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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Applicant:
Moselle Technologies, Llc, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Albright, Southampton, PA (US);
Stanley M. Meyer, Maryville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/24 (2006.01); B22F 1/05 (2022.01); B22F 1/102 (2022.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2013.01); B22F 1/05 (2022.01); B22F 1/102 (2022.01); C22B 3/24 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a method for recovery of lithium ions from a lithium-ion containing liquid, the method comprising the steps of coating a nanoparticle with a styrene monomer; polymerizing the styrene monomer to form a polystyrene-coated nanoparticle; attaching a dibenzo-12-crown-4-ether to the polystyrene-coated nanoparticle to form a lithium adsorbing medium; exposing the lithium ion-containing liquid to the lithium adsorbing medium to form a lithium-rich adsorbing medium; and extracting the lithium ion from the lithium-rich adsorbing medium.