Maitane Berecibar

Prof. Maitane Berecibar is a Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), leading the Battery Innovation Center within the MOBI research group. Her research focuses on self-healing battery materials, sensor integration, and advancing battery technologies for sustainability and safety. She explores topics such as battery manufacturing, thermal/electrical modeling, cooling systems, and second-life applications.

• Expertise: Emerging battery technologies, self-healing properties, and sensor development.
• Key Contributions: Investigating scalable production of self-healing batteries and addressing challenges in cost and complexity.

Her work aims to create durable, smart batteries that provide critical data for extended lifespans and safer energy storage solutions. Despite promising innovations, she highlights current limitations such as high production costs and scalability issues.