Padture and Zhou lead the research on perovskite in solar panels (US Patent #10,714,269). An innovation that could make solar panels more affordable, it also makes them more flexible. While it has not yet been licensed, Brown Technology Innovations has entertained interest from the renewable energy industry.
Brown Technology Innovations
Date
July 1, 2020
A New Month, New Patents!
Keeping our average of two patents per month, in June, Brown was awarded patents for discoveries by Derek Stein (Physics) for smart materials used in construction, and Nitin Padture and Yuanyuan Zhou (SoE) for the application of perovskite in solar panels. Stein’s work on smart materials was also included in a license to TechStyle, a startup in construction products (US Patent #10,704,794).