Patents by Inventor Guk-Hyeon KWON

Guk-Hyeon KWON 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).

  • Patent number: 10276876
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing carbonized fine cellulose, which enables the formation of carbonized nano-sized cellulose by subjecting cellulose to drying, carbonization, and pulverization by means of shock waves using ultrasonic waves and microbubbles, thus realizing mass producibility, making it possible to fabricate a carbonized nano-sized material having uniform quality, and reducing the manufacturing costs. The carbonized fine cellulose is in the form of a nano-sized uniform carbon powder, and can thus be utilized as a catalyst support in various forms, such as fuel cell electrodes, electrodes of energy storage devices such as supercapacitors or secondary batteries, catalyst supports for micro-nano hybrid reactors, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Hee-yeon Kim, Seong Ok Han, In-sub Han, Se-young Kim, Young-hoon Seong, Doo-won Seo, Guk Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9981212
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are porous graphene filters, each consisting of a carbon monoatomic layer having small holes formed therein during the graphene formation, a plurality of the porous graphene filters being used to selectively filter a specific material from a mixture of at least two different materials, a method for manufacturing the same, and a filtering apparatus using the same. The method comprises: separately forming a first graphene filter having a first hole of a first size and a second graphene filter having a second hole of a second size, during deposition of carbon atoms generated from a carbon source for formation of graphene, by substituting the carbon atoms, in part, with a substitution atom generated from a substitution source, the second size being larger than the first size; and arranging the first graphene filter and the second graphene filter in a filter body equipped with an inlet and an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon Kim, Guk-Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9950317
    Abstract: Disclosed are a large-scale composite synthesis system, a reactor therefor, and a synthesis method using the same, wherein two or more different samples are vaporized in respective vaporizers, and are then fed into a reactor that has a relatively large transverse cross-sectional diameter compared to the connector for transporting the samples in a gas phase and is maintained at a temperature lower than that of the connector, thus producing a powder composite, the composite being synthesized while being electrostatically attached to an adherend surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon Kim, Guk-Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9947926
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a nitrogen-doped porous graphene envelope. The method of forming the nitrogen-doped porous graphene envelope includes dissolving a nitrogen precursor in an organic precursor and then vaporizing the resulting precursor to thus simultaneously synthesize the graphene envelope and perform nitrogen doping in a single step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-yeon Kim, Bo-yun Jang, Guk Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9834445
    Abstract: Disclosed are a porous graphene member having through-holes formed therein, a method for manufacturing the porous graphene member, and an apparatus for manufacturing the porous graphene member using the method. The method comprises: introducing a carbon source and a substitution reaction source into a deposition furnace; thermally decomposing the carbon source and the substitution reaction source simultaneously to generate carbon atoms and substitution atoms, respectively, wherein the carbon atoms are deposited on a substrate present within the deposition furnace to form a graphene film consisting of a monoatomic layer structure, and during the deposition of carbon atoms, the substitution atoms not only interfere with covalent bonds between the carbon atoms to cause crystal defects, but also substitute for parts of the carbon atoms to in situ form through-holes in the graphene, thereby creating the porous graphene member; and releasing the porous graphene member from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon Kim, Guk-Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 9700877
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal-carbon hybrid composite having a nitrogen-doped carbon surface and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal-carbon hybrid composite, wherein the surface of carbon for the metal-carbon hybrid composite may be doped with nitrogen in a single step using a co-vaporization process, and to a metal-carbon hybrid composite having a nitrogen-doped carbon surface manufactured by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon Kim, Guk-Hyeon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170152146
    Abstract: Disclosed are a porous graphene member having through-holes formed therein, a method for manufacturing the porous graphene member, and an apparatus for manufacturing the porous graphene member using the method. The method comprises: introducing a carbon source and a substitution reaction source into a deposition furnace; thermally decomposing the carbon source and the substitution reaction source simultaneously to generate carbon atoms and substitution atoms, respectively, wherein the carbon atoms are deposited on a substrate present within the deposition furnace to form a graphene film consisting of a monoatomic layer structure, and during the deposition of carbon atoms, the substitution atoms not only interfere with covalent bonds between the carbon atoms to cause crystal defects, but also substitute for parts of the carbon atoms to in situ form through-holes in the graphene, thereby creating the porous graphene member; and releasing the porous graphene member from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon KIM, Guk-Hyeon KWON
  • Publication number: 20170151516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are porous graphene filters, each consisting of a carbon monoatomic layer having small holes formed therein during the graphene formation, a plurality of the porous graphene filters being used to selectively filter a specific material from a mixture of at least two different materials, a method for manufacturing the same, and a filtering apparatus using the same. The method comprises: separately forming a first graphene filter having a first hole of a first size and a second graphene filter having a second hole of a second size, during deposition of carbon atoms generated from a carbon source for formation of graphene, by substituting the carbon atoms, in part, with a substitution atom generated from a substitution source, the second size being larger than the first size; and arranging the first graphene filter and the second graphene filter in a filter body equipped with an inlet and an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon KIM, Guk-Hyeon KWON
  • Publication number: 20170098827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing carbonized fine cellulose, which enables the formation of carbonized nano-sized cellulose by subjecting cellulose to drying, carbonization, and pulverization by means of shock waves using ultrasonic waves and microbubbles, thus realizing mass producibility, making it possible to fabricate a carbonized nano-sized material having uniform quality, and reducing the manufacturing costs. The carbonized fine cellulose is in the form of a nano-sized uniform carbon powder, and can thus be utilized as a catalyst support in various forms, such as fuel cell electrodes, electrodes of energy storage devices such as supercapacitors or secondary batteries, catalyst supports for micro-nano hybrid reactors, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hee-yeon Kim, Seong Ok Han, In-sub Han, Se-young Kim, Young-hoon Seong, Doo-won Seo, Guk Hyeon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160346769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a nitrogen-doped porous graphene envelope. The method of forming the nitrogen-doped porous graphene envelope includes dissolving a nitrogen precursor in an organic precursor and then vaporizing the resulting precursor to thus simultaneously synthesize the graphene envelope and perform nitrogen doping in a single step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hee-yeon KIM, Bo-yun JANG, Guk Hyeon KWON
  • Publication number: 20160001281
    Abstract: Disclosed are a large-scale composite synthesis system, a reactor therefor, and a synthesis method using the same, wherein two or more different samples are vaporized in respective vaporizers, and are then fed into a reactor that has a relatively large transverse cross-sectional diameter compared to the connector for transporting the samples in a gas phase and is maintained at a temperature lower than that of the connector, thus producing a powder composite, the composite being synthesized while being electrostatically attached to an adherend surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon KIM, Guk-Hyeon KWON
  • Publication number: 20150343428
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal-carbon hybrid composite having a nitrogen-doped carbon surface and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal-carbon hybrid composite, wherein the surface of carbon for the metal-carbon hybrid composite may be doped with nitrogen in a single step using a co-vaporization process, and to a metal-carbon hybrid composite having a nitrogen-doped carbon surface manufactured by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon KIM, Guk-Hyeon KWON