Tuesday, October 21, 2025

“One of the important features of our membranes is their potential to be produced at scale, which could pave the way for their use in industrial settings.”
– Jun Lou, Rice University –

An express lane for lithium extraction may just have bene built as a breakthrough membrane technology replaces year-long evaporation ponds with efficient electrodialysis, potentially transforming how we source materials for everything from EVs to smartphones. The real breakthrough isn’t just the science; it’s that these membranes can scale to industrial production, addressing both environmental damage and the “great in the lab, dead in the market” problem that plagues so many innovations. For more, Check out Membrane extracts lithium with minimal environmental impact.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad