锂离子电池正极材料LiNi_(1/3)Co_(1/3)Mn_(1/3)O_2的研究进展

锂离子电池正极材料Li Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2具有比商业化正极材料——LiCoO2更低廉的成本、更低的毒性、更好的热稳定性,近年来受到广大科研工作者的关注。主要介绍了Li Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料的合成改性方法及其近年来在电化学性能方面所取得的成果和进展,并简要概括了该材料结构和发展趋势。不断提高Li Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料的振实密度以及电化学性能特别是其在高倍率充放电条件下的循环性能将成为相关科研工作者的研究重点。     

共沉淀法制备Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2及电化学性能研究

采用NH3-NaOH共沉淀法合成了L[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2正极材料,通过改变NH3·H2O浓度及加料方式研究材料的电化学性能.采用XRD、SEM对晶体的结构和形貌作表征.将正极材料Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2制成电极极片,组装成电池进行测试.分析测试结果表明,合成的极材料Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2具有典型的α-NaFeO2结构,粒径分布较好,呈类球形.     

共沉淀法制备Li[Ni_(l/3)Co_(1/3)Mn_(1/3)]O_2及电化学性能研究

采用NH3-NaOH共沉淀法合成了Li[Nil/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2正极材料,通过改变NH3·H2O浓度及加料方式研究材料的电化学性能。采用XRD、SEM对晶体的结构和形貌作表征。将正极材料Li[Nil/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2制成电极极片,组装成电池进行测试。分析测试结果表明,合成的极材料Li[Nil/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2具有典型的α-NaFeO2结构,粒径分布较好,呈类球形。     

MgF2包覆对正极材料LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2性能的影响

通过浸渍法在正极材料LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2的表面包覆MgF2,通过XRD、SEM、交流阻抗（EIS）分析、充放电测试研究了不同量MgF2包覆对LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料的结构与电化学性能的影响。结果表明,MgF2以非晶态形式包覆于LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2材料颗粒的表面,当包覆量为3%（物质的量分数,下同）时,三元正极材料具有优良的电化学性能,在3.0~4.6 V充放电范围内0.1C充放电倍率下,首次放电比容量为196.3 mA·h/g,1C循环50次后容量保持率为95.7%,55 ℃高温下1C循环50次后容量保持率为93.3%。     

锂离子电池LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料的性能研究(Ⅰ)

采用共沉淀法和高温固相烧结相结合,合成了锂离子电池层状LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料。采用ICP-AES元素分析方法、XRD和SEM对LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2正极材料的成分、结构和形貌进行了表征。SEM测试结果表明,LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2的形貌近似为球形,且颗粒分布均匀。并对其进行了充放电性能测试,结果表明:LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2在25℃、2.5～4.6 V、0.1 C倍率下,首次放电容量达189.32 mAh.g-1(锂为负极),C/LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2在1 C、2.75～4.2 V下,初始放电比容量为145.5 mAh/g,循环100次后,容量保持率为98.41%。是一种有发展前景的锂离子电池正极材料。     

不同铝源对LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2材料的包覆改性研究

分别以纳米氧化铝、氢氧化铝及异丙醇铝为原料,采用液相浸渍法对LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2材料进行氧化铝包覆,考察不同包覆源在LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2材料表面进行氧化铝包覆后对材料电化学性能的影响。SEM及XRD结果显示,产物为层状α-NaFeO2结构,氧化铝均匀包覆在LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2材料表面。充放电性能测试结果表明,在3种铝源中,以异丙醇铝为包覆源的材料性能最佳：在3.0~4.6 V的电压下,0.1 C倍率下首次放电比容量为196.1 mA·h/g, 1 C下循环50周后容量保持率为95.6%。     

锂离子正极材料Li（Ni_（1/3）Co_（1/3）Mn_（1/3））O_（2-x）F_x的合成与电化学性能

采用沉淀法合成一系列Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O2-xFx正极材料（0≤x≤0.5）;用X射线衍射仪和扫描电镜仪分析了合成产物的晶体结构及表面形貌;利用充放电仪测定产物的电化学性能,结果表明Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O1.7F0.3的电化学性能最佳,首次充放电比容量分别达181.9、174.0 mA.h/g,材料的结构在循环过程中保持稳定,倍率性能变好,电化学阻抗明显降低。     

Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2合成工艺对其结构和性能的影响

采用碳酸盐共沉淀法制备Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2。研究了前驱体合成温度、时间和焙烧温度、焙烧时间对材料结构和电化学性能的影响。测试结果表明,合成温度为40℃,时间30 h所得前驱体的振实密度和电化学性能较好。XRD测试结果表明,不同焙烧温度下得到的Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2均具有α-NaFeO2型层状结构。其中800℃下焙烧15 h得到的样品具有较好的层状结构和较低的阳离子混排程度。样品在2.8～4.3 V电压范围内,0.2 C放电倍率下的首次放电比容量最高可达159.1 mAh·g-1,循环50次后容量保持率为95.7%。     

锂镍钴锰氧化物电极材料研究进展

LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2作为锂离子电池正极材料具有比容量高、循环寿命长、价格低、无污染等优点。综述了镍、钴、锰不同物质的量比对LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2正极材料电化学性能的影响;以Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O2为例重点介绍了锂含量对Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O2性能的影响,目前所采用的合成方法（如高温固相法、共沉淀法、溶胶-凝胶法、喷雾干燥法）及其对电化学性质的影响;最后,对Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O2的表面处理与掺杂的研究进展情况进行了介绍,并对Li（Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3）O2正极材料的发展进行了展望。     

层状锂离子正极材料Li_(1+x)(Co_(0.2)Ni_(0.4)Mn_(0.4))O_2的结构和电化学性能的研究

采用溶胶凝胶法,用柠檬酸作为鳌合剂,在不同的温度下合成制备均一的层状锂离子正极材料Li(Co0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4)O2。XRD、SEM实验数据表明,在较低温度700°C下便可制得层状Li1+x(Co0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4)O2,并具有均一的颗粒形貌,颗粒大小为300 nm左右。XPS显示其正极材料中的Co、Ni、Mn的化学价态分别为+3,+2,+4,均为它们的稳定价态。700°C下合成的材料在20mA/g,2.9~4.6 V电压范围内,首次放电比容量为210.2 mAh/g,50周后放电比容量仍高达185.3 mAh/g,容量损失为11.84%。     

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3–PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3 ceramics

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy results of various ordered and disordered (1 ? x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–(x)Pb(Sc_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃ (PMN–PSN) ceramics are investigated in the temperature range from 80 K to 300 K and frequency range from 20 Hz to 2 THz. Dielectric dispersion is very broad and in the ferroelectrics case (x = 1, 0.95) consists of two parts: low-frequency part caused by ferroelectric domains and higher frequency part caused by soft mode. The relaxational soft mode exhibits pronounced softening close to phase transition temperature, as it is typical for order–disorder phase transitions. By substituting Sc³⁺ by Mg²⁺ in PMN–PSN ceramics relaxation slows down, and for relaxors (x = 0.2) the most probable relaxation frequency decreases on cooling according to Vogel–Fulcher law.     

Ferroelectric Ceramics in the PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-PbCd1/3Nb2/3O3 System

Solid solutions (1-x)PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃ + xPbCd_1/3Nb_2/3O₃ with x = 0-0.30 are investigated with purpose to work out a capacitor ceramics with good dielectric properties and low sintering temperature. It is found that the perovskite phase forms at sintering near to 980°C and begins to decompose at higher temperatures. When x grows from 0 to 0.30, the Curie temperature linearly grows from -10°C to +25°C, the dielectric permittivity ε_m in the Curie point T_C decreases from 18000 to 6800 and the phase transition becomes more diffused. The dielectric permittivity at room temperature is rather high and the temperature stability is improved. The system is of interest, because it can serve as a base for working out some ceramic materials for capacitors with low sintering temperature, which needs of no special atmosphere at burning.     

ICP-AES原子发射分析法检测LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2中Ni含量

建立了一套可用于实际电池及材料生产、研制的电池材料镍钴锰酸锂中Ni的测定方法。在解决了原子发射法的基体效应及光谱干扰问题后,选定合适的分析条件,进行方法的准确度和精密度实验,数据结果显示方法可以满足实际分析工作的要求。     

Negative thermal expansion of (Al1/3Fe1/3Cr1/3)2(Mo1/2W1/2)3O12 (AFCMW) and low thermal expansion of AFCMW-(Co1/2Ni1/2)(Mo1/2W1/2)O4 with high entropy

A₂Mo₃O₁₂ (A-Al, Fe, Cr) have large negative thermal expansion (NTE) coefficients and structural stability but high phase-transition temperatures (PTTs). Herein, we prepared (Al_1/3Fe_1/3Cr_1/3)₂(Mo_1/2W_1/2)₃O₁₂ (AFCMW), and found it to have a low NTE coefficient and a low PTT. Furthermore, combination of AFCMW with (Co_1/2Ni_1/2)(Mo_1/2W_1/2)O₄ (CNMW) afforded an AFCMW–CNMW composite with a low thermal expansion (LTE). We determined that the PTT reductions in A₂Mo₃O₁₂ are largely due to the high-entropy effect resulting from the introduction of different ions into its A and M sites. Moreover, we found that the low LTE of the AFCMW–CNMW composite is attributable to the opposite thermal expansion behaviours of AFCMW and CNMW. We suggest that the suppressed thermal expansion during the phase transition process of the AFCMW–CNMW composite could be derived from the high-entropy effect resulting from its increased diversity of polyhedra, the influence of Co²⁺ and Ni²⁺ dopants, and CNMW-induced lattice distortion.     

