Patent ID: 8652305

Claim:
A process for the manufacturing of carbon-free solid cathodic sputtering targets, wherein said process comprises at least the following steps: a formatting step of a cathodic sputtering target composition into a shape corresponding to the shape of the desired final target, said composition comprising: at least one pulverulent ion-conductive solid lithium-based electrolyte, said electrolyte being electronically insulating, and at least one carbon-free inorganic polymeric binder selected from the group consisting of perhydropolysilazanes, in an amount of at least 5% in weight relative to the total weight of said composition, said composition being free of any electronic conducting material, a heating step of the resulting formatted composition at a temperature ranging from 150° C. to 300° C. for 3 to 10 min, and a reticulation step of the perhydropolysilazane comprised in the cathodic sputtering target composition of the invention.