Patents by Inventor Yoshitake Toda
Yoshitake Toda 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: 10446783Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 k? to 100 M?.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Naomichi Miyakawa, Satoru Watanabe, Toshinari Watanabe
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Publication number: 20190172605Abstract: Disclosed herein is an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film which has an electron density of greater than or equal to 2.0×1018 cm?3 and less than or equal to 2.3×1021 cm?3, and exhibits a light absorption at a photon energy position of 4.6 eV. Also disclosed herein is an amorphous thin film which is fabricated using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride, and containing an electride of an amorphous solid material includig calcium, aluminum, and oxygen, in which an Al/Ca molar ratio of the thin film is 0.5 to 4.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Katsuro HAYASHI, Setsuro ITO, Satoru WATANABE, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO
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Patent number: 10249402Abstract: A C12A7 electride thin film fabrication method includes a step of forming an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film on a substrate by vapor deposition under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of less than 0.1 Pa using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride having an electron density within a range of 2.0×1018 cm?3 to 2.3×1021 cm?3.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AGC Inc., JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Katsuro Hayashi, Setsuro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa, Toshinari Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ito
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Publication number: 20190058142Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AGC Inc.Inventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10124319Abstract: If a conductive mayenite compound having a large specific surface area is obtained, the usefulness thereof in respective applications is remarkably increased. A conductive mayenite compound powder having a conduction electron density of 1015 cm?3 or more and a specific surface area of 5 m2g?1 or more is produced by: the following steps: (1) forming a precursor powder by subjecting a mixture of a starting material powder and water to a hydrothermal treatment; (2) forming a mayenite compound powder by heating and dehydrating the precursor powder; (3) forming an activated mayenite compound powder by heating the compound powder in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum; and (4) injecting electrons into the mayenite compound through a reduction treatment by mixing the activated mayenite compound powder with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Satoru Matsuishi, Yoshitake Toda
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Publication number: 20180304237Abstract: An electride, which is more stable and can be more easily obtained, is provided or is made available, and as a result, a catalyst particularly useful for chemical synthesis, in which the electride is particularly used, is provided. A transition metal-supported intermetallic compound having a transition metal supported on an intermetallic compound represented by the following formula (1): A5X3??(1) wherein A represents a rare earth element, and X represents Si or Ge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo HOSONO, Masaaki KITANO, Tomofumi TADA, Toshiharu YOKOYAMA, Yoshitake TODA, Yangfan LU, Jiang LI
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Patent number: 9981845Abstract: A metal-supporting catalyst for decomposing ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. The catalyst shows a high performance with a low cost and being advantageous from the viewpoint of resources, and an efficient method for producing hydrogen using the catalyst. The catalyst catalytically decomposes ammonia gas to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen generation catalyst includes, as a support, a mayenite type compound having oxygen ions enclosed therein or a mayenite type compound having 1015 cm?3 or more of conduction electrons or hydrogen anions enclosed therein, and metal grains for decomposing ammonia are supported on the surface of the support. Hydrogen is produced by continuously supplying 0.1-100 vol % of ammonia gas to a catalyst layer that comprises the aforesaid catalyst, and reacting the same at a reaction pressure of 0.01-1.0 MPa, at a reaction temperature of 300-800° C. and at a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 500/mlg?1h?1 or higher.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Yoshitake Toda, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano
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Publication number: 20170186984Abstract: A thin film of metal oxide includes zinc (Zn); tin (Sn); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O). In terms of oxide, based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the thin film, SnO2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20170186989Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 k? to 100 M?.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Nobuhiro NAKAMURA, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Satoru WATANABE, Toshinari WATANABE
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Publication number: 20170095793Abstract: If a conductive mayenite compound having a large specific surface area is obtained, the usefulness thereof in respective applications is remarkably increased. A conductive mayenite compound powder having a conduction electron density of 1015 cm?3 or more and a specific surface area of 5 m2g?1 or more is produced by: the following steps: (1) forming a precursor powder by subjecting a mixture of a starting material powder and water to a hydrothermal treatment; (2) forming a mayenite compound powder by heating and dehydrating the precursor powder; (3) forming an activated mayenite compound powder by heating the compound powder in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum; and (4) injecting electrons into the mayenite compound through a reduction treatment by mixing the activated mayenite compound powder with a reducing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicants: TOKYO INSTITTUE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Satoru Matsuishi, Yoshitake Toda
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Patent number: 9605357Abstract: A method for depositing a magnesium oxide thin film on a substrate by a laser abrasion method using a sintered body or single crystal of magnesium oxide as a target. In this method, a flat processed film made of magnesium oxide having a (111) plane as its front surface is prepared, using a substrate made of strontium titanate having a (111) plane as its principal surface or yttria-stabilized zirconia having a (111) plane as its principal surface, by directly depositing a film on the principal surface of the substrate and epitaxially growing the film.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Tomofumi Susaki, Hideo Hosono, Tadahiro Fujihashi, Yoshitake Toda
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Patent number: 9573822Abstract: If a conductive mayenite compound having a large specific surface area is obtained, the usefulness thereof in respective applications is remarkably increased. A conductive mayenite compound powder having a conduction electron density of 1015 cm?3 or more and a specific surface area of 5 m2g?1 or more is produced by: (1) a step for forming a precursor powder by subjecting a mixture of a starting material powder and water to a hydrothermal treatment; (2) a step for forming a mayenite compound powder by heating and dehydrating the precursor powder; (3) a step for forming an activated mayenite compound powder by heating the compound powder in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum; and (4) a step for injecting electrons into the mayenite compound through a reduction treatment by mixing the activated mayenite compound powder with a reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Satoru Matsuishi, Yoshitake Toda
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Publication number: 20160340182Abstract: A metal-supporting catalyst for decomposing ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. The catalyst shows a high performance with a low cost and being advantageous from the viewpoint of resources, and an efficient method for producing hydrogen using the catalyst. The catalyst catalytically decomposes ammonia gas to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen generation catalyst includes, as a support, a mayenite type compound having oxygen ions enclosed therein or a mayenite type compound having 1015 cm?3 or more of conduction electrons or hydrogen anions enclosed therein, and metal grains for decomposing ammonia are supported on the surface of the support. Hydrogen is produced by continuously supplying 0.1-100 vol % of ammonia gas to a catalyst layer that comprises the aforesaid catalyst, and reacting the same at a reaction pressure of 0.01-1.0 MPa, at a reaction temperature of 300-800° C. and at a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 500/mlg?1h?1 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Yoshitake Toda, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano
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Publication number: 20160285027Abstract: A thin film of amorphous metal oxide includes zinc (Zn), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), the atomic ratio of Zn/(Zn+Si) being 0.30 to 0.95.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicants: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: HIDEO HOSONO, YOSHITAKE TODA, TOSHINARI WATANABE, NAOMICHI MIYAKAWA, KAZUHIRO ITO, SATORU WATANABE, AKIRA MITSUI, KAZUTO OHKOSHI
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Patent number: 9368739Abstract: A light emitting device including an organic electroluminescence element is provided. The light emitting device may be a display device or a lighting device. The organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode that are arranged in this order. An electron injection layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the cathode. The electron injection layer is made of an amorphous C12A7 electride.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Setsuro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa, Kazuhiro Ito, Toshinari Watanabe
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Patent number: 9150423Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst substance that is stable and performs well in the synthesis of ammonia, one of the most important chemical substances for fertilizer ingredients and the like. The catalyst substance exhibits catalytic activity under mild synthesis conditions not requiring high pressure, and is also advantageous from a resource perspective. Further provided is a method for producing the same. This catalyst comprises a supported metal catalyst that is supported on a mayenite type compound including conduction electrons of 1015 cm?3 or more and serving as a support for the ammonia synthesis catalyst. The mayenite type compound used as the support may take any form, including that of powder, a porous material, a sintered body, a thin-film, or a single crystal. Use of this catalyst makes it possible to increase the electron donating ability toward a transition metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano, Sung Wng Kim, Satoru Matsuishi, Yoshitake Toda, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Fumitaka Hayashi
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Publication number: 20150239747Abstract: If a conductive mayenite compound having a large specific surface area is obtained, the usefulness thereof in respective applications is remarkably increased. A conductive mayenite compound powder having a conduction electron density of 1015 cm?3 or more and a specific surface area of 5 m2g?1 or more is produced by: (1) a step for forming a precursor powder by subjecting a mixture of a starting material powder and water to a hydrothermal treatment; (2) a step for forming a mayenite compound powder by heating and dehydrating the precursor powder; (3) a step for forming an activated mayenite compound powder by heating the compound powder in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum; and (4) a step for injecting electrons into the mayenite compound through a reduction treatment by mixing the activated mayenite compound powder with a reducing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Satoru Matsuishi, Yoshitake Toda
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Publication number: 20150217278Abstract: A metal-supporting catalyst for decomposing ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. The catalyst shows a high performance with a low cost and being advantageous from the viewpoint of resources, and an efficient method for producing hydrogen using the catalyst. The catalyst catalytically decomposes ammonia gas to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen generation catalyst includes, as a support, a mayenite type compound having oxygen ions enclosed therein or a mayenite type compound having 1015 cm?3 or more of conduction electrons or hydrogen anions enclosed therein, and metal grains for decomposing ammonia are supported on the surface of the support. Hydrogen is produced by continuously supplying 0.1-100 vol % of ammonia gas to a catalyst layer that comprises the aforesaid catalyst, and reacting the same at a reaction pressure of 0.01-1.0 MPa, at a reaction temperature of 300-800° C. and at a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 500/mlg?1h?1 or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideo Hosono, Fumitaka Hayashi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Yoshitake Toda, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano
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Publication number: 20150137103Abstract: A light emitting device including an organic electroluminescence element is provided. The light emitting device may be a display device or a lighting device. The organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode that are arranged in this order. An electron injection layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the cathode. The electron injection layer is made of an amorphous C12A7 electride.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake TODA, Setsuro ITO, Satoru WATANABE, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Kazuhiro ITO, Toshinari WATANABE
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Publication number: 20150093583Abstract: A C12A7 electride thin film fabrication method includes a step of forming an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film on a substrate by vapor deposition under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of less than 0.1 Pa using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride having an electron density within a range of 2.0×1018 cm?3 to 2.3×1021 cm?3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hideo HOSONO, Yoshitake TODA, Katsuro HAYASHI, Setsuro ITO, Satoru WATANABE, Naomichi MIYAKAWA, Toshinari WATANABE, Kazuhiro ITO