Patents by Inventor Curtis Berlinguette
Curtis Berlinguette 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: 11761105Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing hydrogen peroxide by performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a chemical reaction chamber configured to hydrogenate a shuttle molecule and an electrochemical chamber configured to electrochemically dissociate water to form hydrogen ions at an anode, and to reduce the hydrogen ions to atomic hydrogen at a cathode. The chemical reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a metallic membrane. The metallic membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The metallic membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. A layer of co-catalyst may optionally be electrodeposited on the layer of palladium or palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the metallic membrane and the anode chamber. The hydrogenated shuttle molecule may be supplied to a reactor for contacting an oxygen-containing gas to yield hydrogen peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: The University of British ColumbiaInventors: Aoxue Huang, Roxanna Delima, Ryan Jansonius, Curtis Berlinguette
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Publication number: 20230257325Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a first reaction chamber configured to perform a chemical reaction and an anode chamber configured to perform an electrochemical reaction. The first reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a first membrane. The first membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The first membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the first membrane and the anode chamber. The chemical and electrochemical reactions may respectively be hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Rebecca SHERBO
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Publication number: 20230183873Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing hydrogen peroxide by performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a chemical reaction chamber configured to hydrogenate a shuttle molecule and an electrochemical chamber configured to electrochemically dissociate water to form hydrogen ions at an anode, and to reduce the hydrogen ions to atomic hydrogen at a cathode. The chemical reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a metallic membrane. The metallic membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The metallic membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. A layer of co-catalyst may optionally be electrodeposited on the layer of palladium or palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the metallic membrane and the anode chamber. The hydrogenated shuttle molecule may be supplied to a reactor for contacting an oxygen-containing gas to yield hydrogen peroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Aoxue HUANG, Roxanna DELIMA, Ryan JANSONIUS, Curtis BERLINGUETTE
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Patent number: 11667592Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a first reaction chamber configured to perform a chemical reaction and an anode chamber configured to perform an electrochemical reaction. The first reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a first membrane. The first membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The first membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the first membrane and the anode chamber. The chemical and electrochemical reactions may respectively be hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The University of British ColumbiaInventors: Curtis Berlinguette, Rebecca Sherbo
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Publication number: 20230158459Abstract: A hydrogen permeable membrane comprises a dense layer of a hydrogen permeable metal having first and second faces. The first face of the dense layer has a rough surface which may be formed for example by electrodeposition of a hydrogen permeable metal such as palladium. One or more co-catalysts are provided on the rough surface. The co-catalysts may comprise thin sputtered layers. The one or more co-catalysts have an area density not exceeding 20 µg per cm2; and/or a majority of the co catalysts are in an outer portion of the rough surface, the outer portion of the rough surface being less than one half of a thickness of the rough surface defined by peaks of the rough surface. The membrane may be used in a cell to facilitate chemical reactions including hydrogenation, dehydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Ryan JANSONIUS, Aiko KURIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230151501Abstract: Methods and apparatus incorporating porous metallic electrodes for electrolytic conversion of carbon-containing ions are disclosed. A electrochemical cell has an anode, a porous metallic electrode which serves as a cathode, and an ion exchange membrane between the anode and the porous metallic electrode. Water dissociates into hydroxide ions and hydrogen ions at the ion exchange membrane. The hydroxide ions permeate towards the anode, and the hydrogen ions permeate towards the porous metallic electrode. A carbon-containing solution is supplied to the porous metallic electrode. The carbon-containing solution reacts with the hydrogen ions to form one or more carbon-containing intermediate products. One of the carbon-containing intermediate products participate in a reduction reaction at the porous metallic electrode to form one or more carbon-containing resulting products. In some embodiments, the carbon-containing solution comprises a solution containing bicarbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Zishuai ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210151206Abstract: An apparatus and method for sourcing nuclear fusion products uses an electrochemical loading process to load low-kinetic-energy (low-k) light element particles into a target electrode, which comprises a light-element-absorbing material (e.g., Palladium). An electrolyte solution containing the low-k light element particles is maintained in contact with a backside surface of the target electrode while a bias voltage is applied between the target electrode and an electrochemical anode, thereby causing low-k light element particles to diffuse from the backside surface to an opposing frontside surface of the target electrode. High-kinetic-energy (high-k) light element particles are directed against the frontside, thereby causing fusion reactions each time a high-k light element particle operably collides with a low-k light element particle disposed on the frontside surface. Fusion reaction rates are controlled by adjusting the bias voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Thomas Schenkel, Ross Koningstein, Peter Seidl, Arun Persaud, Qing Ji, David K. Fork, Matthew D. Trevithick, Curtis Berlinguette, Philip A. Schauer, Benjamin P. MacLeod
