JOINING METHODS AND DEVICES MADE USING SAID METHODS

• Main Authors: COLVIN, Nathaniel, HU, Carl, PEREIRA, Drew, MORIN, Brian, BENATAR, Avraham
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.08.2025
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELECTRICITY; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

Disclosed herein are joining methods (e.g., methods of forming a joined material) and devices comprising materials joined by said methods. For example, the disclosed subject matter related to methods of joining one or more metallized polymer current collectors together and/or to a tab. For example, the methods can comprise: placing one or more metallized polymer current collector proximate a tab, such that at least a portion of the metallized polymer current collector(s) overlaps with at least a portion of the tab in an overlap region; placing a conductive material proximate the overlap region; inducing flow of the conductive material such that the conductive material flows at least between the portion of the metallized polymer current collector(s) and the portion of the tab; and subsequently solidifying the conductive material, thereby forming a joint that joins the metallized polymer current collector(s) to the tab.