Patents by Inventor Huanlei Wang

Huanlei Wang 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).

  • Publication number: 20210167358
    Abstract: A carbon-based material including at least two heteroatoms, wherein at least one of the at least two heteroatoms is covalently bonded to carbon in the carbon-based material. An electrode including the carbon-based material, and a process for synthesizing the carbon-based material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Huanlei Wang, David Mitlin
  • Publication number: 20200203085
    Abstract: A double hybridized ion capacitor including a positive electrode and a negative electrode. Each of the positive electrode and negative electrode includes high surface area carbon. In one embodiment, the high surface area carbon is derived from gulfweed. The double hybridized ion capacitor delivers 127 W h kg?1 at 332 W kg?1 and 40 W h kg?1 at 33,573 W kg?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Huanlei Wang, David Mitlin
  • Patent number: 10170251
    Abstract: A combined hydrothermal and activation process that uses hemp bast fiber as the precursor to achieve graphene-like carbon nanosheets, a carbon nanosheet including carbonized crystalline cellulose, a carbon nanosheet formed by carbonizing crystalline cellulose, a capacitative structure includes interconnected carbon nanosheets of carbonized crystalline cellulose, a method of forming a nanosheet including carbonizing crystalline cellulose to create carbonized crystalline cellulose. The interconnected two-dimensional carbon nanosheets also contain very high levels of mesoporosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Zhi Li, Chris Holt
  • Publication number: 20180083331
    Abstract: Carbon nanosheets fabricated by carbonization and activation or by carbonization alone. The nanosheets possess a disordered structure for copious reversible binding of ions at the carbon defects. They are also hierarchically micro-meso-macro porous, allowing facile ion transport at high rates both through the pore-filling electrolyte and in the solid-state. Also, a combined battery—supercapacitor energy storage device using the carbon nanosheets as one or both of the electrodes therein. Tuning the mass-loading ratio of the carbon nanosheets in the two electrodes configures the carbon nanosheets to operate either as a bulk insertion electrode (anode) or a surface adsorption electrode (cathode). The energy storage device may further include a housing with a form factor of a commercial battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang
  • Publication number: 20170088428
    Abstract: A combined hydrothermal and activation process that uses hemp bast fiber as the precursor to achieve graphene-like carbon nanosheets, a carbon nanosheet including carbonized crystalline cellulose, a carbon nanosheet formed by carbonizing crystalline cellulose, a capacitative structure includes interconnected carbon nanosheets of carbonized crystalline cellulose, a method of forming a nanosheet including carbonizing crystalline cellulose to create carbonized crystalline cellulose. The interconnected two-dimensional carbon nanosheets also contain very high levels of mesoporosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Zhi Li, Chris Holt
  • Patent number: 9478365
    Abstract: There is disclosed a combined hydrothermal and activation process that uses hemp bast fiber as the precursor to achieve graphene-like carbon nanosheets, a carbon nanosheet comprising carbonized crystalline cellulose, a carbon nanosheet formed by carbonizing crystalline cellulose, a capacitative structure comprises interconnected carbon nanosheets of carbonized crystalline cellulose, a method of forming a nanosheet comprising carbonizing crystalline cellulose to create carbonized crystalline cellulose. The interconnected two-dimensional carbon nanosheets also contain very high levels of mesoporosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Zhi Li, Chris Holt
  • Publication number: 20140328006
    Abstract: There is disclosed a combined hydrothermal and activation process that uses hemp bast fiber as the precursor to achieve graphene-like carbon nanosheets, a carbon nanosheet comprising carbonized crystalline cellulose, a carbon nanosheet formed by carbonizing crystalline cellulose, a capacitative structure comprises interconnected carbon nanosheets of carbonized crystalline cellulose, a method of forming a nanosheet comprising carbonizing crystalline cellulose to create carbonized crystalline cellulose. The interconnected two-dimensional carbon nanosheets also contain very high levels of mesoporosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Zhi Li, Chris Holt