Patents by Inventor Tamara Merckx

Tamara Merckx 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: 10614964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising one or more perovskite precursors dissolved in a mixture of solvents comprising: i. one or more polar aprotic solvents, each selected in such a way that it can, when used in absence of other components, dissolve said one or more perovskite precursors, ii. one or more linear alcohols of general formula CnH2n+1OH, wherein n is from 1 to 12, and iii. optionally, one or more acids wherein the polar aprotic solvent or mixture of polar aprotic solvents represent between 50 and 95 vol % of the mixture of solvents, wherein the vol % of the mixture of solvents not occupied by polar aprotic solvents is occupied for at least 90 vol %, preferably for 100 vol %, by the one or more linear alcohols, and the one or more acids if present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gerhart Tait, Kira Gardner, Robert Gehlhaar, Weiming Qiu, Tamara Merckx
  • Publication number: 20180358184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising one or more perovskite precursors dissolved in a mixture of solvents comprising: i. one or more polar aprotic solvents, each selected in such a way that it can, when used in absence of other components, dissolve said one or more perovskite precursors, ii. one or more linear alcohols of general formula CnH2n+1OH, wherein n is from 1 to 12, and iii. optionally, one or more acids wherein the polar aprotic solvent or mixture of polar aprotic solvents represent between 50 and 95 vol % of the mixture of solvents, wherein the vol % of the mixture of solvents not occupied by polar aprotic solvents is occupied for at least 90 vol %, preferably for 100 vol %, by the one or more linear alcohols, and the one or more acids if present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gerhart Tait, Kira Gardner, Robert Gehlhaar, Weiming Qiu, Tamara Merckx