Patent Application: US-201314437930-A

Abstract:
a tin based anode material for a rechargeable battery comprises nanoparticles of composition snm x o y wherein m is a further element selected from the group 5 consisting of ni , cu , in , al , ge , pb , bi , sb , fe , co , ga , with 0 ≦ x ≦ 0 . 5 and 0 ≦ y ≦ 2 + 2x . the nanoparticles form a substantially monodisperse ensemble with an average size not exceeding 30 nm and a size deviation not exceeding 15 %, the nanoparticles optionally being coated with a capping species . a method for preparing the tin based anode material is carried out in situ in a non - aqueous solvent and starts by reacting a tin salt and an organometallic amide reactant and oleylamine .

Description:
in the following description of exemplary embodiments , any statements relating to possible explanations or interpretations of observations and results shall not be construed as binding the invention to a particular theory . 1 . monodisperse and inorganically capped sn and sn / sno2 nanocrystals for high performance na - ion and li - ion battery anodes this work was driven by two goals : ( i ) to develop convenient syntheses of colloidal , sub - 20 nm tin ( sn ) nanocrystals ( ncs ) with precise control over the size and composition and ( ii ) to study the utility of such materials as active anode materials in rechargeable li - ion batteries ( libs ). in particular , finely tunable morphologies and optimal surface chemistries in nanoscale regime ( 2 - 20 nm ) on the li - insertion properties are considered central for achieving high charge / discharge cycling stabilities in the next generation of li - alloying , high - capacity anode materials such as sn , ge and si [ 1 ]. further , the potential use of sn and its corresponding oxide sno 2 in a monodisperse , colloidal state is by far broader , including solution - deposited transparent conductive oxides for electronics , photovoltaics and sensors , as well as catalysis , or even as quantum dots ( alpha - tin ) or low - temperature catalyst for growing nanowires . despite numerous reports on polydisperse ( size deviation σ & gt ; 20 %) and / or relatively large ( 30 to 200 nm ) sn colloids [ 2 ], the synthesis of monodisperse , sub - 20 nm large sn ncs remained undeveloped . the low melting point of bulk sn ( 231 . 9 ° c .) requires the synthesis to be carried out at sufficiently low temperatures using either highly reactive precursors or strong reducing agents . monodisperse 9 to 23 nm large sn ncs ( fig1 , and table 1 further below ) were obtained by consecutive injections of lin ( sime 3 ) 2 into hot oleylamine solution containing sncl 2 or sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 at 180 - 210 ° c ., followed by the reduction with diisobutylaluminium hydride ( dibah ). lithium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide ( li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 , 97 %, aldrich ), sodium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide ( na [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 , 95 %, aldrich ), potassium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide (( kn ( sime 3 ) 2 , 95 %, aldrich ), lithium hydride ( lih , 95 %, aldrich ), oleic acid ( oa , 90 %, aldrich ), tin ( ii ) chloride ( sncl 2 , anhydrous , 98 %, abcr ), tin ( ii ) trifluoromethanesulfonate ( sn ( cf 3 so 3 ) 2 , 97 %, aldrich ), tin acetate ( sn ( ac ) 2 , aldrich ), bis [ bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amino ] tin ( ii ) ( sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 , aldrich ), tetrachloroethylene ( tce , ≧ 99 %), aldrich ), octadecene ( ode , 90 %, aldrich ), lithium triethylborohydride ( superhydride li ( et 3 bh ), 1 . 0 m solution in thf , aldrich ), diisobutylaluminium hydride ([( ch 3 ) 2 chch 2 ] 2 alh , 1 . 0 m solution in thf , aldrich ), formamide ( fa , ≧ 99 %, aldrich ), acetonitrile (≧ 99 %, aldrich ), oleylamine ( ola , techn ., 40 %, tci ), potassium sulfide ( anhydrous , 95 %, strem ) and potassium hydrosulfide ( anhydrous , 94 %, strem ) were used as received . carbon black ( super c65 , provided by timcal ), 1 m solution of lipf 6 in ethylene carbonate / dimethyl carbonate ( ec / dmc , from novolyte ), 4 - fluoro - 1 , 3 - dioxolan - 2 - one ( fec , & gt ; 98 . 