Abstract: A magnetic alignment device applies a magnetic field to a negative electrode slurry by introducing a magnet part to an upper and a lower portion of a negative electrode current collector to which the negative electrode slurry is applied, respectively, wherein a first region located upstream along a transfer direction of the negative electrode current collector is capable of applying a stronger magnetic force than a second region located downstream in the magnet part. Accordingly, in manufacturing the negative electrode, the alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode slurry and the arithmetic mean height of the surface of the negative electrode active layer can be easily controlled to a certain range. Furthermore, the negative electrode prepared according to the method has the advantage of having excellent electrical properties and surface properties of the negative electrode active layer.

Abstract: A magnetic alignment device applies a magnetic field to a negative electrode slurry by introducing a magnet part to an upper and a lower portion of a negative electrode current collector on which the negative electrode slurry is applied, respectively. By applying a stronger magnetic field in a second region of the magnet part located downstream along the transfer direction of the negative electrode current collector than in a first region of the magnet part located upstream, and by arranging a drying part adjacent to the end of the second region where the stronger magnetic field is applied, a negative electrode having a significantly higher alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode slurry can be manufactured. A method for manufacturing a negative electrode using the magnetic alignment device is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector configured to transfer electrons between an outer lead and a negative electrode active material, a first negative electrode mixture layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector and containing natural graphite as a negative electrode active material and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on the first negative electrode mixture layer and containing artificial graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-slot die coater in which a step is formed between rear surfaces of die blocks through a fixing block having a step portion. The fixing block has the step portion of a preset height, and any one die block is coupled to the step portion and the other die block is coupled to the other portion than the step portion, and thus the step is naturally formed between the rear surfaces of the die blocks by the coupling of the die blocks to the fixing block. Thus, it is possible to always maintain the distance of the front ends of the die blocks and the substrate, since the fixing block is fixed between the die blocks, once it is set, the coating gap does not change and is maintained during the process, thereby suppressing the widthwise coating gap deviation.

Abstract: A magnetic alignment device for negative electrode and method for manufacturing negative electrode using the same. The magnetic alignment device can measure the loading amount of the negative electrode slurry applied on the negative electrode collector in real time and can easily control the intensity of the magnetic field by adjusting the separation distance of the magnet portion according to the measured negative electrode slurry loading amount, and has an advantage of uniformly high alignment degree of the crystal faces of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in prepared negative electrode active layer.

Abstract: A multi-slot die coater includes a first slot and a second slot to extrude and coat a coating solution on a surface of a continuously moving substrate through at least one of the first slot or the second slot, and includes a first outer die block; an intermediate die block positioned on the first outer die block such that the first slot is formed between the intermediate die block and the first outer die block; and a second outer die block positioned on the intermediate die block such that the second slot is formed between the second outer die block and the intermediate die block, wherein the die-coater includes contact surfaces between the first outer die block, the intermediate die block and the second die block that are inclined relative to a first plane and a fastener is fastened substantially perpendicular to one of the inclined contact surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode active material slurry onto an electrode collector, the slot die coating apparatus including: a coating roller; at least two or more dies; a discharge opening through which the electrode active material slurry is discharged in an opposite direction on which gravity acts; and an air vent installed in the die.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector configured to transfer electrons between an outer lead and a negative electrode active material, a first negative electrode mixture layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector and containing natural graphite as a negative electrode active material and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on the first negative electrode mixture layer and containing artificial graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-slot die coater that is easy to adjust a coating gap and can achieve widthwise deviation control of the coating gap. According to the present disclosure, a step is formed between rear surfaces of die blocks through a fixing block including a step adjustment block. The step adjustment block has a preset thickness, and the step adjustment block is mounted between any one die block and a flat plate-shaped block, and the other die block is coupled to the flat plate-shaped block, and thus the step is naturally formed between the rear surfaces of the die blocks by the coupling of the die blocks to the fixing block including the step adjustment block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode collector with an electrode active material slurry. The slot die coating apparatus includes a coating roller; a slot die comprising a slurry receiving part and a discharge opening configured to discharge the electrode active material slurry in an opposite direction on which gravity acts; an air vent installed in the slot die so that it is directly connected to a point at which the slurry receiving part and the discharge opening connect.

