Method of forming a metallic lithium coating
AssigneeSigma Lithium Limited
InventorsVladimir Kolosnitsyn, Sergey Mochalov, Azat Nurgaliev, Aleksei Ivanov, Elena Kuzmina, Elena Karaseva
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Abstract
A method of forming a lithium coating on a substrate, the method comprising: melting a solid lithium target to form a molten lithium target; agitating the molten lithium target; vaporising at least part of the agitated molten lithium target to form a vaporised material; and condensing the vaporised material on a substrate to form a lithium coating.
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A method of forming a lithium coating on a substrate, the method comprising:
- melting a solid lithium target to form a molten lithium target;
- agitating the molten lithium target by creating a magnetohydrodynamic effect in the molten lithium target;
- vaporising at least part of the agitated molten lithium target to form vaporised material;
- and condensing the vaporised material on a substrate to form a lithium coating.
A method of forming a lithium coating on a substrate, the method comprising:
- melting a solid lithium target comprising a passivation layer to form a molten lithium target;
- agitating the molten lithium target by creating a magnetohydrodynamic effect therein with a magnetron to at least partly disperse the passivation layer within the molten lithium target;
- vaporising at least part of the agitated molten lithium target to form vaporised material by magnetron sputtering with the magnetron;
- and condensing the vaporised material on a substrate to form a lithium coating.
A method of forming a lithium coating on a substrate, the method comprising:
- melting a solid lithium target comprising a passivation layer to form a molten lithium target;
- agitating the molten lithium target by creating a magnetohydrodynamic effect therein with a magnetron operating in a pulsed mode to at least partly disperse the passivation layer within the molten lithium target;
- vaporising at least part of the agitated molten lithium target to form vaporised material by magnetron sputtering with the magnetron in a pulsed mode;
- and condensing the vaporised material on a substrate to form a lithium coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.