Patents by Inventor Jae-Kap Lee

Jae-Kap Lee 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: 11702736
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a diamond-graphene hybrid heat spreader-thermal interface material assembled thermal management material including: (a) preparing a planar diamond base material; and (b) converting a predetermined thickness of at least a partial area of one side or both sides of the diamond base material into vertical graphene, wherein the diamond base material serves as a heat spreader, and a graphene layer formed on the diamond base material serves as a thermal interface material (TIM) or a heat sink, and a method of modulating the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material including modulating the thermal management material by attaching a heterogenous member to the surface of the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material and pressurizing the attached structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae Kap Lee, Hyunsu Ju
  • Patent number: 11390526
    Abstract: A method of safely stabilizing carbon nanotubes containing reactive or unstable catalyst metal particles by selective oxidation, or melting and removing the catalyst metal particles under controlled conditions. In one embodiment, the method may include preparing carbon nanotubes containing a residual catalyst metal, pickling the carbon nanotubes, and the subsequence oxidation of the residual catalyst metal by heat-treating without oxidation of the carbon nanotubes. In another embodiment, the method may include preparing carbon nanotubes containing a residual catalyst metal, first acid pickling, melting the residual catalyst metal by heat-treating in a vacuum chamber, and second acid pickling to remove the melted residual catalyst metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae Kap Lee, Kwang Koo Jee
  • Publication number: 20220024769
    Abstract: The present invention has been proposed to solve various problems including the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of stabilizing carbon nanotubes by oxidizing catalyst metal particles included in the carbon nanotubes by oxidation heat treatment or by melting and removing the catalyst metal particles in a vacuum atmosphere. According to an aspect of the present invention to achieve the object, the method includes preparing carbon nanotubes including a catalyst metal and oxidizing the catalyst metal by heat-treating the carbon nanotubes. According to another aspect of the present invention to achieve the object, the method includes preparing carbon nanotubes including a catalyst metal, melting the catalyst metal by heat-treating the carbon nanotubes, and acid pickling the carbon nanotubes having undergone the melting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Kap LEE, Kwang Koo JEE
  • Publication number: 20210238737
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a diamond-graphene hybrid heat spreader-thermal interface material assembled thermal management material including: (a) preparing a planar diamond base material; and (b) converting a predetermined thickness of at least a partial area of one side or both sides of the diamond base material into vertical graphene, wherein the diamond base material serves as a heat spreader, and a graphene layer formed on the diamond base material serves as a thermal interface material (TIM) or a heat sink, and a method of modulating the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material including modulating the thermal management material by attaching a heterogenous member to the surface of the diamond-graphene hybrid thermal management material and pressurizing the attached structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Kap LEE, Hyunsu JU
  • Publication number: 20200354854
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of producing a particle-shaped diamond single-crystal using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). According to one embodiment, the method includes disposing a single-crystal diamond grit seed on a stage substrate in a diamond synthesis chamber and three-dimensionally growing the single-crystal diamond grit seed to a particle-shaped diamond single-crystal by introducing a source gas into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Kap LEE, Kwang Koo JEE
  • Patent number: 10407801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon fiber composition and a fabrication method for high-performance carbon fiber using the same. The method can fabricate high-performance carbon fiber (or graphite fiber) with lowering a graphitization temperature by using graphene carbon fiber composition including nano-sized graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Kap Lee, Won Kook Choi
  • Patent number: 9840417
    Abstract: Disclosed is AA? graphite with a new stacking feature of graphene, and a fabrication method thereof. Graphene is stacked in the sequence of AA? where alternate graphene layers exhibiting the AA? stacking are translated by a half hexagon (1.23 ?). AA? graphite has an interplanar spacing of about 3.44 ? larger than that of the conventional AB stacked graphite (3.35 ?) that has been known as the only crystal of pure graphite. This may allow the AA? stacked graphite to have unique physical and chemical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Kap Lee, So-Hyung Lee, Jae-Pyoung Ahn, Seung-cheol Lee, Wook-Seong Lee
  • Publication number: 20170114478
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon fiber composition and a fabrication method for high-performance carbon fiber using the same. The method can fabricate high-performance carbon fiber (or graphite fiber) with lowering a graphitization temperature by using graphene carbon fiber composition including nano-sized graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Kap LEE, Won Kook CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160122188
    Abstract: Disclosed is AA? graphite with a new stacking feature of graphene, and a fabrication method thereof. Graphene is stacked in the sequence of AA? where alternate graphene layers exhibiting the AA? stacking are translated by a half hexagon (1.23 ?). AA? graphite has an interplanar spacing of about 3.44 ? larger than that of the conventional AB stacked graphite (3.35 ?) that has been known as the only crystal of pure graphite. This may allow the AA? stacked graphite to have unique physical and chemical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Kap LEE, So-Hyung LEE, Jae-Pyoung AHN, Seung-cheol LEE, Wook-Seong LEE
  • Publication number: 20150368110
