Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Lee Blackburn

Jeffrey Lee Blackburn 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: 11796488
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Azure Dee Avery, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson, Taylor Christie Julia Aubry-Komin
  • Patent number: 11787697
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor ?2? between 1 ?W/mK2 and about 3500 ?W/mK2 and by ZT=?2?T/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, University of Denver
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson, Barry Lee Zink
  • Patent number: 11676772
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite nanocrystal (NC) layer, a charge separating layer, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, a cathode, and an anode, where the charge separating layer is positioned between the perovskite NC layer and the insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the charge separating layer and the gate electrode, and the cathode and the anode both electrically contact the charge separating layer and the insulating layer. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the device may be configured to operate as at least one of a photodetector, an optical switching device, and/or a neuromorphic switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Ji Hao
  • Publication number: 20220326082
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first layer having a first molecule that includes a metal and a halogen, a second layer that includes the first molecule, and a third layer that includes a chiral molecule, where the third layer is positioned between the first layer and the second layer, and the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer form a crystalline structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Craig BEARD, Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Ji HAO, Haipeng LU
  • Publication number: 20220238823
    Abstract: Electronic ratchet devices comprising a pair of first and second electrodes; a dielectric layer; a gate electrode layer; and a transport layer are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew John FERGUSON, Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Ji HAO
  • Publication number: 20220148819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a perovskite nanocrystal (NC) layer, a charge separating layer, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, a cathode, and an anode, where the charge separating layer is positioned between the perovskite NC layer and the insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the charge separating layer and the gate electrode, and the cathode and the anode both electrically contact the charge separating layer and the insulating layer. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the device may be configured to operate as at least one of a photodetector, an optical switching device, and/or a neuromorphic switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Ji Hao
  • Publication number: 20220081297
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor ?2? between 1 ?W/mK2 and about 3500 ?W/mK2 and by ZT=?2?T/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Andrew John FERGUSON, Barry Lee ZINK
  • Patent number: 11043335
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer and a first charge transport layer, where the first charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is in contact with the second layer, the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the active layer, the first layer comprises a first carbon nanostructure, and the second layer includes a second carbon nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly, Noah James Stanton, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn
  • Patent number: 11028271
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a metal chalcogenide having a surface and a ligand, where the ligand is covalently bound to the surface. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the metal chalcogenide may be defined by MXz, where Z is between 1 and 3, inclusively, M (a metal) includes at least one of Sc, Zr, Hf, Zr, Ti, Nb, Ta, V, Mo, Cr, Re, W, S, Pt, Fe, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Cd, P, and/or Mn, and X (a chalcogenide) includes at least one of S, Se, and/or Te.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Hanyu Zhang, Eric Edward Benson, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Elisa Margaret Link
  • Publication number: 20210164923
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Azure Dee AVERY, Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Andrew John FERGUSON, Taylor Christie Julia AUBRY-KOMIN
  • Patent number: 10928334
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Azure Dee Avery, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20200278307
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Azure Dee AVERY, Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Andrew John FERGUSON
  • Patent number: 10598614
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Azure Dee Avery, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10586657
    Abstract: Described herein is a device that includes an alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer, and a nanostructured semiconductor layer in physical contact with the alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include methyl ammonium cations. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include anions of at least one of chlorine, bromine, astatine, and/or iodine. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include cations of a metal in a 2+ valence state. The metal may include at least one of lead, tin, and/or germanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Kai Zhu, Mengjin Yang, Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly
  • Publication number: 20190177550
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a metal chalcogenide having a surface and a ligand, where the ligand is covalently bound to the surface. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the metal chalcogenide may be defined by MXz, where Z is between 1 and 3, inclusively, M (a metal) includes at least one of Sc, Zr, Hf, Zr, Ti, Nb, Ta, V, Mo, Cr, Re, W, S, Pt, Fe, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Cd, P, and/or Mn, and X (a chalcogenide) includes at least one of S, Se, and/or Te.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hanyu Zhang, Eric Edward Benson, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Elisa Margaret Link
  • Publication number: 20180374651
    Abstract: Described herein is a device that includes an alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer, and a nanostructured semiconductor layer in physical contact with the alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include methyl ammonium cations. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include anions of at least one of chlorine, bromine, astatine, and/or iodine. The alkyl ammonium metal halide perovskite layer may include cations of a metal in a 2+ valence state. The metal may include at least one of lead, tin, and/or germanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Kai Zhu, Mengjin Yang, Anne-Marie Dowgiallo, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly
  • Publication number: 20180330891
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer and a first charge transport layer, where the first charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is in contact with the second layer, the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the active layer, the first layer comprises a first carbon nanostructure, and the second layer includes a second carbon nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Rachelle Rosemarie Ihly, Noah James Stanton, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20180194629
    Abstract: Methods for determining desired doping conditions for a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (s-SWCNT) are provided. One exemplary method includes doping each of a plurality of s-SWCNT networks under a respective set of doping conditions; determining a thermoelectric (TE) power factor as a function of a fractional bleach of an absorption spectrum for the plurality of s-SWCNT networks doped under the respective sets of doping conditions; and using the function to identify one of the TE power factors within a range of the fractional bleach of the absorption spectrum. The identified TE power factor corresponds to the desired doping conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Azure Dee Avery, Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson