A solid, ionically conductive, non-electrically conducting polymer material with a plurality of monomers and a plurality of charge transfer complexes, wherein each charge transfer complex is positioned on a monomer.

A method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode includes: preparing an electrode material; placing a shape retaining member having an rectangular tubular shape with one opening portion L thereof facing down, and supplying the electrode material into the shape retaining member from the other opening portion M thereof, and discharging the electrode material onto a support from the opening portion L while relatively moving the opening portion L and the support, to form a film, a bulk density D.sub.1 of the electrode material in the first step and a bulk density D.sub.2 of the electrode material at the opening portion L satisfying a relationship of D.sub.2/D.sub.1=1.1 to 30, and a width T.sub.1 of the opening portion L in a short side direction and a distance T.sub.2 between the end portion X of the opening portion L and the support satisfying a relationship of width T.sub.1>distance T.sub.2.

Novel composites for use in battery anode electrodes are described. The novel composites include silicon-based nanostructures attached to a carbon-based substrate having a polymer disposed thereon, the polymer including monomeric units formed from styrene and allyl alcohol. The composites allow for the preparation of anode electrodes having low ratios of inactive materials to active materials, with improved processability according to both wet and dry anode coating techniques. Anode electrodes including the composites have improved uniformity and are more apt at accommodating volume changes during cycling.

This intermittent coating device is provided with a die which applies paint to a workpiece, and a first intermittent valve and a second intermittent valve which can switch between a first state in which paint is provided to the die and a second state in which provision of paint is stopped. The first intermittent valve and the second intermittent valve have mutually different timing for switching between the first state and the second state.

An intermittent valve device includes: an intermittent valve capable of switching between a first state in which a coating material is supplied to a die that applies the coating material onto a material to be coated and a second state in which the supply of the coating material is stopped; and a drive unit that switches the first state and the second state of the intermittent valve. The drive unit includes a cam that rotates in one direction with a circumferential surface of the cam connected to the intermittent valve. The cam includes, on the circumferential surface, a first shape part that places the intermittent valve in the first state, and a second shape part that places the intermittent valve in the second state.

Provided is conducting network polymer-encapsulated phosphorus-based anode particulate or multiple particulates for a lithium or sodium ion battery, the particulate comprising: (A) a core comprising one or a plurality of phosphorus material particles or coating (e.g. on surfaces of graphitic material particles) having a diameter or thickness from 0.5 nm to 10 μm and is selected from red phosphorus, black phosphorus (including phosphorene), violet phosphorus, a metal phosphide, MPy, or a combination thereof, wherein M=Mn, V, Sn, Ni, Cu, Fe, Co, Zn, Ge, Se, Mo, Ga, In, or an alloy thereof, and y=1-4; and (B) an encapsulating shell that embraces or encapsulates the core, wherein the encapsulating shell comprises an electron- and/or ion-conducting network (cross-linked) polymer.

A paste extruding device for a tubular positive plate includes a plate main body. The plate main body includes a cross beam, ribs and a tab. The ribs are linearly distributed on a bottom surface of the cross beam, and the tab is provide on a top surface of the cross beam. A processing tube is sleeved outside the rib, and the processing tube has a cavity shell structure with an open top. A filling cavity is formed between the rib and the processing tube, and a sliding groove is provided at a vertical central line of an outer wall of the processing tube. A processing sliding base is slidably sleeved on the outer wall of the processing tube. A paste extruding cavity is provided at an inner top of the processing sliding base, and a cooling cavity is provided at an inner bottom of the processing sliding base.

An electrode film with a high tensile strength and a low electrical resistance is fabricated by using conductive flakes to strengthen polymer stabilized particle electrode. The new compositions and low energy methods are disclosed in this invention. The method includes mixing and blending the particulate materials and fibrilltable polymers with conductive flakes into a paste, fibrillating the polymers, and extruding and rolling the paste into self-supported electrode films.

Provided are a coating device and a coating method for a non-uniform thickness current collector. The coating device includes a thickness sensor, an offset correction controller, and an offset correction mechanism. The thickness sensor is configured to detect an abrupt thickness change point on the non-uniform thickness current collector and output an abrupt change point signal. The offset correction controller is configured to receive the abrupt change point signal, compare the received abrupt change point signal with a predetermined abrupt thickness change point signal, determine whether the non-uniform thickness current collector is offset and what an offset direction is, and transmit an offset correction signal. The offset correction mechanism is configured to receive the offset correction signal and perform an offset correction action in a direction opposite to the offset direction. This coating device uses the coating method and can accurately coat the coating areas.

Provided is a slot die coater capable of uniformly forming a coating boundary formed in a machine direction (MD). The slot die coater includes at least two die blocks; a shim plate provided between the two die blocks to form a slot; and a manifold provided in the die block and configured to accommodate a coating solution, wherein the coating solution is discharged and applied to a substrate through a discharge port communicatively connected with the slot an end of the shim plate is moved backward relative to a die lip which is a front end of the die block so as to be offset relative to the die lip.