Method for producing electrode for alkali batteries

Abstract

An active material slurry 12a obtained by a mixing a powder of the active material with a binder and a solvent for the binder is heated to a predetermined temperature inside a slurry reservoir 20, and the heated active material slurry 12a is coated and adhered to an electrically conductive core body 11. The resulting body is then fed inside a drying furnace 28 to dry the coated and adhered active material slurry 12a by heating, and is rolled to a predetermined thickness by passing it through a pair of rolling rolls 29, thereby obtaining an electrode for alkaline batteries comprising an active material layer 12 on the both sides of the electrically conductive core body 11. On drying the active material slurry 12a that is coated and adhered to the electrically conductive core body 11, the transfer of the binder inside the active material slurry 12a is suppressed, such that the decrease in the amount of the binder inside the active material layer 12 in the vicinity of the electrically conductive core body 11 is prevented from occurring. Thus is obtained an electrode for alkaline batteries 10 improved in adhesion strength.

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