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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2013
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Jin-Bao Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Duan Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Jia-Jen Chang, Yunlin County, TW;
Ming-Sheng Leu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jenn-Yeu Hwang, Keelung, TW;
Chun-Lung Li, Taoyuan County, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A protected active metal electrode and a device with the electrode are provided. The protected active metal electrode includes an active metal substrate and a protection layer on a surface of the active metal substrate. The protection layer at least includes a metal thin film covering the surface of the active metal substrate and an electrically-conductive thin film covering a surface of the metal thin film. A material of the metal thin film is Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, or W. A material of the electrically-conductive thin film is selected from nitride of a metal in the metal thin film, carbide of a metal in the metal thin film, a diamond-like carbon (DLC), and a combination thereof.