Table 4 Free energy of adhesion of slurry components with different CMCs (\(\Delta G^{IF}_{132}\) is annotated as \(\Delta G^{IF}_{S-H2O-CMC}\) with 1 being the solid sample S, 3 the liquid (\(H_2O\)) and 2 the respective CMC binder).

From: The impact of binder polarity on the properties of aqueously processed positive and negative electrodes for lithium-ion batteries

Solid sample

\(\Delta G^{IF}_{S-H2O-CMC0.5}\)

\(\Delta G^{IF}_{S-H2O-CMC0.8}\)

\(\Delta G^{IF}_{S-H2O-CMC1.0}\)

\(\Delta G^{IF}_{S-H2O-CMC1.2}\)

 

\((mJ/m^2)\)

Copper CC

-58.6 ± 0.8

-51.9 ± 0.9

-47.7 ± 0.8

-44.9 ± 0.6

SBR

-57.0 ± 0.6

-50.8 ± 0.7

-46.7 ± 0.6

-44.0 ± 0.4

Graphite

-55.5 ± 0.7

-49.3 ± 0.8

-45.2 ± 0.8

-42.5 ± 0.5

C65

-47.8 ± 0.1

-43.7 ± 0.2

-40.4 ± 0.1

-38.2 ± 0.1