Patents by Inventor Sahag Voskian

Sahag Voskian 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).

  • Publication number: 20240139675
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to electrochemical capture of Lewis acid gases from fluid mixtures are generally described. Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical methods involving selectively removing a first Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture containing multiple types of Lewis acid gases (e.g., a first Lewis acid gas and a second Lewis acid gas). Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical systems comprising certain types of electroactive species having certain redox states in which the species is capable of binding a first Lewis acid gas but for which binding with a second Lewis acid gas is thermodynamically and/or kinetically unfavorable. The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein may be useful in carbon capture and pollution mitigation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton, Cameron G. Halliday
  • Patent number: 11931692
    Abstract: A method for separating a Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture, comprising contacting the fluid mixture with a reduced electroactive species; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a stabilizing additive to form an anion adduct between the Lewis acid gas and the reduced electroactive species, wherein the electroactive species comprises an oxidized state, and at least one reduced state that bonds with the Lewis acid gas to form the anion adduct, wherein the stabilizing additive comprises a cationic Lewis acid, a hydrogen-bond donor, or a combination thereof, and the stabilizing additive is present in an effective amount to kinetically favor the forming of the anion adduct from the reduced electroactive species and thermodynamically favor the forming of the anion adduct in the thermodynamic equilibrium between the anion adduct and the reduced electroactive species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VERDOX, INC
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Alexander Reath, Cameron Rogers, Alexander Murray, Seokjoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20240017209
    Abstract: A composite includes a nonwoven carbon nanotube mat and an electroactive species disposed on the nonwoven carbon nanotube mat, wherein the electroactive species is capable of bonding with a target gas when the electroactive species is in a reduced state and releasing the target gas when the electroactive species is in an oxidized state. Electrode assemblies, electro-chemical cells, and gas separation systems including the composite are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Karen THOMAS-ALYEA, Sahag VOSKIAN, Cameron ROGERS, Alexander REATH
  • Patent number: 11857919
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to electrochemical capture of Lewis acid gases from fluid mixtures are generally described. Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical methods involving selectively removing a first Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture containing multiple types of Lewis acid gases (e.g., a first Lewis acid gas and a second Lewis acid gas). Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical systems comprising certain types of electroactive species having certain redox states in which the species is capable of binding a first Lewis acid gas but for which binding with a second Lewis acid gas is thermodynamically and/or kinetically unfavorable. The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein may be useful in carbon capture and pollution mitigation applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton, Cameron G. Halliday
  • Publication number: 20230390697
    Abstract: A composite includes a plurality of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and an electroactive species disposed on the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, wherein the electroactive species is capable of bonding with a target gas when the electroactive species is in a first oxidation state and releasing the target gas when the electroactive species is in a second oxidation state. Electrode assemblies, electrochemical cells, and gas separation systems including the composite are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sahag VOSKIAN, Cameron ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20230374197
    Abstract: A quinone-containing poly(arylene) includes repeating units of formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), or (VI) as defined herein. The quinone-containing poly(arylene) can be useful in composites, electrode assemblies, electrochemical cells, gas separation systems, energy storage devices, and electrochromic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Rogers, Sahag Voskian
  • Patent number: 11806663
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for separating a target species (e.g., CO2) from a gas mixture (e.g., gas stream) via an electrochemical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Patent number: 11773209
    Abstract: A quinone-containing poly(arylene) includes repeating units of formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), or (VI) as defined herein. The quinone-containing poly(arylene) can be useful in composites, electrode assemblies, electrochemical cells, gas separation systems, energy storage devices, and electrochromic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: VERDOX, INC
    Inventors: Cameron Rogers, Sahag Voskian
  • Publication number: 20230183872
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to the electrochemical separation of target gases from gas mixtures are provided. In some cases, a target gas such as carbon dioxide is captured and optionally released using an electrochemical cell (e.g., by bonding to an electroactive species in a reduced state). Some embodiments are particularly useful for selectively capturing the target gas while reacting with little to no oxygen gas that may be present in the gas mixture. Some such embodiments may be useful in applications involving separations from gas mixtures having relatively low concentrations of the target gas, such as direct air capture and ventilated air treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Patent number: 11603597