0 %, tci ), celgard separator ( celgard 2320 , 20 μm microporous trilayer membrane ( pp / pe / pp ), celgard inc . usa ) and glass - fiber separator ( euj - grade , hollingsworth & amp ; vose company ltd ., united kingdom ), carboxymethyl cellulose ( cmc , grade : 2200 , lot no . b1118282 , daicel fine chem ltd ). in a typical synthesis of 17 nm sn ncs , oleylamine ( ola , 20 g ) was loaded into the three - neck flask and dried under vacuum at 140 ° c . for 1 . 5 h under constant stirring . after cooling of oleylamine down to 50 ° c ., the flask was briefly opened to add anhydrous sncl 2 and again dried under vacuum at 140 ° c . for 30 min . in parallel , li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ( 3 . 6 mmol , 0 . 601 g ) was solved in 2 ml toluene in glovebox . the temperature of sncl 2 / ola was rinsed to 180 ° c . under argon , followed by the injection of li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 / toluene solution , and , in 10 s , 0 . 6 ml of 1m dibah solution in thf . the solution immediately turned dark brown upon injection of dibah . 1 h later , the reaction solution was quickly cooled down to room temperature using water - ice bath . upon cooling , at about 120 - 150 ° c ., 10 ml of anhydrous toluene were added . after cooling , sn ncs were precipitated by adding 40 ml of ethanol following by their centrifugation at 8 , 000 rpm for 4 min . the sn ncs were redispersed in tetrachloroethylene ( tce ) solution of oleic acid (˜ 6 ml , 1 ml oa / 50 ml tce ) to replace the weakly bound ola molecules . finally , the sn ncs were precipitated second time by 10 ml of ethanol , centrifuged and redispersed in common nonpolar solvents such as tce , chloroform or toluene forming long - term stable solutions . ( i ) identical results , in terms of the size and quality of sn ncs , were obtained using sodium and potassium silylamides , lithium hydride and other strong bases such as linme 2 ( fig2 ), as well as other oleylamine - soluble sn ( ii ) precursors such as sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 , sn ( ac ) 2 and sn ( cf 3 so 3 ) 2 ( fig3 ). ( ii ) no ncs could be formed without amide bases : only polydisperse , 100 - 300 nm large particles were formed upon the injecting of dibah into sncl 2 - oleylamine solution directly ( fig4 ). ( iii ) sn ncs of similar quality can be obtained using superhydride or borane tert - butylamine complex as reducing agent ( fig2 ). ( iv ) by varying the synthesis temperatures ( t = 130 - 250 ° c .) and time ( t = 10 sec - 6 h ), it has been determined that sn ncs of the best quality can be obtained in the temperature range of 180 - 210 ° c . at lower temperatures , the range of size distribution of sn nps was much broader for the same time of reaction of ˜ 1 h ( fig5 ). by taking aliquots at different time intervals and examining them with tem ( fig6 ), the optimal reaction time of ˜ 1 h was revealed what allows to obtain monodisperse sn nps of 16 - 17 nm . suggested optimal reaction conditions for a given batch volume can be found in table 1 . for a typical ligand exchange using s 2 − or hs − ions , 1 ml of sn ncs in tce (˜ 5 mg / ml ) was mixed with 1 ml of k 2 s or khs solution in fa ( 5 mg / ml ). the mixture was stirred for about 1 h min leading to a complete phase transfer of sn ncs from tce to the fa phase . the fa phase was separated and triply washed with toluene to remove any remaining nonpolar organic species . then , sn ncs dispersed in fa phase were precipitated by adding ˜ 1 ml of acetonitrile . obtained suspension was centrifuged at 8000 rpm for 4 min and then precipitate was redispersed in di water . transmission electron microscopy ( tem ) images data were obtained using a philips m30 operated at 300 kv . carbon - coated tem grids from ted - pella were used as substrates . the size of ncs was determined by pebbles software in automatic mode for at least 100 ncs per each sample [ 3 ]. size deviations of ncs were calculated via formula ( 1 ) using a gaussian fit of measured ncs , where fwhm is the full width at half maximum of the gaussian fit and d is the diameter of ncs at the maximum of the gaussian fit . the oxygen content of inorganically capped and uncapped sn / sno 2 was determined by moessbauer spectroscopy . in a typical electrode preparation , carbon black ( cb ) was stirred with 0 . 