Patents by Inventor Bethany Hudak

Bethany Hudak 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).

  • Pyrolysis of 2D Coordination Polymer Precursors for the Formation of ORR Active Solid Acid Fuel Cell Electrode Catalysts
    Publication number: 20240067780
    Abstract: Described herein is the preparation of solid acid fuel cell (SAFC) electrode materials suitable for intermediate temperature (200° C.-300° C.) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysis via anaerobic, in vacuo pyrolysis of metal-organic coordination polymer precursor materials with divalent metals (e.g. Pt or Pd) as nodes to form small, catalytically active nanoparticles inside a porous, electrically conductive carbonized framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James A. Ridenour, Olga Baturina, Albert Epshteyn, Bethany Hudak, Hannah Marie Ashberry
  • Nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation
    Publication number: 20230264972
    Abstract: A nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation comprising a material comprising a compound of BixOySez and R3m bismuth oxide (Bi2O3). A method of making a nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation comprising providing an oxygen environment, providing Bi2Se3, processing the Bi2Se3 in the oxygen environment, incorporating oxygen, removing selenium, creating a structural change, and creating a compound of BixOySez and R3m bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), wherein the material transports oxygen at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Zachariah B. Hennighausen, Bethany Hudak, Olaf M.J. van 't Erve, Madeleine Phillips