Patents by Inventor Tai-Nan Lin

Tai-Nan Lin 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: 11966133
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the substrate, an optical film disposed on the plurality of color filter, and a defect disposed between the substrate and the optical film. The optical film has a first base, a protective layer on the first base, and a second base between the first base and the protective layer and having a first processed area. In a top view of the electronic device, the first processed area corresponds to the defect and at least partially overlaps at least two color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tai-Chi Pan, Chin-Lung Ting, I-Chang Liang, Chih-Chiang Chang Chien, Po-Wen Lin, Kuang-Ming Fan, Sheng-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11349135
    Abstract: A method of preparation and application for a glass ceramic sealing thin strip with high sealing performance, differing from using conventional glass ceramic packaging paste applied to the junction of the cell stack assembly and connecting plates. The glass ceramic sealing thin strip of present invention utilizes tape casting to produce a single layer or multi-layer stacking in accordance with the required thickness of the glass-ceramic sealing thin strip, and cutting the glass ceramic sealing thin strips from molds in accordance with the geometry of cell stacks with equal thickness of the glass ceramic sealing thin strip for SOFC cell stack assembly, aiming to overcome the setbacks of the conventional dispensing method with glass ceramic packaging paste that makes the thickness difficult to control, and to effectively improve sealing performance of the cell stack assembly and the power generation efficiency, and achieve commercial application with mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Tai-Nan Lin, Szu-Han Wu, Yi-Jing Wu, Min-Fang Han, Wei-Xin Kao, Hong-Yi Kuo, Chun-Yen Yeh, Yung-Neng Cheng, Ruey-Yi Lee
  • Publication number: 20220037682
    Abstract: A method of preparation and application for a glass ceramic sealing thin strip with high sealing performance, differing from using conventional glass ceramic packaging paste applied to the junction of the cell stack assembly and connecting plates. The glass ceramic sealing thin strip of present invention utilizes tape casting to produce a single layer or multi-layer stacking in accordance with the required thickness of the glass-ceramic sealing thin strip, and cutting the glass ceramic sealing thin strips from molds in accordance with the geometry of cell stacks with equal thickness of the glass ceramic sealing thin strip for SOFC cell stack assembly, aiming to overcome the setbacks of the conventional dispensing method with glass ceramic packaging paste that makes the thickness difficult to control, and to effectively improve sealing performance of the cell stack assembly and the power generation efficiency, and achieve commercial application with mass production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: TAI-NAN LIN, SZU-HAN WU, YI-JING WU, MIN-FANG HAN, WEI-XIN KAO, HONG-YI KUO, CHUN-YEN YEH, YUNG-NENG CHENG, RUEY-YI LEE
  • Patent number: 10283799
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly structure of a fuel cell and a method of making the same are disclosed. The materials to be used include NiO, 8YSZ and 3YSZ that mixed into a slurry, formed into anodes by tape casting, sintered to form an anode substrate, and followed by forming a thin film of electrolyte layer on the surface of the anode substrate, forming a cathode layer on the outer surface of the electrolyte layer to obtain the membrane electrode assembly, which utilizes the 3YSZ having a tetragonal crystal phase to improve the toughness and mechanical strength of the material of NiO-8YSZ through calcination, thus the thickness of the anode substrate can be reduced, and the fuel gas diffusion path and resistance can be appropriately reduced to enhance the conductivity of the anode substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Hong-Yi Kuo, Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Ming-Wei Liao, Chun-Yen Yeh, Yu-Ming Chen, Wei-Xin Kao
  • Publication number: 20180309147
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly structure of a fuel cell and a method of making the same are disclosed. The materials to be used include NiO, 8YSZ and 3YSZ that mixed into a slurry, formed into anodes by tape casting, sintered to form an anode substrate, and followed by forming a thin film of electrolyte layer on the surface of the anode substrate, forming a cathode layer on the outer surface of the electrolyte layer to obtain the membrane electrode assembly, which utilizes the 3YSZ having a tetragonal crystal phase to improve the toughness and mechanical strength of the material of NiO-8YSZ through calcination, thus the thickness of the anode substrate can be reduced, and the fuel gas diffusion path and resistance can be appropriately reduced to enhance the conductivity of the anode substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hong-Yi Kuo, Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Ming-Wei Liao, Chun-Yen Yeh, Yu-Ming Chen, Wei-Xin Kao
  • Patent number: 10022706
    Abstract: A composite material type oxygen transport membrane and its preparation method are disclosed. The composite material that is an ionic-electronic mixed conducting material having high ionic conductivity is stirred into slurry and formed into a thin strip-shaped green tape substrate through tape casting to obtain a predetermined half-finished substrate, and then sintered to form the half-finished substrate into a conductive function type oxygen ion conducting substrate, followed by choosing small particle shaped highly catalyzed ionic-electronic mixed conducting material to be evenly adhered to at least one side surface of the conductive function type oxygen ion conducting substrate to form a reductive function type oxygen ion conducting layer. The reductive function type oxygen ion conducting layer and the conductive function type oxygen ion conducting substrate are then bonded to produce a composite material type oxygen transport membrane element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Liao, Tai-Nan Lin, Wei-Xin Kao, Chun-Yen Yeh, Hong-Yi Kuo, Yu-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9806367
