Patent ID: 11891683
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a heating chamber configured to apply a thermal shock to one or more solution-based salt precursors by heating at a first temperature for a first time and subsequently quenching at a cooling rate, the heating chamber comprising one or more Joule heating elements, each Joule heating element being formed of conductive carbon, the conductive carbon comprising carbon nanofibers;
a container storing the one or more solution-based salt precursors and configured to apply a coating of the one or more solution-based salt precursors on a substrate prior to the heating chamber; and
a controller operatively coupled to the heating chamber and configured to control operation thereof to apply the thermal shock to the one or more solution-based salt precursors,
wherein the controller is configured to control the heating chamber such that:
the first temperature of the thermal shock is in a range of 500-3000 K,
the first time is in a range of 1 millisecond to 1 minute, and
the cooling rate is in a range of 10 K/s to 106 K/s.