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Lithium-aluminum alloy, and production method and use thereof

A lithium-aluminum alloy, metal lithium technology, applied in electrical components, circuits, battery electrodes, etc., can solve the problems of safe electrode active material loss, reduce lithium anode mass specific energy, increase interface impedance, etc., to improve dendrite suppression effect. , Improve the effect of charge-discharge cycle life

Active Publication Date: 2013-09-11
天齐锂业(射洪)有限公司
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[0003] However, the metal lithium electrode used as the negative electrode of the secondary lithium battery will have great defects. The main defects are as follows: metal lithium batteries composed of metal lithium negative electrodes and ordinary organic electrolytes have problems such as low cycle efficiency and poor safety. Especially safety issues, when the battery is short-circuited, overheated, overcharged or overdischarged, the thermal runaway of the system may occur, and even cause an explosion
This poses many insurmountable problems for the commercialization of lithium metal batteries
But fundamentally speaking, the use of metal lithium as the negative electrode of secondary batteries has the following main problems: (1) the low charge-discharge cycle efficiency and the continuous increase of interface impedance caused by complex interfacial reactions; (2) "dendrite " and "dead lithium", resulting in safety issues and loss of electrode active materials
However, the lithium aluminum alloy prepared by the above method contains 18-24% of lithium (weight percentage), and the content of non-lithium alloy components is very high, which increases the electrode reaction potential of the lithium metal negative electrode and reduces the mass specific energy of the lithium negative electrode.
Moreover, during the charging and discharging process of the battery, the negative electrode material will inevitably undergo a phase change, resulting in a huge change in volume, resulting in rapid pulverization of the material and greatly reducing the cycle life.

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[0027] Embodiment 1 Preparation of lithium aluminum alloy of the present invention

[0028] Put the prepared metal lithium and metal aluminum into the crucible according to the ratio of 99.80:0.15 (the proportion of lithium and aluminum in the embodiment of the present invention is the weight ratio), vacuumize (0.1Pa), and pass argon (9×10 4 Pa) replaced twice to ensure that the total amount of oxygen and nitrogen in the tank is not greater than 15ppm. Start to heat up (300°C / h), the temperature rises to 220°C, and the melting time is 2h. After the alloying is completed, the temperature is lowered to 210°C for casting. After the casting is completed and the temperature of the alloy ingot reaches the ambient temperature, the tank is opened for demoulding and sampling. The samples taken out are quickly vacuum-packed, weighed, and recorded. The composition of the obtained lithium aluminum alloy is shown in Table 1 below.

[0029] Table 1

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Embodiment 2

[0031] Example 2 Preparation of lithium aluminum alloy of the present invention

[0032] Put the prepared metal lithium and metal aluminum into the crucible according to the ratio of 99.85:0.1, vacuumize (0.1Pa), and pass argon (9×10 4 Pa) replaced twice to ensure that the total amount of oxygen and nitrogen in the tank is not greater than 15ppm. Start to heat up (300°C / h), the temperature rises to 190°C, and the melting time is 8h. After the alloying is completed, the temperature is lowered to 190°C for casting. After the casting is completed and the temperature of the alloy ingot reaches the ambient temperature, the tank is opened for demoulding and sampling. The samples taken out are quickly vacuum-packed, weighed, and recorded. The composition of the obtained lithium aluminum alloy is shown in Table 2 below.

[0033] Table 2

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Embodiment 3

[0035] Example 3 Preparation of lithium aluminum alloy of the present invention

[0036] Put the prepared metal lithium and metal aluminum into the crucible according to the ratio of 96:4, vacuum (0.1Pa), and argon (9×10 4 Pa) replaced twice to ensure that the total amount of oxygen and nitrogen in the tank is not greater than 15ppm. Start to heat up (300°C / h), the temperature rises to 300°C, and the melting time is 1h. After the alloying is completed, the temperature is lowered to 210°C for casting. After the casting is completed and the temperature of the alloy ingot reaches the ambient temperature, the tank is opened for demoulding and sampling. The samples taken out are quickly vacuum-packed, weighed, and recorded. The composition of the obtained lithium aluminum alloy is shown in Table 3 below.

[0037] table 3

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Abstract

The invention relates to lithium-aluminum alloy, and a production method and use thereof, which belong to the technical field of a secondary battery negative material. The lithium-aluminum alloy has a longer charging-discharging cycling life. The lithium-aluminum alloy consists of the following components according to weight percent: 0.1 to 4.0 percent of aluminum, and the balance of lithium and unavoidable impurities. By adding the aluminum in specific content to the lithium, the performance of the pure metal lithium is modified, and not only can the advantages of the lithium capacity be maintained, but also a dendritic crystal inhibition effect can be improved. A single phase is used in the charging and discharging processes, the phase change can be avoided, and thus the charging-discharging cycling life of the lithium-aluminum alloy can be prolonged.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a lithium aluminum alloy and its production method and use, and belongs to the technical field of negative electrode materials for secondary batteries. Background technique [0002] Lithium is a silver-white metal with light texture, good ductility, strong electrical conductivity, quite active electrochemical properties, and strong reducibility. Its electrochemical equivalent is very small, 0.259g / Ah, and the theoretical ratio of lithium electrodes is The capacity reaches 3860Ah / kg, far exceeding 820Ah / kg of zinc, 260Ah / kg of lead and 481Ah / kg of cadmium. At the same time, the exchange current density of the lithium electrode is relatively large, and only a small polarization occurs in the electrode reaction. [0003] However, the metal lithium electrode used as the negative electrode of the secondary lithium battery will have great defects. The main defects are as follows: metal lithium batteries composed of metal lithium neg...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C22C24/00H01M4/40
CPCC22C24/00H01M4/405Y02E60/10
Inventor 金鹏曹乃珍关成涂明江赵本常左永建陈绍林熊仁利罗玉萍李仕红
Owner 天齐锂业(射洪)有限公司
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