Patents by Inventor Min-Chuan Wang

Min-Chuan Wang 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: 11830986
    Abstract: A quantum battery manufacturing method includes: providing a p-type semiconductor substrate including a first conductive substrate and a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on one surface of the first conductive substrate; providing an n-type semiconductor substrate including a second conductive substrate and an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on one surface of the second conductive substrate; and forming an electricity storage layer between the p-type semiconductor substrate and the n-type semiconductor substrate, and attaching two sides of the electricity storage layer respectively to the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer to form a quantum battery. The electricity storage layer is formed by heating a thermoplastic polymer to soften and become a liquid, mixing the liquid with energized core-shell particles, and coating a substrate with the mixture. Core-shell particles are disposed on a conductive substrate and irradiated with ultraviolet rays for energization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Bo-Hsien Wu, Shang-En Liu
  • Patent number: 11817556
    Abstract: A composite gel polymer electrolyte lithium battery structure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte film component. The electrolyte film component, disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, includes a separator and at least one electrolyte film. The at least one electrolyte film is at least consisted of sulfolane and/or propylene carbonate (PC), a lithium salt material, a solid-state polymer material and fire-retardant additives. In addition, a method for fabricating the composite gel polymer electrolyte lithium battery structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C
    Inventors: Shang-En Liu, Tien-Hsiang Hsueh, Min-Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11658341
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film includes the steps of: preparing a first solution having a high boiling-point solvent; adding a solid-state polymer material into the first solution, and performing a heating and stirring process to form a second solution; adding a flame-retardant electrolyte material and a flame-retardant water-absorbent material into the second solution for forming a third solution by well mixing; forming the third solution into a viscous matter; and, solidifying the viscous matter to form the gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film. In addition, a gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film, a gel-state electrolyte battery and a method for manufacturing the gel-state electrolyte battery are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C
    Inventors: Tien-Hsiang Hsueh, Shang-En Liu, Min-Chuan Wang, Bo-Hsien Wu, Shu-Mei Chang
  • Publication number: 20230133962
    Abstract: A composite gel polymer electrolyte lithium battery structure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte film component. The electrolyte film component, disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, includes a separator and at least one electrolyte film. The at least one electrolyte film is at least consisted of sulfolane and/or propylene carbonate (PC), a lithium salt material, a solid-state polymer material and fire-retardant additives. In addition, a method for fabricating the composite gel polymer electrolyte lithium battery structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: SHANG-EN LIU, TIEN-HSIANG HSUEH, MIN-CHUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20230096349
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a film layer. A cathode film layer of lithium ion batteries is fabricated through atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) without using polymer adhesive. The ratio of its active substance can even reach 100%. Moreover, the cathode film layer fabricated by APS obtains pores, where, with the coordination of a liquid electrolyte, electrolyte penetration paths are provided to significantly increase the area of reaction. Hence, the effective thickness of the film layer is relatively thick and the capacity of battery is increased. As an example, the thickness of a film layer of lithium cobalt oxide fabricated accordingly reaches more than 100 microns; and its maximum electric capacity per unit area reaches 6 milliampere-hours per square centimeter (mAh/cm2). Thus, the performance of the follow-on solid-state lithium-ion battery is improved and its high-volume manufacturing cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chun-Laing Chang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Chang-Shiang Yang, Cheng-Yun Fu, Min-Chuan Wang, Tien-Hsiang Hsueh
  • Patent number: 11276851
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrochemical unit, a manufacturing method for the same and a use of the same as a component of batteries, and an electrochemical device including the same. The electrochemical unit includes a mixture layer and a transition metal oxide layer. The mixture layer includes an oxide made of a first transition metal, an oxide made of a second transition metal, and a first alkali metal. The transition metal oxide layer is disposed on one side of the mixture layer, where the transition metal oxide layer includes a third transition metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Yu-Lin Yeh, Yu-Chen Li, Ding-Guey Tsai, Der-Jun Jan
  • Publication number: 20210408611
