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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Von Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co. KG, Dresden, DE;
Inventor:
Maik Vieluf, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
VON ARDENNE ASSET GMBH & CO. KG, Dresden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01); H01M 4/13 (2010.01); C23C 14/24 (2006.01); C23C 14/56 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/30 (2006.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/0605 (2013.01); C23C 14/0635 (2013.01); C23C 14/0641 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/24 (2013.01); C23C 14/30 (2013.01); C23C 14/34 (2013.01); C23C 14/56 (2013.01); C23C 14/562 (2013.01); H01M 4/13 (2013.01); H01M 4/663 (2013.01); H01M 4/667 (2013.01); C23C 14/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the present disclosure, a process includes transporting of a foil structure in a coating region in a vacuum chamber, wherein the foil structure has a thickness of less than 40 μm; and coating the foil structure by physical vapor deposition, which includes forming a gaseous coating material in the coating region; wherein the gaseous coating material includes carbon, such that a protective layer is formed that includes a carbon microstructure covering more than about 50% of the foil structure and having a fraction of pores or voids less than about 50%.