Patents by Inventor Stefano Mezzavilla

Stefano Mezzavilla 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).

  • Use of mesoporous graphite particles for electrochemical applications
    Patent number: 9755248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mesoporous graphitic particles having a loading of sintering-stable metal nanoparticles for fuel cells and further electrochemical applications, for example as constituent of layers in electrodes of fuel cells and batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Ferdi Schüth, Diana Carolina Galeano Nunez, Hans-Josef Bongard, Stefano Mezzavilla, Karl J. Mayrhofer, Josef C. Meier, Claudio Baldizzone, Jean-Francois Drillet, Sakthivel Mariappan, Tadios Tesfu, Volker Peinecke
  • Highly sinter-stable metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous graphitic particles and their use
    Patent number: 9755247
    Abstract: The present invention refers to highly sinter-stable metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous graphitic spheres, the so obtained metal-loaded mesoporous graphitic particles, processes for their preparation and the use thereof as catalysts, in particular for high temperature reactions in reducing atmosphere and cathode side oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Ferdi Schüth, Diana Carolina Galeano Nunez, Hans-Josef Bongard, Karl Mayrhofer, Josef C. Meier, Claudio Baldizzone, Stefano Mezzavilla
  • HIGHLY SINTER-STABLE METAL NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED ON MESOPOROUS GRAPHITIC PARTICLES AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20150050583
    Abstract: The present invention refers to highly sinter-stable metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous graphitic spheres, the so obtained metal-loaded mesoporous graphitic particles, processes for their preparation and the use thereof as catalysts, in particular for high temperature reactions in reducing atmosphere and cathode side oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Ferdi Schüth, Diana Carolina Galeano Nunez, Hans-Josef Bongard, Karl Mayrhofer, Josef C. Meier, Claudio Baldizzone, Stefano Mezzavilla
  • USE OF MESOPOROUS GRAPHITE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150017555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mesoporous graphitic particles having a loading of sintering-stable metal nanoparticles for fuel cells and further electrochemical applications, for example as constituent of layers in electrodes of fuel cells and batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Ferdi Schüth, Diana Carolina Galeano Nunez, Hans-Josef Bongard, Stefano Mezzavilla, Karl J. Mayrhofer, Josef C. Meier, Claudio Baldizzone, Jean-Francois Drillet, Sakthivel Mariappan, Tadios Tesfu, Volker Peinecke