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electrochemically producing chemical products are provided. In certain cases, the systems and methods described herein are capable of producing chemical products such as hydrogen peroxide in solutions with relatively low concentrations of electrolyte or other dissolved species at high efficiencies and/or low energetic cost. In some cases, redox mediators are used to spatially decouple direct electrochemical processes from the production of the chemical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alexander Murray, Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton, Yogesh Surendranath
  • Patent number: 11598012
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to the electrochemical separation of target gases from gas mixtures are provided. In some cases, a target gas such as carbon dioxide is captured and optionally released using an electrochemical cell (e.g., by bonding to an electroactive species in a reduced state). Some embodiments are particularly useful for selectively capturing the target gas while reacting with little to no oxygen gas that may be present in the gas mixture. Some such embodiments may be useful in applications involving separations from gas mixtures having relatively low concentrations of the target gas, such as direct air capture and ventilated air treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Publication number: 20230012689
    Abstract: An electroactive species includes a quinone core structure and at least one stabilizing group covalently bound thereto. The stabilizing group includes a cationic group, a hydrogen bond donor, or a combination thereof. The electroactive species has an oxidized state and at least one reduced state capable of bonding with a Lewis acid gas to form an anion adduct. Methods for separating a Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture, electrochemical cells, and gas separation systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Rogers, Sahag Voskian, Alexander Reath
  • Publication number: 20220362708
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for separating a target species (e.g., CO2) from a gas mixture (e.g., gas stream) via an electrochemical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Publication number: 20220339579
    Abstract: A method for separating a Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture, comprising contacting the fluid mixture with a reduced electroactive species; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a stabilizing additive to form an anion adduct between the Lewis acid gas and the reduced electroactive species, wherein the electroactive species comprises an oxidized state, and at least one reduced state that bonds with the Lewis acid gas to form the anion adduct, wherein the stabilizing additive comprises a cationic Lewis acid, a hydrogen-bond donor, or a combination thereof, and the stabilizing additive is present in an effective amount to kinetically favor the forming of the anion adduct from the reduced electroactive species and thermodynamically favor the forming of the anion adduct in the thermodynamic equilibrium between the anion adduct and the reduced electroactive species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Alexander Reath, Cameron Rogers, Alexander Murray, Seokjoon Oh
  • Patent number: 11446604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for at least partially removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a feed gas comprising CO2 are generally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Trevor Alan Hatton, Ryan Alex Shaw, Miao Wang, Sahag Voskian
  • Publication number: 20220184552
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for separating a target species (e.g., CO2) from a gas mixture (e.g., gas stream) via an electrochemical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Publication number: 20220145002
    Abstract: A quinone-containing poly(arylene) includes repeating units of formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), or (VI) as defined herein. The quinone-containing poly(arylene) can be useful in composites, electrode assemblies, electrochemical cells, gas separation systems, energy storage devices, and electrochromic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Cameron Rogers, Sahag Voskian
  • Patent number: 11298653
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for separating a target species (e.g., CO2) from a gas mixture (e.g., gas stream) via an electrochemical process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Patent number: 11298649
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for capturing a Lewis acid gas (e.g., CO2). In some embodiments, the methods and systems utilize an ionic liquid incorporated into one or more electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Trevor Alan Hatton, Paul Brown, Sahag Voskian
  • Publication number: 20220040632
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to electrochemical capture of Lewis acid gases from fluid mixtures are generally described. Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical methods involving selectively removing a first Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture containing multiple types of Lewis acid gases (e.g., a first Lewis acid gas and a second Lewis acid gas). Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical systems comprising certain types of electroactive species having certain redox states in which the species is capable of binding a first Lewis acid gas but for which binding with a second Lewis acid gas is thermodynamically and/or kinetically unfavorable. The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein may be useful in carbon capture and pollution mitigation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton, Cameron G. Halliday