# US 2026/0100366 A1 · Silicon-carbon anode material based on organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder, and preparation method therefor and use thereof

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- Number: US 2026/0100366 A1
- Document ID: US20260100366A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/415,865
- Filed: 2025-12-11
- Published: 2026-04-09
- Earliest claimed: 2024-05-25
- Assignees: Kunming University of Science and Technology; Yunnan University
- Applicants: Kunming University of Science and Technology; Yunnan University
- Inventors: Fengshuo XI; Zichuan CHENG; Wenhui MA; Shaoyuan LI; Kuixian WEI; Xiuhua CHEN; Jijun LU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260100366A1

## CPC

- H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals
- C23C 16/26: Deposition of carbon only
- C23C 16/4417: {Methods specially adapted for coating powder}
- H01M 4/0471: {involving thermal treatment, e.g. firing, sintering, backing particulate active material, thermal decomposition, pyrolysis}
- H01M 4/134: Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/1395: of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/364: {as mixtures}
- H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon}
- H01M 4/625: {Carbon or graphite}
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes}
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- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

The preparation method for a silicon-carbon anode material based on organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder includes: performing rapid annealing treatment on organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder, and mixing the rapidly annealed waste silicon powder with an acid solution for acid leaching to obtain modified waste silicon powder; performing mechanical grinding on the modified waste silicon powder to obtain a modified waste silicon powder abrasive; mixing the modified waste silicon powder abrasive with an organic carbon source and a solvent to obtain a precursor solution, and performing spray granulation on the precursor solution to obtain silicon-carbon microspheres; and introducing a carbon-deposition precursor source, and performing carbon deposition on the silicon-carbon microspheres to obtain a silicon-carbon anode material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for preparing a silicon-carbon anode material based on organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder, comprising the following steps:
(1) performing rapid annealing treatment on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder to obtain rapidly annealed waste silicon powder, and mixing the rapidly annealed waste silicon powder with an acid solution for acid leaching to obtain modified waste silicon powder;
(2) performing mechanical grinding on the modified waste silicon powder in the step (1) to obtain a modified waste silicon powder abrasive, mixing the modified waste silicon powder abrasive with an organic carbon source and a solvent to obtain a precursor solution, and performing spray granulation on the precursor solution to obtain silicon-carbon microspheres; and
(3) introducing a carbon-deposition precursor source, and performing carbon deposition on the silicon-carbon microspheres in the step (2) to obtain the silicon-carbon anode material; wherein
in the step (1), the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder contains elemental silicon, copper component, and organosilicon residue; and a content of the elemental silicon is 60-95 wt %, a content of the copper component is 0.1-15 wt %, and a content of the organosilicon residue is 0.1-20 wt %;
in the step (1), a temperature for the rapid annealing treatment is 200-1500° C., a holding time for the rapid annealing treatment is 0.1 h-20 h, and the rapid annealing treatment is performed 1-5 times;
in the step (1), the acid solution comprises an oxidizing agent, the oxidizing agent is H2O2, Fe(NO3)3, KMnO4, KBrO3, K2Cr2O7, or Na2S2O8, and a concentration of the oxidizing agent in the acid solution is 0-10 mol/L; and
in the step (3), the carbon-deposition precursor source is a mixture of an active gas, hydrogen, and argon; the active gas is methane, acetylene, or carbon monoxide; and a volume fraction of the active gas in the carbon-deposition precursor source is 10-60%, a volume fraction of the hydrogen in the carbon-deposition precursor source is 10-50%, and a volume fraction of the argon in the carbon-deposition precursor source is 10-50%.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1, wherein in the step (1), an atmosphere for the rapid annealing treatment is air, argon, or nitrogen, a gas flow rate during the rapid annealing treatment is 10-600 mL/min, and a heating rate to the temperature for the rapid annealing treatment is 20-500° C./min.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1, wherein in the step (1), acid in the acid solution is one or more selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrofluoric acid, a concentration of the acid in the acid solution is 0.01-5 mol/L, a liquid-to-solid ratio of the acid solution to the rapidly annealed waste silicon powder is ≥3 mL: 1 g, a temperature for the acid leaching is 0-80° C., and a duration of the acid leaching is 0.01-20 h.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1, wherein in the step (2), the modified waste silicon powder is mixed with a carbon material and then subjected to the mechanical grinding, the carbon material is one or more of carbon fiber, mesophase carbon microspheres, graphite, hard carbon, porous activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and pitch, and a mass of the carbon material is 0-100 wt % of a mass of the modified waste silicon powder.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1, wherein in the step (2), the organic carbon source comprises one or more of glucose, phenol-formaldehyde resin, polydopamine, and citric acid, a mass of the organic carbon source is 1-60 wt % of a mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive, a solid content of the precursor solution is 1-30 wt %, and an atmosphere used for the spray granulation is air, argon, or nitrogen; and a feed rate for the spray granulation is 1-120 mL/min, an inlet gas flow rate for the spray granulation is 0.01-200 mL/min, and a temperature for the spray granulation is 80-350° C.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 5, wherein in the step (2), the precursor solution comprises a pore-forming agent, the pore-forming agent comprises one or more of NaCl, MgCl2, LiCl, KCl, and CaCl2), and a mass of the pore-forming agent is 0-6 wt % of the mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1, wherein in the step (3), a gas flow rate of the carbon-deposition precursor source is 0.1-100 mL/min, a temperature for the carbon deposition is 400-1300° C., and a duration of the carbon deposition is 0.1-20 h.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A silicon-carbon anode material prepared by the method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 1.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein the silicon-carbon anode material is used in lithium-ion batteries.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 2, wherein in the step (1), acid in the acid solution is one or more selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrofluoric acid, a concentration of the acid in the acid solution is 0.01-5 mol/L, a liquid-to-solid ratio of the acid solution to the rapidly annealed waste silicon powder is ≥3 mL: 1 g, a temperature for the acid leaching is 0-80° C., and a duration of the acid leaching is 0.01-20 h.

