Pure Lithium has won the 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge award from the American Chemical Society for its brine to battery technology.
The award was given in the chemical and process design for circularity category for Pure Lithium’s technology that combines lithium metal extraction and battery anode production.
It is vertically integrated and said to reduce energy consumption and the environmental impact of shipping materials across several continents.
The process eliminates the need for graphite, which is one of the main components for a lithium-ion battery, instead extracting lithium metal from lithium brine in North America.
The company claims these lithium metal batteries would have double the energy density of current lithium-ion batteries, and in small pouch cells have upwards of 5,000 cycles.
Pure Lithium is in the process of creating prototypes at its facilities in Chicago, after having won other awards this year alongside the Green Chemistry Challenge award.
Emilie Bodoin, founder and chief executive officer, Pure Lithium, said, “We are honoured to be acknowledged by the American Chemical Society, the nation’s premier organisation of chemistry professionals, for our technology which reduces energy consumption and carbon emissions across the battery supply chain. We have demonstrated that our technology is capable of eliminating some of the most energy intensive steps in anode manufacturing.”
“The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards highlight how innovation in chemistry is driving solutions for a healthier, more sustainable world,” said Albert G. Horvath, CEO, American Chemical Society. “Congratulations to this year’s winners, whose work reflects the creativity and commitment of both academia and industry. Their achievements show how green chemistry continues to push the boundaries of science while making a lasting impact on society and the environment.”
Image: A composite image with a lithium metal pouch cell and Emilie Bodoin, founder and CEO, Pure Lithium. Credit: Pure Lithium.
