The Gillette Company

Minkoo Kang

Maya Stevanovic

Michael Pozin

Lucyna M Pawlowska

John J Weckesser

Frank M Delnick

Christopher Boczer

Dharmendra Rana

Rosauro Del Rosario

Rosario Del Rosauro

A cathode slurry comprising organic solvent, lithium iron phosphate, polymeric binder, and at least one conductive agent, and from about 30 wt. % to about 40 wt. % solids is prepared. The cathode slurry may be coated onto at least one side of a substrate to form a cathode coated substrate. The cathode coated substrate may be dried to form a cathode. An anode and cathode may be contained within a housing with electrolyte to form a lithium ion cell.

Method of making a cathode slurry and a cathode

This disclosure relates to methods of making a cathode for a lithium battery. The batteries include: (a) treating a cathode current collector with flame or corona; (b) coating a slurry containing iron disulfide, a first solvent, and a binder onto the cathode current collector obtained from step (a) to form a coated cathode current collector, in which the slurry contains about 73-75% by weight solids and the binder contains a polymer selected from the group consisting of linear di- and tri-block copolymers, linear tri-block copolymers cross-linked with melamine resin, ethylene-propylene copolymers, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers, tri-block fluorinated thermoplastics, hydrogenated nitrile rubbers, fluoro-ethylene-vinyl ether copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, thermoplastic olefins, and polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymers; and (c) drying the coated cathode current collector obtained from step (b) to provide a cathode, in which the cathode contains no more than 0.5% by volume of the first solvent and is capable of being bent to 180&#xb0;. This disclosure also relates to methods of making a lithium battery.

Flexible cathodes

This disclosure relates to methods of making a cathode for a lithium batter. The methods include: (a) treating a cathode current collector with flame or corona; (b) coating a slurry containing iron disulfide, a first solvent, and a binder onto the cathode current collector obtained from step (a) to form a coated cathode current collector, in which the slurry contains about 73-75% by weight solids and the binder contains a polymer selected from the group consisting of linear di- and tri-block copolymers, linear tri-block copolymers cross-linked with melamine resin, ethylene-propylene copolymers, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers, tri-block fluorinated thermoplastics, hydrogenated nitrile rubbers, fluoro-ethylene-vinyl ether copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, thermoplastic olefins, and polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymers; and (c) drying the coated cathode current collector obtained from step (b) to provide a cathode, in which the cathode contains no more than 0.5% by volume of the first solvent and is capable of being bent to 180&#xb0;. This disclosure also relates to methods of making a lithium battery.

A cathode for a lithium battery is described. The cathode includes: (a) a current collector including aluminum foil; and (b) an active cathode material including: (i) manganese dioxide; (ii) conductive materials; and (iii) a binder selected from the group consisting of linear di- and tri-block polymers, linear tri-block polymers cross-linked with melamine resin, ethylene-propylene copolymers, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers, tri-block fluorinated thermoplastics, hydrogenated nitrile rubbers, fluoro-ethylene-vinyl ether copolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, thermoplastic olefins, and polyvinylidine fluoride homopolymers.

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Minkoo Kang