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Meet John Liu, the student who used corn stalks to recover lithium from water

Meet John Liu, the student who used corn stalks to recover lithium from waterWorldPing

John Liu has pioneered a remarkable project that utilizes agricultural byproducts like corn stalks and wheat straw to innovate lithium recovery methods. His technique leverages plant-based scaffolds to effectively concentrate lithium from dilute brines.

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