WO2023121088A1 - 이차전지용 음극 활물질 및 이의 제조 방법 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery capable of improving initial discharge capacity (IDC), initial efficiency (ICE) and lifespan characteristics of a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same.
- IDC initial discharge capacity
- ICE initial efficiency
- Graphite a representative material widely used as an anode material for secondary batteries, has excellent electrochemical performance (initial capacity) and low cost. However, there is a limitation that it is difficult to meet the needs of electronic devices requiring high capacity.
- inorganic materials such as silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), and antimony (Sb) have high theoretical capacity and, in particular, silicon has the advantage of having a low potential difference with lithium ions, but Due to the volume expansion, there are limitations in structural damage and low lifespan of the secondary battery.
- a conventional representative coating method that can be used to form a pitch coating film or a coating film containing pitch and nano-silicon, it is typically made by a dry method using a solvent and a wet method using a single solvent.
- the dry method is a method of pulverizing pitch to submicron or less, and then coating by a rubbing method using energy generated by physical friction.
- the pitch due to the nature of the pitch, it is difficult to grind to submicron size, and the structure of silicon is easily damaged in the process of applying physical friction.
- the pitch since the pitch has a physical property that is easy to agglomerate by itself, the agglomerated pitch particles remain in the coating film without being coated, and thus the coating property and the quality of the manufactured negative electrode material are deteriorated.
- the wet method is a method of forming a pitch coating film through a condensation process of dissolving pitch in a solvent, mixing it with a material to be coated, and then vaporizing the solvent under vacuum heating conditions.
- the wet method has a limitation in that when the amount of solvent is insufficient during the condensation process, the uniformity of the coating is deteriorated, and thus the quality of the negative electrode material may be deteriorated and a more dense coating cannot be obtained.
- the present invention is to solve the above problems, when the negative electrode active material for a secondary battery is a composite material having a coating film containing pitch, by using two solvents when forming the pitch coating film, improving the uniformity and density of the pitch coating film. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery that can be used.
- the present invention is to provide a negative electrode material including the negative electrode active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the negative electrode material so as to improve the initial discharge capacity, initial efficiency, and lifespan characteristics of the secondary battery.
- a negative electrode material for a secondary battery including the negative active material for a secondary battery prepared according to the manufacturing method of the negative active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same.
- the manufacturing method of the negative electrode active material for a secondary battery of the present invention by forming a pitch coating film using two solvents, there is an effect of improving the uniformity and density of the pitch coating film.
- the negative electrode material for a secondary battery including the negative electrode active material for a secondary battery of the present invention has an effect of improving initial discharge capacity, initial efficiency, and lifespan characteristics of a secondary battery.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 are photographs of a nano-silicon-amorphous carbon-pitch composite structure, which is an anode active material prepared in Example 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a 5,000-fold magnified surface SEM image of the composite structure
- FIGS. 2 and 3 are 50,000-fold magnified cross-sectional SEM images of the composite structure.
- FIGS. 4 to 7 are cross-sectional photographs of a graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure, which is an anode active material prepared in Example 2 of the present invention.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are cross-sectional SEM images and EDS mapping images of a scale bar of 20 ⁇ m, respectively
- FIGS. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional SEM images and EDS mapping images of a scale bar of 5 ⁇ m, respectively.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 are cross-sectional photographs of a graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure, which is an anode active material prepared in Comparative Example 1 of the present invention. Specifically, FIGS. 8 and 9 are cross-sectional SEM images and EDS mapping images of a scale bar of 50 ⁇ m, respectively.
- Example 10 is a graph plotting 50 cycles of charge and discharge results in the battery life evaluation results for half cells made of negative electrode active materials of Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 of the present invention, and the horizontal axis is The number of cycles and the vertical axis mean the discharge capacity (unit: mah/g).
- dotted circle or solid line circle used to refer to a specific object in the black and white photographs of the drawings in this specification is only an example of a part of the specific object, and should not be construed as being limited to the portion indicated by the dotted circle or solid circle.
- 'pitch coating film' may be interpreted as indicating both a coating film of a material consisting only of pitch and a coating film of a material including pitch and other components (eg, nano-silicon), unless there is a particular limitation.
- the negative electrode active material prepared according to the method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery of the present invention is a negative electrode active material prepared according to the method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery of the present invention
- a “nano silicon-amorphous carbon-pitch composite structure” having a structure in which a pitch coating film is formed on a composite material of amorphous carbon-silicon;
- a “graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure” having a structure of a graphite core and a nano-silicon-pitch shell surrounding the core;
- the composite structure which is an anode active material for a secondary battery finally prepared in the present invention, has technical commonality in that it has a pitch coating film and 2 uses two solvents to increase the density and coating properties of the pitch coating film. .
- the present inventors first dissolved pitch in a solvent (first solvent) that is soluble in pitch, and then formed a pitch coating film on the amorphous carbon-silicon composite material, or silicon-pitch on a graphite core.
- first solvent a solvent that is soluble in pitch
- second solvent a solvent insoluble in pitch
- a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery of one aspect of the present invention i) a negative electrode for a secondary battery having a structure in which a pitch coating film is formed on an amorphous carbon-silicon composite material, which is a “nano silicon-amorphous carbon-pitch composite structure” Active material can be prepared.
- the nano-silicon in step (a) is in the form of nano-silicon particles, and general ones used in the art can be used.
- the (average) diameter is in the range of 20 to 400 nm, but it is necessary to It is not limited.
- the carbon-based conductive material in step (a) is mixed with nano-silicon particles, may be included to impart conductivity to the negative electrode active material, and has electrical conductivity without causing chemical change.
- it is a carbon-based material. It is preferable, and it is more preferable that it contains carbon black.
- step (f) When the carbon-based conductive material is subjected to the carbonization process (step (f)), it is changed into an amorphous carbon form, and finally an amorphous carbon-silicon composite material is formed.
- the resin matrix in step (a) is included for the purpose of well bonding the carbon-based conductive material and the nano-silicon particles to each other, and an organic or water-based resin matrix may be used.
- the resin matrix may include a phenol resin, an epoxy resin, a thermosetting polyimide, a polyester, a polyurethane, a melamine resin, an amino resin, a dextrin resin, and the like, and may include, for example, a phenol resin. .
- the resin matrix is also removed along with the carbon-based conductive material during the carbonization process (step (f)), so that little or no resin matrix remains in the final anode active material.
- the nano silicon is preferably included in 40 to 99 parts by weight, more preferably included in 60 to 95 parts by weight, and most preferably included in 70 to 90 parts by weight.
- the content may be appropriately adjusted according to the characteristics of the negative electrode active material to be finally prepared.
- a “nano silicon-amorphous carbon-pitch composite structure” having a structure in which a pitch coating film is formed on a composite material of amorphous carbon-silicon
- An anode active material for a secondary battery may be prepared.
- step (b') separately from the step (a'), preparing a nano-silicon dispersion solution by dispersing nano-silicon in a second solvent;
- (g') carbonizing the pulverized dry powder to obtain a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery having a structure of a graphite core and a nano silicon-pitch shell surrounding the core; may include.
- the first solvent may be selected to be soluble in high softening point pitch.
- the first solvent is composed of tetrahydrofuran (THF), quinoline, toluene, pyridine, N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), xylene, chloroform, dimethylsulfoxide and n-hexane It may include one or more selected from the group, and preferably includes tetrahydrofuran (THF), but is not limited thereto.
- the second solvent may be selected to be insoluble with respect to high softening point pitch.
- the second solvent may be selected from one or more selected from the group consisting of ethanol, methanol, acetone, and water, and may include ethanol. Although preferred, it is not limited thereto.
- the first solvent and the second solvent are preferably miscible with each other do.
- steps (a) to (d) or steps (a') to (d') of the present invention are performed, pitch is deposited on the graphite-silicon composite to form a pitch coating film, or silicon and pitch are formed on graphite The mixture is precipitated to form a coating film. Afterwards, the first solvent and the second solvent used in steps (a) to (d) or (a') to (d') are removed to obtain a final product of graphite-silicon-pitch composite. Step (e) or step (e') may be performed to obtain a powder of In step (e) or step (e'), the first solvent and the second solvent may be evaporated and removed.
- Step (e) or step (e') of the present invention the first vaporization step carried out under conditions of a pressure of 0.5 ⁇ 1 bar and a temperature of 25 ⁇ 40 °C; And a secondary vaporization step performed under conditions of a pressure of 0.5 to 1 bar and a temperature higher than the boiling points of the first and second solvents; may include, but are not necessarily limited to the operating conditions of the pressure and temperature.
- the solvent may be removed by evaporation at a temperature of about 60°C.
- a preferred temperature range of the secondary vaporization step may be 40 to 70° C., but is not limited thereto.
- the time for performing the first vaporization step and the second vaporization step may be appropriately adjusted according to the amount of the negative electrode active material to be finally produced.
- the first solvent and the second solvent can be dried at a time at a temperature higher than the boiling point so as to vaporize, but since nano silicon and high softening point pitch are mixed in the first solvent and the second solvent, only the solvent is removed.
- the solvent removal selectivity may be improved by sequentially proceeding to a first vaporization step at room temperature or a temperature slightly higher than room temperature and a second vaporization step at a temperature higher than the boiling point of the solvent.
- the pitch used as a coating material for the negative electrode material for a secondary battery is a high softening point pitch
- the softening point of the pitch of the present invention is preferably 100 ° C or higher, more preferably 200 ° C or higher, and 200 to 300 ° C is the most preferred. desirable.
- High softening point pitch contains ingredients with a high boiling point, so it has excellent crystallinity and high stability, so when applied to a negative electrode material of a secondary battery, it improves the charging and discharging efficiency of the secondary battery, improves the charge density, and increases the life of the battery.
- the high softening point pitch in the present invention is for forming a coating film
- QI Quinoline Insoluble
- CV Coking Value
- the degree of specific QI and CV values may vary depending on the choice of solvent for preparing the pitch solution. For example, as will be described below, when using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as the first solvent for producing a pitch solution, it is preferable that the QI is 0.2% or less and the CV is 58% or more. It is not necessarily limited.
- Amorphous carbon-nano silicon composites are micro-sized spherical particles with pores. Even after pitch coating, some of the pitch enters between the pores to be coated, and in the carbonization process, pitch is added between the pores in the melting section, so the surface of the particles after coating There is no need for additional processing, so the carbonization process is adopted.
- the carbonization may be performed by raising the temperature to a temperature of 1000 to 1100 ° C. under an inert gas atmosphere (eg, nitrogen atmosphere) and then maintaining the temperature for about 1 hour.
- the temperature increase rate is, for example, 5 It can be -10 °C.
- the carbonization temperature is increased, the removal effect of hydrogen, oxygen, etc. in the organic resin is higher, but when the temperature exceeds 1100 ° C., there is a problem in that SiC is formed, so it is preferable to carbonize at a temperature of 1000 to 1100 ° C.
- the dry powder is dry-pulverized to obtain a graphite core and the core
- a step of obtaining a graphite-silicon-pitch composite having a structure of an enclosing silicon-pitch shell may be performed.
- the graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure is a state in which the precipitated nano silicon-pitch composite can be easily separated because the nano silicon-pitch composite is simply deposited on the graphite surface when the formation of the coating film using the two solutions is completed Therefore, an additional step is required to form a complete coating film, that is, a shell.
- step (f') of the present invention may use various known methods, and preferably may be performed in a Michenofusion mixer, but is not limited thereto.
- the pulverized dry powder is carbonized to obtain a negative electrode active material having a structure of a graphite core and a nano-silicon-pitch shell surrounding the core, and the carbonization process has the structure i ) is the same as described in
- 2 g of high softening point pitch (softening point: 260 ° C) was dissolved in 300 ml of tetrahydrofuran (b).
- Tetrahydrofuran was first vaporized from d under conditions of pressure, temperature, and time (0.7 bar, 35° C., and 20 minutes).
- Dry powder is obtained by completely vaporizing tetrahydrofuran and ethanol under conditions of pressure, temperature, and time (0.7 bar, 60° C., and 20 minutes).
- the dry powder was carbonized for 60 minutes at a temperature of 1000 ° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a nano silicon-amorphous carbon-pitch composite structure.
- a solution was prepared by dispersing 3 g of nano-silicon particles (average value of D 50 of 111 nm, average value of D 90 of 158 nm) in 50 ml of ethanol, and then it was added to b'(c').
- Tetrahydrofuran was first vaporized from d' under conditions of pressure, temperature, and time (0.7 bar, 35° C., and 20 minutes).
- the graphite-nano silicon-pitch powder was recovered from the mechanical fusion mixer and carbonized for 60 minutes at a temperature of 1000 ° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure.
- Example 1 In order to analyze the electrochemical characteristics of negative electrode materials for secondary batteries, the amorphous carbon-nano silicon-pitch composite structure prepared in Example 1 and the graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure prepared in Example 2 and Comparative Example 1 were used. .
- a negative electrode plate was fabricated using a powder obtained by mixing 15% of the composite structures prepared in Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 with 85% of artificial graphite as a final active material.
- the fabricated negative electrode plate was made of a coin cell together with lithium metal, and the electrochemical performance was measured in a half cell.
- the charge/discharge conditions were charge CC/CV: 0.01V/0.01C, discharge CC 1.5V, and the rate was 0.2C.
- initial coulombic efficiency (ICE; discharge amount compared to initial charge amount), initial charge capacity (ICC; initial charge capacity), and initial discharge capacity ; IDC; initial discharge capacity) were respectively measured and shown in Table 1 below, and life characteristics at 50 cycles were measured and life characteristics were graphed in FIG. 10 (horizontal axis: number of cycles, ordinate axis: discharge capacity).
- FIG. 1 which is an analysis result of Example 1, it can be observed that a spherical composite structure is formed on the amorphous carbon and nano-silicon composite material with uniform pitch and dense coating as a whole.
- 2 and 3 are enlarged photographs of FIG. 1 .
- the white portion of the surface of the spherical particle indicated by the dotted line circle in FIGS. 2 and 3 is a pitch coating film
- the portion indicated by the solid line circle in FIG. 3 is an amorphous carbon-nano silicon composite.
- a thin and uniform pitch coating film was formed on the surface of the amorphous carbon-nano silicon composite material.
- FIGS. 4 to 7 which are the analysis results of Example 2, it was observed that a graphite core was present in the middle and a shell formed of pitch-nano silicon was uniformly and densely coated thereon.
- the dark middle portion is graphite
- the relatively light white portion represents a shell formed of pitch-nano silicon
- the purple portion of FIGS. 5 and 7, which are EDS mapping images is graphite ( It is marked as carbon (C) on the color label)
- the yellow part represents the pitch-silicon shell (marked as silicon (Si) on the color label).
- Comparative Example 1 a coating film was formed by a dry method, and when large-sized pitches are mixed, the pitch itself can serve as a core rather than a coating, so it is necessary to grind the pitch into very small pieces. Step (1) of was performed.
- Example 1 In order to analyze the electrochemical characteristics of negative electrode materials for secondary batteries, the amorphous carbon-nano silicon-pitch composite structure prepared in Example 1 and the graphite-nano silicon-pitch composite structure prepared in Example 2 and Comparative Example 1 were used. .
- a negative electrode plate was fabricated using a powder obtained by mixing 15% of the composite structures prepared in Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 with 85% of artificial graphite as a final active material.
- the fabricated negative electrode plate was made of a coin cell together with lithium metal, and the electrochemical performance was measured in a half cell.
- the charge/discharge conditions were charge CC/CV: 0.01V/0.01C, discharge CC 1.5V, and the rate was 0.2C.
- initial coulombic efficiency (ICE; discharge amount compared to initial charge amount), initial charge capacity (ICC; initial charge capacity), and initial discharge capacity ; IDC; initial discharge capacity) were respectively measured and shown in Table 1 below, and life characteristics at 50 cycles were measured and life characteristics were graphed in FIG. 10 (horizontal axis: number of cycles, ordinate axis: discharge capacity).
