LITHIUM PLATE, METHOD FOR LITHIATION OF ELECTRODE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE

• Main Authors: SERGEY REMIZOV, MIN HONG SEOK, KIM BE GYUNG, JUNG HYUN CHUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.01.2013
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; ELECTRICITY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithium plate, a method for lithiation of an electrode, and an energy storage device.SOLUTION: There is provided a lithium plate used for lithium pre-doping of an electrode for an energy storage device, including: a contact area contacting the electrode during the pre-doping; and a plurality of through holes or a plurality of grooves regularly distributed to be adjacent to the contact area so that an electrolytic solution gains easy access to the vicinity of a contact boundary of the contact area and the electrode during the pre-doping. In addition, a method for lithiation of an electrode for an energy storage device using the lithium plate, and an energy storage device including a negative electrode (anode) lithiated according to the method are provided.