Cheng, Yi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-0685
Lathem, Alexander E.
Scotland, Phelecia
Liu, Qiming https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5839-5453
Chen, Jinhang
Silva, Karla J.
Xie, Tianyou
Li, Bowen
Chung, Youngkun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3763-734X
Abdel Nour, Ralph https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3087-4336
Shin, Jaeho
Eddy, Lucas
Kittrell, Carter
Ye, Haoxin
Chen, Shihui https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2122-3791
Si, Tengda
Onah, Obinna E.
Wong, Michael S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-3378
Griggs, Christopher https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3689-0909
Tour, James M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8479-9328
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (W912HZ-21-2-0050)
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (W912HZ-24-2-0027)
Rice University (Shared Equipment Authority)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 10 March 2026
Competing interests
: Rice University owns intellectual property on the electrothermal fluorination strategy for lithium recovery from brine salt. A provisional patent was filed by Rice University, where Y. Cheng and J.M.T. are listed as the inventors, which has not yet been licensed. The other authors declare no competing interests.