Patent ID: 9127344
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: C23C,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a cathode device for a solid-state battery device using a flash process, the method comprising: providing a substrate including a surface region, the substrate being configured on a transfer device; continuously applying at a controlled rate a cathode source comprising a metal oxide onto a hot wall reactor subjected to thermal energy to cause a portion of the cathode source to evaporate into a vapor phase within a time period of less than about one second to substantially evaporate the portion of the cathode source free from formation of undesirable metal oxide species; forming a thickness of metal oxide material overlying the surface region at a rate of about 100 to 10,000 Angstroms per second per 100 square centimeters by condensing the vapor phase of the metal oxide species as the substrate moves either in a first direction or a second direction; subjecting the thickness of the metal oxide material to an ion source comprising an oxygen species, an argon species, and a nitrogen species while the thickness of metal oxide material is being formed and/or after the thickness of metal oxide material has been formed, the ion source including an ion beam having a power to cause an electrical conductivity of the thickness of the metal oxide material to increase from about 10 maintaining the surface region in a vacuum environment from about 10