Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ohma

Atsushi Ohma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11715827
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery comprises a lithium anode, a cathode, solid electrolyte and a protective layer between the solid electrolyte and the lithium anode. The protective layer comprises an ion-conducting material having an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 1.0 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being 0.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 1.0 V. More particularly, when the solid electrolyte is LiSiCON, the electrochemical stability window is at least 1.5 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 1.5 V. When the solid electrolyte is sulfide-based, the electrochemical stability window is at least 2.0 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 2.0 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Atsushi Ohma, Maarten Sierhuis, Xin Yang, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson, Mohit Rakesh Mehta
  • Publication number: 20220255078
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery comprises a lithium anode, a cathode, solid electrolyte and a protective layer between the solid electrolyte and the lithium anode. The protective layer comprises an ion-conducting material having an electrochemical stability window against lithium of at least 1.0 V, a lowest electrochemical stability being 0.0 V and a highest electrochemical stability being greater than 1.0 V. More particularly, when the solid electrolyte is LiSiCON, the electrochemical stability window is at least 1.5 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 1.5 V. When the solid electrolyte is sulfide-based, the electrochemical stability window is at least 2.0 V, the lowest electrochemical stability is 0.0 V and the highest electrochemical stability is greater than 2.0 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Shigemasa Kuwata, Atsushi Ohma, Maarten Sierhuis, Xin Yang, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson, Mohit Rakesh Mehta
  • Patent number: 11031604
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst having excellent gas transportability. Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, wherein a pore volume of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 cc/g support or more or a mode radius of a pore distribution of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 nm or more and less than 1 nm, and wherein the catalyst metal is supported inside the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mashio, Yoshihisa Furuya, Ken Akizuki, Atsushi Ohma
  • Publication number: 20210098084
    Abstract: A method for screening materials may include obtaining materials from a database. The method may include screening the materials to obtain a one or more screened materials. The method may include generating a training set based on the screened materials, validated experimental data, or both. The method may include establishing a machine learning screening model based on the training set, one or more target parameters, or both. The method may include applying the machine learning screening model to uncharacterized materials. The method may include outputting one or more materials having characteristics matching the target parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Park, Taehee Han, Shigemasa Kuwata, Maarten Sierhuis, Xin Yang, Atsushi Ohma, Balachandran Gadaguntla Radhakrishnan, Shreyas Honrao, John Lawson, Najamuddin Mirza Baig, Mohit Rakesh Mehta
  • Patent number: 10675611
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon powder which can provide a catalyst exhibiting high performance and a catalyst. A carbon powder for fuel cell comprising carbon as a main component, which has a ratio (B/A) of an area B of peak 1 to an area A of peak 0 of more than 0 and 0.15 or less, wherein the area A represents an area of peak 0 at a position of 2?=22.5° to 25° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere, and the area B represents an area of peak 1 at a position of 2?=26° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Okui, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kazuki Arihara, Tetsuya Mashio, Atsushi Ohma, Takahiro Morishita, Yoshio Shodai
  • Patent number: 10573901
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a catalyst having a high catalytic activity. [Solving Means] Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst support includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, a surface area formed by the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is equal to or larger than a surface area formed by the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, and an average particle diameter of the catalyst metal is 2.8 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohma, Ken Akizuki, Yoshitaka Ono, Tetsuya Mashio, Koichi Matsutani
  • Patent number: 10547075
    Abstract: To provide a catalyst layer for a fuel cell, which exhibits excellent power generation performance even in the case of reducing the used amount of a catalyst. It is an electrode catalyst layer for a fuel cell comprising a catalyst, a porous carrier for supporting the above-mentioned catalyst, and a polymer electrolyte, in which a mode diameter of the pore distribution of the above-mentioned porous carrier is 4 to 20 nm, and the above-mentioned catalyst is supported in a pore with a pore diameter of 4 to 20 nm of the above-mentioned porous carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Suzue, Yoshitaka Ono, Hiroshi Iden, Atsushi Ohma
  • Patent number: 10535881
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a catalyst having excellent gas transportability. [Solving Means] Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, wherein a pore volume of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 cc/g support or more or a mode radius of a pore distribution of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 nm or more and less than 1 nm, and wherein the catalyst metal is supported inside the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mashio, Yoshihisa Furuya, Ken Akizuki, Atsushi Ohma
  • Publication number: 20190355995
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst having excellent gas transportability. Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, wherein a pore volume of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 cc/g support or more or a mode radius of a pore distribution of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 nm or more and less than 1 nm, and wherein the catalyst metal is supported inside the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya MASHIO, Yoshihisa FURUYA, Ken AKIZUKI, Atsushi OHMA
  • Patent number: 10411268
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst having enhanced catalytic activity (oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) specific activity). Disclosed is an electrode catalyst containing a catalyst metal particle(s) and a spacer(s) supported on a catalyst support, in which a ratio (dsp/dcat) of an average diameter of the spacer(s) (dsp) with respect to an average diameter of the catalyst metal particle(s) (dcat) is from 3.5 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ISHIFUKU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohma, Kazuki Arihara, Yoshihisa Furuya, Hideo Inoue, Takehito Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10367218
