Particle synthesis apparatus and methods

US9070944B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Applied Materials, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lu Yang · Fremont, US
• Josef T. Hoog · El Granada, US
• Miaojun Wang · Santa Clara, US
• Dongli Zeng · Sunnyvale, US
• Robert Z. Bachrach · Burlingame, US
• Hooman Bolandi · San Jose, US
• Sergey Lopatin · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: May 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus and methods of forming a battery-active material are described. An apparatus includes a first processing section that raises the temperature of a precursor material to a reaction threshold temperature, a second processing section that converts the precursor material to a battery-active material, and a third processing section that cools the resulting battery-active material. Each of the processing sections may be a continuous flow tubular component. The first and third processing sections may be metal, and the second processing section may be a refractory material for high temperature service. The battery-active material is collected using a solids collector.