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of growing a graphene nanopowder having a size of 10 nm or less into a graphene sheet having a seed size or more by using a graphene nanopowder as a seed. Further, in the present disclosure, a graphite sheet in which 2 to 20 layers of the graphene sheet are laminated may be prepared. The carbon sheet (that is, graphene and graphite sheets) may be prepared by preparing a graphene nanopowder (randomly distributed) on a substrate, and then subjecting the substrate to CVD treatment using a gas including a hydrocarbon gas in a chemical deposition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jae-Kap LEE, Yeseul PARK, Won-Kook CHOI
  • Patent number: 9200363
    Abstract: Disclosed is AA? graphite with a new stacking feature of graphene, and a fabrication method thereof. Graphene is stacked in the sequence of AA? where alternate graphene layers exhibiting the AA? stacking are translated by a half hexagon (1.23 ?). AA? graphite has an interplanar spacing of about 3.44 ? larger than that of the conventional AB stacked graphite (3.35 ?) that has been known as the only crystal of pure graphite. This may allow the AA? stacked graphite to have unique physical and chemical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae-Kap Lee, So-Hyung Lee, Jae-Pyoung Ahn, Seung-Cheol Lee, Wook-Seong Lee
  • Patent number: 8672246
    Abstract: An easy and effective method for purifying graphene powder by removing magnetic impurities, wherein magnetic impurities are incorporated during the process of fabricating the graphene powder, is provided. The method for purifying graphene powder, the method including: (1) ball-milling a graphite material to form graphene powder; (2) dispersing the graphene powder in a solvent to form a suspension; and (3) separating magnetic impurities during stirring the suspension, by using a magnet, Wherein the magnetic impurities were incorporated into the graphene powder during ball-milling from the balls and dispersed in the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae Kap Lee, Kyoung-Il Lee
  • Publication number: 20140018480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon fiber composition and a fabrication method for high-performance carbon fiber using the same. The method can fabricate high-performance carbon fiber (or graphite fiber) with lowering a graphitization temperature by using graphene carbon fiber composition including nano-sized graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Kap LEE, Won Kook CHOI
  • Patent number: 8597607
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating graphene ribbons, comprising: preparing a graphitic material comprising stacked graphene helices; and cutting the graphitic material in a short form by applying energy to the graphitic material; and simultaneously or afterward, decomposing the graphitic material into short graphene ribbons. This method provides a mass production route to graphene ribbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Kap Lee, So-Hyung Lee, Wook-Seong Lee
  • Patent number: 8586000
    Abstract: A graphite material and corresponding methods of fabricating the graphite material from graphene nanoribbons are described. The graphite material is composed of a multiplicity of graphene nanoribbons which are randomly layered on each other. The graphene nanoribbons are less than 0.4 nm thick, 5 nm wide, and 20 nm long. One variant of the method of fabricating the graphite material includes preparing graphene nanoribbons, suspending the graphene nanoribbons in a solvent, and then drying the suspension to fabricate the graphite material and to drive off the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Kap Lee, Jin-Sup Won, Bo-Bae Lee
  • Publication number: 20130164209
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating graphene ribbons which are high-functional carbon materials. Provided a method of fabricating graphene ribbons, including (a) preparing a graphene helix carbon structure which is formed by spiral growing of a unit graphene , and (b) applying energy to the carbon structure to obtain ribbon-shaped graphenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Jae-Kap LEE, Kyoung-Il LEE, So-Hyung LEE
  • Patent number: 8318268
    Abstract: There is provided a fabrication method for an AA stacked graphene-diamond hybrid material by converting, through a high temperature treatment on diamond, a diamond surface into graphene. According to the present invention, if various types of diamond are maintained at a certain temperature having a stable graphene phase (approximately greater than 1200° C.) in a hydrogen gas atmosphere, two diamond {111} lattice planes are converted into one graphene plate (2:1 conversion), whereby the diamond surface is converted into graphene in a certain thickness, thus to fabricate the AA stacked graphene-diamond hybrid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Kap Lee, So-Hyung Lee, Seung-Cheol Lee, Jae-Pyoung Ahn, Jeon-Kook Lee, Wook-Seong Lee
  • Publication number: 20120295107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a carbon material and, more particularly, to a method for fabricating graphite having a nano-ribbon shape (hereinafter, referred to as a ‘graphene-controlled nano-graphite’) through a heat treatment of graphene nano-powders, and a graphene-controlled nano-graphite fabricated through the method. The method for fabricating graphene-controlled nano-graphite includes a preparation step of preparing graphene powders and a fabrication step of fabricating graphene-controlled nano-graphite through heat treatment of the graphene powders. The graphene powder may be fabricated by disintegrating crystalline graphite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Jae Kap LEE
  • Publication number: 20120171109
    Abstract: Random graphite which is a type of graphite comprising three-dimensionally random graphene layers, and a fabrication method thereof at a low temperature as below 100° C. are disclosed. Random graphite may have a large volume of an empty space due to the feature of the presence of the three-dimensionally random graphene nanoribbons. Thus, it can be applied to Graphitic Intercalation Compound (GIC) such as electrodes for Li-ion battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae-Kap LEE, Jin-Sup WON, Bo-Bae LEE
  • Publication number: 20120082614
    Abstract: There is provided a fabrication method for an AA stacked graphene-diamond hybrid material by converting, through a high temperature treatment on diamond, a diamond surface into graphene. According to the present invention, if various types of diamond are maintained at a certain temperature having a stable graphene phase (approximately greater than 1200° C.) in a hydrogen gas atmosphere, two diamond {111} lattice planes are converted into one graphene plate (2:1 conversion), whereby the diamond surface is converted into graphene in a certain thickness, thus to fabricate the AA stacked graphene-diamond hybrid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae-Kap LEE, So-Hyung LEE, Seung-Cheol LEE, Jae-Pyoung AHN, Jeon-Kook LEE, Wook-Seong LEE