Abstract: A slot die coater that includes a lower die block having a manifold, an upper die block, and a shim plate interposed between the lower die block and the upper die block to form a slot. The manifold configured to accommodate a coating solution, wherein the coating solution is delivered and coated on a substrate through an exit port in communication with the slot. The shim plate includes a plate-shaped member having an open portion which is cut in at least an area to determine a coating width of a coating layer coated on the substrate, and a structure protruding from the plate-shaped member and inserted into the manifold.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a lithium secondary battery having excellent resistance and output characteristics while achieving high capacity characteristics due to a high active material content.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an electrode shape and a method of manufacturing an electrode. The method includes molding a shape of an electrode slurry disposed on at least a part of an electrode sheet by irradiating laser on the electrode sheet, causing the electrode slurry of the irradiated portion to move to an adjacent portion. The method for controlling an electrode shape and the method of manufacturing an electrode according can minimize capacity loss and can control the direction of movement of an electrode slurry and the amount of movement of an electrode slurry to change the electrode shape.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical device includes an electrode active material layer having a multilayer structure including a lower sublayer and an upper sublayer having a stair-like structure defined between them along a peripheral region of the electrode active material layer, due to the areal difference of each layer, thereby facilitating control of the capacity ratio of the positive electrode to the negative electrode. A process for manufacturing the electrode includes formation of the stair-like structure, which provides higher processing efficiency as compared to the process of accurately matching the ends of the electrodes. Therefore, when controlling the electrode manufacturing process to realize a multilayer electrode having an adequate stair width that is not excessively out of range, it is possible to enhance the processing efficiency and to control the capacity ratio of the resultant electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode slurry coating device and method, wherein the heights of first and second slot die heads for discharging active material can be controlled according to time to improve process efficiency and reduce defect rates when forming an active material layer having a double layer structure.

Abstract: A multi-slot die coater which can improve a problem of structural vulnerability to deformation and torsion. The multi-slot die coater including a lower slot and an upper slot includes a lower die block; an intermediate die block disposed on the lower die block to form the lower slot therebetween; and an upper die block disposed on the intermediate die block to form the upper slot therebetween, wherein at least one of the lower die block, the intermediate die block, and the upper die block includes a metal coating layer on a ceramic body.

Abstract: A die coater capable of simultaneously coating a current collector with two different liquids in multiple layers, includes a first body with a first manifold for an electrode slurry, a second body with a second manifold coupled to the first body to form a first slit through which the electrode slurry in the first manifold is discharged, and a third body coupled to the second body to form a second slit through which the electrode slurry in the second manifold is discharged. The first slit is formed by a first and third shim that are interposed between coupling surfaces of the first and second body, and the second slit is formed by a second and fourth shim that are interposed between coupling surfaces of the second and third body, and at least any one of the third shim and the fourth shim forms an insulating liquid slit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to an electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and since the electrode for a lithium secondary battery is provided with an auxiliary coating layer containing inorganic particles, a phenolic compound, and a binder at the end of an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material, thereby improving energy density of the battery due to an improvement in thickness deviation at the end of the electrode mixture layer, and preventing lithium from being precipitated at the end of the electrode, especially the negative electrode, due to increase in the adhesive strength of the separator at the end of the electrode, it has an advantage of excellent safety.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an electrode coating apparatus and an electrode coating method that include a turbulent flow generator to uniformize a distribution of a velocity of a coating material transferred from a supply tank to an injection port of a slot die.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode slurry coating apparatus and method, the present invention ultimately allowing the process efficiency to be increased and rate of errors to be reduced when double-layer structured active material layers are formed by temporally adjusting the height of first and second discharge outlets through which active material is discharged.