Vacuum deposition and curing of liquid monomers

A method of making a lithium polymer battery comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing a moving substrate into a vacuum chamber;
• (b) placing a mechanical liquid-monomer spreading apparatus into the vacuum chamber;
• (c) degassing a liquid monomer electrolyte material;
• (d) depositing a layer of lithium metal onto the moving substrate and forming an anode;
• (e) depositing a layer of degassed monomer electrolyte material onto the lithium metal;
• (f) curing said monomer electrolyte material forming a solid electrolyte polymer;
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• (g) depositing and curing a layer of monomer cathode material onto said electrolyte, forming a solid polymer cathode.

A method of making electrochromic devices comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing a moving substrate into a vacuum chamber;
• (b) placing a mechanical liquid-monomer spreading apparatus into the vacuum chamber;
• (c) degassing a liquid monomer electrolyte material;
• (d) depositing a first conductive oxide layer onto the moving substrate;
• (e) depositing a first electrochromic oxide layer onto the first conductive oxide layer;
• (f) depositing the liquid monomer electrolyte material onto the first electrochromic oxide layer;
• (g) curing the liquid monomer electrolyte to a solid polymer electrolyte;
• (h) depositing a second electrochromic oxide layer onto the solid polymer electrolyte;
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• (i) depositing a second conductive oxide layer onto the second electrochromic oxide layer.