| CPC H01M 4/362 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0404 (2013.01); H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/13 (2013.01); H01M 4/139 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 4/622 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01); H01M 2004/028 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An electrode comprising:
an electrochemically active material and a binder, the electrochemically active material intermixed with the binder; and
the electrochemically active material coated onto a current collector substrate;
wherein the electrochemically active material is an anode active material coated at an areal density of 10 mg/cm2 or greater and the binder distributed within the electrochemically active material such that the concentration ratio of binder at a surface of the anode active material relative to the binder at a current collector substrate surface is 3.0 or lower.
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