Systems and methods are provided for high volume roll-to-roll direct coating of electrodes for silicon-dominant anode cells and may include applying a slurry to a current collector film, the slurry comprising silicon particles and a binder material; drying the slurry to form a precursor composite film; rolling the current collector film into a precursor composite roll; and applying a heat treatment to the precursor composite film and the current collector film in a nitrogen gas environment, wherein the heat treatment is configured for converting the precursor composite film to a pyrolyzed composite film. The heat treatment may include one or both of: applying the heat treatment to a roll comprising the precursor composite roll in whole; and applying the heat treatment to the current collector film as it is continuously fed from the precursor composite roll.

According to one embodiment, an electrospinning apparatus deposits a fiber on an electrode. The apparatus includes a transport section and a fiber deposition section. The transport section transports electrodes. The fiber deposition section deposits the fiber on first and second surfaces of the electrodes. The electrodes include coated and uncoated portions. The transport section transports the electrodes in a third direction in the fiber deposition section. The electrodes include first and second electrodes. The first electrode is positioned at one end in the second direction and transported so that the uncoated portion of the first electrode protrudes toward the one end side. The second electrode is positioned at other end in the second direction and transported so that the uncoated portion of the second electrode protrudes toward the other end side.

A battery and a method of constructing a battery are disclosed in which a first conductive substrate portion has a first face and a second conductive substrate portion has a second face opposed to the first face. A first electrode material is disposed in electrical contact with the first face, an electrolyte material is disposed in contact with the first electrode material, a second electrode material is disposed in contact with the electrolyte material, and a conductive tab disposed in contact with the second electrode material. The first conductive substrate portion, the first electrode material, and the conductive tab extend outward beyond a particular edge of the second conductive substrate portion.

A permeable composite material for making an electrode for an electrochemical cell, the composite material comprising: a support defining pores; and alkali metal deposited on the support within a plurality of said pores. An electrode comprising the composite material is also described, as are methods of making the material and cells and assemblies comprising the electrode.

Electrodes and methods of forming electrodes are described herein. The electrode can be an electrode of an electrochemical cell or battery. The electrode includes a current collector and a film in electrical communication with the current collector. The film may include a carbon phase that holds the film together. The electrode further includes an electrode attachment substance that adheres the film to the current collector.

Systems and methods are provided for high volume roll-to-roll direct coating of electrodes for silicon-dominant anode cells. A slurry that includes silicon particles and a binder material may be applied to a current collector film, and the slurry may be processed to form a precursor composite film coated on the current collector film. The current collector film with the coated precursor composite film may be rolled into a precursor composite roll. A heat treatment may be applied to the current collector film with the coated precursor composite film in an environment including nitrogen gas, to convert the coated precursor composite film to a pyrolyzed composite film coated on the current collector film. The heat treatment may include applying the heat treatment to the precursor composite roll in whole and/or applying the heat treatment to the current collector film with the coated precursor composite film as it is continuously fed.

Systems and methods for configuring anisotropic expansion of silicon-dominant anodes using particle size may include a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode, where the anode may include a current collector and an active material on the current collector. An expansion of the anode during operation may be configured by utilizing a predetermined particle size distribution of silicon particles in the active material. The expansion of the anode may be greater for smaller particle size distributions, which may range from 1 to 10 μm. The expansion of the anode may be smaller for a rougher surface active material, which may be configured by utilizing larger particle size distributions that may range from 5 to 25 μm. The expansion may be configured to be more anisotropic using more rigid materials for the current collector, where a more rigid current collector may comprise nickel and a less rigid current collector may comprise copper.

The present invention relates to a coating tape and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coating tape in which an inorganic layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of an electrode is formed in the form of an adhesive tape so as to be attached to a battery, and a method of manufacturing the same.

A method for fabricating an electrode for an energy storage device is provided. The method includes heating a mixture of solvent and materials for use as energy storage media; adding active material to the mixture; adding dispersant to the mixture to provide a slurry; coating a current collector with the slurry; and calendering the coating of slurry on the current collector to provide the electrode.

The present application belongs to a technical field of modifying natural polymer materials, provides a high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose and preparation method therefor and application thereof. Raw materials are fed into a reactor, and the high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose is prepared through an alkalization reaction, an etherification reaction, an acidification reaction and a substitution reaction. The prepared high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used for preparing a negative electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery. Compared with the existing lithium carboxymethyl cellulose, the high-viscosity lithium carboxymethyl cellulose provided by the present application can not only reduce an application amount in preparing a negative electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery so as to save a using cost, but also promote an electrochemical performance of the material in combination with a sodium lignin sulfonate.