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: An electrode for a rechargeable battery, includes: a primer coating layer including PVdF as a first binder and a conductive material formed on a current collector; and an electrode composite layer including a second binder and an electrode active material formed on the primer coating layer, wherein crystallinity of the first binder is 58 or greater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode slurry coating apparatus comprising a lower die applying electrode slurry on a collector, an intermediate die, an upper die, a first discharge part primarily applying the electrode slurry on the collector to form a first coating layer; an intermediate pressing part pressing the first coating layer to adjust a thickness of the first coating layer; a second discharge part secondarily applying the electrode slurry on a surface of the first coating layer to form a second coating layer; and an upper pressing part pressing the first coating layer and the second coating layer, which are stacked, at the same time to adjust a thickness of each of the first coating layer and the second coating layer, wherein the first discharge part has a width less than that of the second discharge part.

Abstract: A multi-layer negative electrode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a current collector configured to transmit 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 including a first negative electrode active material and a first binder; and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on the first negative electrode mixture layer and including a second negative electrode active material, wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer has an electrode density of about 0.9 to 2.0 g/cc and the second negative electrode mixture layer has an electrode density of about 0.2 to 1.7 g/cc, which is a range lower than that of the electrode density of the first negative electrode mixture layer. The multi-layer negative electrode can be included in a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a dry state of an electrode substrate in which electrode slurry is applied to a collector. The monitoring method comprises emitting light onto a surface of the electrode substrate; receiving the light reflected by the surface of the electrode substrate; and analyzing a luminous intensity or spectrum of the received light to estimate a drying rate of the electrode substrate. The apparatus includes a light emitting part emitting light from a light source onto a surface of the electrode substrate; a light receiving part receiving the light reflected by the surface of the electrode substrate; and a computing device analyzing a luminous intensity or spectrum of the received light and comparing analyzed characteristics of the light with the reference data of the reflected light to the drying rate of the electrode substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode slurry coating apparatus comprising a lower die applying electrode slurry on a collector, an intermediate die, and an upper die, a first discharge part primarily applying the electrode slurry on the collector to form a first coating layer; an intermediate pressing part pressing the first coating layer to adjust a thickness of the first coating layer; a second discharge part secondarily applying the electrode slurry on a surface of the first coating layer to form a second coating layer; and an upper pressing part pressing the first coating layer and the second coating layer, which are stacked, at the same time to to adjust a thickness of each of the first coating layer and the second coating layer, wherein the first discharge part has a width less than that of the second discharge part.

