Patents by Inventor Joseph Jonathan Berry
Joseph Jonathan Berry 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).
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Publication number: 20240138163Abstract: Methods and compositions for forming perovskite hole transport layers for use in manufacturing photovoltaic devices are described. Embodiments include using a plurality of hole transport materials to produce high-performance HTL contacts to improve performance and stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: First Solar, Inc., Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Joseph Jonathan Berry, Le Chen, Axel Finn Palmstrom, Tze-Bin Song, Vera Steinmann, Natasha Teran, Aravamuthan Varadarajan, Mengjin Yang, Xueping Yi, Zhibo Zhao, Kai Zhu
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Publication number: 20240138164Abstract: Photovoltaic devices having contact layers are described herein. Devices, intermediate structures, and methods for making multilayer contacts for perovskite photovoltaic devices are provided. Embodiments include back contacts for N-I-P structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: First Solar, Inc., Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Joseph Jonathan Berry, Le Chen, Axel Finn Palmstrom, Tze-Bin Song, Vera Steinmann, Natasha Teran, Aravamuthan Varadarajan, Xueping Yi, Zhibo Zhao, Kai Zhu
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Patent number: 11964994Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite of A2BX4, where A includes an R-form of a chiral molecule of at least one of and/or an S-form of the chiral molecule, B includes a cation, X includes an anion, R1 includes a first carbon chain having between 2 and 5 carbon atoms, R2 includes at least one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a carboxylic acid group, an alkoxy group, and/or a second carbon chain, and R3 includes a third carbon chain.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Duke UniversityInventors: Matthew C. Beard, Haipeng Lu, Annalise Elizabeth Maughan, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Zeev Valentine Vardeny, Chuanxiao Xiao, Volker Wolfgang Blum, David Brian Mitzi
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Publication number: 20230350083Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method of making a device, wherein the method includes, in order, depositing a layer of a photoresist onto a substrate, depositing a mask onto the photoresist, developing the photoresist, resulting in the forming of a grid having a plurality of cavities, and depositing a semiconductor onto the grid, resulting in substantially filling each cavity with the semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Kelly Robert SCHUTT, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
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Patent number: 11802440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Patent number: 11765964Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first layer that includes a perovskite defined by ABX3 and a second layer that includes a perovskite-like material defined by at least one of A?2B?X?4, A?3B?2X?9, A?B?X?4, A?2B?X?6, and/or A?2AB?2X?7, where the first layer is adjacent to the second layer, A is a first cation, B is a second cation, X is a first anion, A? is a third cation, B? is a fourth cation, X? is a second anion, and A? is different than A.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Axel Finn Palmstrom, Kai Zhu, Fei Zhang, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Publication number: 20230120127Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer that includes at least one of a semiconducting material, a hole transport material (HTM), and/or an electron transport material (ETM), a second layer, and a third layer that includes a material that is at least one of transparent or conductive, where the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are in electrical contact with each other, and the third layer has a first thickness between greater than zero nm and about 100 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the semiconducting material may include a perovskite.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Axel Finn PALMSTROM, Tomas LEIJTENS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY, David Todd MOORE, Giles Edward EPERON
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Publication number: 20230080881Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer that includes at least one of a semiconducting material, a hole transport material (HTM), and/or an electron transport material (ETM), a second layer, and a third layer that includes a material that is at least one of transparent or conductive, where the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are in electrical contact with each other, and the third layer has a first thickness between greater than zero nm and about 100 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the semiconducting material may include a perovskite.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Axel Finn PALMSTROM, Tomas LEIJTENS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY, David Todd MOORE
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Patent number: 11535639Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes combining a first organic salt (A1X1), a first metal salt (M1(X2)2), a second organic salt (A2X3), a second metal salt (M2Cl2), and a solvent to form a primary solution, where A1X1 and M1(X2)2 are present in the primary solution at a first ratio between about 0.5 to 1.0 and about 1.5 to 1.0, and A2X3 to M2Cl2 are present in the primary solution at a second ratio between about 2.0 to 1.0 and about 4.0 to 1.0. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of A1 or A2 may include at least one of an alkyl ammonium, an alkyl diamine, cesium, and/or rubidium.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kai Zhu, Donghoe Kim, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Jaehong Park
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Patent number: 11462688Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first layer that includes at least one of a semiconducting material, a hole transport material (HTM), and/or an electron transport material (ETM), a second layer, and a third layer that includes a material that is at least one of transparent or conductive, where the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are in electrical contact with each other, and the third layer has a first thickness between greater than zero nm and about 100 nm. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the semiconducting material may include a perovskite.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Axel Finn Palmstrom, Tomas Leijtens, Joseph Jonathan Berry, David Todd Moore
