Patent ID: 11876231
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C  Y | IPC C  H

Claim 0:
1. An anode electrode structure, comprising:
a copper foil;
a first diffusion barrier layer formed on the copper foil, wherein the first diffusion barrier layer comprises titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), or combinations thereof;
a wetting layer formed on the first diffusion barrier layer, wherein the wetting layer is selected from silicon (Si), tin (Sn), aluminum (Al), germanium (Ge), antimony (Sb), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), gallium (Ga), indium (In), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), magnesium (Mg), oxides thereof, nitrides thereof, or combinations thereof; and
a lithium metal layer formed on the wetting layer.