| Surface modification coating for lithium extraction from field collected lithium bearing watersUS Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 19/363,849
This advanced sorbent meets the growing lithium demand driven by EVs and energy storage, bypassing the limitations of traditional extraction methods. A nanoscale coating on a lithium manganese oxide sorbent enhances recyclability up to 50%. This stands to enable scalable, direct lithium extraction from formation waters and sedimentary brines, opening up new lithium sources in previously nonviable regions, effectively expanding lithium supply options for the battery manufacturing market. University of Alberta | IP Management | 2025-10-21 | Karthik Ramachandran Shivakumar, Alessi, D., Fangshuai Wu |
| Activating Carbon and Oxygen Bonds for Low-Temperature Thermal Decomposition of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials University of Alberta | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Kang Liu, Xiaohong Zhu, Yuying Zhang, Mengmeng Wang, Roya Maboudian, Alessi, D., Daniel CW Tsang |
| Cost analysis of wastewater production from conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells University of Alberta | Publication | 2022-04-25 | Ashkan Zolfaghari, Joel Gehman, Alessi, D. |
| Enabling recycling of critical metals for electric vehicles University of Alberta | Publication | 2026-01-01 | Shanta Dutta, Kang Liu, Mengmeng Wang, Yuying Zhang, Yong Sik Ok, Roya Maboudian, Marjorie Valix, Alessi, D., Daniel CW Tsang |
| Hydrometallurgical processes for heavy metals recovery from industrial sludges University of Alberta | Publication | 2020-12-01 | Viraj Gunarathne, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Alessi, D., Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Mu. Naushad, Siming You, Patryk Oleszczuk, Yong Sik Ok |
| Lithium extraction using zirconium oxide coated lithium manganese oxide ion-exchange adsorbents University of Alberta | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Karthik Ramachandran Shivakumar, Ashkan Zolfaghari, Salman Safari, Fangshuai Wu, Brendan A Bishop, Ning Chen, Leslie J Robbins, Alessi, D. |
| Lithium Recovery from Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water using a Selective Ion Exchange Sorbent University of Alberta | Publication | 2021-06-01 | Adam Seip, Salman Safari, David M Pickup, Alan V Chadwick, Silvia Ramos, Carmen A Velasco, José M Cerrato, Alessi, D. |
| Lithium resources and novel strategies for their extraction and purification University of Alberta | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Fangshuai Wu, Karthik R Shivakumar, Kurt O Konhauser, Alessi, D. |
| Mechanisms of Thermal Decomposition in Spent NCM Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Materials with Carbon Defects and Oxygen Vacancies University of Alberta | Publication | 2024-01-01 | Kang Liu, Zibo Xu, Mengmeng Wang, Alessi, D., Yuanzhi Tang, Daniel C W Tsang |
| Metal oxide sorbents for the sustainable recovery of lithium from unconventional resources University of Alberta | Publication | 2020-06-01 | Salman Safari, Bernd G Lottermoser, Alessi, D. |
| Recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries: Status, technologies, challenges, and prospects University of Alberta | Publication | 2022-07-01 | "Mengmeng Wang", "Kang Liu", "Shanta Dutta", Alessi, D., "Jörg Rinklebe", Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C W Tsang |
| Sediment contributions to lithium enrichment in basinal brines: A case study from the Duperow Formation, southeastern Saskatchewan University of Alberta | Publication | 2026-01-01 | Thomas B Avram, Brendan A Bishop, Chunqing Jiang, Katherine N Snihur, Alessi, D., Leslie J Robbins |
| Selective extraction of critical metals from spent lithium-ion batteries University of Alberta | Publication | 2023-02-17 | "Mengmeng Wang", "Kang Liu", "Zibo Xu", "Shanta Dutta", "Marjorie Valix", Alessi, D., "Longbin Huang", Julie B Zimmerman, Daniel C W Tsang |
