Several Li battery manufacturers have ordered Adphos BearLITE systems for electrode production by the end of 2022. The technology developed by Adphos is based on the combination of a high-power photonic energy input with an integrated, temperature-controlled, defined local mass transformer of the liquid vapor to dry the wet electrode slurry.
Unlike all other potential drying systems, the BearLITE process (Battery electrode advanced rapid Light Initiated Thermal Emission) enables complete drying of wet films up to more than 300 µm coating thickness in single-digit seconds. This does not result in the otherwise unavoidable cracking and adhesion-strength loss as a result of binder migration.