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Publication number: 20220251443Abstract: Described herein are spin polarized light emitting diodes (LEDs) and methods of making the same. Spin polarization is achieved via chiral induced spin selectivity where, for example, a stereochemically active cation is included in a perovskite to form the conductive layer of an LED device. Advantageously, the devices and methods described herein allow for spin polarization at room temperature and without application of a magnetic field or ferromagnetic contacts, in contrast to other described spin selective LEDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Matthew Craig BEARD, Haipeng LU, Yaxin ZHAI, Young-Hoon KIM, Joseph Jonathan BERRY, Joseph Matthew LUTHER
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Patent number: 11302868Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes applying a first perovskite precursor solution to a substrate to form a first liquid film of the first perovskite precursor solution on the substrate; from the first liquid film, forming a first intermediate solid perovskite layer on the substrate; repeating at least once, both the applying and the forming, resulting in the creation of at least one additional intermediate solid perovskite layer; and treating a last intermediate solid perovskite layer, resulting from the at least one additional applying and the at least one additional forming, to create a final solid perovskite layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kai Zhu, Fei Zhang, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Publication number: 20220037597Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first layer that includes a perovskite defined by ABX3 and a second layer that includes a perovskite-like material defined by at least one of A?2B?X?4, A?3B?2X?9, A?B?X?4, A?2B?X?6, and/or A?2AB?2X?7, where the first layer is adjacent to the second layer, A is a first cation, B is a second cation, X is a first anion, A? is a third cation, B? is a fourth cation, X? is a second anion, and A? is different than A.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Axel Finn PALMSTROM, Kai ZHU, Fei ZHANG, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
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Patent number: 11145466Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes positioning a stack that includes at least one of the following layers between a first surface and a second surface: a first perovskite layer and/or a second perovskite layer; and treating the stack for a period of time by at least one of heating the stack or pressurizing the stack, where a device that includes the first surface and the second surface provides the heating and the pressurizing of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Sean Phillip Dunfield
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Publication number: 20210175439Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite of A2BX4, where A includes an R-form of a chiral molecule of at least one of and/or an S-form of the chiral molecule, B includes a cation, X includes an anion, R1 includes a first carbon chain having between 2 and 5 carbon atoms, R2 includes at least one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a carboxylic acid group, an alkoxy group, and/or a second carbon chain, and R3 includes a third carbon chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Matthew C. BEARD, Haipeng LU, Annalise Elizabeth MAUGHAN, Joseph Jonathan BERRY, Zeev Valentine VARDENY, Chuanxiao XIAO, Volker Wolfgang BLUM, David Brian MITZI
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Publication number: 20210087877Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Joseph Matthew LUTHER, Jeffrey A. CHRISTIANS, Joseph Jonathan BERRY
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Patent number: 10879012Abstract: The present application discloses devices that include a perovskite layer, a first layer that includes an oxide, and an interface layer, where the interface layer is positioned between the first layer and the perovskite layer, the interface layer is in physical contact with both the first layer and the perovskite layer, and the interface layer consists essentially of the oxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Philip Schulz, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Arrelaine Allen Dameron, Paul Francois Ndione
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Patent number: 10844658Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Publication number: 20200277314Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes combining a first organic salt (A1X1), a first metal salt (M1(X2)2), a second organic salt (A2X3), a second metal salt (M2Cl2), and a solvent to form a primary solution, where A1X1 and M1(X2)2 are present in the primary solution at a first ratio between about 0.5 to 1.0 and about 1.5 to 1.0, and A2X3 to M2Cl2 are present in the primary solution at a second ratio between about 2.0 to 1.0 and about 4.0 to 1.0. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of A1 or A2 may include at least one of an alkyl ammonium, an alkyl diamine, cesium, and/or rubidium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Kai ZHU, Donghoe KIM, Joseph Jonathan BERRY, Jaehong PARK
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Publication number: 20200251654Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes applying a first perovskite precursor solution to a substrate to form a first liquid film of the first perovskite precursor solution on the substrate; from the first liquid film, forming a first intermediate solid perovskite layer on the substrate; repeating at least once, both the applying and the forming, resulting in the creation of at least one additional intermediate solid perovskite layer; and treating a last intermediate solid perovskite layer, resulting from the at least one additional applying and the at least one additional forming, to create a final solid perovskite layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Kai ZHU, Fei ZHANG, Joseph Jonathan BERRY