Li0.5TiO2Method for preparing powder material
Technical Field
The invention relates to a preparation method of an electrode material of a lithium ion battery, in particular to a negative active material Li0.5TiO2A method for preparing powder material. The invention belongs to the field of functional materials.
Background
In recent years, with the rapid development of portable consumer electronics and new energy electric vehicles, people have made higher demands on the capacity, cycle life, safety and the like of lithium ion batteries. At present, various graphite carbon materials are adopted as negative active materials of commercial lithium ion batteries, but the graphite carbon materials are close to metal lithium in lithium intercalation potential, so lithium dendrite is likely to be separated out and penetrate through battery separators, and accidents such as combustion or explosion are likely to be caused. In recent years, Li-Ti-O series compounds have attracted much attention as electrode materials for lithium ion batteries. Wherein Li4Ti5O12Has zero strain characteristic and long cycle life, and has higher lithium intercalation potential than that of metallic lithium, thereby having excellent safety. But Li4Ti5O12Has a theoretical specific capacity of only 175mAh/g and a very low conductivity of only 10 at 20 DEG C-9s/cm, which limits its application. Spinel-structured LiTi2O4Has higher conductivity as a negative electrode material, therefore, LiTi2O4Is a promising anode material. A number of preparations of LiTi have been proposed2O4Such as Kai Jiang et al, electrolyze TiO in a molten LiCl salt solution at 700 deg.C2(anatase) preparation of LiTi2O4(Journal of Power Sources 175(2008) 575-. Furthermore, Li0.5TiO2Can also be used as the cathode material of the lithium ion battery,for example, A, Kuhn, et al, use a two-step high temperature reaction to prepare Li0.5TiO2(Journal of Power Sources 92(2001)221-227),
Li2CO3+TiO2(r)→Li2TiO3+CO2
Li2TiO3+1/2Ti+5/2TiO2→4Li0.5TiO2。
The invention utilizes Li2TiO3Li is produced by a simple magnesiothermic reduction method as a raw material0.5TiO2And (3) powder materials.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide Li0.5TiO2A method for preparing powder material. The material has the advantages of excellent electrochemical performance, simple preparation process, low energy consumption and low cost.
The invention is realized by the following scheme:
1. adding TiO into the mixture2Powder with Li2CO3Fully grinding and mixing according to a certain molar ratio, and then preserving heat for 8 hours at 650 ℃ in a heating furnace under the atmosphere of high-purity argon to obtain Li2TiO3。
2. Mixing Li2TiO3Fully grinding and mixing the powder and Mg powder according to a certain molar ratio, putting the mixed powder into a heating furnace for heating, and introducing high-purity argon as protective gas. The reaction temperature is kept at 600-640 ℃ for 3-6 h. Washing the reaction product in an acid solution, filtering and drying to obtain Li0.5TiO2And (3) powder materials.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
1. li prepared by the invention0.5TiO2The powder material has high specific capacity and excellent charge-discharge cycling stability.
2. The preparation method has the advantages of low preparation temperature, high efficiency, energy conservation, simple and convenient process flow, low cost and easy industrial production.
Drawings
FIG. 1 Li2TiO3X of (a)A diffraction spectrum of radiation and (b) a scanning electron micrograph.
FIG. 2 Li2TiO3Li obtained by keeping the temperature of the Li and Mg powder at 600 ℃ for 6h0.5TiO2The (a) X-ray diffraction spectrum and (b) scanning electron micrograph of (a); (c) li0.5TiO2Constant current charge-discharge cycle performance.
FIG. 3 Li2TiO3Li obtained by keeping the temperature of the Li and Mg powder at 620 ℃ for 4h0.5TiO2The (a) X-ray diffraction spectrum and (b) scanning electron micrograph of (a); (c) li0.5TiO2Constant current charge-discharge cycle performance.
FIG. 4 Li2TiO3Li obtained by keeping the temperature of the Li and Mg powder at 640 ℃ for 3h0.5TiO2The (a) X-ray diffraction spectrum and (b) scanning electron micrograph of (a); (c) li0.5TiO2Constant current charge-discharge cycle performance.
Detailed Description
Example 1
Adding TiO into the mixture2Powder with Li2CO3Respectively weighing corresponding masses according to a molar ratio of 1:1.05, and fully grinding and uniformly mixing the two materials. The mixed sample is contained in a corundum crucible and is kept at 650 ℃ for 8 hours in a tubular furnace filled with high-purity argon to obtain Li2TiO3And (3) powder materials.
Mixing Li2TiO3Weighing two samples with corresponding mass according to the molar ratio of 2:1.05 with Mg, fully grinding and mixing, placing the fully mixed samples in a corundum crucible, and then placing the corundum crucible into a tubular furnace filled with high-purity argon for heat preservation at 600 ℃ for 6 hours to perform magnesiothermic reduction reaction. Putting the product obtained after the reaction into a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, stirring for 1h, then repeatedly washing the remainder with alcohol and deionized water, centrifuging and drying to obtain Li0.5TiO2And (3) powder materials.
FIG. 1(a) is Li2TiO3X-ray diffraction spectrum of (1), with Li2TiO3The standard spectrum (PDF #33-0831) of (A) is completely consistent, indicating that under the condition, pure-phase Li can be obtained2TiO3. FIG. 2(b) is Li2TiO3Scanning electrodeMirror photograph, from which Li can be seen2TiO3The particle size of (A) is about 100 to 300 nm.
FIG. 2(a) is an X-ray diffraction spectrum of a magnesiothermic reduction product, together with a hexagonal structure of LiTiO2The standard map (PDF #40-1053) of (A) was completely matched. Atomic emission spectrometry of inductively coupled plasma showed that the atomic ratio of Li to Ti in the product was 0.5:1, and thus the product was Li0.5TiO2. FIG. 2(b) is Li0.5TiO2The scanning electron microscope photo of the powder material has a particle size of 100-200 nm. Mixing Li0.5TiO2The powder material is prepared into a lithium ion experimental battery, and FIG. 2(c) shows Li0.5TiO2At a current density of 0.11mA cm-2Cycling performance under current density conditions. The first charging/discharging specific capacity is 137.9/309.9mAh/g, and after 100 cycles, the first charging/discharging specific capacity is 44.9/45.4mAh/g respectively.
Example 2
Prepared Li2TiO3Weighing two samples with corresponding mass according to the molar ratio of 2:1.2 with Mg, fully grinding and mixing, placing the fully mixed samples in a corundum crucible, and then placing the corundum crucible into a tubular furnace filled with high-purity argon for heat preservation at 620 ℃ for 4 hours to carry out magnesiothermic reduction reaction. Putting the product obtained after the reaction into a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, stirring for 1h, then repeatedly washing the remainder with alcohol and deionized water, centrifuging and drying to obtain Li0.5TiO2And (3) powder materials.
FIG. 3(a) is an X-ray diffraction spectrum of a magnesiothermic reduction product, together with LiTiO2The standard map (PDF #40-1053) is consistent. Atomic emission spectrometry of inductively coupled plasma showed that the atomic ratio of Li to Ti in the product was 0.5:1, and thus the product was Li0.5TiO2. FIG. 3(b) is a scanning electron micrograph thereof, Li0.5TiO2The particle size of the powder is about 100 nm. Mixing Li0.5TiO2The powder material was prepared into lithium ion experimental batteries, and FIG. 3(c) shows Li0.5TiO2At a current density of 0.11mA cm-2Cycling performance under the conditions. The first charging/discharging specific capacity is 136.49/289.5mAh/g, and the specific capacity is divided after 100 times of circulationRespectively 55.1/55.6 mAh/g.
Example 3
Prepared Li2TiO3Weighing two samples with corresponding mass according to the molar ratio of 2:1.4 with Mg, fully grinding and mixing, placing the fully mixed samples in a corundum crucible, and then placing the corundum crucible into a tubular furnace filled with high-purity argon for heat preservation at 640 ℃ for 3 hours to carry out magnesiothermic reduction reaction. Putting the product obtained after the reaction into a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, stirring for 1h, then repeatedly washing the remainder with alcohol and deionized water, centrifuging and drying to obtain Li0.5TiO2And (3) powder materials.
FIG. 4(a) is an X-ray diffraction spectrum of a magnesiothermic reduction product, together with LiTiO2The standard map (PDF #40-1053) is consistent. Atomic emission spectrometry of inductively coupled plasma showed that the atomic ratio of Li to Ti in the product was 0.5:1, and thus the product was Li0.5TiO2. FIG. 4(b) is Li0.5TiO2Scanning Electron microscope Picture of powder Material, Li0.5TiO2The particle size is between 100 and 200 nm. Mixing Li0.5TiO2The powder material was prepared into lithium ion experimental batteries, and FIG. 4(c) shows Li0.5TiO2At a current density of 0.11mA cm-2Cycling performance under the conditions. The first charging/discharging specific capacity is 109.9/272.6mAh/g, and the specific capacity after 100 cycles is 58.7/59.2mAh/g respectively.