The Battery Lab at the University of Michigan is a full-service battery cell fabrication and testing facility open to any academic or industry user.
It was established in 2015 as the nation’s first university-based pilot line, and today it’s the only one located in the heart of the auto industry.
The lab is an IP-protected safe zone where researchers from around the globe can prototype, test, scale-up, and analyze batteries and the materials that go into them. Its 9,000 sq. feet of research space includes a pilot line for pouch and cylindrical cells, an R&D pouch cell line, coin cell fabrication, electrochemical cycling, abuse testing, and a full suite of material characterization tools.
A highly-trained technical staff offers guidance during use and instrument training.
The Battery Lab is part of the U-M Electric Vehicle Center in the College of Engineering.