CM-PATRA / Lithium

Lithium

31 patent families, 30 with an Indian applicant, and 12 funded project(s) in the Ministry of Mines S&T list. On the India critical-minerals list. Counts are lower bounds.

Stages

  • Recycling / secondary sources: 25
  • Ore preparation / agglomeration: 13
  • Hydrometallurgy (leaching, solvent extraction): 12
  • Beneficiation / separation: 5
  • Electrochemical recovery: 3
  • Pyrometallurgy / smelting: 1
  • Compounds and materials: 1

Most active applicants

  • Attero Recycling: 11
  • Metastable Materials: 6
  • Lohum: 2
  • C-MET (Ministry of Electronics & IT): 2
  • IIT Kharagpur: 2
  • Sgl Carbon Se: 1
  • Univ Calcutta: 1
  • Univ Of Calcutta: 1

Funded projects

  • Hierarchical Zwitterionic g-C3N4 Functionalized Ceramic Membranes for Efficient Lithium Recovery from Secondary Battery Resources · SNTMOM/1758/2026 · Recommended to PSCII
  • Sustainable Lithium Extraction and Purification from Indian Li-bearing Mica by Carbonate Calcination and Selective Electrodialysis · SNTMOM/1730/2026 · Recommended to PSCII
  • Functional Ceramics for Recovery of Li, Co, and Ni from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries and Commercial Scaleup · SNTMOM/1720/2026 · Status not stated
  • Triple-Stage Sequential Electrochemical (TRISEL) Cell for Selective Recovery of Li, Co, and Ni from Spent Li-Ion Battery black mass leachate · SNTMOM/1717/2026 · Recommended to PSCII
  • Development and Validation of roll bonded graphene-aluminium composite for cylindrical can cell lithium-ion battery casing · SNTMOM/1643/2025 · Status not stated
  • Sustainable process development for urban mining transition metals from end-of-life Li-ion batteries · SNTMOM/1407/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Development of Sustainable Recovery Methods for Lithium and Nickel from Spent Lithium-Ion and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries · SNTMOM/1390/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Development of an efficient process to recover Li, Co and Ni from spent lithium ion batteries. · SNTMOM/1374/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Identifying trace element threshold limits in major rock-forming minerals as a guide to vector toward lithium-pegmatites in Rajgarh region, Rajasthan, India · SNTMOM/1340/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Aluminothermic Reduction of Quartz for Production of Porous Silicon Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries · SNTMOM/1272/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Recovery of Metals from Spent Li-Ion Batteries Using Green Reagents · SNTMOM/1193/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Bioleaching of Lithium from minerals and low grade ores of Indian origin · SNTMOM/282/2020 · Approved with Modification

Patent families