Patent ID: 9403301
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B29C,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing a porous article, the method comprising: distributing a blended material including an electrically conductive material and a binder into a cavity of a mold that is at a temperature below a curing temperature of the binder, where the electrically conductive material is formed from particles of the electrically conductive material that have a size distribution such that 10 vol % of the particles are less than 12 micrometers in diameter, 50 vol % of the particles are less than 27 micrometers in diameter, and 90 vol % of the particles are less than 53 micrometers; compressing the blended material within the cavity under a molding pressure; while the blended material is under compression in the cavity, heating the mold from a cool temperature to the curing temperature to thereby form a molded article; and carbonizing the binder of the molded article to form the porous article.