    Abstract: A quantum battery manufacturing method includes: providing a p-type semiconductor substrate including a first conductive substrate and a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on one surface of the first conductive substrate; providing an n-type semiconductor substrate including a second conductive substrate and an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on one surface of the second conductive substrate; and forming an electricity storage layer between the p-type semiconductor substrate and the n-type semiconductor substrate, and attaching two sides of the electricity storage layer respectively to the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer to form a quantum battery. The electricity storage layer is formed by heating a thermoplastic polymer to soften and become a liquid, mixing the liquid with energized core-shell particles, and coating a substrate with the mixture. Core-shell particles are disposed on a conductive substrate and irradiated with ultraviolet rays for energization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: MIN-CHUAN WANG, BO-HSIEN WU, SHANG-EN LIU
  • Publication number: 20210359341
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film includes the steps of: preparing a first solution having a high boiling-point solvent; adding a solid-state polymer material into the first solution, and performing a heating and stirring process to form a second solution; adding a flame-retardant electrolyte material and a flame-retardant water-absorbent material into the second solution for forming a third solution by well mixing; forming the third solution into a viscous matter; and, solidifying the viscous matter to form the gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film. In addition, a gel-state flame-retardant electrolyte film, a gel-state electrolyte battery and a method for manufacturing the gel-state electrolyte battery are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Tien-Hsiang Hsueh, Shang-En Liu, Min-Chuan Wang, Bo-Hsien Wu, Shu-Mei Chang
  • Publication number: 20210123131
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a doped metal oxide film includes following steps. First, a substrate is provided. Second, a metal oxide film is formed on the substrate by using a capacitive pulsed arc plasma technique to control a metal ion film to be doped, and by integrating an arc plasma coating process or a physical vapor deposition process. The invention completes the in-situ doping function of metal oxides and compounds in a single process, and can be used for manufacturing functional components for continuous processes without breaking vacuum condition, and is applied to the thin film process of electrochemical components such as electrochromic devices or lithium batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: TING-KUEI TSAI, YU-LIN YEH, MIN-CHUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20200259167
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrochemical unit, a manufacturing method for the same and a use of the same as a component of batteries, and an electrochemical device including the same. The electrochemical unit includes a mixture layer and a transition metal oxide layer. The mixture layer includes an oxide made of a first transition metal, an oxide made of a second transition metal, and a first alkali metal. The transition metal oxide layer is disposed on one side of the mixture layer, where the transition metal oxide layer includes a third transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: MIN-CHUAN WANG, YU-LIN YEH, YU-CHEN LI, DING-GUEY TSAI, DER-JUN JAN
  • Patent number: 10353262
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electrochromic device, which adopts the vacuum cathodic arc-plasma deposition to comprise five layers with an ionic conduction layer (electrolyte) in contact with an electrochromic (EC) layer and an ion storage (complementary) layer, all sandwiched between two transparent conducting layers sequentially on a substrate. The method owns superior deposition efficiency and the fabricated thin film structures have higher crystalline homogeneity. In addition, thanks to the nanometer pores in the thin film structures, the electric capacity as well as the ion mobility are greater. Consequently, the reaction efficiency for bleaching or coloring is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C
    Inventors: Po-Wen Chen, Chen-Te Chang, Peng Yang, Jin-Yu Wu, Der-Jun Jan, Cheng-Chang Hsieh, Wen-Fa Tsai, Min-Chuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190074505
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing electrochemical device, which may include the following steps: disposing a metal material or a metal oxide material to be doped on the anode of the plasma source of the arc plasma coating equipment; forming a metal oxide film of the electrochemical device by the arc plasma coating equipment via an arc plasma coating process; and doping the metal material or the metal oxide material into the metal oxide film after being mixed with the plasma by heat vaporization via the phenomenon of the electrons heating the anode of the plasma source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: MIN-CHUAN WANG, YU-CHEN LI, SHENG-CHUAN HSU, JIN-YU WU, DER-JUN JAN
  • Publication number: 20180120662
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electrochromic device, which adopts the vacuum cathodic arc-plasma deposition to comprise five layers with an ionic conduction layer (electrolyte) in contact with an electrochromic (EC) layer and an ion storage (complementary) layer, all sandwiched between two transparent conducting layers sequentially on a substrate. The method owns superior deposition efficiency and the fabricated thin film structures have higher crystalline homogeneity. In addition, thanks to the nanometer pores in the thin film structures, the electric capacity as well as the ion mobility are greater. Consequently, the reaction efficiency for bleaching or coloring is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: PO-WEN CHEN, CHEN-TE CHANG, PENG YANG, JIN-YU WU, DER-JUN JAN, CHENG-CHANG HSIEH, WEN-FA TSAI, MIN-CHUAN WANG
