Processing apparatuses and methods of using

Abstract

Provided herein are processing apparatuses for producing high-quality films of sintered ceramics. The instant disclosure sets forth equipment and processes for making high quality, rapidly processed ceramic electrolyte films. These processes include high-throughput continuous sintering of oxides for use as electrolyte films. In certain processes, the film is not in contact with any surface as it sinters (i.e., during the sintering phase). Set forth herein are processes for making and using bilayers comprising a green body layer on a metal layer and bilayers comprising a sintered oxide layer on a metal layer. Set forth herein are processes for rapidly sintering thin bilayers comprising a green body layer on a metal layer in order to produce bilayers comprising a sintered oxide layer on a metal layer.

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