A method, a system and a package for producing an electrically conductive composite

A system for producing an electrically conductive composite, wherein the system comprises:

• at least one supplier device configured and arranged for providing:
• a polymer bed in a non-continuous solid form;
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• a composition on at least a region of said polymer bed to wet and disperse across at least part of the thickness of the polymer bed, wherein said composition comprises a chemical precursor dissolved in a liquid medium, wherein said liquid medium is made to inhibit a chemical reaction of said chemical precursor into forming an electrically conductive inorganic component, and wherein at least one of said composition, by-products formed therefrom, said chemical precursor, chemical intermediates, and said electrically conductive inorganic component is an electromagnetic radiation absorber;
• a supply of polymer in a non-continuous solid form and a supply of said composition, to feed said at least one supplier;
• an evaporating mechanism configured and arranged for evaporating said liquid medium, to at least collaborate in forming said electrically conductive inorganic component from a chemical reaction of the chemical precursor, to form an at least partially continuous electrically conductive network with said electrically conductive inorganic component;
• a controllable electromagnetic radiation source configured and arranged for exposing at least said electromagnetic radiation absorber to electromagnetic radiation, in order to photothermally generate heat to sinter at least those portions of said polymer bed in thermal contact therewith, to form an at least partially continuous polymer network, wherein said at least partially continuous electrically conductive network and said at least partially continuous polymer network at least partially percolate each other;
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• at least one controller adapted to control said at least one supplier device to provide said polymer bed and said composition, and said controllable radiation source to emit said electromagnetic radiation to expose the electromagnetic radiation absorber.

A package for producing an electrically conductive composite, wherein the package comprises, enclosed therein, a composition that comprises a chemical precursor dissolved in a liquid medium, wherein said liquid medium is made to inhibit a chemical reaction of said chemical precursor into forming an electrically conductive inorganic component, wherein at least one of said composition, by-products formed therefrom, said chemical precursor, chemical intermediates, and said electrically conductive inorganic component is an electromagnetic radiation absorber, and wherein the package is configured and arranged to cooperate with at least one supplier device of a system for producing an electrically conductive composite, for providing said composition by extracting the same from the package, wherein said system comprises:

• said at least one supplier device configured and arranged for providing:
• a polymer bed in a non-continuous solid form;
• and
• said composition on at least a region of said polymer bed to wet and disperse across at least part of the thickness of the polymer bed;
• a supply of polymer in a non-continuous solid form and a supply of said composition, to feed said at least one supplier;
• an evaporating mechanism configured and arranged for evaporating said liquid medium, to at least collaborate in forming said electrically conductive inorganic component from a chemical reaction of the chemical precursor, to form an at least partially continuous electrically conductive network with said electrically conductive inorganic component;
• a controllable electromagnetic radiation source configured and arranged for exposing at least said electromagnetic radiation absorber to electromagnetic radiation, in order to photothermally generate heat to sinter at least those portions of said polymer bed in thermal contact therewith, to form an at least partially continuous polymer network, wherein said at least partially continuous electrically conductive network and said at least partially continuous polymer network at least partially percolate each other;
• and
• at least one controller adapted to control said at least one supplier device to provide said polymer bed and said composition, and said controllable radiation source to emit said electromagnetic radiation to expose the electromagnetic radiation absorber.