Patents by Inventor Mohammad Nazeeruddin

Mohammad Nazeeruddin 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).

  • Photoelectric conversion devices comprising novel ligands and sensitizers
    Patent number: 8962977
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel dyes for dye sensitized photovoltaic conversion devices. The dyes contain novel anchoring ligands, which have a vinyl or phenylethenyl moiety incorporated in the anchoring bipyridine. Such dyes exhibit an increased molar extinction coefficient and enhanced red response in the visible regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Mohammad Nazeeruddin, Michael Graetzel
  • PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICES COMPRISING NOVEL LIGANDS AND SENSITIZERS
    Publication number: 20110303267
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel dyes for dye sensitized photovoltaic conversion devices. The dyes contain novel anchoring ligands, which have a vinyl or phenylethenyl moiety incorporated in the anchoring bipyridine. Such dyes exhibit an increased molar extinction coefficient and enhanced red response in the visible regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Mohammad Nazeeruddin, Michael Graetzel