Patents by Inventor Nathan Richard NEALE

Nathan Richard NEALE 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).

  • Stabilized electrodes for ion batteries and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11459242
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a silicon nanoparticle that includes a core of silicon having an outer surface that includes *SiH3-xRx, where *Si is a silicon atom on the outer surface of the core, the first layer covers at least a portion of the outer surface, R is a ligand that includes at least one of —O—R?, —C—R?, —N—R?, —Si—R?, and/or —S—R?, and R? is a functional group that includes at least one of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur, and/or phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Neale, Gerard Zachary Carroll, Gregory Frank Pach, Maxwell Connor Schulze, Trevor Russell Martin
  • Perovskite materials and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11427757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perovskite sheet that includes two outer layers, each including A?X?; and a first layer that includes BX2, where B is a first cation, A? is a second cation, X is a first anion, X? is a second anion, and the first BX2 layer is positioned between the two outer layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
  • STABILIZED ELECTRODES FOR ION BATTERIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200223704
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a silicon nanoparticle that includes a core of silicon having an outer surface that includes *SiH3-xRx, where *Si is a silicon atom on the outer surface of the core, the first layer covers at least a portion of the outer surface, R is a ligand that includes at least one of —O—R?, —C—R?, —N—R?, —Si—R?, and/or —S—R?, and R? is a functional group that includes at least one of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur, and/or phosphorus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Richard NEALE, Gerard Zachary CARROLL, Gregory Frank PACH, Maxwell Connor SCHULZE, Trevor Russell MARTIN
  • Graded catalytic-protective layer for an efficient and stable water-splitting photocathode
    Patent number: 10532927
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MOyAz; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: John Augustus Turner, Jing Gu, Jeffery Andrew Aguiar, Suzanne Ferrere, Kenneth Xerxes Steirer, Yong Yan, Chuanxiao Xiao, James Luke Young, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Nathan Richard Neale
  • PEROVSKITE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190241802
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perovskite sheet that includes two outer layers, each including A?X?; and a first layer that includes BX2, where B is a first cation, A? is a second cation, X is a first anion, X? is a second anion, and the first BX2 layer is positioned between the two outer layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
  • GRADED CATALYTIC-PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR AN EFFICIENT AND STABLE WATER-SPLITTING PHOTOCATHODE
    Publication number: 20180194623
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes, in order: a first layer that includes MAw; a second layer that includes MOyAz; and a third layer that includes MOx, where M includes a transition metal, A includes at least one of sulfur, selenium, and/or tellurium, w is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, x is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, y is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five, and z is between greater than zero and less than or equal to five. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the transition metal may include at least one of molybdenum and/or tungsten. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, A may be sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: John Augustus TURNER, Jing GU, Jeffery Andrew AGUIAR, Suzanne FERRERE, Kenneth Xerxes STEIRER, Yong YAN, Chuanxiao XIAO, James Luke YOUNG, Mowafak AL-JASSIM, Nathan Richard NEALE