Patents by Inventor Yayuan LIU

Yayuan LIU 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).

  • POROUS MEDIUM WITH ADJUSTABLE FLUID PERMEABILITY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20240082781
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities and related systems and methods. In certain cases, the fluid permeability of a porous medium can be adjusted by applying an electrical potential to the porous medium. In some such cases, the application of the electrical potential to the porous medium results in the deposition of material over or the removal of material from the porous medium. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for capturing species (e.g., acid gases) in which porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities are used, for example, to control the flow of fluid into and out of a medium used to capture the species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yayuan Liu, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Porous medium with adjustable fluid permeability and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11872525
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities and related systems and methods. In certain cases, the fluid permeability of a porous medium can be adjusted by applying an electrical potential to the porous medium. In some such cases, the application of the electrical potential to the porous medium results in the deposition of material over or the removal of material from the porous medium. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for capturing species (e.g., acid gases) in which porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities are used, for example, to control the flow of fluid into and out of a medium used to capture the species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yayuan Liu, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Composite lithium metal anodes for lithium batteries with reduced volumetric fluctuation during cycling and dendrite suppression
    Patent number: 11757086
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode, a composite lithium metal anode, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and the composite lithium metal anode. The composite lithium metal anode includes a porous matrix and lithium metal disposed within the porous matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Zheng Liang, Yayuan Liu, Dingchang Lin
  • COMPOSITE LITHIUM METAL ANODES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES WITH REDUCED VOLUMETRIC FLUCTUATION DURING CYCLING AND DENDRITE SUPPRESSION
    Publication number: 20220029146
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode, a composite lithium metal anode, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and the composite lithium metal anode. The composite lithium metal anode includes a porous matrix and lithium metal disposed within the porous matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Zheng Liang, Yayuan Liu, Dingchang Lin
  • Composite lithium metal anodes for lithium batteries with reduced volumetric fluctuation during cycling and dendrite suppression
    Patent number: 11145851
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode, a composite lithium metal anode, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and the composite lithium metal anode. The composite lithium metal anode includes a porous matrix and lithium metal disposed within the porous matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Zheng Liang, Yayuan Liu, Dingchang Lin
  • POROUS MEDIUM WITH ADJUSTABLE FLUID PERMEABILITY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210299608
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities and related systems and methods. In certain cases, the fluid permeability of a porous medium can be adjusted by applying an electrical potential to the porous medium. In some such cases, the application of the electrical potential to the porous medium results in the deposition of material over or the removal of material from the porous medium. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for capturing species (e.g., acid gases) in which porous media with adjustable fluid permeabilities are used, for example, to control the flow of fluid into and out of a medium used to capture the species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yayuan Liu, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • SOLID-STATE LITHIUM METAL BATTERY BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRODE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20210151748
    Abstract: A composite lithium metal anode includes: (1) a porous matrix; and (2) a flowable interphase and lithium metal disposed within the porous matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Yayuan LIU, Yi CUI, Dingchang LIN
  • COMPOSITE LITHIUM METAL ANODES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES WITH REDUCED VOLUMETRIC FLUCTUATION DURING CYCLING AND DENDRITE SUPPRESSION
    Publication number: 20170133662
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode, a composite lithium metal anode, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and the composite lithium metal anode. The composite lithium metal anode includes a porous matrix and lithium metal disposed within the porous matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Yi CUI, Zheng LIANG, Yayuan LIU, Dingchang LIN