Brookhaven National Laboratory

High-temperature superconductors, high-critical-current superconductors, tapes, wires, and magnets of high-temperature superconductors.

Fuel cell catalysts; replacement for platinum/carbon catalysts and electrocatalysts; heterogeneous catalysis.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Substitute for platinum-based catalysts, fuel cells, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC), direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFC).

Fuel cell catalysts; ethanol oxidation; heterogeneous catalysis.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Fuel cell catalysts; replacement for platinum/carbon catalysts and electrocatalysts; heterogeneous catalysis.

Actuators and sensors are the largest potential market for these conductive polymers, but many other applications exist for robust flexible conductors.

Fuel cell catalysts; replacement for platinum/carbon catalysts and electrocatalysts; heterogeneous catalysis.

Electroextraction of heavy metals from industrial solutions or wastewater; enterprises using chromium compounds, non-ferrous metallurgy, and electrogalvanic coatings.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Fabrication of nanoparticles with atomically thin coating layers.

Hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones; hydrosilylation of aldehydes, ketones, and esters.

Thin film superconducting devices and circuits.

The unique electrical and optical properties of the segmented nanowires are exploited to form electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis

Large-scale manufacturing will require development of robust techniques for forming and patterning multiple ultrathin layers of materials with varying physical properties.

High-temperature superconductors, high-critical-current superconductors, tapes and wires of high-temperature superconductors

High-performance electrodes for supercapacitors, batteries, or other electric storage devices.

Onboard vehicular hydrogen storage; fuel cells; internal combustion engines

Applications include the low-cost manufacture of superconducting wires and tapes for conducting electrical current or producing high magnetic fields.

For use in X-ray spectroscopy, including  X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and electron microscopy (EDX), including scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning-tunneling electron microscopy (STEM).  Industries that use X-ray spectroscopy include: Automotive, Battery, Biotechnology, Chemical, Electronics, Fuel cells, Mining, Nanotechnology, Nuclear, Packaging, Paper and wood, Polymer and plastic, Semiconductor, Steel, and Textiles, among others.

These techniques can be used to self-assemble nanoparticle lattices with arbitrary symmetry from isotropic building blocks, resulting in unique optical, electrical, magnetic, and structural properties for individual devices or extended networks. The applications range from large-scale industrial processes to consumer electronics.

The process allows improved fabrication of materials essential for high-temperature superconductors, optical devices, and microelectronics used by a wide range of industries.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Li ion batteries

These materials can be used in lithium ion batteries.

Organic optoelectronic devices; photocells; transparent conductors.

Photovoltaic cells; OLEDs; BHJ PV structures.

Li ion battery component and battery manufacturers will benefit from this development. Research on battery materials is facilitated by the in situ spectroscopy methods of the invention.

Formic acid fuel cell development and hydrogen PEM fuel cell development.

Solar device manufacturers; green energy innovators

Companies in the renewable energy business, manufacturers of electrolyzers, and catalyst providers may be interested in this new hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst.

Companies in the renewable energy business, manufacturers of electrolyzers, and catalyst providers may be interested in this new hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst.

The novel nanostructured non-noble metal catalyst can be used to catalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction for water electrolysis and photoelectrolysis, useful in everything from fuel cell electric vehicles to photovoltaics.

The cDNA fragments encoding these mutant desaturases can be introduced via expression vectors into prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and can be used in the production of transgenic plants. These mutant forms of the fatty acid desaturase enzyme offer a way to modify the fatty acid content and composition of oilseed crops.

Specialty soybean, canola or other oilseed crop seeds will find ready use in production of reduced fatty acid content vegetable oils for food and food production.

Industries and consulting firms involved in mercury cleanup will find immediate use of the ISMS process. Since mercury contamination is widespread throughout the world, the potential market for the ISMS remediation technology is worth hundreds of millions to tens of billions of dollars in potential economic activity and benefits. ISMS would be useful for remediation in numerous industrial sites around the world. For example, those that use the chloralkali process, important for making substances for manufacturing chemicals, soap, glass, and paper among numerous other products. Also, mercury is used in the production of fluorescent lights, thermometers, batteris, and electrical switches, all in amounts that may necessitate cleanup.

Biomass to biofuels conversion and production is enabled by this technology.

The primary use of these electrode materials is in lithium-ion battery anodes for a wide range of devices, but they may also be used in hybrid electrochemical cells (HECs).

Highly ordered Ru@Pt core-shell nanocatalysts with a tunable number of Pt atomic layers can be used as a substitute for conventional Pt electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells and for both the hydrogen oxidation reaction and the hydrogen evolution reaction in water electrolyzers.

SMES devices can be used for storing large amounts of energy with very little loss over long periods of time. They can be used to help integrate renewable resources into the grid or to condition the power provided by the grid, and this switch enables their deployment.

The first area of application of this technology will probably in fuel cells for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Fuel cells are also used for stationary applications such as backup power for telecommunications and combined heat and power systems.

In the particular example developed in this case, the cyclopropane fatty acids can be processed into lubricants, plasticizers, coatings and many other compositions. The more general ability to create crop seeds having other desirable modified fatty acids will find applications in similar arenas.

Second generation HTS is currently available in the tape form that could be used to fabricate devices such as transformers, generators, motors, MRI and NMR instruments. Also, it can be applied in the fabrication of magnets for various commercial and research applications.

The new structure for thin film CIGS photovoltaic devices may be substituted for any other photovoltaics including solar cells.

The dual functional cathode additive can be used in any secondary battery system, including Li-S, Na-S, and Li-ion batteries. It is especially useful for high energy density batteries.

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis

Fuel cell catalysts; replacement for platinum/carbon catalysts and electrocatalysts; heterogeneous catalysis.

Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells; solar cells.

Supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis

Fuel cell catalysts; oxygen-reduction; heterogeneous catalysis.

Hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones; hydrosilylation of aldehydes, ketones, and esters.

Manufacture of high-temperature superconductors.

This process can be applied to any semiconducting nanostructure deposited in vacuum. The resulting passivated nanostructures can be used in electronic, optical, and mechanical devices.

Thin film superconducting devices and circuits.

UV protection; sunscreen; coatings.

The aluminum hydride made using the process can be used as a hydrogen storage medium for a number of applications.

Applications for this technology include as cathode and/or anode catalysts for fuel cells, and catalysts for other noble metal-catalyzed reactions.