DISSOLUTION-ASSISTED WETTING OF LITHIUM ONTO COPPER CURRENT COLLECTOR

A method for manufacturing an anode electrode for a battery cell includes melting lithium metal in a bath to create molten lithium metal; adding copper to the molten lithium metal in the bath to form a molten lithium matrix including lithium metal and distributed copper particles, wherein a concentration of the copper added to the bath comprises 5 wt % to 15 wt %; and coating a copper current collector using the molten lithium matrix to form an anode active material layer on the copper current collector.