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- (a) 나노 실리콘, 탄소계 도전재 및 수지 매트릭스를 혼합하여, 혼합 분말을 제조하는 단계;(b) 제1용매에 고연화점 피치를 용해시켜 피치 용액을 제조하는 단계;(c) 상기 피치 용액에 상기 혼합 분말을 투입한 다음 교반하여, 나노 실리콘, 탄소계 도전재 및 피치를 포함하는 분산 용액을 제조하는 단계;(d) 상기 분산 용액에 제2용매를 첨가하여 나노 실리콘 및 탄소계 도전재 를 포함하는 복합재 상에 피치를 석출시켜 피치 코팅막을 형성하는 단계;(e) 상기 제1용매 및 제2용매를 제거하여 건조 분말을 수득하는 단계; 및(f) 상기 건조 분말을 탄화시켜, 나노 실리콘 및 비정질 탄소를 포함하는 복합재에 피치 코팅막이 형성된, 음극 활물질을 수득하는 단계;를 포함하며,상기 제1용매는 고연화점 피치에 대하여 용해성이고,상기 제2용매는 고연화점 피치에 대하여 불용성이며,상기 제1용매 및 상기 제2용매는 서로 혼화성인,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- (a') 제1용매에 고연화점 피치를 용해시켜 피치 용액을 제조한 다음, 그라파이트를 투입하여, 그라파이트-피치 용액을 제조하는 단계;(b') 상기 (a')와 별도로, 제2용매에 나노 실리콘을 투입하여 분산시켜, 나노 실리콘 분산 용액을 제조하는 단계;(c') 상기 그라파이트-피치 용액에 상기 나노 실리콘 분산 용액을 투입하여, 그라파이트, 피치 및 나노 실리콘의 혼합 용액을 제조하는 단계;(d') 상기 그라파이트, 피치 및 나노 실리콘의 혼합 용액에 상기 제2용매를 추가로 첨가하여, 상기 그라파이트 상에 나노 실리콘 및 피치의 혼합물을 석출하여, 나노 실리콘 및 피치를 포함하는 코팅막을 형성하는 단계;(e') 상기 제1용매 및 제2용매를 제거하여 건조 분말을 수득하는 단계;(f') 상기 건조 분말을 건식 분쇄하는 단계; 및(g') 상기 분쇄된 건조 분말을 탄화시켜, 그라파이트 코어 및 상기 코어를 둘러싸는 나노 실리콘-피치 쉘의 구조를 가진, 이차전지용 음극 활물질을 수득하는 단계;를 포함하며,상기 제1용매는 고연화점 피치에 대하여 용해성이고,상기 제2용매는 고연화점 피치에 대하여 불용성이며,상기 제1용매 및 상기 제2용매는 서로 혼화성인,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 (a) 단계의 상기 혼합 분말 100 중량부를 기준으로, 상기 나노 실리콘은 40~99 중량부로 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 (a) 단계의 상기 탄소계 도전재는 카본블랙을 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 (a) 단계의 상기 수지 매트릭스는, 페놀 수지, 에폭시 수지, 열경화성 폴리이미드, 폴리에스터, 폴리우레탄, 멜라민 수지, 아미노 수지 및 덱스트린 수지 중 1종 이상을 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서.상기 고연화점 피치는 연화점(softening point)이 200~300℃인,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 (e) 단계 또는 상기 (e') 단계는,0.5~1 bar의 압력 및 25~40℃의 온도의 조건하에서 수행하는 1차 기화 단계; 및0.5~1 bar의 압력 및 제1용매 및 제2용매의 비점보다 높은 온도의 조건하에서 수행하는 2차 기화 단계;를 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 제1용매는 테트라하이드로퓨란(THF), 퀴놀린, 톨루엔, 피리딘, N-메틸 피롤리돈(NMP), 크실렌, 클로로포름, 디메틸술폭사이드 및 n-헥산(n-hexane)으로 구성된 군에서 선택되는 1종 이상을 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 제2용매는 에탄올(ethanol), 메탄올(ethanol), 아세톤(acetone) 및 물(water)로 구성된 군에서 선택되는 1종 이상인,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 제1용매는 테트라하이드로퓨란을 포함하고, 상기 제2용매는 에탄올을 포함하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 있어서,상기 탄화는 1000~1100℃의 온도에서 수행되는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제2항에 있어서,상기 (f') 단계는 미케노퓨전 믹서기에서 수행하는 것을 특징으로 하는,이차전지용 음극 활물질의 제조방법.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 따른 제조방법에 따라 제조된 이차전지용 음극 활물질을 포함하는 이차전지용 음극재.
- 제1항 또는 제2항에 따른 제조방법에 따라 제조된 이차전지용 음극 활물질을 포함하는 이차전지용 음극재를 포함하는 이차전지.
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