Fig. 6: Other Methods for metal-polymer composites.

a Schematic of the steps of the joining process. Copyright from ref. ⁹⁹, b Schematic illustration of the layer formation on the Li metal by the roll pressing process between Li metal and PTFE film. Copyright from ref. ¹⁰⁰, c Schematic of a thermomechanical joining process. Copyright from ref. ¹⁰¹, d Schematic of hybrid 3D printer with an integrated StarJet printhead. Copyright from ref. ³⁵, e Schematic of FDM process to join metal-polymer layer. Copyright from ref. ¹⁰², f Schematic of compression overmolding of polymer composite on top of metal lattice to create hybrid structure. Copyright from ref. ⁹⁶.