About Battery4Life
Electrochemical energy storage systems (EES) are a key component of the green transition and play a crucial role in the move toward climate-neutral mobility, both for storing renewable energy and for electromobility. By using renewable energies, they can significantly reduce emissions in the transport sector and thus make a major contribution to achieving climate targets. Electric vehicles not only reduce CO₂ emissions and air pollutants but also promote technological innovation and strengthen sustainable value chains. At the same time, they create new momentum for energy, transport, and infrastructure policy. As an integral part of a holistic mobility transition, electromobility shows how ecological responsibility and modern mobility can be successfully combined.
Wo we are
Battery4Life is a research center based in Graz, Austria, focused on advancing safe, efficient, reliable, and sustainable battery technologies for different applications. We work across the entire battery life cycle: from development and testing to operation and reuse. By combining scientific expertise with practical industry experience, we develop innovative methods and solutions that extend battery lifetime, increase performance, reduce risks, and support the energy systems of the future.
Impact
Establishing safety, efficiency, and sustainability as important performance indicators in battery development requires interdisciplinary research that takes a wide range of technical aspects into account. Optimized protection leads to increased safety, reduced costs, and sustainability for society as a whole, as well as greater acceptance of electric mobility thanks to a better understanding of battery behavior. More efficient use conserves resources and reduces the demand for primary and rare raw materials, as well as extending battery life and thus reducing the carbon footprint. The battery has a global impact, as it not only significantly influences vehicles and stationary storage systems, but also shapes social developments and has economic and ecological effects worldwide due to its resource requirements and climate-related effects.
Our Vision
Shaping the future of battery technology
We develop qualification and prediction methods for the whole lifecycle of batteries in a wide variety of applications. Through a deep understanding of degradation mechanisms, the center aims to optimize safe and efficient battery life to significantly reduce the carbon footprint.
Our Mission
Mission statement
We connect industry and research to introduce battery safety as a key performance indicator (KPI) in battery cell development, increase acceptance of new battery technologies, and reduce the carbon footprint by extending battery life.
