Patents by Inventor Yonghai CAO

Yonghai CAO 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: 11241679
    Abstract: An ordered macroporous metal-organic framework single crystals and a preparation method therefor. In the method, a three-dimensional structure constructed by polymer microspheres is used as a template; 2-methylimidazole and zinc nitrate, precursors of MOFs, are firstly deposited in the three-dimensional template; the three-dimensional template containing the precursors is soaked in a mixed solution of ammonia water and methanol subsequently, and the three-dimensional template is taken out after crystallization; the three-dimensional template is soaked in an organic solvent to remove the macromolecular three-dimensional template, and the ordered macroporous MOF single crystals is obtained through centrifugal separation. The ordered macroporous MOF single crystals have a basic framework of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, and structurally include highly-ordered macro-pores whose pore size may be controlled to be between 50 and 2000 nm based on a size of the used template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kui Shen, Yingwei Li, Yonghai Cao, Junying Chen
  • Publication number: 20210213436
    Abstract: An ordered macroporous metal-organic framework single crystals and a preparation method therefor. In the method, a three-dimensional structure constructed by polymer microspheres is used as a template; 2-methylimidazole and zinc nitrate, precursors of MOFs, are firstly deposited in the three-dimensional template; the three-dimensional template containing the precursors is soaked in a mixed solution of ammonia water and methanol subsequently, and the three-dimensional template is taken out after crystallization; the three-dimensional template is soaked in an organic solvent to remove the macromolecular three-dimensional template, and the ordered macroporous MOF single crystals is obtained through centrifugal separation. The ordered macroporous MOF single crystals have a basic framework of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, and structurally include highly-ordered macro-pores whose pore size may be controlled to be between 50 and 2000 nm based on a size of the used template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kui SHEN, Yingwei LI, Yonghai CAO, Junying CHEN
  • Patent number: 10710974
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing ?-caprolactone. The method comprises the steps of: adding cyclohexanone, a co-oxidant and a certain amount of catalyst into a certain amount of organic solvent, using molecular oxygen as an oxidant, implementing a reaction with stirring for 0.1 to 24 hours under a pressure of 0.1 to 2 MPa and at a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C., wherein the co-oxidant is acrolein, and the catalyst is a carbon material. The present invention has the advantages of high-efficiency co-oxidant, easily available and recovered catalyst, environmental-friendly oxidant, simple operation and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Mengmeng Hou, Feng Peng, Yonghai Cao, Hongjuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190367470
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing ?-caprolactone. The method comprises the steps of: adding cyclohexanone, a co-oxidant and a certain amount of catalyst into a certain amount of organic solvent, using molecular oxygen as an oxidant, implementing a reaction with stirring for 0.1 to 24 hours under a pressure of 0.1 to 2 MPa and at a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C., wherein the co-oxidant is acrolein, and the catalyst is a carbon material. The present invention has the advantages of high-efficiency co-oxidant, easily available and recovered catalyst, environmental-friendly oxidant, simple operation and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hao YU, Mengmeng HOU, Feng PENG, Yonghai CAO, Hongjuan WANG