Patent ID: 6794086
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: C23C,H01M

Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of an electrode for an energy storage and conversion device, comprisingthermally spraying a feedstock mixture comprising an effective quantity of a source of a thermally protective salt and an active material or active material precursor onto a substrate to produce a film of the active material and salt wherein the film has a thickness of about 1 to about 1000 microns wherein the source of the thermally protective salt is a LiClâ€”KCl eutectic, LiBrâ€”KBrâ€”LiF, LiClâ€”LiBrâ€”LiF, a carbonate-based system with a melting point below about 500Â° C., or a sulfate-based system with a melting point below about 500Â° C.