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Novel composite material

A composite material and composite powder technology, which is applied in hybrid capacitor electrodes, negative electrodes, electrode manufacturing, etc., can solve problems such as shortening the service life of lithium-ion batteries, poor electrode compactability, and poor handling safety

Active Publication Date: 2020-01-14
SGL CARBON SE
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Even without losing any silicon, this is disadvantageous because, for example, a higher nanoparticle content makes handling of the product powder worse (e.g. in terms of safety) and makes processing the material into anodes more difficult (e.g. less complex). High specific surface area leads to higher binder requirement, greater effort required to disperse particles, increased tendency to agglomerate, potentially poorer electrode adhesion and poorer electrode compactability)
The released nano-silicon can eventually lead to poor electrochemical performance of the anode due to the increased exposed surface area of ​​silicon in the electrode, as this can lead to, for example, non-uniform loading during lithium incorporation, which in turn leads to capacity loss or increased SEI formation, thereby shortening the Extends the service life of lithium-ion batteries

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Embodiment approach 1

[0157] Embodiment 1 (comparative example, prior art):

[0158] For steps i)-iii) of the general procedure, 0.23 kg of nanosilicon (average particle size d50 of about 100-200 nm, Metal contaminants <3 wt%, non-metallic contaminants 5-15 wt%, available from e.g. Alfa Aesar or Sigma-Aldrich) well dispersed in 1.0 kg THF (for synthesis, stabilization, available from e.g. VWR) , the dispersion in an oil bath is heated to about 50° C., followed by a total of 1.0 kg of bitumen granules, powders or pellets (commercially available from e.g. Deza, Koppers, Rütgers, Bilbaina de Alquitranes) with a softening temperature of about 60-120° C. Add little by little to the heated dispersion. During this procedure, the mixture was stirred vigorously for about 1 hour using a dissolution stirrer (commercially available from eg IKA) to depolymerize as much as possible of the nano-silicon until the nano-silicon was uniformly dispersed in the bitumen-solvent mixture. For some batches, propeller or ...

Embodiment approach 2

[0179] Similar to embodiment 1, but with a more rapid heat treatment in step v). To this end, steps i) to iv) and vi) are carried out in Embodiment 2 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. However, in embodiment 2, the heat treatment of step v) is performed within 3-12 hours. For this purpose, the raw meal mixture is heated to a final temperature of 800-1000° C. in a container in a chamber kiln with a thermal post-combustion system for the combustion of the resulting exhaust gases in a nitrogen atmosphere in about 3-12 hours, followed by Optionally hold for an additional 1-3 hours at final temperature. Due to the faster heating to the final temperature, a large amount of pyrolysis gases can be released in a shorter time, for which the kiln and its thermal afterburning system are designed. Plus, there's a greater risk of overfoaming, which is why it's important to use a large enough container. Afterwards, the kiln heating is turned off, allowing it to cool passively. During...

Embodiment approach 3

[0184] Compared to embodiment 1, in step iii) of the general procedure in embodiment 3a, a powdered additive that is insoluble in the carbon precursor is additionally added and mixed into the raw meal mixture so that the additive ends up like nano-silicon Uniformly present in the raw meal mixture.

[0185] For embodiment 3a, in steps i) to iii) of the general procedure, 0.23 kg of nanosilicon (average particle size d50 100-200nm, metal contaminants <3% by weight, non-metallic contaminants 5-15% by weight, available from e.g. Alfa Aesar or Sigma-Aldrich) well dispersed in 1.2kg THF (for synthesis, stabilization, available Available from, for example, VWR), the dispersion in an oil bath is heated to about 50°C, followed by a total of 0.8 kg of bitumen granules, powders or pellets with a softening temperature of about 60-120°C (available from, for example, Deza, Koppers, Rütgers, Bilbaina de Alquitranes) and 0.1 kg of graphite powder with a particle size d50 of 3-6 μm (commercia...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a novel composite material which comprises silicon and carbon, the amount of silicon being 1-80 wt.-% and at least 90 wt.-% of the composite material being in a density rangebetween a lower density threshold value p*1 and an upper density threshold value p*2. The density threshold values are characterized by the following relation: [rho]*1,2=(1+-[delta])*[rho], wherein [rho] is the mean density of the composite material and +-[delta] is the variation range between the upper density threshold value [rho]*2 and the lower density threshold value [rho]*1, the amount of [delta] being < 0.10.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a novel composite material, its manufacturing method and its use in lithium-ion batteries. Background technique [0002] Lithium-ion batteries are rechargeable energy storage systems (secondary batteries) which have the highest energy density among chemical and electrochemical energy stores, eg up to 250 Wh / kg at present. Lithium-ion batteries are used in particular in the field of portable electronics, for example for notebook computers, computers or mobile phones, and in the field of vehicles, for example for bicycles or cars with electric drive. [0003] In electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries require higher energy density to increase the range of the vehicle. For portable electronic devices, it is imperative to extend the life of a battery charge. [0004] A lithium-ion battery includes an anode (negative electrode), a cathode (positive electrode), and a separator separating the anode and cathode from each oth...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M4/38H01M4/133H01M4/134H01M4/1395H01M4/36H01M4/62H01G11/24H01G11/38H01G11/42H01G11/50H01M4/02
CPCH01G11/24H01G11/38H01G11/42H01G11/50H01M4/1395H01M4/366H01M4/386H01M4/625H01M2004/021H01M4/0471H01M10/052H01M10/0525H01M10/054Y02E60/10H01M4/364H01M4/587C01B33/02C01B32/05C01P2006/40C01P2004/80H01M2004/027
Inventor 约翰尼斯·罗伊廷格克里斯汀·施赖纳伯恩特·克特雷尔
Owner SGL CARBON SE