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst layer excellent in gas transportability by using an electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell comprising a catalyst containing a catalyst carrier and a catalytic metal carried on the catalyst carrier and an electrolyte, wherein the catalyst partially is coated with the electrolyte, and a specific surface area of the catalytic metal which gas can reach without passing through an electrolyte is 50% or more, with respect to the total specific surface area of the catalytic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., DAIMLER AG, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iden, Atsushi Ohma, Shinichi Takahashi, Tetsuya Mashio, Norifumi Horibe
  • Patent number: 10320020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode catalyst for fuel cell containing a catalyst carrier having carbon as a main component and a catalytic metal carried on the catalyst carrier, wherein the electrode catalyst for fuel cell has a ratio R? (D?/G intensity ratio) of a peak intensity of D? band (D? intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm?1 to a peak intensity of G band (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 by Raman spectroscopy of more than 0.6 and 0.8 or less, and satisfies at least one of the (a) to (d). According to the present invention, an electrode catalyst for fuel cell excellent in gas transportability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takahashi, Tetsuya Mashio, Norifumi Horibe, Atsushi Ohma
  • Publication number: 20190165382
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst having enhanced catalytic activity (oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) specific activity). Disclosed is an electrode catalyst containing a catalyst metal particle(s) and a spacer(s) supported on a catalyst support, in which a ratio (dsp/dcat) of an average diameter of the spacer(s) (dsp) with respect to an average diameter of the catalyst metal particle(s) (dcat) is from 3.5 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ISHIFUKU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi OHMA, Kazuki ARIHARA, Yoshihisa FURUYA, Hideo INOUE, Takehito NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190083957
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon powder which can provide a catalyst exhibiting high performance and a catalyst. A carbon powder for fuel cell comprising carbon as a main component, which has a ratio (B/A) of an area B of peak 1 to an area A of peak 0 of more than 0 and 0.15 or less, wherein the area A represents an area of peak 0 at a position of 2?=22.5° to 25° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere, and the area B represents an area of peak 1 at a position of 2?=26° as observed by XRD analysis when the carbon powder for fuel cell is subjected to heat treatment at 1800° C. for 1 hour in an inert atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko OKUI, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Kazuki ARIHARA, Tetsuya MASHIO, Atsushi OHMA, Takahiro MORISHITA, Yoshio SHODAI
  • Patent number: 10135074
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a carbon powder that can provide a catalyst having excellent durability and a catalyst. A carbon powder for catalyst of the present invention is a carbon powder containing as a main component carbon, which has a BET specific surface area per unit weight of 900 m2/g or greater, and a ratio R? (D?/G intensity ratio) of peak intensity for a D?-band (D? intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm?1 to peak intensity for a G-band (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 by Raman spectroscopy of 0.6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Takahashi, Atsushi Ohma, Tetsuya Mashio, Ken Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20180261866
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell electrode catalyst layer which includes a catalyst carrier having a large specific surface area and a polymer electrolyte having a form in which at least a portion thereof is agglomerated, the fuel cell electrode catalyst layer exhibiting excellent power generation performance in a high-humidity environment (for example, 100% RH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya MASHIO, Atsushi HORAI, Atsushi OHMA
  • Patent number: 9947934
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a catalyst having excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity. The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein a specific surface area of the catalyst per support weight is 715 m2/g support or more or a covering ratio of the catalyst metal with an electrolyte is less than 0.5, and an amount of an acidic group of the catalyst per support weight is 0.75 mmol/g support or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Akizuki, Atsushi Ohma, Tetsuya Mashio, Yoshitaka Ono, Shinichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9847532
    Abstract: A fuel cell electrode catalyst layer (13) of the preset invention includes: a catalyst (131b); a support (131a) that supports the catalyst; and two or more proton-conductive materials (133) different in dry mass value per mole of a proton-donating group, the proton-conductive materials being in contact with at least a part of the catalyst and at least a part of the support. Then, a proton-conductive material in which a dry mass value per mole of the proton-donating group is highest among the proton-conductive materials is in contact with at least a part of the catalyst, and has a largest contact ratio with a surface of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ono, Atsushi Ohma, Norifumi Horibe, Kenichi Toyoshima, Ken Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20170331134
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst layer excellent in gas transportability by using an electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell comprising a catalyst containing a catalyst carrier and a catalytic metal carried on the catalyst carrier and an electrolyte, wherein the catalyst partially is coated with the electrolyte, and a specific surface area of the catalytic metal which gas can reach without passing through an electrolyte is 50% or more, with respect to the total specific surface area of the catalytic metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., DAIMLER AG, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hiroshi IDEN, Atsushi OHMA, Shinichi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya MASHIO, Norifumi HORIBE
  • Patent number: 9799903
    Abstract: Provided is an electrocatalyst for solid polymer fuel cells capable of increasing the active surface area for reactions in a catalyst component, increasing the utilization efficiency of the catalyst, and reducing the amount of expensive precious metal catalyst used. Also provided are a membrane electrode assembly that uses this electrocatalyst and a solid polymer fuel cell. An electrocatalyst for a solid polymer fuel cell is provided with a catalyst and solid proton conducting material. A liquid conductive material retention part that retains a liquid proton conducting material that connects the catalyst and solid proton conducting material is provided between the same. The surface area of the catalyst exposed within the liquid conductive material retention part is larger than the surface area of the catalyst in contact with the solid proton conducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iden, Atsushi Ohma, Kei Sakai, Kazuyuki Satou, Yoshitaka Ono, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Ken Akizuki