Patents by Inventor David T. MACKAY

David T. MACKAY 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).

  • Lithium-ion batteries with nanostructured electrodes
    Patent number: 10193137
    Abstract: Several embodiments related to lithium-ion batteries having electrodes with nanostructures, compositions of such nanostructures, and associated methods of making such electrodes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for producing an anode suitable for a lithium-ion battery comprising preparing a surface of a substrate material and forming a plurality of conductive nanostructures on the surface of the substrate material via electrodeposition without using a template. The substrate material is at least partially compliant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David T. Mackay, M. Grant Norton, Sarah Miller
  • LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20150357629
    Abstract: Several embodiments related to lithium-ion batteries having electrodes with nanostructures, compositions of such nanostructures, and associated methods of making such electrodes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for producing an anode suitable for a lithium-ion battery comprising preparing a surface of a substrate material and forming a plurality of conductive nanostructures on the surface of the substrate material via electrodeposition without using a template. The substrate material is at least partially compliant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: David T. MACKAY, M. Grant NORTON, Sarah MILLER