Patents by Inventor Mike Zdilla

Mike Zdilla 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).

  • Anionic polymers, electrolytes comprising the same, and methods of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 11923504
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel anionic polymer useful as a solid electrolyte in a lithium battery. The electrolyte matrix provides directional, flexible, polymeric ion channels with 100% lithium conduction with low-to-no affinity of the matrix for the lithium ion, in part due to the low concentration or absence of lone pair electrons in the anionic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Temple University—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Mike Zdilla, Stephanie Wunder
  • Silanated silica-ceramic materials, and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11387520
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel ceramic-metal oxide-polymer composite material. A functionalized metal oxide nanolayer coating can be bonded between LICGCs and polymers/oligomers, which protects the LICGC from corrosion, has a low interfacial resistance to Li+ migration, and can be a SIC. Hybrid ceramic-polymer electrolytes were formed by engineering the interface between a LICGC and a polymer, polyethylene oxide (PEO), by sputter coating a 200 nm thick SiO2 layer onto a lithium ion conducting glass ceramic (LICGC) and silanating the SiO2 with a functionalized PEG in the presence of LiTFSI. A low interfacial resistance (Rinterfacial) was measured, the same as that obtained for a SiO2 interface soaked with liquid tetraglyme/LiTFSI. The pegylated SiO2 interface (unlike the tetraglyme/LiTFSI interface) protected the LICGC from corrosion by Li0 metal. The (PEG-LiTFSI)—SiO2-LICGC could be bonded with polyethylene oxide/LiTFSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Stephanie Wunder, Mike Zdilla, Parameswara Rao Chinnam
  • Anionic Polymers, Electrolytes Comprising the Same, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20200328470
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel anionic polymer useful as a solid electrolyte in a lithium battery. The electrolyte matrix provides directional, flexible, polymeric ion channels with 100% lithium conduction with low-to-no affinity of the matrix for the lithium ion, in part due to the low concentration or absence of lone pair electrons in the anionic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Mike Zdilla, Stephanie Wunder
  • Silanated Silica-Ceramic Materials, and Methods of Making and Using the Same
    Publication number: 20190319237
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel ceramic-metal oxide-polymer composite material. A functionalized metal oxide nanolayer coating can be bonded between LICGCs and polymers/oligomers, which protects the LICGC from corrosion, has a low interfacial resistance to Li+ migration, and can be a SIC. Hybrid ceramic-polymer electrolytes were formed by engineering the interface between a LICGC and a polymer, polyethylene oxide (PEO), by sputter coating a 200 nm thick SiO2 layer onto a lithium ion conducting glass ceramic (LICGC) and silanating the SiO2 with a functionalized PEG in the presence of LiTFSI. A low interfacial resistance (Rinterfacial) was measured, the same as that obtained for a SiO2 interface soaked with liquid tetraglyme/LiTFSI. The pegylated SiO2 interface (unlike the tetraglyme/LiTFSI interface) protected the LICGC from corrosion by Li0 metal. The (PEG-LiTFSI)-SiO2-LICGC could be bonded with polyethylene oxide/LiTFSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stephanie Wunder, Mike Zdilla, Parameswara Rao Chinnam