Patent ID: 11919076
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  H | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing a porous copper-zinc structure, comprising the steps of:
providing copper ink,
creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure wherein said step of creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure includes producing stacked parallel elements with multiple layers and creating a 3D log pile model of the porous copper-zinc structure,
3D printing said copper ink into a porous copper lattice structure using said 3D model producing stacked parallel elements with multiple layers and a 3D log pile,
heat treatment of said porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure having stacked parallel elements with multiple layers and a 3D log pile,
surface modification of said heat treated porous copper lattice structure by nanowires growth on said heat treated porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires having stacked parallel elements with multiple layers and a 3D log pile, and
electrodeposition of zinc onto said heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires to produce the porous copper-zinc structure having stacked parallel elements with multiple layers and a 3D log pile.