Patents by Inventor Chengcheng Xi

Chengcheng Xi 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).

  • Eutectic melts
    Patent number: 9396882
    Abstract: The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical methods. The room temperature molten ionic liquid comprises at least two component salts, at least one of which is not molten at room temperature, but, if combined with another salt, is in the molten state at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Zing Zhang, Chengcheng Xi, Yiming Cao, Feifei Gao, Peng Wang, Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel
  • EUTECTIC MELTS
    Publication number: 20140097376
    Abstract: The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical methods. The room temperature molten ionic liquid comprises at least two component salts, at least one of which is not molten at room temperature, but, if combined with another salt, is in the molten state at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Chengcheng Xi, Yiming Cao, Feifei Gao, Peng Wang, Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel
  • Eutectic melts
    Patent number: 8686285
    Abstract: The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical methods. The room temperature molten ionic liquid comprises at least two component salts, at least one of which is not molten at room temperature, but, if combined with another salt, is in the molten state at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Chengcheng Xi, Yiming Cao, Feifei Gao, Peng Wang, Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel
  • EUTECTIC MELTS
    Publication number: 20110012048
    Abstract: The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical methods. The room temperature molten ionic liquid comprises at least two component salts, at least one of which is not molten at room temperature, but, if combined with another salt, is in the molten state at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Chengcheng Xi, Yiming Cao, Feifei Gao, Peng Wang, Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel