Patents by Inventor Adam J. Rondinone
Adam J. Rondinone 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).
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Patent number: 11519087Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising (i) carbon nanospikes and (ii) copper alloy nanoparticles containing copper and at least one noble metal and residing on and/or between the carbon nanospikes. Also disclosed herein is a method of producing the electrocatalyst. Also described herein is a method for converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons by use of the above-described electrocatalyst. The method for producing hydrocarbons more specifically involves contacting the electrocatalyst with an aqueous solution of a bicarbonate salt while the aqueous solution is in contact with a source of carbon dioxide, and electrically powering the electrocatalyst as a cathode at negative potential condition while the cathode is in electrical communication with a counter electrode electrically powered as an anode, to convert the carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons containing at least four carbon atoms and composed of only carbon and hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Dale K. Hensley, Seonah Jin
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Publication number: 20220098743Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising (i) carbon nanospikes and (ii) copper alloy nanoparticles containing copper and at least one noble metal and residing on and/or between the carbon nanospikes. Also disclosed herein is a method of producing the electrocatalyst. Also described herein is a method for converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons by use of the above-described electrocatalyst. The method for producing hydrocarbons more specifically involves contacting the electrocatalyst with an aqueous solution of a bicarbonate salt while the aqueous solution is in contact with a source of carbon dioxide, and electrically powering the electrocatalyst as a cathode at negative potential condition while the cathode is in electrical communication with a counter electrode electrically powered as an anode, to convert the carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons containing at least four carbon atoms and composed of only carbon and hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Dale K. Hensley, Seonah Jin
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Patent number: 10450663Abstract: The invention provides a method of converting nitrogen into ammonia. The method comprises contacting an electrocatalyst with an aqueous solution of dissolved nitrogen gas. The electrocatalyst comprises carbon nanospikes doped with nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Yang Song, Dale K. Hensley
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Publication number: 20190127866Abstract: An electrocatalyst comprising (i) carbon nanospikes and (ii) copper-containing nanoparticles residing on and/or embedded between said carbon nanospikes. The carbon nanospikes are doped with a dopant selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, boron, and phosphorous. Also disclosed herein is a method of producing the eletrocatalyst and a method for converting carbon dioxide into ethanol by use of the above-described electrocatalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Adam J. RONDINONE, Peter V. BONNESEN, Dale K. HENSLEY, Rui PENG, Yang SONG
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Publication number: 20180334753Abstract: The invention provides a method of converting nitrogen into ammonia. The method comprises contacting an electrocatalyst with an aqueous solution of dissolved nitrogen gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Yang Song, Dale K. Hensley
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Publication number: 20170314148Abstract: The invention provides an electrocatalyst. The electrocatalyst comprises carbon nanospikes (CNS) and copper nanoparticles. The copper nanoparticles are supported on and/or embedded in the CNS. The electrocatalyst can be used to convert carbon dioxide into ethanol.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Peter V. Bonnesen, Dale K. Hensley, Rui Peng, Yang Song
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Patent number: 9127295Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles, the method comprising: (i) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbial-mediated formation of metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprise: metal-reducing microbes, a culture medium suitable for sustaining said metal-reducing microbes, an effective concentration of one or more surfactants, a reducible metal oxide component containing one or more reducible metal species, and one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said metal-reducing microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said metal-reducing microbes; and (ii) isolating said metal oxide nanoparticles, which contain a reduced form of said reducible metal oxide component. The invention is also directed to metal oxide nanoparticle compositions produced by the inventive method.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Ji Won Moon, Lonnie J. Love, Lucas W. Yeary, Tommy J. Phelps
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Patent number: 8871391Abstract: Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Chengdu Liang, Zengcai Liu, Wujun Fu, Zhan Lin, Nancy J. Dudney, Jane Y. Howe, Adam J. Rondinone
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Patent number: 8759053Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, the method comprising: (a) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbially-mediated formation of non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprises i) anaerobic microbes, ii) a culture medium suitable for sustaining said anaerobic microbes, iii) a metal component comprising at least one type of metal ion, iv) a non-metal component containing at least one non-metal selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and As, and v) one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said anaerobic microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said anaerobic microbes; and (b) isolating said non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, which contain at least one of said metal ions and at least one of said non-metals.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventors: Tommy J. Phelps, Robert J. Lauf, Ji Won Moon, Adam J. Rondinone, Lonnie J. Love, Chad Edward Duty, Andrew Stephen Madden, Yiliang Li, Ilia N. Ivanov, Claudia Jeanette Rawn
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Publication number: 20140080009Abstract: Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Chengdu Liang, Zengcai Liu, Wujun Fu, Zhan Lin, Nancy J. Dudney, Jane Y. Howe, Adam J. Rondinone
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Patent number: 8597838Abstract: Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Chengdu Liang, Zengcai Liu, Wunjun Fu, Zhan Lin, Nancy J. Dudney, Jane Y. Howe, Adam J. Rondinone
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Publication number: 20130295469Abstract: Method of forming lithium-containing electrolytes are provided using wet chemical synthesis. In some examples, the lithium containing electrolytes are composed of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7. The solid electrolyte may be a core shell material. In one embodiment, the core shell material includes a core of lithium sulfide (Li2S), a first shell of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7, and a second shell including one of ?-Li3PS4 or Li4P2S7 and carbon. The lithium containing electrolytes may be incorporated into wet cell batteries or solid state batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Chengdu Liang, Zengcai Liu, Wujun Fu, Zhan Lin, Nancy J. Dudney, Jane Y. Howe, Adam J. Rondinone
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Publication number: 20100330367Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, the method comprising: (a) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbially-mediated formation of non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprises i) anaerobic microbes, ii) a culture medium suitable for sustaining said anaerobic microbes, iii) a metal component comprising at least one type of metal ion, iv) a non-metal component comprising at least one non-metal selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and As, and v) one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said anaerobic microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said anaerobic microbes; and (b) isolating said non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, which contain at least one of said metal ions and at least one of said non-metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Tommy J. Phelps, Robert J. Lauf, Ji Won Moon, Adam J. Rondinone, Lonnie J. Love, Chad Edward Duty, Andrew Stephen Madden, Yiliang Li, Ilia N. Ivanov, Claudia Jeanette Rawn
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Patent number: 7857993Abstract: Applicant's present invention is a composite scintillator having enhanced transparency for detecting ionizing radiation comprising a material having optical transparency wherein said material comprises nano-sized objects having a size in at least one dimension that is less than the wavelength of light emitted by the composite scintillator wherein the composite scintillator is designed to have selected properties suitable for a particular application.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2004Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, BWXT Y-12, LLCInventors: Sheng Dai, Andrew Curtis Stephan, Suree S. Brown, Steven A. Wallace, Adam J. Rondinone
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Publication number: 20100193752Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, the method comprising: (a) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbially-mediated formation of non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprises i) anaerobic microbes, ii) a culture medium suitable for sustaining said anaerobic microbes, iii) a metal component comprising at least one type of metal ion, iv) a non-metal component containing at least one non-metal selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and As, and v) one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said anaerobic microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said anaerobic microbes; and (b) isolating said non-oxide semiconductor nanoparticles, which contain at least one of said metal ions and at least one of said non-metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Tommy J. Phelps, Robert J. Lauf, Ji Won Moon, Adam J. Rondinone, Lonnie J. Love, Chad Edward Duty, Andrew Stephen Madden, Yiliang Li, Ilia N. Ivanov, Claudia Jeanette Rawn
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Publication number: 20100184179Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles, the method comprising: (i) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbial-mediated formation of metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprise: metal-reducing microbes, a culture medium suitable for sustaining said metal-reducing microbes, an effective concentration of one or more surfactants, a reducible metal oxide component containing one or more reducible metal species, and one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said metal-reducing microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said metal-reducing microbes; and (ii) isolating said metal oxide nanoparticles, which contain a reduced form of said reducible metal oxide component. The invention is also directed to metal oxide nanoparticle compositions produced by the inventive method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Adam J. Rondinone, Ji Won Moon, Lonnie J. Love, Lucas W. Yeary, Tommy J. Phelps