| CPC H01M 4/0435 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/583 (2013.01); H01M 4/623 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A process for manufacturing a film for an energy storage device, comprising the steps of:
removing particles below a first threshold size from a particulate active material, to result in sorted particulate active material;
mixing the sorted particulate active material with a binder or binders to form a mixture;
fibrillating the mixture, thereby forming a fibrillated mixture;
removing particles below a second threshold size from the fibrillated mixture, to result in an upper cut of the fibrillated mixture;
de-clumping the upper cut of the fibrillated mixture, thereby forming a de-clumped, fibrillated mixture;
heating the de-clumped, fibrillated mixture between rollers to form the film, the rollers being at a temperature between 50° C. and 160° C.; and
actively cooling the film to between 10° C. and 70° C.;
wherein the film is a dry electrode film or a dry electrolyte film.
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