Anode for a lithium-ion battery, including at least one anode material and being binder-free, said anode being precharged with lithium ions, characterized in that said anode material, deposited on an electronic conductor substrate capable of serving as anode current collector, is coated with a protective coating in contact with said anode material, said protective coating being capable of protecting said anode material from the atmosphere of the environment.

The anode can be deposited from a vapor phase or by electrophoresis, and the protective coating by ALD or chemically in solution.

The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrode for a lithium secondary battery which includes forming a first electrolyte layer by immersing an electrode current collector in a composition for forming the first electrolyte layer and applying a current, and forming a second electrolyte layer by immersing the electrode current collector having the first electrolyte layer formed thereon in a composition for forming the second electrolyte layer and applying a current, wherein one of the composition for forming the first electrolyte layer and the composition for forming the second electrolyte layer is a composition for forming an organic electrolyte layer, and another one is a composition for forming an inorganic electrolyte layer, and the composition for forming an inorganic electrolyte layer includes a compound represented by Formula 1.

The technology concerns methods for stabilizing slurries and/or electrophoretic deposition (EPD) bath suspensions for the preparation of electrodes and/or separation area or any other coating and specifically, to electrodes and separators for use in energy storage devices.

The present invention is directed toward a coating system for electrodepositing a battery electrode coating onto a foil substrate, the system comprising a tank structured and arranged to hold an electrodepositable coating composition; a feed roller positioned outside of the tank structured and arranged to feed the foil into the tank; at least one counter electrode positioned inside the tank, the counter electrode in electrical communication with the foil during operation of the system to thereby deposit the battery electrode coating onto the foil; and an in-line foil drier positioned outside the tank structured and arranged to receive the coated foil from the tank. Also disclosed are methods for electrocoating battery electrode coatings onto conductive foil substrates, coated foil substrates, and electrical storage devices comprising the coated foil substrates.

The present invention provides a slurry composition comprising (a) a binder comprising a polymer comprising a fluoropolymer dispersed in a liquid medium; and (b) at least one conductive carbon material having a BET surface area of greater than 100 m.sup.2/g. Also provided are electrodes and electrical storage devices.

The present invention provides a slurry composition comprising (a) a binder comprising a polymer comprising a fluocopolymer dispersed in a liquid medium; and (b) at least one conductive carbon material having a BET surface area of greater than 100 m.sup.2/g. Also provided are electrodes and electrical storage devices.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of manufacturing an anode for an all-solid-state battery by using an electric field. The manufacturing method includes: preparing a first coating member and a second coating member spaced apart from the first coating member by a predetermined distance; preparing a coating slurry, the coating slurry including a carbon material and a metal alloyable with lithium; feeding the coating slurry to the first coating member; feeding a current collector between the first coating member and the second coating member; and coating the coating slurry on the current collector by using an electric field generated between the first coating member and the second coating member by applying voltages to the first coating member and the second coating member.

Provided is a packaging element including a polymer layer and having a thickness of between 10 and 200 micro meter; wherein the packaging element being for use in providing an essentially sealed, void-free enclosure of an energy storage device, and wherein the polymer is selected from: poly(para-xylylene), poly-m-xylylene adipamide, dielectric polymer, silicone-based polymer, polyurethane, acrylic polymer, rigid gas impermeable polymer, fluorinated polymer, epoxy, polyisocyanate, PET, silicone rubber, silicone elastomer, polyamide and any combinations thereof.

Disclosed is a composition suitable for use as an anode in a lithium ion rechargeable batter. The composition includes milled silicon powder particles and superconducting carbon particles. A carbon coat covers the surface of each milled silicon particle and encapsulates a plurality of superconducting carbon particles. Also, disclosed is a method of preparing the disclosed composition.

Process for making a partially coated electrode active material wherein said process comprises the following steps: (a) Providing an electrode active material according to general formula Li.sub.1+1TM.sub.1−xO.sub.2, wherein TM comprises Ni and, optionally, at least one transition metal selected from Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one element selected from Al, Mg, Ba and B, transition metals other than Ni, Co, and Mn, and x is in the range of from −0.05 to 0.2, wherein at least 50 mole-% of the transition metal of TM is Ni, (b) treating said electrode active material with an aqueous formulation containing an inorganic aluminum compound dispersed or slurried in water, (c) separating off the water, (d) thermal treatment of the material obtained from step (c).