Patents Examined by Richard M Rump
  • Patent number: 11691881
    Abstract: It is disclosed purifies industrial lignin, performs Mannich reaction on purified industrial lignin, aldehyde and amino acid, simultaneously dopes nitrogen and sulfur elements into lignin, and performs high-temperature activation to obtain the carbonized amino acid modified lignin in accordance with a principle of green chemistry; a porous carbon material is prepared from the carbonized amino acid modified lignin by means of a two-step activation method, and an electrochemical workstation is applied to investigate electrochemical performance of the carbonized amino acid modified lignin as a supercapacitor; layered porous carbon having high specific surface area is prepared, the layered porous carbon has high specific heat capacity and stable cycle performance without attenuation when the supercapacitor is prepared from the layered porous carbon, and the method used has a wide application prospect in the aspect of preparing a porous carbon material for the supercapacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ying Li, Gang Shi
  • Patent number: 11685656
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing monocrystalline graphene, includes supplying an aromatic carbon gas onto a single-crystalline metal catalyst to manufacture the monocrystalline graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Jae-Young Choi, Bum Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 11661344
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a process for purifying raw carbon nanotubes to obtain an content in metallic impurities comprised between 5 ppm and 200 ppm. The process includes an increase in the bulk density of the raw carbon nanotubes via compacting to produce compacted carbon nanotubes. The process further includes sintering the compacted carbon nanotubes by undergoing thermal treatment under gaseous atmosphere in order to remove at least a portion of the metallic impurities contained in the raw carbon nanotubes, and consequently producing purified carbon nanotubes. These purified carbon nanotubes are directly usable as electronic conductors serving as basis additive to an electrode material without requiring any subsequent purification step. The electrode material can then be used to manufacture an electrode destined to a lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYDRO-QUEBEC, ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Ali Darwiche, Martin Dontigny, Naoyuki Kondo, Abdelbast Guerfi, Karim Zaghib, Julien Beausoleil, Alexander Korzhenko
  • Patent number: 11655150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium phosphate, comprising: passing a lithium-containing solution through an aluminum-based adsorbent to adsorb lithium on the aluminum-based adsorbent, passing the distilled water or an aqueous solution having a lower lithium concentration than the lithium-containing solution through the aluminum-based adsorbent on which the lithium is adsorbed to obtain a lithium-containing desorption solution, and putting a phosphorous supplying material in the lithium-containing desorption solution to obtain lithium phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: POSCO CO., LTD, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee, Woonkyoung Park, Heok Yang, Kwang Seok Park, Seung Taek Kuk, Ki Young Kim, Sang Gil Lee, Woo Chul Jung, Gi-Chun Han, Juyoung Kim, Young-Seon Ko, Jin Yeop Wi
  • Patent number: 11649170
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Terralithium LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Harrison
  • Patent number: 11618680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing sheets of a composite material comprising a graphene film arranged on an amorphous carbon substrate, the process comprising the steps of: a) providing a lignin source and an aqueous solution to form a composition, b) depositing the composition on a metal surface, c) heating the composition on the metal surface to form the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BRIGHT DAY GRAPHENE AB
    Inventor: Anna Carlsson
  • Patent number: 11608268
    Abstract: A method and a device for preparing a carbon nanotube and a prepared carbon nanotube. The method includes: adding iron pentcarbonyl and nickel tetracarbonyl into a multi-stage series fluidized bed and performing decomposition to obtain a catalyst, and discharging the carbon monoxide generated; adding a carbon source and injecting an inert gas into the series fluidized bed for reaction under heating at 600-800° C. for 40-90 min, the ratio of the mass of carbon in the carbon source to the mass of the catalyst being 5-7:3-5. Further provided are a device for preparing a carbon nanotube according to the above method and a carbon nanotube prepared by the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGXI YUEAN ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shangkui Li, Bing Wang, Bo Li, Xianxin Li, Haiping Zou, Minfeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 11584649
    Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite catalytic film includes providing a carbon nanotube film and providing a precursor solution including iron nitrate, nickel chloride, and molybdenum pentachloride. The precursor solution is placed on the carbon nanotube film, to obtain a precursor film. The precursor film defines multiple through holes spaced apart from each other. The precursor film with the multiple through holes is annealed and a sulfur power is applied during annealing the precursor film with the multiple through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Chenyu Li, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11581105
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charge stripping film in a charge stripping device of an ion beam, which has high heat resistance and no toxicity, with which there is no risk of activation, with which an ion beam can be made multivalent even if the charge stripping film is thin, and which is resistant to high-energy beam radiation over an extended period of time. The present invention comprises a charge stripping film used in a device which strips a charge of an ion beam, wherein the charge stripping film is a rotary charge stripping film comprising a carbon film having a thermal conductivity of 20 W/mK or more in a film surface direction at 25° C., and a film thickness of the carbon film is more than 3 ?m and less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, RIKEN
    Inventors: Mutsuaki Murakami, Masamitsu Tachibana, Atsushi Tatami, Hiroo Hasebe
  • Patent number: 11577961
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing graphene-based materials includes (a) positioning graphite into an inner chamber of a rotatable housing of a rod mill. A plurality of elongate rigid rods are loosely positioned in the housing. In addition, the method includes (b) rotating the housing of the rod-mill after (a). Further, the method includes (c) rod milling the graphite with the rods during (b) to produce a first portion of the graphene-based materials and milled graphite. The first portion of the graphene-based materials include 30 layers or less of graphene and the milled graphite comprises more than 30 layers of graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Ahmad Amiri, Mohammad Naraghi
  • Patent number: 11565938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube composition including entangled-type carbon nanotubes and bundle-type carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotube composition has a specific surface area of 190 m2/g to 240 m2/g and a ratio of specific surface area to bulk density of 0.1 to 5.29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Kim, Jae Keun Yoon, Dong Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11566336
    Abstract: A method for transforming a crystal form of an electrolyte containing lithium for aluminum electrolysis includes the following steps: S1, pulverizing the electrolyte containing lithium; S2, uniformly mixing an additive with the electrolyte powder to obtain a mixture, wherein the additive is one or more selected from the group consisting of an oxide of an alkali metal other than lithium, an oxo acid salt of an alkali metal other than lithium, and a halide of an alkali metal other than lithium; a molar ratio of a sum of alkali metal fluoride contained in the electrolyte, alkali metal fluoride directly added from the additive, and alkali metal fluoride to which the additive is converted under the high-temperature calcination condition in the mixture to aluminum fluoride is greater than 3; S3, calcining the mixture at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhaowen Wang, Wenju Tao, Youjian Yang, Bingliang Gao, Fengguo Liu
  • Patent number: 11549202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbon nanotube fiber aggregate and provides a carbon nanotube fiber aggregate having an improved level of alignment through ultrasonic wave application and low speed recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Eugene Oh, Juhan Kim, Ji Eun Kim, Won Jae Lee, Hyunjung Cho, Kun-Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 11542165
    Abstract: A method of making a carbon nanotube bundle is provided. A plurality of carbon nanotubes is provided. A plurality of sulfur nanoparticles is disposed on the plurality of carbon nanotubes to form at least two visible carbon nanotubes. The at least two visible carbon nanotubes are stacked to form a carbon nanotube bundle preparation body. The plurality of sulfur nanoparticles in the carbon nanotube bundle preparation body is removed to obtain the carbon nanotube bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin-He Yang, Peng Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11542175
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy Bourassa, Jean-François Magnan, Nicolas Laroche, Thomas Bibienne, Mathieu Charbonneau, Mickaël Dollé
  • Patent number: 11542609
    Abstract: A system and process for producing doped carbon nanomaterials is disclosed. A carbonate electrolyte including a doping component is provided during the electrolysis between an anode and a cathode immersed in carbonate electrolyte contained in a cell. The carbonate electrolyte is heated to a molten state. An electrical current is applied to the anode, and cathode, to the molten carbonate electrolyte disposed between the anode and cathode. A morphology element maximizes carbon nanotubes, versus graphene versus carbon nano-onion versus hollow carbon nano-sphere nanomaterial product. The resulting carbon nanomaterial growth is collected from the cathode of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: C2CNT LLC
    Inventor: Stuart Licht
  • Patent number: 11542411
    Abstract: The invention utilizes swelling and fusion effects of graphene oxide in a solvent to implement cross-linked bonding of a graphene material itself and materials such as polymers, metal, paper, glass, carbon materials, and ceramics. The present invention not only overcomes the shortcoming in traditional adhesives of residual formaldehyde, but also has short drying time, high bonding strength and high corrosion resistance. The present invention is widely applied in the fields of aviation, aerospace, automobiles, machinery, construction, chemical, light industry, electronics, electrical appliances, and daily life, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU GAOXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Gao, Zheng Li, Chunxiao Zhang, Dan Chang, Chen Chen, Weiwei Gao, Yan Guo, Yi Han
  • Patent number: 11535519
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of pristine graphite from Kish graphite including three different steps A, B and C; the pristine obtained with among others a high amount of carbon atoms, i.e. a pristine graphene having a high purity; and the use of this pristine graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Thi Tan Vu, Oscar Perez Vidal, Roberto Suarez Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11518678
    Abstract: A slurry of the graphene oxides comprises the graphene oxides and a solvent. The graphene oxides include a strong graphene oxide and a weak graphene oxide. The slurry can be used to make composite films of graphene oxides and graphene heat-conducting films. The slurry includes two graphene oxides with different degrees of oxidation, which can increase a carbon content in the graphene oxide per unit mass, so that the finally obtained graphene heat-conducting film has more carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU FUXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bucun Zhou, Renjie Zhou, Jing Lu, Dong Su, Zhaocheng Wang, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11518677
    Abstract: Provided is a heterofullerene where n number (where n is a positive even number) of carbon atoms constituting a fullerene are substituted by n number of boron atoms or n number of nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Matsuzawa, Masaru Sasago, Jun'ichi Naka