Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems that the chemical formula of lithium ferrite contains a great amount of lithium, the conventional preparation method is to add all lithium sources in one step and then mix and sinter the lithium sources, so that the mixing is uneven, the local lithium is excessive, and a great amount of lithium liquid phase melt is formed when the mixture is sintered in a kiln due to the huge lithium content, so that the material (iron source or additive) with great specific gravity difference is unevenly distributed.
The invention aims to provide a stepwise lithium adding preparation method of lithium ferrite, which comprises the steps of preparing a precursor containing lithium and preparing the lithium ferrite by using the precursor. Aims to solve the problem caused by the need of using a large amount of lithium sources in the preparation process.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
the preparation of the precursor comprises the steps of mixing an iron source, a lithium source and an additive, and sintering the mixture to obtain the precursor, wherein the molar ratio of the lithium source to the additive is: mixing, wherein M is an added metal element;
precursor coating, namely mixing the precursor with a coating substance and sintering to obtain a coated precursor;
the preparation of the finished product, namely, mixing the coated precursor with a lithium source and sintering to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
Li xFeyM(1-y)Oz, wherein M is an additive metal element, x is more than or equal to 4.9 and less than or equal to 5.3,0.8, y is more than or equal to 1, and z=0.5× (x+3).
The aim of the invention is achieved by the following technical scheme:
The preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent by the stepwise lithium adding method comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing a precursor, namely preparing a lithium source, an iron source and an additive according to the molar ratio Mixing, wherein M is an added metal element, and sintering and crushing the mixture to obtain a precursor;
The lithium source is selected from one of lithium carbonate, lithium nitrate, lithium hydroxide monohydrate, anhydrous lithium hydroxide, lithium oxalate and lithium oxide;
The iron source is selected from one of ferrous oxide, ferric hydroxide, ferrous hydroxide, ferric oxalate and ferric nitrate;
the additive is various metal element compounds which are required to be doped, wherein the doping metal elements are Co, W, ca, al, mg, zn, sb, rare earth elements and the like;
S2, coating a precursor, namely mixing the precursor obtained in the previous step with a carbon source, and sintering to obtain a carbon-coated precursor, wherein the mass ratio of the precursor to the carbon in the carbon source is as follows The carbon source is selected from glucose, sucrose and the like;
S3, preparing a finished product, namely mixing the coated precursor obtained in the previous step with a lithium source, sintering, crushing and sieving the sintered product to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent, wherein the chemical formula of the lithium ferrite is Li xFeyM(1-y)Oz, M is an additive metal element, x is more than or equal to 4.9 and less than or equal to 5.3,0.8 and less than or equal to y is less than or equal to 1, and z=0.5× (x+3);
the lithium source and the precursor are mixed according to the molar ratio Mixing;
the sintering described in S3, wherein the sintering temperature is Sintering time isThe sintering atmosphere is a mixed gas of a reducing atmosphere and an inert gas;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes that the first charge capacity is more than 690mAh/g and the first discharge capacity is less than 14mAh/g.
Further, the mixing in the steps S1, S2 and S3 is dry mixing, and may be performed by a ball mill mixer, a high-speed mixer or the like.
Further, sintering the mixture in the step S1 to obtain a precursor, wherein the sintering temperature is as followsSintering time isThe sintering atmosphere is air, and the sintering temperature in the step S2 isSintering time isThe sintering atmosphere is an inert atmosphere, and may be an inert gas such as nitrogen or argon, and nitrogen is preferable in view of cost.
Further, the additives described in step S1 are selected such that the compounds are selected to have no additional impurities, and such that the particle size and the particle size of the starting material are close to or smaller.
Further, the mass ratio of the precursor and carbon in the carbon source in step S2 is preferably 100:10.
Further, the sintering in step S3 is performed in a reducing atmosphere, and in order to ensure that carbon of the precursor lithium is not oxidized, a reducing atmosphere including hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas is used, and in order to ensure safety and reduce cost, a mixture of a reducing gas and an inert gas is used.
The invention also relates to a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared by the step-by-step lithium adding method, which is prepared by the preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared by the step-by-step lithium adding method, wherein the chemical formula of the lithium ferrite is Li xFeyM(1-y)Oz, M is an additive metal element, x is more than or equal to 4.9 and less than or equal to 5.3,0.8 and less than or equal to 1, z=0.5× (x+3), the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the advantages of high crystallinity, high purity, no impurity phase, high initial charge capacity and small discharge capacity, and has the following performance indexes of initial charge capacity of more than 690 mAh/g and initial discharge capacity of less than 14 mAh/g.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
1. According to the preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared by the stepwise lithium adding method, all iron sources, part of lithium sources and additives are mixed and sintered to prepare a precursor, the precursor and the rest of lithium sources are mixed to prepare a finished product, the amount of the lithium sources used in the second step of sintering is reduced, the amount of lithium liquid phase melt in a high-temperature state is reduced, all elements are uniformly distributed, the material performance is excellent, air atmosphere sintering can be used for preparing the precursor, lithium carbonate can be used as the lithium sources and does not bring additional impurities, the air atmosphere sintering can reduce cost, the iron sources are not limited, low-valence iron compounds can be used, and the lithium carbonate has great benefits in process and cost as the lithium sources.
2. According to the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared by the stepwise lithium adding method, the doping elements are added into the precursor, the doping elements can be selected to be increased in variety due to the fact that the precursor is sintered in the air atmosphere, low-cost compounds can be selected, the amount of lithium sources used by the precursor is not large, and the situation that the additives are unevenly distributed due to the fact that the difference between the amount of main raw materials and the amount of additives is large is avoided.
3. According to the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared by the stepwise lithium adding method, the precursor is subjected to carbon coating, and the carbon-coated precursor and a lithium source are mixed and sintered, so that carbon can be uniformly distributed in the lithium ferrite, and the conductivity of the lithium ferrite is improved.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Example 1:
The preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent by the stepwise lithium adding method comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing a precursor, namely weighing 93.72g of lithium carbonate, 167.51g of ferric oxide and 4.88g of tungsten oxide according to a molar ratio of Li (Fe+W) =1.2:1 (wherein Fe is 0.99 and W is 0.01), uniformly mixing and sintering,
Wherein the sintering temperature is 800 ℃, the sintering time is 1h, the sintering atmosphere is air, the mixture is cooled to room temperature and taken out, and then the mixture is crushed to obtain a precursor;
S2, coating a precursor, namely uniformly mixing the precursor obtained in the previous step with a carbon source, and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 200 ℃, the sintering time is 3 hours, the sintering atmosphere is nitrogen, cooling to room temperature and taking out to obtain the precursor coated with carbon, wherein the mass ratio of carbon in the precursor and the carbon source is 200g to 50g, and the carbon source is selected from glucose;
S3, preparing a finished product, namely mixing 203.41g of the carbon-coated precursor obtained in the previous step with 577.01g of lithium nitrate according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=3.9:1, sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 700 ℃, the sintering time is 10 hours, the sintering atmosphere is a reducing atmosphere (3% hydrogen and 97% nitrogen), cooling to room temperature, taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent.
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
the first charge capacity is 697mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 9mAh/g, and the buckling test method is shown in the following test example for testing the lithium supplementing agent capacity.
FIG. 1 is an SEM image of the precursor in step S1, the precursor being single crystal particles of uniform size;
fig. 2 is an XRD pattern of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent, and it can be seen from the figure that the prepared lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent is consistent with diffraction peaks of PDF cards.
Example 2:
The preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent by the stepwise lithium adding method comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing a precursor, namely weighing 89.81g of lithium carbonate, 155.78g of ferroferric oxide and 2.95g of calcium oxide according to a molar ratio of Li (Fe+Ca) =1.15:1 (wherein Fe is 0.95 and Ca is 0.05), uniformly mixing and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 700 ℃, the sintering time is 2 hours, the sintering atmosphere is air, cooling to room temperature, taking out, and crushing the materials to obtain the precursor;
S2, coating a precursor, namely uniformly mixing the precursor obtained in the previous step with a carbon source, and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 300 ℃, the sintering time is 2 hours, the sintering atmosphere is nitrogen, cooling to room temperature and taking out to obtain the precursor coated with carbon, wherein the mass ratio of carbon in the precursor and the carbon source is 200g to 50g, and the carbon source is selected from glucose;
S3, preparing a finished product, namely mixing 203.41g of the carbon-coated precursor obtained in the previous step with 128.25g of lithium oxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=4.0:1, sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 800 ℃, the sintering time is 4 hours, the sintering atmosphere is a reducing atmosphere (3% hydrogen+97% nitrogen), cooling to room temperature, taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
the first charge capacity is 694mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 10mAh/g, and the buckling test method is shown in the following test example for testing the lithium supplementing agent capacity.
Fig. 3 is an XRD pattern of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent, and it can be seen from the figure that the prepared lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent is consistent with diffraction peaks of PDF cards.
Example 3:
The preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent by the stepwise lithium adding method comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing a precursor, namely weighing 97.94g of lithium hydroxide and 226.58g of ferric hydroxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=1.1:1, uniformly mixing, sintering at a sintering temperature of 600 ℃ for 3 hours in a sintering atmosphere of air, cooling to room temperature, taking out, and crushing the materials to obtain the precursor;
s2, coating a precursor, namely uniformly mixing the precursor obtained in the previous step with a carbon source, and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 400 ℃, the sintering time is 1h, the sintering atmosphere is nitrogen, cooling to room temperature and taking out to obtain the precursor coated with carbon, wherein the mass ratio of carbon in the precursor and the carbon source is 200g to 50g, and the carbon source is selected from glucose;
S3, preparing a finished product, namely mixing 203.41g of the carbon-coated precursor obtained in the previous step with 369.03g of lithium hydroxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=4.1:1, sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 800 ℃, the sintering time is 6 hours, the sintering atmosphere is a reducing atmosphere (5% hydrogen+95% nitrogen), cooling to room temperature, taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
the first charge capacity is 709mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 13.4mAh/g, and the buckling test method is detailed in the following test example lithium supplementing agent capacity test step.
Fig. 4 is an XRD pattern of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent, and it can be seen from the figure that the prepared lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent is consistent with diffraction peaks of PDF cards.
Example 4:
The preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent by the stepwise lithium adding method comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing a precursor, namely weighing 145.75g of lithium nitrate, 186.59g of ferrous hydroxide and 3.15g of cobalt oxide according to a molar ratio of Li (Fe+Co) =1:1 (wherein Fe is 0.98 and Co is 0.02), uniformly mixing and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 500 ℃, the sintering time is 4 hours, the sintering atmosphere is air, cooling to room temperature, taking out, and crushing the materials to obtain the precursor;
s2, coating a precursor, namely uniformly mixing the precursor obtained in the previous step with a carbon source, and sintering, wherein the sintering temperature is 400 ℃, the sintering time is 1h, the sintering atmosphere is nitrogen, cooling to room temperature and taking out to obtain the precursor coated with carbon, wherein the mass ratio of carbon in the precursor and the carbon source is 200g to 50g, and the carbon source is selected from glucose;
S3, preparing a finished product, namely mixing 203.41g of the carbon-coated precursor obtained in the previous step with 378.03g of lithium hydroxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=4.2:1, sintering at a sintering temperature of 900 ℃ for 6 hours, cooling to room temperature in a reducing atmosphere (5% hydrogen+95% nitrogen), taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
The first charge capacity is 746mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 12mAh/g, and the buckling test method is shown in the following test example lithium supplementing agent capacity test step.
Fig. 5 is an XRD pattern of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent, and it can be seen from the figure that the prepared lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent is consistent with diffraction peaks of PDF cards.
Comparative example 1:
comparative example 1 differs from example 1 in that comparative example 1 uses a one-shot lithium addition method and example 1 uses a stepwise lithium addition method.
Weighing 472.54g of lithium hydroxide and 171.76g of ferric oxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=5.2:1, heating to 900 ℃ in mixed reducing gas (5% hydrogen and 95% nitrogen), preserving heat for 6 hours, cooling to room temperature, taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
The first charge capacity is 201mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 12.1mAh/g, and the buckling test method is detailed in the following test example lithium supplementing agent capacity test step.
FIG. 6 shows XRD patterns of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent, and it can be seen from the patterns that the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent has a hetero-phase peak and has low purity.
Comparative example 2:
Comparative example 1 differs from example 2 in that comparative example 2 uses a one-shot lithium addition method and example 2 uses a stepwise lithium addition method.
Weighing 170.03g of lithium oxide and 182.17g of ferric oxide according to a molar ratio of Li to Fe=5.0:1, heating to 800 ℃ in mixed reducing gas (3% hydrogen and 97% nitrogen), preserving heat for 4 hours, cooling to room temperature, taking out, crushing and sieving to obtain a lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent;
The obtained lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent has the following performance indexes:
the first charge capacity is 97mAh/g, the discharge capacity is 12.6mAh/g, and the buckling test method is detailed in the following test example lithium supplementing agent capacity test step.
Experimental example:
and (3) testing the capacity of the lithium supplementing agent:
the lithium supplement agents prepared in the examples and the comparative examples are prepared into button half-cell test capacities, and the specific steps are as follows:
weighing a lithium supplementing agent, namely carbon black, namely PVDF=25:8:1:1 according to the mass ratio, uniformly mixing, coating on an aluminum foil, drying in a vacuum oven, cutting into round pieces, and assembling a metal lithium cathode, a diaphragm and an electrolyte into a CR2032 button half-cell;
Battery test conditions, 0.1C charge and discharge, voltage 。
Results and discussion:
The following are the capacity test results of the examples and comparative examples:
TABLE 1 results of examples and comparative examples Capacity tests
1. As can be seen from the comparison of examples 1-4 and comparative example 1, the capacity results show that the preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium supplement agent prepared by the stepwise lithium adding method provided by the invention has the advantages that the prepared lithium ferrite lithium supplement agent has no impurity phase peak, the purity is very high, the corresponding capacity is very high, the first charge capacity is more than 690mAh/g and is 694-746mAh/g, the first charge capacity can reach 746mAh/g at the highest, and the first discharge capacity is less than 14mAh/g and is 9.0-13.4mAh/g. The lithium ferrite lithium supplementing agent prepared in the comparative example 1 adopts a one-time lithium adding method, has a lot of impurity phases, low sample purity and low corresponding capacity, and is 97-201mAh/g, and the minimum capacity is only 97mAh/g.
2. In addition, 4 embodiments of the invention adopt different lithium sources and iron sources, the prepared lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent can reach higher first charge capacity, and the total charge capacity is larger than 690mAh/g, so that the preparation method of the lithium ferrite lithium-supplementing agent prepared by the stepwise lithium adding method is high in process flexibility, can be suitable for different production lines and is convenient for industrialization.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is provided for clarity only, and that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in detail below, and that the embodiments described in the examples may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.