ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,532, issued on July 1, was assigned to CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (Changzhou, China).

"Methods for preparing two-dimensional sheet-like Li 4 SiO 4 adsorbents using attapulgite and waste lithium batteries" was invented by Xiazhang Li (Changzhou, China), Taoli Huhe (Changzhou, China), Shixiang Zuo (Changzhou, China), Xiaofei Yin (Changzhou, China), Xiaoshan Meng (Changzhou, China), Chao Yao (Changzhou, China) and Bingying Gao (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing two-dimensional sheet-like Li4SiO4 sorbent, including: obtaining LiCoO2 by performing discharging, aluminum foil stripping, and sieving on waste lit...