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LLZO
Posted by Chia-yu Chen on
LLZO has attracted significant attention due to its potential as a suitable solid-state electrolyte for lithium metal batteries. It has high Li-ion conductivity and is stable against metallic lithium. Moreover, LLZO powder can be handled and processed in air, which is one of its attractive features. The general chemical formula of garnet structure is A3B2(XO4)3, where A = La and X = Zr, Nb, Ta and B = Al, Ga, Ge, Fe. LLZO is one of the popular garnet types of inorganic solid electrolyte due to its high room temperature Li-ion conductivity. LLZO doped with Ta, Al, Ga, Nb or...
Chemical Vapor Deposition-Graphene Growth
Posted by Chia-yu Chen on
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is widely used in thin films fabrication on a heated substrate through chemical reactions. The deposition steps for CVD can be summarized into the following steps: Gas species transport to the substrate surface Gas species absorption into the surface Reaction occur and deposits products By-product and unreacted species desorbed (Sun et al. 2021) Chemical vapor deposition can better control deposition rate compared to physical vapor deposition, which can provide high quality and uniform film. Using CVD to growing 2D materials such as graphene has been a popular method since it can produce high quality graphene. MSE...
Current Collectors for Lithium-ion Batteries
Posted by Chia-yu Chen on
A typical lithium-ion battery consists of two current collectors, an anode, a cathode, a separator and electrolyte. Current collectors work as a support for electrode materials. They are also electrical conductors between electrode and external circuits. For lithium-ion battery, various current collectors are used such as Al, Cu, Ni, Ti, and stainless steel. Within the above materials, Al and Cu are the most commonly used materials as current collectors. Al is used for a cathode current collector and Cu is used as an anode current collector. Al and Cu current collectors can further be categorized into foil, meshed, foam and...
MSE Supplies, Moorfield Announce Partnership for nanoPVD, nanoETCH, nanoCVD and ANNEAL Distribution in the United States
Posted by Sam Zhu on
UK-based Moorfield is delighted to announce an agreement with MSE Supplies LLC, headquartered in Arizona, for the US distribution of its nanoPVD, nanoETCH, nanoCVD and ANNEAL ranges products. Click here to discover Moorfield products available through MSE Supplies. Developed with substantial collaboration with expert academics, the systems are uniquely compact for their class and provide benchtop solutions for high-performance PVD, etch, CVD and annealing processes. The tools have been field-proven for almost 10 years and are already installed in laboratories for academic research and product development world-wide. Typical applications include photovoltaics, energy storage, semiconductors, 2D materials, sensors and physical/life sciences. Jon Edgeworth, CEO of Moorfield, commented “Given their...
MSE Supplies LLC Sponsors the EMA 2023: Basic Science and Electronic Materials Meeting
Posted by Alex Brown on
MSE Supplies LLC is honored to be a sponsor of the EMA 2023: Basic Science and Electronic Materials Meeting to be held on Jan. 17-20, 2023 in Orlando, Florida and organized by The American Ceramic Society. We support scientists and engineers in electronic materials research and applications with a wide range of products and services, such as single crystal substrates, wafers, sputtering targets and evaporation materials, powder processing solutions, and even materials characterization analytical services. Visit our website to discover more and contact our team of materials science PhDs to discuss your project needs. At MSE Supplies, our mission is...