Cover Picture: High‐Speed Fabrication of Lithium‐Ion Battery Electrodes by UV‐Curing (Energy Technol. 5/2015). Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xue, Zheng; Hu, Libo; Amine, Khalil; Zhang, Zhengcheng
• Is Part Of: Energy technology. Volume 3:Issue 5(2015:May)
• Page Start: 445
• Page End: 445
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Energy development -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; 333.79
• DOI: 10.1002/ente.201590014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2194-4288

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="graphical" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>UV Radiation is the Cure:</bold> A high‐speed UV‐curing process to fabricate composite cathode laminates for lithium‐ion batteries is presented in the Communication on <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">page 469</ext-link> by Zhengcheng Zhang and colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory. A UV‐curable, multifunctional polysiloxane acrylate (PSA) is synthesized and demonstrated to be suitable as binder precursor for the fabrication of LiNi_1/3Mn_1/3Co_1/3O₂ (NMC) cathodes. In the presence of 10 wt% PSA binder, the mechanically robust NMC electrode laminate fabricated by UV‐curing exhibits very good mechanical properties and electrochemical performance in cell testing. This initial success in applying high‐speed UV‐curing in composite electrode fabrication proves that it is a promising route to substantially reducing the capital and operation costs of lithium‐ion battery electrode manufacturing and additionally bringing about important environmental benefits.<graphic position="anchor" mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgjn7m99w3" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /></p> </abstract>