Patents by Inventor HAIGUANG ZHAO

HAIGUANG ZHAO 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).

  • LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR USING A METAL-FREE EMITTER
    Publication number: 20200235254
    Abstract: A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) comprising a metal-free emitter. The emitter may for example be carbon-based. In particular, the emitter may comprise colloidal carbon quantum dots, also called C-dots or C-QDs or C-dots. In embodiments of the invention, the surface of the C-dots is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yufeng ZHOU, Daniele BENETTI, Xin TONG, Lei JIN, Zhiming M. WANG, Dongling MA, Haiguang ZHAO, Federico ROSEI
  • Nanothermometer
    Patent number: 10571344
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor nanocrystal or quantum dot comprising a core made of a material and at least one shell made of another material. Also there is provided a composite comprising a plurality of such nanocrystals or quantum dots. Moreover, there is provided a method of measuring the temperature of an object or area, comprising using a temperature sensor comprising a semiconductor nanocrystal or quantum dot of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Haiguang Zhao, Alberto Vomiero, Federico Rosei
  • NANOTHERMOMETER
    Publication number: 20170248477
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor nanocrystal or quantum dot comprising a core made of a material and at least one shell made of another material. Also there is provided a composite comprising a plurality of such nanocrystals or quantum dots. Moreover, there is provided a method of measuring the temperature of an object or area, comprising using a temperature sensor comprising a semiconductor nanocrystal or quantum dot of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: HAIGUANG ZHAO, ALBERTO VOMIERO, FEDERICO ROSEI