Patents Examined by Jun Li
  • Patent number: 10449521
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for preparing nanoparticles supported on a carrier, and nanoparticles supported on a carrier, prepared thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Cho, Sang Hoon Kim, Gyo Hyun Hwang, Kwanghyun Kim, Ran Choi
  • Patent number: 10441945
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composite material used for catalyzing and degrading nitrogen oxide and its preparation method and application thereof. The invention of the hollow g-C3N4 nanospheres/reduced graphene oxide composite-polymer carbonized nanofiber material is prepared as follow: 1) the preparation of silica nanospheres; 2) the preparation of hollow g-C3N4 nanospheres; 3) the preparation of graphene oxide; 4) the preparation of surface modified hollow g-C3N4 nanoparticles preparation; 5) the preparation of composites; 6) the preparation of composite-polymer carbon nanofiber material. The raw materials used in the process is low cost and easy to get; the operation of the invention is simple and convenient without the use of expensive equipment in the whole process; the composite has high adsorption efficiency of ppb level nitrogen oxide with good repeatability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianmei Lu, Dongyun Chen
  • Patent number: 10442699
    Abstract: Provided is a new method for producing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, by which even in the case of washing a spinel type lithium transition metal oxide with water or the like, the service life characteristics can be further enhanced, and the concentration of magnetic substances can be effectively reduced. Suggested is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, the method including a water washing step of bringing a powder of a spinel type lithium transition metal oxide into contact with a polar solvent and thereby washing the powder; and a drying step of subsequently drying the powder by heating the powder to 300° C. to 700° C. in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata, Yasuhiro Ochi
  • Patent number: 10444416
    Abstract: A method of preparing CsxWO3 particles comprises heating a composition containing (1) cesium, (2) tungsten, (3) a solvent, and (4) a fatty acid, at a temperature of at least 200° C., to produce CsxWO3 particles, with x=0.31-0.33. The solvent comprises benzyl alcohol, and the fatty acid comprises a fatty acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Chhiu-Tsu Lin, Tsehaye Eyassu
  • Patent number: 10413894
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for preparing a catalyst for catalyzing the degradation of organic pollutants in printing and dyeing wastewater by ozone, wherein the catalyst comprises a porous carbon material as a substrate and metal oxide nanoparticles deposited on the surface of the substrate. The method comprises the steps of: allowing a mixture of resorcinol, formaldehyde, trimethylhexadecyl ammonium bromide, multi-walled carbon nanotubes and deionized water to react to form cured product, which is then calcinated and carbonized at high temperature to produce the porous carbon material; impregnating the resulting porous carbon material with nitrate solution, drying the porous carbon material, and calcinating it at high temperature, wherein the absorbed nitrate is decomposed into metal oxide and embedded into the porous carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited
    Inventors: Songmin Shang, Enling Hu, Xiao-ming Tao
  • Patent number: 10413884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic cracking catalyst for RFCC process with maximized diesel yield which includes a clay matrix and an inorganic oxide, wherein pores with a diameter greater than 20 ? are controlled, to be greater than 80% by volume of the total pore count of the catalyst, and a method for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jung Jeon, Yong-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10406517
    Abstract: Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts comprising MoVNbTeO having improved consistency of composition and a 25% conversion of ethylene at less than 420° C. and a selectivity to ethylene above 95% are prepared by treating the catalyst precursor with H2O2 in an amount equivalent to 0.30-2.8 mL H2O2 of a 30% solution per gram of catalyst precursor prior to calcining and treating the resulting catalyst with the equivalent amount of peroxide after calcining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Vasily Simanzhenkov, Xiaoliang Gao, David Jeffrey Sullivan, Hanna Drag, Marie Barnes
  • Patent number: 10399063
    Abstract: A unique mixed metal molybdotungstate material has been developed. The material may be used as a hydroprocessing catalyst. The hydroprocessing may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodearomatization, hydrodesilication, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Miller, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 10399065
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a unique transition metal tungstate material. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal dimolybdotungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Miller, Laura Collins
  • Patent number: 10376866
    Abstract: A spent sulfuric acid catalyst from an alkylation unit is regenerated via a paired oxidation electrolysis, wherein active intermediates are generated via both anodic oxidation and cathodic reduction without adding an additional organic peroxide during the electrolysis. The organic impurities in the spent sulfuric acid catalyst are decomposed by the active intermediates, and removed therefrom via evaporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Chao-Shan Chou, Tse-Chuan Chou
  • Patent number: 10369544
    Abstract: The invention employs tetrapropylammonium (TPA+) and tetrabutylammonium (TBA+) as structure directing agents (SDAs), respectively for the preparation of the flexible titanium silicate UPRM-5. Both UPRM-5 variants are detemplated and modified to include extraframework Sr2+ and produce materials for carbon dioxide adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: University of Puerto Rico
