower compression roller, driving roller and slurry tank, area material roller, lower compression roller and driving roller are connected in the frame, the below of area material roller is located to the slurry tank, the top of area material roller is located to the lower compression roller, area material roller is equipped with depressed area and non-depressed area, the depressed area is along the inside sunken preset degree of depth in surface of area material roller, depressed area scribbles ceramic coating, just ceramic coating is equipped with a plurality of shrinkage pools.

As an improvement of the scheme, the conductive slurry is deironized by a deironing device and then is conveyed to a slurry tank;

the iron removing device comprises a shell, an upper cover and a magnetic rod, wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity, the upper cover covers the shell, and the magnetic rod is inserted into the accommodating cavity; the upper cover is provided with a hanging ring, and the magnetic rod is in sliding connection with the hanging ring through a sliding block; the lateral wall of magnetic rod is equipped with a plurality of magnetic stripes that stretch out that lean out, the magnetic stripe with the contained angle of magnetic rod is 20 ~ 60 degrees.

The implementation of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the conductive coating improves the binding power of active substances and a current collector, reduces the using amount of a binding agent in the active substances, and improves the energy density and the cycle life of the battery through reasonable proportioning; the interface resistance of the current collector is reduced, and the internal resistance of the battery is reduced; the product stability and consistency are improved, the production qualification rate of the single battery, namely the battery pack matching rate, is improved, the consistency of the single battery and the battery pack is improved, namely the cycle service life is prolonged, and the production cost is reduced.

In addition, the conductive coating of the invention can increase the adhesion performance of the metal foil and the electrode material and prevent the surface of the metal foil from being corroded and oxidized.

According to the preparation method, the coating machine and the iron removal device are matched with each other, so that iron and impurities in the conductive slurry are effectively removed, and the conductive coating with the thickness of less than 300nm on one side is formed on the metal foil.

The current collector is suitable for a lithium cobalt oxide battery.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of a current collector of a battery of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of a coater according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a ribbon roll of the coater of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an iron removing device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the magnetic rod of the iron removing device of the present invention.

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 with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, the battery current collector provided by the invention comprises a metal foil 10 and a conductive coating 20, wherein the conductive coating 20 is formed by coating conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil 10, the thickness of the conductive coating is less than or equal to 300nm, and the conductive slurry comprises graphene, conductive carbon black, carbon nanotubes, a binder and a solvent.

The graphene is flaky under a scanning electron microscope, the conductive carbon black is spherical under the scanning electron microscope, and the carbon nano tube is chain-shaped under the scanning electron microscope and has the length of 10-15 mu m.

According to the invention, the flake graphene, the spherical conductive carbon black and the chain-shaped carbon nano tubes are combined to form the conductive slurry, the conductive coating formed by coating the conductive slurry on the metal foil has a three-dimensional structure, the electrode material can be embedded into the conductive coating, the contact area between the conductive coating and the electrode material is greatly increased, the binding force between the electrode material and the conductive coating is improved, the internal resistance of the battery is reduced, and the service life of the battery is prolonged.

According to the characteristics of the graphene, the conductive carbon black and the carbon nano tube and the functions of the graphene, the conductive carbon black and the carbon nano tube in the lithium ion battery, the graphene, the conductive carbon black and the carbon nano tube are mutually matched and are in complementary cooperation in the lithium ion battery, so that the battery current collector can reduce the internal resistance of the lithium ion battery and improve the conductivity of the lithium ion battery.

In order to ensure the synergistic effect among the graphene, the conductive carbon black and the carbon nano tube, the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is (1.3-2.5): 1; if the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is less than 1.3: 1, the content of graphene is too low, the content of conductive carbon black is too high, the conductivity of the conductive slurry is reduced, and the resistance of a current collector is increased; the dispersion can become such that the thickness and uniformity of the conductive coating is affected; if the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is more than 2.5: 1, the content of graphene is too high, the content of conductive carbon black is too low, the dispersibility is poor, and the thickness and the conductivity of the conductive coating are affected.

Preferably, the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is (1.5-2.0): 1.

because the graphene and the conductive carbon black have larger specific surface areas, the graphene and the conductive carbon black are wrapped by adding the binder, so that the conductive slurry disclosed by the invention is better adhered to the metal foil. Preferably, the binder is a modified polyacrylic acid (LBR). The modified polyacrylic acid can also play a role of a dispersing agent, and the graphene and the conductive carbon black with small particle size are wrapped by the modified polyacrylic acid, so that the graphene and the conductive carbon black can be prevented from agglomerating to play a role of dispersing. The invention selects the modified polyacrylic acid as the bonding joint, not only well bonds the conductive slurry on the metal foil, but also can form a conductive coating with uniform thickness on the metal foil.

The solvent is used for dispersing raw materials to form conductive slurry, and is an aprotic polar solvent such as N-methyl pyrrolidone and gamma-butyrolactone, or a protic polar solvent such as ethanol, isopropanol and N-propanol, or water. Preferably, the solvent is deionized water.

The viscosity of the conductive paste obtained after the solvent is added can be adjusted according to requirements, and preferably, the viscosity of the conductive paste is 50-200 Cp. If the viscosity of the conductive paste is less than 50Cp, the conductive paste is difficult to adhere to the surface of the metal foil to form a uniform coating; if the viscosity of the conductive paste is greater than 200Cp, the conductive paste has poor fluidity after being coated on the metal foil, and a conductive coating with a thickness of less than 300nm cannot be formed.

Specifically, the content of each component in the conductive paste plays an important role in the performance of the lithium ion battery. Preferably, the conductive paste comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 6-9% of graphene, 2.8-4.8% of conductive carbon black, 0.5-1.0% of carbon nano tube, 20-30% of dispersant and the balance of solvent.

If the mass percentage of the carbon nano tube is less than 0.5%, the content of the carbon nano tube is too low, and the conductive coating cannot form a three-dimensional structure; if the mass percentage of the carbon nano tube is more than 1.0%, the content of the carbon nano tube is too much, and the surface cracks of the conductive coating are too much and too large, thereby influencing the conductive effect of the conductive coating.

The metal foil is made of aluminum foil, copper foil or other metals.

The current collector has wide application range, and can be applied to power/energy storage lithium ion batteries, 3C rib lithium ion batteries, super capacitors, lithium ion capacitors, water-system lithium ion batteries and acid batteries. Among them, the current collector of the present invention is particularly suitable for lithium cobalt oxide batteries.

s1, preparing conductive paste;

the preparation method of the conductive paste comprises the following steps:

s11, uniformly mixing the binder and the first part of solvent to obtain a mixed solution A;

s12, adding graphene and conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B;

and S13, adding the carbon nano tube and a second part of solvent into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive paste.

According to the invention, the binder is added into the first part of solvent, and then the graphene and the conductive carbon black are added into the mixed solution A formed by the binder and the solvent, so that the dispersibility of the graphene and the conductive carbon black can be improved, and the conductive agent in the conductive slurry is more uniform; in addition, the invention finally adds the carbon nano tube and the second part of solvent into the mixed solution B, and can control the viscosity of the conductive paste.

Preferably, the viscosity of the conductive paste is 50-200 cp.

Wherein the mass of the first part of solvent is 60-70% of the total mass of the first part of solvent and the second part of solvent.

S2, coating the conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of a single side less than or equal to 300 nm;

specifically, the conductive slurry is coated on at least one side of the metal foil by adopting a coating machine, and the thickness of the single-side conductive coating is less than or equal to 300 nm. Preferably, the thickness of the single-side conductive coating is less than or equal to 150 nm.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the coating machine 1 includes a frame 11, a belt roller 12, a lower press roller 13, a transmission roller 14 and a slurry tank 15, the belt roller 12, the lower press roller 13 and the transmission roller 14 are connected to the frame 11, the slurry tank 15 is arranged below the belt roller 12, the lower press roller 13 is arranged above the belt roller 12, the belt roller 12 is provided with a recessed area 121 and a non-recessed area 122, the recessed area 121 is recessed inwards along the surface of the belt roller 12 to a predetermined depth, the recessed area 121 is coated with a ceramic coating 123, and the ceramic coating 123 is provided with a plurality of concave holes 1231.

The slurry pool 15 is used for containing conductive slurry, the metal foil 3 to be coated is arranged between the lower pressing roller 13 and the belt roller 12 through the driving roller 14, and when the lower pressing roller 13 presses downwards towards the belt roller 12, the conductive slurry in the slurry pool 15 is coated on the metal foil 3 through the concave area 121 of the belt roller 12, so that a conductive coating is formed on the metal foil 3. The belt roller 12, the lower pressure roller 13 and the driving roller 14 are rotatably connected with the frame 11 through a rotating shaft 16, and the rotating shaft 16 is driven to rotate through a driving device such as a motor 17.

Specifically, during the rotation of the belt roller 12, the conductive paste in the paste pool 15 adheres to the ceramic coating 123 in the recessed area 121, and the conductive paste in the recessed area 121 is coated on the corresponding position of the metal foil 3 to form a conductive coating. Since the ceramic coating 123 of the present invention is provided with the plurality of concave holes 1231, the amount of the conductive paste on the ceramic coating 123 can be reduced to form an ultra-thin conductive coating.

In this case, the tape roll 12 of the present invention is made of stainless steel, so that the non-recessed area 122 of the tape roll 12 passes through the slurry tank 15 and does not adhere to the conductive slurry, and only the ceramic coating 123 on the non-recessed area 121 adheres to the conductive slurry.

Wherein, the recess depth of the recess region 121 is h, as shown in fig. 2, the recess depth of the recess region 121 plays an important role in the thickness of the conductive coating; if the depth of the recess 121 is too shallow, the conductive paste adhered to the recess 121 is too little, which affects the thickness uniformity of the conductive coating coated on the metal foil 3; if the recess depth of the recess region 121 is too deep, the conductive paste cannot be effectively coated on the metal foil. Preferably, the recess depth of the recess region 121 is 1 to 10 mm. Preferably, the depth of the recess area 121 is 3-7 mm, which may be 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, etc.

Furthermore, the thickness of the ceramic coating 123 also has an important effect on the thickness of the conductive coating; if the thickness of the ceramic coating 123 is too thin, the depth of the concave hole in the ceramic coating is too shallow, and the conductive slurry adhered to the ceramic coating 123 is too little, so that the thickness uniformity of the conductive coating coated on the metal foil 3 is affected; if the thickness of the ceramic coating 123 is too thick, the ceramic coating 123 is liable to adhere too much conductive paste, and the thickness of the formed conductive coating is too thick. Preferably, the thickness of the ceramic coating 123 is 3 to 15 mm. More preferably, the thickness of the ceramic coating 123 is 5-10 mm, and may be 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, and the like.

In order to improve the production efficiency, at least two recessed regions 121 are provided, wherein the recessed regions 121 and the non-recessed regions 122 are alternately arranged.

Wherein, in order to ensure that the tape roll 12 can form the recessed area 121 and the concave hole 1231 and that the tape roll 12 can adhere the conductive paste to the metal foil 3, the material of the tape roll 12 is stainless steel.

In order to further improve the coating effect of the conductive coating and the performance of the battery current collector, the conductive slurry is deironing by the deironing device and then is conveyed to the slurry pool.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the iron removing device 2 includes a housing 21, an upper cover 22, and a magnetic rod 23 connected to the upper cover 22, the housing 21 is provided with an accommodating cavity 11, the upper cover 22 covers the housing 21, the magnetic rod 23 is inserted into the accommodating cavity 11, and the magnetic rod 23 absorbs the magnet, impurities, and the like in the conductive paste in the accommodating cavity 211 through a magnetic method.

Specifically, the side wall of the magnetic rod 23 is provided with a plurality of magnetic strips 231 which extend outwards in an inclined manner, and the included angle between the magnetic strips 231 and the magnetic rod 23 is 20-60 degrees.

Preferably, the magnetic stripe 231 is spirally arranged around the magnetic rod 23 from top to bottom, the housing 21 is provided with a feed inlet 212 and a discharge outlet 213, the feed inlet 212 is arranged above the housing 21, the discharge outlet 213 is arranged below one side of the housing 21 opposite to the feed inlet 212, and under the cooperation of the magnetic rod 23, the magnetic stripe 231, the feed inlet 212 and the discharge outlet 213, the conductive paste can flow in a vortex manner in the accommodating cavity 211 after entering from the feed inlet 212, so that the fluidity of the conductive paste can be enhanced without rotating the magnetic rod 23, the contact efficiency of the conductive paste with the magnetic rod 23 and the magnetic stripe 231 is enhanced, the iron removal effect of the conductive paste is improved, and the mixing uniformity of the individual substances in the conductive paste is further enhanced.

If the flow speed of the conductive paste in the accommodating cavity 211 is too high, the friction between the conductive paste and the housing 21, the magnetic rod 23 and the magnetic strip 231 is increased, and the iron removal effect and performance of the conductive paste are adversely affected. The present invention can control the flow rate of the conductive paste in the receiving cavity 211 by the distribution of the magnetic strips 231, in addition to controlling the flow rate of the conductive paste by the power device. Specifically, the distance between the magnetic strips 231 is 5% -16% of the height of the accommodating cavity 211. Preferably, the distance between the magnetic strips 231 is 7% -13% of the height of the accommodating cavity 211.

Wherein, the upper cover 22 is provided with a hanging ring 221, and the magnetic rod 23 forms a sliding connection with the hanging ring 221 through a sliding block 24. Specifically, the sliding block 24 penetrates through the hanging ring 221, and the sliding block 24 can drive the magnetic rod 23 to swing left and right along the hanging ring 221 because the hanging ring 221 has a certain radian. Can further stir conductive paste like this, strengthen conductive paste and magnetic rod 23 and magnetic stripe 231's contact efficiency to improve conductive paste's deironing effect, and further strengthen the mixture degree of consistency of individual material in the conductive paste.

Be equipped with a plurality of shrinkage pools 232 on the magnetic stripe 231, shrinkage pool 232 not only can increase the area of contact of magnetic stripe 231 and electrically conductive thick liquids, can also hide iron or other impurity wherein, avoids electrically conductive thick liquids to wash iron or other impurity back again when flowing, further improves electrically conductive thick liquids's deironing effect.

Preferably, the depth of the concave hole 232 is 1-5 mm. More preferably, the depth of the concave hole 232 is 2-4 mm.

Preferably, a plurality of through holes 233 are further formed in the magnetic strip 231, and the through holes 233 penetrate through the magnetic strip 231 and are alternately arranged with the concave holes 232. The through holes 233 further reduce the friction force between the magnetic strip 231 and the conductive paste, increase the contact area between the magnetic strip 231 and the conductive paste, and further improve the iron removal effect of the conductive paste.

Wherein, the magnetic bar 23 and the magnetic strip 231 are of an integrated structure.

According to the invention, the coating machine and the iron removal device are matched with each other, so that iron and impurities in the conductive slurry are effectively removed, and the conductive coating with the single-side thickness of less than 300nm is formed on the metal foil. The iron removing device is provided with a magnetic strip on the side wall of the magnetic rod so as to increase the contact area between the magnetic rod and the conductive paste and effectively remove iron and impurities in the conductive paste, so that a conductive coating with a relatively thin thickness can be formed; further, the coater is provided with a depressed region on the belt roller and forms a ceramic coating on the depressed region to coat the iron-removed conductive paste on the metal foil through the ceramic coating, thereby forming a conductive coating. The ceramic coating is provided with a plurality of concave holes so as to reduce the amount of conductive slurry adhered to the ceramic coating, thereby forming the conductive coating with ultrathin thickness.

The invention further reduces the amount of conductive slurry adhered to the ceramic coating by designing the depth of the recess region and the thickness of the ceramic coating so as to form a conductive coating with the thickness of less than 300nm on one side of the metal foil.

According to the invention, the magnetic strips are spirally arranged around the magnetic rod from top to bottom, the feed inlet is arranged above the shell, the discharge outlet is arranged below the side of the shell opposite to the feed inlet, and the conductive slurry enters from the feed inlet and then flows in the accommodating cavity in a vortex manner through the matching of the magnetic rod, the magnetic strips, the feed inlet and the discharge outlet, so that the flowability of the conductive slurry can be enhanced under the condition that the magnetic rod is not rotated, the contact efficiency of the conductive slurry with the magnetic rod and the magnetic strips is enhanced, the iron removal effect of the conductive slurry is improved, and the mixing uniformity of substances in the conductive slurry is further enhanced.

According to the invention, the plurality of concave holes are formed in the magnetic strip, so that the contact area between the magnetic strip and the conductive paste is increased, and iron or other impurities are stored in the magnetic strip, so that the conductive paste is prevented from scouring the iron or other impurities back again when flowing, and the iron removal effect of the conductive paste is further improved.

According to the invention, the magnetic strip is provided with the plurality of through holes communicated with the concave holes, and the through holes and the concave holes are alternately arranged, so that the friction force between the magnetic strip and the conductive paste is further reduced through the through holes, the contact area between the magnetic strip and the conductive paste is increased, and the iron removal effect of the conductive paste is further improved.

The invention will be further developed by means of the following specific examples

Example 1

Preparation of electroconductive paste

Uniformly mixing 20% of binder and 42.42% of water to obtain a mixed solution A; adding 6% of graphene and 2.8% of conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B; and adding 0.5% of carbon nano tubes and the rest water into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive slurry.

The coating machine and the iron removal device are adopted to coat the conductive slurry on the two sides of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of one side being 300 nm.

Example 2

Preparation of electroconductive paste

Uniformly mixing 25% of binder and 41.34% of water to obtain a mixed solution A; adding 6.5% of graphene and 3.3% of conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B; and adding the 0.6% carbon nano tube and the rest water into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive slurry.

The coating machine and the iron removal device are adopted to coat the conductive slurry on the two sides of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of one side of 250 nm.

Example 3

Preparation of electroconductive paste

Uniformly mixing 27% of binder and 39.97% of water to obtain a mixed solution A; adding 7% of graphene and 3.8% of conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B; and adding 0.7% of carbon nano tubes and the rest of water into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive paste.

The coating machine and the iron removal device are adopted to coat the conductive slurry on the two sides of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of 200nm on one side.

Example 4

Preparation of electroconductive paste

Uniformly mixing 27% of binder and 40.73% of water to obtain a mixed solution A; adding 8% of graphene and 4.3% of conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B; and adding 0.8% of carbon nano tubes and the rest of water into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive slurry.

The coating machine and the iron removal device are adopted to coat the conductive slurry on the two sides of the metal foil to form a conductive coating with the thickness of one side being 150 nm.

Example 5

Preparation of electroconductive paste

Uniformly mixing 28% of binder and 39.74% of water to obtain a mixed solution A; adding 9% of graphene and 4.5% of conductive carbon black into the mixed solution A, and uniformly stirring to obtain a mixed solution B; and adding 0.9% of carbon nano tubes and the rest of water into the mixed solution B to obtain the conductive slurry.

Comparative example 1

Unlike example 3, comparative example 1 applies conductive paste to both sides of a metal foil using a conventional coater to form a conductive coating having a thickness of 2 μm on one side.

Comparative example 2

Unlike example 3, the conductive paste of comparative example 2 has no carbon nanotube added.

The conductive paste and the battery current collectors of examples 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 to 2 were tested, and the battery current collectors of examples 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 to 2 were made into lithium iron phosphate batteries of the same specification for testing, and the results were as follows:

from the above structure, only by adopting the coating method of the present invention, the conductive coating having a single-side thickness of less than 300nm can be formed; in addition, when the thickness of the single surface of the conductive coating is less than 300nm, a certain amount of carbon nano tubes are added into the conductive slurry, and the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is adjusted within a proper range, the interface resistance can be reduced, so that the internal resistance of the battery is reduced, the polarization is reduced, the sufficient electrical property of the battery multiplying power is improved, the heat generation of the battery is reduced, and the service life of the battery is prolonged.

While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The battery current collector comprises a metal foil and a conductive coating, and is characterized in that the conductive coating is formed by coating conductive slurry on the surface of the metal foil, the thickness of the conductive coating is less than or equal to 300nm, and the components of the conductive slurry comprise graphene, conductive carbon black, carbon nano tubes, a binder and a solvent.

2. The battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are chain-shaped under a scanning electron microscope, and the length of the carbon nanotubes is 10-15 μm.

3. The battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of the graphene to the conductive carbon black is (1.3-2.5): 1.

4. the battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the conductive paste has a viscosity of 50 to 200 Cp.

5. The battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the conductive paste comprises, in mass percent: 6-9% of graphene, 2.8-4.8% of conductive carbon black, 0.5-1.0% of carbon nano tube, 20-30% of dispersant and the balance of solvent.

6. The battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the solvent is an N-methylpyrrolidone solution, a gamma-butyrolactone solution, an ethanol solution, an isopropanol solution, an N-propanol solution, or an aqueous solution.

7. The battery current collector of claim 1, wherein the battery current collector is used in a lithium cobalt oxide battery.

8. A method of preparing a battery current collector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of:

s1, preparing conductive paste;

9. The method of preparing a battery current collector of claim 8, wherein the conductive paste is coated on at least one side of the metal foil using a coater;

10. The method for preparing a battery current collector of claim 9, wherein the conductive slurry is conveyed to the slurry tank after being deironized by the deironing device;