Patents by Inventor James Bacon Whitaker

James Bacon Whitaker 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).

  • Manufacturing of perovskite films
    Patent number: 11339058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mixture that includes a perovskite precursor, a solvent, and an additive that includes at least one of a first amine, a ketone, an aldehyde, a non-nucleophilic sterically hindered base, and/or a halogen-containing compound, where, upon removal of the solvent and the additive, the perovskite precursor is capable of being transformed into a perovskite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: James Bacon Whitaker, Kai Zhu, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest
  • MANUFACTURING OF PEROVSKITE FILMS
    Publication number: 20200189927
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mixture that includes a perovskite precursor, a solvent, and an additive that includes at least one of a first amine, a ketone, an aldehyde, a non-nucleophilic sterically hindered base, and/or a halogen-containing compound, where, upon removal of the solvent and the additive, the perovskite precursor is capable of being transformed into a perovskite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: James Bacon WHITAKER, Kai ZHU, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van HEST
  • PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES HAVING ROUGH METAL SURFACES
    Publication number: 20180337293
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes, in order, a metal layer that includes aluminum, a first layer that includes a titanium oxide, a second layer that includes zinc oxide, and an absorber layer that includes indene-C60 bisadduct:poly(3-hexylthiophene) (ICBA:P3HT), where the metal layer has a thickness between one micrometer and 30 ?m, and the metal layer has a roughness greater than 10 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Charles Bobela, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Scott Alan Mauger, James Bacon Whitaker