The state-of-the-art manufacture of lithium ion battery (LIB) cathodes is slot-die coating of a high viscosity slurry consisting of active materials, conductive additives, and a polymeric binder in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). The operation of slot-die is costly due to the 2-coat/2-cure electrode processing and the use of NMP solvent, which is an expensive consumable with serious health concerns. An alternative approach is the use of waterborne binder systems applied to metal foils using electrocoat. Electrocoat is an electrophoretic process widely recognized to be a high-throughput, low cost, coating application method that allows simultaneous coating of both sides of metal. This presentation will demonstrate the development of novel binders to enable electrodeposited lithium-ion battery electrode coating system. The novel binders were designed for flexibility, ionic mobility, and compatibility with high-energy density active materials and formulated to result in stable water-based cathode coating systems.