Patents by Inventor Erick RUOFF

Erick RUOFF 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).

  • LOW COST AIR ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20200411879
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide low cost bifunctional air electrodes. Various embodiments may provide a bifunctional air electrode, including a metal substrate and particles of metal and/or metal oxide catalyst and/or metal nitride catalyst coated on the metal substrate. Various embodiments may provide a bifunctional air electrode, including a first portion configured to engage an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a discharge mode and a second portion configured to engage an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in a charge mode. Various embodiments may provide a method for making an air electrode including coating a metal substrate with particles of metal and/or metal oxide catalyst and/or metal nitride catalyst. Various embodiments may provide batteries including air electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Katherine HARTMAN, Kristen CARLISLE, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, Liang SU, Rupak CHAKRABORTY, Yet-Ming CHIANG, Thomas JARAMILLO, William Henry WOODFORD, Marco FERRARA, Mateo Cristian JARAMILLO, Theodore Alan WILEY, Erick RUOFF, Nicholas Reed PERKINS, Marc-Antoni GOULET, Joycelyn NEWHOUSE, Andrew Haynes LIOTTA, Bradley MILESON, Michael Andrew GIBSON, Eric WEBER, Annelise Christine THOMPSON