Patent ID: 8906548

Claim:
An electrode comprising a current collector and a polymeric layer adhered to a surface of the current collector, the polymeric layer comprising a crosslinked matrix, the crosslinked matrix including a crosslink reaction product of a rubber oligomer precursor reacted with an electron beam or actinic radiation curable crosslinking agent, the rubber oligomer precursor comprising a backbone and a reactive functionality pendent to the backbone, the reactive functionality of the precursor comprising carboxy functionality, acrylate functionality, vinyl functionality, vinyl ether functionality, meth(acrylate) functionality, or epoxy functionality, the functionality of the precursor being reacted with the crosslinking agent such that the crosslinked matrix includes the crosslinking agent covalently bonded to the rubber oligomer, the crosslinked matrix being electron beam or actinic radiation cured, the polymeric layer further comprising particulate material, wherein the polymeric layer is conductive, wherein the electrode is adjacent to an additional layer, and the additional layer comprises an electrolyte.