Patents by Inventor Andrew Murchison

Andrew Murchison 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).

  • Patent number: 11049667
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20200402729
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Patent number: 10804040
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20200090877
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Patent number: 10511055
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga
  • Patent number: 10490360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20190326629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga
  • Patent number: 10381683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga
  • Patent number: 10361454
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga
  • Publication number: 20190148763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical cell including a solid glass electrolyte including an alkali metal working ion that is conducted by the electrolyte, and a dipole, an anode having an effective anode chemical potential ?A, and a cathode having an effective cathode chemical potential ?C. One or both of the cathode and anode substantially lack the working ion prior to an initial charge or discharge of the electrochemical cell. At open-circuit prior to an initial charge or discharge, an electric double-layer capacitor is formed at one or both of an interface between the solid glass electrolyte and the anode and an interface between the solid glass electrolyte and the cathode due to a difference between ?A and ?C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Jose Jorge Do Amaral Ferreira, Joana Cassilda Rodrigues Espain De Oliveira, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20190115162
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat energy-powered electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte. The solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte includes between 1% and 50% metal polymer by weight as compared to total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight and between 50% and 90% solid glass electrolyte by weight as compared to the total solid metal polymer/glass electrolyte weight. The solid glass electrolyte includes a working cation and an electric dipole. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be used to capture heat from a variety of sources, including solar hear, waste heat, and body heat. The heat energy-powered electrochemical cells may be fabricated at large-area, thin cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20180287222
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical cell including a solid glass electrolyte including an alkali metal working ion that is conducted by the electrolyte, and a dipole, an anode having an effective anode chemical potential ?A, and a cathode having an effective cathode chemical potential ?C. One or both of the cathode and anode substantially lack the working ion prior to an initial charge or discharge of the electrochemical cell. At open-circuit prior to an initial charge or discharge, an electric double-layer capacitor is formed at one or both of an interface between the solid glass electrolyte and the anode and an interface between the solid glass electrolyte and the cathode due to a difference between ?A and ?C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Jose Jorge Do Amaral Ferreira, Joana Cassilda Rodrigues Espain de Oliveira, Andrew Murchison
  • Publication number: 20180102569
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga
  • Publication number: 20180013170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical storage cell including a battery. The battery includes an alkali metal anode having an anode Fermi energy, an electronically insulating, amorphous, dried solid electrolyte able to conduct alkali metal, having the general formula A3-xHxOX, in which 0?x?1, A is the alkali metal, and X is at least one halide, and a cathode including a cathode current collector having a cathode Fermi energy lower than the anode Fermi energy. During operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal plates dendrite-free from the solid electrolyte onto the alkali metal anode. Also during operation of the electrochemical storage cell, the alkali metal further plates on the cathode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: John B. Goodenough, Andrew Murchison, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga