Patents by Inventor Amin Salehi

Amin Salehi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240040909
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. The organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have organic light-emitting diode layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. To improve off-axis luminance and luminance uniformity, the display may include green pixels with emission spectra having a narrow full width at half maximum, the display may include a reflective layer that is formed separately from a transparent anode, and/or the display may include a diffusive layer. The diffusive layer may be embedded in one or more encapsulation layers for the display. The diffusive layer may be a diffusive color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Amin Salehi, Chieh-Wei Chen, Hoyeon Kim, Paul S. Drzaic, Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 11889758
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device includes an emitting layer including: a host and an emitter, wherein the host exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion, wherein the emitter has a band gap and exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion, wherein the host and the emitter are different, and wherein the emitter has a concentration of 5% or more in the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Franky So, Amin Salehi, Felix N. Castellano
  • Patent number: 11171313
    Abstract: Display panel stack-up structures are described. In an embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a light source, and a multiple layer thin film encapsulation over the light source. In an embodiment, the display panel additionally includes an anti-reflection layer over the light source. In an embodiment, an incoherence layer is located within the thin film encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Amin Salehi, Yun Liu, Paul S. Drzaic, Tae-Wook Koh, Chih Jen Yang, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10978703
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to batteries. The disclosure relates more specifically to improved catalyst systems for metal-air batteries. A metal-air battery comprising: an anode comprising a metal; a cathode comprising at least one transition metal dichalcogenide; and an electrolyte in contact with the anode and the transition metal dichalcogenide of the cathode, wherein the electrolyte comprises at least 50% by weight of an ionic liquid, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Bijandra Kumar, Mohammad Asadi
  • Publication number: 20210036240
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device includes an emitting layer including: a host and an emitter, wherein the host exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion, wherein the emitter has a band gap and exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion, wherein the host and the emitter are different, and wherein the emitter has a concentration of 5% or more in the emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Franky SO, Amin SALEHI, Felix N. CASTELLANO
  • Publication number: 20200209188
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of black phosphorus nanoflakes in humidity sensing and transistor applications. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to humidity sensing devices comprising black phosphorus nanoflakes, to methods for sensing humidity with such devices, to transistors comprising black phosphorus nanoflakes, and to methods for switching the gate of such transistors. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a device for sensing moisture, the device including a substrate; and a surface including at least one atomic layer of black phosphorus nanoflakes disposed on the substrate, wherein the sensing device is specific to sensing humidity, exhibiting a selective response against water vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Poya Yasaei, Fatemeh Khalili-Araghi
  • Publication number: 20200099012
    Abstract: Display panel stack-up structures are described. In an embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a light source, and a multiple layer thin film encapsulation over the light source. In an embodiment, the display panel additionally includes an anti-reflection layer over the light source. In an embodiment, an incoherence layer is located within the thin film encapsulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Amin Salehi, Yun Liu, Paul S. Drzaic, Tae-Wook Koh, Chih Jen Yang, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20200058927
    Abstract: The disclosure relates more specifically to protected anodes for batteries, and to methods for making such anodes. One aspect of the disclosure is a method for preparing a protected anode, the method including providing an electrochemical cell comprising a cathode comprising at least one transition metal dichalcogenide, an anode comprising a metal, an electrolyte in contact with the transition metal dichalcogenide of the cathode and the metal of the anode, and carbon dioxide dissolved in the electrolyte; and performing a discharge-charge cycle comprising discharging the electrochemical cell, and applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode for a time sufficient to charge the electrochemical cell; wherein the electrochemical cell is substantially free of water; and wherein one or more chemical species formed in the discharge-charge cycle and dissolved in the electrolyte are deposited onto the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Mohammad Asadi, Bahark Sayahpour, Pedram Abbasi, Marc Gerard
  • Patent number: 10370768
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to improved methods for the reduction of carbon dioxide. The disclosure relates more specifically to catalytic methods for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide that can be operated at commercially viable voltages and at low overpotentials. The disclosure uses a transition metal dichalcogenide and helper catalyst in contact within the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Mohammad Asadi, Bijandra Kumar
