Patents by Inventor Zing Zhang

Zing Zhang 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).

  • Eutectic melts
    Patent number: 9396882
    Abstract: The present invention refers to using the principal of a room temperature molten ionic liquid, to an electrolyte, to devices comprising the ionic liquid co-melting, and to the preparation of a room temperature ionic liquid via various physical and chemical methods. The room temperature molten ionic liquid comprises at least two component salts, at least one of which is not molten at room temperature, but, if combined with another salt, is in the molten state at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Zing Zhang, Chengcheng Xi, Yiming Cao, Feifei Gao, Peng Wang, Shaik Mohammad Zakeeruddin, Michael Graetzel