Patent ID: 11865636
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for laser sintering of a ceramic electrolyte material forming a green body, the system comprising:
a controller;
a laser responsive to the controller for generating a beam;
a beam forming subsystem for controlling a parameter of the beam generated by the laser; and
wherein the beam forming subsystem is further controlled such that the beam provides a laser fluence selected to act on a full thickness of the ceramic electrolyte material forming the green body, to simultaneously both sinter and densify the full thickness of the ceramic electrolyte material forming the green body in a single laser processing operation, wherein the full thickness of the ceramic electrolyte material forming the green body is densified such that the full thickness of the ceramic electrolyte material forming the green body reduces from a thickness of greater than 260 μm down to a thickness of 260 μm, and wherein the ceramic electrolyte material forming the green body includes a garnet Li7LasZr2O12 (LLZO) material in one of powder, pellet or tape form.