Patents by Inventor Thomas Schladt
Thomas Schladt 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).
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Patent number: 11973233Abstract: A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Shicheng Xu, Yongmin Kim, Thomas Jaramillo, Drew C. Higgins, Maha Yusuf, Zhaoxuan Wang, Kyung Min Lee, Marat Orazov, Dong Un Lee, Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt, Gerold Huebner, Hanna-Lena Wittern, Jonathan Edward Mueller
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Patent number: 11955646Abstract: A supported catalyst includes: (1) a catalyst support; and (2) deposits of a catalyst covering the catalyst support, wherein the deposits have an average thickness of about 2 nm or less, and the deposits are spaced apart from one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Thomas Jaramillo, Drew C. Higgins, Yongmin Kim, Shicheng Xu, Thomas Schladt, Tanja Graf
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Patent number: 11936051Abstract: A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschafInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Shicheng Xu, Yongmin Kim, Thomas Jaramillo, Drew C. Higgins, Maha Yusuf, Zhaoxuan Wang, Kyung Min Lee, Marat Orazov, Dong Un Lee, Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt, Gerold Huebner, Hanna-Lena Wittern, Jonathan Edward Mueller
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Publication number: 20240071576Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for predicting molecular electronic structural information. According to one embodiment, quantum simulation results are generated for a molecule based on a quantum simulation of an electronic structure of the molecule. The quantum simulation of the electronic structure of the molecule is performed with quantum processing units. An input vector comprising data field values derived from the quantum simulation results for the molecule is created. An electronic structural information prediction model is applied to generate, based at least in part on the input vector, predicted electronic structural information for the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Florian NEUKART, Michael STREIF, David VON DOLLEN, Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT, Arne-Christian VOIGT, Jonthan Edward MUELLER
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Patent number: 11776666Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for predicting molecular electronic structural information. According to one embodiment, quantum simulation results are generated for a molecule based on a quantum simulation of an electronic structure of the molecule. The quantum simulation of the electronic structure of the molecule is performed with quantum processing units. An input vector comprising data field values derived from the quantum simulation results for the molecule is created. An electronic structural information prediction model is applied to generate, based at least in part on the input vector, predicted electronic structural information for the molecule.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Florian Neukart, Michael Streif, David Von Dollen, Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt, Arne-Christian Voigt, Jonathan Edward Mueller
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Publication number: 20230079048Abstract: A manufacturing process includes: depositing a first catalyst on a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) to form a first catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a first ionomer on the first catalyst-coated GDL to form a first gas diffusion electrode (GDE); depositing a second catalyst on a second GDL to form a second catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a second ionomer on the second catalyst-coated GDL to form a second GDE; and laminating the first GDE with the second GDE and with an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDE and the second GDE to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A MEA includes a first GDL; a second GDL; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDL and the second GDL; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first GDL and the electrolyte membrane; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second GDL and the electrolyte membrane, wherein a thickness of the electrolyte membrane is about 15 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicants: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Timothy Goh, Shicheng Xu, Zhaoxuan Wang, Soonwook Hong, Yongmin Kim, Samuel Dull, Dong Un Lee, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo, Thomas Schladt, Gerold Huebner, Jonathan Müller, Glavas Vedran
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Publication number: 20230009452Abstract: A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. PRINZ, Shicheng XU, Yongmin KIM, Thomas JARAMILLO, Drew C. HIGGINS, Maha YUSUF, Zhaoxuan WANG, Kyung Min LEE, Marat ORAZOV, Dong Un LEE, Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT, Gerold HUEBNER, Hanna-Lena WITTERN, Jonathan Edward MUELLER
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Patent number: 11489167Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a supported catalyst material for a fuel-cell electrode, as well as a catalyst material that can be produced using said method. In the method, first, a carbide-forming substance is deposited from the gas phase onto the carbon-based carrier material to produce a carbide-containing layer and, then, a catalytically-active precious metal or an alloy thereof from the gas phase is deposited to form a catalytic layer. By chemical reaction of the carbide-forming substance with the carbon, very stable carbide bonds are formed at the interface, while an alloy phase of the two forms at the interface between carbide-forming substance and precious metal. Overall, a very stable adhesion of the catalytic precious metal to the substrate results, whereby degradation effects are reduced, and the life of the material is extended.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt
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Patent number: 11462744Abstract: A manufacturing process includes: depositing a first catalyst on a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) to form a first catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a first ionomer on the first catalyst-coated GDL to form a first gas diffusion electrode (GDE); depositing a second catalyst on a second GDL to form a second catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a second ionomer on the second catalyst-coated GDL to form a second GDE; and laminating the first GDE with the second GDE and with an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDE and the second GDE to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A MEA includes a first GDL; a second GDL; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDL and the second GDL; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first GDL and the electrolyte membrane; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second GDL and the electrolyte membrane, wherein a thickness of the electrolyte membrane is about 15 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Timothy Goh, Shicheng Xu, Zhaoxuan Wang, Soonwook Hong, Yongmin Kim, Samuel Dull, Dong Un Lee, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo, Thomas Schladt, Gerold Huebner, Jonathan Müller, Glavas Vedran
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Publication number: 20220190354Abstract: A method for the production of an electrode for a fuel cell is provided that comprises providing a multitude of catalyst particles carried on at least one electrically conductive particle carrier, and depositing one or more atomic or molecular layers of an ionomer from the gas phase on the catalyst particles and/or the at least one particle carrier, thereby forming a proton-conducting ionomer coating. Furthermore, an electrode for a fuel cell is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Thomas SCHLADT, Lasse SCHMIDT, Tanja GRAF, Gerold HÜBNER, Jonathan Edward MÜLLER
