Patents Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
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Patent number: 12274026Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus for a cooler device includes a manifold constructed at least partially of silicon oxide. The manifold includes an array of inlet channels and an array of outlet channels. Each inlet channel has a first depth. The array of outlet channels are interlaced with the array of inlet channels, Each outlet channel has a second depth that is larger than the first depth. Each of the array of outlet channels has a pair of sidewalls separating each outlet channel from adjacent inlet channels of the array of inlet channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, The Regents of the University of California, Merced, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, United States Department of EnergyInventors: Sougata Hazra, Chi Zhang, Mehdi Asheghi, Kenneth E. Goodson, Ercan M. Dede, James Palko, Sreekant Narumanchi
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Patent number: 12239969Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for directing a coking-prone liquid to a high temperature environment, where the device includes an inner tube positioned concentrically within an outer tube, creating a first annular space between an outer wall of the inner tube and an inner wall of the outer tube and a first intermediate tube positioned concentrically around the outer tube, creating a second annular space.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kimberly A. Magrini, Michael William Sprague, Zia Abdullah, Jessica L. Olstad-Thompson, Reinhard Seiser
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Patent number: 12239248Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved open vertical display case (OVDC) which utilizes radiant cooling to cool and/or maintain food products at a target temperature. The radiant cooling is performed using a plurality of piping routed through the walls and containing a first refrigerant stream. The plurality of piping may be cooled using a refrigeration circuit. In some embodiments, a phase change material may be used for thermal energy storage and positioned between the plurality of piping and the refrigeration circuit. In some embodiments, the refrigeration circuit may be connected to heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and water heating systems within the building.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Ramin Teimouri Faramarzi, Sammy Houssainy, Jason David Woods, Eric Kozubal
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Patent number: 12227459Abstract: An asphalt modifier includes bitumen, polyolefin particles, and one or more alkyl terephthalamides. Preparing an asphalt modifier includes combining one or more alkyl terephthalamides, polyolefin particles, and bitumen, and dispersing the polyolefin particles in the bitumen to yield the asphalt modifier. Digesting polyethylene terephthalate includes combining polyethylene terephthalate with an alkylamine or carboxyalkylamine to yield a reaction mixture, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature between about 20° C. and about 300° C. to yield an alkyl terephthalamide.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Elham Fini, Robert Allen, Albert Hung, Matthew Green
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Patent number: 12215662Abstract: A two-body wave energy converter (WEC) that utilizes components in the two bodies having variable geometry is described. The WEC includes a surface control body which includes a first variable geometry component, and a reaction control body, which includes a second variable geometry component. During operating, the two variable geometry components may be substantially inflated to enable the WEC to generate electrical energy using power-take off (PTO) components or substantially deflated to allow for load shedding or protection from intense elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: David Ogden, Nathan Michael Tom, Jennifer Van Rij, Yi Guo
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Patent number: 12203680Abstract: A system comprising a first plurality of microchannels, a second plurality of microchannels in thermal communication with the first plurality of microchannels such that the first plurality of microchannels and second plurality of microchannels form a heat exchanger, and a phase change composite in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and methods of operating are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Eric Kozubal, Jason David Woods, Eric Jason Bonnema, Ramin Teimouri Faramarzi
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Patent number: 12198924Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes depositing a first layer onto a substrate, depositing a second layer onto a surface of the first layer, and separating the substrate from the second layer, where the substrate includes a first III-V alloy, the second layer includes second III-V alloy, and the first layer includes a material that includes at least two of a Group 1A element, a Group 2A element, a Group 6A element, and/or a halogen.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Brelon James May, David Levi Young, Aaron Joseph Ptak
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Patent number: 12195662Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the conversion of chlorophyll-derived phytol into useful and economically viable surfactants. The provided compositions utilize the hydrophobic phytol structure and added functional groups to increase hydrophilicity at one end of the molecule.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Tao Dong, Robert David Allen, Lieve Laurens
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Patent number: 12199252Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure relates to re-purposing used lithium-ion batteries. The present disclosure includes treating an electrode using a solvent prior to electrochemically relithiating the electrode. In some embodiments, the relithiation may be done using a roll-to-roll device, wherein the electrode may be secured on a first pin and a second pin, then it may be unwound and submerged in an electrolyte solution. Lithium ions may be inserted into the electrode using a voltage. The layer of lithium may provide lithium ions to the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kandler Alan Smith, Shriram Santhanagopalan, Nathaniel Alexander Sunderlin, Andrew Michael Colclasure, Chunmei Ban, Xuemin Li, Judy C. Netter, Donal Patrick Finegan, Kaitlin Elizabeth Fink, Jaclyn Elizabeth Coyle
