I am making Li-ion battery anode with slurry method with 8:1:1 ratio(TiO2: Carbon Black: PVDF). My active mass is 1.54mg with Cu as current collector. Cathode is regular commercial (made with rolling method), mass of 16 mg.
My battery is not working at all. Do I need to use cathode with less mass or some other issue?
Cathode mass should be double than Anode, as per I know.
There are many things to consider before you assemble a full (Lithium-ion battery) cell by analyzing as a 1st priority the half[1,2] cell (anode) electrode reactions.
If we want to simplify, then start measurements using the (anode electrode based) half cell configuration[1], before a full cell testing, when you investigate the (nominally) anode materials for a full (Lithium-ion battery) cell.
In short: simply, make[1] the simple(r) 2-electrode configuration[1], as a debugging half cell, having less complexity than a full cell; detect better a possible error in your slurry method, preparatory, steps in your composite materials' characterizations.
So, make the (half) cell:
(-)Li-metal // Li-electrolyte // "anode" (+)[3].
1. The study of carbon half-cell voltage in lithium-ion secondary batteries https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775397026505
2. The Anode Half Cell Of A Lithium-ion Battery https://www.aps.org/units/dcmp/gallery/lithium-ion.cfm
3. Your (nominally) "anode" electrode, for a full cell, is : "TiO2: Carbon Black: PVDF)//metal-substrate".
Initially, you can start, also, with an alternative metal-substrate: Al -foil, as a 1st characterization phase; if it works, then replace Al with Cu (2nd characterization phase), towards/for a full cell study.
The anode and cathode areal capacity should be well matched -
http://m.jes.ecsdl.org/content/164/12/A2479.abstract
You seem to be have a lot of cathode and very little anode areal capacity.
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