COMBINATION OF PLASMA COATING AND SPRAY COATING FOR LITHIUM BATTERY ELECTRODE FABRICATION

An atmospheric plasma spray device is used to direct a stream of plasma-heated, particulate, lithium battery electrode materials to form a porous layer of the electrode particles on a surface of a compatible current collector metal foil. Subsequently, a non-plasma spray device is used to direct a st...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Yu, Zhiqiang, Wu, Qiang, Gayden, Xiaohong Q
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext bestellen
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:An atmospheric plasma spray device is used to direct a stream of plasma-heated, particulate, lithium battery electrode materials to form a porous layer of the electrode particles on a surface of a compatible current collector metal foil. Subsequently, a non-plasma spray device is used to direct a stream of droplets of an aqueous solution of a polymeric binder material onto and into the porous layer of electrode particles. Water evaporates from the droplets of binder solution as the droplets infiltrate the porous electrode material and coat the electrode particles and current collector surface. When the water (or other solvent) has evaporated from the dispersed droplets of polymer material, the polymer binder bonds the particles to each other and to the current collector surface. The polymer spray may immediately follow the deposition of the electrode particles, or follow later, even at a downstream spray location.