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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2024
Applicants:

Alliance for Energy Innovation, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Axel Finn Palmstrom, Golden, CO (US);

Joseph Jonathan Berry, Boulder, CO (US);

Samuel Aaron Johnson, Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 30/82 (2023.01); H10K 30/40 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 30/82 (2023.02); H10K 30/40 (2023.02);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a first metal oxide layer having a first thickness, a second metal oxide layer having a second thickness, and a base layer having a third thickness, where the first metal oxide layer is positioned between the base layer and the second metal oxide layer, at least one of the base layer and/or the first metal oxide layer includes a carbon-containing material, and at least one of a carbon concentration gradient and/or an oxygen concentration gradient is present across at least one of a portion of the first thickness and/or a portion of the third thickness. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first metal oxide layer may be permeable to an oxygen-containing compound. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the oxygen-containing compound may include at least one of O, NO, and/or HO.


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