Abstract: A method of the present invention includes measuring a thickness of an electrode in which an active material layer is formed on a current collector (Step 1); fixing the active material layer of the electrode to a substrate (Step 2); attaching a removal tape to the current collector of the electrode, and then measuring an adhesive strength of the removal tape and measuring a thickness of the electrode after the removal (Step 3); attaching a removal tape to the active material layer from which the current collector is removed, and then measuring an adhesive strength of the removal tape and measuring the thickness of the electrode after the removal, wherein this procedure is repeated until a measurement limit is reached (Step 4); and determining a distribution of a binder according to the thickness of the electrode from measured values obtained in Steps 3 and 4 (Step 5).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode having an irregular shape through a simple process while minimizing the amount of wasted electrode active material is provided. The method results in first to third coating areas formed to be spaced apart from each other on a collector, a plurality of fourth coating areas formed between the first coating area and the second coating area, and a plurality of fifth coating areas formed between the second coating area and the third coating area. The plurality of fourth coating areas and the plurality of fifth coating areas are dislocated from each other when viewed from one side in a width direction of the collector.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an irregular electrode includes forming a first electrode line by continuously coating a first electrode slurry on a metal sheet, forming at least one second electrode line formed with a dotted line shape including uncoated portions positioned in parallel to the first electrode line by intermittently coating a second electrode slurry on the metal sheet that does not overlap the first electrode line, and forming the irregular electrode by notching the metal sheet with an irregular shape including the second electrode line and the first electrode line except for the uncoated portions of the at least one second electrode line.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable battery includes: a primer coating layer including PVdF as a first binder and a conductive material formed on a current collector; and an electrode composite layer including a second binder and an electrode active material formed on the primer coating layer, wherein crystallinity of the first binder is 58 or greater.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a rechargeable battery includes, with reference to a center axis that divides a metal sheet left and right, setting a first coating line that is parallel with the center axis at a location deflected to one side, and a second coating line that is parallel with the center axis at a location deflected to the other side so as to correspond to the first coating line with reference to the virtual center axis and coating an electrode slurry on the metal sheet while alternately moving a slot die to the first coating line and the second coating line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery, which includes an active material drying unit configured to dry an active material coated on an electrode current collector, and a tester unit configured to measure a dried state of the active material by performing a scratch test to the dried active material.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable battery in which a current collector is coated with an electrode mixture including an electrode active material and a binder includes a first electrode composite layer including PVdF as a first binder and an electrode active material and applied on a current collector; and a second electrode composite layer including a second binder and an electrode active material and applied on the first electrode composite layer, wherein crystallinity of the first binder is 58 or greater.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating electrode active material slurry includes: a transfer unit continuously transferring an electrode current collector in a predetermined process direction; and a coating die which is reciprocally movable in the process direction or an opposite direction to the process direction and coats the active material slurry on a predetermined coating area of the electrode current collector transferred by the transfer unit, wherein the coating die stands by at a predetermined coating start position and, when a balcony region corresponding to a leading end of the coating area reaches the coating start position, coats the active material slurry on the balcony region while moving from the coating start position to a main coating position that is spaced apart from the coating start position by a predetermined distance in the opposite direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a slot die coater for coating an electrode active material slurry on an electrode current collector, which includes a lower die having a lower outlet, and an upper die disposed above the lower die and having an upper outlet, wherein an upper surface of the lower die and a lower surface of the upper die are at least partially in contact with each other and capable of sliding relative to one another such that the upper die and the lower die are capable of sliding relative to each other along a horizontal direction.

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: Provided are a method of preparing a composition for forming a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery which includes preparing a first dispersed solution by primary dispersion of a conductive agent and a dispersant in a solvent, preparing a second dispersed solution by adding binder powder to the first dispersed solution and performing secondary dispersion, and adding and mixing a positive electrode active material to the second dispersed solution, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which are prepared by using the composition. A composition for forming a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, which has improved dispersibility, may be prepared by the above method, and internal resistance of the battery may be reduced and output characteristics may be improved when a positive electrode is prepared by using the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery, which includes an active material drying unit configured to dry an active material coated on an electrode current collector, and a tester unit configured to measure a dried state of the active material by performing a scratch test to the dried active material.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-layer negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The multi-layer negative electrode includes: a current collector configured to transmit 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 including a first negative electrode active material and a first binder; and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on the first negative electrode mixture layer and including a second negative electrode active material, wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer has an electrode density of about 0.9 to 2.0 g/cc and the second negative electrode mixture layer has an electrode density of about 0.2 to 1.7 g/cc, which is a range lower than that of the electrode density of the first negative electrode mixture layer.

Abstract: A method of the present invention includes measuring a thickness of an electrode in which an active material layer is formed on a current collector (Step 1); fixing the active material layer of the electrode to a substrate (Step 2); attaching a removal tape to the current collector of the electrode, and then measuring an adhesive strength of the removal tape and measuring a thickness of the electrode after the removal (Step 3); attaching a removal tape to the active material layer from which the current collector is removed, and then measuring an adhesive strength of the removal tape and measuring the thickness of the electrode after the removal, wherein this procedure is repeated until a measurement limit is reached (Step 4); and determining a distribution of a binder according to the thickness of the electrode from measured values obtained in Steps 3 and 4 (Step 5).