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US 7,888,842 B2Granted
Ultra-thin film electrodes and protective layer for high temperature device applications
AssigneeUniversity of Maine System Board of Trustees
InventorsMauricio Pereira da Cunha, Robert J. Lad, David Joseph Frankel, George Paul Bernhardt, IV, Thomas Moonlight
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Abstract
An ultra-thin film electrode including at least one electrically conductive layer disposed upon an adhesive layer that is carried by a substrate.
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An ultra-thin electrode comprising:
- a substrate;
- an adhesive layer formed from a material that includes zirconium deposited upon said substrate;
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- an electrically conductive layer deposited upon said adhesive layer that is formed from a material having an excellent thermal stability and a high melting temperature, said electrically conductive layer including at least two layers formed from an electrically conductive material having an excellent thermal stability and a high melting temperature with each two of said layers of electrically conductive material having an interstitial layer that includes zirconium disposed therebetween.
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An ultra-thin electrode comprising:
- a substrate;
- an adhesive layer formed from a material that includes zirconium deposited upon said substrate;
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- an electrically conductive layer deposited upon said adhesive layer that is formed from a material having an excellent thermal stability and a high melting temperature, said electrically conductive layer being a single layer of material selected from the group of platinum, palladium, an alloy of platinum, an alloy of palladium, rhodium and iridium.
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An ultra-thin electrode comprising:
- a substrate;
- an adhesive layer formed from a material that includes zirconium deposited upon said substrate;
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- an electrically conductive layer deposited upon said adhesive layer that is formed from a material having an excellent thermal stability and a high melting temperature, said electrically conductive layer being a single composite layer of platinum-rhodium and zirconium formed by depositing a platinum-rhodium alloy simultaneously with zirconium upon said adhesive layer in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.