| CPC G01N 21/251 (2013.01) [F26B 3/04 (2013.01); F26B 3/30 (2013.01); F26B 13/002 (2013.01); F26B 13/103 (2013.01); F26B 25/22 (2013.01); F26B 25/225 (2013.01); G01J 3/46 (2013.01); G01N 21/293 (2013.01); G01N 21/81 (2013.01); H01M 4/0404 (2013.01); H01M 4/0435 (2013.01); H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11)] | 17 Claims |

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1. An apparatus for evaluating drying quality of an electrode, the apparatus comprising:
an oven configured to provide a space in which an electrode is dried;
a sensor configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and to measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer of the dried electrode; and
a processor configured to determine whether a dry state of the dried electrode is defective from the color coordinate value, to set a reference value, and to determine that the dry state is defective if the measured color coordinate value is less than the reference value, and a difference between the measured color coordinate value and the reference value is 0.5 or more,
wherein the color coordinate value is L*.
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