Large strain response with low driving field in Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3–Bi1/2K1/2TiO3–Bi(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 ceramics

The (1?x)(0.8Bi_1/2Na_1/2TiO₃–0.2Bi_1/2K_1/2TiO₃)?xBiMg_2/3Nb_1/3O₃ (100xBMN) ternary solid solutions were designed and prepared using a conventional solid‐state reaction. Temperature and compositional dependent ferroelectric, piezoelectric, dielectric features, and structural evolution were systematically studied. At the critical composition of 2BMN, a large bipolar strain of 0.43% was achieved at 55 kV/cm, and the normalized strain reaches to 862 pm/V at a low driving electric field of 40 kV/cm. It was found that the substitution of BiMg_2/3Nb_1/3O₃ induces a transformation from ferroelectric to relaxor phase by disrupting the long range ferroelectric order. Therefore, as the external electric field was applied, a relaxor‐ferroelectric phase transition will be induced. This is contributed to the giant strain. The results above suggest that such a ternary composition is a promising candidate for application to actuator.     

Electrical properties and temperature stability of SrTiO3-modified (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-BaTiO3-(K1/2Na1/2)NbO3 piezoceramics

SrTiO₃-modified lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, (0.93-x)Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃-xSrTiO₃-0.06BaTiO₃-0.01 K_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃ [(BNT-xST)-BT-KNN, x = 0-0.06], were prepared using a conventional solid-state reaction method. The XRD structure analysis and electric properties characteristics revealed the ST-induced phase transformation from the ferroelectric phase to the relaxor phase and their coexistence state. Benefiting from the ST-destructed ferroelectric long-range orders, the high normalized strain value of 600 pm/V was obtained in the (BNT-0.02ST)-BT-KNN ceramic at 5 kV/mm. The ST-generated relaxor phase was found to have a constructive effect on improving the temperature stability and restraining the hysteresis of the electric-field-induced strain. The normalized strain of (BNT-0.06ST)-BT-KNN ceramics could be kept at a high value ~337 pm/V at elevated temperature up to 120°C.     

Electromechanical properties of Mn-doped Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics

The dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of Mn-doped and undoped yPb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-(1−x−y)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-xPbTiO₃ (PIN-PMN-PT) ternary ceramics with morphotropic phase boundary composition have been investigated. Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics show obvious hardening characteristics. With 2 mol% Mn doping the mechanical quality factor Q_m can be increased to as high as 2000, while the electromechanical coupling factor (k_p=57%) is still comparable to that of the undoped counterpart. The internal bias field E_i was analyzed and calculated based on the P-E hysteresis loops for the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramic. The relatively high Curie temperature, very high Q_m, and low dielectric loss make the Mn-doped PIN-PMN-PT ceramics good candidates for high power and high temperature electromechanical device applications.     

Hot-corrosion behavior of calcium-magnesium aluminosilicate melts on Ba1/3Sr1/3Ca1/3Al2Si2O8

Hot-corrosion behavior of Ba_1/3Sr_1/3Ca_1/3Al₂Si₂O₈ (BSCAS) in the presence of molten calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicate (CMAS) is investigated in the temperature range of 1250–1350 °C. In comparison, the hot corrosion behavior of Ba_0.5Sr_0.5Al₂Si₂O₈ (BSAS) is also studied under the same conditions. The results indicate that CMAS corrosion of both BSCAS and BSAS is caused by the interdiffusion of Ba/Sr and Ca between CMAS and corroded samples. The presence of Ca cations in BSCAS lowers the diffusion driving force of Ca cations between CMAS and BSCAS, resulting in a reduced diffusion rate of Ca cations from CMAS into BSCAS. Moreover, the sluggish diffusion effect of multi-component cations hinders the outward diffusion of Ba/Sr cations from BSCAS. Thus, the BSCAS shows a better CMAS corrosion resistance than BSAS.     

Surface of LiCo1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3O2 modified by CeO2-coating

A novel method to improve the cycling performance of LiCo_1/3Ni_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ in lithium-ion batteries by 1.0 wt.% CeO₂-coating is presented in this work. The crystalline structure and morphology of the synthesized powder have been characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM and their electrochemical performances were evaluated by CV, EIS and galvonostatic charge/discharge tests. It is found that CeO₂ forms a layer on the surface of LiCo_1/3Ni_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ without destroying the crystal structure of the core material. Electrochemical test indicates that CeO₂-coating could improve the cycling performance of LiCo_1/3Ni_1/3Mn_1/3O₂. At room temperature, the capacity retention of 1.0 wt.% CeO₂-coated material is 93.2% after 12 cycles at 3.0 C while that of the bare sample is only 86.6%. ICP-OES proves the coating layer could protect the dissolution of the transition metal ions from LiCo_1/3Ni_1/3Mn_1/3O₂. From the analysis of EIS, the improvement of cycle ability could be attributed to the suppression of the reaction between cathode and electrolyte.