전기화학회지 (Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society)

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  • Pages.32-41
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  • 2022
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  • 1229-1935(pISSN)
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  • 2288-9000(eISSN)
한국전기화학회 (The Korean Electrochemical Society)
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Improvement of Electrochemical Performance of Lithium-ion Secondary Batteries using Double-Layered Thick Cathode Electrodes

  • Phiri, Isheunesu (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Tae (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Kennedy, Ssendagire (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Ravi, Muchakayala (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Lee, Yong Min (Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)) ;
  • Ryou, Myung-Hyun (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • 투고 : 2020.12.27
  • 심사 : 2022.02.14
  • 발행 : 2022.02.28
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Various steps in the electrode production process, such as slurry mixing, slurry coating, drying, and calendaring, directly affect the quality and, consequently, mechanical properties and electrochemical performance of electrodes. Herein, a new method of slurry coating is developed: Double-coated electrode. Contrary to single-coated electrode, the cathode is prepared by double coating, wherein each coat is of half the total loading mass of the single-coated electrode. Each coat is dried and calendared. It is found that the double-coated electrode possesses more uniform pore distribution and higher electrode density and allows lesser extent of particle segregation than the single-coated electrode. Consequently, the double-coated electrode exhibits higher adhesion strength (74.7 N m-1) than the single-coated electrode (57.8 N m-1). Moreover, the double-coated electrode exhibits lower electric resistance (0.152 Ω cm-2) than the single-coated electrode (0.177 Ω cm-2). Compared to the single-coated electrode, the double-coated electrode displays higher electrochemical performance by exhibiting better rate capability, especially at higher C rates, and higher long-term cycling performance. Despite its simplicity, the proposed method allows effective electrode preparation by facilitating high electrochemical performance and is applicable for the large-scale production of high-energy-density electrodes.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2021R1|1A3059728). This research was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (No.2018R1A6A1A03026005) and by the Technology Innovation Program (No. 20015759) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea). This results was supported by "Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS)" through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) (2021RIS-004).

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