Hybrid Thin-Film Battery
AssigneeInfinite Power Solutions, Inc.
InventorsBernd Neudecker, Shawn Snyder
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Abstract
An electrochemical device is claimed and disclosed wherein certain embodiments have a cathode greater than about 4 μm and less than about 200 μm thick; a thin electrolyte less than about 10 μm thick; and an anode less than about 30 μm thick. Another claimed and disclosed electrochemical device includes a cathode greater than about 0.5 μm and less than about 200 μm thick; a thin electrolyte less than about 10 μm thick; and an anode less than about 30 μm thick, wherein the cathode is fabricated by a non-vapor phase deposition method. The electrochemical device may also include a substrate, a current collector, an anode current collector, encapsulation and a moderating layer.
Claims175
An electrochemical device comprising:
- a positive cathode greater than about 4 μm and less than about 200 μm thick;
- an electrolyte less than about 10 μm thick;
- and
- a negative anode less than about 30 μm thick.
An electrochemical device comprising:
- a positive cathode greater than about 0.5 μm and less than about 200 μm thick;
- an electrolyte less than about 10 μm thick;
- a negative anode less than about 30 μm thick;
- and
- wherein said positive cathode is fabricated by a non-vapor phase deposition process.
An electrochemical device comprising:
- a non-vapor phase deposited cathode;
- an anode;
- and
- an electrolyte less than about 10 μm thick.
A method of manufacturing an electrochemical device comprising:
- depositing a positive cathode that is greater than about 0.5 μm and less than about 200 μm thick;
- depositing an electrolyte that is less than about 10 μm thick;
- depositing a negative anode that is less than about 30 μm thick;
- and
- depositing said positive cathode by a non-vapor phase deposition process.
A method of manufacturing an electrochemical device comprising:
- depositing a cathode using a non-vapor phase deposition process;
- depositing an electrolyte that is less than about 10 μm thick;
- and
- depositing an anode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.