US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on Nov. 4 for "Direct electrochemical extraction of lithium from ores" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,309, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Direct electrochemical extraction of lithium from ores" was invented by Feifei Shi (University Park, Pa.) and Hanrui Zhang (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for leaching lithium via an electrochemical apparatus including a multi-functional current collector, an electrode, an electrolyte, and a lithium-bearing material, wherein the lithium-bearing material is dispersed or suspended in the electrolyte or the lithium-bearing material is coated onto the current collector. The method involves applying ...