Patents by Inventor Mufan LI

Mufan LI 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).

  • Ultrafine nanowires as highly efficient electrocatalysts
    Patent number: 11421345
    Abstract: A manufacturing method includes: (1) providing M-M? nanowires, wherein M? is at least one sacrificial metal different from M; and (2) subjecting the M-M? nanowires to electrochemical de-alloying to form jagged M nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Mufan Li
  • SINGLE-ATOM TAILORING OF PLATINUM NANOCATALYSTS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MULTIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSIS
    Publication number: 20220246948
    Abstract: Provided herein are catalyst materials comprising a catalyst support; and PtM? nanowires affixed to the catalyst support, wherein the PtM? nanowires include single atomic species of M? at exterior surfaces of the PtM? nanowires, and M? represents at least one metal, e.g., a metal different from Pt. Also disclosed are manufacturing methods comprising: providing initial MM? nanowires having an initial molar ratio of M:M?, wherein M is a noble metal, and M? is a metal different from M; subjecting the initial MM? nanowires to electrochemical dealloying to partially remove M? and form partially dealloyed MM? nanowires having a subsequent molar ratio of M:M?, wherein the subsequent molar ratio of M:M? is greater than the initial molar ratio of M:M?; and affixing the partially dealloyed MM? nanowires to a catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Xiangfeng DUAN, Yu HUANG, Chengzhang WAN, Mufan LI
  • ULTRAFINE NANOWIRES AS HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTROCATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20190226120
    Abstract: A manufacturing method includes: (1) providing M-M? nanowires, wherein M? is at least one sacrificial metal different from M; and (2) subjecting the M-M? nanowires to electrochemical de-alloying to form jagged M nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Xiangfeng DUAN, Yu HUANG, Mufan LI