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Publication number: 20220029171Abstract: A manufacturing process includes: depositing a catalyst support on a gas diffusion layer to form a catalyst support-coated gas diffusion layer; depositing a catalyst on the catalyst support-coated gas diffusion layer to form a catalyst-coated gas diffusion layer; and depositing an ionomer on the catalyst-coated gas diffusion layer to form an ionomer-coated gas diffusion layer. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes: a gas diffusion layer; a polymer electrolyte membrane; and a catalyst layer disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the catalyst layer includes an ionomer, and a concentration of the ionomer varies within the catalyst layer according to a concentration profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Shicheng XU, Friedrich B. PRINZ, Thomas SCHLADT, Tanja GRAF, Jonathan Edward MUELLER, Sebastian KIRSCH, Gerold HUEBNER, Vedran GLAVAS
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Publication number: 20210305589Abstract: A layered structure for a fuel cell comprises a carbon-based catalyst-free gas diffusion layer substrate and a carbon-based microporous layer, which is joined to the gas diffusion layer substrate and comprises a plurality of carbon carriers or carbon fibers embedded into an ion-conducting polymer binder mixture. The polymer binder mixture comprises a sulfur-free binding polymer and a sulfonated polymer, and a fraction of the binding polymer at or near a surface of the microporous layer facing away from the gas diffusion layer substrate is less than or equal to a fraction of the sulfonated polymer. A method for producing a layered structure of this type is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Gerold HÜBNER, Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT
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Publication number: 20210257629Abstract: A manufacturing process includes: depositing a first catalyst on a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) to form a first catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a first ionomer on the first catalyst-coated GDL to form a first gas diffusion electrode (GDE); depositing a second catalyst on a second GDL to form a second catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a second ionomer on the second catalyst-coated GDL to form a second GDE; and laminating the first GDE with the second GDE and with an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDE and the second GDE to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A MEA includes a first GDL; a second GDL; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDL and the second GDL; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first GDL and the electrolyte membrane; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second GDL and the electrolyte membrane, wherein a thickness of the electrolyte membrane is about 15 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Timothy Goh, Shicheng Xu, Zhaoxuan Wang, Soonwook Hong, Yongmin Kim, Samuel Dull, Dong Un Lee, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo, Thomas Schladt, Gerold Huebner, Jonathan Muller, Glavas Vedran
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Publication number: 20200343563Abstract: A supported catalyst includes: (1) a catalyst support; and (2) deposits of a catalyst covering the catalyst support, wherein the deposits have an average thickness of about 2 nm or less, and the deposits are spaced apart from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Thomas Jaramillo, Drew C. Higgins, Yongmin Kim, Shicheng Xu, Thomas Schladt, Tanja Graf
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Patent number: 10790515Abstract: The disclosure relates to a supported catalyst material for a fuel cell. This comprises an electrically conductive, carbon-based carrier material and catalytic structures deposited or grown on the carrier material with a multilayer structure. The core layer comprises an electrically conductive bulk material, with the bulk material in direct contact with the carbon-based carrier material. The thin surface layer has a catalytically active noble metal or an alloy thereof. The preparation is carried out directly onto the carrier material with the deposition of the corresponding starting materials from the gas phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AGInventors: Thomas Schladt, Tanja Graf
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Publication number: 20200286595Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for predicting molecular electronic structural information. According to one embodiment, quantum simulation results are generated for a molecule based on a quantum simulation of an electronic structure of the molecule. The quantum simulation of the electronic structure of the molecule is performed with quantum processing units. An input vector comprising data field values derived from the quantum simulation results for the molecule is created. An electronic structural information prediction model is applied to generate, based at least in part on the input vector, predicted electronic structural information for the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Florian Neukart, Michael Streif, David Von Dollen, Tanja Graf, Thomas Schladt, Arne-Christian Voigt, Jonathan Edward Mueller
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Publication number: 20200127300Abstract: A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Friedrich B. PRINZ, Shicheng XU, Yongmin KIM, Thomas JARAMILLO, Drew C. HIGGINS, Maha YUSUF, Zhaoxuan WANG, Kate LEE, Marat ORAZOV, Dong Un LEE, Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT, Gerold HUEBNER, Hanna-Lena WITTERN, Jonathan Edward MUELLER
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Publication number: 20190379041Abstract: An active material body for a rechargeable battery, whereby the active material body comprises at least one active material that has a Young's modulus EA and at least one layered first coating applied on the surface of the active material, whereby the coating consists of a first material that has a first Young's modulus E1 whereby the following applies: first Young's modulus?Young's modulus of the active material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas SCHLADT, Tanja GRAF
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Publication number: 20190264325Abstract: A method includes (1) functionalizing a substrate to yield a functionalized substrate; and (2) depositing a catalyst on the functionalized substrate by atomic layer deposition to form a thin film of the catalyst covering the functionalized substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Friedrich B. PRINZ, Thomas Francisco JARAMILLO, Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT, Gerold HUEBNER, Shicheng XU, Yongmin KIM, Maha YUSUF, Drew Christopher HIGGINS
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Publication number: 20190157686Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a supported catalyst material for a fuel-cell electrode, as well as a catalyst material that can be produced using said method. In the method, first, a carbide-forming substance is deposited from the gas phase onto the carbon-based carrier material to produce a carbide-containing layer and, then, a catalytically-active precious metal or an alloy thereof from the gas phase is deposited to form a catalytic layer. By chemical reaction of the carbide-forming substance with the carbon, very stable carbide bonds are formed at the interface, while an alloy phase of the two forms at the interface between carbide-forming substance and precious metal. Overall, a very stable adhesion of the catalytic precious metal to the substrate results, whereby degradation effects are reduced, and the life of the material is extended.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Tanja GRAF, Thomas SCHLADT