PROCESS FOR MAKING LITHIATED TRANSITION METAL OXIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20170338469A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-23

    申请号:US15528786

    申请日:2015-11-18

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a process for making a lithiated transition metal oxide, said process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a precursor selected from mixed oxides, hydroxides, oxyhydroxides, and carbonates of nickel and at least one transition metal selected from manganese and cobalt, wherein at least 45 mole-% of the cations of the precursor are Ni cations, (b) mixing said precursor with at least one lithium salt selected from LiOH, Li2O, Li2CO3, and LiNO3, thereby obtaining a mixture, (c) adding at least one phosphorus compound of general formula (I) XyH3−yPO4 (I) wherein X is selected from NH4 and Li, y is 1 or 2, to the mixture obtained in step (b), wherein steps (b) and (c) may be performed consecutively or simultaneously, treating the mixture so obtained at a temperature in the range of from 650 to 950° C.

    PROCESS FOR MAKING CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

    公开(公告)号:US20190386305A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16509749

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: Process for making a particulate material of general formula (I), Li1+x(NiaCobMncMd)1−xO2  (I) wherein the integers are defined as follows: M is selected from Al and Ti, x is in the range of from 0.015 to 0.03, a is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.6, b is in the range of from 0.05 to 0.35, c is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.5, d is in the range of from 0.001 to 0.03, with a+b+c+d=1 said process comprising the following steps: (a) co-precipitating a mixed hydroxide of nickel, cobalt and manganese from a solution of water-soluble salts of nickel, cobalt and manganese by contacting such solution with a solution of alkali metal hydroxide, (b) adding an aqueous solution of an aluminate or titanate and thereby co-precipitating a layer of a mixed hydroxide of nickel and cobalt and manganese and aluminium or titanium on the particles formed in step (a), (c) removing particles of (NiaCobMncAld)(OH)2+d or (NiaCobMncTid)(OH)2+2d so obtained and drying them in the presence of oxygen, (d) mixing the particles obtained in step (c) with at least one Li compound selected from Li2O, LiOH and Li2CO3, (e) calcining the mixture obtained according to step (d) at a temperature in the range of from 920 to 950° C.

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