A method of metallizing a ceramic substrate includes depositing a barrier layer onto the substrate, depositing a tie layer onto the barrier layer, and depositing a metal layer onto the tie layer to metallize the substrate. The barrier layer may include an oxygen rich material, a nitrogen rich material, or a carbon rich material.

A method of metallizing a ceramic substrate includes depositing a barrier layer onto the substrate, depositing a tie layer onto the barrier layer, and depositing a metal layer onto the tie layer to metallize the substrate. The barrier layer may include an oxygen rich material, a nitrogen rich material, or a carbon rich material.

A method for producing a high-temperature includes forming a dimensionally stable green body of the high-temperature component from a matrix material and pyrolizing the matrix material. A material mixture of the matrix material with a carbon material is used to form the high-temperature component, and a thermoplastic is used as the matrix material. The green body is formed by additive manufacturing.

The disclosure relates to a process for preparing particulate materials having high electrochemical capacities that are suitable for use as anode active materials in rechargeable metal-ion batteries. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a process for preparing a particulate material comprising a plurality of composite particles. The process includes providing particulate porous carbon frameworks comprising micro pores and/or mesopores, wherein the porous carbon frameworks have a D.sub.50 particle diameter of at least 20 m; depositing an electroactive material selected from silicon and alloys thereof into the micropores and/or mesopores of the porous carbon frameworks using a chemical vapour infiltration process in a fluidised bed reactor, to provide intermediate particles; and comminuting the intermediate particles to provide said composite particles.

The disclosure relates to a process for preparing particulate materials having high electrochemical capacities that are suitable for use as anode active materials in rechargeable metal-ion batteries. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a process for preparing a particulate material comprising a plurality of composite particles. The process includes providing particulate porous carbon frameworks comprising micro pores and/or mesopores, wherein the porous carbon frameworks have a D.sub.50 particle diameter of at least 20 m; depositing an electroactive material selected from silicon and alloys thereof into the micropores and/or mesopores of the porous carbon frameworks using a chemical vapour infiltration process in a fluidised bed reactor, to provide intermediate particles; and comminuting the intermediate particles to provide said composite particles.

A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away.

A coated fiber structure for use in a ceramic matrix composite comprises a fiber and a fiber coating arrangement applied to and at least partially circumscribing the fiber. The fiber coating arrangement comprises a first boron nitride layer comprising exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride, a silicon carbide layer extending at least partially coaxially with and in direct contact with the first boron nitride layer, and a second boron nitride layer radially opposite the silicon carbide layer, with respect to the first boron nitride layer.

Methods, materials systems, and devices for inhibiting the infiltration and penetration of molten salts into solid materials, including porous materials at temperatures above the solidus temperature of the molten salt. The methods, materials systems, and devices utilize a non-wetted solid that is introduced into pores having entrances at an exterior surface of a porous solid material adapted to contact the molten salt.

An apparatus for coating specimens includes a reaction chamber and a plurality of reaction modules in the reaction chamber for containing specimens to be coated, where each reaction module includes a module inlet and a module outlet. A plurality of conduits are configured to be in fluid communication with at least one gas source external to the reaction chamber, and each of the conduits terminates in one of the reaction modules for delivery of gaseous reagents to the specimens to be coated. The module outlets are in fluid communication with the reaction chamber for expulsion of gaseous reaction products from the reaction modules.

A tooling assembly suitable for use in infiltrating a fibrous preform comprises an outer tooling fixture with a plurality of outer sidewalls defining an inner volume, each of the plurality of outer sidewalls having an outer wall thickness, and a window extending through the outer wall thickness of at least one outer sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls. The tooling assembly further comprises an inner tooling fixture positioned within the inner volume of the outer tooling fixture, the inner tooling having a plurality of inner sidewalls, each of the plurality of inner sidewalls having an inner wall thickness, and a plurality of holes extending through the inner wall thickness of at least one inner sidewall of the plurality of inner sidewalls. The at least one outer sidewall is positioned adjacent the at least one inner sidewall such that the window overlaps with at least a subset of the plurality of holes in the at least one inner sidewall.