The Center of Battery Sustainability (CBS) was co-founded by MIT Professors Martin Z. Bazant, Richard D. Braatz, and Northeastern Professor Juner Zhu to discover new science and develop novel technologies to make batteries sustainable. We perform pioneering research in three focus areas (FAs): efficient assessment, data-driven decision-making, and battery circularity. In each FA, we develop two technical projects (TPs) to work on with industrial collaborators.



FA-1: Efficient Assessment of Battery Health and Safety

TP1.1: Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Testing & Modeling

TP1.2: Nondestructive Safety & Health Assessment



FA-2: Data-Driven End-of-Life Decision-Making for spent Batteries

TP2.1: Lifetime Prognostics and End-of-Life Decisions

TP2.2: Second-Life Battery Management



FA-3: Battery Circularity

TP3.1: Lifetime Extension & Direct Recycling

TP3.2: Critical Mineral Extraction & Re-use



As of September 2023, we are setting up the "Research" memberships with two companies and "Participant" memberships with six companies.