Emilie Bodoin
| Emilie Bodoin | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Pure Lithium CEO Scientist and Businesswoman |
Emilie Bodoin is an American inventor and entrepreneur in lithium metal electrode and next-generation battery development.[1] She is the founder and CEO of Pure Lithium Corporation, a Boston-based technology company that deploys its proprietary patented Brine to Battery technology to extract lithium metal directly from brine and build it into a next-generation lithium metal battery.[2] Bodoin shares a joint patent application with Nobel laureate Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham and Pure Lithium’s Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Donald R. Sadoway.
Career
Currently, Emilie serves as a Director of the Sadoway Labs Foundation, a scientific research nonprofit seed funded by Google founder Eric Schmidt that uses electrochemistry to explore decarbonization technologies in energy storage, transportation and manufacturing.[3]
Prior to Pure Lithium, Emilie Bodoin worked as a Research Analyst at a hedge fund. She also worked with Argonne National Laboratory as a Principal Investigator (PI) on a lithium metal R&D project from 2015 to 2018 and served as PI on several university R&D projects.[4] She secured several joint development agreements with electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Pure Lithium
Emilie Bodoin's focus on lithium metal batteries began in 2012, driven by her interest in the material's superior energy storage potential compared to graphite-based alternatives used in lithium-ion batteries. Recognizing the untapped potential, Bodoin and MIT Emeritus Professor Donald R. Sadoway co-founded Pure Lithium Corporation in 2019.[5][6][7] They developed a process to extract pure lithium metal from brine and pair it with a vanadium cathode,[8] creating a safer, more sustainable, and efficient alternative to conventional batteries.[9][10]
In 2024, she led the formation of a joint development partnership between Pure Lithium and Calgary-based lithium extraction technology company E3 Lithium to explore the construction of a pilot battery plant.[11][12][13] The lithium for Pure Lithium battery can be produced entirely in North America, reducing dependence on potentially vulnerable global supply chains.[9][10]
In October 2024, Bodoin led the acquisition of all assets of Buffalo-based vanadium cathode materials company Dimien Inc. to use the company’s zeta vanadium (ZVO), a low-cost cathode material with high energy density and improved safety compared with NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) and NCA (nickel-manganese-aluminium) cathodes used in Li-ion batteries.[14][15][16]
Emilie Bodoin has shared insights on lithium battery technology at global conferences, including ClimaTech, Benchmark Giga+ USA, the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, the International Symposium on Beyond Li-ion Batteries, the Benchmark World Tour, and The Battery Show.
References
- ↑ "Occidental's Lithium Technology 'Ready for Prime Time' | Hart Energy". www.hartenergy.com. 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Staff (2024-03-19). "Pure Lithium Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding". Mercom Capital Group. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ "2025 Speakers | March 18–19 | Orlando, FL". International Battery Seminar. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Staff, Editorial (2017-09-15). "Battery Power Online | alpha-En and Argonne National Lab to Produce Lithium Metal Anodes". Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia's Energy Capital Group announces investment in Boston-based Pure Lithium". Al Arabiya English. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ "Pure Lithium bets on Vanadium cathodes to save U.S. battery independence". www.sae.org. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Chowdhry, Amit (2024-03-17). "Pure Lithium: Lithium Metal Battery Company Raises $15 Million". Pulse 2.0. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Hotter, Andrea (2024-08-15). "Lithium metal to make traditional batteries obsolete, Pure Lithium CEO says | Hotter Commodities". Fastmarkets. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Eakj, SAE Media (2024-10-10). "Pure Lithium Bets on Vanadium Cathodes to Save U.S. Battery Independence". www.techbriefs.com. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chavez, Eli (2024-08-12). "Boston startup takes new approach to an old battery technology". Biz Journals. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Webb, Mariaan. "E3 aims to transform Alberta's lithium brine into battery gold". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Vitello, Connie (2024-08-22). "E3 Lithium enters into partnership for lithium metal battery project". The Environment Journal. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ "E3, Pure Lithium to test production of lithium metal batteries from Alberta brine". MINING.COM. 2024-08-20. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Nadig, Smruthi (2024-10-01). "Pure Lithium acquires Dimien assets to shift from Chinese EV battery market". Mining Technology. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Hutton, Natalie (2024-10-01). "Pure Lithium Expands with Dimien Acquisition". Daily News. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ↑ Nadig, Smruthi (2024-10-01). "Pure Lithium acquires Dimien assets to shift from Chinese EV battery market". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
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