Patent ID: 9056449
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B32B,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an electrochemical cell array, comprising: patterning two or more distinct current collectors, each current collector including a conductive strip member portion adjacent to two dielectric strip members; arranging the two or more current collectors in spaced relation to one another to form at least one electrolyte opening in a space between sequential current collectors, such that the at least one electrolyte opening and the sequential current collectors are co-planar about a plane perpendicular to an array cross-sectional plane; disposing a frame around the two or more current collectors; disposing an electrolyte in the at least one electrolyte opening while the frame is disposed around the two or more current collectors; and disposing a catalyst over at least a portion of the disposed electrolyte and at least a portion of the two or more current collectors, wherein a release layer applied to at least one side of the electrolyte opening holds the disposed electrolyte in place for a period of time sufficient to allow the disposed electrolyte to cure and wherein the release layer is removed from the at least one side of the electrolyte opening after the disposed electrolyte is cured, and wherein the frame is disposed around a first and a second electrochemical cell of the electrochemical cell array.