Patents by Inventor Xinghao Zhou

Xinghao Zhou 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).

  • Solar fuels generator with pH separation
    Patent number: 11377747
    Abstract: A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Chengxiang Xiang, Xinghao Zhou, Ke Sun, Ryan J. Jones, Nathan S. Lewis
  • SOLAR FUELS GENERATOR WITH PH SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20200378016
    Abstract: A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Chengxiang Xiang, Xinghao Zhou, Ke Sun, Ryan J. Jones, Nathan S. Lewis
  • Solar fuels generator with pH separation
    Patent number: 10787749
    Abstract: A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Chengxiang Xiang, Xinghao Zhou, Ke Sun, Ryan J. Jones, Nathan S. Lewis
  • USE OF INTERMEDIATES IN SOLAR FUELS GENERATION
    Publication number: 20190264338
    Abstract: A solar fuels generation system includes a first reactor that contains a first solution in which a charge carrier is reduced to a reduced charge carrier. The system also includes a second reactor that contains a second solution in which the reduced charge carrier reduces protons so as to generate hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph D. Karp, Alec S. Ho, Xinghao Zhou, Chengxiang Xiang, Nathan S. Lewis
  • SOLAR FUELS GENERATOR WITH PH SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20180251903
    Abstract: A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Chengxiang Xiang, Xinghao Zhou, Ke Sun, Ryan J. Jones, Nathan S. Lewis