Method for manufacturing electrode including polymer electrolyte and electrode obtained thereby
A method for manufacturing an electrode for a solid state battery and an electrode obtained thereby. In the electrode, the electrode active material particles are at least partially surface-coated with a first coating layer including a mixture of (a) a binder, a first polymer electrolyte or both a binder and a first polymer electrolyte, and (b) a conductive material. In addition, the first coating layer in the electrode is formed by an electrospraying and/or electrospinning process.
1. An electrode for a solid state battery which comprises
a plurality of electrode active material particles;
a binder resin, a first polymer electrolyte or a combination thereof;
a second polymer electrolyte; and
a conductive material,
wherein
the electrode active material particles are at least partially surface-coated with a first coating layer comprising a mixture of (a) the binder resin or the first polymer electrolyte or the combination thereof, and (b) the conductive material,
the second polymer electrolyte at least partially covers the surface of the first coating layer, the surface of the electrode active material particles or both the surface of the first coating layer and the surface of the electrode active material particles, and
the electrode active material particles are bound to each other by at least one of the binder resin, the first polymer electrolyte and the second polymer electrolyte to form an integrated structure.
2. The electrode for a solid state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer electrolyte is present, and wherein the first polymer electrolyte and the second electrolyte are the same or different.
3. The electrode for a solid state battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer electrolyte is present, and wherein the first polymer electrolyte is different from the second polymer electrolyte.
4. A method for manufacturing an electrode for a solid state battery, comprising the steps of:
(S 10 ) preparing a slurry for forming an electrode comprising (a) a binder resin, a first polymer electrolyte, or a combination thereof, (b) a conductive material and (c) a plurality of electrode active material particles, wherein the slurry includes the first polymer electrolyte;
(S 20 ) coating a surface of a current collector with the slurry;
(S 30 ) impregnating the product of (S 20 ) with a second polymer electrolyte; and
(S 40 ) of drying a product obtained from (S 30 ), wherein a product of (S 40 ) is an electrode in which the plurality of electrode active material particles are bound to each other by at least one of the first polymer electrolyte and the second polymer electrolyte to form an integrated structure.
5. The method for manufacturing an electrode for a solid state battery according to claim 4 , wherein the slurry includes the first polymer electrolyte and a product of (S 20 ) comprises the electrode active material particles at least partially surface-coated with the first polymer electrolyte.
6. The method for manufacturing an electrode for a solid state battery according to claim 4 , wherein step (S 20 ) is carried out by an electrospraying process.