Manufacturing method for electrode

In a method for manufacturing an electrode comprising a film on a substrate, the improvement comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of pure metal, selected from the group consisting of manganese, vanadium, molybdenum, titanium, cobalt and chrome, in a first gas of inert gas and oxygen by an evaporation method;
• reacting said ultra fine particles of pure metal with a reaction gas of oxygen mixed with said first gas, thereby forming ultra fine particles of active material;
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• carrying said ultra fine particles of active material by a gas flow of inert gas and oxygen to be blown onto a surface of a substrate;
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• blowing the particles carried by the inert gas flow onto the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing said ultra fine particles of active material carried in said gas flow onto the surface of the substrate, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material on the surface of said substrate.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode comprising a film on a substrate, the improvement comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of a plurality of metals in an inert gas by an evaporation method, said plurality of metals comprising at least two metals selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc, tin, lead, lithium, molybdenum, vanadium, chrome, iron, ruthenium, osmium, tungsten, copper and silver;
• carrying said ultra fine particles in an inert gas flow to be blown onto a surface of a substrate;
• blowing the ultra fine particles carried by the inert gas flow onto the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing the ultra fine particles carried in the inert gas flow onto the surface of the substrate to form a thin film;
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• reacting said thin film with oxygen while said thin film is heated, thereby forming an active material of a multi-component system such that an electrode is formed comprising a thin film of said active material on the surface of said substrate.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode comprising a film on a substrate, the improvement comprising:

• forming fine particles of a plurality of metals in an inert gas by an evaporation method, said plurality of metals comprising at least two metals selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc, tin, lead, lithium, molybdenum, vanadium, chrome, iron, ruthenium, osmium, tungsten, copper and silver;
• reacting said ultra fine particles with oxygen mixed in the inert gas to form ultra fine particles of active material to be blown onto a surface of a substrate;
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• blowing the ultra fine particles of active material onto the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing said ultra fine particles of active material onto the surface of the substrate, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material of a multi-component system on the surface of the substrate.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode comprising a film on a substrate, the improvement comprising:

• carrying ultra fine particles of a metallic compound and ultra fine particles of lithium in respective inert gas flows to be blown onto a surface of the substrate;
• blowing the particles carried in said respective inert gas flows onto the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing said particles carried in said respective inert gas flows simultaneously onto the surface of the substrate;
• immersing said deposited particles in a liquid electrolyte;
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• electro-chemically reacting said deposited particles and said liquid electrolyte, so that an anode for a lithium battery is formed on the surface of the substrate.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode-electrolyte composite comprising an electrode and an electrolyte, the improvement comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of active material in an inert gas by an evaporation method;
• carrying said particles in an inert gas flow to be blown onto a surface of a film comprising a solid electrolyte;
• blowing the particles carried in the inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby depositing said particles carried in the inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material on the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte;
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• a positive active material is deposited onto one surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte and a negative active material is deposited onto the other surface thereof.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode-electrolyte composite comprising an electrode and an electrolyte, the improvement comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of pure metal in a mixed gas of inert gas and oxygen by an evaporation method;
• reacting said particles with a reaction gas of oxygen mixed with the mixed gas, thereby forming ultra fine particles of active material;
• carrying said ultra fine particles of the active material in a gas flow of inert gas and oxygen to be blown onto a surface of a film comprising a solid electrolyte;
• and
• blowing the ultra fine particles of active material carried in the inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising said electrolyte, thereby depositing the ultra fine particles of active material carried int he gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material on the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode-electrolyte composite comprising an electrode and an electrolyte, comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of active material in an inert gas by an evaporation method;
• carrying said ultra fine particles of active material in a first inert gas flow to be blown onto a surface of a film comprising a solid electrolyte;
• blowing the particles carried in the first inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby depositing said particles carried int he first inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material on the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte;
• forming ultra fine particles of a metal different from the active material by the evaporation method;
• carrying said ultra fine particles of said different metal in a second inert gas flow to be blown onto said thin film of active material;
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• blowing the particles carried by the second inert gas flow onto the thin film of active material, thereby depositing the ultra fine particles carried in the second inert gas flow onto said thin film of active material so that a metal film is formed on the surface of the electrode.

In a method for manufacturing an electrode-electrolyte composite comprising an electrode and an electrolyte, the improvement comprising:

• forming ultra fine particles of active material in an inert gas by an evaporation method;
• carrying said particles in a first inert gas flow to be blown onto a surface of a film comprising a solid electrolyte;
• blowing the particles carried by the first inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby depositing the particles carried in the first inert gas flow onto the surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte, thereby forming an electrode comprising a thin film of active material on the surface of said film comprising the solid electrolyte;
• forming ultra fine particles of a metal different from the active material by the evaporation method;
• carrying said particles of a different metal in a second inert gas flow to be blown onto a surface of the electrode;
• blowing the particles of the different metal carried in the second inert gas flow onto the surface of the electrode comprising the thin film of active material, thereby depositing said particles of the different metal carried in said second inert gas flow onto the surface of the electrode comprising the thin film of active material so that a metal film is formed on the surface of the electrode;
• wherein a positive active material is deposited on one surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte and a negative active material is deposited on the other surface of the film comprising the solid electrolyte.