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Publication number: 20210123146Abstract: Processes and apparatus for electrocatalytically converting carbon dioxide emissions and/or ambient carbon dioxide into useful chemicals are described. The process may include: removing carbon dioxide from ambient air through a carbon capture technique, supplying a carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution as cathode feed to a cathode of an electrolytic cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly which includes a bipolar membrane separating an anode from the cathode, and applying an electrical potential difference between the cathode and the anode of the membrane electrode assembly to electrocatalytically reduce the carbonate or bicarbonate aqueous solution to carbon monoxide or another useful chemical.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Danielle SALVATORE, Tengfei LI, Maxwell GOLDMAN, Eric LEES
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Publication number: 20210040017Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a first reaction chamber configured to perform a chemical reaction and an anode chamber configured to perform an electrochemical reaction. The first reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a first membrane. The first membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The first membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the first membrane and the anode chamber. The chemical and electrochemical reactions may respectively be hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Rebecca SHERBO
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Publication number: 20200208278Abstract: An electrochemical device and method can include techniques involving bipolar membrane electrolysis to transform an input product into an output product. Some embodiments can include a gas-diffusion electrode as a cathode, a bipolar membrane configured to facilitate autodissociation, and an anode that can be configured as a liquid-electrolyte style electrode or a gas-diffusion electrode. In some embodiments the electrochemical device can be configured as a CO2 electrolyzer that is designed to utilize input product including carbon dioxide gas and water to generate output products that can include gaseous carbon monoxide or other reduction products of carbon dioxide and gaseous oxygen or the oxidation products of a depolarizer such as hydrogen, methane, or methanol. Embodiments can be utilized in the production of fuels or feedstocks for fuels and carbon-containing chemicals, in air purification systems, flue gas treatment devices, and other machines and facilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yuguang C. Li, Zhifei Yan, Thomas E. Mallouk, Curtis Berlinguette, Danielle Salvatore
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Publication number: 20200165161Abstract: The present invention provides scalable, solution based processes for manufacturing electrochromic materials comprising metal oxide films for use in electrochromic devices. The electrochromic material comprises a transparent conductive substrate coated with an electrochromic metal oxide film, wherein the metal oxide film is formed by a process comprising the steps of: a) providing the conductive substrate; b) coating the substrate with a solution of one or more metal precursors; and c) exposing the coated substrate to near-infrared radiation, UV radiation and/or ozone in an aerobic atmosphere. The present invention also provides electrochromic devices incorporating these electrochromic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Curtis Berlinguette, Wei Cheng
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Patent number: 10173210Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making materials and electrocatalytic materials comprising amorphous metals or metal oxides. This method provides a scalable preparative approach for accessing state-of-the-art electrocatalyst films, as demonstrated herein for the electrolysis of water, and extends the scope of usable substrates to include those that are non-conducting and/or three-dimensional electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Click Materials Corp.Inventors: Curtis Berlinguette, Danielle Salvatore, Kevan Dettlebach, Jesse Hudkins
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Publication number: 20170368545Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making materials and electrocatalytic materials comprising amorphous metals or metal oxides. This method provides a scalable preparative approach for accessing state-of-the-art electrocatalyst films, as demonstrated herein for the electrolysis of water, and extends the scope of usable substrates to include those that are non-conducting and/or three-dimensional electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Curtis BERLINGUETTE, Danielle SALVATORE, Kevan DETTLEBACH, Jesse HUDKINS
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Patent number: 9803287Abstract: The present invention provides an electrocatalytic material and a method for making an electrocatalytic material. There is also provided an electrocatalytic material comprising amorphous metal or mixed metal oxides. There is also provided methods of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Click Materials Corp.Inventors: Simon Trudel, Curtis Berlinguette
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Publication number: 20160369410Abstract: The present invention provides an electrocatalytic material and a method for making an electrocatalytic material. There is also provided an electrocatalytic material comprising amorphous metal or mixed metal oxides. There is also provided methods of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Click Materials Corp.Inventors: Simon TRUDEL, Curtis BERLINGUETTE
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Patent number: 9433928Abstract: The present invention provides an electrocatalytic material and a method for making an electrocatalytic material. There is also provided an electrocatalytic material comprising amorphous metal or mixed metal oxides. There is also provided methods of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Click Materials Corp.Inventors: Simon Trudel, Curtis Berlinguette
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Publication number: 20140213441Abstract: The present invention provides an electrocatalytic material and a method for making an electrocatalytic material. There is also provided an electrocatalytic material comprising amorphous metal or mixed metal oxides. There is also provided methods of forming an electrocatalyst, comprising an amorphous metal oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Simon Trudel, Curtis Berlinguette