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How are negative electrodes made?
The manufacturing of negative electrodes for lithium-ion cells is similar to what has been described for the positive electrode. Anode powder and binder materials are mixed with an organic liquid to form a slurry, which is used to coat a thin metal foil. For the negative polarity, a thin copper foil serves as substrate and collector material.
The copper collector of graphitic negative electrodes can dissolve during overdischarge and form microshorts on recharge. Preventing this is one of the functions of the battery management system (see 2.1.3). The electrode foils represent inert materials that reduce the energy density of the cell. Thus, they are made as thin as possible.
What materials are used to make a battery electrode?
The active materials incorporated in the making of the electrode include AB 2 Laves type alloy (Moriwaki et al., 1989) and AB 5 hexagonal close-packed alloy (Iwakura et al., 1988). Farschad Torabi, Pouria Ahmadi, in Simulation of Battery Systems, 2020 In practice, most of negative electrodes are made of graphite or other carbon-based materials.
Why should a negative electrode be mixed with graphite?
Mainly, the high solubility in aqueous electrolytes of the ZnO produced during cell discharge in the negative electrode favors a poor reproducibility of the electrode surface exposed to the electrolyte with risk of formation of zinc dendrites during charge. In order to avoid this problem, mixing with graphite has favorable effects.
For the negative electrode, usually a carbonaceous material capable of reversibly intercalating lithium ions is used. Depending on the technical and process demands, several different carbon materials and configurations (e.g., graphite, hard carbon) may be used.
Markin and Dell (1981) demonstrated the fabrication of metal hydride negative electrode by mixing small quantity of LaNi 5 with binder and pasted onto Ni grids. The active materials incorporated in the making of the electrode include AB 2 Laves type alloy (Moriwaki et al., 1989) and AB 5 hexagonal close-packed alloy (Iwakura et al., 1988).