2 wt % carboxymethyl cellulose ( cmc ) water solution for 10 min . the resulting suspension was ball - milled for 1 . 5 h and mixed with appropriate amount of the freshly prepared aqueous dispersion of sn / sno 2 ncs with known concentration . obtained homogeneous suspension was drop - cast and dried on ti current collector ( 13 mm diameter ) to provide coverage of approximately 3 mg / cm 2 . two weight compositions were tested : all electrochemical measurements were conducted in homemade , reusable and air - tight coin - type cells . test cells were assembled in an argon - filled glovebox with water and oxygen content below 1 ppm . lithium metal served as both reference and counter electrode . an active electrode was covered with elgard separator membrane and a glass fiber separator of 1 mm thickness was placed between working and reference electrode . as an electrolyte , mixture of ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate 1 : 1 ( w / w ), with 1m lipf 6 was used . optionally , 3 % flouroethylene carbonate was added to improve cycling stability . all charge - discharge tests and cyclic voltammetry scans were conducted on a mpg2 multi - channel workstation ( bio logic ). the use of inexpensive sncl 2 and lin ( sime 3 ) 2 was conceived from the possibility of the convenient in - situ formation of sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 . instead , the 119 sn nmr spectra , taken at various stages of the synthesis , show that in - situ or ex - situ prepared sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 is not an actual precursor ( fig7 ). regardless of the starting sn ( ii ) compound ( chloride , acetate , triflate or silylamide ), addition of lithium dimethylamide or silylamide leads to the same tin - oleylamido derivatives . a different reaction mechanism is thus plausible — an in - situ formation of metal - oleylamide species . an important role of lin ( sime 3 ) 2 appears to be to act as a strong base for deprotonating oleylamine . li - oleylamide then quickly reacts with sncl 2 generating sn - oleylamide — an actual precursor for the final reduction step . identical results , judging from 119 sn nmr spectra , reaction rates and in terms of the size and quality of sn ncs , were obtained using sodium and potassium silylamides , lithium hydride and other strong bases such as linme 2 , as well as other oleylamine - soluble sn ( ii ) precursors such as sn [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] 2 , sn ( ac ) 2 and sn ( cf 3 so 3 ) 2 . in agreement with the above reasoning , no ncs could be formed without amide bases : only polydisperse , 100 to 300 nm large particles are formed upon the injecting of dibah into sncl 2 - oleylamine solution directly . very likely , metal - oleylamide may act not only as a precursor but also as surface capping layer during the nc nucleation and growth ( rather than neutral ola molecules ), in analogy to the dual role of metal - carboxylates and phosphonates in common nc syntheses . following the nucleation and growth under airless conditions , the isolation and purification of sn ncs was carried out in air . oleic acid was added to replace weakly bound oleylamide / oleylamine species ( as documented by ftir spectra not shown here ). high - resolution bright field ( bf ) scanning transmission electron microscopy ( stem ) ( fig8 a ) and high - angle annular dark field ( haadf ) stem images of sn ncs ( fig8 b ) indicated a single - crystalline core covered by the amorphous oxide shell formed upon the air - exposure . powder x - ray diffraction patterns ( fig8 c ) confirmed that ncs cores are single - crystalline beta - sn ( i 41 / amd space group , a = 0 . 