US 12,215,060 B2
Performance of technical ceramics
Christopher Bartel, Boulder, CO (US); Alan W. Weimer, Niwot, CO (US); Rebecca Jean O'Toole, Boulder, CO (US); and Maila Kodas, Carlisle, MA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,498.
Application 18/127,498 is a continuation of application No. 16/347,585, granted, now 11,613,502, previously published as PCT/US2017/060066, filed on Nov. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,655, filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/418,666, filed on Nov. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250025 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C04B 35/488 (2006.01); C04B 35/624 (2006.01); C04B 35/628 (2006.01); H01M 8/1253 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01)
CPC C04B 35/4885 (2013.01) [C04B 35/624 (2013.01); C04B 35/62813 (2013.01); H01M 8/1253 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3217 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3246 (2013.01); C04B 2235/6026 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0077 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A colloidal gel comprising:
ceramic particles comprising a core substrate chosen from yttria-stabilized zirconia, partially stabilized zirconia or cerium oxide, and a coating of a sintering aid film comprising alumina and having a thickness of less than three nanometers and covering the core substrate and wherein the coating is prepared with 1 to 9 cycles of atomic layer deposition;
water; and
a viscosity adjusting agent.