Inkjet Printing With In Situ Fast Annealing For Patterned Multilayer Deposition

Samir Boulfrad (Inventor), Erkki Alarousu (Inventor), Eman Daas (Inventor), Ghassan E. Jabbour (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Patterned multilayer films, such as those used in electronic devices, solar cells, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) may be deposited and annealed in a single tool. The tool includes an inkjet printer head, a heater, and a laser. The inkjet printer head deposits on a substrate either suspended particles of a functional material or solvated precursors of a functional material. The head is mounted on a support that allows the head to scan the substrate by moving along the support in a first direction and moving the support along a second direction. After the head deposits the material the heater evaporates solvent from substrate, and the depositing and heating may be repeated one or more times to form a patterned multilayer material. Then, a laser, microwave, and/or Joule effect heating device may be used to anneal the multilayer material to a desired pattern and crystalline state.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Patent numberUS 20130323434 A1
StatePublished - Dec 5 2013

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2019-02-13

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