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Patent number: 12195879Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for making polycrystalline thin films having very large grains sizes and exhibiting improved properties over existing thin films.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventor: David Scott Albin
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Publication number: 20250008752Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include inventive methods for preparing perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In certain embodiments, the method comprises dissolving a functionalized material (e.g., a material that is functionalized with one or more functionalizing compounds) in a solvent, depositing a deposit composition on a perovskite layer where the deposit composition comprises the dissolved functionalized material, heating the deposit composition, and optionally removing some or all of the one or more functionalizing compounds from the deposit composition. Additional embodiments of the invention are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLCInventors: Thad DRUFFEL, Craig A. GRAPPERHAUS, Sashil CHAPAGAIN, Peter James ARMSTRONG, Blake MARTIN, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria VAN HEST
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Patent number: 12180130Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes converting a gas stream that contains hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) to a second mixture that contains a hydrocarbon, for example, a hydrocarbon having between 3 and 15 carbon atoms, where the converting is performed using a first catalyst configured to convert H2 and CO to methanol, a second catalyst configured to convert methanol to dimethyl ether (DME), and a third catalyst configured to convert DME to the hydrocarbon.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Daniel Ruddy, Jesse Evan Hensley, Joshua A. Schaidle, Connor Patrick Nash, Anh The To
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Patent number: 12173276Abstract: Phosphite dehydrogenase (ptxD) expression was established as a selectable marker for nuclear and chloroplast genetic selection in Picochlorum renovo and Picochlorum celeri Phosphite was used as a sole phosphorus source in P. renovo and P. celeri. Growth on phosphite led to comparable growth and composition relative to phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lukas Royce Dahlin, Michael T. Guarnieri
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Patent number: 12161002Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite layer; and a first layer that includes a molecule having a structure according to formula (I) Wherein the perovskite layer and the first layer are in physical contact, n is between 1 and 10, inclusively, R1 includes at least one of hydrogen, a first alkyl group, a first alkoxy group, and/or a first halogen, R2 includes at least one of hydrogen, a second alkyl group, a second alkoxy group, and/or a second halogen, R1 is bonded to aromatic ring (A) at carbon atom (1), carbon atom (2), carbon atom (3), or carbon atom (4), R2 is bonded to aromatic ring (B) at carbon atom (5), carbon atom (6), carbon atom (7), or carbon atom (8), and R1 and R2 are the same or different.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Xiaopeng Zheng, Joseph Matthew Luther
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Patent number: 12129342Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for ethanol production from a lignocellulosic feedstock. These processes provide DMR of lignocellulosic biomass comprising two-stage deacetylation followed by mechanical refining so as to increase fermentable sugar yield while reducing hydrolytic enzyme loading requirements.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Xiaowen Chen, Michael E. Himmel, Richard T. Elander, Melvin P. Tucker
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Patent number: 12132136Abstract: Disclosed herein are CdSeTe photovoltaic devices having interdigitated back contact architecture for use in polycrystalline thin films in photovoltaic devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Bowling Green State UniversityInventors: David Scott Albin, Marco Nardone, Gregory Frank Pach
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Patent number: 12132129Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for using cracked film lithography (CFL) for patterning transparent conductive metal grids. CFL can be vacuum- and Ag-free, and it forms more durable grids than nanowire approaches.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Christopher Paul Muzzillo, Matthew Owen Reese
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Patent number: 12116566Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for implementing a photosynthetic protein secretion platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Michael T. Guarnieri, Lukas Royce Dahlin, Marcus Salvatore Bray
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Patent number: 12104106Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a nanocrystalline core that includes a perovskite and having an outer surface, and a chiral molecule having a functional group, where the functional group is bonded to a first portion of the outer surface, and the composition is capable of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the composition is capable of absorbing circularly-polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Joseph Matthew Luther, Matthew Craig Beard, Young-Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 12106908Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer having an active material and a stabilizing material, where the active material includes a semiconductor, the stabilizing material includes at least one of an oligomer, an elastomer, a polymer, and/or a resin, and the stabilizing material provides to the device an improved performance metric compared to a device constructed of the first layer but constructed of only the active material (i.e., in the absence of the stabilizing material).Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois UniversityInventors: Kai Zhu, Fei Zhang, Tao Xu