Developing an Understanding and Control of Electrochemical Deposition Processes for Functional Coatings on Complex Three-Dimensionally Printed Substrates

Executive Summary

Our goal is to enable scientifically informed methodologies and design rules for achieving uniform, conformal, functional coatings on complex three-dimensionally printed polymer and carbon substrates using electroless, electrochemical atomic layer deposition and bulk electrochemical deposition. Developing these capabilities beyond current trial-and-error approaches will bring benefits across the Department of Energy by improving the manufacturing of products such as fuel cells, neural probes, and laser targets.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

Gong, Yukun, Auston L. Clemens, Jonathan T. Davis, Christine Orme, Nikola A. Dudukovic, Anna N. Ivanovskaya, and Rohan Akolkar. "Methods—Design Guidelines for Tubular Flow-through Electrodes for Use in Electroanalytical Studies of Redox Reaction Kinetics," Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168, no. 4 (2021): 043505.

Ellis, Megan, Shohini Sen-Britain, Jonathan Davis, Rohan Akolkar, Christine Orme, and Nikola Dudukovic. “Metallizing Complex 3D-Printed Polymers with Electroless Deposition: The Design Rule Toolbox of Pretreatment Steps.” In 240th Electrochemical Society Meeting. Orlando, Florida. 2021.

Ellis, Megan, Shohini Sen-Britain, Jonathan Davis, Rohan Akolkar, Christine Orme, and Nikola Dudukovic. “Metallizing Complex 3D-Printed Polymers with Electroless Deposition: The Design Rule Toolbox of Pretreatment Steps.” In 2021 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. 2021.

Clemens, Auston, Anna Ivanovskaya, Jonathan Davis, Zhen Qi, Rohan Akolkar, and Nikola Dudukovic. “Uniform Electrodeposition Under Flow in a Single Pore Flow Through Electrode.” In 240th Electrochemical Society Meeting. Orlando, Florida. 2021.

Dudukovic, Nikola, Rebecca Dylla-Spears, and Megan Ellis. “System and method for direct electroless plating of 3d-printing glass for selective surface patterning.” (IL-13672).