# US 10,770,728 B2 · Anode material having porous core-shell structure and method of preparing the same and battery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,728 B2 - Document ID: US10770728B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/874,276 - Filed: 2018-01-18 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-30 - Assignees: BYD Company Limited - Applicants: BYD Company Limited - Inventors: Kai Zhang; Huiquan Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770728B2 ## CPC - H01M 4/583: Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx - H01M 4/366: {as layered products} - H01M 4/387: {Tin or alloys based on tin} - H01M 4/52: of nickel, cobalt or iron - H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals - H01M 4/625: {Carbon or graphite} - H01M 10/052: Li-accumulators - H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries - H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area} - H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes} - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to an anode material having porous core-shell structure, the anode material includes a core formed of at least one carbonaceous material selected from a group consisting of graphite, hard carbon and soft carbon, and a carbon shell coated on a surface of the core. The carbon shell contains amorphous carbon, cobalt element and tin element, and has a porous structure having a porosity greater than 10%. The present disclosure further relates to a method of preparing the anode material having porous core-shell structure, and a battery of which a negative electrode contains the anode material having porous core-shell structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An anode material having a porous core-shell structure, comprising: a core formed of at least one carbonaceous material selected from a group consisting of graphite, hard carbon, and soft carbon; and a carbon shell coated on a surface of the core, wherein the carbon shell comprises amorphous carbon, a cobalt element, and a tin element, and the carbon shell is a porous structure that has a plurality of pores and a porosity percentage of a pore volume in a total volume of the carbon shell greater than 10%, and wherein a weight ratio of the cobalt element to the tin element to the amorphous carbon of the carbon shell is about 1:2-4:4-8, the cobalt element and the tin element are presented in the carbon shell in a form of tin cobalt alloy particles, and the tin cobalt alloy particles have a particle diameter of about 30 nanometers to about 70 nanometers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The anode material of claim 1, wherein the carbon shell has a porosity greater than 10% and less than 30%, and a pore diameter of the carbon shell is about 50 nanometers to about 150 nanometers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The anode material of claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of carbon content of the carbon shell to carbon content of the core is about 1-2:10. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The anode material of claim 1, wherein the graphite has a particle diameter of about 8 microns to about 18 microns. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The anode material of claim 1, wherein the carbon shell further comprises a calcium element and at least one selected from a group consisting of carbon nano tube, acetylene black, and graphene, wherein the calcium element has a content less than 0.01 wt% based on a total weight of the carbon shell. ### Claim 6 A method of preparing an anode material having a porous core-shell structure, comprising: dispersing, at least one selected from a group consisting of calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate, and at least one carbonaceous material selected from a group consisting of graphite, hard carbon and soft carbon, into a first solution to obtain a dispersion solution, wherein the first solution contains cobalt compound and tin compound; introducing a precipitant into the dispersion solution to carry out precipitation; obtaining a first solid phase by solid-liquid separation of the precipitated dispersion solution; dispersing the first solid phase into a second solution containing carbon source material; obtaining a second solid phase by removing solvent; and treating the second solid phase with a high temperature decomposition treatment in inert atmosphere, wherein the anode material comprises: a core formed of the at least one carbonaceous material; and a carbon shell coated on a surface of the core, wherein the carbon shell comprises amorphous carbon, a cobalt element, and a tin element, and the carbon shell is a porous structure that has a plurality of pores and a porosity percentage of a pore volume in a total volume of the carbon shell greater than 10%, and wherein a weight ratio of the cobalt element to the tin element to the amorphous carbon of the carbon shell is about 1:2-4:4-8, the cobalt element and the tin element are presented in the carbon shell in a form of tin cobalt alloy particles, and the tin cobalt alloy particles have a particle diameter of about 30 nanometers to about 70 nanometers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein after the high temperature decomposition treatment, the carbon source material is decomposed into elemental carbon to form a carbon shell on a surface of a core formed of the carbonaceous material, wherein a ratio of the carbon source material and the carbonaceous material is determined by a weight ratio of carbon content of the carbon shell to carbon content of the core, and the weight ratio of carbon content of the carbon shell to carbon content of the core is about 1-2:10. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the carbon source material is at least one selected from a group consisting of petroleum asphalt, coal pitch, saccharose, glucose, starch, phenolic resin and epoxy resin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the cobalt compound is at least one selected from a group consisting of cobalt dichloride, cobalt nitrate, cobaltous sulfate, cobaltous acetate and cobalt oxalate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the tin compound is at least one selected from a group consisting of stannous mono-sulphate, stannous chloride, and C1-C4 alkyl sulfonate tin. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one selected from a group consisting of calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate and the carbonaceous material are dispersed into the first solution with a dispersant, and the dispersant is at least one selected from a group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyving alcohol, polyethylene glycol, polyacrylamide and carboxymethylcellulose. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the precipitant is at least one selected from a group consisting of ammonium bicarbonate, aqua ammonia, carbamide, sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one selected from a group consisting of calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate and the carbonaceous material are dispersed into the first solution via ball-milling under a rotate speed of about 50 rpm to about 200 rpm for about 1 hour to about 5 hours. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the precipitation is carried out under a temperature of about 60 Celsius degrees to about 80 Celsius degrees for about 0.5 hours to about 3 hours. ### Claim 15 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first solid phase is dispersed into the second solution under a temperature of about 80 Celsius degrees to about 100 Celsius degrees for about 0.5 hours to about 1 hour. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the high temperature decomposition treatment comprises: heating the second solid phase to about 300 Celsius degrees to about 500 Celsius degrees with a heating rate of about 2 Celsius degrees per minute to about 5 Celsius degrees per minute; dwelling for about 2 hours to about 4 hours; heating the second solid phase to about 950 Celsius degrees to about 1050 Celsius degrees with a heating rate of about 5 Celsius degrees per minute to about 10 Celsius degrees per minute; and dwelling for about 3 hours to about 6 hours. ### Claim 17 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein dispersing the first solid phase into the second solution further comprises introducing an addition agent during the dispersing, and the addition agent is at least one selected from a group consisting of carbon nano tube, acetylene black and graphene. ### Claim 18 A battery, comprising a negative electrode containing an anode material having a porous core-shell structure, wherein the anode material comprises: a core formed of at least one carbonaceous material selected from a group consisting of graphite, hard carbon, and soft carbon; and a carbon shell coated on a surface of the core, wherein the carbon shell comprises amorphous carbon, a cobalt element, and a tin element, and the carbon shell is a porous structure that has a plurality of pores and a porosity percentage of a pore volume in a total volume of the carbon shell greater than 10%, and wherein a weight ratio of the cobalt element to the tin element to the amorphous carbon of the carbon shell is about 1:2-4:4-8, the cobalt element and the tin element are presented in the carbon shell in a form of tin cobalt alloy particles, and the tin cobalt alloy particles have a particle diameter of about 30 nanometers to about 70 nanometers.