  • Patent number: 9825196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cell and the manufacturing method thereof, using which not only the crystallinity of a microcrystalline silicon thin film that is to be formed by the manufacturing method can be controlled and adjusted at will and the defects in the microcrystalline silicon thin film can be fixed, but also the device characteristic degradation due to chamber contamination happening in the manufacturing process, such as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), can be eliminated effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Tian-You Liao, Chih-Pong Huang, Der-Jun Jan
  • Publication number: 20150200325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cell and the manufacturing method thereof, using which not only the crystallinity of a microcrystalline silicon thin film that is to be formed by the manufacturing method can be controlled and adjusted at will and the defects in the microcrystalline silicon thin film can be fixed, but also the device characteristic degradation due to chamber contamination happening in the manufacturing process, such as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), can be eliminated effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: MIN-CHUAN WANG, TIAN- YOU LIAO, CHIH-PONG HUANG, DER-JUN JAN
  • Publication number: 20140111007
    Abstract: A practical product combining a thin film solar cell component with a residential environment is provided. Being flexible and easy to manufacture on a plane material, a silicon thin film solar cell is combined with a shutter used in residential buildings, thereby extending shutter functions. This module integrates energy saving, power generation and elegant appearance by bringing in a flexible and colored solar cell module that is light and thin and can generate power indoors and outdoors. As buildings are becoming higher nowadays, the area exposed to sunlight increases. Solar shutters have great power generation efficiency potential if used a building. The solar shutters can save energy and reduce CO2 emission when combined with electric products and provide electricity in emergency when combined with a storage device. The thin film solar cell provides components of many colors for customers, thereby providing options for the appearance of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: TIAN- YOU LIAO, MIN-CHUAN WANG, DER-JUN JAN
  • Patent number: 8508983
    Abstract: A non-volatile static random access memory (NVSRAM) cell including a static random access circuit, first storage device, a second storage device, and a switch unit is provided. The static random access circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal respectively having a first voltage and a second voltage. Stored data in the first storage device and the second storage device are determined by the first voltage and the second voltage. The first storage device and the second storage device respectively have a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal. The switch unit is respectively coupled to the second connection terminals of the first storage device and the second storage device, and is controlled by a switching signal of a switch line to conduct the first storage device and the second storage device to a same bit line or a same complementary bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Pi-Feng Chiu, Shyh-Shyuan Sheu
  • Publication number: 20120320658
    Abstract: A non-volatile static random access memory (NVSRAM) cell including a static random access circuit, first storage device, a second storage device, and a switch unit is provided. The static random access circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal respectively having a first voltage and a second voltage. Stored data in the first storage device and the second storage device are determined by the first voltage and the second voltage. The first storage device and the second storage device respectively have a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal. The switch unit is respectively coupled to the second connection terminals of the first storage device and the second storage device, and is controlled by a switching signal of a switch line to conduct the first storage device and the second storage device to a same bit line or a same complementary bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Pi-Feng Chiu, Shyh-Shyuan Sheu
  • Publication number: 20110088766
    Abstract: A thin-film photovoltaic device comprising at least: a substrate, a transparent electrode layer, a p-type semiconductor as the ohmic contact layer, an intrinsic semiconductor as the light absorption layer, and a magnesium alloy substituted for the n-type semiconductor as the other ohmic contact layer. A method for manufacturing the thin-film photovoltaic device is also provided in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Min-Chuan Wang, Yong-Zhi Chen, Der-Jun Jan, Chi-Fong Ai
  • Patent number: 7894274
    Abstract: A memory with improved write current is provided, including a bit line, a write switch and a control circuit. The write switch is coupled between a voltage source and the bit line, and has a control terminal. Based on a bit line select signal, the control circuit controls the electric conductance of the write switch and discharges/charges the parasitic capacitors of the write switch. The voltage source is turned on after the control terminal of the write switch reaches a pre-determined voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih Sheng Lin, Min-Chuan Wang, Chih-Wen Hsiao, Keng-Li Su