High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries using MoS2/MXene/CNT
A MoS2/MXene/CNT anode for high-capacity Li-ion batteries with improved low temperature operation.
Background:
Extremely high energy density batteries are needed for underwater electric ships such as unmanned submarines and naval observatories. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most widely used battery system in portable electronics...
Published: 4/18/2024
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Inventor(s): Fei Yao, Huamin Li
Keywords(s): Featured, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Lithium-Seawater Battery for Backup Power on Underwater Vehicles
An AUV backup battery with a lithium anode and a seawater cathode.
Background:
Extremely high energy density batteries are needed for underwater electric ships such as unmanned submarines and naval observatories.
Technology Overview:
The lithium-seawater battery is made of two compartments: the anode compartment, which encloses the metal in...
Published: 3/22/2024
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Inventor(s): Jian-Ping (Jim) Zheng
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Energy
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Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Storage Device
An apparatus and method for harvesting mechanical energy, such as environmental vibrations, and both converting and storing said energy into direct current (DC) electricity.
Background:
The growing demand for powering wireless sensor networks, wearable devices and the like has led to increased interest in mechanical energy harvesting and storage...
Published: 2/2/2024
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Inventor(s): Jun Liu, Thomas Thundat, Kun-Hung Tsai
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Clean Energy, Campus > University at Buffalo
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Infrared-Switching Nanomaterial
Nanomaterial compositions that undergo phase transitions from infrared transmissive at low temperatures to infrared reflective at higher temperatures.
Background:
One of the major hurdles in energy efficient buildings is excess heat gain from solar light. Current technologies designed to address this problem, also block visible light, thereby,...
Published: 3/26/2024
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Inventor(s): Sarbajit Banerjee, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Christopher Patridge, Peter Marley
Keywords(s): TAF, Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Campus > University at Buffalo
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Optoelectronic Devices Based on Thin Single-Crystalline Semiconductor Films and Non-Epitaxial Optical Cavities
A novel nanoscale optoelectronic device comprising ultrathin materials with single-crystalline quality providing a strong light-matter interaction with high photon absorption and quantum efficiency.
Background:
Miniaturization of optoelectronic devices offers tremendous performance gain. As the volume of photoactive material decreases, optoelectronic...
Published: 2/2/2024
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Inventor(s): Qiaoqiang Gan, Haomin Song, Zhenqiang Ma, Zhenyang Xia, Zongfu Yu (Non-UB), Ming Zhou
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Optics and Photonics, Technology Classifications > Energy, Campus > University at Buffalo
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Colloidal Nanocrystals with Excellent Thermal and High-Flux Stability
Novel LED nanocrystal demonstrates both temperature (at least up to 150°C) and high-flux (at least up to 20kW/cm2 of cw-excitation) stable quantum efficiencies.
Solid-state lighting (SSL) has the potential to revolutionize the lighting industry. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)--traditionally used in signs, signals and displays--are rapidly evolving...
Published: 3/26/2024
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Inventor(s): Keith Kahen
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Campus > University at Buffalo
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