An electrode structure for a battery includes a middle layer made of an electrically conductive perforated mesh having a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of interconnected electrically conductive segments and a plurality of perforations among adjacent ones of the interconnected segments. A top layer of an electrode material is disposed on the top surface, and a bottom layer of the electrode material is disposed on the bottom surface, such that the top and bottom layers are disposed in physical contact with each other through the perforations in the middle layer. A method of manufacturing the electrode structure includes providing the layer of perforated mesh, applying the top and bottom layers of electrode material to the top and bottom surfaces, and curing the top and bottom layers of electrode material using one or more of heat, electromagnetic radiation and convection to produce a layer of cured electrode structure.

A negative electrode for a lithium metal battery includes a metal current collector substrate. A lithium metal layer is formed on at least one surface of the metal current collector substrate. A pre-lithiation layer is formed on the lithium metal layer. The pre-lithiation layer includes a prelithiated active material.

An anode material composition is provided for a metal-ion battery that comprises an active material coating, a current conductive current collector, and a conductive interlayer coupling the active material coating to the current collector. The active material coating may have a capacity loading of at least 2 mAh/cm.sup.2 and comprise active material particles that exhibit volume expansion in the range of about 8 vol. % to about 160 vol. % during a first charge-discharge cycle and volume expansion in the range of about 4 vol. % to about 50 vol. % during one or more subsequent charge-discharge cycles.

A preparation method of zinc-carbon composite electrode material for zinc ion energy storage device, which includes preparing a zinc-carbon composite negative electrode material, preparing an electrode paste, and preparing a battery electrode; the zinc-carbon composite negative electrode material provided in the present invention can enhance a capacity of the zinc ion energy storage device, enhance a cycle stability of the device, has strong expandability, significantly improves the performance of the zinc ion energy storage device, increases the energy density and prolong the service life, and is easy to be popularized on a large scale.

Systems and methods utilizing water soluble (aqueous) PAA-based polymer binders for silicon-dominant anodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer is formed from silicon and a pyrolyzed water soluble PAA-based polymer blend, wherein the water soluble PAA-based polymer blend comprises PAA and one or more additional water-soluble polymer components. The electrode coating layer may include more than 70% silicon and the anode may be in a lithium ion battery.

A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery cell includes depositing an interlayer directly onto an anode current collector; depositing a solid electrolyte onto the interlayer opposite the anode current collector; forming a cathode on the solid electrolyte opposite the interlayer, wherein the cathode contains one or more lithium-containing compounds; and applying pressure to achieve uniform contact between layers. The manufactured all-solid-state battery cell is anode-free prior to charging. The interlayer is configured such that lithium metal is deposited between the interlayer and the anode current collector during charging, the interlayer prevents contact between the lithium metal and the solid electrolyte, and the interlayer has a greater density than a density of the solid electrolyte.

A lithium battery and method for fabricating the same are provided herein. The battery cathode comprises a carbon structure filled with a catalyst, such as palladium-catalyst-filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The carbon structure provides a barrier between the catalyst and the electrolyte providing an increased stability of the electrolyte during both discharging and charging of a battery.

A battery electrode, and a method for fabricating the battery electrode are described. The battery electrode includes a current collector having a woven mesh planar sheet that is composed of metallic strands. The metallic strands define a multiplicity of interstitial spaces, and the woven mesh planar sheet includes a first surface and a second surface. An active material including lithium is embedded in the interstitial spaces of a first portion of the woven mesh planar sheet, and an electrical connection tab arranged on a second portion of the woven mesh planar sheet.

A battery electrode, and a method for fabricating the battery electrode are described. The battery electrode includes a lithium foil that is arranged between a first porous current collector and a second porous current collector. The first and second porous current collectors each defines a multiplicity of interstitial spaces, and the lithium foil is embedded in the interstitial spaces defined by the first porous current collector and in the interstitial spaces defined by the second porous current collector, thus enabling two-side functionality.

The present invention is directed to a method of coating an electrical current collector comprising treating a portion of a surface of the electrical current collector with an adhesion promoting composition to deposit a treatment layer over the portion of the surface of the electrical current collector, wherein the resulting surface of the electrical current collector comprises (a) a treated portion comprising the treatment layer and (b) a non-treated portion that lacks the treatment layer; electrodepositing an electrodeposited coating layer from an electrodepositable coating composition onto the surface of the electrical current collector to form a coated electrical current collector; and rinsing the coated electrical current collector, wherein the electrodeposited coating layer substantially adheres to the treated portion of the surface and does not adhere to the non-treated portion of the surface. Also disclosed are electrodes and electrical storage devices.