Abstract
A process for fabricating porous graphite electrodes having an average pore diameter of 21 μm and an open area of 1% was developed with a system constructed from a pico-second pulse laser and a polygon mirror. The fabricated porous graphite electrodes were used to evaluate the porous design on the graphite electrodes for exhibiting a higher Li+ pre-doping reaction (pre-lithiation) rate with cells in which graphite electrodes were laminated with separators and the laminated graphite electrodes opposite to a Li metal foil through a separator. The results in this study indicate that lithiation proceeds stepwise from the first electrode close to the Li foil to more distant electrodes. The transfer of Li+ ions controlled the lithiation because lithiation did not occur in areas of the electrodes that did not contain pores. In addition, the porous electrodes exhibited a much higher rate of lithiation when compared with electrodes that were prepared by coating a graphite layer on porous current collectors.