Apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of multifunctional composite materials with power integration
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1. An apparatus for use as a multifunctional material comprising a laden substrate combined with a configuring material, wherein said laden substrate comprises a fibrous substrate upon which a multilayer functional thin-film pattern is deposited.
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Abstract
The manufacture and use of multilayer functional thin-film devices, such as solid-state thin-film batteries, including lithium thin-film batteries on unconventional substrate geometries integrated into multifunctional materials is described. The unconventional geometries may include fibers, ribbons, and strips, which may be woven together or held together in matrices of material to form structural or other multifunctional composites with, for example, integrated power.
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- 1. An apparatus for use as a multifunctional material comprising a laden substrate combined with a configuring material, wherein said laden substrate comprises a fibrous substrate upon which a multilayer functional thin-film pattern is deposited.
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31. A method for manufacturing multifunctional materials comprising the steps of:
- providing a fibrous substrate;
creating a laden substrate by depositing a multi-functional thin film pattern on said fibrous substrate; and
combining said laden substrate with a configuring material. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
- providing a fibrous substrate;
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67. An apparatus for use as a fabric comprising a plurality of laden substrates interwoven with a plurality of conventional fabric fibers, wherein each of said laden substrates comprises a fibrous substrate upon which a multilayer functional thin-film pattern has been deposited.
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68. An apparatus for use as a fabric comprising a plurality of laden substrates interwoven with each other, wherein each of said laden substrates comprises a fibrous substrate upon which a multilayer functional thin-film pattern has been deposited.
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69. An apparatus for use as a DC power supply comprising a plurality of laden substrates combined with an encapsulating matrix, wherein each of said laden substrates comprises a fibrous substrates upon which a multilayer functional thin-film pattern has been deposited.
- 70. An apparatus for use as a power conversion system comprising a current producing layer, and connected to said current producing layer a multifunctional material comprising a plurality of laden substrates, combined with a configuring material, wherein each of said laden substrates comprises a fibrous substrate upon which has been deposited a multilayer functional thin-film pattern.
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