David Bierman

Solar Thermal Aerogel Receiver And Materials Therefor

Application

#2019010 Apr 4, 2019

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

Inventor

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Chattanooga, TN) · Bikramjit S. Bhatia (Cambridge, MA) · Lin Zhao (Revere, MA) · Elise M. Strobach (Clear Lake, WI) · Thomas A. Cooper (Boston, MA) · David M. Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Xiaopeng Huang (Mountain View, CA) · James Loomis (Valparaiso, FL)

Appl. No.

16/079172

Assignee

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Chattanooga, TN) · Bikramjit S. Bhatia (Cambridge, MA) · Lin Zhao (Revere, MA) · Elise M. Strobach (Clear Lake, WI) · Thomas A. Cooper (Boston, MA) · David M. Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Xiaopeng Huang (Mountain View, CA) · James Loomis (Valparaiso, FL)

International Classification

C01B 33/158, B01J 13/00, F24S 80/65, F24S 80/56, F24S 23/70, F24S 20/20, F24S 10/95, F24S 70/20

Abstract

A silica aerogel having a mean pore size less than 5 nm with a standard deviation of 3 nm. The silica aerogel may have greater than 95% solar-weighted transmittance at a thickness of 8 mm for...

Solar Thermal Aerogel Receiver And Materials Therefor

Application

#2021009 Apr 1, 2021

Filed

Nov 6, 2020

Inventor

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Chattanooga, TN) · Bikramjit S. Bhatia (Cambridge, MA) · Lin Zhao (Revere, MA) · Elise M. Strobach (Clear Lake, WI) · Thomas A. Cooper (Boston, MA) · David M. Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Xiaopeng Huang (Mountain View, CA) · James Loomis (Valparaiso, FL)

Appl. No.

17/091141

Assignee

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Chattanooga, TN) · Bikramjit S. Bhatia (Cambridge, MA) · Lin Zhao (Revere, MA) · Elise M. Strobach (Clear Lake, WI) · Thomas A. Cooper (Boston, MA) · David M. Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Xiaopeng Huang (Mountain View, CA) · James Loomis (Valparaiso, FL)

International Classification

C01B 33/158, B01J 13/00, F24S 80/65, F24S 80/56, F24S 20/20, C04B 14/06, C01B 33/14, F24S 70/20, F24S 10/95, F24S 23/70

Abstract

A silica aerogel having a mean pore size less than 5 nm with a standard deviation of 3 nm. The silica aerogel may have greater than 95% solar-weighted transmittance at a thickness of 8 mm for...

System And Method For A Solid-State Thermal Battery

Application

#2021014 May 13, 2021

Filed

Nov 11, 2020

Inventor

Justin Briggs (Oakland, CA) · David Bierman (Oakland, CA) · Tarun Narayan (Riverside, CA)

Appl. No.

17/095499

Assignee

Justin Briggs (Oakland, CA) · David Bierman (Oakland, CA) · Tarun Narayan (Riverside, CA)

International Classification

H01M 6/38, H01M 10/613, F24V 30/00, H01M 10/44, H02S 40/42

Abstract

A solid-state thermal battery system is disclosed herein. The system includes a stationary thermal storage medium that can be charged by adding heat to the thermal storage medium. Actuated heat...

Internally-Heated Thermal And Externally-Cool Photovoltaic Cascade Solar Energy System For Full Solar Spectrum Utilization

Application

#2015005 Feb 26, 2015

Filed

Aug 20, 2014

Inventor

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana V. Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Kenneth McEnaney (Cornish, NH) · Hadi Ghasemi (Boston, MA) · Selcuk Yerci (Brighton, MA) · Andrej Lenert (Cambridge, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Somerville, MA) · Nenad Miljkovic (Cambridge, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · David Bierman (Cambridge, MA)

Appl. No.

14/464103

Assignee

Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Svetlana V. Boriskina (Winchester, MA) · Kenneth McEnaney (Cornish, NH) · Hadi Ghasemi (Boston, MA) · Selcuk Yerci (Brighton, MA) · Andrej Lenert (Cambridge, MA) · Sungwoo Yang (Somerville, MA) · Nenad Miljkovic (Cambridge, MA) · Lee A. Weinstein (Somerville, MA) · David Bierman (Cambridge, MA)

International Classification

H01L 31/052, H01L 31/0525

U.S. Classification

136259

Abstract

A single-stack, solar power receiver comprising both a thermal absorber layer and a photovoltaic cell layer. The stack includes an aerogel layer, that is optically transparent and thermally...

Spectrally-Engineered Solar Thermal Photovoltaic Devices

Application

#2016016 Jun 9, 2016

Filed

Oct 31, 2014

Inventor

David Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Walker Chan (Princeton, NJ) · Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, MA) · Marin Soljacic (Belmont, MA) · Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Young Suk Nam (Yongin, KR) · Kenneth McEnaney (Cornish, NH) · Daniel Kraemer (Providence, RI) · Gang Chen (Carlisle, MA)

Appl. No.

14/529578

Assignee

David Bierman (Cambridge, MA) · Walker Chan (Princeton, NJ) · Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, MA) · Marin Soljacic (Belmont, MA) · Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, MA) · Young Suk Nam (Yongin, KR) · Kenneth McEnaney (Cornish, NH) · Daniel Kraemer (Providence, RI) · Gang Chen (Carlisle, MA)

International Classification

H02S 10/30, H01L 31/0216

Abstract

A solar thermal photovoltaic device, and method of forming same, includes a solar absorber and a spectrally selective emitter formed on either side of a thermally conductive substrate. The solar...