Patents by Inventor Joseph Jonathan Berry

Joseph Jonathan Berry 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).

  • Publication number: 20200251654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes applying a first perovskite precursor solution to a substrate to form a first liquid film of the first perovskite precursor solution on the substrate; from the first liquid film, forming a first intermediate solid perovskite layer on the substrate; repeating at least once, both the applying and the forming, resulting in the creation of at least one additional intermediate solid perovskite layer; and treating a last intermediate solid perovskite layer, resulting from the at least one additional applying and the at least one additional forming, to create a final solid perovskite layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kai ZHU, Fei ZHANG, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
  • Patent number: 10734165
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosures is a method that includes applying a perovskite precursor solution to a first solid conductor and treating the perovskite precursor solution such that a first portion of the perovskite precursor solution is converted to a first solid perovskite, where the first solid conductor comprises a first charge transport characteristic, which is predominantly p-type or predominantly n-type, and the treating results in the first solid perovskite having a second charge transport characteristic that is substantially the same as the first charge transport characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Zhu, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Joseph Matthew Luther, Adewole Philip Schulz, Arrelaine Allen Dameron
  • Patent number: 10611783
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes combining a first organic salt (A1X1), a first metal salt (M1(X2)2), a second organic salt (A2X3), a second metal salt (M2Cl2), and a solvent to form a primary solution, where A1X1 and M1(X2)2 are present in the primary solution at a first ratio between about 0.5 to 1.0 and about 1.5 to 1.0, and A2X3 to M2Cl2 are present in the primary solution at a second ratio between about 2.0 to 1.0 and about 4.0 to 1.0. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of A1 or A2 may include at least one of an alkyl ammonium, an alkyl diamine, cesium, and/or rubidium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Zhu, Donghoe Kim, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Jaehong Park
  • Publication number: 20200106019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer that includes at least one of a semiconducting material, a hole transport material (HTM), and/or an electron transport material (ETM), a second layer, and a third layer that includes a material that is at least one of transparent or conductive, where the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are in electrical contact with each other, and the third layer has a first thickness between greater than zero nm and about 100 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the semiconducting material may include a perovskite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Finn Palmstrom, Tomas Leijtens, Joseph Jonathan Berry, David Todd Moore
  • Publication number: 20190279825
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes positioning a stack that includes at least one of the following layers between a first surface and a second surface: a first perovskite layer and/or a second perovskite layer; and treating the stack for a period of time by at least one of heating the stack or pressurizing the stack, where a device that includes the first surface and the second surface provides the heating and the pressurizing of the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Sean Phillip Dunfield
  • Publication number: 20180350528
    Abstract: The present application discloses devices that includes a perovskite layer, a first layer that includes an oxide, and an interface layer, where the interface layer is positioned between the first layer and the perovskite layer, the interface layer is in physical contact with both the first layer and the perovskite layer, and the interface layer consists essentially of the oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Philip Schulz, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Arrelaine Allen Dameron, Paul Francois Ndione
  • Publication number: 20180269005
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosures is a method that includes applying a perovskite precursor solution to a first solid conductor and treating the perovskite precursor solution such that a first portion of the perovskite precursor solution is converted to a first solid perovskite, where the first solid conductor comprises a first charge transport characteristic, which is predominantly p-type or predominantly n-type, and the treating results in the first solid perovskite having a second charge transport characteristic that is substantially the same as the first charge transport characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Zhu, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Joseph Matthew Luther, Adewole Philip Schulz, Arrelaine Allen Dameron
  • Publication number: 20180252028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Joseph Matthew LUTHER, Jeffrey A. CHRISTIANS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
  • Publication number: 20180105543
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes combining a first organic salt (A1X1), a first metal salt) a second organic salt (A2X3), a second metal salt (M2Cl2), and a solvent to form a primary solution, where A1X1 and M1(X2)2 are present in the primary solution at a first ratio between about 0.5 to 1.0 and about 1.5 to 1.0, and A2X3 to M2Cl2 are present in the primary solution at a second ratio between about 2.0 to 1.0 and about 4.0 to 1.0. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of A1 or A2 may include at least one of an alkyl ammonium, an alkyl diamine, cesium, and/or rubidium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kai ZHU, Donghoe Kim, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Jaehong Park