Patents by Inventor Adam Christopher Nielander

Adam Christopher Nielander 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).

  • A Method for the Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrates and Water
    Publication number: 20210301408
    Abstract: A method of ammonia production is provided that includes holding a nitrate source in an electrolyte solution, using a reaction chamber, reducing the nitrate into ammonia or ammonium, whereby producing water or hydroxide ions, using a cathode in the reaction chamber, oxidizing the water or hydroxide ions into protons and oxygen or water and oxygen, using an anode in the reaction chamber, and separating the ammonia and the ammonium from the reaction chamber, using an ammonia and ammonium output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua M. McEnaney, Adam Christopher Nielander, Sarah Jane Blair, John Schwalbe, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo
  • IONIC COMPOUND-BASED ELECTROCATALYST FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF HYPOPHOSPHITE
    Publication number: 20210194096
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include fuel cells, e.g., comprising an anode; a cathode; and an ion conducting membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the anode includes an anode catalyst layer including an ionic compound of a base metal, which is a non-precious metal, and a non-metal, which is not oxygen. Further embodiments include methods of hypophosphite oxidation, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Nielander, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo, Laurie A. King, Joel Sanchez