Composite cathode material and method for preparing the same, lithium ion battery

Abstract

The present application relates to field of cathode material, and a cathode material and a method for preparing the same, a lithium ion battery provided, where the cathode material includes an active material having a chemical formula Lia(NixCoyRz)1-bMbO2, where 0.9≤a≤1.10, x+y+z=1, 0.8≤x≤0.99, 0≤y≤0.15, 0≤z≤0.1, 0≤b≤0.1; R includes Al and/or Mn, M includes a metal element; and a coating layer on surface of the active material, where the coating layer includes a phosphate compound; the cathode material has a particle hardness of Cs≥50 Mpa and satisfies the following: Cs10/Cs50≥0.7; where Cs10 is hardness of particles with a particle size D10, and Cs50 is hardness of particles with a particle size D50. The cathode material and method for preparing the same, lithium ion battery provided, which improve coating uniformity, precisely control coating amount, improve rate and cycling performance of lithium ion battery, and reduce production costs.

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