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Sunlight-Harvesting Windows for Enhanced Power Generation

Nanoparticle-Embedded Glass Redirects Scattered Light to Solar Cells Within Window Frames that Produce Electricity These sunlight-harvesting windows embedded with metal nanoparticles and framed with photovoltaic cells produce four times as much power as other solar windows. In 2014, the United States installed enough solar photovoltaics to power 4...

Published: 1/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Jiangeng Xue

Keywords(s): Harvesting, Infrared Absorption, light scattering, Nanoparticle, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Transparent

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials

Synthesis of Star-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles for Solar Power and Biomedical Applications

Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles Improve Photocatalytic Activity in Solar Cells and Windows or Biomedical Sensing This synthesis process produces gold nano-stars, plasmonic nanoparticles useful as photocatalysts for many applications. The gold nanoparticles market is expected to reach $6.33 billion by 2025; the nanoparticles are in large demand to improve...

Published: 1/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Wenxiao Guo

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Others > Cleantech

Photocatalyst for More Efficient Water Oxidation, CO2 Reduction, and Nitrogen Fixation

Drives Photochemical Reactions Powered by Solar Energy and at Low Temperatures This photocatalyst and photolytic process boosts electrochemical efficiency of common industrial reactions, allowing them to occur under solar conditions and low temperatures. The global photocatalyst market is projected to reach $4.58 billion by 2025. Photocatalysts can...

Published: 1/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Wei Wei

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Others > Cleantech

Enhanced Au/TiO2 Catalysts for More Efficient O2 Activation

Adjusts Atomic Interface to Enable Catalytic Activity 34 Times Greater Than Traditional Catalysts This enhancement of the Au/TiO2 catalyst results from manipulating its interfacial atomic structures for optimal oxygen activation. Analysts project the global market for catalysts to reach $48 billion in 2027 . The field of heterogeneous catalysis does...

Published: 1/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Wei Wei, Jiawei Huang

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Others > Others

Monolithic White and Multi-Color Lasers Tunable in Full Visible Spectrum

Semiconductor lasers able to emit over the full visible color spectrum have a wide range of practical applications such as solid-state lighting, full-color displays, visible color communications, and multi-color fluorescence sensing. To the human eye, light with a mixture of four monochromatic lasers is visually equivalent to a white illuminant. Current...

Published: 2/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Cun-Zheng Ning, Sunay Turkdogan, Zhicheng Liu, Fan Fan

Keywords(s): Materials and Electronics

Category(s): Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Chemical/Biological Sensors, Energy & Power, Imaging, Medical Imaging, Physical Science, Physics, Proteomic Assays/Reagents/Tools, Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductors, Materials & Processes

Hybrid Plasmonic Platform for Directing and Controlling Nanostructure Growth

Low-Heat, Bottom-Up Approach Can Produce Metal, Polymer or Bio-Molecule Structures for Catalysis, Biosensors, Electronic Devices and MoreThis surface plasmon mediated chemical solution deposition method uses surface plasmon resonance to deposit nanoparticles in the liquid phase at room temperature to direct and control nanostructure growth. Plasmonic...

Published: 1/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Jingjing Qiu, Wei Wei

Keywords(s): Catalysts, nanoparticle synthesis, Plasmonic, Thin Films

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials

More efficient, low energy manufacturing method for 2D Zeolites

Zeolites have found wide application in catalysis and separation processes due to their tunable pore structure and active sites, and they show remarkable stability in commercial use. Recently, ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) zeolite nanosheets have been synthesized from zeolite precursors. These ultra-thin nanosheets show promise for high throughput...

Published: 6/26/2023 | Inventor(s): H Winter, Wei Fan, Vijesh Tanna, Sanket Sabnis

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Category(s): Chemicals, Engineering

Facile synthesis of tin-containing zeolites

Heteroatom containing zeolite catalysts have shown excellent catalytic activity and thermal stability in petrochemical processes as well as for converting biomass into biofuels and high-value chemicals. However, their synthesis is difficult, requiring harsh chemicals and long synthesis times.This patented technology is several rapid, high-yield synthesis...

Published: 6/26/2023 | Inventor(s): Wei Fan, Chun-Chih Chang, Paul Dornath, Zhuopeng Wang

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Category(s): Chemicals, Clean Energy, Engineering