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Understanding and reducing edge elevations at the lateral edges are crucial aspects to reduce reject rates during electrode production for lithium‐ion batteries (LIB). Herein, different process conditions to reduce edge elevations at the lateral edges of water‐based, shear‐thinning coatings in the production of LIB electrodes are presented. The reduction of edge elevations is transferred from state‐of‐the‐art electrodes to high‐capacity electrodes. The developed process configuration greatly reduces reject caused by cutting off the edge areas in the industrial roll‐to‐roll process for electrode production. Compared with state‐of‐the art electrodes, the reject rate for high‐capacity electrode production is significantly higher because the edge geometry in crossweb direction of the electrodes is wider. An optimization can be achieved by a combined adjustment of the coating gap and the slot‐die angle to the substrate (angle of attack) to affect the pressure field in the coating bead. Therefore, a systematic investigation and optimization of these process parameters are presented. In addition, the investigation of the process stability of the coating is required. Based on this optimization, a reduction of edge elevations for high‐capacity electrode coatings (5 mAh cm−2) of 69% and ultrathick high‐capacity electrode coatings (7 mAh cm−2) of 48% is possible.

Slot die coating is a state-of-the-art process to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrodes with high accuracy and reproducibility, covering a wide range of process conditions and material systems. Common approaches to predict process windows are one-dimensional calculations with a limited expressiveness. A more detailed analysis can be performed using CFD simulations, which are often based on in-house code or closed-source software. In this study, a two-phase CFD model in two and three dimensions was created in OpenFOAM with the intent to provide a method for more detailed investigations of the slot die coating process with open access to source code and files. A custom boundary condition enables the proper description of the wetting behavior in the two-dimensional model. The combination of standard no-slip boundary conditions at the substrate boundary with the volume-of-fluid solution algorithm leads to a method-related air entrainment, which was prevented by allowing local slip at the dynamic wetting line at the upstream meniscus in the two-dimensional model. Additionally, a load-balancing dynamic refinement algorithm was implemented to minimize the computational effort and increase the ease of use of the simulation environment. The simulation was validated by comparing the simulated process limits to experimental observations, showing good agreement. As a result, this model enables detailed analyses regarding the influences of slot die geometries, material properties, and process parameters on the coating stability and wet-film profile.

Zusammenfassung Das Land Baden-W?rttemberg stellt seit dem Jahr 2011 finanzielle Mittel f?r die Umsetzung von gesundheitsf?rdernden Ma?nahmen in der Landesverwaltung bereit. Die hier dargestellte Untersuchung stellt die Auswertung der Dokumentationsb?gen dar, die als Mittelnachweis dieses finanziellen Betrages f?r die jeweiligen Hochschulen dienten. Ziel ist es, einen ?berblick ?ber durchgef?hrte Ma?nahmen des BGM an baden-w?rttembergischen Hochschulen zu geben.

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