  • Publication number: 20180171492
    Abstract: the present disclosure relates to photoelectrochemical cells and methods for using such for reduction of carbon dioxide and oxidation of water. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method of electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide in an electrochemical cell, comprising contacting the carbon dioxide with at least one transition metal dichalcogenide in the electrochemical cell and at least one helper catalyst and applying a potential to the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Mohammad Asadi, Alessandro Monticelli, Poya Yasaei, Bijanda Kumar
  • Publication number: 20170373311
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to batteries. The disclosure relates more specifically to improved catalyst systems for metal-air batteries. A metal-air battery comprising: an anode comprising a metal; a cathode comprising at least one transition metal dichalcogenide; and an electrolyte in contact with the anode and the transition metal dichalcogenide of the cathode, wherein the electrolyte comprises at least 50% by weight of an ionic liquid, is disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Bijandra Kumar, Mohammad Asadi
  • Patent number: 9815021
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and a Helper Polymer in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said carbon dioxide reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. The reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, (COO?)2, and CF3COOH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dioxide Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Robert Kutz
  • Publication number: 20170259206
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and a Helper Polymer in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said carbon dioxide reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. The reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, (COO?)2, and CF3COOH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Robert Kutz
  • Patent number: 9555367
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and Helper Catalyst in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. the reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, (COO?)2, and CF3COOH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Dioxide Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin
  • Publication number: 20160145752
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to improved methods for the reduction of carbon dioxide. The disclosure relates more specifically to catalytic methods for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide that can be operated at commercially viable voltages and at low overpotentials. The disclosure uses a transition metal dichalcogenide and helper catalyst in contact within the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Amin Salehi, Mohammad Asadi, Bijandra Kumar
  • Publication number: 20150209722
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and Helper Catalyst in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. the reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, (COO?)2, and CF3COOH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin
  • Patent number: 9012345
    Abstract: Electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide conversion include at least one catalytically active element with a particle size above 0.6 nm. The electrocatalysts can also include a Helper Catalyst. The catalysts can be used to increase the rate, modify the selectivity or lower the overpotential of electrochemical conversion of CO2. Chemical processes and devices using the catalysts also include processes to produce CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, or (COO?)2, and a specific device, namely, a CO2 sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dioxide Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin
  • Publication number: 20130157174
    Abstract: Electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide conversion include at least one catalytically active element with a particle size above 0.6 nm. The electrocatalysts can also include a Helper Catalyst. The catalysts can be used to increase the rate, modify the selectivity or lower the overpotential of electrochemical conversion of CO2. Chemical processes and devices using the catalysts also include processes to produce CO, HCO?, H2CO, (HCO2)?, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO?, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, or (COO?)2, and a specific device, namely, a CO2 sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Richard I. Masel, Amin Salehi-Khojin
  • Publication number: 20120212242
    Abstract: Sensors containing Graphene with Extended Defects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: DIOXIDE MATERIALS INC
    Inventors: Richard I Masel, Amin SALEHI-KHOJIN, David Estrada
  • Patent number: 6452925
    Abstract: A system and method for providing Internet access via a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN) using full time asymmetric digital subscriber line connections between subscriber premises processor terminals and a local area network (LAN) node and router gateway on Telco premises connected to a Telco digital packet network connected to Internet service providers and Internet information providers. A domain name server (DNS) and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server are connected to the router to provide domain name to IP address translations and temporary assignment of IP addresses to said customer premises processor terminal. The customer or subscriber going on-line communicates with the DHCP using encryption and preferably public/private key encryption to both authenticate the customer and the DHCP. The DHCP updates the database in the DNS to maintain freshness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Kamran Sistanizadeh, Bahman Amin-Salehi, Edward Ghafari, Wendell Sims