    Inventors: Arturo J. Hernandez-Maldonado, Marietta E. Marcano-Gonzalez, Jose N. Primera-Pedrozo
  • Patent number: 10363550
    Abstract: A catalyst including cobalt, a carrier including silica, and a selective promoter including zirconium. The cobalt and the selective promoter are disposed on the surface of the carrier, and the outer surfaces of the active component cobalt and the selective promoter zirconium are coated with a shell layer including a mesoporous material. A method for preparing the catalyst, including: 1) soaking the carrier including silica into an aqueous solution including a zirconium salt, aging, drying, and calcining a resulting mixture to yield a zirconium-loaded carrier including silica; 2) soaking the zirconium-loaded carrier including silica into an aqueous solution including a cobalt salt, aging, drying, calcining a resulting mixture to yield a primary cobalt-based catalyst; 3) preparing a precursor solution of a mesoporous material; and 4) soaking the primary cobalt-based catalyst into the precursor solution of the mesoporous material; and crystalizing, washing, drying, and calcining a resulting mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shasha Rao, Dechen Song, Qianqian Liu, Shenke Zheng
  • Patent number: 10351439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining nanoparticulate titanium dioxide in agglomerate form from a hydrolyzed acidic titanyl compound, the thus obtained titanium dioxide as well as the use thereof as a photocatalyst, process catalyst or adsorbent, especially in aqueous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kronos International, Inc.
    Inventor: Heinz-Christian Krempels
  • Patent number: 10351779
    Abstract: A catalyst precursor suitable for the Fischer Tropsch reaction is described comprising cobalt oxide supported on a porous support wherein the porous support is a ceramic foam comprising a closed cell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrea Celani, Laura Helen Davies, Elizabeth Margaret Holt, Gordon James Kelly
  • Patent number: 10350587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system for olefin metathesis, the catalyst system comprising: a) a first system zone substantially comprising a layered double hydroxide; and b) a second system zone comprising a metathesis catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SMH Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kongkiat Suriye, Burin Khemthong
  • Patent number: 10344388
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a CO2 reduction catalyst of the present invention, a conductive material is immersed in an aqueous solution containing a gold source, and a current or a potential is applied, whereby a highly active CO2 reduction catalyst can be formed in a wide range portion on a surface of the conductive material. According to one embodiment of a CO2 reduction catalyst of the present invention, in a CO2 reduction reaction apparatus including a CO2 reduction electrode having the CO2 reduction catalyst, CO2 is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshitsune Sugano, Ryota Kitagawa, Akihiko Ono, Jun Tamura, Yuki Kudo, Masakazu Yamagiwa, Eishi Tsutsumi, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Asahi Motoshige, Arisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 10343117
    Abstract: A catalyst body which includes ceria:zirconia and a metal-zeolite, and is substantially free, or free, of tungsten or tungsten compounds, and methods of manufacture. The ceria and zirconia are present with a zirconia/ceria mole ratio of less than or equal to 1.0. The catalyst body is especially useful in NOx reduction applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi
  • Patent number: 10335773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Fe-based hydrogenation catalyst having Fe as a primary active metal component, and zinc and potassium as a first co-active metal component. The molar ratio of the primary active metal component to the first co-active metal component is 0.5-200:1. The Fe-based hydrogenation catalyst in present invention overcomes the problem of limiting to the active metal components as used over decades for the conventional hydrogenation catalyst, and thus has long-term values for industrial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM—BEIJING
    Inventors: Baojian Shen, Hao Li, Yandan Wang, Jiancong Li, Lei Li, Bojun Shen, Baohua Shen, Wennian Wang, Delin Yuan, Honglian Xu
  • Patent number: 10326145
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for use in the preparation of MOF-based non-PGM electrocatalysts including combining transition metal compounds with organic ligands and secondary building units to create a solid mixture, heating the solid mixture to form a MOF through a solid-state reaction, optionally heating the MOF to convert it to an electrocatalyst via pyrolysis, and optionally post-treating. The electrode catalysts may be used in various electrochemical systems, including a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Di-Jia Liu, Dan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10315969
    Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing a multicomponent bismuth-molybdenum composite metal oxide catalyst, and a multicomponent bismuth-molybdenum composite metal oxide catalyst prepared thereby. According to the preparation method, since the almost same structure as that of a typical quaternary bismuth-molybdenum catalyst may be obtained by performing two-step co-precipitation, i.e., primary and secondary co-precipitation, of metal components constituting the catalyst, the reduction of catalytic activity due to the deformation of the structure of the catalyst may be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Seul Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Jun Han Kang, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Jun Kyu Han, Sang Jin Han