### Claim 11 (depends on 4)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 4, wherein in the step (2), the organic carbon source comprises one or more of glucose, phenol-formaldehyde resin, polydopamine, and citric acid, a mass of the organic carbon source is 1-60 wt % of a mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive, a solid content of the precursor solution is 1-30 wt %, and an atmosphere used for the spray granulation is air, argon, or nitrogen; and a feed rate for the spray granulation is 1-120 mL/min, an inlet gas flow rate for the spray granulation is 0.01-200 mL/min, and a temperature for the spray granulation is 80-350° C.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method for preparing the silicon-carbon anode material based on the organosilicon-derived waste silicon powder according to claim 11, wherein in the step (2), the precursor solution comprises a pore-forming agent, the pore-forming agent comprises one or more of NaCl, MgCl2, LiCl, KCl, and CaCl2), and a mass of the pore-forming agent is 0-6 wt % of the mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein in the step (1) of the method, an atmosphere for the rapid annealing treatment is air, argon, or nitrogen, a gas flow rate during the rapid annealing treatment is 10-600 mL/min, and a heating rate to the temperature for the rapid annealing treatment is 20-500° C./min.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein in the step (1) of the method, acid in the acid solution is one or more selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrofluoric acid, a concentration of the acid in the acid solution is 0.01-5 mol/L, a liquid-to-solid ratio of the acid solution to the rapidly annealed waste silicon powder is ≥3 mL:1 g, a temperature for the acid leaching is 0-80° C., and a duration of the acid leaching is 0.01-20 h.

### Claim 15 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein in the step (2) of the method, the modified waste silicon powder is mixed with a carbon material and then subjected to the mechanical grinding, the carbon material is one or more of carbon fiber, mesophase carbon microspheres, graphite, hard carbon, porous activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and pitch, and a mass of the carbon material is 0-100 wt % of a mass of the modified waste silicon powder.

### Claim 16 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein in the step (2) of the method, the organic carbon source comprises one or more of glucose, phenol-formaldehyde resin, polydopamine, and citric acid, a mass of the organic carbon source is 1-60 wt % of a mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive, a solid content of the precursor solution is 1-30 wt %, and an atmosphere used for the spray granulation is air, argon, or nitrogen; and a feed rate for the spray granulation is 1-120 mL/min, an inlet gas flow rate for the spray granulation is 0.01-200 mL/min, and a temperature for the spray granulation is 80-350° C.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 16, wherein in the step (2) of the method, the precursor solution comprises a pore-forming agent, the pore-forming agent comprises one or more of NaCl, MgCl2, LiCl, KCl, and CaCl2), and a mass of the pore-forming agent is 0-6 wt % of the mass of the modified waste silicon powder abrasive.

### Claim 18 (depends on 8)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 8, wherein in the step (3) of the method, a gas flow rate of the carbon-deposition precursor source is 0.1-100 mL/min, a temperature for the carbon deposition is 400-1300° C., and a duration of the carbon deposition is 0.1-20 h.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 13, wherein the silicon-carbon anode material is used in lithium-ion batteries.

### Claim 20 (depends on 14)

The silicon-carbon anode material according to claim 14, wherein the silicon-carbon anode material is used in lithium-ion batteries.