Patent ID: 7033702

Claim:
A method of assembling a particulate electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising the steps of: i) providing pliable, solid, ion conducting, polymer filaments having adhesive surfaces, containing a first dissociable lithium compound, having aspect ratio ranging between 1:5 and 1:100 and having lengths between 5 and 30 μm and cross-sectional diameter less than 1 μm; ii) providing electro-active particles and mixing said electro-active particles with said pliable, solid, ion conducting, polymer filaments containing said first dissociable lithium compound and having adhesive surfaces, thereby obtaining a matted layer of electro-active particles adhering to said pliable, solid, ion conducting, polymer filaments, said matted layer having voids; and iii) impregnating said matted layer by means of filling said voids with a non-aqueous, organic solution containing a second dissociable lithium compound.