Patents by Inventor Jeffery M. Parker

Jeffery M. Parker 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).

  • High surface area nitride, carbide and boride electrodes and methods of fabrication thereof
    Patent number: 5680292
    Abstract: High surface area electrodes for use in electrical and electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices comprise conductive transition metal nitrides, carbides, borides or combinations thereof where the metal is molybdenum or tungsten. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing such electrodes by forming or depositing a layer of metal oxide, then exposing the metal oxide layer at elevated temperature to a source of nitrogen, carbon or boron in a chemically reducing environment to form the desired metal nitride, carbide or boride film. Also disclosed is an ultracapacitor comprised of the new high surface area electrodes having a specific capacitance of 100 mF/cm.sup.2 and an energy density of 100 mJ/cm.sup.3 with improved conductivity and chemical stability when compared to currently available electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: T/J Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Levi T. Thompson, Jr., Michael R. Wixom, Jeffery M. Parker