Method of forming robust metal, metal oxide, and metal alloy layers on ion-conductive polymer membranes

摘要

Method for coating solid polymer electrolytes or other ion-conducting polymer surfaces with a thin film of at least one metal, metal alloy, metal oxide or mixed metal oxides, by subjecting the ion-conductive surfaces to low energy electron beam to clean the same and then subjecting the cleaned surfaces under vacuum to a high energy beam containing ions of the metal to be deposited to form the thin film. Materials prepared using this method gain advantage in electrochemical and membrane-based applications.