    Abstract: A fabrication process for production of planar type solid oxide fuel cell with high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance is disclosed. It is a tape casting to produce an anode substrate furnished with a pore array structure on one or plurality of layers of the anode green tape on the utmost outside of the anode. It is to implement the process of solid oxide fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (SOFC-MEA) with precision abrasion to remove nickel depleted layer on the anode surface to complete the production of a unit cell. The fabrication of anode with pore array structure provides a good conduction effect for fuel gas and the solid oxide fuel cell with this treatment has features of high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance to improve the performance of SOFC unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Hong-Yi Kuo, Wei-Xin Kao, Chun-Yen Yeh
  • Publication number: 20160268620
    Abstract: A fabrication process for production of planar type solid oxide fuel cell with high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance is disclosed. It is a tape casting to produce an anode substrate furnished with a pore array structure on one or plurality of layers of the anode green tape on the utmost outside of the anode. It is to implement the process of solid oxide fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (SOFC-MEA) with precision abrasion to remove nickel depleted layer on the anode surface to complete the production of a unit cell. The fabrication of anode with pore array structure provides a good conduction effect for fuel gas and the solid oxide fuel cell with this treatment has features of high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance to improve the performance of SOFC unit cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: TAI-NAN LIN, JEN-YUAN KUO, HONG-YI KUO, WEI-XIN KAO, CHUN-YEN YEH
  • Patent number: 8920612
    Abstract: The innovation process describes the process and results for fabrication of a magnetron sputter deposited fully dense electrolyte layer (8YSZ/GDC/LSGM) embedded in a high performance membrane electrolyte assembly (MEA) (Unit Cell) of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. A single cell with airtight electrolyte layer (8YSZ/GDC/LSGM) is prepared via thin film technique of magnetron sputter deposition, combined with SOFC-MEA processing methods (such as tape casting, lamination, vacuum hot pressing, screen printing, spin coating, and plasma spray coating) and sintering optimization conditions. The gas permeability of the electrolyte layer is below 1×10?6 L/cm2/sec and the open circuit voltage/power density of the single cell performance test exceeds 1.0 V and 500 mW/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Tai-Nan Lin, Maw-Chwain Lee, Wei-Xin Kao, Yang-Chuang Chang, Chun-Hsiu Wang, Li-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 8790850
    Abstract: A current collection apparatus and its method of processing for a solid oxide fuel cell, which mainly includes using screen printing process to print conductive adhesive onto the surface of the electrode of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), forming a current collection layer with drying process, using an appropriate amount of conductive adhesive to paste a conductive wire onto the current collection layer, forming an adhesion layer through drying, fixing the conductive wire on the electrode surface with an appropriate amount of ceramic adhesive, and forming a fixing layer after baking. A good connection is hence made between metal conductive wire and electrode through current collection layer, not only the interface impedance between electrode and current collection layer can be reduced effectively, but also the output power density of the SOFC unit cell can be enhanced, and stable as well as long term power output can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Jen-Chen Chang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Rung-Je Yang, Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Lin-Song Lee
  • Patent number: 8679700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for energy conversion cycle based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and utilizing CO2 source (referred to as SOFC-CO2-ECC) adopt CO2 as energy sources from waste/stock gas or convert and fix it in the useful compounds. CO2 is converted into CO and O2 via simultaneously catalytic and electrochemical reactions in SOFC for power generation and CO2 cracking. Furthermore, CO is used either as the fuel in SOFC for power generation or starting materials in the chemical reactors to produce CO-derivatives of energy source materials and useful chemical compounds. Hence, SOFC-CO2-ECC is an active or scientific carbon cycle with zero emission of CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Maw-Chwain Lee, Chun-Hsiu Wang, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Chen Chang, Rung-Je Yang, Lin-Song Lee
  • Publication number: 20130230791
    Abstract: A current collection apparatus and its method of processing for a solid oxide fuel cell, which mainly includes using screen printing process to print conductive adhesive onto the surface of the electrode of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), forming a current collection layer with drying process, using an appropriate amount of conductive adhesive to paste a conductive wire onto the current collection layer, forming an adhesion layer through drying, fixing the conductive wire on the electrode surface with an appropriate amount of ceramic adhesive, and forming a fixing layer after baking. A good connection is hence made between metal conductive wire and electrode through current collection layer, not only the interface impedance between electrode and current collection layer can be reduced effectively, but also the output power density of the SOFC unit cell can be enhanced, and stable as well as long term power output can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Jen-Chen Chang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Rung-Je Yang, Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Lin-Song Lee
