Patents by Inventor Dianyi LIU

Dianyi LIU 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).

  • UV harvesting transparent photovoltaics
    Patent number: 12027325
    Abstract: A transparent photovoltaic cell is provided. The transparent photovoltaic cell includes a first visibly transparent electrode, a visibly transparent active layer including a light absorbing material that has a bandgap greater than or equal to about 2.75 eV, and a second visibly transparent electrode. The active layer is disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode. The transparent photovoltaic cell is visibly transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. Lunt, Dianyi Liu
  • Flexible inorganic perovskite solar cells and room-temperature processing thereof
    Patent number: 11784009
    Abstract: A flexible photovoltaic device is provided. The flexible photovoltaic device includes a flexible inorganic halide perovskite. The flexible inorganic halide perovskite is free of organic components, has a thickness of greater than or equal to about 1 ?m to less than or equal to about 1 nm, and has an average grain size of less than or equal to about 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. Lunt, III, Dianyi Liu
  • FLEXIBLE INORGANIC PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210233717
    Abstract: A flexible photovoltaic device is provided. The flexible photovoltaic device includes a flexible inorganic halide perovskite. The flexible inorganic halide perovskite is free of organic components, has a thickness of greater than or equal to about 1 ?m to less than or equal to about 1 nm, and has an average grain size of less than or equal to about 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. LUNT, Dianyi LIU
  • UV HARVESTING TRANSPARENT PHOTOVOLTAICS
    Publication number: 20200343053
    Abstract: A transparent photovoltaic cell is provided. The transparent photovoltaic cell includes a first visibly transparent electrode, a visibly transparent active layer including a light absorbing material that has a bandgap greater than or equal to about 2.75 eV, and a second visibly transparent electrode. The active layer is disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode. The transparent photovoltaic cell is visibly transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Richard R. LUNT, Dianyi LIU