58308 , c = 0 . 31810 nm ) [ 4 ] without detectable crystalline sn - oxide phases . to determine which oxide ( sno or sno 2 ) is at the surface , solid state magic angle spinning ( mas ) 119 sn nmr measurements were taken . nmr spectra contained single broad peak at ca . − 600 ppm , commonly reported for amorphous sno 2 , and no detectable sno ( expected at − 208 ppm ) [ 5 ]. the peak broadening of up to 100 ppm is similar to the reports for sub - 10 nm sno 2 nanoparticles and hollow nanospheres [ 6 ], while much narrower peaks (& lt ; 10 ppm linewidths ) are found in bulk crystalline sno 2 [ 5 ]. additional information on the oxide shell was obtained by moessbauer spectroscopy as shown in fig1 . in a depth of 10 nm ( fig1 a and fig1 c ) characteristic bands for both oxides , sno and sno 2 , and sn are found that allow the calculation of respective amounts . in a depth of 18 nm ( fig1 b and fig1 d ) almost no oxides are found anymore for both oleate capped ( fig1 a and fig1 b ) and inorganically capped sn / sno 2 ( fig1 b and fig1 d ). as expected , due to high insulating barriers created by hydrocarbon chains , oleate - capped sn ncs turned to be unusable for li - ion batteries , showing negligible discharge capacities of about 20 mah / g . therefore , an inorganic capping approach was used , in which small inorganic ions such as sh − and s 2 − are applied via a phase - transfer , ligand - exchange reaction . first , ncs dispersed in hexane or tetrachloroethylene were treated with khs solution in formamide ( fa ) leading to the fast and complete phase transfer of ncs into fa solution . then , ncs were precipitated with acetonitrile and re - dispersed in water , forming concentrated and stable colloidal solutions ( fig9 a ). while preserving the size and shape of ncs ( fig9 b ), ligand - exchange also leads to the change of the mechanism of colloidal stabilization from steric repulsion with zero surface charge to electrostatic repulsion with negative surface potential ( fig9 c ). ftir spectra indicate complete removal of organic ligands , as no signal can be detected in 2 , 800 - 3 , 000 cm − 1 region ( ch - vibrations ). instead , ncs appear to be covered with sulfate ions so4 2 − . two major bands are associated with v 3 ( 1 , 110 cm − 1 ) and v 4 ( 618 cm − 1 ) vibrations of so4 2 − , [ 7 ] found at the same positions for the ncs and for reference k 2 so 4 . the position of the weak v 1 ( 982 cm − 1 ) band is also found in both spectra . the frequency of v 1 is known to be variable in the 980 to 1 , 020 cm − 1 range , often without considerable shifts of v 3 and v 4 . [ 7b ]. thus , a second weak line at 1 , 010 cm − 1 may be attributed to v 1 of surface - bound so 4 2 − . the large amounts of so 4 2 − most likely originate from the oxidation of s 2 − photocatalyzed by surface sno 2 . dynamic light scattering ( dls ) measurements confirmed that hs − / so 4 2 − capped sn / sno 2 ncs possess true colloidal stability with single - particle size distributions ( fig1 ). the typical major problem of sn - based li - battery anodes ( also for si and ge ) is mechanical failure due to the huge volume change of up to 400 % upon full lithiation to sn 5 li 22 ( corresponding to a theoretical capacity of 992 mah / g ). the use of nanostructured materials is presently considered as the most efficient way to tackle this problem . since the ncs produced as described above are of core / shell morphology , the contribution of sno 2 may reduce achievable capacity to 780 mah / g ( for pure sno 2 ) due to the initial irreversible reaction ( 2 ): this li 2 o shell , however , is widely considered to be very helpful in buffering the volume changes . for a close - related case of si nanoparticles , undergoing similar volume changes during electrochemical cycling , tarascon et al . showed that simple composite active sphere ( e . g . si )- inactive / elastic matrix ( carbon additive ) may exhibit significantly improved cycling stabilities when the mass load of the active materials is not exceeding 20 - 30 % [ 8 ]. thus , our initial electrochemical studies ( fig1 