Various materials can be deposited on an OLED substrate at various steps, in which the materials may subsequently require drying, baking and a combination thereof. Given the critical nature of drying and baking steps, the inventors of the present teachings have designed various modules for carrying out drying and baking which can be used as a process development module, and additionally for as a dedicated process module in production.

The present invention provides a process for depositing an oxide coating on an inorganic substrate, including providing an aqueous composition containing a tetraalkylammonium polyoxoanion and hydrogen peroxide; contacting the aqueous composition with an inorganic substrate for a time sufficient to deposit a hydroxide derived from the polyoxoanion on surfaces of the inorganic substrate to form an initially coated inorganic substrate; and heating the initially coated inorganic substrate for a time sufficient to convert the hydroxide to an oxide to form on the inorganic substrate an oxide coating derived from the polyoxoanion. The inorganic substrate may be a ceramic material or a semiconductor material, a glass or other dielectric material, and the ceramic material may be a lithium ion battery cathode material.

A method for manufacturing zinc oxide films according to the present invention includes: a step (Step 1) for mixing zinc salt, aqueous ammonia, and organic acid to prepare a source solution containing a zinc ammine complex; a step (Step 2) for depositing a zinc oxide film on a substrate using the source solution by a liquid phase deposition method; and a step (Step 3) for irradiating the deposited zinc oxide film with UV light to remove the organic acid from the deposited zinc oxide film. The present invention can provide a method for manufacturing zinc oxide films that can simplify a device configuration of a manufacturing device.

The disclosure relates to a method for forming a conformal coating on a substrate having a topography presenting a relief. One method of the disclosure includes setting the temperature of the substrate within the range 140-275 C., and coating an aqueous solution including a sol-gel precursor on said substrate. The disclosure also relates to a method for fabricating a battery, a capacitor, a catalyst, a photovoltaic cell or a sensor using such a method, and to an aqueous solution for use in such a method.

A method of forming a zinc oxide film or a magnesium zinc oxide film which has a high transmittance. The method of forming a zinc oxide film or a magnesium zinc oxide film includes (A) converting a solution containing zinc, or zinc and magnesium into mist, (B) heating a substrate, and (C) supplying the solution converted into mist, and ozone to a first main surface of the substrate under heating.

Techniques for mechanically stabilizing metallic nanowire meshes using encapsulation are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is provided which includes the steps of: forming the metallic nanowire mesh on a substrate; and coating the metallic nanowire mesh with a metal oxide that encapsulates the metallic nanowire mesh to mechanically-stabilize the metallic nanowire mesh which permits the metallic nanowire mesh to remain conductive at temperatures greater than or equal to about 600 C. A mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is also provided.

The present method of forming a metal oxide film can increase production efficiency while maintaining the low resistance of the metal oxide film. The present method of forming a metal oxide film includes first misting a solution containing a metallic element and ethylenediamine; meanwhile, heating a substrate; and then, supplying the misted solution onto a first main surface of the substrate.

The present invention relates to a zeolite coating preparation assembly and operation method wherein zeolite adsorbents are coated by crystallization process on various surfaces heated by induction. The objective of the present invention is to provide a zeolite coating preparation assembly and operation method; by which time saving is achieved owing to heating by induction, material saving is achieved owing to heating by induction, material saving is achieved since large heating resistances and complicated reactors are not used; and which is thus more economical; and wherein thicker and more stable coatings with high diffusion coefficients are prepared by using a more practical reaction system in a shorter period of time in comparison to the known methods, and wherein mass production is enabled.

Examples are disclosed that relate to the manufacture of a reinforced graphitic material. One example provides a method for making a reinforced graphitic material including sorbing an organic compound into void space of a graphitic host material, and heating the graphitic host material to pyrolyze the sorbed organic compound. Elemental carbon is thereby deposited in the void space.

Components and methods for forming a layer of chromia on a substrate thereof are provided. The methods include forming a mixture that includes at least one chromia promoter, applying the mixture to a surface of a substrate formed of a nickel-based alloy having between 1 wt. % and 30 wt. % chromium, and forming a layer of chromia (Cr.sub.2O.sub.3) on the surface of the substrate by performing a heat treatment on the surface with the mixture thereon, wherein during the heat treatment oxygen diffuses from the at least one chromia promotor and reacts with the chromium in the substrate to form the layer of chromia on the surface.