Introducing lignin as a binder material for the aqueous production of NMC111 cathodes for Li-ion batteries

DOI:

10.1039/d2ma00850e

Authors:

Silje Nornes Bryntesen, Ignat Tolstorebrov, Ann Mari Svensson, Paul R. Shearing, Jacob J. Lamb, Odne Stokke Burheim

Abstract:

The commonly used polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binder should be replaced with renewable and abundant binder materials to enable a sustainable aqueous processing route for LIB cathodes, by eliminating the energy-intensive N -methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) recovery step.