a - 11c ) are carried out on nc diluted in the amorphous carbon matrix ncs / carbon / binder = 30 %: 45 %: 25 %). high colloidal stability of sn / sno 2 ncs in water was of great aid for efficient mixing of these ncs with sodium carboxymethylcellulose ( cmc for simplicity ) as a water soluble binder and carbon black as conductive additive . the resulting homogeneous dispersions were used for depositing active anode materials for standard laboratory electrochemical tests ( coin - type li - ion batteries ). the half - cells were cycled in the range of 5 mv to 2v , which can be considered as ultimately deep charging / discharging and measured values are normalized to the content of sn - based nanomaterial . it should be noted that any narrower voltage range would give substantially higher capacity retention upon cycling . further , relatively high charge / discharge rates of 1 , 000 ma / g ( 1 to 2 c depending on capacity ) were used , comparable to those required for automotive applications of li - ion batteries . unlike to organic - capping , fully inorganic ncs allow high reversible discharge capacities of up to c sn max = 1 , 000 mah / g ( sn content ) for the cells containing 30 wt % sn ( fig1 a ). this value is envisioned as an upper estimate assuming that carbon is inactive . a more conservative estimate of c sn min = 700 mah / g can be deduced by assuming that carbon &# 39 ; s capacity of ˜ 200 mah / g ( measured separately under identical conditions ) is retained in the mixture with ncs . further , practically useful values are also the capacity related to the total mass of the electrode , c total = 300 mah / g , and the total volumetric capacity of c v total = 585 mahcm − 3 ( electrode density is 1 . 95 g / cm 3 ). the cyclic voltammograms ( fig1 c ) are very typical for those obtained with nanogranular sno 2 . during the first discharge , a cascade of reduction waves correspond to ( from higher to lower potential ): the reduction of sno 2 to sn , formation of the solid - electrolyte interface ( sei ) and alloying of sn with li . the reduction peaks at 0 . 25 - 0 . 7 v are assigned to the formation of li 2 sn 5 , lisn , li 7 sn 3 , li 5 sn 2 , li 13 sn 5 , li 7 sn 2 , li 22 sn 5 . a broad peak , centered at 0 . 5 v in a positive current range ( charge ), includes all processes of de - alloying . for achieving best cycling stability , fluoroethylenecarbonate ( fec ) additive was added , leading to the retention of 85 to 90 % of the 20 s - cycle capacity after 100 cycles ( fig1 b ). overall , the comparison of electrochemical data in numerous reports ( reversible capacities and their retentions ) for sn - based anodes or similar materials has to be taken with caution and may be completely misleading . direct and practically meaningful comparison can be drawn only when the electrodes contain the same volume fraction of the active material , have comparable density and thicknesses and are studied under identical electrochemical conditions ( voltage windows , charge / discharge rates , temperature , electrolytes ). with this in mind , a fundamental question regarding the effect of the nanocrystal size and , therefore , the importance of the precision synthesis of sn - based ncs for improving li insertion properties was approached . for this purpose , electrodes containing 10 nm and 20 nm ncs were compared with the commercial sn and sno 2 nanopowders ( aldrich , 50 to 150 nm ). furthermore , for having technologically relevant formulations of electrodes , the content of sn - based ncs was increased to ˜ 64 wt % ( fig1 d ). under these conditions and after 100 cycles , only 10 nm large sn / sno 2 ncs were able to retain capacities of c sn max = 600 mah / g , c sn min = 443 mah / g , c total = 383 mah / g and c v total = 1 , 111 mahcm − 3 ( electrode density is 2 . 9 g / cm 3 ). for comparison , the theoretical capacity of graphite is c theor = 372 mah / g , while practically achievable at 1 , 000 ma / g discharge rates do not exceed 200 mah / g or 300 mah / cm 3 for typical electrode densities of ˜ 1 . 