  • Patent number: 8427174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement process for determination of the optimum contact pressure among components of a solid oxide fuel cell stack in the packaging process in order that the reduction in performance caused by the packaging process can be reduced. The present invention also provides a measurement apparatus which can carry the measurement process out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Maw-Chwain Lee, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Szu-Han Wu, Yung-Neng Cheng, Yang-Chuang Chang, Ruey-Yi Lee, Chun-Hsiu Wang
  • Patent number: 8287813
    Abstract: The present invention is related to producing fine nano or submicron-scale precision ceramic powder by applying an innovative chemical reactor with powder collection to the glycine-nitrate combustion process (GNC-P). The unique feature lies in the utilization of a simple-operating process to massively produce nano or submicron-scale ceramic oxide powder with multiple metal components. The present invention not only provides very high powder collection efficiency and production yield as well as safety but also satisfies requirements of industrial safety and environmental safety, and lowers production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiu Wang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin
  • Publication number: 20120115067
    Abstract: A process and apparatus of “Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)-CO2 Energy Conversion Cycle (referred to as SOFC-CO2-ECC)” are invented to adopt CO2 as energy sources from waste/stock gas or convert and fix it in the useful compounds. CO2 is converted into CO and O2 via simultaneously catalytic and electrochemical reactions in SOFC for power generation and CO2 cracking. Furthermore, CO is used either as the fuel in SOFC for power generation or starting materials in the chemical reactors to produce CO-derivatives of energy source materials and useful chemical compounds. Hence, SOFC-CO2-ECC is an active or scientific carbon cycle with zero emission of CO2. Thus, the efficacy of environmental protection via solving the problem of CO2 greenhouse effect is achieved, so as to grasp of the “Right of Carbon Emission Trading” issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Maw-Chwain Lee, Chun-Hsiu Wang, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Chen Chang, Rung-Je Yang, Lin-Song Lee
  • Patent number: 8158304
    Abstract: This invention describes the recipe and preparation process of nano-scale electrolyte suspension and its application via a spin coating process for fabrication of airtight/fully dense electrolyte layers composed in solid oxide fuel cell-membrane electrode assembly with high performance characteristics. The recipe of nano-scale electrolyte suspension includes 10˜50 wt % nano-scale electrolyte powder, 0.01˜1 wt % poly acrylic acid (PAA as dispersant), 0.1˜5 wt % poly vinyl alcohol (PVA as binder), 0.005˜1 wt % octanol as defoamer, and deionized water as solvent. Solid oxide fuel cell fabricated via this recipe and process exhibits that the open-circuit voltage (OCV) is over 1 Volt, and maximum power density is 335 mW/cm2 at 800° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Yang-Chuang Chang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Chun-Hsiu Wang, Tai-Nan Lin, Wei-Xin Kao
  • Publication number: 20110221450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement process for determination of the optimum contact pressure among components of a solid oxide fuel cell stack in the packaging process in order that the reduction in performance caused by the packaging process can be reduced. The present invention also provides a measurement apparatus which can carry the measurement process out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Maw-Chwain Lee, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Szu-Han Wu, Yung-Neng Cheng, Yang-Chuang Chang, Ruey-Yi Lee, Chun-Hsiu Wang
  • Publication number: 20110130267
    Abstract: The present invention is related to producing fine nano or submicron-scale precision ceramic powder by applying an innovative chemical reactor with powder collection to the glycine-nitrate combustion process (GNC-P). The unique feature lies in the utilization of a simple-operating process to massively produce nano or submicron-scale ceramic oxide powder with multiple metal components. The present invention not only provides very high powder collection efficiency and production yield as well as safety but also satisfies requirements of industrial safety and environmental safety, and lowers production cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiu Wang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Yang-Chuang Chang, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 7914636
    Abstract: A recipe and two sequential processes for fabrication of electrode substrates of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are described in this invention. The typical recipe consists of 50˜86 wt % electrolyte (8YSZ) or 50˜80 wt % anode electrode (NiO/8YSZ), 12˜22 wt % MEK (solvent 1), 5˜9 wt % EtOH (solvent 2), 1˜2 wt % TEA (dispersant), 0.5˜2 wt % DBP (plasticizer 1), 0.5˜2 wt % PEG (plasticizer 2), 3˜6 wt % PVB (binder), and 0.1˜10 wt % graphite (pore former). Two sequential processes include: 1. The process for preparation of the green tape slurry from materials of the recipe, 2. The synergistic process for fabrication of a high integrity membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of SOFC from the prepared electrode substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Maw-Chwain Lee, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Chun-Hsiu Wang
  • Patent number: 7815843
    Abstract: This invention describes the process for fabrication of a high conductivity and low resistance solid oxide fuel cell. An anode substrate is mainly prepared via tape casting technique and modified by abrasion and polish process. Electrolyte is fabricated onto the polished side by thin film technologies and can attach well in the cross section. Grinding surface of anode side about 10-30 ?um after finish of MEA combination can get a high conductivity and low resistance unit cell and enhance cell performance effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiu Wang, Maw-Chwain Lee, Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Li-Fu Lin