Patents by Inventor Zhaofu Fei

Zhaofu Fei 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: 11925925
    Abstract: The invention provides ionic polymers (IP) consisting of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The invention also provides the ionic polymers incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Embion Technologies SA
    Inventors: Sviatlana Siankevich, Georgios Savoglidis, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei
  • Publication number: 20230357632
    Abstract: A method including forming a lead halide precursor ink comprising a group 1 metal halide, a lead halide, an ionic liquid, and a solvent; depositing the lead halide precursor ink onto a substrate; drying the lead halide precursor ink to form a lead halide film; and annealing the lead halide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael D. Irwin, Xiao-Xin Gao, Zhaofu Fei, Paul J. Dyson, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
  • Publication number: 20220158104
    Abstract: An ionic liquid (IL)-containing perovskite precursor composition includes perovskite precursors; and a salt of a cationic imidazole derivative in which at least one of the two nitrogen atoms in the imidazole ring is linked to a carbon chain bearing a cyano (—C?N) group. A perovskite solar cell with high stability includes a layer constituted by a perovskite film formed using the perovskite precursor composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sachin KINGE, Zhaofu FEI, Paul J. DYSON, Mohammad KHAJA NAZEERUDDIN, Xiao-Xin GAO, Bin DING
  • Patent number: 10894851
    Abstract: Ionic polymers (IP) are made of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The ionic polymers are incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Paul Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Sviatlana Siankevich, Georgios Savoglidis
  • Publication number: 20200246785
    Abstract: The invention provides ionic polymers (IP) consisting of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The invention also provides the ionic polymers incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Sviatlana Siankevich, Georgios Savoglidis, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei
  • Publication number: 20190031797
    Abstract: Ionic polymers (IP) are made of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The ionic polymers are incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Paul DYSON, Zhaofu FEI, Sviatlana SIANKEVICH, Georgios SAVOGLIDIS
  • Publication number: 20120108820
    Abstract: Novel chemical compounds of the general formula K+A? useful as industrial solvents, especially as ligands, for efficient catalyst recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Dyson, Dongbin Zhao, Zhaofu Fei
  • Patent number: 8101777
    Abstract: Novel chemical compounds of the general formula K+A?, in which K+ is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring having 1-3 hetereo atoms, which can be independently N, S, or O; with the proviso that at least one of the hetereo atoms must be a quaternized nitrogen atom having a —R?CN substituent, wherein R? is alkyl (C1 to C12); the heterocyclic ring having up to 4 or 5 substituents independently chosen from the moieties: (i) H; (ii) halogen or (iii) alkyl (C1 to C12), which is unsubstituted or partially or fully substituted by further groups, preferably F, Cl, N(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2, O(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx), SO2(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2 or CnF(2n+1?x)Hx where 1<n<6 and 0<x<13; and (iv) a phenyl ring which is unsubstituted or partially or fully substituted by further groups, preferably F, Cl, N(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2, O(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx), SO2(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2 or CnF(2n+1?x)Hx where 1<n<6 and 0<x?13; and A? is any anion that provides a salt with a low melting point, below about 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Paul Dyson, Dongbin Zhao, Zhaofu Fei
  • Publication number: 20090143597
    Abstract: Novel chemical compounds of the general formula K+A?, in which K+is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring having 1-3 hetereo atoms, which can be independently N, S, or O; with the proviso that at least one of the hetereo atoms must be a quaternized nitrogen atom having a —R?CN substituent, wherein R? is alkyl (C1 to C12); the heterocyclic ring having up to 4 or 5 substituents independently chosen from the moieties: (i) H; (ii) halogen or (iii) alkyl (C1 to C12), which is unsubstituted or partially or fully substituted by further groups, preferably F, Cl, N(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2, O(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx), SO2(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2 or CnF(2n+1?x)Hx where 1<n<6 and 0<x<13; and (iv) a phenyl ring which is unsubstituted or partially or fully substituted by further groups, preferably F, Cl, N(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2, O(CnF(2n+1?X)Hx), SO2(CnF(2n+1?x)Hx)2 or CnF(2n+1?x)Hx where 1<n<6 and 0<x?13; and A? is any anion that provides a salt with a low melting point, below about 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
    Inventors: Paul Dyson, Dongbin Zhao, Zhaofu Fei