5 g / cm 3 . for comparison , fig1 e shows the results for a lower content formulation with only ˜ 30 wt %. all commercial nanopowders of sn and sno 2 showed negligible rechargeable capacities already after 50 cycles . in summary , li - insertion properties of precisely engineered sn / sno 2 ncs show clear size - dependent character . under close to practical electrochemical cycling conditions , 10 nm sn / sno 2 ncs show by a factor of 2 to 3 higher gravimetric and volumetric energy densities as compared to commercial graphite electrodes . further , the synthesis methodology developed here for sn and sn / sno 2 ncs may be of great help for other sn - based materials , while sn ncs are of potentially high interest as a low - melting point catalyst for growing 1 - dimensional si and ge nanostructures . lithium bis ( trimethylsilyl ) amide ( li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ], 97 %, aldrich ), tin ( ii ) chloride ( sncl 2 , anhydrous , 98 %, abcr ), copper ( ii ) chloride ( cucl 2 , anhydrous 99 , 995 %, aldrich ), tetrachloroethylene ( tce , ≧ 99 %, aldrich ), diisobutylaluminium hydride ([( ch 3 ) 2 chch 2 ] 2 alh , 1 . 0 m solution in thf , aldrich ), oleylamine ( ola , techn ., 40 %, tci ) were used as received . in a typical synthesis of 5 nm sncu x nps , oleylamine ( ola , 20 g ) was loaded into the three - neck flask and dried under vacuum at 100 ° c . for 1 . 5 h under constant stirring . after cooling of oleylamine down to 50 ° c ., the flask was briefly opened to add 0 . 25 mmol of anhydrous sncl 2 and cucl 2 and again dried under vacuum at 100 ° c . for 30 min . in parallel , li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ] ( 3 . 6 mmol , 0 . 601 g ) was dissolved in 2 ml toluene in glovebox . the temperature of sncl 2 , cucl 2 / ola was rinsed to 180 ° c . under argon , followed by the injection of li [ n ( sime 3 ) 2 ]/ toluene solution , and , in 10 s , 0 . 6 ml of 1m dibah solution in thf . the solution immediately turned dark brown upon injection of dibah . ten sec later , the reaction solution was quickly cooled down to room temperature using water - ice bath . upon cooling , at about 120 - 150 ° c ., 10 ml of anhydrous toluene were added . after cooling , sncu x nps were precipitated by adding 60 ml of ethanol following by their centrifugation at 8 , 000 rpm for 4 min . the sncu x nps were redispersed in tetrachloroethylene ( tce ) solution of oleic acid (˜ 6 ml , 1 ml oa / 50 ml tce ) to replace the weakly bound ola molecules . finally , the sncu x nps were precipitated second time by 15 ml of ethanol , centrifuged and redispersed in common nonpolar solvents such as tce , chloroform or toluene forming long - term stable solutions . suggested optimal reaction conditions for a given size of sncu x nps can be found in table 2 . electrochemical behavior of sn nps was tested using cmc binder and carbon black as additives ( 30 wt % of sn , 45 wt % of cb and 25 wt % of cmc ). prior to mixing the electrode materials , the ligands on the surface of the sn ncs were exchanged using khs in formamide . as electrolyte 1 m napf 6 in ec : dmc ( 1 : 1 ) was used . for better cyclic stability 3 % fluoroethylene carbonate ( fec ) was used as an electrolyte additive in all prepared batteries . all batteries were cycled in the 10 mv - 2v potential range . the obtained capacities were normalized by the mass of sn ncs . in the fully sodiated state ( na 15 sn 4 ) sn has a theoretical capacity of 847 mah / g . however , this reaction involves volume changes of more than 300 %, which lead to a rapid decrease of the capacity within a few cycles . fig1 shows the electrochemical performance of electrodes composed of 14 nm sn ncs cycled galvanostatically at 0 . 2 c ( 169 . 4 ma / g ). the high capacity of the first discharge cycle can be assigned to the formation of the sei . after the first 30 cycles a stable capacity of 320 - 330 mah / g is obtained with a coulombic efficiency close to 100 % demonstrating that sn ncs are able to accommodate the volume changes associated with the sodiation and desodiation effectively . 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